When the Cannes Film Festival officially kicked off, it was really overcrowded. People who love movies all over the world are likely to crowd here to join in the fun.
On the day when the film was officially shown, the streets were crowded and crowded.
Rosie was standing in the hotel room, looking at the lively scene through the window, and couldn't help but start to sigh: "Sami, do you remember? When we took "Snake Bane" to the Independent Film Festival, we lived in small There were so many people in the hotel, but at that time we were not famous at all, so we managed to show it in a small movie theater, and I was always worried that no one watched the movie and that it wouldn’t sell. I was looking for people everywhere, and you got posters all over the street. paste… "
Sammy doesn't really want to recall what happened back then.
In Rossi's view, although the process was a little hard, the result was beautiful.
However, Sammy still broods about being nearly beaten by fans after the premiere.
He has no guilt about his poster (false) publicity strategy. He is also very excited about watching the beautiful snake girl fall in love, but the python eats people for more than two hours. Without any guilt, and with a peculiar thinking, there is no way to understand the anger of the fans, but unilaterally think that their artistic tolerance and psychological endurance are too poor!
Therefore, in a similar scene, Rossi will be smugly recalling bitterness and sweetness.
Sammy, on the other hand, only had a blank face, thinking in his heart: "The audience at the Cannes Film Festival should be a little more qualified than the audience at the independent film festival, right? Otherwise, I should not attend that dangerous premiere, right?"
Not participating is obviously impossible.
Now it's completely different from the time when I took "Snake Bane" to the Independent Film Festival. At that time, whether it was Sammy, Mickey or Rossi who were fledgling and unknown in Hollywood, it took a lot of effort to get a show to show the film. , and the location and time of the screening are not good, let alone any ceremony.
Today, as a famous Hollywood director, Sammy is definitely the most watched type of person in this film festival.
Therefore, on the day of the premiere of "Love You Will Kill You", the staff responsible for the film festival closed the street between the hotel where Sammy and the others were staying and the cinema early.
Countless reporters squatted at the entrance of the hotel waiting to take pictures. Outside the cordon, there were relatively enthusiastic movie fans waiting.
When Sammy and his entourage just walked out of the hotel, the flashlights of the paparazzi reporters began to flash continuously, almost dazzling the eyes of the blind people, and the fans also enthusiastically stretched their hands outside the cordon and shouted loudly. wrote: "Sa-mi! Sam-mi!"
Sammy looked straight ahead, with a small round face, very serious, and didn't even look to the side.
As a person behind the scenes (self-confessed), he is really not used to this frenetic scene: "It's terrible, these people are not crazy."
Of course, there were also actors in the crowd who called out Mickey, Mick Lee and Nari, and even more exaggerated.
However, Mickey's own strength is extremely high, and he is naturally not afraid of fragile human beings; and Mick Lee and Nali are all battle-hardened stars, not only are they not afraid, but also skillfully wave and smile at the fans.
At this time, cars have long been parked at the door of the hotel waiting.
Well-trained drivers lined up, drove one by one, picked up Sammy, his entire crew, and some of the guys the Kerry brothers had brought, and then swept across the street at a uniform speed like snakes. , heading towards the cinema.
On the way, the lights are bright, illuminating the night like day.
There are still countless fans on both sides of the street, outside the cordon, excitedly shouting their names and chasing the motorcade.
The big scene!
It was completely different from the first time I participated in the film festival that year.
The treatment this time at the festival was simply flattering.
Mickey didn't have the self-consciousness of a star, and kept looking out of the car window, looking a little funny.
as a dragon.
It is probably difficult for him to understand why human beings participate in the same activity and get two different treatments.
However, Rossi was very touched by this and had mixed feelings.
He rambled endlessly there: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I think back then..."
Sammy glanced at him several times, endured and endured, and finally, still didn't want to listen to what he thought of the past.
He couldn't figure out what the good feeling was about this, and on a whim, he said to Rossi very diabolically: "Wake up, those cheering people outside are not for you. In the hearts of movie fans, the producer is not at all. name, understand?"
Rossi: …
The car was silent for a moment!
Mickey looked at Rosie, who was unhappy, and Sammy, who looked thoughtful. He didn't quite understand what was going on between the two.
Because of the schedule, Mick Lee, who came to Cannes a little later than them, happened to be sitting in this car as well.
He looked at Sammy a little suspiciously, as if he didn't quite understand why he said that.
Sammy stared out the window in a daze with no explanation, and bit his nails a little unhappily.
