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Chapter 798 Someone Still Noticed

February 15th is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it is also the day when "One Person Decoration" was officially unveiled at the Berlin Film Festival. On this day, snowflakes were floating in the sky of Berlin, which was extremely cold, but it was not possible to force the Chinese and overseas Chinese in Berlin and the enthusiasm of international students. They came to the Film Palace early, waiting on both sides of the red carpet on three floors inside and three floors inside and outside.

When Zhang Ran showed up with the crew members, earth-shaking screams and cheers rang out on the scene. The fans shouted the names of the crew members, among which Zhang Ran’s voice was the loudest. Even foreign photographers were parrotting and calling Zhang Ran and their names in order to capture everyone’s smiling faces.

The reporters were very satisfied with the premiere of "One Man's Lights and Decoration", and could even be said to be overjoyed. There were many filmmakers who came to support the show today, and the starlight on the red carpet was so shining that it was so bright that it opened the curtain.

Due to the weather and because the Berlin Film Festival will focus on independent films this year, there are not many stars on the opening ceremony red carpet. Apart from British actress Tilda Swinton and Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger among the judges, there are no stars with global appeal.

Today, not only are the superstars such as Leonardo, Ben Stiller, Pierce Brosnan, but also big directors like Scorsese and Yoji Yamada. Scorsese's "Shut Island" is a film in the screening unit, while Yoji Yamada's "Brother" is the closing film of this film festival. Yoji Yamada's movie was originally released on the 20th, but under normal circumstances, he could go to Berlin on the 19th. However, in order to support Zhang Ran, he brought the crew to Berlin early.

In addition to Scorsese and others, the directors of the main competition unit have been more than half. Film Festival chairman Diet Cosrick praised "One Man's Lights and Decoration", and can be said to praise everyone, so many directors know that this is a multi-part montage movie. Since "Apocalypse of War", the multi-part montage has never appeared on the screen again and disappeared for a full forty years. Now that the world is reappearing, everyone is rushing to support it.

Zhang Ran kept greetings with all the celebrities who came to support her, and at the same time, he also introduced Mersing to everyone. This was the best performance teacher in Germany and Grotovsky's personal disciple. Seeing that Zhang Ran was extremely respectful to Mersing, he naturally respected her and kept saying hello to her.

Melsin has been teaching for forty years and has taught countless students, but she is basically in the drama circle and is not very famous. As a teacher, her popularity is even smaller, and it can be said to be close to zero. Now seeing many world-famous actors and directors greeting her politely, Melsin feels the glory of being a teacher and she is extremely proud.

The movie began soon, and the hall that could accommodate 1,600 viewers was silent, and all the audience stared at the big screen quietly.

The opening scene of "One Man's Lights and Decoration" is recognized as excellent. When the movie was released in China, even newspapers like "New Crystal" that had no moral integrity and had a responsibility to smear Zhang Ran, they did not dare to blackmail the opening of the movie. The audience in Berlin also reacted the same way. After the five-minute black screen, a burst of exclamation quickly sounded, and the audience was shocked by the opening of the movie.

When "One Man Decoration" was released in China, the most controversial part was the smaller part. The part was completely silent and the content was relatively jumping, which was a torture for many viewers. This was still the case in Berlin. When the movie was put into this part, many viewers felt that it was very boring. Moreover, because the content was more jumpy, they didn't understand it very clearly. Within more than ten minutes, more than twenty viewers stood up and left one after another.

However, when the steel slag part was finished, the audience and Xiaoyu part were compared, and almost everyone felt a sudden enlightenment, and warm applause suddenly erupted throughout the scene.

It is rare for audiences to applaud spontaneously during the Berlin Film Festival, and the premiere is mostly journalists, which is even rarer; "One Person Decoration" received more than once, but twice during the screening. When Lao Huang fought to control the steel slag and relieved the danger, there was another warm applause from the scene.

When the movie ended, there was a tsunami-like applause in the screening hall of the Movie Palace, mixed with a large number of whistles and screams, so that the entire Movie Palace was trembling in the tide of applause.

Leonardo clapped with excitement and was really moved by the movie, but at the same time a slightly helpless smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Zhang Ran's new film "The Apocalypse of the Future" was originally asked to be the male lead, but he felt that the role was too simple and lacked depth. Clint Eastwood invited him to star in "Hoover", which can better show his acting skills and have a better chance to hit the Oscars, so he rejected "The Apocalypse of the Future". Now he regrets it a little.

Wang Quanan looked back at the audience behind him. In the dim light, he could see that everyone's face was filled with a sense of warmth and happiness. This movie was originally about loneliness, but after watching the movie, the audience felt the power to overcome loneliness. Zhang Ran dispelled the haze in his heart through the Ode to Joy and left the warmth in his heart. Whether it is from the state of thought or the application of audio-visual language, this movie is far beyond his own "Reunion". No wonder Cosrick admires this movie so much!

The audience felt the power conveyed by "One Person's Lights and Decoration", just like a ray of sunshine shining into the heart, dispelling all the haze in the heart, leaving behind warmth and hope. For such a movie, they could not find any other way to express their respect except for applauding desperately.

Feng Yuan stood beside Mersing and asked softly: "What do you think?"

