Chapter 23 Everyone Will Love It5 month 9 day. The film festival officially begins. The opening film is "Absurdity" directed by Patrice Leconte. Chen An has never seen this French movie, but it’s not too late to watch it now. It tells a story from the 18th century. The movie is in French and the subtitles are in French and English. Chen An couldn't understand it. If it hadn't had a bad influence, he would have wanted to run away after reading halfway. After watching it, various parties interviewed Chen An and he said he didn't watch it again. He couldn't stay there any longer. Afterwards, Chen An wandered around the film festival. After "Absurdity", many movies began to be shown. Chen An looked at the movie posters and picked out some that he liked to watch. Chen An’s movie premiere hasn’t started yet, so he can only go around and watch other people’s movies. Chen An also went to support Chen Kaige's "Feng Yue".
Watching Ruyi, played by Gong Li, become addicted to smoking and Zhang Guorong die at the hands of a gangster, the movie is very much in the style of Chen Kaige, and the scenes are as beautiful as a painting. The delicate beauty of the visual effect of the image is grasped very accurately. Compared with Chen An, it is like Chen An is hung up and beaten with his mouth stuffed. But to be honest, Chen An found this movie a bit confusing. The filming techniques cannot cover up the shortcomings of the movie, but it is still better than the subsequent movies. "Farewell My Concubine~" Thinking of this, Chen An couldn't help but think of Brother Chen Kai's film and television classic, which was already at the point where he himself could no longer shoot it. No matter the lens language or aesthetics, it has undoubtedly reached the peak in China or even the world. Unfortunately, it is short-lived and fleeting! Despite this, there was still huge applause in the venue when the film was finished. Brother Chen Kai was also very satisfied with the audience’s reaction. He happily stood on the front stage to greet everyone present and accept interviews. Afterwards, Chen An went to see a movie directed by a very famous director: Hou Xiaoxian! This time he brought his film "Goodbye South, Goodbye South" to Cannes, and the screening was also very popular. His shooting style, like that of Wang Jiawei, is very popular with European audiences and film critics. This time, the film brought a different feeling. From the initial hometown sentiment to the later Taiwan historical complex, what he wanted to express has been changing, and now there is a kind of confusion that urgently needs to broaden his creative ideas. Chen An could feel that the past two years of study had not been in vain. The protagonist, Xiao Gao, a hooligan in his thirties, is an old character in the new society. He is family-oriented, loyal, and has ideals. He struggles in the chaotic interpersonal relationships around him, running around in the trivial matters of gangs, hometowns, and followers, and is very confused. Just like him now, he is confused about what future films will look like. This also led to his subsequent film "Flowers of Shanghai", which scared away many of his fans, who couldn't believe that this was shot by Hou Xiaoxian. However, Chen An thinks this film is better than "Feng Yue", at least Hou Xiaoxian is strongly demanding a breakthrough. Of course, Chen Kaige is also trying his best to get rid of the shadow of "Farewell My Concubine", but it is not so strong. It was obvious that this group of European film critics also understood the expression of the film, and their applause far exceeded that of "Feng Yue" to express their love for it. Chen An sat below and watched quietly. Hou Xiaoxian's movies are like this, with a strong aftertaste. "It's so well shot. Can our movie be like this?"
