At the 56th Berlin International Film Festival, Charlotte Celie served as the chairman of the jury for the main competition unit.
She is a British actress who often wears black dresses to attend various occasions. Although she is almost 60 years old, she still has a trace of charm when she walks.
There is a film appreciation course at Yan Film Academy, which includes a variety of films, but domestic and foreign films, whether they have been released publicly or have been banned underground, will be shown as internal appreciation teaching materials.
Among them, Charlotte Celie's "The Little Seamstress" is a movie that every student cannot avoid.
The movie "The Little Seamstress" tells the story of civilians struggling to survive in the ruins of Germany after World War II. The core of the story is post-war reflection. Even decades later, this year, it is still a story.
A very classic anti-war movie.
This movie was a sensation when it was released. Not only did it shine at the 10th Berlin International Film Festival, but it also brought the young and beautiful Charlotte Celie to the stage of an era. Not only did she stun everyone present with her beauty,
She also convinced a group of tricky judges with her deeply rooted acting skills, and thus won the well-deserved Best Actress award that year!
Some people think that was the pinnacle of her life.
But no one could have imagined that that was just the beginning.
Thereafter...
Charlotte Celie was like being chased by God to feed her. She successively filmed movies such as "Peace and War", "Assassin", "Navigator" and other word-of-mouth box office successes, and once swept the 1960s to the 1980s.
The three major international film festivals in Europe have amazed an entire era...
Since then, he has been quiet for more than ten years due to family problems. He no longer participates in major film festivals. Even invitations to award awards are declined, citing busy housework as an excuse. He even lives in seclusion without even taking a decent photo of his life.
The paparazzi can't even see it.
Many filmmakers feel it is a pity.
But in my heart, I feel that maybe this is the best ending. It is better to leave the most beautiful figure in the film industry at the best age than to have a hero grow old and a beauty grow old!
Twenty years have brought great changes.
Just after many young people no longer remembered this extremely young woman, a movie suddenly brought her into the public eye again...
The movie is called "Gunfire".
This film was nominated for the 72nd Academy Awards, and Charlotte Celie was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress...
When she appeared at the award ceremony wearing an evening gown, there was a sensation at the scene. Many people stood up to pay tribute. James Bond, the King of Horror in Hollywood, even kissed his hand excitedly, like a child...
No one would have ever dreamed that the old lady who was always amiable, but was actually the biggest boss in the whole movie, was actually played by Charlotte Celie.
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February 10th.
"There are a lot of Chinese films that have signed up to participate in the exhibition this year..."
Sunny afternoon.
In the office, Charlotte Celie received many calls from China.
After answering the phone, her emotions were a little complicated.
She opened the film list for last year's Berlin International Film Festival.
She discovered that a total of ten Chinese films signed up for the exhibition last year, and three films were nominated. However, not a single Chinese film was included in the final awards.
The films registered for the exhibition this year are even more exaggerated!
From last year's ten movies to twenty movies, it doubled...
Do these Chinese directors think that the more films they sign up for, the more nominations they can get, and the higher their chances of winning?
As long as they are big-budget movies that have a slight connection to literature and art, they will be crammed into the film festival. And after they are crammed in, they will make phone calls and invite the judges and acquaintances of the jury to have various dinners and parties.
He even personally carried gifts and brought some heavyweight actors to visit...
She once felt that these Chinese directors were a little crazy!
But then, he smiled helplessly.
In fact, it is not just the group of directors from China who do this, many other directors do it in even more exaggerated forms.
For a moment...
Charlotte Celie felt an indescribable feeling of disappointment again.
She felt that the Berlin International Film Festival began to slowly change.
The awards, which were purely for film selection at the beginning, have gradually turned into "favor" awards, and the quota for the Berlin International Film Festival has even become a "transaction".
She also feels that many people around her are using various methods to constantly erode the authority of the Berlin International Film Festival.
But unfortunately...
She was unable to change the status quo.
"Dudududu"
Her phone rang.
She answered the phone subconsciously.
"Dear Zhou, have you arrived in Berlin today?"
"..."
"Okay, um... dinner is not necessary, I have a meeting later... To tell you the truth, I hope our friendship is not mixed with other factors..."
"..."
"Of course, I will give priority to discussing "Warring States" at the meeting... I will be first in line for the "Warring States" project!"
"..."
After hanging up the phone, Charlotte Celie silently opened the copy of "Warring States" and read it carefully...
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The Spring Festival of 2006 is the Domestic Film Protection Month.
Foreign blockbusters cannot enter, and the competition is basically dominated by domestic films.
In the past, the Spring Festival period was packed with Chinese movie blockbusters, but since "Tianji" and other movies in the second half of 2005 suffered a collapse in box office and reputation, the entire Spring Festival period in 2006 seemed gloomy.
They are basically half-comedy, half-local New Year movies such as "Alone in Liangshan", "The Second World", and "Village Officials Celebrate the New Year".