Melsing listened to the applause everywhere, his face was filled with pride: "What a great movie, you all acted well, it's great to see the movie starring Zai on the big screen!"

At the same time, Zhang Ran was smiling and hugging Zhang Jingchu. He hugged Zhang Jingchu and patted her back: "Although you drove away some of the audience, the audiences who stayed liked this movie!"

Zhang Jingchu was so angry that she pinched his back and cursed: "Why are you so naughty? It's obvious that your way of handling the movie has caused some viewers to leave, so how can this be dependent on me?"

Scorsese did not applaud, pulled Yamada Yoji to run over quickly, and asked in a hurry: "You made this movie based on the structure of Beethoven's "The Ninth Symphony", right?"

Zhang Ran was stunned. I thought no one would notice it, but someone noticed it. It was Martin. He laughed proudly: "Multi-part montage is a theory created by absorbing multi-part music. So, when I was shooting, I referred to the musical structure of "The Ninth Symphony". How did you find it?"

Scorsese thought to himself, it was indeed so crazy. He smiled and shook his head, saying, "I am a loyal fan of Beethoven, and my favorite is "The Ninth Symphony". I listened it hundreds of times, maybe thousands of times. When I saw it halfway, I felt a very familiar feeling. When "Ode to Joy" sounded, I completely understood. You are such a crazy person to shoot a movie according to the structure of Beethoven's "The Ninth Symphony". He turned to look at Yoji Yamada and smiled and said, "Yamada, this guy is really a crazy person!

Yoji Yamada is a Japanese man and doesn't speak as directly as Scorsese, but he can't help but say: "It's really crazy. I treat the whole movie as a multi-part symphony. This is the real multi-part montage movie!"

When Scorsese heard this, he felt like he was taking stimulants and said with a dance: "Yes, this is the real multi-part montage movie! It is not about reproducing multi-part montage, but about taking a step forward with multi-part montage. This is the multi-part montage movie that Eisenstein pursued for a lifetime and was unavailable!"

Zhang Ran wanted to talk to Scorsese and the others, but the audience applause was too warm, and it was wave after wave, and he refused to stop at all. He could not leave the audience alone and said, "The audience is asking us to go on stage. I can't talk to you in detail. Let's find some time to chat slowly!"

Scorsese looked up at the audience and saw faces filled with warm smiles. He knew that Zhang Ran would not go on stage and the audience would not leave. He waved his hand and said, "Go and go, don't let the audience wait!"

Zhang Ran spoke to several leading actors and walked towards the stage with everyone. Feng Yuanzai didn't want to go on stage and wanted to accompany Mersin below, but Mersin firmly disagreed. Just like any mother, she wanted to see her child accepting the cheers of the audience on the stage. In the end, Feng Yuanzai and Zhang Ran and others walked onto the stage together.

When the audience saw Zhang Ran and the others on the stage, the applause burst out in a more enthusiastic way, with shouts and whistles endlessly. You can feel the warm atmosphere outside the movie palace. Hearing the audience's shouts, Zhang Ran and the others bowed to the audience with a smile, in return for more enthusiastic cheers and applause.

As frequent visitors to the film festival, Zhang Ran and the others are regular visitors to the movies and have long been accustomed to the long applause. Li Xuejian has fewer overseas competitions, and when the audience has been cheering for more than ten minutes, he is surprised, so he asked Zhang Ran when the applause will stop. Zhang Ran replied, I don’t know. Compared with the calmness of several men, Zhang Jingchu was much more excited. She spent a lot of effort on this movie. Now seeing everyone like this movie so much, she feels that her hard work is not in vain and she burst into tears.

The crew of "One Man Decoration" bowed to the audience six times, but the applause still showed no sign of stopping, and the audience didn't care about the stinging pain in their palms at all.

The entire applause lasted for twenty minutes. In the end, the host was not allowed to tell the audience that Zhang Ran and the others still needed to attend the press conference. If everyone kept applause, they would not be able to leave. At this time, the audience's applause stopped; and Zhang Ran and the others hurried to the press conference site of the Hyatt Hotel Media Center under the leadership of the staff.

The twenty-minute applause sounded crazy, but this was the most direct reaction of the audience in his heart, and it was the highest praise for any movie.

After Zhang Ran and the others left, the audience also began to leave the venue, and thousands of reporters from the audience even left their seats and ran out, all wanting to rush to the media center opposite and grab a seat from the hundreds of seats in the press conference hall.

The audiences who walked out of the cinema were discussing the movie in full swing. The fans were discussing the content of the movie: "The black screen at the opening is a tribute to Kubrick", "The confrontation between Lao Huang and Gangzha is simply amazing"; while the directors were discussing the film's techniques and audio-visual language: "The black screen at the opening uses sound to shape the outer space, which is simply unparalleled", "The narrative of this movie should be a polyphonic narrative, but it seems a bit different."

After Scorsese walked out of the Palace of Movies, he took out his cell phone, called Coppola, and shouted in his machine gun words: "Fran, I am now in Berlin, I just finished watching "One Man's Light and Decoration". The movie is really great. It's something that neither you nor Eisenstein did. It's a real multi-part montage movie!"
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