Among actresses born in the 1980s, Cheng Yuan admires Tan Zhuo very much.

She is obviously less than 30 years old, but she has the face of a 40-year-old.

This is really not a disparagement. This kind of actress actually has a wide range of roles, and the audience will not have much memory of her face - maybe this is the reason why she has never been popular.

But the director will like this kind of actor very much, because she will not restrict the director's performance because of her appearance.

If an actress is too beautiful, the director will unconsciously try to make her look prettier.

Just like Li Yu to Fan Xiaopang.

The same goes for Liu Yifei.

Ordinary directors can never be cruel to such actresses.

He readily accepted the invitation from the crew of "Xiao He".

"Xiao He" is director Liu Shu's first feature film, which was screened at the Film Critics Week.

Liu Shu works in the independent film industry, and she and Cheng Yu'an don't know each other.

But I was still flattered by Cheng Yuan's arrival.

Yuan Yuan specializes in commercial films, but the company has a large number of screenwriters and literary consultants and literary coordinators, and there is also demand for independent films and literary films. Literary talents like Liu Shu and Tan Zhuo are also in demand at Yuan Yuan.

The premiere of "Little Lotus" was a bit bleak. The screening room was small and easily filled with people. There were not many local media in Venice, but mostly domestic reporters came to support it.

After watching the movie, Cheng Yuan and Tan Zhuo and Liu Shu exchanged contact information and went to be interviewed by the movie network one after another.

After Tan Zhuo was interviewed, it was Cheng Yuan's turn.

"You've been waiting for a long time, haven't you?" Cheng Yu'an greeted his journalist friends from the Movie Network. They were all old friends and the conversation was very relaxed.

"It's okay. Let's get started."

"Okay." Cheng Yu'an took the microphone and spoke with his mouth, "Let's begin.

"Hello, viewers of MovieNet, my name is Cheng Yu'an, and I'm in Venice."

"Is there anything special that the director needs to pay attention to when being interviewed as a judge?" The first question was asked to him.

Cheng Yu'an smiled: "It's nothing special. The main reason is that we can't talk about competition films. If you ask me how this year's movies are, I can still tell you. If you ask me which movie is good, I can't talk about it."

"Won't participating in the film festival delay filming for such a long time?"

"It's okay. The new film is still in preparation. I communicate with the domestic team every day in Venice, so there will be no delays."

“Is there anything you can share with us about the new film?”

"Hey, you are waiting for me here." Cheng Yu'an was very relaxed in the interview with Movie Network, ""Old Father" (the name was tentatively decided out of confidentiality) is about an old man suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

story."

"Is it an art film?"

"Yes. Because after "The Hunt" I made "The Thief", I made some money and had an account with the company, so I wanted to make another literary film."

"Have many people asked you about the fact that Chinese-language films have fallen out of favor in Venice this year?"

"Yes. In the past few days, not only the domestic media have asked me this, but many foreign reporters have also asked me what I think about the collective absence of Chinese-language films in Venice this year."

“Is it because Mark Mueller left office that this happened?”

"I don't think so. Mark Muller and I are old friends. He didn't invite me to be a judge. Instead, it was Barbara. I didn't even know him. He invited me over." Cheng Yu'an was actually Mark Muller as a judge.

But he couldn’t tell the truth, and the formal invitation to the judges was indeed sent by Barbara, “So I don’t think there is any need for conspiracy theories about this.

"Then inviting you to be a judge is also part of representing Chinese films. The organizing committee has also considered whether to invite judges in China.

"Also, I feel that there are really good years and bad years in movies, and in good years there may not necessarily be movies that can premiere in this month (end of August or beginning of September). Some movies may feel that they will be released at this time.

too early.

"Actually, the chairman of the film festival every year is very passive. It depends on what movies can come at this time of year. In fact, the competition films this year are very strong. There are many masters and many good films. So there are no Chinese films this year. All we can say is

, maybe the timing is not good this year, because we don’t know what good movies have been sent to us, so we rejected them.

"So I think such speculation is too unspecific."

As a judge, Cheng Yuan must speak for Venice.

"Have you seen "Tai Chi"? What do you think it would be shortlisted for this year's screening unit?"

"I watched it. I watched it last night. It was a very interesting movie." The judges can evaluate the movies in the non-competition screening section.

Cheng Yuan still gave "Tai Chi" face and did not say it was not good-looking.

"Out-of-competition films are much more relaxed and less serious than competition films. The screening unit gives some more commercial and entertaining films a chance to be exposed."

Later, I chatted with the reporter for a while. We both knew that the other was busy, so we left without further conversation.

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In the middle of the film festival, several popular movies have been released one after another.

Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master has mixed reviews:

Post-war veterans, PTSD, religious temptation, psychotherapy.

Why do these elements look so familiar?

As soon as we look at the producer, Weinstein Pictures.

The most popular movie this year is undoubtedly "Saint" by Korean director Kim Ki-duk.

He said at the press conference that the film aims to accuse capitalism of its destruction of human relationships and human nature.

Why are you so left-wing and so politically correct?

At the press conference, Kim Ki-duk also criticized Korean movies by the way, saying that South Korea places too much emphasis on commercial films and does not allow art films to survive.

Do directors of his age like to say this?

Wang Xiaoshuai is like this, and Lou Ye is like this too.

But Cheng Yu'an actually doesn't like the movie "Saint".

Except for the last scene where the truck drags the protagonist and draws a straight trail of blood, the rest of the movie is too... too Park Chan-wook!

Kim Ki-duk changed his previous discussion of the protagonist's identity and turned to the so-called "critique of capitalist society", which made Cheng Yu'an feel that this guy was a bit out of tune.

But "Saint" still retains Kim Ki-duk's consistent film values:

"He believes in love, salvation, mercy and forgiveness, but he doesn't believe in this world."

This is also the reason why Cheng Yuan still voted for "Sage" in the end.

"Saint" is very different from Kim Ki-duk in terms of technology and theme, but the underlying theme is still there.

On the 8th local time, the 69th Venice Film Festival came to an end.

The Korean film "Saint" won the Golden Lion Award for Best Film without any suspense amidst cheers, becoming South Korea's first Golden Lion.

"The Master" won the Silver Lion for Best Director amidst boos, and also starred double-yolked-egg actor Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix.
Chapter completed!