Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 187 Cannes Film Festival
In 2002, the International Film Festival was officially renamed the Cannes International Film Festival.

It was originally chosen to be held in Cannes because of its comfortable climate, but now it has become the most important and memorable term of the film festival.

The reason why I mention this is because the film "Little Miss Sunshine" directed by Greta Gerwig and produced by Tang De has been shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes International Film Festival.

This was undoubtedly a very important honor for a new director, so much so that she didn't sleep well at all the night she checked into the hotel.

I stared at the ceiling all night, imagining how happy I would be after my film won the award.

But starting from the next day, she didn't have so much thought to think about...

Because the tedious preparation work makes everyone exhausted!

"Greta! Get me my curling iron!"

"Kerry, where are your wig pieces? Tony needs one!"

"Is the dress ironed? I want to try it on now!"

"Okay." Abigail shouted sweetly.

"That's right, we'll be going up in a minute. Can you hold Grandpa's hand then?" Alan Arkin lovingly touched the little girl's head and her neatly combed braids.

It’s still the first work of a fledgling artist.

"They're imitating the positions in the poster!"

"Hey, Abigail, stop running around! Be careful of hitting your head!"

For a time, the frequency of flashes increased greatly, making this scene obviously more eye-catching than other crew members.

"How are you all preparing?" Greta was the first to finish cleaning up. Tang De was filming on the set and did not come. Carl accompanied Zunlong on his trip to China. Jimmy was taking charge of the most creative things, so now she is The person who coordinates the overall situation.

And their positions are also very interesting. They are arranged according to the order of sitting in the car in the movie, and Greta is surrounded by them.

"Quickly take pictures! Jim Carrey, look at us~!"

After praying in her heart, Greta began to look at the film festival brochure prepared by the organizing committee.

After Jim Carrey and Tony Collett walked out, Alan Arkin also got out of the car with Abigail, followed by the rest of the cast.

The reporters quickly passed on this information, and those outside the audience also learned about this little easter egg from other people, and their interest suddenly increased.

I'm really grateful to Tang De, who gave me this opportunity.

"It's so fun. When it premieres, I think I can go and see it."

The car drove very slowly because the organizing committee had been controlling the arrival time of the celebrities and could not let them collide with each other.

Although the Cannes red carpet attracts worldwide attention, it is surprisingly short. The crew of "Little Miss Sunshine" walked down the red carpet in just two minutes.

"Then we are going up soon!" The little girl Abigail bit her finger, her big eyes full of longing.

"Dwayne, get me today's newspaper."

In particular, Jim Carrey deliberately made a driving gesture, which immediately reminded reporters who saw the poster.

"Bang!" As soon as the car door opened, various noisy sounds poured into the car. This sound made everyone couldn't help but become serious. Only Jim Carrey raised a big smile and was the first to walk out of the car door.

The Cannes Film Festival is divided into five important links: red carpet, premiere, interview, screening, and closing ceremony.

Jim Carrey ignored the calls of the reporters, turned around and stretched out his hand to hold out his wife in the movie, Toni Collette.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Greta and the others finally saw the Cannes red carpet... and the crowds of people around them.

The red carpet is also divided into the opening ceremony red carpet and the main competition unit red carpet. The organizing committee has prepared a red carpet for every film that enters the main competition unit.

"After all, Cannes is one of the most famous film festivals in the world. To be honest, it is more authoritative than the Oscars abroad." Jim Carrey next to him gave a brief introduction.

Of course, men don't care, as long as they bring two more coats.

This is something she didn't expect when she joined Angel Declaration, that she would become a director participating in Cannes so quickly.

Their car arrived at the red carpet shortly after.

Even with the help of staff present, trying on dresses and makeup still took a lot of energy from the crew members.

After finally preparing everything, they immediately went downstairs and took the waiting car to the red carpet.

"Shoot it! Wow, that's so funny!"

"Jim Carrey! Look! It's Jim Carrey!"

