The September breeze still carried the sultry heat and humidity of summer, but it was stained with the coolness of early autumn, with the refreshing water vapor of Lake Ontario passing by slowly, and the branches and leaves at the top of the treetops began to be dyed with colorful colors. In the green ocean, intense red, yellow, and orange began to emerge, and the colorful waves were turbulent and boiling. The blue sky seemed to feel this wave. The golden sunlight was flowing slowly, and the air was filled with a bright breeze. And the pleasant atmosphere makes people want to go outdoors, even if it is just for a walk in the city square.
Compared with the crowds of New York and the sunshine of Los Angeles, Toronto has a kind of leisure and freedom to let loose and relax. The old man walking the dog on the street paced happily with friendly smiles on his face; the pigeons in the square put the children. The crowd surrounded, vying for the wad of bread; the people in work suits carrying briefcases walked quickly to the street, then took a step and rode their bicycles and walked away...
It was like a translucent blue sky that had just been cleaned by the heavy rain, but it was full of colorful splendor, and the mood couldn't help but lighten up.
Today's Toronto is extraordinarily noisy, filled with crowds of people within sight, and every corner is crowded with each other, as if the residents of North America have poured into the city overnight. Maybe not, but it's not too far off, as the annual Toronto Film Festival officially kicks off today.
"Fairy Wood"
Although the Venice Film Festival is still in full swing at this time, Toronto is easily favored by its neighbors thanks to its geographical advantage. Almost all works committed to this year's awards season will not miss here.
The Toronto Film Festival is very young. It was only held in 1976. The real rise is in the last two or three years. Starting from the "Slumdog Millionaire", it gradually replaced Venice and became the outpost of the North American awards season.
Canadians are world-renowned for their politeness, even a little too polite, with "sorry" and "thank you" always on the lips, no matter the situation. Americans always like to make fun of this. The most famous meme is the time of the annual "Black Friday" rush. The shopping malls in the United States are completely battlefields. Before the shopping malls can pull up the shutters, crazy customers will rush in. If you go in, panic buying may even be life-threatening.
But in Canada, all the staff lined up in two lines to warmly welcome them. Customers applauded and saluted, and followed the line into the mall in an orderly manner. Even when they fight, they say "I'm sorry", and they are Canadians.
This tradition has also continued to the Toronto Film Festival. Even the worst movie, after the broadcast, the audience will collectively stand up and applaud to encourage it. Compared with the arrogant, cold, and inhuman audiences of the three major European film festivals, Toronto is simply paradise. Even the film critics here are very gentle. Most of the films shown in Toronto can receive "good reviews", as if praised. .
Therefore, real professionals will know that the reference value of these evaluation feedback is limited, and it will not be known until the film is released in the United States.
However, such a friendly environment is undoubtedly the best choice for publicity strategies.
What's more, unlike the three major European film festivals that have attracted worldwide attention, Toronto has never focused on awards, but is famous for its large number of film screenings, mainly serving the market. Struggling between, there is only one ultimate goal: to sell movies.
This has also made Toronto a platform for major independent filmmakers to purchase films, attracting more and more independent films to look for opportunities.
This year's Toronto Film Festival was no exception, with Darren-Aronofsky and Natalie Portman's "Black Swan," and Mike-Leigh's "Black Swan." Another Year", "The King's Speech" with Colin Firth, Tom Hooper, "Rabbit Hole" starring Nicole Kidman, Ben Aver "Ben-Affleck" directed "The Thief in the City" and so on, all of which will make their debut in the next eleven days.
In fact, many films have just come over from Venice, "Norwegian Wood", "Barney's Life", "The Puppet", "The Road to Nowhere" and so on. From this aspect, it can be seen that the average quality of the fifty-one participating films this year is worthy of recognition.
This has also made reporters from all over North America gather here, hoping to get first-hand information and make a brief foresight of this year's awards season. No one wants to miss such an event.
After the luggage was settled at the hotel, Renly left the hotel and walked towards the main venue.
Although he has lived in two generations, he has never even attended a concert, let alone a prosperous world such as a film festival or a music festival. Renly's footsteps began to lighten up. Andy did not follow him for the time being. There's more than just Renly as an actor, there are other jobs that need to be handled, and come back on the day of the premiere of "Buried Alive". So, until then, Renly had free time to enjoy the festival to the fullest. So, I started to think about what movie to watch today and what movie to watch tomorrow.
