Chapter 669: Tokyo International Film Festival (2)
"Then you put this dress at the closing ceremony to wear it, doesn't it mean that Halle Berry wore this brand's dress to win the Oscar. He Xin smiled and comforted.
Cheng Hao still said with a depressed face: "What do you know, there was an agreement when I borrowed the dress, and it was stipulated that it must be red at the opening ceremony...... Worn on the green carpet. ”
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He Xin doesn't know much about those so-called big-name luxury goods, and he doesn't care about it himself. In his opinion, no matter what you eat, wear, or use, as long as it is delicious and comfortable, it is OK to be able to meet people.
This so-called deliberately raising the threshold, a style that ordinary people can't climb, is nothing more than a marketing strategy and an artificial creation of class. This is similar to what ancient China used to be crowned with royalty, tribute, and the like.
Hey, don't all the West talk about democracy? It can be seen that in their bones they have double standards.
But most people eat this, and even the girlfriend who has always claimed to be Buddhist will inevitably indulge in it, which shows that he still loves vanity in his bones.
"Okay, don't toss, take me out for a walk, didn't you say that there is a Japanese restaurant here that is particularly delicious. ”
This year's Tokyo Film Festival was held at the Shibuya Bunka Village, and their hotel was located right next to the Bunka Village. Shibuya is a thriving place in Tokyo, with a dense concentration of famous department stores, fashion specialty stores, restaurants, cafes, amusement facilities, and custom facilities, and is one of the "streets that never sleep 24 hours a day" along with Shinjuku.
There are also many cultural and entertainment facilities in Shibuya, such as Shibuya PARCO Theater, Quattro Club, CineSaison Shibuya, StudioPARCO, and many other livehouses, theaters, and movie theaters, and film festivals and music festivals are often held in Shibuya. In particular, the cinemas here often show off-the-beaten-path films with rich film writers.
The Tokyu Group's theater TOKYUTHEATREOrb is also located in Shibuya, occupying the 11th to 16th floors of the Shibuya Hikarie Building, where many world-class performances are staged.
Theaters, art galleries, and movies have given Shibuya a heavy cultural coat.
In addition, since the 1970s, thanks to the entry of fashion celebrities such as PARCO and OIOI, as well as the birth of Shibuya 109, it has become a fashion paradise for young Japanese people, and almost all the big brands in the world can be found here.
It is said that when Wu Kebo was working hard in Japan, he was mixed in this generation. And when Cheng Hao signed a contract with Lao Wu Company before, because of filming and endorsements, he often came here and was very familiar with this place.
This time they came to the Tokyo Film Festival, and their schedule was tighter than that of the three major European festivals in the past, mainly related to the Chinese film festival here.
The opening ceremony on the 18th; the opening ceremony of the China Film Festival on the afternoon of the 19th, and a reception in the evening; on the morning of the 20th, the premiere press conference of "Ten Thousand Arrows Pierce the Heart" will be premiered in the afternoon, and then the conference will also arrange face-to-face exchanges between fans, media reporters and the main creators, and the crew will hold a thank-you reception in the evening; during this period, the other eight films of the China Film Festival will be screened, so they have to go to the venue; on the 23rd and 24th, they will rush back to China to participate in the premiere of "Ten Thousand Arrows Through the Heart" in Wuhan; and on the 26th, they will rush back to attend the premiere.
Fortunately, Japan is so close that the journey takes less time than some domestic flights, with a time difference of only an hour, making it easy to go back and forth.
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"Hey, director Feng Xiaoning said that "Super Typhoon" is on an equal footing with the Hollywood blockbuster "The Day After Tomorrow". ”
The next morning, when everyone gathered for breakfast, Xiao Douding, who was looking down to read the local newspaper, was suddenly surprised.
Anyway, in addition to a temporary Japanese translator, she can understand Japanese.
"What do you say?" asked the person next to him.
"Well, director Feng Xiaoning said, three-dimensional computer stunts, synthetic computer stunts, real-life stunts, they all have the stunts of American blockbusters. And they use a combination of 8/10 real scenes and 2/10 high-tech mode, which is particularly realistic, and in terms of visual impact, it is definitely not under "The Day After Tomorrow......"
It's just that before she finished reading the contents of the newspaper, Wang Xiaoshuai snorted disdainfully: "It's just bragging, not a draft!" The total investment of "Super Typhoon" is only 50 million, how can it be compared with the acquired income of others? Moreover, the level of special effects in China is ...... I want to win both the box office and the award, where can I find such a good thing. ”
Wang Xiaoshuai is one of the few directors in China who insists that film is art, and as a director who has been excluded from the system for a long time, he has a natural resistance to Feng Xiaoning, the main theme director in the system.
At the same time, as the second graduate of Nortel's directing department after the class of 78, and as a beautiful son of heaven on Nortel's campus, he has a natural contempt for directors like Feng Xiaoning, who graduated from the art department and became a monk halfway.
Of course, the national teachers who graduated from the Department of Photography are different.
