Chapter 938: Stay calm in the face of danger
On the red carpet, the situation was tense.
On both sides of the red carpet, people were excited.
The chaotic scene in front of us is definitely something that people could not have expected. The red carpet of the closing ceremony and award ceremony is evolving into a scene from a movie.
Describing it, it seems to be extremely long; but all of this seems to be just twenty or thirty seconds, and the billowing heat wave has swept over the entire place in the blink of an eye.
The atmosphere was tense for a time.
Thierry-Fremaux: Grass!
In 2001, the Cannes Film Festival experienced important personnel changes for the first time in a long time, hoping to reposition itself and regain its competitiveness in the new landscape of the new century.
Gilles-Jacob, the former artistic director, was promoted to president of the festival; the position of artistic director was taken by Thierry Frémaux.
Neither Cannes nor Thierry expected that this collaboration would spark a chemical reaction and become an important turning point for the Cannes Film Festival.
For more than two decades, Thierry served as artistic director, responsible for film selection and establishing the direction of entries and artistic performances in each competition unit each year.
Under the leadership of Thierry, Cannes has found an appropriate balance between art and market, helping Cannes to surpass Berlin and Venice and become the most important top film event in Europe and even the world, with great influence. Comparable to Oscar, the two can compete with each other.
The name "Thierry-Fromaud" has also become another business card of Cannes.
Of course, now that Thierry has just taken office, everything is still in the exploratory stage, and the work distribution is not so clear. He is still a little flustered in handling things. He does not have the style of a general later, and is still young.
After learning about the situation on the red carpet, Chairman Gilles had already gone on stage with the jury, preparing to start the award ceremony process. Thierry could only take the lead.
Rampant and cursing at the same time——
The main competition section of Cannes this year has been plagued by controversies and has been criticized by all parties. The last thing they need now is another accident and another incident, putting Cannes at the forefront of the storm. Withstand fire.
Thierry rushed out of the Lumiere Hall like a hurricane.
Bang.
Pushing open the glass door, Thierry saw a tense stalemate at a glance. He didn't have time to ask about the situation, so he made a quick decision and looked at the other security guards in black suits.
"Pull him away."
All the people in black suits were stunned and looked at Thierry: Which one?
Thierry breathed heavily in his chest, "Your colleagues. That runaway train."
The men in black suits stepped forward, like Agent Smith in "The Matrix", clattering Surround Anson and the black suit, and then pull the black suit away.
The black suit was about to struggle, when he turned around and saw Thierry, his shoulders collapsed instantly; but the pride in the Frenchman's bones still supported him, and instead he stubbornly yelled at Thierry.
"This is the palace of art. We shouldn't let those clowns and vases appear. This is a shame, a shame for the movie and Cannes."
Thierry cut through the mess quickly without even looking at the black suit. With one glance, he just used his eyes to signal other black suits to control the situation as soon as possible and reduce the damage.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
The black suit was taken away.
Thierry appeared in front of Anson, "Sorry."
This is magnanimity -
No asking about the situation, no excuses, simply admitting the mistake.
Even though Thierry is the lofty artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival, he controls the lifeblood of the film's entry into the main competition unit, and is definitely the object of fawning over the director and actors; but there is still no hesitation in the apology at this moment. There was no reluctance and the situation was under control immediately.
No wonder Thierry was able to become the most important and powerful figure in Cannes over the next twenty years. You can see his courage just by meeting him.
This is really interesting.
Anson looked at Thierry, and the irritation in his chest calmed down. He smiled and couldn't help showing a slightly inquiring expression.
"You don't even know what happened." Maybe Anson made a mistake?
Thierry showed a perfect smile, "It's not important. What's important is that we ensure that every audience who comes to Cannes can enjoy the film festival. If we fail to do this, it is our fault as the host." Neglect of duty.”
“Sorry.”
In just two sentences, I apologized for the second time.
Moreover, Anson noticed that Thierry’s subject was not an actor, not a director, not a contestant, not even a guest, but the audience.
The clever use of a word sets the tone of the conversation in an instant.
Anson raised his chin slightly, "I enjoyed my time in Cannes very much."
Thierry raised his eyebrows calmly, "Including now?"< br>
Anson chuckled, "Including now."
Thierry took a deep look at Anson, stepped aside and made an invitation gesture, "Then, please continue to enjoy, this should be your time . ”
Simply and neatly, the crisis comes to an end.
Thierry turned and left, walked out for a few steps, but couldn't help but stop and look at Anson again, unable to hide his admiration -
"Elephant", this is Thierry himself Select works that enter the main competition.
Originally, HBO did not apply for Cannes at all because they viewed the work as a TV movie project; it was Thierry who heard about the project.
Thierry has always been very fond of Gus Van Sant's "My Own Idaho". This work missed Cannes and went to Venice. As expected, it was well received and became the "genius" of Switzerland. Van Phoenix won the Best Actor trophy.
On the contrary, he was not that cold about "Good Will Hunting", which was shortlisted for the main competition in Berlin.
When Thierry learned that Gus was working on another small-budget independent film, the list of works in Cannes this year was generally unsatisfactory. He took the initiative to contact Gus and asked Gus if he was willing to come forward. Come to Cannes for the premiere——
If Gus wanted to, he would like to see this film in advance.
Gus asked HBO for their opinion.
HBO sent a copy of the film to Cannes.
So, the main competition treatment was given, and even Gus himself was shocked.
In "Elephant", Thierry was deeply impressed by Alex and Eric, but Anson was mediocre, maybe because of "Spider-Man" and "Cat and Mouse Game" The film received rave reviews, which gave Thierry high expectations. There was really little room for him to develop in the limited scenes in the movie.
However, today, Thierry looked at Anson with admiration.
He knew that Anson could exploit the situation and seize the opportunity to express his dissatisfaction.
He also knows that even if Anson can borrow the donkey, there is no need to be unreasonable; but at least Anson can inquire into the cause of the matter and make legitimate complaints and protests. This is his right.
However, Anson did not.
He revealed the matter simply and without hesitation, and cooperated with Thierry to calm down the gaffe before the matter escalated further.
This calmness and magnanimity are admirable.
This young man can achieve great things.
Originally, Thierry was still thinking that when the award ceremony was over, reporters would definitely be chasing after him, and he needed to give Anson a few words of warning before he met with the media; but now it seems that there is really no need to add any unnecessary extraneous information. .
Thierry glanced at Anson a few more times before turning around and leaving with satisfaction.
He felt that this would not be the last time Anson appeared on the red carpet in Cannes.
(End of this chapter)