Alberto Barbera is a typical Italian, with deep facial features with traces left by the years, and his hairline in his sixties is receding, but his neat and short hair is slightly dyed with gray and gray. White, but still showing a mature and stable temperament, broad shoulders and a straight spine complement a basic suit with a graceful demeanor. Because of his many years as the director of the Italian National Film Museum, he burst out with a bookish atmosphere from the inside out. , There is a masculine charm in every gesture, and the polishing of the years has made that kind of temperament more and more precipitated.
Who is he
He is the current president of the Venice Film Festival! Renly did not expect that it was Alberto who appeared on the set, and even the most imaginative one could not speculate that this old man who only had a relationship with one side would actually appear in New Orleans-because the two really didn't have much friendship. Arguably.
But Alberto just stood there.
This spirited old man has his hands behind his back, with a refined smile on his face, no special movements or gestures, but invisibly always brings out the impression of "handsome" in people's minds, which can easily make people feel Create a sense of closeness, and it seems that it's okay to sit down and have a drink at any time.
Seeing Renly approaching from a distance, Alberto took the initiative to ask, "How, is the filming over? Or is it coffee break?"
Coffee, the opening remarks with Italian characteristics, Alberto's English with a strong accent, still showed his own characteristics.
Renly chuckled, "Coffee time is over, it should be time for a bottle of beer." In southern Europe such as Italy and Spain, dinner time is often after nine o'clock; Head to the small bar in pairs, enjoy a beer, relax a bit, chat, relieve the fatigue of a long day at work, and then enjoy dinner.
Alberto laughed heartily, "There is such a habit here in the United States?"
"No, you know, this is the America-Cultural Desert," Renly grumbled without hesitation. "If you go to a bar, there's only one reason: you want to drink. Or to watch football."
"Ha, I don't agree with rugby, but I agree with football. What can be compared to a beer and a game?" Alberto said cheerfully.
Renly spread his hands, "I don't know, a movie and a bucket of popcorn?"
"Haha, no, no, for Italians, there is nothing comparable to football, not even movies." Alberto waved his hands again and again and said with a smile on his face, without showing any partiality because of his identity, his attitude Still very firm, expressing his thoughts directly.
"It should be the same in England." Renly didn't mind, and said, "But obviously, the land under our feet is a different model."
Alberto spread his hands and looked at Renly, expressing his helplessness, looked around, and then deliberately lowered his voice, "I think, let's stop this topic. Let's continue. , we don't know what's going to happen, I can't shake my fist now."
"Then a beer? We could find an Italian restaurant and it would be much safer - I strongly advise against you to watch the game with the English fans," Renly replied succinctly.
Alberto laughed outright, "If they play against Germany, that's fine."
In a short opening remark, Renly and Alberto did not greet or ask, just chatting about coffee and football, but the atmosphere was very harmonious. Although the two only met once in Venice a year ago, meeting them again has no effect, like long-lost friends.
"My Iceberg Beauty Wife"
"Do you need me to introduce you to the crew?" Renly said kindly, "although you shouldn't be interested in commercial movies."
"No, I'm very interested in commercial films. I don't want to make the mistake of last year again. No one can underestimate the power of 'gravity'. Obviously, I made a mistake." Alberto said sincerely. , it should have been a self-deprecating joke, but because his expression was so sincere that he had no sense of humor, but Alberto didn't continue talking, but turned to look at the scene of the crew, "I made a special trip here. The crew is visiting, out of courtesy, I should greet everyone, how is it, are you willing to introduce it?"
"Of course, my honor." Renly said generously.
Then, Renly led Alberto to visit the crew, and introduced Colin, Bryce, Nick, Jack and others to Alberto.
For the directors and actors of "Jurassic World", the Venice Film Festival is still a sacred stage out of reach - even if Venice has now been left behind by Cannes, the skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the world influence of Water City Still in the top ranks, it is definitely a dream place for actors. As the chairman of Venice, Alberto is a first-level big name with a strong influence in the entire European film industry.
The crew was a bit lively.
