Chapter 807: Red Carpet Premiere
On the Pompidou Square (Place. Georges. Pompidou) in the middle of the small town of Cannes, there are rows of tiles with star handprints and signatures connected together, which is a star gathering place belonging to Cannes that imitates the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame. .
There is a row of steps next to the Avenue of Stars. The vertical surfaces of the steps are engraved with the list of award-winning films at the Cannes Film Festival. Walking up the steps, you can see the Palais des Cinemas located on a square. This is Cannes. The main venue of the film festival.
The steps of the Cinema Palace are covered with a red carpet. It is said that red is only chosen when the event is held, and the carpet is blue when it is idle. However, Cannes can see all kinds of activities throughout the year, and the opportunity to see the blue carpet at the Film Palace is very rare.
On the 17th of May, at 2 pm, the Cinéma Palace was lively again, because today another high-profile work landed in Cannes, the world premiere of "Pulp Fiction" from the United States.
In fact, the original "Pulp Fiction" did not attract much attention. The previous comments of the American media are enough to prove it. What's more, this year's Cannes is so big that even Hugo can't rank it, so "Pulp Fiction" is naturally a submerged. However, as a representative of the United States, the chairman of the jury, Clint Eastwood, paid enough attention to "Pulp Fiction".
This year from China. country. Mainland, China. National Taiwan. The works from countries and regions such as Gulf, Italy, France, Russia, etc. have very strong strength, especially after the release of "Queen Margot", the limelight is in full swing, and it has been unanimously sought after by the entire French local media, and even foreign media cannot refute it. .
Under such circumstances, "Pulp Fiction", "Mrs. Parker. And. The. Vicious. Circle", "Money Empire (The. Hudsucker. Proxy)", "Money Empire (The. Hudsucker. Proxy)", "The. Clerks" seems a little out of hand.
Among the four works, "Crazy Clerk" is an independent film, which received rave reviews at its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival at the beginning of the year, but this time it did not enter the selection of the competition unit in Cannes.
Among the other three shortlisted works in the competition unit, "Mrs. Parker's Love. People" starring Gwyneth Paltrow has held its premiere, but unfortunately the response was mediocre; "Money Empire" brought by the Coen brothers "It was placed on high expectations, and this work was also held on the last day of the film festival for its premiere. Unfortunately, judging from the feedback from the internal screening, it is obviously inferior to "Barton. Fink (Barton. Fink) three years ago." )" and the two brothers' famous work "Blood. Simple", which was very disappointing.
As a result, "Pulp Fiction", which won Clint's applause during the internal preview period, entered everyone's attention.
Therefore, at the premiere of "Pulp Fiction", more than 300 reporters from all over the world gathered on the scene, and in addition, there were 500 or 600 enthusiastic audience members, which blocked the entire red carpet. This kind of grand occasion also reproduces the hustle and bustle of "Queen Margot" on the day it was released, except that French reporters occupied most of the "Queen Margot" premiere, and today's premiere of "Pulp Fiction", reporters from the North American continent occupies the majority.
European journalists don't understand the value of Hugo, but North American journalists will never let it go.
The members of the jury headed by Clint Eastwood came to the red carpet and came to cheer, which was to be expected; but unexpectedly, the starring team of "Money Empire" also sent representatives to attend the red carpet, They were the actor Tim Robbins, and Paul Newman, who played for Tim this time, especially Paul's appearance, which was warmly welcomed by the reporters on the scene.
And Gong from the "Live" crew. Li, Ge. The appearance of You, even made the reporters on the scene boiled up. Among the representatives of this department. National University. After the premiere of Lu's work in Cannes, it won a ten-minute applause from the audience, which can be said to be in the limelight. Unexpectedly, they also appeared at the premiere of "Pulp Fiction" to cheer, and reporters vaguely remembered that Quentin had expressed his right in interviews several times. A special preference for Chinese films, especially in the Golden Age. National fragrance. Hong Kong movies.
However, the real climax of the red carpet came when Isabel Adjani made her debut, much to the delight of reporters. You must know that Isabel has been out of film for five years before this, but she is still the most popular goddess-level actress in France, not to mention that so far "Queen Margot" has won unanimous praise and praise from all professional media in France. Love, which also made Isabelle easily fill the five-year gap and become the darling of the media and audience again.
