"Thank you all these two days. Today we have a good New Year and continue to work hard tomorrow! Cheers!"
There was a big table in a corner of the Chinese restaurant, and the whole team raised glasses together to celebrate New Year's Eve.
It is the third day since the opening of the film festival. In addition to the opening movie "Reunion", several movies that have been shortlisted for the main competition unit have been unveiled.
The most eye-catching one is naturally "The Shadow Writer" directed by the famous film master Roman Polanski and starring Evan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan.
Roman Polanski was placed under house arrest by the Swiss government for his bloody past in the United States many years ago and was not able to attend. Then, white leftists including the film starring Evan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan all supported him.
The protests made the movie particularly eye-catching.
He Xin originally wanted to watch the master's works, but he didn't buy tickets. And the next day the magazine gave a high evaluation of the movie: returning to black suspense, the master was still calm and skillful. He also scored 2.8
High score.
The highest score for the Berlin Film Festival magazine is 4 points, but few movies can get more than 3 points, and generally score more than 2.5 points, which can be called the popular Golden Bear Awards.
The premiere on the same day was also the biographical movie "Howl", starring Hollywood star James Fulanlan. This gay film about the rebellious American poet Alan Ginsberg in the 1950s and 1960s, also attracted the attention of the young.
Pay less attention.
In Europe and the United States, movies with general biographical themes are easy to win awards. In addition, they have homosexual elements, which are easily sought after by white leftists. It is very pleasing. Unfortunately, the movie is really average, and the final episode only gave this American movie.
2.1 points.
However, the two films released today, both telling about brotherly ties. Although the scores of the magazine have not yet been released, they have caused a great response, especially the unpopular film "Whistle" from Romania, which was unanimously considered to be the Golden Bear this year.
A strong contender for awards.
In fact, starting from the opening film "Reunion", this Berlin Film Festival has laid the tone of family affection. More than one-third of the 26 shortlisted films talk about the theme of family affection, and the closing film chose Japanese director Yamada.
Yangji's "Brother" is a response.
Yoji Yamada can also be called a master. Fortunately, among the twenty-six films shortlisted for this film festival, including his "Brother" and "Shut Island" directed by Martin Scott and starring Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Little Li
The six movies included are only for screenings and do not participate in awards, which makes the competition less fierce.
"The Piano of Steel" will be released tomorrow afternoon, and the American movie "Greenberg" will also premiere. The director is not famous, but the protagonist in it is Hollywood star Ben Stiller. This "Museum Wonderful"
The male protagonist of the Night series is very popular in Europe. Not to mention anything else, just talk about the two press conferences held this afternoon. At the press conference of "Piano of Steel", most of the domestic media reporters had faces, but not many Western reporters.
.And the press conference of "Greenberg" where Ben Stiller appeared was crowded with people.
In addition, tomorrow on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the "Big Nose Dragon" will also be unveiled at the film festival. At that time, a large number of domestic journalists and Western audiences who like Chinese movies will definitely be diverted.
The busiest thing you can attend the film festival is the two days before the movie premiere. So many movies are gathered in the film festival in just over ten days. Even if you are shortlisted for the main competition unit, you will also post posters everywhere, send flyers and shout,
Otherwise, the party will inevitably be neglected.
Fortunately, a small-scale media trial stage was held on the night before, and the response was pretty good. The freshly released magazine on the next morning commented on "Piano of Steel": a very strange movie.
The author's movie, a cruel sense of humor, is like a small wild flower blooming in the ruins, and the performance of He is a surprise enough!
The next afternoon, the premiere red carpet, today this is Cheng Hao's home court, wearing a GUGGI Phoenix Cheongsam, Wang Quan'an is here, but this guy is not particular, wearing a black hat and wrapped in a thick
The down jacket looks like an old man, but he actually bought tickets. When the reporter took a photo, he still lit up the movie tickets in front of the camera, calling on everyone to buy tickets and watch them.
The arrival of the film festival chairman Diet Coslit pushed the atmosphere to a climax. He Xin was also surprised and trotted to meet him, muttering: "Amazing!"
