Also seeing this trailer was Ms. Merritt Leslie in France.
She is a freelance writer and film critic. She started out as a theater critic in her early years, and later covered movies, TV series, stage plays, operas and other fields. As a French tradition, women are stronger than men. She is also a judge of the Palme d'Or. one.
Ms. Merritt is known for her caustic comments and venomous eye. She once publicly dissed an actress who was trying to switch from movies to Broadway stage performances. As a result, she was attacked by the media and audiences and retired from the entertainment industry.
For this reason, some people call her the "Queen of Cannes", which means that as long as she speaks out, it will basically be determined whether a film will win the Palme d'Or.
As a drama critic, Ms. Merritt is naturally at the upper end of the contempt chain.
In this circle, it is normal for those who make movies to look down on those who make TV series, and those who act in dramas to look down on those who make movies. However, most people keep a cautious attitude. Even if they really have any opinions in their hearts, they will not say it out loud. But Ms. Merritt does not Likewise, what she hates most is when people who originally make cheap entertainment projects like popcorn movies come to interfere in the fields of drama or art films that she likes.
Anyone who met a director with a "criminal record" would, without exception, receive a very low score from her.
Not only did she get a low score, she also wrote an article to complain about it, in front of the director and actors.
Therefore, when she heard that Lu Jian was going to participate in the selection of the Palme d'Or, her first reaction was that another arrogant guy had come.
"These people don't understand art at all. I've said it before. They think their cheesy films are great because they can fool the public and make money. They try to use one or two awards to make money for themselves. Haha, it's ridiculous."
Ms. Merritt scoffed.
In her opinion, many commercial film directors don't understand clearly and think that if they can make blockbuster movies, they can make artistic films. In fact, Ms. Merritt believes that these people don't understand art at all. , is tarnishing art.
And Lu Jian is also one of them.
This cutting-edge young director from the East relied on one film to achieve the fifth highest box office in global film history, and also received praise from the public.
Ms. Merritt has never seen that movie. She never takes the initiative to watch commercial movies. The better they sell and the higher the box office, the more she hates them.
She believes that art should be noble, have nothing to do with money, and be pure.
Therefore, when the director of an award-winning art film died of poverty and illness in the past, Ms. Merritt published a special article and highly praised the director, believing that he did not associate with those businessmen and defended the country with his life. Art.
Some people think that Ms. Merritt's thoughts are extreme and pathological, but this is exactly her character.
After the trailer for Lu Tran was released, Ms. Merritt had no intention of watching it, but people around her were actually praising the trailer.
For example, Ms. Merritt's colleague Michael Weaver, who is also a film festival judge, was full of praise for the artistic conception displayed in this trailer.
"Let me tell you, this movie can make everyone fall in love with this trailer alone. It's been a long time since I've seen a work that can touch my heartstrings just by the pictures!"
Hearing these words, Ms. Merritt felt even more that Lu Tan could not be allowed to be so arrogant.
"You have such high expectations based on just one trailer. Is it possible that the film industry has become such a bad state recently?"
She muttered and clicked on the trailer.
For a moment, Ms. Merritt felt a warm wind.
She had been to the island country before and had seen cherry blossoms falling all over the streets, but now, what she saw was an even more gorgeous rain of cherry blossoms.
Among them, a girl is walking among the falling petals.
The first time Ms. Merritt saw her, she felt a youthful vitality and a gentle and kind temperament, as if anyone could be kind to her and become friends with her.
As time went by, although Merritt had never met this girl before, he felt that if he could meet her in reality, then the two of them would definitely be able to talk about anything.
Unknowingly, this trailer has ended. Although it only shows the life of a girl, it has given Ms. Merritt unlimited expectations. She wants to see the girl's subsequent experiences and want to know more about her.
I want to become a character in the movie and get in touch with her.
Staring at the computer screen blankly, Ms. Merritt temporarily forgot that she originally watched the film with critical thoughts.
"...This must be because that actress's acting skills are so good."
Ms. Merritt said to herself.
"This kind of short film can be done by choosing the scenery and finding an actor with good acting skills. It just looks good."
She thought about it for a while, and felt that Lu Jian's practice of taking pictures of beautiful scenery and using beautiful actors to add gimmicks to his works was tarnishing art!
Thinking of this, Ms. Merritt could not restrain her criticism.
She immediately opened the document and began to write about this trailer and her thoughts on Lu Tiao.
"...Although Director Lu Jian is successful in business, he knows little about art. He thinks that using beautiful actors, beautiful scenery and slow shots is art. But let me tell you, he is tarnishing art.
, he tried to use that set of commercial means to deceive the audience, but there are still people with sharp eyes. As for "All Quiet Spring", I think it is a tacky romance film. Not to mention winning the Palme d'Or, it
It’s impossible to even get nominated!”
"...He thought that the same tricks he used in commercial films to please unappreciative audiences could also be used to deceive experienced judges. Unfortunately, he failed."
"Art? Is he worthy?"
This is a review article that was updated on my personal website. After a few hours, the number of hits exceeded 10,000.
In China, this article was quickly reprinted in relatively large forums, and it also came with a machine translation.
Many people who are not optimistic about Lu Jian regard it as a bible and use it to criticize Lu Jian's new movie. After all, some people can only recite other people's words and have no subjective opinions of their own at all. There are even more people who say everything foreigners say.
That's right. If foreigners criticize domestic things, it must be because the country has not done well. Since the big guys in foreign countries now say that Lu Tian is no longer good, then Lu Jian must be no good!
Under such circumstances, the complete film master tape of Lu Jian's "All Quiet Spring" was sent to distant Europe, into the hands of the Palme d'Or jury.
Within a week, the review committee will review the film one after another and make evaluations.