In the past month, Hugo and the band members have been busy with music, on the one hand, to practice and prepare for the upcoming tour; On the one hand, it is recording a new album, although "almost famous" has not been released for half a year, but because the band already has new ideas and new tracks, and the band also plans to perform some new songs during this tour, EMI Records has also begun to prepare for a second album.

The Cannes Film Festival should have been an accident, because Hugo had forgotten about it at all, and was so busy with the world of music that he couldn't even "don't look. ba。 anger)" did not participate, and the media constantly hyped the pinnacle showdown, and the band members did not care, so people said that history is often inadvertently created.

When he heard Joseph talk about it, Hugo was stunned, how could he forget about it, "vulgar" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and became famous all over the world, and at the same time, Quentin Tarantino became a leader among the new generation of actors overnight.

Although the situation has changed this time, the actor has become Hugo, and the dispute between the hero and heroine seems to have affected the film's publicity strategy, I don't know if "vulgar" can still win the award according to the original trajectory, which is also one of Hugo's most curious suspense.

At the Cannes Film Festival, the trend of the Palme d'Or every year is unpredictable due to the jury system.

The selection process for the Festival de Cannes is made up of a small number of judges from around the world, led by a president of the jury. The jury is even more diverse, looking at the 66-year history of Cannes: literati, musicians, filmmakers, philosophers, psychologists, historians...... All of them have contributed here in the past.

Therefore, the jury, which has a very different style every year, directly leads to the aesthetic of the Palme d'Or is very jumpy, and there is no unity and coherence at all. Among them, the power of the chairman of the jury can be described as "covering the sky with one hand", when some maverick chairmen are in charge of printing, the works they like often have more than ninety percent chance of winning, no wonder the media have condemned the Cannes Film Festival hype gimmick to cover up the light of art.

In 2004, for example, a jury led by Quentin Tarantino, who was already successful at that time, awarded the Palme d'Or to the documentary "Fahrenheit 9111)", which broke everyone's glasses.

Therefore, the personal preference of the jury often determines the direction of a film festival, if the Oscar that has entered the threshold of 80 in 2014 is an old man, the aesthetic ideas and ideology of its 6,000 judges can vaguely discern a direction; Then the Cannes Film Festival, which only came out in 1946, is a fickle menopausal desperate housewife, with different judges every year, and naturally different aesthetics, and even a direction cannot be figured out.

What's more, at the Cannes Film Festival, the unanimous popularity of the local media meant the beginning of disaster, because the rebellious jury was bound to make the work go unsuccessful. In 2004 he was king. Family. Wei's "2046" in 2005 is David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence (a...... viblence)", all of which were finally dismissed because of the unanimous praise of the public opinion circles. This situation occurs in other film festivals, which is called unpopular; But at the Cannes Film Festival, it was called a matter of course.

Therefore, it is really unknown whether the "vulgar" situation has changed and it has been able to win the affection of this year's chairman of the jury, Clint Eastwood. Despite this, the entire crew of "Vulgar" was shortlisted for the competition unit and got the opportunity to go to Cannes to promote, but nothing has changed.

With little time left before the band's tour, Hugo didn't plan to go to Cannes, but was eventually convinced.

The first reason is because of Uma. More than four months have passed since the end of the "vulgar" shooting, and Quentin has been in retreat for the post-production of the film, and when he "sees the light of day" again, he realizes that the world seems to have gone through the vicissitudes of life.

Uma Thurman has disappeared for four months, Tracy Jacobs has not had any news for more than a month, relatively speaking, Hugo has become a hot top name in one fell swoop with his outstanding performance at the Oscars in "Schindler's List", and even popular actors such as Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger are currently not as popular as Hugo; And the bloody rain of glory to death in the music market is even more exciting, and Hugo has become the most watched artist in the United States at present.

Quentin has no intention of informing Uma at all, anyway, it is not unusual for the protagonist to be absent from the promotion of the film festival, in this case, if Hugo is absent again, then the promotion of "vulgarity" in Cannes will fall into passivity, after all, relying on Quentin alone is really not enough.

