Ace Hollywood

Receiving a call from Roman Polanski in France was a big surprise to Daniel Sandler, who had just escaped from trouble. In fact, since he attended the opening ceremony and bid farewell to the international film mecca in the theme song of Woody Allen's new movie, he never thought that this year's Cannes would have anything to do with him. If there is anything to say, it is that at the screening of the star-studded Gangs of New York a few days ago, Leonardo once again reiterated the relationship between Daniel and New York. And the film media is far-fetched to discuss whether Nicholson and him can win another actor for Hollywood. The hype of George Lucas' new Star Wars movie alone was able to trump all the news about Daniel, so much so that after a glimpse at the opening, the hot Hollywood superstar was not actually the center of attention at Cannes. But Polanski's phone call made Daniel somewhat reverie. Gibbs Jacob, the head of the organizing committee, sent him a message through Polanski: I hope you can come to the awards ceremony. The tradition of the International Film Festival forced Daniel and Polanski to think carefully about all this. Is the actor? Or the Palme d'Or? Or the jury? If it's just some insignificant small awards, then Jacob specially notified it, which is somewhat out of order. Polanski was a little excited on the phone, but he tried his best to say that Daniel could go to Cannes again in time. Daniel, come on, why not? Even if it's not the Palme d'Or, it must be your actor. You can imagine that if it's just my director, Jacob will definitely not pass the message to you seriously. This is your It is also your moment of glory.” In fact, the time for consideration does not need to be particularly long, although Hollywood claims to not care about the three major international film festivals, but looking at Woody Allen, who never attended awards ceremonies and film festivals, After breaking his vows to attend the first Oscars after 9/11, this time he went to Cannes - so much so that some people claim that seeing a real Woody at Cannes or the film festival is almost like seeing a miracle. The miracles of Hollywood all happened in Cannes, so it's a bit ridiculous to say that it doesn't care about it here. River Phoenix won the Best Actor in Venice, which was the beginning of his true becoming the golden boy of Hollywood. Now Daniel also has such an opportunity. In fact, it is basically impossible for him to refuse this invitation. Even if it is only the Palme d'Or, it is still enough, after all, there is Oscar behind. After communicating with Universal, fortunately, the trial screening for the audience is basically over, and now we have to prepare for the world premiere in New York, and Daniel will of course be in Los Angeles at that time. Cannes Best Actor? Dan, are you sure? David, who was busy with My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Hotel Rwanda, also cared about Daniel this time. It's not unrelated to him now, these two films are mainly distributed in the European market, the former itself is created in a European country, even with the word Greek in its name, as for the latter. If films with similar themes can't get enough box office in the European market, then don't think about it in other parts of the world. So David attaches great importance to it. Even if Daniel wins Best Actor, if The Pianist wins the Palme d'Or, Daniel will no longer be just the elf prince in The Fellowship of the Ring in the eyes of film lovers. And excellent actors who can take on heavy themes such as anti-Nazi, anti-genocide, and anti-war are super good for the release of the two films of DD Films. Daniel didn't expect David to ask him this. Usually David would be happy for him, but he rarely asked this type of question when the dust hadn't settled. It can be seen that now David is not only Daniel's friend, but has truly transformed into the CEO of DD Films, a qualified Hollywood film producer and studio owner. This is something to be happy about, but occasionally it will cause Daniel a little melancholy. Usually, after eating and drinking enough, people will always see a certain philosopher from two thousand years ago in the sunlight shining through the gap of the leaves, Daniel now also,