She was wearing a yellow dress that contrasted with her golden hair, making her look very bright and charming.

In the past few days of the film festival, they have to prepare at least three sets of clothes. After all, they can't wear the same thing on the red carpet, interviews, and receptions.

"Oh my God!" Paul, the young man, was lying on the window, staring at the flashing lights and the sea of ​​people outside, and couldn't help but sigh: "This is really a big scene."

Not today, of course, but after tonight.

However, the atmosphere between them is very good, perhaps because they have not yet gotten out of the feeling created by the movie. Now Paul and Abigail have begun to call Alan Arkin Grandpa.

Except for Jim Carrey and Alan Arkin, who are very comfortable, everyone else is participating in the Cannes Film Festival for the first time, especially the little girl Abigail who plays the heroine. She is in a lively and active stage. Accompanied by my mother, I ran around in the dressing room.

"It's the crew of "Little Miss Sunshine"!" The reporters immediately recalled the poster of this movie. Judging from the name, it seemed to be a family comedy. Coupled with Jim Carrey's expressive art, the media agreed that this movie might be very popular. funny.

After the crew members were all present, they walked forward together.

"Okay, grandpa, but can you not call me the name in the movie? My name is Paul."

Then there was a long staircase to the Movie Palace. Jim Carrey and other actors held the ladies' hands and helped them to the entrance of the Hitchcock Theater.

"So what's going on tonight?" Paul had only been taking photos of himself and was not very clear about the process of the Cannes Film Festival.

After walking up and there were no reporters, he couldn't help but asked out of curiosity.

"Actually, it's nothing." Greta answered: "There are only opening speeches tonight, and the awards will have to wait until the closing ceremony, so today we just need to sit on the chairs and wait for the end, and then go to the reception. In addition..."

Seeing the other people's eyes turning, Greta continued: "Tang De has arranged a professional photography team for us. After the reception is over, we will take some more photos together to facilitate publicity and keep a personal souvenir."

"Great! What about tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow?" Greta smiled: "Tomorrow is the highlight. Our movie will have a special red carpet premiere. Then everyone will face inquiries from the media and passers-by. Are you ready? "

"Uh..." Paul touched his head and said with an awkward smile: "I'll leave it to you adults, I'll be responsible for accompanying you."

However, Abigail volunteered and stretched out her little fist and said, "I can! I will tell them that this movie is very good!" "Hahaha!" The crew members were all amused by the little girl, and everyone walked into the theater while laughing.

After the opening ceremony in Cannes, the red carpet premiere of the main competition unit was ushered in the next day.

There are 20 films competing with "Little Miss Sunshine", the most anticipated of which is "The Child" by Belgian director Jean-Pierre Dardenne and his brother Luc Dardenne.

The reason why it is highly anticipated is that these two brothers won the Palme d'Or in 1999 for "Rosetta" and can be said to be regular guests at Cannes.

Therefore, there were many media reporters at their red carpet premiere, and everyone was waiting to see what happened and see what exciting movies these two directors would bring.

On the "Little Miss Sunshine" side, it's just the opposite. There aren't many media reporters, but there are a lot of viewers.

Because everyone likes Jim Carrey very much, and they also like to watch comedy movies.

So after the red carpet, everyone poured into the theater, and the actors sat in the middle of the audience and watched the premiere of the movie with everyone.

Throughout the whole process, Greta's attention was not on the movie, she was only paying attention to the reactions of the audience and the media.

But the laughter that rang out from time to time and the occasional loud laugh made her heart settle down.

And through the light of the screen, she could see that even if those people didn't laugh out loud, they still had smiles on their lips.

When the movie ended, the audience spontaneously applauded.

Greta and the cast members walked to the screen amidst applause and accepted questions from media reporters and the audience.

"After watching the movie, I noticed that Jim Carrey, your expressions don't seem as rich as in previous movies. Is this intentional?"

