Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-First Award Guest Wu Jianye (4100+ Chapters~)
The closing ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival is much grander than the opening ceremony. It is a gathering of big names. At a glance, there are stars from all over the world.
On the red carpet, there were also screams.
Originally, some media reporters thought that Wu Jianye and Isabelle Adjani would walk together on the red carpet, but obviously they were destined to be disappointed. Wu Jianye walked on the red carpet with the crew of "New Dragon Inn" and told everyone
wave.
The media reporters were disappointed, but the fans watching were not disappointed. Everyone shouted Wu Jianye's name loudly, hoping to attract Wu Jianye's attention.
Wu Jianye also waved to everyone with a smile...
They didn't waste too long on the red carpet. They finished the red carpet and entered the venue directly within the specified time limit. Today was a huge party for the world's top filmmakers.
Arriving at the seat that had been arranged, Wu Jianye found that the people sitting next to him happened to be Wu Ziniu and others. They entered the venue earlier than Wu Jianye.
At this time, Wu Ziniu seemed much more nervous than Wu Jianye. As a classmate of the same class, Wu Jianye won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, the Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival, and Chen Kaige won the Locarno International Film Festival.
Silver Leopard Award, Zhang Yimou won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival last year.
Naturally, he hopes to be able to win the European Film Festival Award like his classmates. Although the relationship between everyone is good on weekdays, it does not mean that there is no competitive mentality.
Wu Jianye is a big figure in the hearts of all domestic directors now. It is difficult to catch up with him, but for Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou, everyone can still work hard first and set a small goal for them.
"You're so old and you're still shaking your legs!" Wu Jianye joked.
"Damn, did I shake my legs?" Wu Ziniu said harshly.
"hehe!"
Wu Ziniu originally wanted to ask Wu Jianye if he was nervous, but after taking a look at Wu Jianye's calm and calm look, and thinking about Wu Jianye's previous achievements, he really didn't need to be nervous.
At this time, Chen Kaige, who had not appeared during the film festival, also appeared with the jury. As I said just now, this film festival is a big party for filmmakers from all over the world. They will greet each other, and they have participated in it continuously.
Wu Jianye, who was at the Venice Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival, naturally met a lot of acquaintances, so he just said hello to Wu Ziniu and started chatting with the people around him.
Chen Kaige couldn't come over at this time. He just glanced at Wu Jianye from a distance and didn't come over.
Wu Jianye also saw Woody Allen, Oliver Stone and others in the venue that he had never seen before. They are all top directors in Hollywood. They had never been to Berlin before, but they still showed up during the closing ceremony.
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Although none of their films entered the official competition section, they did have films selected for the 'Special Screening' section which was purely for viewing.
Woody Allen brought his new work "The Other Woman", and Oliver Stone, who previously won the 59th Academy Award for Best Director, brought his new work "Talk Radio".
Both of them are top-notch directors, and naturally they have a lot of people around them, including many North American filmmakers.
But Wu Jianye immediately saw Woody Allen and found what Isabel Adjani was saying. However, he saw Isabel Adjani shaking her head with a smile, and then looking towards Wu Jianye.
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Wu Jianye saw this and walked over. Woody Allen was not tall. He was not only an excellent director, but also an excellent actor. He was called the 'contemporary Chaplin'.
Naturally, he held his arm around Isabel Adjani's slender waist. Wu Jianye smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
Isabelle Adjani smiled and said: "Mr. Woody Allen, invited me to participate in his next movie, and I said I have left you the schedule for the next few years!"
This is the personality of Isabel Adjani. In another time and space, Isabel Adjani retired from the entertainment industry and turned down many classic movies in order to fall in love with Daniel Lewis. Her agent once told her
, the movies she rejected could hold a film festival.
Because Wu Jianye has not yet decided whether to film "Jurassic Park" or "Ghost Story", but Isabelle Adjani has decided to leave her schedule to Wu Jianye, so she is not ready to take it.
Filming other people's movies, anyway, she had decided to take a break before.
Although Woody Allen is a master director, his reputation in Hollywood has never been very good...