A simple friend disappeared, and it was worth a few minutes of his hypocrisy. His reply to David was of course not knowing. Basically, no one can know. Unlike the Oscars, Cannes relies on nine judges to decide the winners and losers. All the news is among these nine people. Unless someone leaks it, generally speaking, no one can find out. As for this year's film festival, David Lynch, the chairman of the jury, is a Hollywood director. In addition, Sharon Stone and Michelle Yeoh can also be counted. The rest are directors from Denmark, France, Brazil, Chile, and Indonesian national treasure actor Kristen Hakim. The niche film market, as always, accounts for the vast majority. Of course, the hasty trip to Cannes this time could not be done silently, nor could it be concealed from the pervasive media. Daniel flew to France before the awards ceremony, while Leonardo left directly after the Gangs of New York screening. Why? No one would think that Daniel was there to join in the grand event. Even the media knows how busy he is. Now, except for the huge number of announcements and itineraries of The Bourne, he spends almost all of his time at DD Films' office in Century City. Office, and then Universal, MGM personnel of various functions and levels come and go, oh yes, even Tom Hanks' wife Rita Wilson appeared twice in DD Films, although there are still There is David, but who knows, the reason why these people visited DD Films so intensively is to confirm the cooperation that needs to be confirmed and the projects that have been confirmed while Daniel is busy here. do better. Daniel did not do too many eye-catching things in the field of producers or investors, but the public opinion naturally regarded him as the most important one among the producers of Greek Wedding and Hotel Rwanda. determined by power and status. We can understand that those who can drive may not necessarily be able to drive a boat, and those who can act in comedy may not be able to make epic films, but when it comes to producers and actors, the media themselves sometimes ignore this point: a successful actor in the position of producer Not necessarily convincing enough. However, Daniel's unusualness is also one of the reasons why the media thinks he is so important. No matter who has achieved all this in just three years, and is said to have a strong financial investment talent, he is entitled to be treated differently . Daniel, who is so busy, took two days out of his tight schedule to fly to Cannes—to make Jacob more popular? Or cheer for Polanski? What a ridiculous guess, the only possibility is that The Pianist will win at least one of the Palme d'Or and Best Actor, and even the jury is slightly insufficient. As for the consolation prizes other than the five awards of the Palme d'Or, Best Actor and Queen, Best Director, and Grand Jury Prize, that's even more impossible. ... At this moment, David Lynch has indeed confirmed all the awards, and the debate is very fierce. It mainly focuses on the Palme d'Or. Out of the 22 films, 18 or 9 were eliminated in the first round. The Chinese film Ren Xiaoyao is one of them. The judges didn't even arrange too many judges for it. At that time, only Sharon Stone commented, Such a rough and unaesthetic film is definitely not what the Palme d'Or wants. But this comment was severely criticized by Indonesia's Christine. I can't agree with Stone's statement. Although I don't think Ren Xiaoyao has the quality of winning the Palme d'Or, this is by no means because of his so-called roughness, but because his mental strength is not strong enough. The subject matter still seems a little weak. What we must realize is that the film festival and the Cannes Film Festival must not be a place where investment is judged. Whether it is China or Indonesia, I think including Chile and Brazil, many filmmakers do not have enough Invest to produce beautiful movies, but this does not detract from their determination and spirit to arrange some precious things in society, people, and hearts into movies.” This Indonesian actress is quite good at words, and the two directors in Chile and Brazil They all nodded slightly in agreement. Michelle Yeoh in Malaysia is an actress in the Chinese-speaking circle. Of course, she has the most cultural identity for Ren Xiaoyao, but her inner thoughts are slightly similar to Sharon Stone. The 007 series Moon Empire and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are Michelle Yeoh's two famous works, both of which are well-produced blockbusters. She can sit here today, mostly relying on the global performance of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. She doesn't like films from the mainland's sixth-generation directors, which are extremely low-level, but at this time, of course, she won't go to the ring with Christine. You know, she doesn't like Sharon Stone It has been a long time. This former American actress is still well-known in France because of Basic Instinct, but in fact, there are very few good opportunities. Yang, who is now so beautiful, certainly couldn't take a look at her gorgeous appearance during the film festival. Stone, who was told by Christine, did not intend to admit defeat, but David Lynch's cough was enough to keep her silent. After the first round of deletion, Polanski's The Pianist, Finnish director Kaurismaki's A Man Without a Past, the work Sons by the Darden Brothers from Belgium, and the American film About Schmidt and Confused Love stayed, and the main awards will be selected from it. We should solve the most difficult problem first. Who should take the Palme d'Or? David looked at all the judges. Everyone will not be so fair, but they are definitely not narrow-minded nationalists. Both the field and the country enjoy a high reputation, which is also an important factor for the international film festival to maintain its authority.

David is not very worried that the jury in each country will simply vote for their own country's film.