Cesare has a great grasp of the film's rhythm and a steady story. He is like a skilled chef, cooking raw ingredients like "Prisoners" into a delicious and juicy finished product.
Of course, the significance of the story of "God's Redemption" itself protects the actors, but the vivid performances of Donald and Jiang Se give the story charm. The two complement each other and make "God's Redemption" come into being.
When the movie ended, there was thunderous applause.
After the movie ended, Jiang Se and Donald quietly left the theater. Donald seemed to be in high spirits when he came out:
"No wonder Cesare is willing to bet. If I had such an opportunity, I would also be willing to bet."
He smiled and talked to Jiang Se, ignoring the surprised and delighted looks of the members of the "Century Filmmakers" who passed by outside the theater and saw him.
Donald was well aware of his performance in the movie, but the special effects in the later stage played a charm that could not be ignored. The final effect of the film was excellent, and the appropriate music made the warriors in "The Knights of the Temple" have a strong sense of mission. These are the additions that cannot be ignored for an excellent movie.
"Jiang, Cesare is right. You can prepare well." He wiped his face, his eyes full of longing and excitement:
"You must be the most outstanding one on the red carpet at the closing ceremony of '100 Years of Filmmakers'!"
His words revealed his confidence that this film would win an award. The religious allegory, the subject matter of the story, and its implications on human hearts and human nature are all things that the judges like to explore the most. In addition to the story, "God's Redemption" also alludes to such issues.
The "evil" hidden under Andre's apparent kindness forms a sharp contrast with the "purity" hidden under Lannie's devilish appearance. In the end, the theory of "justice triumphing over evil" carries the implication of a "white lie". It is precisely this ironic ending that has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
In the theater, Shu Payen was still excited after coming out. Almost all the members who had watched the movie "God's Redemption" could not wait to cast their votes for the movie.
The voting took place in a special hall in the Sacred Hall, and a long queue soon formed.
Some fans around the world who are paying attention to "A Century of Filmmakers" are paying attention to the official surveillance video. Many people have noticed the problem of queues appearing at the voting window. Many fans can't help but feel very curious when they see this scene.
As we all know, the early viewing time for members of "A Century of Filmmakers" is about fifteen days. During the film viewing process in previous years, there should be very few people who voted on the first day.
After all, most of the members who are invited to participate in the "Centennial Filmmakers" event and are eligible to vote are experienced people who are quite familiar with such events.
Because each member has only one vote, most people are extremely cautious when voting and generally do not make a decision easily without watching all the movies.
Often, this kind of queuing situation will only occur after the fifteen days of movie-watching are over.
Early voting is already a rare occurrence, let alone such long queues.
Even though the surveillance video showed that there were not that many people queuing, only about a few dozen, it still surprised the movie fans who were watching the scene online. They all speculated whether there was a top-notch production this year that impressed these "high-minded" "Century Filmmakers" members!
The official event has announced the titles of dozens of films participating in the exhibition, almost all of which are directed by famous directors. It is really difficult to guess which director's work impressed these members.
There was a lot of discussion about this matter on the Internet. In the official forum of the 100-year history of world cinema art, an analysis post by a movie fan with the ID "William's Cat" was pinned to the top.
About half an hour after the members lined up to vote, he made a detailed analysis of the first batch of movie screening times announced in the "Centennial Filmmakers" event, and put the list online, allowing movie fans around the world to score and guess who will be the lucky first batch to receive votes.
There are a total of fifteen films in the first batch of "100 Years of Filmmakers". Every director is very famous. Some of them even have their masterpieces selected as classic films of "100 Years of Filmmakers", so they have become popular candidates in this list.
Cesare's "God's Redemption" also has a group of fans supporting it because the early trailer released was so exciting.
But most people don't believe that "God's Redemption" will be one of the first works to be rated by members.
Rock Youth: Cesare does have excellent works, but judging from his previous works, his films will not cause such a phenomenal voting situation. The 'members' are all knowledgeable people and will not make a decision so easily and quickly.
The Girl from Versailles: In "God's Redemption", replacing Laura was Cesare's most unsuccessful move. He seemed to have been bewitched by the "Chinese girl" and acted irrationally.
Boll: The collaboration between China Girl and Donald could have been a disaster, but seeing as "Salvation" was able to be screened in the Sacred Auditorium, I think the film might not be that bad, but it is unlikely to attract a large number of members to vote, so I think voting for Moen's work is the wisest decision.
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These messages were quickly reported in the Chinese media and sparked heated discussions.
Netizens are divided into two groups. One group hopes that "God's Redemption" starring Jiang Se can get enough votes to be nominated for the "Filmmaker of the Century".
After all, in the nearly 100 years since the "100 Years of Filmmakers" event was held, no Chinese work has ever been nominated, and no Chinese actress has ever walked the red carpet. It is a very rare thing to have a work played in the sacred auditorium.
It is a rare opportunity for Jiang Se to participate in a big-budget, big-director production like "God's Redemption", in which she is the female lead and her partner is a figure of Donald's level. It is a happy thing worth celebrating.
This may be the closest a Chinese star has ever been to being nominated for the red carpet for the "Filmmaker of the Century". People in China are very optimistic about her and hope that she can fight for it.
The other group, like foreign netizens, are not optimistic about "Salvation of the Divine", and their reason is consistent with the views of many netizens on foreign websites. Although Cesare's previous works have received good responses, there has not been a super masterpiece to prove his status, giving him such a great appeal that members can vote immediately after watching the movie.
These people are all quite calm and rational. Judging from previous works, these netizens believe that works by legendary directors such as Moon are obviously more likely to arouse enthusiasm for voting.