The other is due to Hugo's own considerations, Hugo's current North American film market is in a period of rapid growth, and no one can predict what height it can reach; However, in Europe, Hugo's influence is still very limited, and except for a "Schindler's List", other works have not been taken seriously in Europe. Even for "Schindler's List", it was the director Steven Spielberg who really got attention, not Hugo.

Therefore, attending the Cannes Film Festival will help Hugo a lot in terms of recognition in Europe, and Rick Rosen believes that Hugo should not miss this opportunity.

The last reason is that the newly established Endeavour elite agency is still in its infancy, and all the work must be started again, and the senior partners led by Rick must let the major production companies understand that there is now a new medium-sized agency appearing, and the artist resources in their hands are also very rich, and their ambitions are not only that, they also want to become a top player enough to disrupt the game

The best way to deal with this difficult situation is actually the brilliance of the artist. Hugo is not only one of the most important artists in Endeavor Elite Agency, but he is also one of the shareholders, so this work is naturally obligatory. Cannes became the best opportunity for the current situation

After all things considered, Hugo appeared in Cannes.

With so many crews coming to Cannes every year to promote the event, and the large number of journalists and tourists that makes the town noisy, the cost of hotels often doubles to triples, so accommodation is always an issue when attending the Cannes Film Festival.

Generally speaking, the crew with funds and sponsorship naturally lives in a hotel, otherwise it is a rented villa, which can have a spacious private space; And the crew who are shy in the pocket will rent an apartment, and the whole crew will live in it, which is not only convenient, but also much cheaper. It's just that public places such as hotels naturally gather more journalists and have a higher exposure rate, so if you live in an apartment, you will suffer a lot.

The Weinstein brothers came to Cannes early, rented two apartments, and arranged for everyone to live in, which is not far from the main venue, the Cinema Palace, but it is much more deserted than the hotel.

Hugo arrived in Cannes, without the pursuit of the media and the encirclement of fans, but it was much calmer, far from the Los Angeles spotlights, and there was a sense of relief here. At this time, Hugo finally understood the longing and urgency of those artists who lived day and night under the spotlight for private space, although he had only traveled over for more than two years, but he had already begun to miss such a "quiet and comfortable" life.

Although it was already the middle of the night when they arrived at the apartment, the main members of the crew did not rest, Hugo skillfully greeted everyone, and this time Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, and Tim Ross came to Cannes to participate in the promotion of the film. The apartment was very lively.

Joseph and Samora carried their luggage to the room, while Hugo went to the kitchen to find water to drink, he had been bumpy on the road for more than ten hours, and now the whole person's biological clock was disordered, and he needed to adjust it slightly, "Is it still smooth on the road?" Quentin's familiar voice came from behind him, with a slick smell of ruffianism.

Hugo rummaged for a long time, but did not find a cup or boiling kettle, but found a bottle of orange juice in the refrigerator, opened it and poured it into his mouth, and finally felt a little more comfortable in his throat, and then replied, "It's all smooth, but there is no direct plane, it's just a little troublesome." ”

Quentin smiled and said teasingly, "That's because you came in a hurry, and if you had come some time earlier, it would have been like a vacation, and you wouldn't have been so tired if you had rested all the way." ”

Although Quentin was joking, Hugo noticed that Quentin's expression was a little embarrassedQuentin has never been a person who is good at hiding his feelings, Hugo put the juice down, "What's wrong, is something wrong?" "Talking to Quentin, Hugo doesn't like to beat around the bush, and always picks up the topic directly.

Quentin smiled bitterly, seeing the helplessness and worry in his eyes, it was obvious that he had something on his mind. Hugo wondered, could it be that the treatment of "vulgarity" at the Cannes Film Festival was wrong? Because Quentin looks a little helpless, but the problem is that even if something goes wrong with "vulgarity", it should be the Weinstein brothers, even if Hugo is asked, Hugo doesn't know what to do, he's just an actor

"Hugo, Uma Thurman appeared in Cannes." Quentin hesitated again and again, and finally gritted his teeth and spoke, with an expression of early death and early superbirth, and his expression was very tangled. Offer. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Chuangshi to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. ）