"I'm fine. Really, I was just there to watch the fun. Let me tell you, Teacher Fan was the one who was wronged. He acted so well, but in the end he still didn't win the award."
On June 20, the 8th Shanghai International Film Festival concluded. In the end, the Japanese film "Country Photo Studio" won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Film.
The two local films shortlisted were no less impressive. Zhao Wei unexpectedly won the Best Actress Award; "Please Praise Me" even won the Grand Jury Prize and Best Screenplay; while the Best Actor
It was won by Ryuya Fuji, the leading actor of "Country Photo Studio".
As soon as he learned the news, He Xinshao had to call his girlfriend to express his condolences. However, judging from his girlfriend's tone on the phone, although he was a little sour, he was in a pretty good mood, except that Fan Wei complained twice.
In fact, due to the mediocre shortlisted works and lackluster stars of this year's Shanghai International Film Festival, attention was not very high. However, Zhao Wei's award still caused great controversy.
Although there were rumors before the awards, rumors are rumors and facts are facts. Zhao Wei has long been criticized by the outside world for his box office poison and embarrassing acting skills. And as early as after the premiere of "Lovers' Knot",
There have been media articles criticizing various deficiencies in her performance in the film.
It was such a controversial female star who was crowned the Best Actress at the Shanghai Film Festival, causing an uproar in the media. As soon as the award ceremony ended, some media directly questioned the fairness of the selection of this year's Shanghai Film Festival.
Zhao Wei didn't know whether it was due to lack of confidence or anger, but he walked away without accepting any interview. Although Wu Tianming, the chairman of the jury afterwards, came forward to clarify that Zhao Wei's best actress was unanimously approved by the seven judges, but the media still
Don't sell it.
In addition to questioning the fairness of the selection, most professional media and film critics believe that Zhao Wei's award is entirely due to the short one and the tall one.
In fact, regardless of whether the selection is fair or not, or the quality of the shortlisted films, as far as the two shortlisted local films are concerned, if you look closely, you will find the subtleties.
For example, two works, one with a male protagonist and one with a female protagonist, may have been aimed at the best actor or best actress from the beginning. Of course, if all the emperors and queens were awarded to local films, it would obviously be too blatant, and you can only choose one or the other.
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As for the quality of the two works, one has black humor, the theme is full of life philosophy, and the plot is intricate, unexpected and intriguing. The other has an old-fashioned theme and a bland plot, which is not even good enough to be shortlisted. It is a bit like sports.
In the competition, as the host country, it had the advantage of a wild card to qualify.
Since she was shortlisted, she was eligible to share the pork, but due to the quality of the film, Zhao Yanzi was born, a very reluctant Golden Goblet Award-winning actress.
In contrast, "Please Praise Me" undoubtedly deserved the award, but precisely because Zhao Yanzi won the award, for the sake of balance, Fan Wei, who performed well, did not receive the honor of Best Actor.
In addition to the main competition unit, the Shanghai International Film Festival also has an Asian Newcomer Award unit, which aims to commend the works of new Asian directors. The chairman of the Asian Newcomer Award at this year's Shanghai Film Festival is Chief Jia, the leader of the sixth generation of directors.
, the judges also include American actor, director Chen Chong and others.
Ning Hao's "Green Grass" in the original time and space won the Asian Newcomer Award for the most popular film. But now Ning Hao's first film "Incense" has caused such a big stir in Venice, and now it has lost the Asian Newcomer Award.
qualifications.
Bona actually helped "Green Grass" register to compete in the main competition unit, but unfortunately it was not shortlisted.
However, Ning Hao, who had seen the world in Venice and Berlin and won awards, did not pay attention to the township enterprise awards at the Shanghai Film Festival. Even after being invited by the organizer, he did not come to join in the fun and started wholeheartedly.
Preparing for his new movie "Stone".
This guy is busy casting recently. He doesn't like He Xin, so he hired Guo Tao to play the male lead Bao Shihong. Guo Tao comes from an acting family. His father graduated from Chinese drama, his mother graduated from Chinese drama, and he also graduated from Chinese drama.
Later, I was assigned to work in Guohua.
Although he is not well-known to the outside world, he has long been well-known in the circle. He is a low-key and capable person. He is often active on the drama stage and has also appeared in many film and television dramas.
For example, he played the male lead in the debut film "My Love Will Never Be Lost" directed by Feng Xiaogang, and then successively starred in Zhang Yang's "Love Malatang", Wang Xiaoshuai's "Pole Girl" and other films.
After Ning Hao watched the comedy movie "Cuckold" written by Wang Shuo and directed by Liu Fendou, he was deeply impressed by the image of the middle-aged man who played the second male lead in it, played by Guo Tao.
In fact, when He Xin was still thinking about playing Bao Shihong, he already had a suitable actor in mind. He had always preferred He Xin to play the role of Dao Brother in it, but it was a pity that He Xin refused, preferring to choose the opposite role.
The role of Mike is missing.
This guy is a thief. Maybe he saw big names appearing in "Wulin Gaiden" frequently. Ever since Cheng Hao was cast as Dao's girlfriend Qing Qing and Deng Chao was cast as Xie Xiaomeng, he was still not satisfied and kept praising her.
We are looking for some new big names to make guest appearances in the show.
So He Xin found Liu Ye to play the role of Sanbao, a worker in the security department of the factory.