However, the most surprising thing is that the theater is not open, and there are already long queues outside, and all the tickets for the first game are sold out.
This news surprised everyone. After all, the organizer gave face today and arranged a hall of more than 600 people. The nearly 600 movie tickets sold to the public were actually snatched up?
Xiao Douding ran out to inquire, but the result was ridiculous.
Because the English title of "The Piano in a Factory" is "The Piano in a Factory", which literally means piano in the factory. All posters posted outside have musical elements of accordion and piano. As a result, the audience misunderstood and thought it was
A musical movie.
Germany is the musical home of countless masters. In addition, the music-themed movies at this film festival are hard to find, and He Xin's face, which is not unfamiliar in the European art film industry, attracted a sudden appearance.
Many viewers.
But no matter what, it is a great thing to be able to fool the audience in. At the same time, it is also a gathering effect. Don’t think that foreigners don’t like to join in the fun. Seeing that there are many people here, there will definitely be no fewer audiences in the next two games.
The audience soon entered the venue. In the blink of an eye, the cinema was full of seats. Zhang Meng and Zhou Shuhao were both nervous and surprised. Since Mr. Diet was here, he naturally had to support him to the end. Before the movie was screened, he also went on stage to say
A few enthusiastic words.
Then the lights dimmed, the big screen lit up, and the premiere of "Piano of Steel" officially began.
As the distant music of the Russian folk song "Three Sets of Vehicles" sounded, three huge cooling towers in the distance were releasing white steam to the gray sky.
As the camera slowly approached, outside the wall, a band of grass-roots band wrapped in black garbage bags was playing. He Xin, who was standing in front of him, seemed particularly serious.
When the audience saw it, they understood that this was probably a story about a grassroots band. You should know that from grassroots to celebrities, similar plots are the favorites of Westerners to watch.
After the prelude, the song sounded, and the mezzo-ton bel canto singing was heard, and the person was not seen. Although the lyrics were Chinese, there were still some knowledgeable audiences frowned slightly when they heard it, as if the singing was not very good.
The camera slowly shifted, holding an umbrella, draped in a coat, and wearing a cheap performance costume, was singing affectionately. Just as it was about to reach the climax of the song, the voice-over came: "Stop! Stop!"
The singing came to an abrupt end. He Xin, who was just as grassroots artistic as playing the accordion, nodding and bowing, full of humility.
"What's wrong, brother! What's wrong?"
"This song sounds so painful!"
"That won't work. That old man is so heavy when he listens to this song!"
"Ah? Yes yes yes..."
He Xin on the screen nodded and replied, but he still wanted to argue a few words.
But Cheng Hao, who was helping him hold an umbrella, pulled him and shouted simply at the outside of the painting: "Okay, okay, I know!"
He said to He Xin again: "Well, ask the old man to speed up!"
"Why are you walking so fast?"
"You care where she is going!"
He Xin had no choice but to turn around and shout at his small band: "Come on, let's do it step by step, let's take the lead!"
"One, two, three, go!"
The melody of the unique Guangdong folk music "BBG" sounds. As its name suggests, the melody is light and exciting, increasing layer by layer, with a bright rhythm, and the sound waves are up and down, and the music is full of motivation and makes people sway involuntarily.
From the heavy "Three Sets of Cars" to the light "BBK", although the audience is a little confused about the inexplicable voiceover, the musical transformation and the rare Chinese folk music make them start to gently shake their bodies according to the melody.
The camera moved slowly again, including the spirit shed, filial sons and grandchildren wearing mourning clothes, the funeral crowd, and the big "Dian". Although the foreigners do not recognize the square Chinese character, it does not prevent them from being happy.
Smile because there is a line of subtitles underneath "This is a traditional Chinese funeral!"
"Wow, it's so surprising!"
"Of course, at first I thought it was an open-air concert!"
“Is this a musical comedy?”
“This long shot is so beautiful, full of surprises and surprises!”
The audience whispered, and most of the audiences who were doing it at the film festival were knowledgeable. The six or seven-minute film started with a long shot that shot to the end. Moreover, the distance, medium scene, close-up and horizontal changes were excellent.
.
