Stendhal Syndrome [Entertainment]

Just like Florence is special because of the Renaissance, this city known as the "Pearl of the Adriatic Sea", Venice is also famous overseas for similar things, especially at the end of August and early September, The light of the film is too dazzling, completely overwhelming the rippling gentle water waves.

Mo Ci also likes this city quite a lot, the film festival here has brought him glory, who would not like a place that can bring people victory, not to mention that there are all the tears of God shed here, like water and rivers, The bridge is on it, and the boats shuttle through it.

Mo Ci came two days early by himself, because of a phone call, the gentleman asked him out, so of course he had to see him.

Mo Ci met the person he wanted to meet in a Chinese restaurant in Venice. Although the person was over 40 years old, he still had a handsome face. After seeing him, he smiled and stood up, "Mo Ci, come quickly, the food is already served , if you don’t come, I’ll eat it myself.”

"Teacher Ling Xiao," Mo Ci walked over with a smile, "Long time no see."

"That's why I asked you to come here, but ah, I know that you eat Chinese food almost every day in Huaguo, but I can't eat Chinese food every day in the United States. Today you are with me."

Mo Ci didn't care, "If someone invites you to dinner, I'm sure I'd like to. You can eat anything."

"You, you still haven't changed much." The fate between Mo Ci and Ling Xiao came from many years ago. He wrote a script and sent it to Ling Xiao by email. Later, the script was indeed made into a movie. Then The leading actor in it also won the Best Actor Oscar. The name of that movie is "Life", and the name of the best actor is Lou Que, who he discovered and won.

"I remember I asked you at that time, obviously you are also a director, why didn't you keep your own script and shoot it yourself, but handed it over to me, and you were willing to come to me as an assistant director, obviously you made your debut The "Light and Shadow" filmed at that time was very good."

Mo Ci waited for the other party to move his chopsticks, then went to pick up a chopstick of green pepper fried meat, and muttered, "You have experience, such a good learning opportunity, it would take a long time to grab it from others. And if it weren't for this script , I have no chance to become friends with you."

Ling Xiao stopped his chopsticks and glanced at him, "Okay, I take back what I just said, you have changed, you were not so polite before."

Mo Ci smiled and did not speak, in fact, he still remembered his answer at that time, director Mo Ci Mo was still a young man, and he was a hundred times more proud and calm than now, and his tone was natural, he said, "Because I don't understand love, I can write it, but I can't empathize with it, I won't make a film that doesn't touch me. I think you can make it well, after all, you also have a loving same-sex partner. Can make it well, This is obviously more worthwhile, and the work I have completed, whether it is a script or a movie, must be the best in the world."

This attitude seems to be still in place until now. He filmed the friendship between the professor of criminal psychology in "Light and Shadow" and the criminal who retaliated against those people after being seriously injured by fate. Nakahara, who had no nostalgia for the world, wanted to survive and fought against fate. He recorded the confidants and soul mates who exchanged plain letters in the lonely and helpless loneliness in "Seeing Words Like Faces" , he created the amazing emotion of a painter martyred for art in "Stendhal Syndrome", but there is no main thread related to love, whether it is a man or a woman.

Even if he can write such ups and downs and delicate emotions, he can't show those subtle movements and millisecond waves, so he never shoots emotional lines.

"You were in your early twenties at the time, and you said that you didn't understand love and couldn't take pictures. Now, can you take pictures now?"

Mo Ci should have answered without thinking, but he paused when he blurted out, and then laughed, "As soon as you ask this question, I know that you must not care much about those gossip entertainment, otherwise you should know that I have been around for a long time. Countless, no one around me can survive a month."

"No, no, no," Ling Xiao laughed, "Love has many manifestations. Some people are in heaven, some fall into the mud, some are Plato, some are addicted to flesh/lust, some only love one person in their life, and some fall in love with each other. There is no one who understands love better than anyone else, but everyone has their own emotional concepts and value judgments, and this is the love of each of them."

"But I don't love them." Mo Ci replied, "Just treat me as a prodigal son of the world, a third-rate guy."

"If you like me, then no one should judge and criticize condescendingly as a so-called defender of morality." Ling Xiao has lived for most of his life, and people will always become more peaceful and tolerant with the expansion of experience and vision. "Of course, it's okay even if you don't love anyone like this all the time, but if you really have someone you love, it's also a life experience."

"If it's just an experience, then there's nothing that attracts me. I'm the experience. I'm synonymous with richness and fulfillment. I don't think it's something you want to spend so much time in your life on. reason."

