Chapter 1153 Berlin Screening
On the morning of February 16, Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu took a private plane to Berlin. In addition to Amy Adams and Tucker, there were also photographer Zhao Fei and other related staff.
Zhang Jingchu and Amy Adams sat together, muttering, discussing clothing, discussing cosmetics, and discussing how to wear it during the premiere. Zhang Ran was checking the Berlin Film Festival magazine scores. So far, only two of the magazine scores exceeding three points, "The Other Side of Hope" scored 3.7 points and "Good Woman" scored 3.2 points.
Zhang Ran thought to himself that "The Other Side of Hope" scored a high score of 3.7, and it is also a refugee theme. "The Angel of Justice"'s biggest competitor in Berlin is probably the film Aki-Corismaki! However, the magazine has never been accurate, so it is hard to say who can laugh to the end!
After the plane arrived in Berlin, Zhang Ran and the others were attacked by the cold air coming from the plane and they couldn't help but stagger. Zhang Ran and the others had been to Berlin and knew how cold the winter in Berlin was. They all wore thick down jackets. This was the first time Amy Adams went to Berlin. They were dressed relatively thinly and were trembling when the cold wind blew.
At this moment, the film festival chairman Diet Cosrik came towards him. He laughed and gave Zhang Ran a warm hug, then hugged Zhang Jingchu and the others, and excitedly told everyone that everyone was looking forward to watching the five-hour version of "The Angel of Justice"!
After sending Zhang Ran to the hotel, Diet Cosrick sat down on the sofa with Zhang Ran to talk about the extended version of "Angel of Justice" and the premiere of the movie. He told Zhang Ran that the official website only started selling tickets for one minute, and tickets for all the events of "Angel of Justice" were snatched away, and some people even asked for tickets online at a high price of ten times the price.
Zhang Jingchu originally planned to chat with them, but was soon called out by Amy Adams, not shopping, but buying coats. Berlin was too cold, and the coat brought by Amy Adams was too thin and needed a thicker coat. However, as soon as they came out of the hotel, they were surrounded by movie fans squatting at the door. Many movie fans came prepared and brought works and posters related to Zhang Jingchu and Amy Adams, rushing to let them sign. The two beauties could not refuse, so they could only sign them in the cold.
When he was having breakfast the next morning, Zhang Ran found that Amy Adams had a red nose and asked what was going on. Amy Adams told Zhang Ran with a depressed face that she had a cold and couldn't help but wipe her nose red. Zhang Ran asked Amy Adams to rest without attending the afternoon premiere. However, Amy Adams said that she had taken the cold medicine and was much better.
"Angel Justice" premiere is at 4 pm, and the premiere is rarely held at this time, because 5 and 6 o'clock are the time when everyone is having dinner. Many people will not come to premiere at this time. But "Angel Justice" cannot be premiered until 7 and 8 o'clock like other movies, because the movie has 5 hours. If it is screened at 7 o'clock, it will be 12 o'clock after the movie is finished.
Although the premiere of "Angel of Justice" was not very good, it could not stop the enthusiasm of the media and movie fans at all. The reporters and audiences waiting to enter the venue were lined up at 3 pm. A large number of reporters even chose to go to the line because they were worried that they would not be able to enter, which triggered disputes. One of the German journalists and another French journalists fought directly because of the problem of going to the line.
While queuing up, many reporters are discussing what the extended version of "Angel Justice" is like? Will it be a masterpiece like "The Past of America" or a mediocre work like "The Cinema of Paradise" be like?
There are two versions of a movie, so there are only two results for the extended version, either better or worse. In the history of film, many movies have had a bad reputation when they were released, and they are even known as bad movies. However, after the extended version was released, the reputation of the movie quickly turned over. The most representative work among them is "The Past of the United States".
Italian director Sergio Leone turned down the invitation to "The Godfather" in order to prepare for filming "The Past of America". He held a 400-page script and looked for investment everywhere, and he searched for 11 years. When the film was finally completed, it lasted 249 minutes, but when it was released in the United States, the producers deleted it to 139 minutes, especially erasing the large flashback scene.
The film eventually lost both reputation and box office in the United States. Leon was hit hard and died in depression after returning to Italy. The film also became his last work. It was not until many years later that the director's editing version of "The Past of America" began to be widely circulated again, and the film was also known as "one of the greatest films in film history."
The situation in "Cinema Paradise" is the opposite. The original version of the movie was 173 minutes, with long content and slow pace. Several of the protagonists' emotional scenes were not only redundant but also particularly bloody. In the end, Harvey Weinstein cut it into a 124-minute release version. It was this version that made the movie win countless awards; the critics also believe that this version is the best.
The reporters have great confidence in the extended version of "Angel of Justice" and believe that the extended version is better than the released version. After all, since "One Person Decoration", Zhang Ran has opened up the Ren and Du meridians. Each movie has maintained a very high level, and the version he is most satisfied with will definitely not be bad.
A few years ago, the movie "Rabe Diary" made many Germans know about Rabe. With the popularity of "The Angel of Justice", more people learned about Rabe's heroic deeds and were deeply moved by his heroic feats.
