Chapter 441: The water is too deep, you can't hold it
As the oldest and first international film festival in the world, the Venice Film Festival is not as good as Berlin and Cannes.
Even Christophe, the judge and chairman of this year's Venice International Film Festival, was criticized. He criticized the opening ceremony and various film screening ceremonies of the Venice International Film Festival as being like a rural cinema...
Based in the water city of Venice, in order to create an atmosphere that combines "humanity and nature", the organizer specially invited art designers to design retro "night open-air screenings", complete with the sound of swaying water and the full moon hanging high.
, the hazy exotic scenery creates a wonderful movie-watching experience that makes people forget to leave...
It was indeed a beautiful idea, but it turned out that a few days after the screening of these films, there was a continuous drizzle, forcing the organizers to find a way to move part of the screening area indoors. After going back and forth, the entire film festival seemed rushed and embarrassed.
The designer was scolded so much that he doubted his life...
After finally stabilizing the screening of the movie, something went wrong again at the Venice International Film Festival awards ceremony at the end.
"Poor to the core!"
“I engage in literature and art, pretend to be noble, I am so poor that I have to eat, and I don’t even let go of the audience’s pockets..."
"International film festivals should strike a balance between business and literature. Look at how successful Cannes is. It perfectly combines business and literature. It is getting bigger and bigger. It is now the first of the three major film festivals in Europe...
…”
"You don't even have any shame!"
Similar invective came just days before the opening ceremony of the Venice International Film Festival's awards ceremony.
This year's chairman Christopher's slutty behavior has completely tarnished the sanctity and atmosphere of the entire Venice International Film Festival.
Sell tickets!
And it’s also an audience ticket for the film festival!
Why do not you go to hell?
Focusing on the discovery of literary and artistic films, commercial films cannot enter the Venice International Film Festival at all. The purpose of the Venice International Film Festival has made the Venice International Film Festival become poorer and poorer. In addition, several European judges pride themselves on being noble and picky and point fingers at some commercial sponsorships.
For fear of affecting the authority of the Venice International Film Festival, and because of the cunning manipulation of the organizer's designers, the Venice International Film Festival ended up being a pain in the ass...
But despite being scolded, filmmakers from all over the world still came to support half of the Venice International Film Festival.
The boats near the water city were all overcrowded, and there were even some capsizing accidents...
Zhou Yang saw with his own eyes several graceful and luxurious crew members rolling in the river. They ended up in a very disgraceful situation under the sunset, and were photographed in various ways...
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"Damn it, I don't even need to show my shame, renting a venue and spending so much money!"
"We pride ourselves on not being tainted with any commercial factors, but we just start selling exhibition spaces..."
"Being a bitch again, and building an archway again..."
“Is this still the Venice International Film Festival?”
The sun sets in the west.
Cursing, Feng Kai took the bill and stood at the door of the Venice International Film Festival, feeling quite gloomy in his chest.
The reputation of this year's Venice International Film Festival is really bad. Not only did it sell tickets, it even cheated filmmakers out of their money.
There were only two Chinese films participating in the Venice Awards Ceremony, but there were quite a few films invited to participate. In half a month, a rough calculation showed that there were nearly 20 Chinese films released.
Among these more than 20 movies, although the quality is online, the content is uneven, including commercial, literary, BL, and even some banned movies that Zhou Yang has never heard of...
There are movies of all types!
Um……
The so-called invitations are actually just a pretense, and money is basically spent internally, and the money is quite a lot, ranging from millions of dollars to millions of dollars.
Feng Kai's "The Guard" has a good reputation in China, but in the West, especially the Venice International Film Festival, which focuses on literary and artistic films, it is somewhat looked down upon. This time, I spent one million US dollars to buy part of the film schedule and planned to
We tried to run the Western market well, but after all the screenings of "The Golden Guard" were finished, not a single film company came over, and there weren't even many viewers...
There is a big difference between "invited screening" and normal screening.
Not only was the film schedule a bit off, but the screening area was far away from the screening area. Basically, you were left to fend for yourself in the name of "invited" screening. There were still some people at first, but then there were more and more people.
The fewer people there were, the more they were all attracted to the normal exhibition area on the other side.
Film festival insiders and even many judges do not admit that these "invited screening" films have anything to do with them!
This made Feng Kai feel inexplicably cheated.
