When he woke up early in the morning, He Xin sneezed loudly.
It rained for a long time while filming the afternoon before yesterday. Even though I returned to the hotel and took a hot shower and went to bed early, I still had a cold when I woke up the next morning.
But what made He Xin even more worried was that when the crew was preparing to leave for the set yesterday morning, news suddenly came from the front. Due to continuous rain, the simple road from the scene to the Locust Castle was washed away by a mudslide, and the rain was getting heavier at that time.
The bigger it is, the more likely it is to be repaired.
No way, the crew was forced to stop work.
Although He Xin took the opportunity to rest in the hotel for a day and his cold symptoms were somewhat relieved, but at this time, looking at the heavy rain outside the window, he was obviously a little irritable.
Yesterday afternoon, the Venice International Film Festival Organizing Committee finally announced the shortlist for this year's film festival on its official website. This year's shortlisted films accounted for the majority of European films, including six from Italy, and the number of Asian films was higher than in previous years.
relatively reduced.
In this regard, the festival chairman DeHaden specifically explained that due to the raging epidemic of infectious diseases in the first half of this year, which affected film production in Asia, many anticipated works were not completed as scheduled, including Wang Jiawei's "2046".
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But even so, there are still two Chinese-language films shortlisted for the main competition, namely "Unbreakable" by Bayan director Tsai Ming-liang and "Landscape of Love" by Hong Kong director Li Miaosuet.
At the same time, the Venice Film Festival, which has always been based on the purpose of "film serving serious art" and "artistic" as the judging criterion, still adheres to their tradition of not liking Hollywood movies this year.
Including Woody Allen's "What Else", the Coen brothers' "Unbearable Cruelty", Ridley Scott's "Match Men", Jim Jarmusch's "Coffee and Cigarettes", Robert Ben
Works by so-called masters, including Don's "The Human Stain" and Bertolucci's "The Dreamer", were not shortlisted for the main competition unit and were all classified as non-competition units.
In addition, in the upstream competition section, which aims to "go against tradition and look forward to discovering new talents in film", the name of a Chinese film also appeared - "Incense" directed by Ning Hao.
It’s just that the suffix of this movie is still “Hong Kong, China”.
Compared to last year when Gong Li was the chairman of the jury, five Chinese-language films shone in Venice, and Grange's "Spring in a Small Town" won the San Marco Award for Best Film in the first Upstream Competition. What's embarrassing this year is that
Not a single work from Mainland China can appear on this list.
However, what has attracted more attention from the mainland media is that the leading actors of the two Hong Kong films shortlisted this time are actually the same person - He Xin. Moreover, the name He Xin strangely appears in the producer column of the movie "Incense"
, tied with director Ning Hao. Moreover, the media seemed to smell something different from the name of the production company, Hong Kong Xinghao Pictures.
Since the list was announced yesterday afternoon, and until the evening, He Xin received several calls from Sister Hong, all of whom were requested by the media for exclusive interviews.
The opening of this film festival is August 27th and will end on September 6th. He Xin, who has two works shortlisted, is bound to participate. Whether he will win or not is another matter. Anyway, he has participated in two Cannes Film Festivals in a row.
He Xin has long been used to returning home empty-handed from every festival.
But this time, in addition to the promotion of "Landscape of Love", it is also related to the final income of "Incense" that he invested in, so He Xin is more concerned this time than he has been to the Berlin and Cannes Film Festivals before, especially
I also discussed it with director Lu Yue and tried to advance my role as much as possible.
However, due to heavy rain and mudslides at this time, the crew was forced to stop work, which made the already limited time even more stretched, and He Xin had to become anxious.
Of course He Xin is not the only one who is anxious.
For producer Liu Jing, one day of downtime for the crew is equivalent to tens of thousands of dollars thrown away; for director Lu Yue, he is worried about the actors' schedules. He Xin has already informed him in advance that he will be required by August 25th at the latest.
