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    Film as an art begins in Europe and the United States.  From an invention point of view, Europeans and American Edison almost struggled to come up with this thing, but from a film art point of view, Europeans started earlier than the United States.  While Edison was still working on projection, the Lumi¨¨re brothers had already started making movies.  France, a country with profound cultural traditions, has artistic talent flowing in the blood of almost everyone.  In the history of film development, French films are no match for Hollywood when it comes to business, but when it comes to art, Hollywood is far behind.  French cinema has gone all the way with the invention of film. By 1940, it was already very mature.  Although there is no company as awesome as the eight major Hollywood film companies, artistic creation is very active, especially film genres, which continue to emerge, greatly promoting the development of films.  Among them, the most famous is French poetic realism.  The most outstanding representative among them is Jean Renoir.  Poetic realism originated in the 1930s. The economic depression in France lasted longer than other countries. During this period, people had to think about the practical problems of how to survive, and had to find a way out of life.  A little fun and a little poetry.  Under this circumstance, a group of promising young filmmakers began to combine French poetic artistic characteristics with film. The pioneers were Rene Clair and Jean Vigo. In their heyday, a group headed by Jean Renoir  Criticize the director.  The characteristic of poetic realism is that it emphasizes that movies should not be a simple support of reality. Their movies only retain the most peculiar parts of reality.  Then increase the use of spiritual lenses, which is the most distinctive.  It means to give full play to the power of literature in movies, in terms of narrative and images, emphasizing the role of dialogue and screenwriting, emphasizing the literary nature and weakening the audiovisual nature of the film.  This genre has had a great influence on films, especially art films. A number of representative works have closely linked characters and society, focusing on the shaping of the characters' inner world and emotions.  Deeply touching.  Jean Renoir is the most representative figure among them and an out-and-out master of art in the history of film.  This French director has been very interesting throughout his life.  His father is a famous impressionist painter, film director and actor.  This influenced Jean Renoir for his whole life.  When he was young, Renoir inherited his father's painting talent and studied philosophy and mathematics.  He was injured in World War I and became lame. After returning, he began to work in filmmaking. Due to his talent, he quickly became the most powerful young director in French films and was highly favored.  From 1928 to 1939, Jean Reina shot a large number of films.  Shocked Europe, and also enjoys a certain degree of popularity among filmmakers around the world, especially the 1937 film "The Great Disillusionment" that he directed and directed, which was based on life in a World War I prisoner of war camp.  It revealed the hallucinatory nature of nationalist war and achieved great artistic and commercial success.  It won the Best Artistic Group Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1937 and the Best Foreign Language Film Award in New York in 1938.  He is called "a rare genius in film art" by the media.  After the outbreak of World War II, Renoir joined the army's film service with the rank of lieutenant. However, the war situation took a turn for the worse. In December 1940, Germany occupied France. Jean Renoir came to Hollywood and has since lived in the United States.  This is definitely a very awesome master.  "Victor, I have watched all of Jean Renoir's movies in the past few days. I have to say that in terms of art, he will be a rare genius, but if you think about what great achievements he has achieved in business  , I¡¯m afraid it¡¯s embarrassing, some people are born to make money, and some people are born to have a hatred for money.¡± Nicholas looked at Victor meaningfully: ¡°So if you are looking for a director who can make money, this guy is not suitable.¡± Nicholas said.  , Victor naturally knows.  It is quite difficult for a director like Renoir to make profitable movies.  "Everyone can make money, but not everyone understands art. Where is this guy?" Victor asked.  "At 20th Century Fox." Nicholas said.  "What?" Victor was stunned: "Did you get dragged over by Fox?" "He is also a big director. As soon as he came to Hollywood, he went to 20th Century Fox." "Nicholas, are you teasing me, old man?  Fox has already dragged him away, what are you saying to me? "Victor is so angry.  "Do you want to hear me out?" Nicholas said: "When this French guy came to Hollywood, he was blind and signed a contract with Fox for one year. But after joining Fox, he discovered his shooting concepts and methods.  He couldn't communicate with those guys at all. Fox actually gave him a pornographic movie and asked him to make it more beautiful. The French guy was so angry that he slammed the table on the spot and wanted to beat Fox. "nbsp; "Fox is just kidding." Victor laughed.  "Renoir wants to cancel the contract, but according to the regulations, if he ruins the contract, he has to pay Fox a sum of money. How can he have money now. So" After hearing this, Victor finally understood: "You mean,  You asked me to pay the compensation to Renoir!" "Yes." Nicholas smiled.  Victor held his chest: "Tell me, how much is it?" "The contract he signed, if he breaks the contract, he will be fined ten times his annual salary. His annual salary is 20,000 US dollars a year" "Two hundred thousand!?" Victor stood directly  He got up and grabbed Nicholas's neck with both hands: "Two hundred thousand!? You let me rob someone!" Victor made more than 2 million from his last movie, half of which was given to Anthony the Bear to make arms, and the remaining half.  