Chapter 883 Two Extremes
For a long time, the red carpets of film festivals have shown different personalities and colors.
Slightly different from award ceremonies or premieres, the red carpet of film festivals allows guests to make some attempts, be bold, adventurous and even unconventional.
After all, in the world of art, using a frame to shackle yourself is the stupidest thing.
However, over the years, there have been so many guests coming and going on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival, and there have been countless moments of amazement, admiration, and emotion, but they have all been eclipsed, and there is only one image left in my mind——
Anson Wood.
A fatal attraction that sweeps across thousands of troops and destroys all rationality and cognition.
Unbelievable!
And, the lingering aftertaste lingers.
As we all know, this is the Cannes Film Festival and movies are the only thing that matters.
Of course, as the most courageous among the three major film festivals to embrace commercial works and mainstream market trends, on the one hand, it benefits from the tendency of the film selection committee, which does not mind that some commercial films use Cannes as a stepping stone to promote to the world; On the other hand, because of the existence of brand sponsors, every year idols, vases and traffic come to enjoy the popularity and package it with gold. This is also a scenery in Cannes.
But no matter what, people's eyes always stay on the movie, refusing to be distracted, refused to be lax, and refuse to be distracted by other things.
Those traffic fans may win cheers and screams from fanatical fans on social networks, and one or two tearfully express their idol’s appearance in Cannes; but in the real Cannes, no one cares them.
No one.
They don’t even have time to scorn, complain, or attack, because they don’t have enough time to watch movies, and they really don’t want to waste their precious time on this group of traffic.
Not worth it.
The Internet and reality form a dislocation. Anyway, Cannes wins attention, generates traffic and creates topics, and everyone is happy, as long as they don’t offend.
However, something unexpected happened this year——
Logically speaking, the annual Cannes Film Festival event has kicked off, and the main competition unit has also made its debut as planned. Over the past thirty-six hours, four works in the main competition and a series of works from other categories have been unveiled one after another, becoming the subject of heated discussions.
Movies are the protagonist, and they should be the protagonist.
However, Anson's name appeared everywhere in the bustling conversation.
Unforgettable. Unforgettable.
Even in Cannes, even well-informed journalists and film critics, there are no exceptions. When you relax a little, that image will naturally appear in your mind, like an addiction, it will never go away.
As Emanuel said:
Disruptive.
It was only then that people realized for the first time that Anson was becoming a fashion label, leading the trend of men's fashion with an unconventional attitude.
Three feet of ice does not freeze in one day. After the past two years of preparation, and the continuous impact during the "cat and mouse game" promotion period, people have been waiting for the moment of qualitative change they have been looking for, and it seems that it has finally made its debut in Cannes.
More than just movies, and more than fashion, this can be considered a cultural phenomenon, playing an important role in the cultural wave since the millennium.
Thirty-six hours later, Anson is still the hottest or even the only hot topic in Cannes.
This is definitely an unprecedented first time and is new to everyone.
However, things must be reversed at their extremes, and everything in the world has two sides.
With praise, exclamation and popularity, controversy and criticism are bound to come -
Just a vase?
Hmph.
This is Cannes. Cannes welcomes movie lovers from all over the world and talented people who devote themselves to making movies. It is even willing to open its arms to welcome idols who have no talent and rely solely on their appearance to gain popularity. Anyway, the vases are trying to catch up with Cannes, and Cannes is also trying to catch up with the vases. They are helping each other at the traffic level.
But other than that, can those vases roll smoothly out of sight so as not to disturb their enjoyment of the movie?
Now that the film festival has begun, everyone is talking about Anson’s red carpet look?
Red carpet? modeling?
How dignified! Ridiculous! It’s simply a sign of Cannes’ depravity.
What fashion labels, what cultural phenomena, everything is nonsense and makes people laugh out loud. There is no need to put these trivial things on the table to make people look embarrassed.
The so-called fashion will be a new reincarnation in five years and ten years. Who will still remember Anson’s Cannes style? What can truly define culture and an era should not be a look, but a work, a true work of art. Therefore, this farce in front of us should stop.
Contempt, disdain, anger.
The hotter the discussion, the faster those negative emotions accumulate.
Can Anson leave Cannes quickly and give them a clean viewing environment? If Anson wants to generate traffic, go back to Hollywood.
These emotions, these energies, are growing bit by bit in the bustling heat.
Then, it is against this background that the "elephant" is about to appear.
On the third day of Cannes, at 6:00 pm sharp, the main competition work, "Elephant" officially premiered worldwide.
——Just in time.
Those grievances, dissatisfaction, and anger have reached their peak. This is the moment that people have been waiting for, the moment when the answer is revealed.
They want to see what kind of work Anson's vase can bring. If this work is not even as exciting as Anson's red carpet look, it will be funny then; it would be best if Anson completes the premiere with the movie and then turns around. Leave Cannes and restore its purity to Cannes.
And, in what manner will Anson attend the premiere red carpet?
If it is inferior to the opening ceremony, it is estimated that the sound of adding insult to injury will spring up like mushrooms after a rain.
But if it goes beyond the opening ceremony, the voices of complaints and attacks may also rise to a whole new level.
"Zhu Bajie looks in the mirror - he is not a human being inside and outside."
This is Anson's current situation, a dilemma.
On the one hand, eyes are everywhere waiting to criticize the red carpet looks; on the other hand, the attitude of looking at movies condescendingly with arrogance and criticality is widespread.
In other words, Anson is now surrounded by enemies from both sides, and he doesn't even need to wait until the moment he makes a mistake to be frightened at every step.
So, what did Anson do wrong?
The answer is that Anson’s red carpet look at the Cannes Film Festival detonated media traffic, so much so that the entire entertainment industry exploded.
Pioneers, as is always the case, need to bear pressure, infamy, and prejudice, and walk alone with great difficulty.
If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.
If Anson wants to truly become a superstar, this is the way to go, although no one expected that this scene would actually happen in Cannes.
But think about it seriously, a vase idol has landed in the main competition section of Cannes with his own work, and has gone all the way south through independent band street performances. Everything is foreshadowing. In the process of brewing, it finally appeared on the stage that attracted the attention of the whole world, standing under the spotlight and accepting scrutiny.
Perhaps, Cannes is the best stage, and there is no place more suitable than Cannes.
So, this is what happened.
(End of this chapter)