Birth of an actor

This is the first promotional video of the "Lord of the Rings" crew——

"Microphone in place!"

"Camera in place!"

In the slightly shaky picture, the staff member holding the slate quickly flashed in front of the camera: "The 68th scene of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", the 9th shot, start shooting!"

Before the picture starts, the sound has already taken the lead. Starting from the flashing slate, the shaky camera finally becomes stable. The camera first sweeps over a man wearing a hard hat and holding a loudspeaker. Then, following the direction in which he raised the horn, he froze for half a second on an elevator in mid-air where filming was in progress, and then followed the direction of the elevator, sweeping across the filming set of "Lord of the Rings"——

On the vast field full of natural scenery, it is a scene full of people: under the green grassy hillside, more than a dozen strong black horses are galloping, and each horse is sitting on a horse wearing a black cloak. The knights wore leather armor, and each knight had a cold weapon hanging from his waist. The black cloak covered the knight's face, and his expression could not be seen clearly, but the whole team exuded a dark and depressing temperament.

At this moment, countless Tolkien fans all over the world have exclaimed "The Ringwraiths!" "The Witch-King of Angmar!" Unearthed more things related to the movie, but the shots on the set just flashed by, and the cameraman was obviously unwilling to reveal more filming secrets. With the narration of a low male voice, the camera began to shift from the set to the cast and crew body.

"The Lord of the Rings" is adapted from J. R. R. Tolkien's original book. It tells the story of Frodo the Hobbit, accompanied by his faithful companions Sam, Merry and Pippen, in the ancient world of Middle-earth, in the company of dwarves, With the help of righteous forces such as wizards, elves, and human rangers, they fight against the snatch of the dark lord Sauron and go to the Doomsday Volcano to destroy the Supreme Lord of the Rings."

"In June 1999, Peter Jackson, William Bradley, Elijah Wood and other Hollywood superstars of today and tomorrow came to Wellington, New Zealand. They were determined to create an epic. I was invited to record the birth of the film .”

"What drew you to this film?"

When I heard this question, the actor who played Hobbit Frodo was sitting under the awning of a large trailer, watching three other actors, the actor who played Hobbit Sam, the actor who played Merry and Pippen's actor is eating biscuits and small cakes in a box with relish, and there are still four lines of subtitles in front of the actor, making annotations "Elia Wood/Actor", "Sean Austin/Actor", "Domy Nick Monaghan/Actor" "Billy Boyd/Actor".

"I like "The Lord of the Rings". I have read the original book many times." Elijah Wood was holding a script and was reading, and the snack box was empty in the middle of the table with the other three "Hobbits" on his back. , but he still seems to focus on memorizing lines and has no interest in eating: "And it's not scary to stay in New Zealand for a year or two to film. I made very good friends here." , he raised his head and showed a very happy smile to the three friends across the table.

Sean Austin, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd scrambled to eat the last two biscuits in the box, feeling the gaze and smile of Elijah Wood as they chewed too She smiled brightly at him.

"What loving friends, they're even in hobbit costumes," said the cameraman, the faceless voice-over provider, as he used his camera to take a close-up of each of the four actors: " I have felt the friendship between the four hobbits."

At this moment, a figure with a gray hat, gray robe and white beard suddenly broke into the camera, and let out a roar: "Who stole my afternoon tea snacks?!"

A subtitle appeared below the screen: "Ian McKellen/Actor, played Gandalf the Wizard in The Lord of the Rings, one of the most powerful elves in Middle-earth, and the protector of the Hobbit on the way to destroy the One Ring. "

"Ian is from England, he can't do without afternoon tea—" Elijah Wood explained to the camera that came to him at some point, and was about to look at the three "hobbits" sitting opposite him How did my friend deal with the furious Ian McLean, when he suddenly found three extra fingers in front of him.

"It's him!" Austin, Monaghan, and Boyd, who still had snack residue hanging from the corners of their mouths, pointed out three fingers, accusing Elijah Wood of being the thief who stole the snack.

"Gandalf the Grey" roared "Frodo!" and rushed over, and Elijah Wood threw away the script in his hand in fright.

"What drew you to making this film?"

As soon as the picture changed, in the spacious practice room, dozens of actors and actresses were holding long swords and shouting "haha" from their mouths. They came and went against the enemy, and some of them had already put on a full set of heavy costumes. Some are wearing their own clothes but have finished their makeup, and from the crisp sound of the metal colliding with each other, it can be heard that these long swords are all real goods at a fair price, not plastic or resin products.

