Then there will be a screening of the opening film of this film festival, "At the Gates." This German war epic is directed by French director Jean-Jacques Annaud and stars Jude Law and Rachel Weisz. It is known as "the largest investment in the history of European film circles".
The film truly reproduces the thrilling scene of the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
Of course, He Xin had watched the pirated disc, but now he was watching it again on the big screen. Even though it was the original version, he still watched it with gusto. When the show was over, Li Bing, who also didn’t understand English but was still very excited to watch it, continued to watch it.
Said, this war movie is better than "Saving Private Ryan".
None of the people present refuted this point. It's just that a commercial blockbuster with a strong visual and audio experience can only be shown as a screening film at the cold Berlin Film Festival, playing a role in setting off the atmosphere. As for the awards, there is no need to think about it.
The next ten days are free screening time, and the films shortlisted for the main competition unit will premiere one after another. The premiere of "Seventeen Years Old Bicycle" is scheduled for February 17, which is the day before the closing, which is quite the finale.
Another shortlisted Chinese film "Love You Love Me" premiered on February 13. Sister Jiao Xiongpin is also one of the producers of this film. The two films were also shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin International Film Festival, which shows that Sister Jiao's
energy.
The film festival is both an awards ceremony and a film trading market. Sister Jiao, Wang Xiaoshuai and others are still busy promoting movies everywhere and fooling film producers. Even Zhang Xia can't spare any time. He Xin and Li Bing are completely letting go.
What can you do? If you don’t dare to go out and wander around, you can only go to the movie theaters around your hotel to watch movies. Although those movies are original versions with English subtitles, so you can neither understand nor understand them, but there is nothing to do if you don’t watch them.
You have to choose what you want to watch, otherwise, the ticket price is too expensive! Basically, it ranges from 10 to 50 marks, and the ticket price of movies shortlisted for the main competition is generally 30 marks.
He Xin really wanted to watch "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" again, it was such a sentiment! Li Bing, with the expectation of watching a Hollywood blockbuster, forced He Xin to watch "Drug Network".
The name of this movie is quite familiar, and He Xin guessed that he might have seen a pirated version before. This movie had already been nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture before coming to Berlin, and was the biggest favorite for the Golden Bear Award. I don’t know why, He Xin
After hearing this information, the strange prediction that "hot fever will kill you" suddenly appeared.
The director of this film, Steven Soderbergh, uses multiple narrative styles. For example, the police represent the righteous people who fight against drugs, but they are likely to be framed and even suffer a tragic end. Another example is that the judge originally symbolized the official anti-drug campaign.
But his daughter became addicted to drugs.
Maybe it was because he didn't understand the dialogue, but He Xin thought the movie was quite average, and Li Bing looked boring. There was nothing interesting about the performances of several big stars, including Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas.
Amazing, but the actor who played the Mexican Sheriff in it left a deep impression on He Xin, but he only remembered his face. I thought this guy was quite handsome, but I didn't know his name.
When I saw the poster for South Korea's "Joint Security Area", I thought it was a war movie, and the heroine in it was the familiar Dae Jang Geum and Lee Young-ae. It turned out to be a slow-paced literary film about the friendship between soldiers from the North and the South. It was very boring and ahead of schedule.
I was reluctant to leave and almost fell asleep.
What the two of them are looking forward to the most is the RB movie "Dog God", because the white legs and entangled limbs on the movie poster are too tempting. It's always okay to take a look. The two discussed it and secretly poked at it.
I roped in Taiwanese Zhang Xia, who claimed to be proficient in four foreign languages: German, French, English and Japanese, and asked him to help translate.
This RB movie really did not disappoint everyone. Amami Yuki, who has long legs and a royal sister-like appearance, performed various unpredictable scenes full of femininity.
He Xin was dumbfounded when he heard this plot that broke through three perspectives, and Li Bing kept saying "fuck", secretly sighing that the culture of the RB people in this area really has a long history.