Duan Long, who came with Chen An, sat next to him and asked. Watching Hou Xiaoxian on the stage being interviewed by reporters and film critics. Chen An said silently: "Yes." The day has finally arrived for the premiere of Run Lola Run. It was the first public screening of the movie, and Chen An was waiting at the venue, feeling very nervous. After all, it was a screening of the main competition unit, so many people arrived one after another, and the seats were full soon. Brother Chen Kai also brought the crew to show his support. After all, they were all Chinese-language movies. What Chen An didn’t expect was that Hou Xiaoxian was also here. Wearing his representative hat, he walked into the venue, nodded and smiled when he met Chen An's eyes, and sat down in his seat without much communication. The only thing that surprised Chen An was the last two people who came in, the chairman of the jury, Francis Ford Coppola, and two jury members, Greta Scacchi. Chen An didn't know either of them, and didn't expect them to come. Francis Ford Coppola sat down in the theater without saying much, but the blonde beauty Greta Scacchi walked up to Chen An and shook hands with him. "Young Director An-chen, I like your movies, and I believe everyone will like your movies after today." She spoke in English, and Chen An only understood half of it. Finally, the translator next to her translated for Chen An and he finally understood. "Thank you for your love." Chen An specifically asked the translator and then thanked Greta Scacchi in person. The blonde beauty smiled, let go of his hand, walked into the theater and sat next to the chairman of the jury. After everyone arrived, the film "Run Lola Run" officially began to be screened. After the production company was introduced, rhythmic music began to play slowly. The cartoon's Lola started running, and the "Director: Chen An" logo in front of her was kicked away by her. The names of others did not fare any better either, they were smashed directly! All the performers took photos holding their names like prisoners. Then the film officially begins. Lola's boyfriend Manny lost half a million dollars and it was picked up by a beggar. He asks his girlfriend for help and needs to get the half a million dollars within twenty minutes, otherwise he will be killed by the boss. After the call, Lola officially started running, her fiery red hair symbolizing her emotions and personality. Her mind began to recall people who could help her, and she finally locked on her father, but in a separate scene, her father shook his head, which also foreshadowed the result. Accompanied by rhythmic music, Lola in the picture is running all the way. She turns into an animation again and runs downstairs, then turns into a real person again. Some of the people she meets along the way have flashes of her future experiences. A divorced woman, a thief who meets his true love, and so on. After her father refused, Lola, who arrived late, had to rob the supermarket with her boyfriend. In the end, Lola was shot dead by the police. The scene changes to the two of them lying on the bed and talking, with Lola leaning on Manny's arm. Just when the audience thought the story was over, they realized that the time was too short, and thought that it would be a multi-line narrative interspersed with other stories like "Pulp Fiction".
The beginning is always moving backwards, with the red phone's center of gravity falling on the telephone stand. Lola is back! Rush out the door again and start running again! "cool!" Many audience members at the venue began to praise the performance. They thought of all the possibilities but did not expect the director’s arrangement. The story unfolded like a game. Yes, like a game! Journalists and film critics also kept taking notes in their notebooks, which is definitely an innovation! The directors behind also showed different expressions, some liked it and some didn't. Lola started running again to save the hero, and this time the person she met had changed again. The future of everyone whose future was previously shown is also changed. The same thing happened to Lola. This time he robbed his father at gunpoint and demanded $500,000 from the bank. When she went out later, the bank was surrounded by police, but the police thought she was an ordinary person and let the robbers go. The audience below also breathed a sigh of relief, but Lola, who finally caught up in time, watched her boyfriend, who turned towards her, being hit and killed by the ambulance that rushed out! Here, Chen An deliberately used Wang Jiawei's frame extraction technique, contrasting the people walking quickly around with Lola's face full of disbelief, which caught the eyes of many film critics. This time, the conversation between the two of them lying in bed is interspersed again, but this time it is Manny lying on Lola's arms. Then Lola's third run began. After turning into an animation, she was no longer afraid of the vicious dog in the corridor like before, but instead scared the dog away with her eyes. This time, due to some strange circumstances, she failed to catch up with her father and left everything to God. I won 500,000 yuan with just 100 yuan, but I didn't choose to commit a crime. As things changed, the thief sold the bicycle to the beggar, which led to the beggar being found by Manny and getting back the 500,000 yuan that he had lost. Lola, who finally arrived, looked at her boyfriend who had ended things, and the two walked away hand in hand, and the film officially ended! Then the venue was filled with noises far louder than before, which lasted for several minutes! At this time, Greta Scacchi walked up to him and said with a smile: "I said that everyone will like your movies after today!" (End of this chapter)