In his opinion, the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival is definitely not a day to be at ease. Today's treatment is a poison hidden in colorful candies. Rossi has been completely fascinated by the flowers in front of him. Take the present and the past as a comparison, so full of pride and pride.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with that either.
After all, after so many years of struggle, isn't it just for the glory of this moment
But don't forget...
The audience is always the audience.
The foundation of audience enthusiasm is built on the quality of the film.
In other words, the quality of the movie is not good enough, and the current high treatment is all a joke.
Just look at the over-expected fans outside the car window...
Sammy felt a little pressure rarely.
You know, although he has always been confident in himself, he also has self-knowledge.
In many cases, what the director likes is not necessarily what the audience likes.
Movies are like their own children most of the time.
The director always looks good at his own child, but when he finds that the child is not making money and is not popular...
All right!
Then you can only bring the child and prepare to be scolded together.
Thinking of this, Sammy couldn't help but sigh, and finally began to slowly regain his composure.
But looking at the enthusiastic movie fans outside the window, he still bit his lip anxiously, thinking with lingering fear: "It's really hard to maintain a normal heart sometimes, but fortunately there is Rosie who can use it to bully (Rosie: ? ?).” Then, he couldn’t help thinking: “I really like this movie, who cares! It’s all finished anyway, and losing money in the future is also something the Kerry brothers will worry about (Kerry brothers: ??).”
In short, in such a complicated mood.
The group came to the cinema smoothly.
Ended up in a series of boring and tedious admissions like walking the red carpet.
When the lights in the cinema go out and the audience becomes quiet...
It was only in Sammy's heart that the dust settled, that there was no need to think about it, and that nothing could be changed.
So he stopped thinking nonsense, but tried to stand in the audience's point of view and quietly began to appreciate this new work of his own.
At the beginning of the film, Hello Band's "Say Hello to the World" plays.
Many fans who are familiar with Sammy's works all showed their surprised expressions and were very satisfied with the design of this Easter egg. Some extroverted audience members directly shouted out excitedly: "It's Hello!"
Really!
The name Hello is so funny!
And so do these audiences.
What is hello
Sammy had sunk his mind and was about to watch the movie seriously, but he was almost amused by these shouts.
But relying on his self-control, he forced his lips together and emphasized in his heart, "Don't laugh! Be serious."
The familiar music began to slowly lower its pitch at this time, and it only sounded faintly as a background sound...
Then, the screen gradually lit up, and a mouse suddenly appeared in the camera.
An ordinary domestic (crossed out) big fat gray rat, it was trotting along the corner of the wall, but when it was running, it suddenly stopped in front of a mousetrap... The music seemed to get louder at this time After a while... The mouse looked around, hesitating, but in the end, it was caught by the fragrant bait that was caught by the mouse and lost its head, and rushed up stupidly!
There was a crisp sound of 'smack', followed by a tragic squeak, the mouse kicked its legs and was caught by the traps until it couldn't move.
The music became lighter again.
Human footsteps sounded.
The camera naturally turned to the human side.
But only the position below the neck was taken, and the head could not be seen, and the whole composition seemed a little weird.
Later, some film critics interpreted this scene and thought that 'the head was cut off from the beginning', which implied the protagonist's abnormal mental state from the beginning.
Ignore for the moment whether this is an over-interpretation by the critics, or whether Sammy really meant it.
For now, the audience is still aroused by the success of this opening.
They watched in confusion as the man on the screen walked towards the mousetrap, vaguely reminded of the previous trailer.
really!
The sharp blade of the blade flashed, and a blood splashed out exaggeratedly, and a few drops seemed to fall on the lens of the screen.
The music became louder again.
Colin, the lead singer of the band Hello, said in a very uplifting voice: "Here I am, on the way to my dreams..."
Until this time, the camera finally captured the whole person.
Mickey's handsome and inhuman face appeared on the screen, but at this time, there was still blood on his cheeks, and his eyes were staring blankly at the knife in his hand and the mouse corpse that was stabbed to death by the knife next to him. …
The music is louder:
Here I am, on the road to my dreams! I'm here, on my way to my dreams...
What's wrong with you
What the hell is this combination!
Does killing mice have to be accompanied by inspirational songs
Gee!
This familiar recipe, familiar taste!
Yes!
Sure enough, it's still the wonderful director who made "Snake Disaster", but deceived the public with the poster of the girl who dared to be a snake!
At this moment, many audience members almost burst out laughing.