Among these people, there was a pair of opponents whose drills were very conspicuous. One was a middle-aged man with gray hair, and the other was a slender young man. The middle-aged man had a dignified expression and superb swordsmanship. The young man has focused eyes and light movements. Although his swordsmanship is not as good as the opponent's, his nimble dodge allows him to keep fighting with the opponent without losing the wind.

Finally, after the two swords clashed and wrestled with all their strength, the middle-aged man and the young man looked at each other and ended the fight at the same time. The middle-aged man patted the young man on the back friendly and left a sentence, "It's getting better and better." Will." and turned to direct the others, and the young man was finally free to answer questions.

"It's a Willot movie, I'm going to have to see if Peter is wasting his money - just kidding, I gotta say Lord of the Rings is definitely another epic, and the biggest low-budget film ever made, Peter spent every penny on the blades, look at these swords, they are all genuine, a swordsmith on the crew made them, and made the tip of each sword with a round point to prevent the fight Accidentally hurt someone... Yes, we have a swordsmith, alive. And the gentleman who just taught me swordsmanship, he is a master swordsman and an Olympic champion." William Brand who just practiced swords With a kind of pride unique to Willot's boss, Li started talking to the photographer like a few treasures.

The dark green eyes that seem to condense all the greenness of spring moved, probably glanced at the camera lens, this is a glance that can make all video viewers hold their breath, as if time was suspended for a second because of it—not as if, The picture was really frozen because of the appearance of these overly charming eyes.

Although the voice-over doesn’t play out, enough is revealed in this one freeze-frame: How could anyone be so good-looking even blinking.

And the bright red thin lips that were raised at the corners of the mouth slowly opened, everything seemed to be playing in slow motion, the deep and pleasant voice pierced the air through the speaker and penetrated the eardrum, and the magnetic tremor made people feel numb all over.Not to mention the sweaty neck and delicate white collarbone glimpsed.

At the bottom of the screen, "William Bradley/Actor/Producer." When this line of subtitles was typed out, many people even began to resent the existence of the subtitles—seriously, who doesn’t know William Bran Deli?And, do you know how annoying and annoying it is to suddenly have a line of introductory subtitles in such a beautiful picture like an oil painting?

The camera is aimed at the director wearing a pair of round glasses and full of beards. A line of subtitles "Peter Jackson/Director/Producer" appears at the bottom of the screen, and the overweight director himself is sitting in a Behind the camera, after pointing at the camera screen and talking to the first assistant director, he looked up and turned to look at the camera: "What attracted me to make this movie?"

Peter Jackson raised his head, stretched his arms and circled around, looked at the camera with unprecedented seriousness and said: "Everything,"

Peter Jackson's face slowly fades out of the camera, and behind him is a picture full of greenery, green grassy hills, majestic towering trees, and fields full of flowers, fruits and vegetables, from far to near The green is thick and green, the path paved with rocks is like a gray ribbon winding in the vast green field, and the earth brown roofs are scattered among the hills, just like miniature mushrooms, if you look carefully , as if standing in front of the miniature door, there is a smaller villain standing, it is just like...the Shire where hobbits live in the legend.

In the last three seconds, the screen returned to darkness, and a sentence slowly appeared: Under the statue of Agonus on the Anduin, everything seemed small.

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New Zealand is so beautiful!Even if it was just a picture taken by the photographer inadvertently, it is as beautiful as an oil painting, and the props and costumes on the actors also look so delicate, even the descriptions in the book are not as delicate as in reality!Also, who is the guy who filmed the entire movie log? The "Lord of the Rings" crew is unique in that it has an exclusive photographer from the perspective of a bystander at the beginning. Do you want to make the filming process into a documentary in the future?And, after this short clip of 20 minute and [-] seconds, will there be a clip of the second and third editions?

"Below the statue of Agonus on the Anduin, everything is small." What is the meaning of this sentence?

Two months after the filming officially started, the crew of "The Lord of the Rings" released their first promotional video on the HSO website, which can be said to have aroused huge attention and discussions in Hollywood within a short period of time.

