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Everyone has the qualifications to express their own views on the film, but no one will be indifferent when they hear the other party criticize their own work, even if they know the "loyalty", let alone the other party is still unfounded nonsense. Own work is definitely an insult.

On February 17, 1984, a film called "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​was screened in a small area in the United States, but it did not cause much response at the time. The Italian director Sergio Leon was once invited to direct "The Godfather", but he refused the offer to prepare for "America's Past", but when Sergio felt that everything was ready, the "Godfather" became popular. Let the producers lack confidence in the same type of "American Past". This time, due to a mistake, the "American Past" has been postponed indefinitely, waiting for eleven years.

During these eleven years, every year at the Cannes Film Festival, there will be a well-dressed Italian guy sitting in the venue, holding a stack of 400-page scripts and waiting for investors. It was not until l983 that Sergio waited. Opportunity to bring "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​on the big screen.

"Once Upon a Time in America" ​​went to the Cannes Film Festival in 1984. Sergio edited a two-hundred and twenty-nine-minute version for the festival-this is the so-called European version, which is shorter than his favorite director's cut version. It took twenty minutes. After the film premiere, the audience stood up and applauded for fifteen minutes. Many film critics even called it the greatest work of 1984, not one of them.

However, when "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​was released in North America on June 1st, it was met with a bad comment. The reason was that the producer, in spite of Sergio’s repeated protests, arbitrarily arbitrarily edited the film into a hundred and thirty-nine. Minutes, this is the "American version" that has been criticized by people in the future. All flashback passages in the film have almost disappeared. Sergio's well-intentioned Proust structure was castrated and became "America". A one-line narrative that is hard to find in "the past".

After the film was released in the United States, there was a lot of scolding and the box office was dismal. This ultra-high investment costing $40 million was only released for two weeks and earned $4 million at the box office. It was a complete failure.

The hard-hit Sergio never picked up the guide tube again, and died in depression in his hometown of Italy five years later.

Many years later, when the director’s cut version of "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​reappeared, people realized that the work was excellent, and they realized that this is not only an excellent gangster movie, but also a good enough to compete with "Citizen Kane". "Comparable absolute classics. In the long history of gangster movies, "Once Upon a Time in America", "The Godfather 2" and "The Good Guy" are recognized as the three most outstanding works, but the irony is that Sergio is alive. At that time, he had never received such affirmation.

Sergio’s American dream is shattered, but he left a precious piece of film in film history. "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​did not have a good box office and did not get any Oscar nomination, but its meaning does not need to be corroborated. This is Hollywood's greatest failure.

Imagine how Sergio felt when those film critics criticized the American version of "Once Upon a Time in America". His heart must be bleeding. The work that he spent 13 years in preparation for, but the result was It was such a terrible despair to fall to such a situation, that Sergio was completely disappointed in the movie and died in depression.

When the European version of "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​was released in Cannes, the raucous praise was the most true historical evaluation of the film. The film did not participate in the competition unit, but was only shown as a screening work, but people were always admiring. So, if "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​participates, then maybe the winner of the Palme d'Or would not be "Paris of Texas (.texas.

Movies are actually a kind of art. People's aesthetics is always full of controversy over art. Art allows controversy, but does not allow insults. Warner Bros.'s crude castration of "The Past in America" ​​was an insult; Kazuo Ishiguro's prejudice against "Pulp Fiction" was also an insult.

In Hugo's view, not only did Ishiguro Kazuo fail to understand "Pulp Fiction", he should refuse to watch "Pulp Fiction" seriously. This personal prejudice itself is an insult to the judge's identity, and more importantly, Ishiguro Kazuo As a writer, he has a poor understanding of movies. He can't understand the black humor of "Pulp Fiction", he can't understand Quentin's stylized treatment of violence, and he can't read the interpretation of American vulgar culture in movies. , He can’t understand the works of retro style to movies...

If it's an ordinary audience, Hugo can understand it, but it can't accept it; if it's a judge, Hugo can't understand it, let alone accept it.

Therefore, what Hugo said just now was to satirize Ishiguro Kazuo’s ignorance of films and not qualified to be a judge; at the same time, he was also satirizing Ishiguro Kazuo’s refusal to appreciate "Pulp Fiction" because of his personal prejudice, and he did not calm down at all. Watch slowly, naturally you can't appreciate the advantages.