Woody Allen needs to look up at Wu Jianye, which makes Wu Jianye look down on Woody Allen.
"You are Wu Jianye!" Woody Allen gave Wu Jianye a stiff look.
"You are Woody Allen!" Wu Jianye replied lightly. Although Woody Allen is famous, Wu Jianye does not need to give him any respect given Woody Allen's attitude.
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Sure enough, when Woody Allen heard Wu Jianye's attitude, the corners of his eyes crinkled slightly in his glasses, "Are you going to Hollywood to make a movie?"
"Isn't it possible?" Wu Jianye laughed.
"Haha, of course. It's just that for young people, Hollywood is different from Europe. Not everyone can succeed, and some people will never be able to reach this threshold in their entire lives." There was no trace of disdain in Woody Allen's tone.
Covering up, this is also Woody Allen's confidence.
When he debuted in his early years, he had a strong influence in Hollywood. Such people generally have a strong desire to control. Isabelle Adjani was originally regarded by him as his prey, but now the other party actually rejected him for a Chinese director.
The invitation has already made Woody Allen very dissatisfied. What's more, the Chinese director is still looking arrogant. Naturally, he can no longer be kind.
Wu Jianye said calmly: "Are you a Hollywood gatekeeper?"
Woody Allen was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Wu Jianye was teasing him. The expression on his face became even more ugly, and he said, "I'm waiting to see how you walk in!" After that, he left!
Isabel Adjani waited for Woody Allen to leave, then said with some worry: "Dear, you shouldn't treat Woody Allen like this, he has a great influence in Hollywood!"
Wu Jianye smiled nonchalantly and said, "Since you rejected him because you were participating in my movie, I will naturally be responsible for you!"
Isabel Adjani smiled sweetly: "You will make me really fall in love with you!"
Wu Jianye laughed, kissed Isabel Adjani and left. As for what she said, whoever believes it is a fool...
Woody Allen returned to his seat, and Dustin Hoffman asked: "I just saw Wu Jianye passing by, what happened."
Woody Allen replied casually: "It's nothing, he's just a young man who has won a few honors and doesn't know how high the sky is." After speaking, Woody Allen said to Dustin Hoffman: "Dustin is still here.
No congratulations to you, this time you won the Special Achievement Award at the Berlin Film Festival!"
The Special Achievement Award is also called the Lifetime Achievement Award. Among all film festivals, this is the only film award that is announced in advance, and Dustin Hoffman is the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award at this Berlin Film Festival.
Dustin Hoffman said happily: "Thank you."
As for the little fresh meat Tom Cruise, he can only watch from the sidelines at this time.
"That Wu Jianye does have some ambitions. I asked him before on behalf of Spielberg and wanted to ask him to come forward to discuss with Phantom Entertainment and sell the adaptation rights of "Jurassic Park" to Spielberg.
He rejected it," Dustin Hoffman said.
Woody Allen laughed: "This Chinese director really regards Hollywood as his country!"
The award ceremony was about to begin. Seeing this, everyone ended their conversation and returned to their seats.
Similar to other awards ceremonies, the host first came up to introduce the event, and then made jokes to amuse the guests present.
Wu Jianye has heard all this many times, so there is nothing new. He smiles like everyone else. Anyway, when everyone applauds, he applauds, and he is happy when everyone is happy.
It was the first time for some Wu Ziniu to attend the award ceremony, and they seemed much more excited.
My hands are all red...
The first thing to be awarded was the Lifetime Achievement Award, which everyone has already known. Dustin Hoffman walked up to the podium and won the first trophy of this film festival. He elegantly began to thank the conference and everyone...
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After Dustin Hoffman left the stage, the Readers' Jury Award began to be awarded, which was the winner with the highest score in this edition. The winner was Barry Levinson's "Rain Man".
The crowd in the audience burst into applause again.
Wu Ziniu applauded and whispered to Wu Jianye: "I secretly called Chen Kaige before and asked him about the voting results!"
Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Did I tell you?"
Wu Ziniu said dissatisfied: "No, that kid is too bad."