But other directors are very excited, especially some directors just after the ban was lifted. They went to the Venice International Film Festival with their films to promote them at various screenings, and they were still immersed in the dream of being a great international director.
Of course, there are some advantages to being invited to screen movies, that is, each movie can have a red carpet invitation and a ticket to the film festival...
This made many actresses with international dreams collectively overjoyed. They showed up on the red carpet in colorful clothes. The younger ones were quite conservative and still protected their slight protrusions, while the older actresses didn't care.
You are doing all kinds of things, posing and posing, and you want to let the photographer put the camera on their chest, and you want to have as much fun as you can.
"Wow! Mr. Zhou!"
"Wow, Mr. Zhou, can we take a photo together?"
"Mr. Zhou, my name is Han Yaya. I am a singer. I admire you very much..."
"Mr. Zhou..."
"..."
Before the red carpet, Zhou Yang saw many speechless things.
After countless Chinese actresses saw him, as if they had seen something delicious, they all came over to him, wishing they could use their pride to squash Zhou Yang.
Zhou Yang was very embarrassed, trying hard to keep a distance, and hinted that he didn't like this, but he couldn't stand the enthusiasm and unrestrainedness of these people...
Especially when walking on the red carpet, Zhou Yang even felt that his body was no longer his own...
Brother Zhao Zhen is even worse. The influence of the movie "Lighthouse by the Sea" is so great that not only many Western female stars have posted it, but even many male stars have posted it too...
"Mr. Zhou, I was kissed by that black man..."
"vomit!"
"I suddenly didn't want to make that movie anymore..."
After walking on the red carpet, Zhao Zhen ran towards the bathroom immediately. When he came back, his stomach was still churning and he was obviously frightened.
Zhou Yang smiled bitterly and walked towards the awards ceremony hall without saying anything.
This circle seems to be like this, everyone is trying to gain a position in various ways, trying every means to build relationships, and the competition is as cruel as the battlefield filled with smoke in ancient times.
After they were seated, Zhao Zhen's place was even more crowded. Countless producers and directors surrounded Zhao Zhen, swarming him like an emperor and superstar, which made Feng Kai jealous for a while.
"Zhao Zhen is quite famous in the industry...I heard Christian's inside information. Zhao Zhen is very likely to win the award. Damn it, he must be the Best Actor!"
"No, I think he should be the best newcomer...Zhao Zhen is a newcomer at the Venice International Film Festival..." Next to him, Li Qiang, the head of the post-production team of "Infernal Affairs" wearing a Rolex and looking like a human, shook his head.
"The Best Newcomer Award is awesome, it's the main competition award!" Feng Kai stared at the surrounded Zhao Zhen, his eyes almost bleeding.
"Director Feng, what if the Best Actor is Mr. Zhou? What if the Best Newcomer is Mr. Zhou? Mr. Christian, one of the judges, has a very good relationship with our Mr. Zhou, so they will be more or less inclined... and our "Infernal Affairs"
"Tao" has many Asian movie stars, Liu Hua, Tsang Jiabao..."
"Yes! I've been hearing people talk about "The Lighthouse by the Sea" in Venice recently. I've listened to it so much that my ears have become calluses..."
Feng Kai turned his head and looked at the crew of "Infernal Affairs" next to him.
After seeing those people, Feng Kai still felt quite complicated.
The last time he looked like this was when Zhou Yang won the award in Berlin...
That time, he was a supporting actor in front of the TV.
This time it was a little better. With the qualification of being "invited to the screening", he came to the scene and sat in a relatively front position.
but……
He is also a supporting character who witnesses others.
Liu Hua, who was not far away, heard someone mentioning himself. He unconsciously raised his head and looked around, and then sat back on the chair.
Senior Zeng Jiabao patted him on the shoulder...
Liu Hua, as the king of heaven, has experienced the era when the three kings of Hong Kong were fighting for hegemony. He has seen great storms and waves, and he has praised the three talents in film, television, singing and singing. He should be peaceful, but at this moment he seems a little nervous.
these years……
His acting skills have always been criticized.
Although he has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor many times and won an award in the millennium, he has been ridiculed by the outside world and major media as "the most popular actor of the millennium" and "the beginning of the collapse of the Hong Kong film industry"...
…
When he won the Best Actor Award, he paid no attention to these rumors and was immersed in the joy of success.