The first is the cooperation between the "Lord of the Rings" crew and the HSO website, which can be regarded as another successful use of the Internet - the prototype of the HSO website is William Bradley's personal fan website. After looking like a star’s personal website and more like a comprehensive website that reports various Hollywood news, a group of website founders led by Harvard graduate Jonathan Bates finally split the website. William’s personal website It is still there, but the comprehensive section of the original website has applied for a new domain name HSO.Com, completely transformed into an influential Hollywood folk news website.

HSO.Com means Hollywoodnewsonline. It is a company that mainly reports various Hollywood news, celebrity news and entertainment gossip. Because of the huge netizen base of the original website, there is still a lack of entertainment specializing in Hollywood news in North America. Because of the online news website, HSO has been very popular since the first day when the domain name was changed and re-launched. The number of hits per day of the website ranks first in the ranking of news websites in the United States. Now, the HSO website has a presence in New York. There is a website management team of about [-] people, and it has cooperative relations with many news media, private investigators, and paparazzi including the New York Times. This kind of development speed is not insignificant.

The crew of "Lord of the Rings" chose to release their own film clips on the HSO website, which is a win-win deal for both parties. The HSO website has attracted more netizens and increased its influence because of the front-line news sources from the crew. "The Lord of the Rings" also got an excellent opportunity for exposure and publicity, so that it would not be forgotten by people during the long shooting period.

Judging from the actual publicity effect, the crew of "The Lord of the Rings" and the HSO website seem to invite a professional public relations team back without spending a penny. It tripled in size, and was quoted by CNN Evening News. The screenshots of the next day's film also appeared on the pages of many Hollywood entertainment newspapers, and were fans of Tolkien's books, actors or directors, magical or epic. Fans of similar movies have studied it countless times. The trailer released by the "Lord of the Rings" crew, which is not even called a promotional movie, or the tidbits, caused such a big sensation, except that several shots in the trailer leaked The picture is very worthy of research and exploration, but also because before this, there has never been a movie that was promoted through such means.

In Hollywood, the extras on the set are generally included in DVDs. If the movie is not eligible to be released on DVD, most of the time, these video materials will be dusted in the studio along with the film copy. In the dusty storage room, it may never see the light of day.

And various film companies have always known that the filming highlights that have never been shown before are actually very attractive to movie fans-after the DVD of "Titanic" was released, it not only became the largest DVD sales volume of American movies that year. First, the total sales quickly accumulated to the top ten in film history, and according to a survey of buyers, the reason for a considerable number of movie fans to buy DVDs is "I heard that there are many interesting things in the tidbits, There are even William Bradley and Leonardo DiCaprio imitating Jack and Rose in the bow? It’s so exciting!”—but maybe I haven’t thought of it for the time being, maybe I just want to In the later period, they made profits through DVDs, and none of the Hollywood film companies really used tidbits for publicity.

However, the audience is indeed eager to see the clips-the sales of Titanic are much higher than the estimated figure, which has already explained everything-and it is no wonder that the keen-sighted "New York Times" will sigh: "Willot's Every promotional campaign is extremely beautiful and full of whimsical ideas, always employing some fresh, unique and difficult-to-imitate tricks. In time, perhaps Willot will become one of Hollywood's or world's film promotion and distribution. A benchmark."

Moreover, the first edition of "The Lord of the Rings" did not simply attract some attention and gimmicks. In fact, the later research and discussion of it by movie fans and book fans is an important factor that makes the movie's attention and expectations higher. .

Every shot in the video has been cut out and studied repeatedly by interested book fans. They try to find out the progress of filming, the degree of restoration of the original work, and even the degree of dedication of the crew - the result is of course amazing. The close-up lens clearly captures the unique reflections formed by the high-grade fabrics and intricate embroidery on the costumes of the four hobbits, the props long swords made of pure steel milling and engraved with exquisite patterns, and the dozens of genuine horses under the crotch of the ring spirit , the Shire, the hometown of the Hobbit restored by pure natural gods, the exquisite models of Gondor, Isengard, Orthank Tower and the mines of Moria glimpsed in the props room...

It is said that the crew is currently recruiting soldiers and extras for war scenes in New Zealand. It will probably require tens of thousands of soldiers. It is also possible to cooperate with the army and directly use active soldiers. So many details are interpreted clearly and then added together. Those who didn't know what William Bradley meant by "the largest low-cost movie in history" during the first and second cuts finally understood—so many big scenes, so many leading actors The total cost of 2.7 million U.S. dollars sounds like a lot, even more than the production cost of "Titanic", but the production cost of the trilogy is less than [-] million U.S. dollars. It's a great deal with high quality and low price. After all, "The Lord of the Rings" has no lower requirements on special effects, scenes, props, actors, etc. than big ships.

