Chapter 1086： National carnival

The original carnival, masquerade balls, float parades, colorful masks, surging crowds, heavy makeup, singing and dancing... circus, clowns, food, costumes, laughter, madness, dance, music, etc. Everything turned into colorful colors, embellished in the crowded crowd, countless people gathered a beautiful river, winding through the streets and alleys of the city, decorating the cold-colored city as if it had overturned the palette. generally

From Rio de Janeiro to Venice, from Santiago to Notting Hill, from Nice to Cologne, from Montevideo to Galashidi, from Orleans to Ottawa... The carnival footsteps have left their crazy footprints all over the world, making People put aside the shackles of daily life and immerse themselves in the joy, happiness and comfort of life.

For people in Toronto, the Toronto Film Festival, held every September, is their carnival. Watching 300 movies in ten days is definitely a crazy festival; the number of filmmakers, directors, actors, journalists and tourists from overseas exceeds 30,000, not to mention 570 The movie-lovers among the 10,000 Toronto citizens are involved; when you add the name of the world's largest distribution rights market, the madness in Toronto seems irrational.

Maybe you can win the Golden Bear, the Palme d'Or, the Golden Lion in Berlin, Cannes, Venice, and all the accolades, but it's sad and stupid if the distribution rights are still unclaimed. Because, any movie, no matter what it is made for, still wants to be profitable. This also makes the Toronto Film Festival, with the ultimate purpose of "selling films", a big carnival for film lovers around the world.

Javier Dolan arrived in Toronto two days after the carnival started, arriving in the city 370 miles (600 kilometers) from Montreal on the morning of the 11th. Last night, after a big fight with his mother—who wouldn't allow him to come to Toronto alone for the film festival because he's only sixteen—he chose to run away, pack his bags and board the midnight train. When he opened his eyes, he saw this city firmly surrounded by the atmosphere of the movie.

Leaving the space imprisoned by his mother, even the air was filled with a breath of freedom, which made Javier Dolan relaxed. Leaving my mother and school behind me, I joined the crowd and walked towards Ryerson University, one of the main venues of the film festival.

Javier Dolan received his prize three days ago - for a yutub event for the video of Evan Bell's "Fact-Fiction" - he won second &nbJavier Dolan tried it out with Montage style shot a music video for the single, starring himself, which eventually garnered 7.8 million views and 53,300 "likes." Ranked runner-up by a narrow margin. But even as the runner-up, Javier Dolan got his coveted ticket to the Toronto Film Festival.

This handsome guy with appearance and temperament just like James Dean, because his father is an actor, he came into contact with the industry at a very young age, and his passion for movies has been nurtured in the body for a long time. This time to compete for a music video for "fact-fiction" was not Javier Dolan's first attempt, but it was the first time he was recognized. Javier Dolan was greatly encouraged by the nearly 8 million hits on yutub. certainly. To be able to participate in the Toronto Film Festival is his dream opportunity.

Imagine it would be a feast of countless top directors and actors, and he could watch the movie day and night—provided he could buy a movie ticket. He even has access to directors who excite him so much. There are many directors that Javier Dolan likes, such as Gus Van Sant who filmed "The Uninhibited Sky" and "Good Will Hunting", Michael Haneke who filmed "The Piano Teacher", such as the creation of Jean-Luc Godard, who is "exhausted", "do whatever you want" and "Carmen", such as Jane Camping, who became famous for his "piano lessons", and another example of shooting "Breakthrough", "Huā-like" Years" Wong Kar-wai. Of course, he also likes Evan Bell's "mysterious skin", and the film has colors, rhythms and stories that resonate with him.

After arriving at Ryerson University, Javier Dolan suddenly forgot all the unpleasantness of arguing with his mother yesterday, and the crowd in front of him was huge. There is also the oncoming movie atmosphere. All the information received in his ears and eyes is the information of the movie. The prosperous scene makes people think of carnival involuntarily, which makes him clearly feel that his blood is starting to boil, so Without any hesitation, he jumped into this "sea" recklessly.

Javier Dolan picked up today's schedule at the door. God, are you sure this is just the schedule for today and not the schedule for the entire Toronto Film Festival? Because the pamphlet that Javier Dolan got in his hand was nearly thirty pages thick, which could already be regarded as the level of a paper.