Another very important reason is that the film "Super Typhoon" was not shortlisted for the main competition unit of this film festival at the beginning, but the theme of this year's Tokyo Film Festival was set as the concept of environmental protection to protect the earth, and "Super Typhoon" just catered to the theme, so it was invited to participate again.
Not because of the quality of the movie itself, but because of the so-called "political correctness", for which Wang Xiaoshuai is quite disdainful.
However, Feng Xiaoning's cowhide is indeed a bit big, everyone knows what level of domestic computer stunts is these years, not to mention that compared with Hollywood, which has an extremely developed film industry, there is still a big gap with Japan, South Korea and even Hong Kong and Taiwan. Otherwise, how could it be dubbed the "five-cent stunt"?
Although the festival will open in the evening, the organizers still attach great importance to Wang Xiaoshuai, a "director of the famous Asian film festival genre", who has brought a new work to the Tokyo Film Festival for the first time.
Because I need an interpreter for an interview, it's a hassle. In fact, compared with those Hong Kong and Taiwan stars who are popular all over Asia, He Xin's popularity in Japan is not high, except for niche literary films, probably relying on "Wuji" and "Seven Swords", which have achieved good box office in Japan, to be familiar.
During the interview, he was relatively low-key, and most of the time he sat there quietly watching Wang Xiaoshuai pretending to be forced there. But to be honest, the Japanese side has more respect for the director than the actor, and even the host's degree of deference when asking questions seems to be exaggerated.
"Director Wang, I remember that you said at the Cannes International Film Festival that the film festival is just a display platform, but as the Tokyo International Film Festival approaches and begins, do you raise your expectations for this film festival?"
"Oh, did I say that?" Wang Xiaoshuai asked rhetorically.
Of course, he said it, but at that time, when his movie "Second Brother" was determined to not win the award, he said that a typical fox eats grapes.
However, without waiting for the host to answer, he talked eloquently in front of the camera: "I have always thought that the film festival is a very good platform to help me introduce my films to the world.
Regardless of whether it is a screening or a competition, one of the basic purposes of "Ten Thousand Arrows Through the Heart" is to let everyone see that our directors and actors actively represent Chinese films and participate in the film festival with a serious and cheerful attitude.
I think the awards of the film festival are a game in the industry, and the blending of personal opinions is very casual in it. Winning an award at a film festival is like buying a lottery ticket, where the element of chance and luck is too high.
In today's multicultural world, we must also diversify our perspectives in order to better integrate into the world and the world's culture. We should respect each other, understand each other, and it doesn't matter whether we win awards or not......"
Wang Xiaoshuai stretched out his hands in front of the camera, acting like a grandmaster, and he was forced to do it in old clothes.
It's just that when they came back from recording the interview, they learned a shocking news: Xie Jin, a leading figure in my country's directorship, unfortunately passed away in the early hours of this morning.
This news suddenly became the headline of today's entertainment news, and the entertainment sections of major portals interviewed many film and television stars who were popular with Xie Lao for the first time.
Liu Xiaoqing's grandmother hurriedly expressed her feelings in words after learning the news, and her tears kept flowing, she said that she had planned to go to Shanghai to celebrate her 85th birthday with Director Xie, but now she hopes to rush to comfort Director Xie's family.
Because Jiang Wen is abroad, the studio said that it is trying to contact Jiang Wen, and I believe that this sad news will definitely make Jiang Wen very sad.
Fan Xiaopang, who was born in Hengtong Art School and is nominally an old student of Xie, said that he was almost speechless after learning the news, and he could only be interviewed after his mood calmed down.
In the evening, when everyone arrived at the opening ceremony, they flocked to the domestic media reporters for interviews, and they also focused on this topic.
In addition to the Chinese delegation led by the deputy director of the General Administration, including the Kurosawa Akira Award, which has been confirmed to win the lifetime achievement award of this film festival a few days ago, Director Chen Dadao, who is working in Japan for the later stage of "Mei Lanfang", and Wu Yusen, the director of the opening film "Red Cliff", led Liang Chaowei, Jin Chengwu, Lin Zhilin, Zhao Wei and other main creators to the scene.
Zhao Yanzi, who was once a graduate of the first session of Hengtong Art School and starred in the movie "Daughter Valley" directed by Xie Lao, naturally became the object of media interviews.
Zhao Yanzi's face was haggard, and he didn't even put on makeup, and said with a look of reverence while being sad: "He walked very chicly, and he didn't like everyone's sympathy and pity very much." ”
And said that he would return to China in advance, hoping to send the teacher on his last journey.
As for He Xin, Cheng Hao, Wang Xiaoshuai and others, they don't have much intersection with Xie Lao, but occasionally they have had a few contacts with Xie Lao, one of the old artist groups who attended as a mascot, at the award ceremony similar to the Golden Rooster Award and Huabiao Award.
"It's a pity that director Xie Jin is an epoch-making figure in Chinese cinema, and his departure is a loss to all of us filmmakers and audiences. ”
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