Even putting aside this unacceptable plot, just talking about the extremely colorful boat scenes in it, He Xin secretly compared it with "Lust, Caution", which once amazed him, and found that the two were not on the same level at all. Li
An's accomplishments in this area are far inferior to Harada Masato, the director of "Dog God". No wonder Li Bing couldn't wait to get into the bathroom after watching the movie and returning to the hotel.
On February 13, "Love You, Love Me" premiered. There were not many screenings and the theater was very small. The organizer obviously looked down upon this movie.
He Xin had no impression of Lin Zhengsheng, who looked very much like a fat-headed fish, but Wang Xiaoshuai seemed to be quite familiar with him. But it was the two leading actors, Shen Lian (Zhang Zhen) and Guimei (Li Xinjie), who made him a little excited about the movie.
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After everyone exchanged pleasantries, they walked into the theater and found that there were not many people inside and it was very deserted. It wasn't until the movie started showing that less than a third of the audience was seated.
Perhaps it was because they had watched too many foreign movies these days. When familiar Chinese words sounded on the screen, He Xin and Li Bing couldn't help but turn their heads and look at each other at the same time, feeling an inexplicable sense of intimacy in their hearts.
This is a youth romance film, but what surprised He Xin is that this film does not deliberately exaggerate the romance and tenderness of youth, but rather has some black humor.
Xiaofeng, a countryman played by Zhang Zhen, comes to the dreamy Taipei after being discharged from the army, a bit like migrant workers who go to work in the city; while Feifei, played by Li Xinjie, is a rebellious city girl who ran away from home and became a betel girl who wears cool clothes and looks gorgeous.
Xiaofeng and Feifei fell in love. Xiaofeng worked hard to make a lot of money for Feifei so that he could establish himself in the big city, but he accidentally got involved in the underworld life. Feifei was unexpectedly spotted by a film director and started to enter an acting career. The lovers
During their young and carefree years, their fates were ill-fated. Due to the disparity in status, the two gradually drifted apart, and in the end Xiaofeng went to the point of no return.
Compared with Zhang Zhen's mature acting skills, He Xin was deeply impressed by Li Xinjie's almost original performance. The ghost girl originally sang, and "Love You Love Me" is her first movie. Maybe it is because of this,
The Feifei she played didn't show any trace of deliberate acting, it was more like she was acting in her true self.
Thinking about the situation when he was filming "Seventeen Years Old Bicycle", He Xin couldn't help but burst out laughing. The two of them seemed to have similar approaches but similar approaches.
Laughing with tears, "Love You Love Me" is indeed a good movie,
Finally on February 17th, "Seventeen Years Old Cycling" premiered. Although it was the finale, the timing was somewhat embarrassing, because at this time, the other films in the main competition unit "Screen" had already scored, such as
Lin Zhengsheng's "Love You Love Me" scored 2.4 points, ranking in the middle of all films. This is a good result.
Another example is the shocking RB movie "Dog God" that He Xin and Li Bing watched. It only scored 1.8, third from the bottom. Of course, the highest score was "Drug Network", the biggest hit of this film festival, with a score of 3.2.
Although Wang Xiaoshuai didn't say anything in the past two days, everyone could see that the director was very nervous, and he became more and more nervous towards the end. It may be the last movie to be premiered, and the audience was quite considerate, with 80% of the 500-seat theater filled.
The attendance rate was high, and the creators who stood at the door to greet the guests finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, a few foreigners came. When Wang Xiaoshuai and Sister Jiao saw it, they quickly led everyone to greet them. The leader, an old man in his seventies, shook hands with everyone with a smile, and even chatted with Wang Xiaoshuai for a few words. The old man congratulated
I met Xin at the opening ceremony. He is the chairman of the organizer of the film festival. It is said that he will step down next year.
The old man's visit made Wang Xiaoshuai beam with joy, which meant that his movie was likely to have success!