He left, and he left for half a month. The key is that almost all of his scenes were opposite Shu Qi, and Shu Qi's schedule was only signed for one and a half months, which meant that Shu Qi had already left by the time He Xin came back, so his
All scenes must be filmed before the 25th. There is also a male lead who is still having a tantrum.
Taking advantage of the fact that the crew was still forced to stop work today, Lu Yue woke up the assistant director Shi Runjiu and the scene manager early in the morning and hid in the room to discuss how to adjust the shooting plan.
Not long after, Liu Jing knocked on the door angrily and came in, sat down on the sofa and said: "After working in this industry for so many years, this is the first time I have met such a person. It's so damned!"
Because the person was chosen by Lu Yue, Lu Yue couldn't help but look a little ugly when he heard Liu Jing's complaints. He was silent for a while and said, "Then what do you want to do?"
Liu Jing heard Lu Yue's unkind tone and said hurriedly: "Director Lu, please don't get me wrong. I am not blaming you or Zi Bing. I have just reported this matter to Mr. Yu, so
I’ve always said that you have to make the decision regarding this actor, so I’ll do what you say!”
Liu Jing acted like a bachelor, which actually made Lu Yue a little embarrassed. He was not the boss. According to his idea, of course it was best to keep things quiet and not affect the shooting. But if this was really the case, then he was just beating Liu Jing.
Face!
And this is no longer about money, but about rules. As the saying goes, nothing can be accomplished without rules. If their requirements are met, what should they do if they continue to push further? What if there are actors who follow their example?
?
These are all questions!
"How about I go talk to Zi Bing?" Lu Yue said thoughtfully.
"It's no use!"
Liu Jing waved her hands vigorously and said, "I have wanted to talk to him for a long time, but there is no one else! He must have been persuaded by Du Peihong, otherwise he would not be pretending to be sick. Director, I advise you not to go."
If you touch this nail, it will be very embarrassing!"
I have to say that Liu Jing is very good at talking nonsense, and Lu Yue was obviously hesitant.
Then, Liu Jing’s eyes glistened and she said, “I came here just to ask you if it’s possible to stop him from filming for a week?”
"What's the meaning?"
Lu Yue was a little puzzled. Substitution was definitely not feasible. He had looked at dozens of actors before and finally found a suitable one. If he wanted to substitute now, where would he find a suitable actor?
"Ahem!"
Liu Jing coughed twice and said with some embarrassment: "What I mean is that when you adjust the shooting plan, see if you can let him go for a few days, preferably a week. I let the news out and said that if they
If we continue to make trouble, we will replace them and we will see what they do!"
At the end, Liu Jing's tone was full of relief. As a producer, he knew very well that Du Peihong just wanted to take advantage of him, so he made those unreasonable demands. Now he is betting that the other party will definitely not give up this role.
, and then let’s see who can last until the end.
But this matter must be discussed with the director.
Lu Yue understood what Liu Jing meant. According to his opinion, he didn't agree with Liu Jing's extreme approach, but now he was also quite dissatisfied with Fang Fang Bing. If he had known about this, Fang Fang Bing would be the perfect fit for Yuan Dingguo.
He doesn't know how to choose a role.
"Then what should we do if they don't give in? It's definitely impossible to replace someone!" Lu Yue asked, and at the same time, he first made his attitude clear.
When Liu Jing heard that there was an opportunity, he hurriedly said: "If they don't give in, then I can only give in. The premise is to let them go for a few more days to make them completely honest. Besides, Mr. Yu will also come by then. Mr. Yu
They won’t sell it to save their face, right?”
Lu Yue originally wanted to say that a week was too long, five days at most, but when Liu Jing heard that Mr. Yu was coming, he hurriedly asked: "When will Mr. Yu arrive?"
"The flight on the 7th will probably arrive here in the early morning of the 8th."
So there are still six days left, Lu Yue pondered for a moment and then said: "Then let's wait until the boss comes."