The camera flashed and jumped to another empty venue. This was a shot of a man and a woman, down and precious. The corresponding depth of field is dilapidated and tight and sturdy eaves.
"Divorce is to make each other happy. You let me go, I let you go!"
"I agree!"
"Just agree!"
"You can move the refrigerator, color TV, washing machine at home!"
"I don't want anything. Xiaoyuan, I want to take it away."
"What? Xiaoyuan, you take it away?"
"Chen Guilin, let me tell you that the child and you will not be happy!"
"Don't scare me with happiness, Xiaoyuan is very happy!"
...
As the two people talked, the audience understood that the man and the woman were going to divorce, which involved property division and custody of the child. The focus of the conflict was obviously that both parties had to custody of the child.
As the plot develops on the screen, the audience finally realizes that they have been deceived. This is not a movie with some musical theme, but a poor and unemployed father who uses abandoned steel from the factory in order to gain custody of his daughter.
The story of casting a "steel piano" full of fatherly love for his daughter.
The piano in the factory is really made of steel in the factory.
However, the film has a unique perspective and is humorous. In particular, He Xin completely creates a real and special image of a father in the film, with his unmarked performance style. He has a black humorous performance that transcends the conventional way, making the whole film full of the whole film
The video has a warm texture.
Unemployment is also empathetic for Westerners, but in the movie, He Xin plays Chen Guilin, a living wisdom full of small characters and an open-minded and optimistic attitude towards life, will make the ordinary life live a delicious, full of happiness and passion.
When you see Chen Guilin and his daughter together and working together in the factory, you can see the warm texture beyond the hardships of life, and it is fresh and full of vitality.
At the same time, the old Soviet songs in the movie also resonated with many audiences. Don’t forget that Berlin was once the capital of democratic Germany. Whenever these music sounded, the audience’s emotions were involuntarily driven.
To be honest, at first, He Xin was worried that when the audience found out that this was not a musical movie, would they leave early?
There were some viewers who left the venue, but not many. He counted silently and found that there were nearly 600 people who bought tickets at the scene, and no more than ten people left in the middle. This means that the audience accepted the movie and was willing to continue watching it.
At the end of the video, Xiaoyuan came to the dilapidated factory in his new father's snow-white BMW car, and used the steel piano to play a piano piece for the old father. The man finally failed to get custody of his daughter.
But it also fully interprets what kind of love is called letting go!
"Wow..."
...
"This is a life-long movie, there is reality in the absurdity, and the sense of alienation contains the past that you don't want to touch. Americans can only create Iron Man, but Chinese can create a piano of steel! Music and painting
The rendering is very contagious, but unfortunately the rhythm is not well controlled, and some paragraphs are loose and not concentrated enough."
--"screen"
"The affectionate memorial to the factory era, the surreal situation and pictures, the details are arranged in a unique and meticulous manner, and the grasp of black humor is just right. I miss that era that is not impetuous, the true portrayal of the Chinese working class, with a faint sadness in the humor, the Soviet Union
The taste is very strong, Kusturica's style. Music is an anti-film behavior, but the director is very smart. Using former Soviet music to promote the development of the plot is a feature and a illusion. This romantic feeling of the proletariat makes the ruins
It reveals a hope for life.”
——"Variety Show"
"The rare good script and a group of incredible good actors are full of feelings. But the director's function is almost completely missing. Basically, it's up to the pan and fixed lens to put the actor's outstanding performance into the frame.
, there is no scheduling. Some places are edited without intention. The worst thing is the processing of sound, the music is piled up too much, and the music is in and out of sloppy."
——The Hollywood Reporter
The next day, all the three major magazines made comments on "The Piano of the Steel", and the negative comments were almost all concentrated on the two controversial places, editing and music, while the performances of the actors were one-sidedly positive.
The main reason is that Zhang Meng is a new face, and the media always has some scrutiny of this young director. In the end, the magazine gave "Piano of Steel" a score of 2.5.
Ranked third among the seven films that have been unveiled, second only to the well-received "Whistle" and Roman Polansky's "Shadow Writer", the first two scored 2.9 and 2.8 respectively.