"That's right." Jim Carrey nodded: "When Don came to me for filming, he told me that this movie doesn't actually require too exaggerated expressions, so you can see that I am very restrained. Yeah... … More restraint than ever before, only showing a little bit when it counts.”

"Director Greta, who do you think is the most important person in this movie?"

"Is it the most important?" Greta squeezed the microphone nervously: "I think everyone is important, actors, staff..."

She suddenly pointed to the car in the poster: "Oh, I think it is the most important, because it bears too much, and we destroyed three of them."

"Hahahaha." The audience laughed immediately.

"What do you think about outside the movie?"

"I have to thank Don for giving me this opportunity. Before this, I had not made any feature films, only some commercials."

After the movie premiere, it enters the screening stage. Within ten days, major movies will be screened in turn.

The distribution departments of those big companies will also take this opportunity to find suitable movies with box office potential for purchase.

At the same time, the media also made preliminary comments on major movies.

Among them, "The Child" by the Dardenne brothers received the most favorable reviews. They once again proved their plot control with this film, and they are also strong candidates for the Palme d'Or.

As for "Little Miss Sunshine", the praise rate is also very high. Although the plot does not have many ups and downs, it has won unanimous praise from the media and audiences for its novel presentation of family relationships.

On the ninth day, Greta received an invitation to the closing ceremony of the Cannes International Film Festival.

You know, if the movie doesn't win any awards, there is no invitation.

So regardless of the award, Greta's first theatrical feature became an award-winning film at the Cannes Film Festival.

So she suffered from insomnia for the second time.

The next night, the cast of "Little Miss Sunshine" attended the closing ceremony.

At the closing ceremony, the award presenters held cards and began to announce the awards after briefly making opening remarks.

The Cannes International Film Festival is different from the Academy Awards. In other words, the styles of the three major film festivals are mainly based on movies, and there is not so much intermission time and teasing time.

This is also the reason why most international directors believe that the film festival is more important than the Oscars. As the Oscars become more and more commercialized, they have begun to have more entertainment attributes rather than professional attributes.

It's just that Oscar's reputation is more famous among ordinary people.

"The first award to be presented is the Best Actor Award..." When the award guest said this, Greta clearly noticed that Jim Carrey changed his posture.

But the name that came next disappointed him.

“Tommy Lee Jones, The Three Funerals of Escada!”

"Wow!" Applause rang out, and the guests all applauded the new Cannes Best Actor, while turning their attention to the actor.

Although Jim Carrey was also applauding, his expression could not hide his disappointment.

A new round of awards was soon held, and the Best Actress award went to Hannah Laszlo in "Free Zone".

The best director award went to Michael Haneke for "Hidden Camera."

Seeing that all the big prizes were about to be divided up, Greta couldn't help but become anxious. Seeing her look like this, Alan Arkin smiled and said: "Don't be discouraged, Greta. In Hollywood, you always have to learn one thing, and that is patience. You should be stubborn and you can't run away."

"I understand, Grandpa." Greta smiled.

After some time, another grand prize was finally awarded.

"The Jury Prize is now announced and its winner is..."

This is the most important award besides the Palme d'Or, so the crews are all nervous.

But just when Greta was about to sit up and listen to the results, the award presenter quickly named the winning movie.

“The winner of the Jury Prize is Little Miss Sunshine, let’s congratulate them!”

"what?"

Greta was surprised at first, then uncontrollably surprised.

"Really! That's great!"

Abigail immediately jumped up from the chair: "It's us!"

"It's us!" Paul also became excited.

The group of people helped each other onto the stage, and when Greta picked up the microphone, she felt for the first time that she was not as calm as she thought.

"Well... I really didn't expect that we would win the award. Thank you to Norton Eyes, thank you to Don De, and thank you for his help. Without him, there would be no this movie."

At the same time that Greta was giving her acceptance speech, Tang De was looking at Zhang Ziyi in front of her. She was biting her lips and waving a fan in her hand, showing Tang De the final result of her training.

(End of this chapter)