Hearing this, Truffaut chuckled and said, "You are very confident. ”

Xu Wangqiu said firmly: "Because I believe that people who really love movies will not let movies die." Just like you, if you continue to follow the path of the New Wave, you will still be sought after by intellectuals, and you will still be the most combative hero in their hearts. But you choose to return to commercial films, even if you know that intellectuals and critics call you a traitor Truffaut, even if you know that your former comrade-in-arms Godard will break with you, you still have no regrets.

The path you choose is more difficult than anyone else's, and you try to mix elements of the Hollywood genre, Hitchcock's suspense, the French literary tradition, pop culture, and more, and dissolve it all into your own unwavering authorial style. You strive to bridge the gap between business and art in your films, you try to inject light-hearted and witty entertainment into the most personal films, and you imprint a distinct personal mark on the most popular genre films. These movies may not be as sensational as "Four Hundred Blows", but at least they show the way for those of us who come after us, and there will be countless followers who will continue to follow the path you have guided. ”

Truffaut came back to his senses after hearing Xu Wangqiu's words: "It turns out that the person who knows me best in this world is not my friend, not an intellectual and a film critic, but a Chinese boy." He grabbed Xu Wangqiu's hand and shook it vigorously, his somewhat melancholy eyes flashed with excitement: "With the existence of a young director like you, I believe that the movie will not die." ”

Soon, other guests entered the venue, Xu Wangqiu said hello to Truffaut, and greeted the guests with a smile.

When the red carpet ceremony was over, all the guests entered the venue, and Xu Wangqiu returned to his seat. Zhang Yimou's head stretched out and asked curiously, "Wangqiu, what did you talk to Truffaut about just now, I think he seems to be very happy." ”

Xu Wangqiu chuckled: "I told him that the movie won't die." ”

Zhang Yimou knew that there were many people abroad who thought that the movie might die, so he said: "Is Truffaut also worried that the movie will die?"

Xu Wangqiu did not answer, but said: "A few years ago, Truffaut received an invitation from the American director Spielberg to play a role in "The Third Kind of Contact". Truffaut knew that if he agreed, he would be frantically attacked by French critics and Godard for surrendering to Hollywood, but he did not hesitate to agree. Do you know why?"

Zhang Yimou pulled "Contact of the Third Kind" and was very surprised when he saw Truffaut starring in "Contact of the Third Kind", Truffaut was the main general of the New Wave, and Spielberg was a commercial film director who had recently emerged in Hollywood, and it was completely unrelated, so how could Truffaut star in Spielberg's film? He thought about this question, but there was no answer. Now that he heard Xu Wangqiu ask, he said curiously, "Why?"

Xu Wangqiu turned his head to look at Truffaut not far away: "The same reason why he is here, he is supporting Spielberg, and at the same time conveying a voice to the world, there is nothing wrong with making commercial films, and the perfect integration of business and art is the right direction." ”

Zhang Yimou suddenly realized, and at the same time very excited, those experts and film critics in China who regard the New Wave as the only one and frantically reject commercial films will definitely collapse when they hear this news, and the main generals of the New Wave will come out to support us!

Soon the lights in the screening room went out and the film officially began.

Lin Qingxia watched it for less than ten minutes, and was completely conquered by "Falcon". In the 70s, Taiwan was expelled from the United Nations, the United States and Taiwan severed diplomatic relations, and in addition to the Diaoyu Island crisis, new hatred and old hatred were added together, and there was a craze for making anti-Japanese political propaganda films in Taiwan. "Eight Hundred Heroes", "The Legend of the Heroes of Jianqiao", "A Thousand Autumns of Heroes" and other anti-Japanese war blockbusters appeared one after another. Lin Qingxia has not only watched these movies, but also starred in "Eight Hundred Heroes", playing Yang Huimin who sent the blue sky and white sun flag to the Sixing warehouse in the movie.

It is precisely because she has starred in war movies that Lin Qingxia knows how high the standard of "Falcon" is. She feels that compared with "Falcon", Taiwan's anti-Japanese political propaganda film is not a level of stuff at all, and even Hollywood may be difficult to make a movie like "Falcon". At this time, Lin Qingxia finally understood why masters like Truffaut and Polanski would come to the show, which was the sympathy between artists.

Lin Qingxia glanced in the direction where Xu Wangqiu was, and thought to herself that there was no director of this level in Taiwan, if only Taiwan and the mainland were not so opposed, maybe we could really cooperate, but it's a pity......

When Truffaut watched "The Rape", he already realized that Xu Wangqiu was the kind of director who could perfectly integrate business and art, and could use the author's film technique to make commercial films, and he could shoot them very well. In this respect, there is some resemblance to Spielberg. However, Spielberg is more commercial, while Xu Wangqiu is more creative in audiovisual language. He read in the newspaper that there was also a debate between commercial films and art films in China, and the vast majority of people in the entire film industry believed that Chinese films should follow the New Wave and follow the path of art films, while commercial films were under siege. He was particularly worried that Xu Wangqiu would not be able to withstand the pressure and would completely turn to art films, so after knowing that Xu Wangqiu's film would premiere in Cannes, he decided to come over and cheer.

