At 8 a.m., the alarm went off. Citizen Li Qing has already opened his mobile phone and waited for the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival to issue tickets. Since last year, the film festival has upgraded the level of convenience services and opened online ticket sales in Taobao. This long-lost "restart", fans have made a "ticket rush" strategy early.
Due to the needs of epidemic prevention and control, the cinema seats are only open 30%. For example, shanghai Daguang Cinema, optional seats are spaced between two positions. In less than 5 minutes, Li Qing grabbed four or five movies such as "Zorro's Mask", "Typhoon Family" and "The Truth". "I bought everything I wanted to see, waiting for the day I re-entered the theater." At 8:13, she "picked up the leak" of the documentary "The King on the Cruise Ship" that was broadcast at the Film City in Meron Town Square on July 26.
This year, fellini, Imatoshi and other masterpieces, the Harry Potter series, "Apocalypse Now", "Eight and a Half" and so on are all popular movies, and many movies are "seconds away" as soon as they are launched. Citizen Miss Sun's film list this year includes 4 films such as "European Beauty", "Mr. Sweetheart" and "Zorro's Mask", all of which were screened in Shanghai Cinemas. "I'm a newcomer to grabbing tickets for the first time, and I don't know how to operate it, so I practiced it last night. At first, everyone went straight to the city center to grab hot tickets, and Fellini, who saw the shadow, only had the last position on the side, I hesitated, and the first round of particles was not received. Later, Miss Sun quickly adjusted her strategy, gave up the time period and position, and finally chose the more favorite films, including "European Beauty" and "Zorro's Mask" specially selected for her parents." They said they didn't pick, some just looked. Miss Sun said with a smile.
"Watching movies turns out to be physical work, which requires good health." Citizen Miss Tang snatched "Badger" and "Looking for persian leopards", etc., and the theater spanned Jing'an, Changning, Minhang and so on. "In fact, there is no strategy, just look at the family without a ticket, there is a buy." Seeing movies across most of Shanghai is also the norm for her film festivals.
The annual Shanghai International Film Festival has become a feast for film fans everywhere. This grand event, which was restarted under the epidemic, is even more cherished by many foreign film fans. Last year, Guan Yang, who works in Beijing, grabbed movie tickets for 41 films. This year, he produced a schedule of 18 films ahead of schedule, from the first "Beast of Tranquility" on July 25 to the last "Cold Sacrifice" on August 2. "Most of them were grabbed, mainly with friends." Guan Yang said. Just the day before, Beijing announced that from 00:00 on the 20th, the emergency response level of major public health emergencies in Beijing will be adjusted from level two to level three, which is good news. He plans to call again this Wednesday to confirm whether he needs to bring a nucleic acid test certificate to Shanghai. "The mentality of grabbing tickets is to have hope, and everything goes with the flow." He laughed and said that in addition to going into the theater to watch movies, it is more important to get together with friends who are also fans, "Every year, we are not separated from the Shanghai International Film Festival." ”
"Annual leave and salary are ready!" Erika, who works at a foreign company, is a loyal fan of the Shanghai Film Festival, and has grabbed the popular "Midnight Song" and "Sweet Life". "Personally feel that the difficulty of grabbing tickets this year is similar to that of previous years, not as difficult as imagined, although the attendance rate of 30%, but it may be that the number of foreign film fans this year is still a lot less, and the difficulty of grabbing tickets is basically close to that of previous years." However, she also admitted that this year, from the announcement of the film schedule to the time of ticket grabbing, there was more than one day in between, and the time to do homework was much shorter than in previous years. Although the most wanted to see "Eight and a Half" and "Millennium Actress" and so on missed, the latter has actually been launched on the streaming platform. Many of the popular films on the festival also have online film sources. "The feeling of watching on the big screen is not the same, and this year's Millennium Actress is 4K, and the effect is different. In fact, most of the movies I bought at the festival in recent years are basically the films I have seen before, mainly to watch on the big screen of the cinema. ”
Erika grabbed the weekend ticket first, but was also ready to take time off to see the workday. Since the theater closed, she has been looking forward to the day when it will be repeated, and in addition to the film festival, she has also purchased re-screening films as support. "Watching movies is my limited personal hobby, and last year I spent tens of thousands of dollars on movie tickets and drama tickets. Cinema is still a relatively important place for movie fans, the movie viewing experience and small screen are very different, and I really hope that the offline film industry will hold up. ”
Column Editor-in-Chief: Shi Chenlu Text Editor: Shi Chenlu