"An excellent film can always reflect all kinds of life..."

    On the stage of Venice Film palace, the chairman of the jury, Alexander Desplat, said a long series of words about the return of film to its essence. Then he looked down at the card in his hand and said, "the winner of the Golden Lion Award of this film festival is..."

    The closing ceremony of the Venice Film Festival has come to the end, and only the heaviest Golden Lion award has yet to be announced.

    In a sense, the Golden Lion Award, Golden Bear Award and Golden Palm Award are the highest film awards they can get.

    Compared with these people, Murphy seems very calm. For him, the purpose of showing "focus" at the Venice Film Festival has been achieved. Whether it is the momentum and reputation of the film, or the impact and negative impact on Catholicism, it has greatly exceeded the previous expectations.

    It''s good for focus to hit next year''s Academy Awards.

    Due to the problem of personal cognition, the position of Oscar winner in his heart is naturally far higher than the highest award of the three major European film festivals.

    Because of this, after attending the opening ceremony, Murphy left Venice directly and went to the Toronto Film Festival, which is more important to the North American film market. He did not return to Venice until the day of the closing ceremony.

    As for some of the publicity and public relations work here, naturally, it was all handed over to 20th century fox.

    So Murphy doesn''t think his chances of winning a prize are too high.

    Before all the media, although for "focus" a praise, but in view of the choice of Venice Film Festival in recent years, also not very optimistic about "focus" can get the Golden Lion Award.

    In addition, since the closing ceremony and award presentation ceremony tonight, focus has not won any awards. It seems that, as in the past few years, no matter what the quality of the film itself is, Venice Film Festival will ignore the films from Hollywood in order to show its personality.

    But the name read out by Alexander Desplat, the chairman of the jury, made the audience silent.

    "The winner of the Golden Lion award is..." He pauses briefly and says, "focus!"

    There was a great silence in the Movie Palace, with only the voice of Alexander Desplat, the chairman of the jury.

    "Focus" Many European filmmakers are in a daze, "how is this possible?"

    The applause first came from the focus of Hollywood filmmakers, and then most of them began to applaud. However, compared with the time when European filmmakers won the awards, the applause now is neither loud nor messy.

    "So."

    Murphy has stood up and walked to the podium without hesitation. Unlike the best picture Oscar, the highest awards of the three major European film festivals are all awarded to directors.

    He is very fast, and his head turns very fast. When he comes to the front of the stage, he has thought of some reasons why he won the prize. The theme of focus is the key!

    I''m afraid the Italian counterparts are fed up with the restrictions and oppression of Catholicism

    Step onto the stage and throw it all behind you, Murphy takes the golden lion from the jury chairman Alexander Desplat and stands in front of the microphone.

    "Thank you, thank the jury." Murphy is not going to make a long speech. He tries to be brief and say, "thank you to Stanton studio and 20th century fox. Thank you to everyone on focus! This Golden Lion award means a lot to me

    He thought for a moment, and then said, "to borrow two lines from the movie, the church is an institution, made up of people, it makes mistakes, it dies, and our faith is eternal. Sometimes, we love to forget, most of the time, we are stumbling in the dark until dawn

    Anyway, it''s one of the highest awards in the world. It''s better to have some than none.

    Standing on the podium, Murphy can see that the directors sitting in the first row have doubts and disdain on their faces. It seems that his winning this award is a serious violation of the general art of film.

    Murphy knows very well that Hollywood directors like him, who mainly shoot big commercial productions, are not in the class at all in the eyes of many conceited European directors.

    With the acceptance speech, Murphy walked directly down the podium, completely ignoring those people.

    According to the award-winning principles of the Venice Film Festival in recent years, "focus" is not really the hot spot of the Golden Lion Award, and it can be regarded as a surprise to get the Golden Lion Award. But the problem is that those directors and their works are more qualified than "focus"? Is it more representative of film art?

    Before the closing ceremony, the most popular film of the Golden Lion award was "the image of silence", which was about the "9.30" massacre of Communists during the Suharto period in Indonesia.