"The largest low-cost movie in history with US$2.7 million" sounds like a mockery at first, but after a deeper understanding, you will understand that this is actually a kind of pride expressed in a self-deprecating tone.

If there were still many criticisms about the film investment, quality and Peter Jackson's directing level during the film preparation and even the official shooting period, then now, after seeing how much the "Lord of the Rings" crew has done. , more people have changed from questioning whether Willot can faithfully restore Tolkien's original work to looking forward to music. ——Not to mention that in this multi-point film, what is shown is probably only the tip of the iceberg of the crew's hard work.

And "beneath the statue of Agonus on the Anduin, everything is small." This sentence appears in the last scene of the film. The mysterious and puzzling words are the "Lord of the Rings" crew. I'm declaring my ambitions -- which, of course, people don't realize until a long, long time later.

Agonus is the northern border of Gondor. When the Fellowship of the Ring traveled along the Anduin River to Agonus, they saw two huge statues standing on both sides of the bank. It was in the third era It was built during the period of King Romendaqill II of Gondor, and the carvings are the kings Elendil and Isidur who defeated the demon king Sauron in the second era, so they are also called "The Colossus of Agonas". Or the "Gate of Kings", when the Fellowship of the Ring team drove past the statue, they found that the height of a person was no bigger than the toes of the statue, and human beings seemed so small in front of the huge statue.

Therefore, the meaning of this sentence is very clear. There is no doubt that this means that other movies of the same type will be as insignificant in the face of "Lord of the Rings" as humans are in the face of the statue of Agonus.

However, few people can understand the profound meaning of this sentence for the time being, because Tolkien did not describe much about the Colossus of Agonas. How the finished product will be is another unknown thing, even fans of the original book, it is difficult to immediately understand the deep meaning of Willot and Peter Jackson—until a long time later, "The Lord of the Rings" is officially released, and people are fascinated by the epic drama. After the movie was completely shocked, I realized that as early as a few years ago, Peter Jackson and Willot were already full of ambitions and ambitious.

Of course, even if the details of the film are rich enough, a casual shot provides such a space for interpretation by book fans and movie fans, there are still some people who are very, very dissatisfied, and the reason for their dissatisfaction is very simple-what about the elves?Where is the most noble and beautiful creature in Tuo Lao's works?Galadriel, Eldron, Glorfindel, Princess Arwen, and Legolas, why didn't I see any of them?

Oh, by the way, they saw William Bradley, the owner of Willlott, who was sweating after sword practice. The sex appeal is almost suffocating, but, since that lingering blonde photo , Countless book fans and movie fans want to know what the full version of Glorfindel looks like in their dreams!They were extremely looking forward to seeing Lord Jinhua who could single out the Balrog. When he put on a robe embroidered with fine leaves and white poppy patterns, held a streamlined spring steel milled elven long sword, and rode What kind of demeanor should the white horse Asfros gallop along the Xiangshui River!

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Lido Island is a small island in Venice, Italy, with beautiful scenery and comfortable climate. The resort is also the venue for the six Venice Film Festival.

Lido Island Film Palace, where the judges of the main competition unit of this year’s Venice Film Festival gathered together. The small screening hall can only accommodate dozens of people. It is really a good place to discuss important topics. Not only is the location remote, but the room is protected by blackout curtains. The seams are tightly fitted to prevent any ray of sunlight from entering the room. The sound-absorbing sponge on the ceiling can also ensure that as long as the door is closed, no sound from inside can be transmitted to the outside. There are only nine judges sitting on the soft and comfortable seats. It is also the entire lineup of the Venice Film Festival jury.

In order to maintain fairness, the jury of the Venice Film Festival has always been diversified. Among the nine seats, except for the Italian judges who must be selected every year, the other eight judges are basically selected from different countries and regions. For example, this year's jury There are judges from Italy, France, Britain, Turkey, Poland, Italy, Yugoslavia and Hong Kong, China.

From early morning to late at night, I repeat, the jury headed by Chairman Alberto Barbera has been discussing the final selection of each award for two full days, and they have already made choices for almost all awards, except— —

"Jim Broadbent, Serge Lopez, William Bradley, the best actor will be selected from the three of them, no one disagrees with that?"