By the way, although the current Liu Ye is badly screwed by him, this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes still has two hit dramas: "What can I do to save you, my love" and "Blood Romance" which was aired at the end of last year?
, has now grown into a hot new TV star, more popular than Deng Chao.
Originally, He Xin wanted to find Jiang Wenli to guest play the role of wife, but unfortunately the schedule was not suitable, so he could not do so. Tang Wei, who had just finished filming "Wulin Gaiden", volunteered to fill the role.
However, Ning Hao's casting was not smooth sailing. As the second male lead in the play, the role of Brother Dao is very important. After He Xin refused, he searched around and fell in love with Xinbao under Zhao Baogang.
Sun Honglei, the contracted actor of Yuan, is also a powerful actor from Mandarin.
Although King Yan was also taken advantage of by He Xin, he successively starred in the hit dramas "Three Images", "The Military Song", and starred in the movie "Zhou Yu's Train" with Gong Li and Liang Jiahui, and is well known in the industry.
It can be regarded as a new one.
Moreover, because of her outstanding performance on the drama stage, she was also called "Little Jiang Wen", which was very proud!
After reading the script, I was named to play the role of the male lead Bao Shihong. Do you think Ning Hao didn't give in when faced with He Xin, let alone you "Xiao Jiang Wen"?
Then there is no more.
Finally, after much detours, I found Liu Hua on the recommendation of his senior brother from the film school, Guan Fu. I also got him as a replacement - Guan Fu's little brother, a guy named Huang Bo with long, crooked melons and cracked dates.
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It was precisely because of this guy's ugly appearance and his rich acting experience that Ning Hao reluctantly nodded and let him play the role of one of Brother Dao's men.
Jiang Wu, who was originally promised, also had an unexpected change. He had taken on a new drama, which conflicted with the schedule of "The Stone", so he had to reluctantly part with it.
In desperation, Ning Hao had no choice but to tentatively find Xu Guangtou. Because in his eyes, Xu Guangtou, a Shanghainese, had something that he thought represented the symbol of the city.
It's just that he doesn't know Guangtou Xu, and Guangtou Xu is already very popular through popular dramas such as "Zhu Bajie" and "Li Wei Becomes an Official". Of course, it would be easy if he was introduced through insiders, but this guy did it
In a cool move, I wrote a handwritten letter and sent it to Xu Guangtou along with the script.
Not long after, Guangtou Xu actually came to the door in person. Not only was he very happy to take on the role of Mr. Feng, he didn't even want to discuss the salary.
Afterwards, when He Xin learned the news, he couldn't help but sigh to the sky. Originally, he wanted to be careful about Xu Guangtou so that he could take advantage of the other party in the future, but sometimes the wheel of history is really difficult to change. What happened to these two people?
Still got it together.
But then I thought about it, and it was right. It is difficult to avoid the character of Bald Xu when writing entertainment articles, and if the design is good, it may be worth hundreds of thousands of words in the future.
It's just not advisable not to talk about the salary. He doesn't want Ning Hao and Xu Guangtou to get too involved, and he doesn't want to owe that shrewd Shanghai man a favor. Besides, he's not short of money now, so don't talk nonsense. Just get as much as you need.
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In the original time and space, when Ning Hao filmed "Stones", the total investment was only more than two million yuan. It was pitiful that he could not even hire slightly famous actors. Many of the actors in the film came to Chongqing.
Selected locally.
For example, Wang Xun, Xie Xiaomeng, Factory Director Xie, Brother Dao's girlfriend Jingjing, Security Department staff member San Bao, etc. are all local actors or actors from neighboring Sichuan.
As for Bald Xu, coincidentally, he originally wanted to invite Xiao Taohong to play the role of Brother Dao's girlfriend Jingjing, so he wrote a sincere invitation letter in a coquettish way and sent the script to her. Unfortunately, she was so young
Taohong ignored him at all. It happened that Guangtou Xu saw the script and liked it very much, so he recommended himself and asked to join the script without even asking for any pay.
As a result, the two had a similar affinity and began a long-term cooperation.
As for the role of Mike, because the original investment in his movie was from Andy Lau’s Asian New Star Director Project, Andy Lau had promised to make a cameo. Unfortunately, Liu Tianwang had to film and hold concerts at the same time. His schedule was really erratic and he couldn’t be divided. Finally, he
I recommended my friend Lian Jin to play this role.
Because the cast was so overwhelming, and Ning Hao was just starting out at that time, the film was promoted under the banner of Andy Lau during the later stages.
He Xin still clearly remembers that many viewers were tricked into entering the cinema by the words Andy Lau. In the end, Andy Lau was nowhere to be found, but they were unexpectedly attracted by this hilarious movie without a star.
Of course, the situation is completely different now. With the double-gold actor He Xin joining the team, heartthrobs, Deng Chao, Liu Ye and other guest stars, plus Zhu Bajie who plays Li Wei, it is enough to attract the audience.
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Moreover, the production cost of the original time and space was only 3 million. Just like when the two worked on "Incense", they could only shoot in high-definition digital and then transfer it to film later without even color correction, resulting in a serious lack of color in the picture.
But now the investment has more than doubled, and it is a complete switch from gun to gun. Regardless of picture quality, sound effects, soundtrack, etc., the production is definitely more sophisticated.
Therefore, He Xin is more looking forward to the future performance of "Stone".