"Sure enough, it's like you to be boastful and not humble like this, and you still haven't changed." Ling Xiao continued after reaching this conclusion, "But Mo Ci, you are right, it's worth my time, of course it's not because this is just a short period of time. Experiences and stuff like that, God knows how many other experiences I gave up for this, and the guy has facial paralysis."

Ling Xiao stopped after finishing the above sentence with some jokes and complaints, and his tone was a little more serious than before. "Actually, it's just someone telling you that falling in love is a good thing. When other people say such things, you will say, go ahead, don't try to trick me into believing such lies that only little girls can believe, but , put it on this person, you believe it, you suddenly believe it. Whether it is the time or energy you put in, there are more things that are unclear and can be generalized as love. The price you should pay for this belief."

Mo Ci suddenly remembered that after the program was recorded that day, Yu Chu leaned very close to him in the car, saying that there must be a reason for this trust, he needed it, wanted to know the reason, he knew what kind of answer Yu Chu wanted at that time , but at the time he didn't realize that there was a price to believing.

Of course, it's not too late to realize this, since he hasn't made a decision before anyway.Venice is a great city, everyone loves it, this restaurant is good, and the people sitting next to it are good, and realizing this at this moment, it's a good thing to look at.

"Can you not pay the price?"

Mo Ci discovered his sudden "innocence" when he asked this question. Of course, Ling Xiao also noticed it, and he even laughed at Mo Ci's "innocence". "Why do you ask such a question, Mo Ci? If you don't pay the price, it proves that the previous step of 'belief' didn't exist, okay? I believe you don't love them now, but I suspect that you are just incompetent in intimacy , Mo Ci, are you sure you don't need to seek help from a psychiatrist for this problem? I also met a psychiatrist before, and he is in Huaguo now, do you want to introduce you to him?"

Out of politeness and respect, Mo Ci didn't reply, but went to eat the fish head with chopped pepper. "Let's talk about it, it's not a big deal, even if it's incompetent in intimate relationships, it's not a big deal." What's more, he doesn't think he is incompetent in intimate relationships.

"Yeah, it's not a big deal, it's just to see if it's worth it."

Mo Ci didn't want to lie to himself, but he just said that it was worth it and didn't look at other conditions. He felt that Yu Chu was worth it.

"Let's end this topic, I think, you must have something else to ask me today, right?" Ling Xiao is the chairman of the jury of this year's Venice Film Festival. When people see it, it will be a bunch of overt and covert guesses, which is annoying to deal with.

"Yes, I have a script. I have been short of a leading actor, so I haven't filmed it until now. I watched your "Stendhal Syndrome" a few days ago. I think your leading actor named Yu Chu is very good. Not bad, how about, little brother, help me get in touch?"

Mo Ci refused with a smile, "No."

Ling Xiao has found many people for such a leading role in the past few years, and he just goes to various film and television academies to see those young people every day, and asks back when he hears Mo Ci's refusal. "You introduced Lou Que to me at that time, why can't you just change someone now?"

"Yu Chu is different from Lou Que. Lou Que wants to make a film, but Yu Chu doesn't. He doesn't intend to be a professional actor."

"There is no difference between filming one film and filming two films. If you don't want to be a professional actor, then don't do it. There is no necessary connection between these two things."

Mo Ci propped his chin and looked at his old friend, "It's not that there is any difference or specialness between one play and two plays, it's because I have specialness."

"Oh," Ling Xiao revealed a regretful expression, and touched his chin, "If I were 20 years younger, I would probably be fine..." He felt that he really looked pretty good when he was young, Although it is not as good as Mo Ci, it is not far behind.

"If that's the case, Mr. Dempsey will probably break your legs and lock you up at home." When Mo Ci was on the set of "Living Up", he often saw the American gentleman with a cold face all the time. Then he stared at Ling Xiao, he could see the full possessiveness, as if he was afraid that he would run away.

"Cough cough." Ling Xiao coughed a few times when he heard Mo Ci's words, and then hurriedly went to get some water to drink.

Mo Ci raised his eyebrows, he was very willing to find out the elder's old background, "No...I'm right?"

Ling Xiao glared at him, "Nonsense, how could I break my leg."

Oh, then it was indeed closed at home.

Mo Ci didn't expose it this time, but just nodded and continued to eat.

— "Hey, do you believe it? Falling in love is a good thing."

—— "Oh, such words are deceiving... Forget it, okay, I believe it."