But shortly after the film began, his fears went up in smoke. Instead of turning to art films, Xu Wangqiu rose to the challenge and became more commercial. Of course, Xu Wangqiu did not throw away his creativity, "Falcon" has an extremely high artistic standard, is extremely creative in audiovisual language, and there are many new things appearing.

Truffaut turned his head to look at Xu Wangqiu, remembering what Xu Wangqiu said to himself just now, he couldn't help but show a faint smile, thinking, I am already in my fifties, creativity is declining, and the future of cinema really depends on you young people!

Polanski doesn't have Truffaut's, I took the film into the pit, and I had to pull it out of the pit. He focused more on audio-visual language when watching movies, and he found that Xu Wangqiu took a step forward on the basis of "Hoe Rape" in terms of realism, and the style of the film was closer to that of a documentary. A lot of the footage doesn't look like it's deliberately arranged, but it's captured on the battlefield.

The average length of the shot in "Falcon" is longer and there are more long shots than in "The Hoe". In particular, the long shot of the PLA charge shot with the cableway photography system simply stunned him. This is definitely the most awesome long shot he has ever seen, and the difficulty of shooting and the high level of scheduling are simply unparalleled. He heard Chabrol next to him spit out a dirty word, "How the hell did you shoot this", he nodded slightly, and said softly: "Yes, how did you shoot this?"

If the long shot of the PLA charge is amazing, then the long shot of simulating the flight of an artillery shell can be said to be a masterpiece that people worship.

In the third part of the Soviet version of "War and Peace", there is a scene that simulates the flight trajectory of an artillery shell, the shell crosses the air and finally falls to the position of the Russian army, but the advance distance of that shot is only a few tens of meters, and the effect is not particularly good. This shot of "Falcon" is different, flying several kilometers away, simulating the whole process of the shell from the time it is fired to the time it lands on the Vietnamese position.

The cannon roared on the screen, and the camera quickly pushed high into the air and pushed towards the Vietnamese position at high speed. As the camera advances, the top of the shell can be clearly seen in the lower part of the frame. Underneath the shells, PLA units, tanks quickly moved back and quickly disappeared into the shot. After passing through the positions of the People's Liberation Army and through the empty space between the positions of the two armies, the positions of the Vietnamese army appear in the shot. However, the camera movement did not stop and continued to move forward. When the Vietnamese heavy artillery position appears in the shot, the camera suddenly begins to descend and slam towards the ground.

In the camera footage, the heavy artillery position not only exploded, but the dust was flying, and the fire was filled, and the Vietnamese soldiers were scurrying around like headless flies. The camera lens dives towards a heavy cannon on the ground. As the camera advanced, the cannon got closer, closer and closer. Immediately after the camera switched, the panoramic shot, and with a loud bang, the heavy cannon exploded violently. In the dust and fire, one of the tires of the heavy artillery was blown up, like a discus thrown by a giant, and flew far away.

After a while, Polanski spat out a sentence: "How the hell did you shoot this?"

Chabrol next to him made the same exclamation: "yes, how the hell did you shoot this?"

Qin Xianglin has a deep hostility towards Xu Wangqiu, and he came to watch "Falcon" with a provocative mentality. In the first half hour of the movie, he kept finding faults, not right here, not good there. However, after watching it for half an hour, he still unconsciously entered the movie, completely forgetting his purpose, and his heart couldn't help but rise and fall as the story progressed.

When the film ended, Truffaut was the first to stand up and show his support for the film with applause. Polanski and Chabrol then stood up and clapped their hands vigorously, and then the audience stood up and gave the warmest applause. The huge sound wave turned the entire movie palace into a small boat in the ocean, which kept rising and falling in the sound waves.

Qin Xianglin also stood up involuntarily and applauded with the audience. This movie is too wonderful and good-looking, more exciting and good-looking than all the war movies he has ever seen. He couldn't control his emotions and could only express his love for the film with applause.

While applauding, an audience member next to him excitedly shouted at his companions: "Oh my God, this is so exciting! I love this Chinese director to death, and I will be his fan from now on." By the way, what's his name?" replied, "It's Xu Wangqiu." ”

This sentence was like a basin of cold water poured on his head, extinguishing all the flames and excitement in Qin Xianglin's heart. Only then did he remember that this movie was made by Xu Wangqiu, and he came here to pick on it. He clasped his hands in front of his chest, sat on a stool, and criticized: "This movie is extremely mentally retarded, the plot is empty, there is no connotation at all, it is simply a bad movie." ”

At the same time, Truffaut walked up to Xu Wangqiu's side and applauded him with a smile: "This movie is simply amazing. As a commercial film, there are magnificent scenes and exciting stories, while as an art film, the film is very creative, with many imaginative shots and many innovations in audio-visual language. I was not wrong and I was very happy to be at the premiere of Falcon. ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled and thanked him: "Thank you, Mr. Truffaut." I'm glad to hear you say that. ”

At this moment, Chabrol walked over: "This movie is so amazing, in the process of watching the movie, I was shocked again and again. What surprised me the most was the shot that simulated the flight of a cannonball, how was that shot? That shot was really incredible. ”

Polanski chimed in: "That shot almost scared my pee out. When Bondarchuk was filming "War and Peace", he racked his brains, but he only shot a shot of flying a few tens of meters, and you flew a few kilometers, how did you do it?"