At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 475 It Has Nothing To Do With Gender, It's Just Love

Shen Xudong felt quite aggrieved...

He made a good intention, but no one believed it!

He has been in the industry for four years and has made several blockbuster films, but no one takes him seriously.

He told Huang Zhonglei that Harvey was a liar, and Huang Zhonglei still handed over the North American copyright of "The Banquet" to Weinstein Films...

Is Zhang Ziyi so reliable?

When people are frustrated, they either comfort themselves or choose to vent.

Shen Xudong chose the latter!
Facing "Southern Metropolis", I simply stopped pretending: ""Carol" will definitely win an award... I made "Carol" at the beginning because I wanted to win the title of an international actress..."

"Oh…"

"She treats me well! I always reciprocate..."

Who cares about this?
Do you have any relationship with Gong Li beyond friendship?

The reporter changed the subject: "Are you so confident in "Carol"?"

"necessary!"

……

Gong Li is very busy. She came to Cannes not only for the movie "Carol", but also for the brand platform!
L'Oreal, Cartier...

Especially L'Oreal. In 1997, L'Oreal Paris entered China for the first time. After directly signing Gongli...

Nine years of friendship!

After standing for five games in three days, I changed three sets of dresses alone...

Busy.

There was no time to exchange art with Shen Xudong, but after the interview was over, the two returned to the hotel together, and then closed the door in a tacit understanding...

Art is something that must communicate, learn from each other, and learn from each other's strengths to complement each other's weaknesses.

Ego stuff is of course good, but ego is for self-satisfaction.

You have to communicate with people and slowly form your own artistic trajectory. This feeling is the feeling of being in touch with the soul of art...

After instilling the art full of positive energy, Shen Xudong sat down and picked up a glass of water...

Gong Li sat down, slapped off his exploring hand, and suddenly remembered something: "I feel that the theme of "The Golden Armor" is not suitable for commercial expression!"

"Yes, if this kind of movie is in Hollywood, no company will vote for it. Because the whole story is too dark and hopeless. It is only suitable for making a small-budget art movie. If you invest more than 1500 million US dollars to shoot such a movie , whoever is an idiot!"

"It's not that bad... With Director Zhang's reputation, plus Zhou Runfa, Zhou Jielun and you, let alone 4000 million box office... It is estimated that it can sell for [-] to [-] million US dollars overseas..."

In the original time and space, the overseas evaluation of "Curse of the Golden Armor" is not particularly high - "Hero", "House of Flying Daggers", "Armor of the City", "Golden Armor" has the lowest evaluation!
The box office is also the lowest - "Curse of the Golden Flower" was released in 1149 theaters in North America, but the total box office was less than 700 million US dollars!
"House of Flying Daggers" is worth 1105 million US dollars in North America!

Gong Li still wanted to say something, Shen Xudong made a move, she rolled her eyes, and then her sister fu-chih~
……

Gong Li really enjoyed himself in Cannes!

The premiere of "Carol" was star-studded. Cannes Film Festival chairman Jacob, director Risian, judges Zhang Ziyi, Monica Bellucci, Samuel L. Jackson all came. In addition, a bunch of Chinese filmmakers came to join us.

Feng Xiaogang, Wu Yanzu, Zhou Xun of "The Banquet";
Su Zhaobin, Zhang Zhen, Big S from "Strange Silk";

Donnie Yen and Wu Jing from "Taken" are also here...

Shen Xudong walked the red carpet with the crew, cheers everywhere he went, mainly shouting at Gong Li!
Although Evan Rachel Wood of the "Carol" crew has been in the independent film circle, he has not acted in a few independent films worth mentioning, nor has he gained popularity in Europe.

Although director Todd Haynes has fought in Cannes, his reputation is not obvious.

It all depends on Gong Li!

At this time, the theater was not yet open, and there was already a long queue outside, and all the tickets for the first show were sold out.

The main creative team entered the venue first, and within 5 minutes after sitting down, the Hall of Thousands of People was already full!

Cannes is indeed a bit better than Venice.

After a short wait, Jacob, the chairman of the film festival, went up to give a few opening remarks. After the scene was over, the curtain lit up, and the premiere of "Carol" officially began.

In fact, most normal audiences don’t like queer movies very much, including Shen Xudong, who had watched “Happy Together” before…

It's a little nauseating, and there's no way to enjoy the movie itself!
"Carol" is different...

Both the picture and the composition are beautiful!
Shot in flashback, the movie begins with Carol and Therese's meal and ends with a return to the meal.

Just like the little train toy that Tetris chose for Carol's daughter when they first met, it went round and round, like a cycle.

When we first met, Terris was a salesperson at the toy counter in a mall, and Carol was a mother who came to pick out holiday gifts for her daughter on Christmas Eve.

In the bustling flow of people in the shopping mall, the eyes of two strange women meet suddenly, which may be called love at first sight.

So, when Carol was filling out the delivery address on the counter, she didn't know if she dropped her gloves intentionally, and Terris fell into this sudden love from then on...

In addition, this is a somewhat feminist film. In order to focus on portraying the beautiful love of the two heroines, the male characters are given disgusting negative images in this film.

In fact, the original book is quite long——Shen Xudong simplified almost all the supporting roles, and didn't intend to spend too much time here, but Carol's family problems and Tetris's career are still very typical imprints of the times.

Whether it was Haji, the husband who did everything he could to compete for Carol, or Richard, the boyfriend who spoke harshly because of Terris's departure, Danny, who even wanted to have a relationship with Terris, and the private family... Detective Tommy.

The meeting of the two heroines seems to be arranged by fate, and the moment of their first acquaintance is just right.

Carol is divorcing her husband and is struggling with custody and visitation of her daughter;
Tetris maintains a relationship that seems like nothing, and he doesn't know if his boyfriend is the love of his life.

The unstable relationship between the two parties can easily spark.

Of course, there are sparks in the middle - Carol wants to drive out before the verdict, so she invites Terris - along the way, the two people who fell in love at first sight become more infatuated with each other in the day-to-day contact. other side.

In the second half of the movie, the custody battle.

Carol has to leave Terris behind - she has a custody battle over her daughter...

The detective sent by her husband secretly photographed the evidence of Carol and Terris, and added a code of ethics to the lawsuit, demanding that Carol give up the custody of the child.

It seems to be becoming popular, but it’s not. The plot lasted less than 10 minutes. During the hearing, Carol made the decision to give up her daughter’s custody and said to the judge: morality?What is morality?I think two people together, this is morality, love is love!

No use, because her husband refuses her the right to visit her daughter, unless she cuts off contact with Terris...

At this stage, Terris... was broken up, she chose to work hard silently, and finally entered the "New York Daily" to work, living an independent and attractive life...

Much like Carol.

At the end, Carol found Terris and returned to the scene at the beginning of the chapter.

The two at the table looked at each other and smiled...

The movie is over.

(End of this chapter)