When Rabe's grandson Thomas Rabe and his wife Elizabeth Rabe; Rabe's great-grandson Christopher Reinhardt and his daughter Ulric Reinhardt appeared on the red carpet, the fans at the scene put away their phones, the reporters put down their cameras, they clapped their hands hard, and expressed their respect to Rabe with applause.
The winter in Berlin has always been very cold, and this year it is even more cold and doubts about life. Zhang Ran and the others are in good condition, with thermal underwear in their suits. Zhang Jingchu and Amy Adams are in a bad mood. They must wear clothes with bare chest and backlessness. Although Zhang Jingchu is preparing to have a thermal baby, she and Amy Adams both put on the thermal baby, and they also drank two sips of white wine before walking on the red carpet, but when they really went on the red carpet, the two beauties were still trembling and had to pretend to be smiling. They were so beautiful and frozen.
After walking the red carpet and entering the movie palace, Zhang Ran found that Zhang Jingchuqing's nose was flowing out, so he quickly took out his handkerchief and asked her to wipe it. If it was photographed by a reporter, it would have affected her image too much.
Zhang Jingchu was a little embarrassed and protested to Cosrick, saying that the film festival red carpet should break the traditional dress etiquette, why do you have to wear a dress when walking on the red carpet, and why can’t you wear a coat or a down jacket? We require the right to wear a down jacket!
15 minutes before the film was officially screened, all 1,627 seats in the screening room were full, so "Angel of Justice" was screened 15 minutes in advance in an unprecedented manner.
The extended version of "Angel Justice" is the same as the theater version of "Angel Justice" and the difference is mainly in the details. Take Weiterin as an example. In the release version, the audience saw the kindness and strength of the characters, but in the extended version, the audience also saw the innocent side of her character. For example, on December 17, Japanese soldiers captured 12 girls from Jinnu University, but they were released the next morning. These girls told Weiterin that they were just beaten after being captured by Japanese soldiers, and no other bad things happened. Weiterin believed it, thinking that this was a miracle, and that it was the credit for everyone's devout prayer. It was not until a while later that a girl committed suicide due to pregnancy that she knew the truth. She was very guilty of this, thinking that if she had asked clearly and sent them to Gulou Hospital for treatment, the tragedy would not have happened.
Weiterin has a naive side in character. She sincerely believes in God, believes that people are kind, and always feel that everything will be fine. She even thinks that if Japanese women know what is happening in Nanjing, they will come out to stop the war; but the darkness of reality is destroying everything, which not only makes Weiterin's spirit greatly stimulated, but also devours her faith, making her tired of religion, and eventually makes her collapse.
The extended version of "Angel of Justice" also adds some more thrilling plots, such as Rabe and Han Xianglin risking their lives to take photos on the streets of Nanjing, collecting information, and handing them over to Zorg, an intelligence analyst at the German Embassy in Japan, hoping to hand these documents over to the top leaders of the German government and the Japanese government through his relationship in order to gain attention and thus prevent the atrocities of Japanese soldiers.
In addition, the movie also shows the conflict between the Japanese army and diplomatic departments. Because Rabe and his colleagues kept protesting to the Japanese embassy, and the American and German industries were looted, the Japanese embassy was under great pressure. They told Rabe: "Military people want to mess up the situation in the city, and our embassy tried to avoid this!" However, Japanese diplomats did not play any restraining role in the Japanese soldiers. The notice posted by the embassy on the property of foreigners was torn apart by Japanese soldiers as waste paper, and some colludes even came to the embassy and threatened to burn the embassy. These details do not mean that Japanese diplomats are good people, but reflect a fact from the side that the Nanjing Massacre was supported by the senior Japanese army and was an organized massacre. It is precisely because of this that Japanese soldiers dared to be so unscrupulous.
These added details not only make the story of "Angel of Justice" more detailed, but also make the images of the three protagonists more full, more vivid and vivid. At the same time, they also give the audience a deeper understanding of the Nanjing Massacre, Zhang Chunru and Rabe.
Five hours are too long for the movie, and watching such a movie is a challenge for anyone. But while watching "Angel of Justice", media reporters and movie fans hardly felt the passage of time and were immersed in the story. They shed tears for the misfortune in the story and smiled for Zhang Chunru's success. Their emotions fluctuated as the story continued to advance.
When the movie ended, no one stood up, and no one walked around. The screen was still bright, and the production staff list was slowly rolling. Five minutes later, the subtitles ended, but the audience still did not move, and everyone was still immersed in the world of the movie.
Cosrick wanted to get up and applaud, but found that his body was already a little numb because he had been sitting for too long. He struggled to stand up, raised his hands, and then slapped them together. After Cosrick's applause rang, the audience stood up one by one as if they had come back to their senses, and patted their hands hard. The applause gathered together, like a trickle of water, gradually turning into a stunning wave, sweeping like a tsunami, violently hitting the surrounding walls, and echoing.
Almost everyone feels the same, the release version of "Justice Angel" is good, but the extended version of "Justice Angel" is better!
The applause was surging like a wave, and the applause remained five minutes later; ten minutes later, the applause slowly stopped. The audience's love for "Angel of Justice" was undoubtedly revealed, which was the most exciting scene since the opening of this Berlin Film Festival.
The audience was paying tribute with applause, paying tribute to "Angel of Justice" with applause, paying tribute to all the creators who made such a shocking work; and paying tribute to the angels of Justice in the movie with applause.
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