The other eight judges nodded together.

Jim Broadbent is a British actor who was born in a stage play. He starred in "Song and Song" is a musical comedy with an opera stage as the background. The theme is a bit like "Shakespeare in Love". Broadbent's artistic temperament makes him play an opera writer more than 100 years ago; while the theme of "A Sexual Relationship" starring the famous Spanish actor Sergi Lopez is more daring , tells the story of two men and women who have maintained a long-term bed partner relationship without knowing each other; The jury watched it three times, and the third time had just ended, and the sound in the auditorium seemed to be still warm.

Alberto Barbera looked at everyone and said: "So, the question is, who?"

The nine judges exchanged glances with each other, and no one spoke first. First, the male actors performed very well and it was a bit difficult to make a choice. Second, it was the discussion that lasted for two days. Those endless discussions and trade-offs, They have almost exhausted their energy, and they don't want to quarrel with other judges who disagree, so no one is willing to express their thoughts first.

"Jim Broadbent's superb acting skills deserve a Volpi Trophy." The judges from the UK finally broke the silence and said.When arguing about which movie should win the Golden Lion Award in the morning, he also strongly promoted "Songs and Shows", not entirely because it is a British movie (in fact, there are some reasons), but more because Because this movie really suits his taste, but unfortunately, Maggie Cheung, a judge from Hong Kong, China, nominated the entry "Not One Less" from mainland China, and got [-] out of [-] votes plus a three-hour debate The thrilling win overwhelmed the other entries, but now that only one major award, best actor, remains undecided, he must contend.

Jean Douchet, a judge from France and a well-known actor, admits that Jim Broadbent is a good old actor, but he is tired of British judges always promoting their own country's actors, and he doesn't think Broadbent is the best: "Don't you guys think Broadbent's acting is a little pompous, with a touch of indelible drama? William Bradley is the better one , his performance in Fight Club, geez, I don't think Broadbent or Lopez is better than him, although they are the older ones."

Another disagreement, Jean Douchet had expected that everyone would fight again in the near future, and the British judges also expected this, but to their surprise, after a strange silence, the next The judges who came down to speak led the topic in another direction.

"About William Bradley, did you notice the grand occasion when he appeared?" Alberto Barabe, chairman of the jury, asked with some deep meaning.

"Of course, it was an unforgettable scene." Hong Kong judge Maggie Cheung said thoughtfully.

Located at the exit of the Grand Canal in Venice, the pier from the main island of Venice to Lido Island is the real opening place of the Venice Film Festival-because no matter who it is, the judges, the media, or the participating film crews or people from all over the world Film producers from all over the world have to go from here to the Film Palace, which is where the film festival is held.

Every year at the end of August and the beginning of September, the yacht charter business in Venice will be surprisingly good, because media reporters from various countries will rent out the local yachts and dock near the two piers all day long to shoot and participate in movies The festival's star director boards and disembarks from the boat.This year, there are more than 700 Italian journalists registering for the Venice Film Festival, while there are 300 reporters from other countries. Therefore, once a famous star appears at the pier, the place will always be crowded by yachts from the media If there is no way to get through, there may even be quarrels or collisions and friction incidents in serious cases.

And when the most dazzling international star of this year's Venice Film Festival, American actor William Bradley, came to the Lido Island for the opening premiere of "Fight Club", the scene, the jury chairman Alberto Barabe It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a "grand occasion". In fact, a more appropriate adjective is "a rare occasion in five years"-the reporters stationed on Lido Island almost came out in full force, so many that they almost filled the vicinity of the two piers The waters of the Lido Pier and the entire space from the Lido Pier to the Movie Palace are messy near the blocked piers. Some people even stumbled and fell into the water in order to fight for a good shooting position. The funny thing is that because the waterway is too crowded, The reporter didn't even fall into the water, but crashed into another boat, causing the crowd to roar with laughter.The reporter's distress was photographed by other media, and it was published in a local newspaper in Venice the next day. The newspaper also vividly described "the flashing lights at the Lido Island pier at that moment, if it was at night, I am afraid it will be a disaster." Light up the whole island."

So, as the chairman of the jury of this year's film festival and an Italian, Alberto Barabe specifically mentioned William Bradley, is it purely because of his high popularity?

Maggie Cheung thinks it is definitely not the case.

