Chapter 890 The Elephant Appears
Buzz buzz, buzz buzz.
It is neither noisy nor noisy, but the rustling and trivial sounds are always turbulent in the air of Lumiere Hall, and the temperature is rising.
The Lumière Hall, which can accommodate 2,000 people, is now full of seats. The first and second floors are all full. The dense crowds fill every corner of the field of vision, and the faces are full of joy. With excitement and anticipation, you can clearly feel a sacred and passionate atmosphere -
This is Cannes.
They take movies seriously.
And when the cast members came on stage, applause burst spontaneously.
Maybe Anson is an idol, maybe Alex and Eric are ordinary people without any performance experience, but it doesn’t matter. The audience of Lumiere Hall is willing to welcome them with the highest standards. 's appearance.
Then, it reached its peak when director Gus Van Sant came on stage.
Pap-pap-pap-pap-pap-pap.
The whole place roared.
Don’t say that Alex and Eric were confused. It was also the first time for Anson to experience such a battle. The soles of his feet seemed to be stepping on cotton, one deep and one shallow, swaying. , in the cloud.
It turns out that this is what the movie temple looks like -
You don’t even need to wait for the movie to be released, just for an appearance, the Lumiere Hall is willing to welcome you with sincere and enthusiastic applause .
Because I love movies, a long-awaited expectation is enough. The feeling of watching a movie and looking forward to it before entering the cinema is like opening a treasure. You may be disappointed after opening it, but the mood before opening it But it is irreplaceable, a kind of excitement and excitement.
Bang bang bang, bang bang bang.
The applause is still rising.
Eric was also a little confused, and you can’t blame him. Starting from the red carpet, all this has been far beyond the scope of an ordinary middle school student.
Involuntarily, Eric looked at Anson: What should I do?
Anson is also full of questions. Like them, this is his first time in Cannes, okay?
But in the end, Anson was more mature, quickly regained his composure, joined the audience, applauded Gus, and perfectly integrated into the atmosphere of the scene.
Eric and Alex followed suit and clapped along in confusion.
When Gus arrived at the location, he saw three clapping otters at a glance. He choked on his words. Finally, the smile on the corner of his mouth raised helplessly and he greeted the three little guys to sit down——
The movie is ready to start.
After all, the opening applause did not last long; and what is worthy of recognition is that there was no politeness or pleasantries, and we got to the point without stopping.
Slowly, the lights dimmed, and the Lumiere Hall, which was still rustling and noisy a second ago, became quiet in the blink of an eye. Only the hot and noisy sounds remaining in the air did not have time to sink completely and fell lightly on the skin. It was slightly hot, reminding me that the scene just now was not a dream.
However, before I had time to marvel, a glimmer of light lit up in the darkness, firmly catching my sight. My mind was pulled away from the disturbing thoughts and penetrated into the big screen in front of me, just like Ellie. Feel like dreaming in Wonderland and get ready to experience an adventure in the world inside the rabbit hole.
"Elephant", this is a special movie, a movie that is difficult to predict and cannot be summed up simply, like a calm lake -
quiet and deep, with no ripples to be seen and felt It is less than the temperature, but there is always an undercurrent hidden, quietly involving the soul, dragging it bit by bit into the cold and darkness. When you realize the predicament and prepare to resist and try to breathe, you find that it is already too late. .
The movie starts with a football game.
The camera is facing the sky, which is covered with a layer of cool fog filter. It cannot see what is happening on the field, nor can it see any figures. It can only piece together the football situation from vague words.
Who knows, maybe it was a baseball game, or maybe it was just a group of students chasing each other. Calm, but solemn.
Indifferent, but cold.
From the very beginning, the film has demonstrated its unusual stance, but this is just the beginning.
"Anson".
A familiar name appeared on the movie screen, and before the audience could think about it, "Anson Wood" appeared on the stage, an ordinary middle school student with the same name.
Obviously, this is a special treatment, especially if you think back to what just happened on the red carpet, and now watching Anson appear in the movie as Anson Wood, drama and reality, realness The line between fantasy and fantasy is blurred, dragging the audience into the movie in just one second.
But, is this strange?
Not really, after all, Anson is the male protagonist, just with a name. It is normal for the story to start with Anson, there is no need to make a fuss.
However, after just two minutes, the audience was confused because the film immediately switched perspectives and entered the narrative line of another strange student.
A strange face, a complete newcomer, an actor who has not appeared in Cannes, suddenly steals the focus of Anson's protagonist?
Is this normal?
Question marks, one after another. Originally, there was no special plot in the movie. It grabbed the attention of the audience with great force from the beginning. What was shown on the screen was just the ordinary daily life of middle school students; but due to the change of perspective, the narrative time was obviously disrupted. , a moment of dazzling——
Like "memory fragments".
The audience was alert and focused, trying to figure out what the movie was about and what Gus was up to.
It didn’t take much time for the Lumiere Hall to sort out the truth. After all, this was not a brain-burning science fiction suspense blockbuster.
It turns out that this is equivalent to a "documentary", showing multi-angle shots in a way that interweaves multiple lines and disrupts time, showing the daily life of a middle school.
Anson is just one of them, nothing special, no superpowers, no protagonist halo, just a part of the ordinary school group portrait.
It was an afternoon, a particularly bright and sunny afternoon, and everything was full of vitality.
"Anson".
A middle school student, obviously troubled by family trivial matters.
My father was drunk and my mother disappeared. I was planning to skip class, but my father caught me. In order to prevent my father from driving drunk, I had to drive to school by myself. I was also worried that my father would continue to drink and drive irresponsibly, so I had to ask The elder brother rushed to school as soon as possible and took his drunken father home.
Of course, he was late and was caught by the dean of students in the office and scolded.
Then, he still didn’t want to go to class and wandered in the school corridor, but when he was alone, he silently wiped his tears. He didn’t know the reason, he just wanted to cry.
"Elise".
A photographer who is also a middle school student thinks all about how to take good photos.
He even has a darkroom in school. After taking photos, he will develop the film himself to see the results.
When he saw Anson in the corridor, he smiled and asked Anson to be his model. He pressed the shutter a few more times. Then he didn’t want to go to class and went all the way to the library, where he looked for photography-related courses. Books, rubbing his hands together happily, he began to prepare to study them.
The camera always follows the shoulders of these young girls, like ghosts, quietly recording their daily lives.
(End of this chapter)