Of course, the box office of the Lunar New Year movies with veteran comedy stars Fan Yi and Zhang Bende were not bad. Basically, they all broke 7 million yuan on the same day. The highest one, "Village Officials' New Year", reached the top on the first day of its premiere.
Nine million box office!
The overall quality of the movie is not too bad. After entering the cinema, the audience can be amused and laugh a few times by some baggage.
However, after watching the movie, let you recall what the plot is in the movie...
Many people simply don’t remember it!
Especially for the movie "Village Officials' New Year", the only thing they remember is that the first and middle half of the movie are really funny, and in the second half, a large and sensational sequence suddenly appears.
End in the middle.
Damn it!
And more than one movie has this kind of dumpling-making ending. The comedy martial arts movie called "The Second World" also ended with dumplings.
Not to mention disappointed...
It's just a bit regretful.
Without the rampage of foreign blockbusters, although the box office of domestic movies and the income of filmmakers are protected, which at least allows them to have a good year, the audience always feels that there is something missing.
Instead, they became interested in several movies from mid-February to March.
The two movies "Hero" and "Warring States", the former one was shot by the Fifth Generation director Shen Changwei for two years, and he even spent a huge sum of 200 million to build a Qin Royal City for this movie! The latter one was shot by the Fifth Generation business director Shen Changwei for two years. Director Zhou Yilin and a group of big names filmed the movie "Warring States"...
The publicity for "Warring States" and "Hero" is almost overwhelming, even worse than the previous film "Tianji"!
Subway platforms, major TV variety shows, commercials in major theaters, scandals and hot searches between various stars are full of references to these two movies.
The relevant departments turned a blind eye and even relaxed some conditions in a very abnormal way.
Things are not going well for Chinese films.
The failure of "Tianji" has damaged the morale of domestic blockbusters. Although no Hollywood director has ridiculed domestic blockbusters, Chinese movie fans are more or less disappointed. Self-mockery and discouragement against our Chinese movies can be seen everywhere on the Internet. Many people even criticized the leaders of relevant departments, thinking that they were blind and supported some rubbish...
The leaders of China are also under pressure. They feel that their reputation is not good, and they urgently need a few movies to revive their blood and save face...
“The day domestic films set out to conquer the country!”
“Twenty domestic films have officially landed in Berlin!”
"This year is the most promising year for domestic films, a breakthrough in historical characters!"
"The reason why I scheduled "Warring States" in March is not for other reasons, but to compete with the movie "Pirates" directed by Hollywood Pete. We are old rivals. At the same time, at the Berlin International Film Festival, I will Meeting Pete!"
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In addition to overwhelming publicity, the Berlin International Film Festival is also a direction for the promotion of domestic films.
Whether it is Zhou Yilin or Shen Changwei, both of them are working hard to build momentum for the Berlin International Film Festival, waiting for the announcement of the finalists.
In comparison…
"Under the Mine" seems very humble. There is no big name promotion, and there is no content to build momentum. No one knows what kind of movie it is, and no one cares what kind of movie it is.
Many people just took a look at the registration list and then discovered Zhou Yang, a new and unfamiliar director.
Then?
There is no more.
Every year, many new directors sign up for Berlin without knowing what they can do. It’s impossible for them to pay attention to every one of them, right?
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Zhou Yang didn't care about this.
For him, "The Bottom of the Mine" is just a journey that is not too long, and he has completed everything in this journey and has already got off the bus.
As for what the future outcome will be, Zhou Yang doesn't care.
There are many things that are beyond your control. The more you have hope, the greater your ultimate hope will be.
The original time and space "Blind Shaft" actually won an award. This time and space...
There are too many competitors, and all kinds of worldly knowledge are mixed in, and everyone is jealous, and it is difficult for anyone to say anything.
After the meeting that day, Zhou Yang agreed to Wang Shuai's invitation and joined the crew of "The Crow".
However, he did not immediately pack up and join the group, but still stayed in the company and was busy working on the album "Girls with Wings"!
The album is set to be released on February 20th.
Time is tight.
For this album, Wu Zhenhong dragged Zhou Yang into the recording studio every day to try out songs, and tortured Jiang Shushu over and over again!
But there is no doubt that Jiang Shushu is a lucky person.
In order to make a breakthrough in the music industry, Huaxing Company naturally spent a lot of money to make an album for her, and even spent money to buy some trolls on the Internet to cooperate with the hype...
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February 15th.
On the eve of the release of the movie "Youth", there was a knock on the door in An Xiao's office.
Then, Zhong Tingting, her new assistant hired last month, ran in with her eyes red, her head lowered, as if she had been greatly wronged, and a little panicked.
"Mr. An, something happened."
"What's wrong?"
"Manager Xu smashed the computer in the editing room, scolded everyone, and threatened to beat up Zhou Yang. Now he is driving his car towards the recording studio. We can't stop him..."
"What!" After hearing the news, An Xiao stood up instantly, her face changed drastically!
Just at this time……
Her cell phone rang.
She subconsciously picked up her phone.
""Warring States" was eliminated by Berlin in the first round of review..."