Another famous director from Italy, Marco Bellocchio, had the same idea as Maggie Cheung, and he even said it more directly: "Venice has not been so lively for a long time, although we are always full of commercial Hollywood. Disdainful, but..."

Although Marco Bellocchio did not say the content behind the "but", the other eight judges in the room understood what he said after the "but", but commercial Hollywood has become more and more The more globalized, the higher and higher the influence, gradually catching up with the three major film festivals, "elitization" or "de-elitization", which is the general trend seems to have gradually decided the winner.

For a long time, the three major European film festivals have been synonymous with art and elite culture. European filmmakers are also proud of making films for ideals and spurning Americans for working for money. The Venice Film Festival is also the "art" of the three major European film festivals. The best" - French sophistication and fickleness are changing the Cannes Film Festival. Cannes has increasingly taken care of semi-commercial films in recent years and began to favor Hollywood films - digging out the most deserted art films in various countries and the fringes of the world Movies are the Venice Film Festival's favorite thing to do, but it seems that the more the Venice Film Festival makes such a "cold" choice, the more deserted the venue will be every time, let alone compared with Hollywood, it seems It is not as lively as the Toronto Film Festival held in August and September.Of course, in terms of status, the Venice Film Festival is higher than the Toronto Film Festival.

The reason why Alberto Barbera and Marco Bellocchio expressed their agreement is that they have seen the strongest power in Hollywood from William Bradley in the past few days. Glory.

The number of journalists registered for the film festival this year can prove everything. For each Venice Film Festival, the number of Italian local journalists registered is fixed, ranging from 800 to 2000, while the number of foreign journalists The number fluctuates very much. In good years, they may reach nearly 800 people. In bad years, they may only be in the early thousand. Last year, several Hollywood films participated in the film festival, attracting some American media and foreign media. The number of reporters is more than 400. The taste of the Venice Film Festival the year before last was even more unique. The number of foreign reporters was only 300. This year, the number reached an unprecedented [-]. Although several Chinese films were nominated It is also one of the important reasons for the increase in the number of reporters, but Asian faces can be easily identified, and most of the extra media should still be directed at William Bradley and Brad Pitt.

This is far more attention than when Sean Penn won the best actor last year. Perhaps it has something to do with Sean Penn being more of a European actor than a Hollywood actor. Apart from being married to Madonna, Sean Penn There is no other place in Eun Penn that is liked and noticed by the American media, but William Bradley, he is not only the darling of Hollywood, but also the focus of Hollywood.

No, it is not inappropriate to call it the global focus now, after all, when William Brandley disembarked and walked into the movie palace, among the countless faces of reporters, many of them were clearly Asian or South American. Human features.

Therefore, the unspoken meaning of the chairman Alberto Barbera is probably: at the film festival, William Bradley was the center of the audience, and he was different from other commercial stars. It really brought outstanding works and amazing performances to compete for the final jury award. So, should Venice learn a little bit from its neighbor Cannes and give Hollywood more tolerance, or insist on being "cold" and deliberately To choose movies and actors that are not favored by the mainstream?

——Speaking of which, although "Fight Club" is a big production with an investment of 7000 million US dollars, it is really not a commercial film, it is too cult, and it also has a strong temperament of avant-garde art and experimental films. Accidental and Venetian, any filmmaker who has seen the final cut of the film will agree that this is a production that will have a strong response to its release, for better or worse.It is also even more puzzling why such a work is invested by 7000th Century Fox, one of the top seven in Hollywood, or is a giant production of [-] million US dollars. Perhaps, it is the combination of William Brandley and Brad Pitt that made the studio I lost my mind and invested blindly without reading the script.

Under various entanglements, the nine members of the judging panel conducted two rounds of voting. In one round, they voted for double-yolk eggs, and in the other round, they voted for three-yolk eggs. The votes of the nine people could not determine a winner. Strange.

French judge Jean Douchet suggested: "Maybe we can choose the two best? It looks like it will be the best of both worlds." His finger was on the names of actors Jim Broadbent and William Bradley. Painted on.

Chairman Alberto Barbera was the first to object: "No, the parallel award will weaken the authority of the film festival. If it is not necessary, we should not choose this way."

"Gentlemen and ladies, why can't we be more real?" the famous Yugoslavian director, Emil Kusturica, said in a more direct tone with a candid frankness: "Whether art or business , we are choosing the best actor now, and we are not choosing for the ownership of the Golden Lion Award, why?