    The film is completely from the perspective of the executioner. These murderers who killed people in those days are still in power. They do not repent of their evil deeds. On the contrary, they show all kinds of killing methods in front of the camera. They even teach how to kill faster and more efficiently, and what kind of results they show by cutting off their genitals Scruples.If the hell of "silent image" comes from description and imagination, another popular film "female addict" is even more exotic, and the director Las von Trier has a stronger taste. Let''s say that Charlotte gansb''s scene of abortion for herself, with its close-up and meticulous operation process, has driven away many audiences with weak hearts, and those who insist on staying also admit that they resent internal injuries after watching it .

    Even in western society, Lars von Trier''s action is undoubtedly full of provocation.

    Can such a film represent film art? Is a European director like Lars von Trier really working hard for the realization of film art?

    I''m afraid anyone with a brain will come up with a negative answer.

    Like the visual effects of Hollywood''s mainstream commercial film industry, they are just making selling points to attract audiences.

    It''s just that these people don''t have enough investment and technical support behind the film, which makes it impossible for them to create time-consuming scenes. They can only rely on relatively cheap nudity, 3P, * * and other large-scale meat selling scenes to attract audiences and make profits.

    If someone says that these large-scale European films represent the art of film, I''m afraid many people will spit at him.

    In any case, it''s an indisputable fact that Hollywood films are taking advantage of the global film market.

    Compared with the globalization of Hollywood films, the survival space of European films is also under great threat. Some statistics show that Italian films only account for about 30% of the local market share, which is the highest local share in the whole Europe. More and more European directors and actors are following the footsteps of Hollywood to pursue the box office This is a more practical return.

    As we all know, the globalization of Hollywood makes American films break the cultural barriers and get higher box office. The film itself becomes more understandable. Hollywood films are popular all over the world, and have a subtle impact on the aesthetic of the global film audience. The influence of French and Italian films, which once had the same strength as American films, has plummeted in the world.

    In this context, the decline of the European Film Festival can not be avoided.

    The Venice Film Festival came to an end, but the Golden Lion Award finally fell on focus and Murphy. In the mouth of the media in North America and Europe, the response was quite different.

    Mainstream media in North America generally believe that Murphy and focus are expected to win the golden lion.

    In Europe, many media use words like "unexpected" and "unexpected" to describe the most important awards of Venice Film Festival.

    In any case, Murphy''s taking away the Venice golden lion is an unchangeable result.

    The day after the closing ceremony of the Venice Film Festival, Murphy left Italy and returned to North America. Focusing, a film that was screened at the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival, created a huge momentum. Film dealers in many countries and regions sought out 20th century fox to introduce the film.

    Focus is still a long time away from its release. However, 20th century fox has started negotiations with distributors in many countries. In just over a week, more than 30 countries and regions have signed formal contracts with 20th century fox.

    In addition to some overseas markets that fox could release itself in the 20th century, "focus" will appear at least in theaters in more than 80 countries and regions.

    This is enough to ensure that the film will have world-class influence.

    Of course, Murphy and 20th Century Fox need to make sure that the film "focus" can attract enough attention in the North American market.

    With the development of Hollywood films, the vast majority of popular films in North America will cause a sensation in the overseas market, at least in the western world.

    Frankly speaking, Murphy did not think that this film could affect several Eastern countries. After all, Catholicism is not very popular there.

    It''s no exaggeration to say that without Catholicism as the foundation, focus would have less influence.

    Then, in the 20th century, Fox began the pre screening marketing of focus, and launched its media to constantly hype related topics. Catholicism is still one of the themes.

    "What is distorted is not only the cognition of belief, but the fact that people have no faith and can only be influenced by the common religious beliefs around them..."

    Perhaps having witnessed the whole incident with his own eyes, Gail gado had different feelings. He once said to Murphy, "religious belief is in fact people''s brand recognition of religious organizations. Once the organization management is not perfect, it is easy to have problems. The problem is covered up because people are superstitious in authority and tradition. It''s like religious organizations peddling beliefs. Sales people hurt consumers, but consumers can''t complain. "

    Perhaps this represents the views of many people. In early November, focus officially entered the North American cinema market with the scale of ten theaters, and numerous audiences flocked to it.