I Created the Myth of the Old Ruler

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 better 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 tried to switch from movies to Broadway stage performances, which led to her being attacked by the media and audiences and retiring 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 is basically 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 Merritt does not Likewise, what she hates most is those people who originally made cheap entertainment projects like popcorn movies coming to get involved in the drama or art film fields she likes.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 there was another arrogant guy.

"These people don't understand art at all. I've said it before. They think their cliché 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 just because they can make blockbuster films, they can make artistic films. In fact, Ms. Merritt believes that these people don’t understand art at all. , is tarnishing art.

And Lu Tiao 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 spent his life to defend Art.

Some people think that Ms. Merritt's thoughts are extreme and morbid, but this is also 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 the 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 this, Ms. Merritt felt even more that Lu Tran 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 breeze.

She had been to the island country before and had seen cherry blossoms falling all over the streets, but at this moment, what she saw was an even more gorgeous rain of cherry blossoms.

Among them, a girl is walking among the falling petals.

When Ms. Merritt saw her for the first time, she felt a youthful vitality and a gentle and kind temperament, as if anyone could be kind to her and become a friend with her.

As time went by, although Merritt had never seen this girl before, he felt that if he could see her in reality, then the two 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 momentarily forgot that she originally watched the film with critical thoughts.

"...It 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 Lun.

"...Although Director Lu Jian is successful in business, he knows very 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 those commercial methods 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. Let alone win the Palme d'Or, it It’s impossible to even get nominated!”

"... He thought that the 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 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 only read other people's words and have no subjective opinions of their own at all. Some people even say that foreigners say everything. That's right. If foreigners criticize domestic things, it must be because the country has not done well. Since foreign bosses now say that Lu Tian is no longer good, then Lu Tian 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.

*

Please vote for recommendations, please vote for me monthly!

7017k