Alberto maintained enough patience, which is part of his work. He really felt like a duck to water. He met the crew members one by one, and then visited the crew a little, and sincerely thanked the crew for their warm welcome, "Hopefully see you in Venice in the future."
Alberto even half-jokingly said that he really hoped that "Jurassic World" could change the release schedule and go to Venice for its world premiere, which should be very interesting.
Although everyone knew that this was just a polite remark, the excitement and excitement could not help but surge up. All eyes were directed towards Renly. They all knew that if the film wanted to go to the Venice Film Festival, The only thing that could move the whole thing is Renly:
Don't you see it? Alberto has come to New Orleans to visit in person! No matter what the purpose is, Alberto did not choose to communicate by phone but went to the door in person, which is very rare. This honor is definitely one of the top treatments in Hollywood.
Facing Alberto's jokes and the expectations of the crew, Renly laughed dumbly, "Don't make a wish, or your wish will very likely come true." Those meaningful eyes turned to Alberto, he Knowing the situation at the Venice Film Festival, Alberto was far less free than he seemed.
This made Alberto a little embarrassed, and he could only shake his head again and again, "I heard that Renly is an eloquent person before, but now I have a real sense of it."
The crew members all burst into laughter, but after calming down, they also realized that there should be no hope of going to Venice. To be more precise, hope was extinguished before it was ignited. When we turned our heads, everyone was relieved. Anyway, this work was not aimed at the film festival, was it
Then the crew went back to work again.
Alberto chose to visit the crew very cleverly. It was nearing the end of the whole day's work. The main scenes of Renly and Bryce had been filmed. Finally, the crew filmed three more side scenes. Alberto He also waited impatiently to watch the filming and waited for all the filming of the crew to end, then he left the crew and turned and left with Renly.
"Why did he come to visit Renly?"
"Could it be that Renly and Venice have something to do with each other?"
"Wouldn't you have come here specially to invite Renly to be a judge?"
After Renly and Alberto left the crew, everyone started chatting and talking, and it was difficult to hide their excitement and excitement. After the word "judge" was raised, the scene became even more frenzied.
"No way? Renly is only twenty-four! Twenty-four-year-old judge of the three major film festivals? That's an exaggeration!"
"Why not? The judges of the three major European film festivals are already involved in a wide range of fields. Age is not a consideration, but influence and professional strength, okay?"
"It is, and the jury list in Venice is really confusing, and I often don't understand it."
"I think Venice has already figured it out, and Berlin is really incomprehensible, okay?"
"The point is, I think Renly qualifies, he's just making history."
"Don't think about it too much, it's impossible this year anyway, the Venice jury list has been announced, and there is no Renly."
"What about next year?"
"Next year is too early, it's impossible to mention next year now."
"Ah... that's a pity, I really think it's good that Renly is a judge."
The composition of the jury of the three major European film festivals is indeed like this. Every year, there are unexpectedly some unpopular surprises, and some unheard of names often appear, and even names that have no direct connection with the film industry. , while age is often the least important factor.
Compared with the list of jury members, the chairman of the jury is the position to grasp the core of the rhythm and the tone of the style, but even the chairman is not without surprises.
For example, the jury of this year's Venice Film Festival was ultimately chaired by French composer Alexa.
It's not that Alexandre Dipra is unqualified, and it has nothing to do with composer status - in fact, he is a master of the European soundtrack industry, "Queen", "Rejuvenation", "The King's Speech", "Philomena" , "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "Hunting the **", "Godzilla", "Escape from Tehran", "The Imitation Game" and other works are all his masterpieces, and his strength and glory are absolutely worthy of tested.
However, it is more or less surprising that Dipra is the chairman of the jury, because composers often look at movies from a slightly different perspective and way, which undoubtedly adds a lot of variables to the selection of this year's Golden Lion Awards. People can't help but be a little curious about the direction of the final award.
Well, if Dipra can serve as the chairman of the jury in Venice, it is not surprising that Renly will be a member of the jury, although he is only 24 years old this year, and even now Renly serves as the jury of three major European film festivals. The chairman of the group should not be too frightened.
It's just, from the current situation, it seems that it may seem like ... not the invitation of the judges.