Six hundred thousand was given to Zinerman to film "No Country for Old Men", and the remaining four hundred thousand was reserved for filming "The Shawshank Redemption". I guess they are all tight. How can there be two hundred thousand spare money?  !  Nicholas looked like he was watching the fun: "This is not my business. I only find people for you. You decide whether to accept this Renoir or not." "I want to accept it! I want to accept it more than anyone else!"  But what about the money?" Victor rubbed his head: "Damn it, I'm willing to be a cowherd!" "Go away, you can't make three melons and two dates in one night.  : "Here we go. Don't be too busy making decisions. How about we go meet this guy?" "Okay!" Victor was really curious about this master of art in the history of film.  Hollywood Billy Manor.  It¡¯s said to be a manor, but it¡¯s actually just an ordinary motel.  Victor and Nicholas stood on the counter and looked at the waiter.  "That French guy? Who are you?" the waiter asked.  "Friend." Victor said concisely.  "Aha!" The waiter was overjoyed: "That's easy! Sir, we are worried. Your friend signed a contract with us for two weeks, no. It's three weeks' rent, a total of 570 US dollars. Please help him pay it off.  " "Oh my God." Victor is so angry.  It would be too miserable for an art master.  "Nicholas, pay." "Why is it me!" "Go back and reimburse." "I don't believe it." Nicholas pitifully paid from his own pocket, and the two of them walked up the stairs.  As soon as I got to the second floor, I saw four or five workers in work clothes working hard to move things down. They were all moving picture frames covered with canvas.  It looks like it should be a painting.  A fat man with a shaved head and a round face wearing pajamas was nagging at the workers: "Be gentle! These paintings are all works of art! Absolute art! Don't touch them! Alas, Americans, you really don't know anything.  Call it art." "Stop moving, stop first," Nicholas stopped the workers blocking the road.  "Mr. Sink, why are you here?" The fat man smiled when he saw Sink.  "What are you doing?" Nicholas said.  Fatty: "What else can I do? I'm penniless now. I still have to compensate Fox's damn company for 200,000 US dollars, so I can only sell paintings!" "Sell paintings? Are these words worth 200,000?" Nicholas didn't even dare to kill him.  believe.  "I said, can we go in first?" Victor said.  "Please come in, please come in." The fat man was very gentlemanly.  Three people went in.  Nicholas introduced each other: "Victor, this is Jean Renoir. Jean, this is the Victor Ferro I told you. The boss of the legendary company." "Mr. Ferro, nice to meet you." Jean Renoir  A looked at Victor, a little surprised: "I didn't expect you to be so young." "So-so." Victor looked at Jean Renoir, and he really couldn't connect the fat man in front of him with the art master in the history of film.  The room was very small. Apart from a bed, it was densely packed with messy things, most of which were picture frames.  "Can these paintings of yours be bought for US$200,000?" Nicholas seemed to be convinced by those words.  "It should be possible." Renoir nodded: "Many of these paintings are my father's relics. His paintings are very famous in Europe. Even if they are not so famous in the United States, they are still worth the money. Among them are mine.  Some paintings, and a few famous Impressionist paintings, totaling 200,000, should be bought by someone. I have already entrusted them to a gallery." "Oh," Renoir sighed: "When I escaped from France, what?  I threw away all my belongings, but here I am with these paintings.In the eyes of others, they are just paintings, but in my eyes, they are of great significance.  This is a relic left to me by my father, and it is the love of my life. If it weren¡¯t for this shit¡± Jean Renoir looked up to the sky and sighed. The room was silent. An artist can be forced to express his favorite paintings and paintings.  My father¡¯s belongings have all been sold, so you can imagine how he feels: ¡°You guys in Hollywood are really outrageous.  "Jean Renoir added. "That's just some people.  "Victor smiled. He walked over, uncovered a canvas, and looked at the impressionistic-style water lilies and the blurred light on it. "It's Monet's.  "Renoir said. "Monet's!  ?  "Victor stuck out his tongue. In later generations, a painting by Monet would be quite valuable. Victor looked at a few more pictures, including ones painted by Renoir himself. To be honest, this old man's painting skills are quite good.  No wonder the movie is so beautiful. ¡°What are your plans after selling the painting?  "Victor said. "What else can you plan?  I plan to leave Hollywood and go to New York to make a living by painting. I should be able to support myself.  " Victor: "Don't make movies anymore?  " "What are you shooting?  You are only after money and box office, my movie is not suitable for Hollywood at all.  Renoir smiled bitterly: "My whole life, my wish is actually very simple. I just want to make movies I like. But now, for me, this is a luxury wish."  " Looking at the aggrieved old man in front of him, Victor felt heavy in his heart. " How many people in the world are there who like movies and are passionate about movies, but in the end they can't get into it? " Jean Renoir is a film master, and he has a deep understanding of movies.  His love must be greater than that of painting. It is impossible for a French master to go to the United States to engage in painting. "Jean, you don't have to be so discouraged."  How do you think about what I told you last time?  Nicolas said. Jean Renoir looked at Victor, then at Nicolas: "I saw Mr. Ferro's movie and I liked it very much!"  It seems to me that you have made a fatal mistake, Mr. Ferro, with this film.  "    "oh?  "Victor was very curious. "Fatal mistake? What mistake did I make that was considered fatal?
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