Chapter 579: Is this considered an informal decision?
"It's boring. The Oscars, Berlin Film Festival, and Cannes Film Festival all seem to have nothing to do with our Chinese films this year!"
"Who says it's not the case? Where's the dog director? Why did he disappear?"
"That's right. If the dog director doesn't come out and show off, I won't be used to it."
"Just wait until August. This year's Venice Film Festival will be very interesting."
"Yes, it's not just "Cinema Paradiso" directed by Gou. According to current news, there are three Chinese films that are expected to compete for the Venice Golden Lion this year!"
"Hahaha, there's no show, they're all accompanying me. Director Gou's "Cinema Paradiso" has such an obvious advantage."
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Netizens have a rare consensus of opinion. They all think that this year’s Venice Film Festival is the mainstream!
Who let Li Yi's "Cinema Paradiso" show its signs so early?
In addition, there are no Chinese films winning awards in Cannes and Berlin, so naturally, we can only watch the Venice Film Festival, which will be held at the latest.
Then a news came that Li Yi and "Cinema Paradiso" were once again on the hot search list.
Li Yi wanted to say something this time, it was really not me who caused the trouble this time.
what news?
Of course, the list of jury members for this year's Venice Film Festival has been announced.
Berto Manning suddenly appears on the list again, and there is no doubt about his position. He is the chairman of the jury of this year's Venice Film Festival!
"Damn it, doesn't this mean that "Cinema Paradiso" is stable?"
"It must be stable! You must know that "Cinema Paradiso" was poached to the Venice Film Festival by Bertolt Manning to a certain extent. If this film does not win an award, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?"
"Didn't we agree to be fair and just? Isn't this an internal decision? Where is the authority?"
"Upstairs, did you just get access to the Internet? Is it fair and just? Which film festival is fair and just? It's all about sharing pork, and it's all about human nature!"
"Whether it's the Oscars, Cannes, Berlin Film Festival, or Venice, it's all the same routine!"
"Why do I think it's not the dog director who wants to win the award, but these film festivals want to give him an award?"
"If we win Venice and go to Berlin next year, wouldn't it be a direct Grand Slam?"
"Are you thinking of eating shit upstairs? How can it be that easy? Although the fact that Berto Manning serves as the chairman of the jury of this Venice Film Festival does mean that at least "Cinema Paradiso" will not return empty-handed, but it may not be the Golden Lion.
The prize, maybe a silver lion, or a consolation prize is hard to say."
“You really think the other competition films are vegetarian?”
In fact, this time it is really obvious that "Cinema Paradiso" will not return empty-handed, it basically has nothing to lose.
But which award it can win really depends on the quality of the film itself.
"Cinema Paradiso" is endorsed by Bertolt Manning, but that doesn't mean that other films have no relevance. In fact, none of the films in the main competition every year has anything to do with the members of the film festival's jury.
of?
Not to mention anything else, just because the judges and the director are from the same country, they are related.
So, this is also one of the rules of the game.
After all, the film festival still needs to maintain its authority, so if you want to win an award, even if you are a related party, you have to look at the film itself.
However, Li Yi felt that this year, among other things, the movie "Cinema Paradiso" should at least win the Silver Lion Award to match it.
After all, it can be said that this movie is extremely special in the entire world of film circles.
And this is an Italian movie, so it is only natural that the Venice Film Festival should praise this movie.
Of course, the premise is that this movie is really good enough!
Time passed in confusion.
This year's Venice Film Festival obviously focuses on Chinese films.
Especially after the time has entered July, when the Venice Film Festival announced the main competition unit film list.
It has also made countless Chinese movie fans and media focus their attention on this year's Venice Film Festival.
On July 28, the organizing committee of the 77th Venice International Film Festival announced the film list for the main competition unit. In the end, a total of 21 films were shortlisted for the main competition unit.
This is nothing. The key point is that among the 21 films shortlisted for the main competition, there are actually four Chinese films, or in other words, four films directed by Chinese directors.
I don't know if "Cinema Paradiso" was intentional or not, but it was placed first among the 21 films shortlisted for the main competition.
The other three Chinese movies are also quite interesting.
They are from Hong Kong Island, Taiwan and the Mainland!
They are Hong Kong's veteran literary and artistic film director, Feng Jiaqi's "The Best Time"; Baodao's literary and artistic film director, Li Tian's "Forty Years of Tragedy"; and one of the sixth generation directors from the Mainland, Wang Xiao's "Old Man".
"Youth".
What’s interesting is that these three directors can be said to be direct descendants of the Venice Film Festival.
Each of them has won an award at the Venice Film Festival, and Wang Xiao even won the Golden Lion Award. However, it has been almost ten years.
The other two have both won the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, one is the Jury Prize and the other is the Best Director!
From this aspect, it seems that they have more hope of winning the award than Li Yi.
But the result was untimely. In previous years, it might have been true, but this year, obviously, no one would think so.
Even they themselves are relatively pessimistic.
Especially after "Cinema Paradiso" became the opening film of the Venice Film Festival, this pessimistic mood became even stronger.
That’s not to say that the opening film must be awesome, but to some extent it also means that this film is a key film promoted by the Venice Film Festival!
Domestic movie fans are celebrating, thinking that with so many Chinese films shortlisted for the main competition this year, and with Li Yi and "Cinema Paradiso" winning awards, they must be sure to win.
Some movie fans are even dreaming about whether Chinese films will sweep all the awards at this year's Venice Film Festival?
Although it is a fantasy, the possibility is indeed very low, but at least it gives everyone something to look forward to, what if?
What if the judges at the Venice Film Festival collectively lose their minds?
This year's Venice Film Festival is destined to attract the attention of countless Chinese movie fans and media.
But in fact, compared with Cannes' gradual commercialization, Venice has always adhered to a literary and artistic style!
Of course, the main competition section of Cannes still insists on selecting some cool works, but its other sections, especially the film trading market, have an astonishing turnover, stabilizing at more than 1 billion US dollars!
Hollywood needs Cannes as a screening platform, and other countries also need Cannes as a platform to promote movies or introduce movies.
Therefore, many literary and artistic film professionals say that Cannes is no longer pure and has become a nuisance to Hollywood.
But the fact is that commercialization has doubled the influence of the Cannes Film Festival, and it has already become the top three European film festivals.
On the contrary, it is basically impossible to see the Film Market in cooperation with the Cannes Film Festival or the stalls during the American Film Market (AFM) in Venice.
The Venice Film Festival has nothing to do with the mass market. In fact, there is no official market at all. You can't expect to see promotional leaflets or flyers here. The oldest film festival in the world is very unique.
Of course, this has also led to the fact that the Venice Film Festival has nothing but quality, but its influence is not as good as each year.