Wu Jianye laughed and said, "He may not even know it himself, so you don't have to blame him for this."
Wu Ziniu muttered: "Don't you even know he is a judge?"
Wu Jianye glanced at Wu Ziniu and said jokingly: "Don't you hear that I am trying to save face for you?"
Wu Ziniu's face turned red: "I know now."
Tao Zeru and others sitting next to Wu Ziniu laughed.
The award ceremony went very smoothly, with singing and dancing performances and award-winning contestants who were moved to tears.
When Wu Jianye was chatting with Wu Ziniu, the Outstanding Individual Achievement Award was presented. This award was not awarded among the 22 films shortlisted for the Golden Bear Award, but was selected from the films screened in the "Special Screening" section.
Coming out, the winner was actor Eric Bergsian in "Talk Radio" directed by Oliver Stone.
He played the host of a special program called "Talk Radio" on "Talk Radio."
This program was created to address social pathological phenomena. After the program channel is opened, the audience will receive complaints or scolds on the spot. The host will "treat" the common psychological problems of the audience with witty responses.
Prior to this, Eric Bogosian had written and acted in a stage play of the same name. Now this stage play has been adapted to the big screen by Oliver Stone, and he still stars in it. Because he already has experience, he can perform it
Very skillful.
After the awards were presented, it was time for the main event. The first award to be presented was the Best Actress Award at this Berlin Film Festival.
The big favorite among them is naturally Isabelle Adjani. However, in this film festival, just because it is popular does not necessarily mean that it will win an award, so one can imagine the tense atmosphere in the venue at this time.
At this time, Wu Jianye and Holly Hunter, the Best Actress winner at the last Berlin Film Festival, walked onto the awards stage.
Wu Jianye was not only shortlisted for the Golden Bear Award for her film this time, she was also invited by the Berlin Film Festival to be the award guest for the Best Actress in a Leading Role this year.
After the two people took the stage, the audience burst into applause.
"Hello everyone, I am Chinese director Wu Jianye!" Wu Jianye said first.
"Hello everyone, I am American actor Holly Hunter!" Holly Hunter also introduced herself with the same sentence.
This is a line that Wu Jianye and Holly Hunter had already agreed on backstage.
After everyone finished laughing, Holly Hunter asked Wu Jianye: "Director Wu, we all know that you are an excellent director, and your first movie was shot from a female perspective, so I want to ask you
, as a director, what criteria should you use to choose female leads in your movies?"
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "I think these three are indispensable: image, temperament, and acting skills. Every character is a living person in the eyes of the director, so many times, what actors have to do on the set is
Forget about your original identity and devote yourself wholeheartedly to this role."
Holly Hunter asked with a smile: "I just noticed that Director Wu puts acting skills last. Does that mean that in Director Wu's eyes, acting skills are not important?"
Wu Jianye frowned slightly, the other party was obviously digging a hole for himself, but then he smiled and said: "Of course not, acting skills are naturally very important, but I think a good director can train a good actor
It comes out, but its image and temperament need to be innate. In fact, the order of these three items does not matter at this time, it is just what I said casually."
"So which actress is Director Wu most optimistic about being shortlisted this time?" Holly Hunter continued to ask.
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "At this time, I should have said that I am optimistic about all the actresses. After all, it is an honor to be selected as the best actress. However, I still want to say that this film festival is the one I am most optimistic about.
It’s Isabelle Adjani in Rodin’s Lovers!”
People present had long known about the scandal between Wu Jianye and Isabelle Adjani, but the award ceremony itself was a place where no one could be offended. Now hearing Wu Jianye’s outspoken support for Isabelle Adjani, it was natural.
I was shocked.
But no matter what everyone thought, the audience still applauded.
Isabel Adjani even blew a kiss to Wu Jianye at this time...
Holly Hunter was stunned for a moment, then changed the subject and began to comment on the other nominated actresses. After all the comments were finished.
The two opened the list of winners, and Holly Hunter was the first to say: "The winner of the Best Actress at the 39th Berlin Film Festival is..."
Having said this, he handed the list of winners to Wu Jianye.