Chapter 1478

"Langley, you know you're a jerk, don't you?"

Arthur can't help laughing between the lines hitherto unknown, but rather a slight sigh, and the sadness and sadness that come from the lines, which make the gurgling sound of time slow to clear. But Arthur and blue Li sit face to face, but they never make complaints about the kind of family and comfort. It's like... It's like the scene when Randy and Edith are together.

If Edith said so, blue rite would make complaints about "yes", but now, facing Arthur, Tucao and flirting with the idea are always surging.

So, with a slight shrug, lanli replied solemnly, "I think we are used to communicating with reason, not soul soup."

The answer just now is really cold and direct, and I don't feel too much temperature. "If you like, I can pretend to be a priest, listen to your confession, and then tell you that no matter what choice you make, God will love you."

Arthur's smile just stopped at the corner of his mouth, and he looked at Lan Li with an expression of lovelessness. His eyes filled with resentment made Lan Li's eyebrows rise slightly. The satisfaction and satisfaction after the prank was successful quietly spread in his eyes. However, Lan Li did not continue to torture Arthur.

After a short pause, the smile on the corner of his mouth was restrained. Lan Li considered his words and said seriously, "each of us is making choices all the time, some smaller and some larger. But these choices are the same, there is no so-called right or wrong, because time can't go back and decisions can't be regretted. What we need to do is to choose and then go on unswervingly. "

"Have you ever thought about what would happen if I didn't make it, just wallow off Broadway or on the TV screen, become a little supporting role or mass actor that no one knows, and finally come back to London in dismay? I really thought about it

"I'm afraid, too. But this kind of fear still can't stop my belief that I want to realize my dream, so I did it. Life is always like this. We are afraid of the unknown. Some unknowns can really change the world, but some unknowns are not worth mentioning at all. The only thing we can be sure is that before we try, the unknown is always unknown. "

"I don't know what your fear is, and I don't know how terrible it is. But if you ask for my opinion, the only thing I can say is that fear and regret will only stop us and continue to torture ourselves. "

It's not just Arthur, it's not just Langley, it's actually Heather, Edith, ALF, George and Elizabeth, and everyone else in life. Everyone is taking on the life after his choice. Some people complain and regret, while others are determined and courageous.

The so-called character decides fate, not because character can urge a better and more correct choice, but because after making a choice, character can decide one's attitude towards life.

"Charlie, I'm not your answer." Lanli said softly, "only you know the answer."

Charlie, that's Arthur's middle name. He had not heard Lan Li call himself that for a long time, and he felt a little strange.

Arthur chewed the words carefully. In fact, it was not difficult. Everyone knew the so-called soul chicken soup, but the meaning and weight seemed to be different when he said it from Lan Li's mouth.

He hated chatting with lanli, because lanli was always too sharp and thorough. He would tear the mask mercilessly and hit the nail on the head; But he also likes to chat with lanli, because lanli always knows what he should say, but his seemingly bland words are always just right.

"Sebastian, everyone knows the truth, but not everyone can do it." Arthur gave a wry smile.

Lan Li nodded in affirmation. As a matter of fact, he was not like this in his last life? Everyone has his own weakness and shackles. Onlookers always say it easily. Only the authorities know how difficult everything is. "So you asked me for help, not ALF."

As Langley just said, Arthur has made a choice in his heart.

Arthur didn't say a word. The appetizer had come up. He grabbed the knife and fork and began to enjoy his salad.

Lanli did not continue to say anything. He also grabbed the knife and fork and began to enjoy his French snail.

Almost no sound can be heard on the desktop, only the sound of knife and fork touching the disk can be vaguely captured, but it's only a faint trace. That kind of quiet is a little depressing, but it also outlines the unspeakable elegance. Everything is a habit formed through years of training.

After the appetizer is finished, there is still a little space before the staple food comes up. This is the time specially reserved by the restaurant for the guests to chat. That's why a regular meal must take off for two hours or even more than four hours. Conversation is not allowed during eating, and the time between a dish and a dish is specially used for dialogue.

