Chapter 1084： Arrive in Toronto

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Departing from Amsterdam, arriving at Toronto Pearson International Airport, the air flight time is eight hours and fifteen minutes, and when the sun rises in the early morning, it arrives in North Hollywood. pull cow m

This is a colorful city, because it gathers immigrants from more than 100 ethnic groups from all over the world and brings together more than 140 languages, which makes Toronto one of the most diverse cities in the world. The pleasant scenery of the city is full of greenery, so that the sky above the city is filled with fresh air, as if you only need to breathe lightly, you can touch the endless green. It's still September, and the maple leaves all over the mountains and plains are still full of fresh and tender green. If you come here in another month, you can see large swaths of red, orange, yellow and green intertwined, the full and rich colors, Mouth-wateringly amazed. Even now, the green that fills the line of sight has begun to show a beautiful sense of layering, from shallow to deep, blending with the ocean and sky, like a fairyland.

Evan Bell, who appeared at Pearson International Airport, dressed in a black mask, brown sunglasses, and a black baseball cap, was tightly wrapped. The reporters almost missed this young man who didn't seem to have any abnormality, but his eyes were sensitive. The reporter of , still pulled Evan Bell out of the crowd at the last moment. Evan Bell had to sigh that the eyes of the reporters were so powerful that he almost didn't put a burlap bag on his body, but he was recognized. These reporters estimated that the size of every part of his body was the same. imprinted in the mind.

These few days are the time when the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival meet, so there may be big-name stars at the airport all the time, and there are naturally too many reporters stuck at the airport. After someone recognized Evan Bell, they swarmed up and immediately surrounded Evan Bell, hoping to interview the news about the Venice Film Festival, about the Toronto Film Festival, and even about "perfume".

Still, it wouldn't help if reporters recognized Evan Bell, who wasn't planning to be interviewed at all. On the plane, after he took medicine. I fell asleep all the way, dazed, groggy, and sweating a little, and now I still feel weak. Teddy Bell was standing beside Evan Bell. He was also armed with a hat and sunglasses. He didn't want to be recognized by reporters, but ended up being surrounded, so Teddy Bell directly protected Evan Bell and broke out of the encirclement directly, and sat on the branch. The car that Tra-Laport arranged to pick up the plane walked away.

The reporters were still unable to interview Evan Bell, standing at a loss with a microphone. This confuses everyone: Isn't Evan Bell just finished "perfume" and won the Golden Lion and Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival, shouldn't he be in a good mood? What exactly is going on.

Soon, the flight attendants on the flight spread the news that Evan Bell had a cold, was unwell, and slept throughout the flight. This is a good answer to the reporter's question, but the reporters are starting to worry again. Will Evan Bell still participate in a series of events at the Toronto Film Festival? You know, Evan Bell is the most watched star at this year's Toronto Film Festival. Not only the North American premiere of "Brokeback Mountain," but also the world premiere of "Little Miss Sunshine."

Screening of "Brokeback Mountain" at the Toronto Film Festival. The plan was formulated in June, and the participation of "Little Sunshine Beauty" was decided at the last minute. In fact, Evan Bell completed the production of "Little Sunshine" at the end of July, and then went to Europe to shoot "Perfume", but there is no release plan for "Little Sunshine". Subsequently, Kurt Laporte and Thomas Lansing had several contacts with the Toronto Film Festival Organizing Committee as they prepared for the release of "Brokeback Mountain."

Pierce Handlin, the current chairman of the Toronto Film Festival, showed great interest in Evan Bell. After watching the trailer of "Little Miss Sunshine", he strongly invited Evan Bell to put this work on the show. Come to Toronto to meet the audience. In fact, Evan Bell originally planned to let "Little Sunshine" meet the audience next year, so he did not sign up for the "Little Sunshine" at the Venice Film Festival or the Toronto Film Festival at all. But now since Pierce - Handlin kindly invited. The Toronto Film Festival is also a good channel, and Thomas Lansing thinks it's a good idea to mention this work for release this year. Evan Bell finally agreed, and this is the current situation.

This time, Evan Bell's affairs in Toronto are not less, "Brokeback Mountain" and "Little Miss Sunshine" together appeared at the Toronto Film Festival. And not too long ago, the Fact-Fiction (e-) event on Facebook and uTube // Fastest text update u. No pop-ups, no ads // just ended, and one of the prizes was a trip to the Toronto Film Festival. At present, the winners have all arrived in Toronto, and Evan Bell, as the core figure, is bound to have many activities to participate in. But now Evan Bell is ill, and he doesn't know the specific situation, so the reporter's concerns are not groundless.