But Javier Dolan didn't have time to ask, because he saw the amazing line at the ticket window, and he had to start the line before thinking about other things. Fortunately, he still had a sandwich in his backpack, otherwise he probably wouldn't have had time to go to lunch.

Javier Dolan stood in the team, opened the schedule in his hand, and found that it was densely packed with movies, intertwined with each other. On the top of the schedule, it was actually eight o'clock in the morning, and there was a movie showing from eight o'clock in the morning, but then, Javier Dolan found himself confused, because the schedule of the movie was all staggered together. A series of information such as name, starring list, country, region, and director are lined up behind the time point, and a lot of name information breaks into my head in an instant. After watching it for less than two minutes, Javier Dolan felt dizzy.

"Don't try to understand this schedule, I don't think anyone can understand it except the person who listed it." A voice next to him interrupted Javier Dolan's thoughts. He raised his head and said: I saw a big boy with a brown flat head, with a warm smile on his face and an expression of "I'm giving advice".

"I think so, I don't even know if this is today's schedule or the whole film festival." Javier Dolan waved the thick stack of materials in his hand, feeling extremely heavy in his hand.

The big boy raised his eyebrows and pouted, "This is today. If you print out all the layout plans, there are two hundred pages, which is as thick as a book. Trust me, you don't want to carry a book around. Go, because it's just a rock."

Javier Dolan looked at the thirty pages of information in his hand, and suddenly felt extremely relaxed. At this moment, the big boy stretched out his right hand and introduced himself with a smile, "Stiles-Lawrence. From Chicago."

"Javier Dolan from Montreal."

"Yeah, I can hear it," Stiles-Lawrence said with a smile, referring to the accent of Javier Dolan, who is from the French-speaking part of Quebec and still speaks English with a little accent. "Do you have any movies you'd like to see? I've researched the schedule, so I know some schedules."

"I want to buy a ticket for 'Little Sunshine', as well as 'Love Crazy', 'Death, Be Careful', 'Mad Mom'..." Javier Dolan immediately began to count himself excitedly Looking at the movie he wanted to watch, Styles Lawrence didn't seem to have any intention of stopping, so he hurriedly stopped Javier Dolan.

"Wait, wait, don't be so anxious, my brain is not a computer." Styles-Lawrence waved his hands again and again, looking unbearable. "First of all, I know 'Little Sunshine' and 'Love Crazy' You can't watch it together because their showtimes are so close."

"Oh, please, how can this be." Javier Dolan groaned suddenly, looking annoyed and unhappy.

Styles-Lawrence shrugged, "Maybe you can check to see if there is an extra show at midnight. If the movie is popular, extra shows are a regular occurrence." Obviously, this has become accustomed to.

"It seems that you are very familiar with the film festival, come here often?" With an insider's guidance, Javier Dolan suddenly felt a lot more at ease. It all happened today, running away from home, arriving in Toronto, entering the festival, and before he even had time to enter the mild sunshine of Toronto from the turbulent rainy season in Montreal, the real feeling of the festival came to him.

Styles Lawrence shook his head, "No, UU reading This is my first time. After knowing that Evan Bell was coming to Toronto in July, I was planning this trip to Toronto. It's just for him." There was still a gleam of pride on his face, clearly in a good mood because of Evan Bale's good result in Wernis a few days earlier.

"You also participated in the 'fact-fiction' music video production event?" Javier Dolan asked curiously. This time, because of the joint event of yutub and Facebook, the Toronto Film Festival was invisibly among the young people in the United States. The film has also been widely publicized, and the direct result is that the number of film festival viewers has increased significantly.

"Oh, no, I'm just a fan. Are you?" Styles Lawrence immediately showed a surprised expression.

"Yeah, my work won second place on yutub, which won me this trip to Toronto." Javier Dolan's words haven't even popped up and no ads//If you have time to finish, just listen To Stiles-Lawrence shouted excitedly, "You mean it? You mean it? The second place is the work with an incredibly beautiful lens, isn't it?"

Now Javier Dolan believes it, the guy in front of him who can't help himself is really a big fan of Evan Bell. To be continued