Chapter 930 The Last Day
“Hey, Anson, you’re still here?”
Carl couldn’t believe his eyes, because on the last day of Cannes, there were no new movies to be released, only the closing. It's just a ceremony and award ceremony.
In the past few days, Cannes has become accustomed to Anson's presence, which is not surprising; but the point is that everyone thought Anson should have left Cannes, after all-
The award ceremony is not about who All can participate.
As mentioned before, the three major European film festivals are often extremely busy. The time a crew stays at the film festival is only two days or three at most. After the promotion is completed, the crew will leave, including Berlin and Venice.
If the crew chooses to stay and entertain themselves, is that okay?
Of course. Except that Berlin in February is too cold, Cannes in May and Venice in September are both good vacation destinations and you can definitely stay.
But staying, staying, has nothing to do with the official film festival. It is just a personal behavior of the crew. Just like Anson.
When the film festival is over and the closing ceremony and awards ceremony is about to begin, the jury will go to the hotel or villa officially arranged by the film festival to discuss and select the final awards. Among the winners The crew will be officially recalled by the film festival and return to the festival to receive awards.
It is precisely because of this that the airport is the busiest on the last day of the film festival. Reporters are all waiting at the airport bustlingly to see who has been recalled -
If you are recalled, there will be awards. This is the case in 90% of the cases, and it happens very occasionally that no pellets are recovered after the recall, which is a bit embarrassing.
Generally speaking, the awards for the main competition units of the three major European film festivals are relatively fixed, with a total of seven trophies.
Top three, Golden Palm/Golden Bear/Golden Lion, Jury Prize, Jury Prize.
Then, best actor, best actress, best director, best screenplay.
The specific details may be adjusted due to the arrangement of the film festival in different years, but the overall framework is basically the same.
At the same time, the three major film festivals have been trying their best to avoid the double yolk situation of two winners of one award, or the situation of one film sweeping multiple awards. Although it is still unavoidable occasionally, on the whole , there are seven crews recalled every year, one carrot and one pit.
So, the situation on the last day of the three major film festivals was like this:
After recalling the seven crews, the media reporters all began to arrange and combine. The seven awards corresponded to seven works, and the bustling discussion stopped. Not coming down.
Among them, one work will win the highest award, carrying all the glory and halo.
Discussions will take place throughout the day, from morning to night.
Imagine being recalled, going through a whole day of discussion and speculation, only to not win the prize, and all your hopes and enthusiasm were in vain?
Or maybe he was not recalled at all, and still stayed in the city, and then listened to other films participating in award discussions all day long but it had nothing to do with him?
What does that feel like?
So, it is conceivable that if they are not recalled, the crew members often leave on the last day, and there is no need to stay on site to suffer all day; whether it is a film crew holding a premiere on the penultimate day , or "vagrants" like Anson who stay at the film festival to enjoy the works, they will all leave on the last day.
But Anson didn't.
No wonder when everyone saw Ansen, one or two of them seemed to have seen a ghost.
Not only did Anson not leave, but he also appeared on the street gracefully. Not only Carl, everyone was inundated with questions and their eyes were about to fall off.
Karl's brain was running fast, "Wait, have you been recalled?"
He.
In just one sentence, he successfully attracted all the attention around him.
During this period, they gradually became accustomed to Anson's status as a movie fan, so much so that they forgot that the "Elephant" starring Anson was also a member of the main competition unit.
Anson laughed dumbly, "If we were really recalled, we shouldn't show up in the coffee shop now, but should go to the secret corner to dress up, right?"
Be calm, sincere, and That makes sense.
Everyone showed expressions of sudden realization and couldn't help but nod in agreement.
But some people still couldn't help expressing their regrets, "I hope you will be recalled. I think 'Elephant' deserves awards." Plop.
One stone stirs up a thousand waves.
In an instant, there was a full-scale discussion. First, they discussed whether the "Elephant" deserved the award, and then they began to discuss who should win the Palme d'Or.
It was so lively.
It's typical of Cannes, everyone sticks to their opinions and fights for their reasons.
"Anson, what do you think?"
Shuashuashua.
With just one sentence, the noisy coffee house instantly fell silent, and the sound of the coffee machine suddenly became louder, making it seem particularly noisy.
The eyes fell on Anson again. One or two of them stared at Anson in a cannibalistic manner, and the air was tense.
Anson pressed his right hand and said, "Relax, I am not the chairman of the jury. This matter is not decided by me. There is no need for you to look at me like a cannibal looking at a feast."
Unfortunately, no one smiled. , but the atmosphere is still slightly relaxed.
Someone immediately asked, "What about your opinion? Which work is the Palme d'Or in your mind?"
Anson did not evade this time, "Including 'Elephant', or Not included? "
"No way, Anson? I didn't expect you to be such Anson, do you still want to choose your own works after all? "
Anson's face was calm, "Why, can't you?"
Uh, this...
Because Anson was so upright, everyone was stunned for a moment.
Anson did not feel shy or reserved at all. He chose to avoid suspicion because he starred in one of the main competition works. As he just said:
He is not a member of the jury and cannot influence the awards. The final direction, so he can choose the work he likes.
As an actor, you may not necessarily like the work you are starring in 100%. Sometimes, actors may hate the work they are starring in; but sometimes, whether they act in it or not, they just like it.
"Elephant" belongs to the latter, not because of business or public relations, but simply because of love. Anson likes this work of Gus Van Sant.
So, Anson has a clear conscience.
Looking up to meet everyone's gaze, Anson continued, "My personal Golden Palm is 'Elephant'; but if 'Elephant' is excluded, I choose 'Far Away'."
Without further covering up, Anson directly revealed his choice.
Buzz buzz.
Everyone came to their senses immediately and began to chatter and make a noise, as if a hundred thousand bees were swarming into the coffee house in an instant.
The next second someone looked at Anson, "'Far Away', the one about Ceylon? But, why?"
"Literature." Anson gave the answer directly, "More than It is the literary nature of the script, as well as the literary nature presented by the composition of the shots and the scheduling of long shots. I think Ceylan has been thinking about the impact of the living environment on intellectuals. This movie is still young, and you can see that he is still Exploring, but I think he already has the master vibe."
"So, you just don't like 'Dogtown,' right?"
Anson nodded, "Yes."
It was so straightforward that everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.
(End of this chapter)