But as Xiangjiang's films began to get worse and worse, and talents continued to drain out, these rumors began to become mainstream opinions, and even many film critics began to feel this way. Affected by this, it seemed that in order to vent their anger and take the blame, his film
The award-winning movie "Future Man" has received all kinds of bad reviews!
This made Liu Hua so angry that he didn't know what to say. He fell into depression for a while. He has been eager to prove himself these years, but this is the case with many things. The more you prove yourself, the more you cheat. In six years, he has accepted countless bad jobs.
Although the influence in China is still among the top senior figures, the whole person seems to be nailed to a pillar of shame...
He was invited to participate in "Infernal Affairs" just to prove his...
Although Zhou Yang is young, his resume is very impressive. Especially in the international film festival area, he can beat some established artists in the Chinese celebrity rankings.
At the age of only 26, he has participated in four international film festivals.
Two Cannes, one Berlin, and one Oscar!
He won awards twice, and even won an individual award such as Best Screenplay at an Oscar-level award ceremony.
Why don't you just follow Zhou Yang?
This time "Infernal Affairs" really won the nomination award!
And it has won many nominations and awards.
The Individual Award for Best Screenplay, he and Zhou Yang both won the Best Actor Award...
A total of three nominations for the award!
You know, this is the Venice International Film Festival!
Among the three major film festivals in Europe, the film festival ranks first in terms of gold content overall!
When he thought of this, Liu Hua and Liu Tianwang, who were already in their forties, stared at the big screen again, and their nervousness deepened.
Then he looked at "Night Walker" on the other side.
King Li Yaozong of "Night Walker" is also sitting not far away...
"Night Walker" also received several nominations, and even won a nomination for the Silver Lion Award for Best Director.
During the period when the three kings were competing for hegemony, his appearance and acting skills were not as good as those of King Li, and his singing and dancing were not as good as those of King Guo. He was developed in all aspects, but he was not an outstanding one among the three kings.
Compared with Liu Hua's unlucky situation, Li Tianwang definitely got the male lead script. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor not long after his debut, and his second film "Returning at Night" won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor...
Several times, Liu Tianwang became the background at the award ceremony, watching helplessly as he went on stage to receive the award.
This time, it won’t be the same...
The awards ceremony was very noisy.
Amidst the hustle and bustle, Zhou Yang's expression remained calm. Although it was his first time at the Venice International Film Festival and many things he saw were novel, he didn't feel much excitement.
After escaping from death in "Struggle", Zhou Yang's mood has never been more peaceful. Today, he is very satisfied and wealthy in life, and he is not particularly competitive. Winning or not winning or not does not mean much to him.
Just when the award ceremony was about to begin, Zhou Yang felt a familiar figure approaching.
He turned his head and saw that the figure was Song Yiyi.
"Teacher Song, you...I thought you wouldn't come..."
"It's too early to come because there are too many media outlets. I'll come when there are less media outlets so it's less crowded..."
"oh."
"Zhou Yang..."
"ah?"
"nothing."
After Song Yiyi sat down, she glanced at Zhou Yang, seemingly hesitant to speak, and finally shook her head, turning her head and looking calmly at the big screen in front of her.
Zhou Yang looked at Song Yiyi suspiciously. He always felt that Song Yiyi seemed strange.
Before Zhou Yang could think about what was going on, he saw a familiar figure walking over.
"Director Zhou..."
"Director Jiang, hello..."
"Director Zhou...I..."
"Director Jiang, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, it's good, it's good..."
Django hesitated for a moment, and then there was a flash of hesitation on his face, and finally nodded again and returned to the position of "Night Walker".
Zhou Yang looked at Jiang Ge's back and frowned.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that Jiang Ge had really changed a lot. He seemed to have matured a lot, and was a little less hostile to him, but he seemed to be a lot more haggard...
When he was sitting in his seat, Zhou Yang discovered that Jiang Ge was not talking to Li Tianwang and his group. He looked lonely, as if separated by a transparent membrane.
"Xiao Zhou……"
"ah?"
Zhou Yang turned his head again and saw another figure walking over and patted him on the shoulder.
"Listen to my uncle's advice, the superhero market is too deep and you can't grasp it... Don't make any "Spider-Man"... This is not a movie you can make now..."
Zhou Yang turned his head and saw Zhou Yilin, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, walking over. His first words were serious and sincere.