However, Evan Bell can only be regarded as a member of the star-studded star lineup of this Toronto Film Festival. Although he himself is unwell, he still arrived in Toronto after all, which is enough. In the two days before the Toronto Film Festival kicked off, Evan Bell was absent, which did not cause more discussion in the media, because there are many more topics that can be discussed.

After arriving in Toronto, Evan Bell took cold medicine and fell asleep in bed. Teddy Bell didn't even have time to adjust for jet lag, so he went straight to work. This is the first time that Eleven Studio has officially operated the entire distribution system after the establishment of the distribution department. Unlike last year, when "Mysterious Skin" participated in the Venice Film Festival, everything was moving forward. Teddy Bell was alone there. beat. This time, with Thomas Lansing and Kurt Laporte in charge, the release operations of "Brokeback Mountain" and "Little Miss Sunshine" are fully on track, and Teddy Bell doesn't need to worry too much.

So, even if Evan Bell wasn't involved in the work, the Eleventh release was operating in an orderly manner.

Since the Toronto Film Festival was held for the first time in 1976, a total of nearly 6,000 films have met the world here, and nearly 300 of them have been on the Oscar nomination list and podium. Compared with the three major European film festivals in Berlin, Cannes and Venice, the Toronto Film Festival does not focus on awards. At the end of each film festival, a "People's Choice Award" will be selected. However, the competition unit and the non-competition unit will not be strictly distinguished. All feature-length films are eligible to participate in the final selection, which will be voted by film critics, media reporters and ordinary British fans without a jury. The Toronto Film Festival is truly world-renowned for its high number of film screenings, which primarily serve the market.

In addition, the venue of the Toronto Film Festival is very close to Hollywood's headquarters, which is much closer than the three major European film festivals. Coupled with the positioning of the film festival itself, this also makes the Toronto Film Festival a distribution copyright in the North American film market. The most prosperous market for deals, where countless films come to deals every year. Gradually, the Toronto Film Festival has become another huge trading market in addition to the Sundance Film Festival, attracting countless filmmakers to come here every year to seek "gold".

After nearly three decades of development, the Toronto Film Festival has become the premier film festival, and according to a Los Angeles Times poll, many Americans view the Toronto Film Festival as the best film festival in the world. Although there is a regional preference, it is an indisputable fact that the influence of the Toronto International Film Festival is increasing day by day. Especially last year, in 2004, a decision by the Oscars made the Toronto Film Festival rise overnight, quickly becoming a film festival on a par with Berlin, Cannes and Venice.

In fact, the ties between the festival and the Oscars have not always been very close. In 1977, Woody Allen's classic "Annie Hall" was the first American film to premiere at a festival -- the Los Angeles Film Festival -- and then win a Best Picture Oscar. After winning the People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival in 1981, the British film Chariots of Fire became a famous dark horse at the Oscars. And in 2000, another People's Choice Award "American Beauty" won the Oscar for best picture again. Still, it has long been thought that picking an Oscar for the best picture from Cannes, Venice or Toronto is almost impossible. Berlin Film Festival in February, Cannes Film Festival in May, Venice Film Festival in September They are not too early or too late for a work that aims to win at the Oscars .

The turning point came in 2004, when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to move the Oscars from late March to late February, originally to shorten the length of the awards season and make room for the promotion of summer blockbusters. Unexpectedly, this is an action that affects the whole body, completely broke the balance of power of the three major film festivals, and contributed to the rise of the Toronto Film Festival.

The Berlin Film Festival was forced to open in a low-key and deserted manner in the eyes of the world's media on the Oscars, and the Germans have always been serious about entertaining themselves, making Berlin even more unattractive; Cannes Film Festival In May, it was still very lively, but it was overwhelmed by the torrent of business because of the advent of the Hollywood summer season; as for the Venice Film Festival, I was glad that it was directly linked to the awards season. Last year, Marko Mu Le's appointment was also the beginning of reforms, but after the 61st Venice Film Festival ended last year, everyone suddenly discovered that the Toronto Film Festival, which was held after Venice, relied on a large number of participating films and the status of close neighbors. The advantage has taken away all the limelight that should have belonged to Venice.

Meanwhile, the Toronto Film Festival has quietly won a new title, the Fourth Grand Slam.

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