"When do you go to Venice?" Arthur spoke again, but it was no longer the sad topic. In the short silence time of the first dish, it seems that Arthur's mind has changed a lot.

"Next week." Lanli quietly came back to their original position - a little strange, a little alienated, but in the final analysis, they were more familiar than strangers.

Arthur raised his chin, showing a look of sudden enlightenment, "I heard the news before, this time your work as the opening film, but will not participate in the main competition unit, so, you need to arrive in Venice ahead of time, is that right?"

Lenley nodded in affirmation and simply explained, "Venice still wants us to take part in the main competition, but Warner Brothers disagrees. They are worried about the box office."

It seems that there is a general consensus outside the industry that the three major film festivals of Berlin, Cannes and Venice are still the stage for the display of artistic works after all. Even Cannes, which has the strongest commercial atmosphere, is no exception. The works entering the main competition unit are recognized by the artistic director and the selection committee. If they can win the prize, Then it is bound to enter the system of award season immediately.

All this seems to have gradually become a convention. It runs counter to commercial films.

Take "the Great Gatsby" as an example. Warner Brothers is also responsible for the production and distribution of this work. They define the film as a commercial film with artistic flavor. "Art" is the prefix of adjective, and "business" is the subject. In other words, Warner Brothers still has great expectations for the film box office.

As a result, "the Great Gatsby" landed in Cannes Film Festival as an opening film, which opened the curtain of this year's Film Festival. However, the film did not enter the main competition unit and drew a clear line with art film.

First, Warner Bros. can make use of the platform of the film festival to ensure the exposure rate and promote the works. Good word-of-mouth feedback will also help the follow-up publicity work; Second, the film will not fall into the art rut, but can give the audience a false impression of "quality assurance", and further create space for the box office.

In fact, with the commercialization of the film market, the three major European film festivals often make compromises, opening with artistic commercial films to create popularity and attract attention, even the Berlin Film Festival is no exception.

At the beginning of this year, Berlin chose "a great master" as its opening film - but did not participate in the main competition unit; Cannes, on the other hand, has gone too far. In order to create a topic, even without considering the quality of the work, it often selects the commercial blockbusters of famous actors or directors as the opening films - anyway, it does not participate in the main competition unit, just to create a topic.

Of course, at the same time as the opening film and the main competition unit works, although not many, but also objective existence. For example, the Venice Film Festival in 2018 chose Alfonso Caron's new work "Rome" as the opening film, but it is also the most important entry in the main competition unit.

This time, Warner Brothers is positioned as a commercial film, but the artistic temperament of Alfonso and Langley is the biggest guarantee of film quality. After missing Cannes, Warner Brothers sent films to Venice and Toronto, and finally to New York. With the foreshadowing of three consecutive film festivals, Warner Brothers accumulated word-of-mouth step by step to prepare for the box office explosion.

Therefore, although Alberto Barbera, the new president of Venice Film Festival, made every effort to invite him, he even went to the United States in person to have a face-to-face talk and show sincerity, hoping to persuade the relevant senior officials of Warner Bros. to let gravity enter the main competition unit.

The reason is very simple. Lanli, who has just achieved egot, already has Berlin and Cannes in his hands. If gravity enters the main competition unit of Venice Film Festival, then lanli's Grand Slam is also possible, which is bound to ignite the focus of attention of all media. This is of self-evident significance for Venice, which has just experienced the change of dynasty.

However, Warner Brothers refused without any leeway.

They don't care if lenley can complete the Grand Slam, and they don't care what difficulties the Venice Film Festival is facing. The only thing they care about is whether the film can achieve a great success at the box office.

In particular, after taking office, Kevin Fu is now in a period of turbulence and chaos. He needs to change all key positions into his own direct line and complete the notice from top to bottom, so he is even more reluctant to give in.

Thus, the situation has been formed.

Arthur suddenly mentioned the Venice Film Festival, and Langley caught some details, but Arthur didn't open his mouth, so Langley didn't take the initiative to pierce it. Some things, some decisions, still need to take the last step.