But the question is, how does he know what movie is coming out today? Do you want to go to the official website to check? Although he was inexperienced, Renly quickly figured out the process - the show. Every film festival has its own show, and each year has different characteristics. The show not only contains the date and the number of the show. Arrangements, as well as media feedback for each day's release, and brief interviews with crew members.
Opening the show, Renly glanced through the list of 51 shortlisted works this year. He had seen more than half of them, and he had never heard of the other half. He carefully studied the list of cast members. Some of them are local Canadian films - after all, this is the home ground, and there is still a lot of support for local films every year. For example, this year's unveiling film chose Canadian forces.
Local director Michael-McGowan (Michael-M) teamed up with a group of local Canadian musicians to launch the "Hockey Musical", which tells the story of Canada's most popular ice hockey. It can be said that there are Canadian factors in the blood.
Although Renly had already seen most of the works, he wanted to watch many of them again, especially when he walked into the cinema, sat in the auditorium, and enjoyed the works on the big screen. For example, "Scorched Earth" by Denis-Villeneuve.
To this day, Renly still remembers the shock and confusion of watching this film at the beginning. Later, the director also made wonderful works such as "Prisoner", "Border Slayer" and "Arrival". What he is best at is using the camera lens. Switching and construction completes the brewing and creation of emotions, magnifies the details of the actors' acting skills, and captures the essence of the performance.
Watching a movie like this on the big screen is an absolute treat.
Yesterday was the unveiling ceremony of the Toronto Film Festival. Only the "Hockey Musical" was released. The show officially started today. Renly browsed the afternoon's schedule and planned to watch the French cartoon "Magician". There are almost no lines throughout the film, but it is as wonderful as an oil painting; if you still have time, you can also go to see "Beautiful Mistakes"...
While thinking, he turned around, ready to buy a movie ticket, but before he turned around, Renly suddenly saw a back close at hand, almost a palm's distance away from his own back, which really scared him. Under the inertia of jumping and turning around, his entire center of gravity moved forward, and he was about to pounce on the opponent. With a sudden force of his muscles, he stopped the car abruptly. But before he could take a step back, the other party took a small half step back. Now it was too late to react. Ren Li could only stretch out his hands to block the other party's back to prevent the two from colliding with the car.
With his hands in one gear, Ren Li took a step back. Although he had lingering fears, he finally avoided the disaster; the other party was in Renli's position, and the original focus of the back was lost, and he took a small step forward, and his movements were extremely embarrassing. He turned around abruptly, his dark brown hair fluttered in the air, and those watery eyes were clear and gleaming brightly. Angry, "what's the matter with you?"
Ren Li's brows frowned slightly. This was obviously the fault of both parties. He was at fault, but she was at fault, but the villain complained first? However, Renly also knew that such a thing was inherently ambiguous, and arguments could not reach a conclusion. Out of gentleman etiquette, Renly showed an apologetic smile, "Sorry, my fault."
With such a friendly and sincere apology, the other party seemed embarrassed to continue arguing, she nodded lightly, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Sorry, I was also wrong, I was a little absent-minded just now, I should have looked ahead. She raised her right hand and rubbed her temples. Her dark brown hair was tied into a bun, hidden under her black beret. The falling strands covered most of her cheeks. Strong chin curve.
"Fortunately, no one made a fool of yourself." Ren Li politely made a little joke to brighten the atmosphere, but the other party didn't show a smile, which immediately made the atmosphere a little awkward, but Ren Li didn't mind, anyway, it was just a chance encounter. He nodded in a gesture, then prepared to take a detour and leave.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, she seemed to see something, and panicked to hide behind Ren Li, the petite body only reached Ren Li's chest, and it was easy to hide, and her right hand was gently pulled. Renly's sleeves stopped him from leaving.
Renly didn't know why, raised his head and looked left and right, but found nothing unusual - was the other party avoiding someone? Why does this look like a movie set? Isn't this the Toronto Film Festival? What details did he miss
"Paparazzi!" The woman's voice came from behind, with a hint of hoarseness and tension in her voice, revealing the strength hidden in her bones in her panic, "Please help cover it up."