Nicholas knew Hugo the best, so he immediately understood the deep meaning of Hugo’s words. Hugo gave Kazuo Ishiguro a loud slap, but he didn’t show his feet. Dirty words," Nicholas almost didn't hold it back, and just laughed.

The reporters at the scene were all human beings, vaguely aware of the deep meaning of Hugo's courteous words, and their expressions became wonderful.

Kazuo Ishiguro is just not used to facing reporters-because he is more used to dealing with his own words, but he is not a person who does not know how to socialize, on the contrary, he immediately heard the polite words of Hugo The hidden sharpness made him burst into anger.

Hugo is just an unknown junior, but he is a writer who can win important awards for every work. The most important thing is that in his eyes, the entertainers and writers of the entertainment industry are not on the same level. Now the writer’s The authority was actually challenged, which made Ishiguro Kazuo very dissatisfied.

"'Long days are about to end' and'Pulp Fiction' are two completely different carriers. Reading books requires cultural heritage, while reading movies does not require any conditions. You compare the two in this way, I I don't agree." Ishiguro Kazuo was almost unable to hide his expression at this time. Although there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, the words revealed his seriousness at this time.

The reporters suddenly became excited. In fact, in general, even if there are thorns in the words, smart people will pretend not to understand, or use the same scenes to fight back, and will not pick them. Ming, because once you pick it up, the scene words are no longer "scene" words, and the situation will immediately rise up, and it will become hot on the fly.

However, Kazuo Ishiguro still inevitably lacks some experience in dealing with this situation. Although he is forty years old this year, there are more or less writers’ quirks. After understanding Hugo’s "provocation", he thought Without even thinking about it, he directly picked up the contradiction-of course, it does not rule out that Ishiguro Kazuo's unpleasant factors to Hugo were at work.

Now the reporters are all waiting to watch the good show. Although today is the premiere of "Money Empire", it seems not good for two people who are not even supporting roles to occupy the focus, but the reporters don’t care. It was looking at Hugo expectantly. Hugo did not disappoint them either.

"Shouldn't art have no threshold? I only learned today that art is also divided into different levels." Hugo said calmly and casually, and after finishing speaking, he smiled brightly at Kazuo Ishiguro, "then. I wonder if Mr. Ishiguro Kazuo believes that the artistic value of literature is higher or the artistic value of drama is higher?"

There are currently eight art forms recognized globally, architecture, sculpture, painting, music, literature, drama, film, and dance. Before the birth of the art form of film, drama was actually similar to film to some extent.

Hugo's humble and polite question immediately caused Ishiguro Kazuo to get stuck. The sentence "Mr. Ishiguro Kazuo" sounded like a curse now, but Hugo was not prepared to give Ishiguro Kazuo a chance to answer. Said, "I hope Shakespeare will not walk down from heaven and reprimand me for being rude."

Hugo's ridicule immediately made all the reporters in front of him laugh.

In fact, in the last 520 novel, there is indeed a threshold. The main reason is that the poor people are struggling for food and clothing. The spiritual life of art is a luxury, and not everyone can enjoy it. However, with the improvement of material level, after entering the 20th century, especially after the Second World War, society gradually stabilized, the threshold of art has gradually approached, and it became more and more close to the people in the 1990s.

Therefore, like Ishiguro Kazuo's idea that the status of a "writer" is superior, not only will no one agree with it, but it will also cause a lot of laughter. Just like the laughter of reporters now.

Movies are like books ~www.readwn.com~, like music, painting, dance, etc., are art forms without barriers, as long as you like them, you can enjoy them. This is also the reason why movies can become an important part of popular culture.

Ishiguro Kazuo naturally knew this, but he didn't think it through on the impulse just now. At this moment, seeing everyone's laughter at the scene, things were already clear, which made him very embarrassed, not only speaking ill of others behind his back. It is really irritating to be caught, and to fall behind in a head-on confrontation!

"Everyone has their own different opinions on art, and I believe that Mr. Ishiguro Kazuo is the same. If given the opportunity, Ishiguro Kazuo can watch'Pulp Fiction" again, it would be great. Of course, I would pray that Mr. Ishiguro Kazuo this time will not fall asleep halfway through. "Hugo joked in a relaxed tone, rounding out the originally tense atmosphere.

Kazuo Ishiguro is about to explode, and now he is good: the face and the lining are all Hugo's, and he is the bad guy who is not human inside and out! This **** bastard! (to be continued to be provided) .If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Kazakhstan to read and vote for the work to vote for a monthly pass. Your support is the biggest motivation for me to continue to create!)

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