It can be seen that the Weinstein brothers, the producers of "Pulp Fiction", really did their best. Just a little action at the premiere made this previously neglected film a beautiful turnaround battle. .
Originally developed according to this script, when the main creator of "Pulp Fiction" appeared on the red carpet, it was bound to fall into a new frenzy, pushing the atmosphere of the scene into madness. But this is not the case. When the first creator of "Pulp Fiction" appeared on the red carpet, not only was the scene not frenzied, but rather lazy, all of them looked absent-minded, which really caught everyone off guard.
When Uma stepped onto the red carpet nervously and excitedly, the noise that was like a volcanic eruption a minute ago gradually settled down, and the faces of the sullen faces made people almost think that this is not a red carpet, but something What's even more terrifying is that there were still a few screams coming from the scene, which made the atmosphere of the scene more bizarre and shabby, making Uma almost unsteady, and almost fell directly. on the red carpet.
In fact, the audience can't be blamed for that either, because no one except the American journalists knew Uma at all!
Pulp Fiction has held two press conferences in the past few days, the first with only Quentin and the Weinstein brothers, and the second with only Hugo and Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Mu-Roth attended, although this is just a routine press conference, there are not too many breaking points, just a brief interview about the feelings of participating in Cannes, the fun of the filming and so on, it is a warm-up for the premiere of the film, but Such an occasion is basically a process in which the reporter has a preliminary understanding of the crew.
You must know that at the Cannes Film Festival, the participating films come from all over the world, and there are many newcomers, even the most senior journalists, there will be faces they don't know. Therefore, in order to avoid such embarrassment, in the previous official press conferences, important members of the crew will be present, so that the reporters have a process of adaptation, and then go back to investigate the materials, and will not be confused when conducting in-depth interviews after the premiere. .
The problem is here, Uma did not attend the official press conference of "Pulp Fiction", so although the reporters can see that Uma occupies a place on the official poster of "Pulp Fiction", but seeing Uma appear at this time, Everyone still didn't react for a while, let alone the local French audience - Uma is not an actor with some shocking masterpieces.
As a result, no one knew who Uma was. Even the actor was an unknown little actor. Even if the audience wanted to shout and scream, they couldn't find a focus, and the atmosphere at the scene was a little deserted.
As for those American journalists who know Uma, they are all human beings. How could they not know about the "Pulp Fiction" crew? Since the breaking point between Uma and Hugo has been excavated, and now Uma is a newsworthy existence for reporters, how can they pay too much attention?
Of course, after all, Uma is also an American and represents American movies, so the American reporters did not react immediately, but then they responded - at least the face project still needs to be done, so they occupied more than half of the reporters' seats at the scene. All the American media started to press the flashlight one after another, which finally made the scene a little more lively on the red carpet.
Although the audience did not know who Uma was, but when they saw the flashlights of the reporters, they knew that there was at least one actor in front of them, so they all began to cheer and shout, which heated up the atmosphere of the scene. The audiences participating in the film festival are full of people with boundless passion and energy. Even the unknown actors are willing to give applause; if the work is brilliant, they will never be stingy with their applause. What's more, this is the most lively Cannes, so the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became hot.
It's just... Compared with before, there is still a huge gap, and the atmosphere at the scene is a bit noisy and enthusiastic, which makes Uma very embarrassed to stand in the same place, and it is not possible to move forward or backward. In the end, she stood there, gritted her teeth, and then acted as if nothing had happened, with a bright smile and a calm progress.
The next cast member of Pulp Fiction also arrived, and to everyone's surprise, it was Hugo and Samuel L. Jackson on the red carpet this time, a black-and-white pairing.
According to normal circumstances, Hugo is the most famous actor in the entire crew, and his appearance sequence must be postponed, but Quentin thinks so: instead of letting Hugo appear in the back to mobilize the atmosphere, it is better to shine from the beginning. When he appeared on stage, it immediately aroused the emotions of reporters. It didn't matter if other actors became supporting roles after that, but they could concentrate their firepower on propaganda.
Quentin's idea was supported by the Weinstein brothers, and they decided not to do it again and again, and simply put the black and white pair of Hugo and Samuel on the court, setting off a frenzy.
But in the eyes of Uma, who was separated from the entire crew, this was a premeditated exclusion, and she became a victim. Because when Hugo and Samuel showed up, there was a shouting blank for a second, and then, in an instant, the volcano erupted!