Yang Lirong is also one of the viewers who are pessimistic about "God's Redemption", but the reason why she is pessimistic about "God's Redemption" is not because of Jiang Se, but because of Cesare.
She has been a fan of Tao Cen for many years, and she was the happiest person when Tao Cen collaborated with Cesare.
She had been unconditionally fascinated by Cesare for a long time because of "The Lost City". After the movie was released, she not only went to see it herself, but also mobilized her friends and relatives to watch it. During the release of the movie, she watched it more than ten times.
I can proudly say that she also contributed to the billions of box office of "Lost City" in China!
She once thought that Cesare was a very visionary director because he had the foresight to discover Tao Cen and was willing to let Tao Cen meet him in "The Lost City".
The news that Tao Cen was going to star in "The Lost City" caused a great sensation in the country. It was not until later that Jiang Se was praised by Cesare and also signed a contract for Cesare's new film that Yang Lirong felt extremely disappointed in him.
When the trailer for "God's Redemption" was released, although the official did not reveal the order of the cast, Jiang Se appeared in the pilot film at the same time as Donald. Jiang Se's subsequent trip to the United States to promote the film has caused a wave of speculation that she is the heroine of Cesare's movie, which made Yang Lirong extremely angry.
In terms of age and qualifications, Tao Cen is far ahead of Jiang Se. The box office of every movie she has starred in is not low, and the total box office is far greater than the total box office of all the movies starred by Jiang Se.
Even though Tao Cen's role in "The Lost City" was not important, she tried her best to shape the character's characteristics.
In Yang Lirong's opinion, Jiang Se should not play the heroine no matter what. She thinks this is a big failure in Cesare's casting.
After the "Filmmakers of the Century" voting incident, as soon as the news spread in China, colleagues in the office kept discussing the matter. Yang Lirong was very depressed that her colleagues were all discussing the topic of hoping that "God's Redemption" could be shortlisted for the "Filmmakers of the Century". She argued for a long time, and a colleague looked at her puzzledly:
"Lirong, don't you think it would be a great honor for someone in China to step onto the red carpet of the 'Centennial Filmmaker' ceremony?"
Her colleagues looked very surprised and puzzled. Yang Lirong blushed. She also hoped that Chinese actors could walk on the red carpet that countless outstanding filmmakers had walked on. But if the first person to step on this red carpet was Tao Cen instead of Jiang Se, she might be happier.
After all, she was just feeling sorry for Tao Cen.
Tao Cen is no worse than Jiang Se in any way. As a fan who has been obsessed with Tao Cen for many years, she knows what kind of efforts Tao Cen has made over the years. She only hopes that Tao Cen's efforts can be rewarded.
"Okay, okay, stop arguing."
The atmosphere was a bit tense, and a colleague tried to smooth things over, remembering something:
"I remember that the domestic film critic Mr. Shu Peien is also a member of the 'Centennial Filmmakers'? For this trip to the United States, didn't 'Times Style' release his schedule in November? Is he going to participate in this event? Is 'God's Redemption' good? Leave a message in Shu Peien's column to ask, maybe he will reply?"
Meanwhile, in the Sacred Auditorium, after Shu Payne had cast his vote, he calmed down a little. He looked at the time and saw that his next scheduled movie would start in about thirty minutes. He did not rush back into the theater, but instead left the voting hall and went into the lobby of the Sacred Auditorium to check the next movie's screening time.
After the performance of "God's Redemption", the next performance will be at around 8 o'clock in the evening, and all seats have been fully booked.
The works of several big directors in the competition are also popular choices. There is a queue in front of each self-service voting machine to facilitate members who choose the movies after arriving at the scene.
Shu Penn watched a total of four movies on the first day, and it was already dark when he came out of the Sacred Auditorium.
There were many reporters and news media waiting outside. When they saw people coming out of the sacred auditorium, they rushed to interview them and asked everyone who came out to express their opinions.
Shu Peien's assistant had already been waiting outside the auditorium. The people from Huaxia Information had been waiting outside for a whole day. The moment Yu Zilin and Guan Mingming saw Shu Peien coming out, the two girls ran over in high heels, still running out of breath:
"Teacher Shu, we are reporters from Huaxia Information."
The two took out their work IDs and asked, "Among the movies shown in the Sacred Auditorium this time, have you seen the movie "God's Redemption" starring Jiang Se?"
The two girls held their breath, waiting for Shupein's answer.
"Not participating in the performance!" Shu Peien corrected Guan Mingming while putting on his coat:
"But the leading actor."
His words caused the two girls to scream in disbelief. This topic, which had been vague all along about the investors and which had sparked a lot of discussion online, was now easily brought out by Shu Pain. The two female reporters from China News were extremely delighted to get this piece of blockbuster news. Shu Pain frowned because of the high-decibel screams.
This proves that he has indeed watched the movie "God's Redemption" today. Yu Zilin remembered the question on the Internet:
"Regarding "God's Redemption", if you were to give a review of it, what do you think of this work?"
"I think the trip was worthwhile!" Shu Peien replied seriously. His words were already a very high evaluation of "God's Redemption".
While both of them were so excited about getting this big news that they could hardly control themselves, Shu Payne successfully broke through the media's siege with the help of his assistant and left.
After finishing a simple dinner, when he returned to the hotel and turned on his phone again, he received a series of short messages. Before he had time to click on them, Cui Zhangcheng called him immediately. When Shu Payen answered the phone, he breathed a sigh of relief:
"Finally I got through to you."
He was able to calculate the time so accurately, probably because he was calling Shu Payne's cell phone at any time during the day.
"Teacher Shu, you are already a celebrity." Cui Zhangcheng sighed and said this without thinking. (To be continued)