Alberto looked at Lan Li with a smile on his face, more serious than ever, carefully observing the slight changes in Lan Li's expression, a little stunned for a moment, but fleeting, and then he smiled again, "You are really a charming guy, you should be used to such words, right?"

The corners of Lan Li's mouth rose slightly, "Praise can make the devil dance, who can resist it?"

"Haha. Alberto laughed heartily again, the loud and hearty laughter made Lan Li's eardrums vibrate faintly, for a sixty-year-old man, it can be described as full of energy, "Although I still don't fully understand what you are talking about, I can perceive that this should be a breakthrough that will change the entire industry, as for whether it is good or bad, I can't judge, the only thing I can say is that I admire your courage." ”

"Just admiration? What about joining? I thought we were ready to work together for the long haul. Lan Li's tone maintained a brisk joking and teasing, even if he was rejected, he was not surprised at all, because he knew that between them, all of this would take time to precipitate and brew.

Alberto just calmly spread his hands, "You should know that some things are not so simple, as you just said, are you sure we need to continue to waste time on this issue?"

Lan Li pursed the corners of her mouth and gently bowed her head in agreement, "That's fair." ”

In fact, the cooperation between the three major European film festivals and the Don Quixote channel is possible, and Lan Li personally believes that Berlin is the most likely, followed by Cannes, and Venice is the most difficult.

From the perspective of historical development, "Roma", directed by Alfonso Cuarón and invested and produced by Netflix, was rejected by Cannes to move to Venice, and finally successfully topped the Golden Lion, which seems to mean that Venice is more receptive to streaming media, but this is only a superficial illusion

France's rigid rule that Cannes entries must be screened for a certain number of weeks, while Italy's none, has led to this result, but the level of acceptance and discussion of streaming media is systematically watched in France, Italy's lack of an adequate institutional framework, and the intricacies of power relations at the Venice Film Festival make the prospects for cooperation more uncertain.

As Alberto said, the Blue Rite was not at all unexpected, just as the Blue Rite was invited to be the president of the jury, and the cooperation between Venice and Don Quixote was fraught with difficulties, and at this point in time, there was no need to discuss it further, because it simply could not have happened.

Furthermore, the cooperation with the three major film festivals in Europe is not the best time now, and Lanli is mentally prepared.

However, Lan Li has planted a seed now, waiting for the long development process in the future to be slowly watered, looking forward to the day when it can really blossom and bear fruit, anyway, the development plan of Don Quixote channel is not something that can be achieved overnight in the short term.

Although Lan Li expressed his understanding and did not continue to dwell on it, Alberto's thoughts still could not be immediately shaken off, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt ...... Crazy, Lan Li's idea is really shocking, which further confirms Alberto's determination and desire to cooperate with Lan Li.

After a little relief, Alberto continued, "Although the streaming platform may be difficult, we can still work together for the long term, and the films produced by Sisyphus Films, we are ready to welcome you to Venice." That's when Alberto really got to the point, "Especially the work you're in, and we're all hands up to welcome it, and we're full of confidence, and it's going to be a good start to a good collaboration." ”

Lan Li chuckled, "It's an honor for any film to go to Venice, it seems that we need to focus on filmmaking, otherwise we will live up to Mr. Alberto's trust, which is not good." "It's not a polite remark, even if they don't go to Venice, Sisyphus Pictures needs to get stuck in the quality of their work, otherwise a little loss and failure can put them on the path of DreamWorks.

"There's an opportunity now. Alberto was so caught in a circle by the Blue Rite that he almost forgot his original purpose, and now he was finally back on track, "Would 'Burst Drummer' and 'Nightcrawler' want to come to Venice?"

This is the direct goal of Alberto's special trip to New Orleans!

Everything else is a follow-up plan, and the starting point for the whole project is "Burst Drummer" and "Nightcrawler", which Alberto hopes will appear in the main competition.

For the three major European film festivals, the film works apply for their own registration, and then the film selection committee will watch and evaluate the works that are suitable for each unit. On average, every year of a film festival, the selection committee needs to watch 300 or more works, which is not an easy task.

But there are a small number of cases that are exceptional, such as Quentin Tarantino or Woody Allen shooting a new work, then the film festival will take the initiative to send an invitation, hoping that the film can come to the exhibition;

Occasionally, there will be some embarrassing situations, the film festival invited a certain director master to participate in the competition, and the master did complete the work in a hurry, but the quality of the finished product was not satisfactory, and the selection committee could only refuse, which is very embarrassing from the perspective of human favor and face, but it does happen occasionally.

Just as Cannes has established its own lineage, in fact, Berlin and Venice also have it, but the influence of the latter two lineage is not perfect enough, and the influence is relatively limited.

Now, Alberto has arrived in New Orleans for two Sisyphus Pictures films.

Knowing Alberto's intention, Lan Li was still slightly surprised, although from an objective standpoint, this was an unexpected but reasonable answer: otherwise, there was really no connection between Lan Li and Alberto, how could Alberto make a special trip to visit the class?

The reason for the surprise is mainly because of Lan Li himself, he has never really put himself in the position of the producer, and has never really interfered in the film's production, distribution and publicity plan and other behind-the-scenes work; now, Alberto has made a special trip to ask Lan Li's opinion, even if this is the most reasonable explanation, the unexpected emotions are still surging.

Lan Li paused for a moment, and then asked a very rudimentary question, "But the 'Burst Drummer' has already participated in the Sundance Film Festival, can he continue to participate in the Venice Film Festival? ”

Sure enough, it was a rudimentary question, and Alberto laughed merrily, "I have never heard of such a rule, at least not in Venice. ”

In fact, the three major European film festivals do not have such hard rules, and the reason why they are more inclined to world premiere works is to ensure attention and attractiveness, after all, those works that have been officially premiered lack the attribute of "uniqueness", and they are more or less influential, which is just a tendency to be considered by the market, and from the perspective of rules and regulations, there are no relevant provisions at all.

Last year's Sundance Grand Jury Prize, "Frutville Station", then went to the Cannes Film Festival, not the main competition, but also participated in a kind of attention section, and similarly, the 2012 Sundance Film Festival's Jury Prize "Southern Beast" was also shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard section, and won a series of awards in Cannes, and finally entered the year-end awards season in one go, and was an upset in the Oscar nomination stage.

This year's critically acclaimed "God Help Girls" by Sundance went to the Berlinale just two weeks later to participate in the screening of the Crystal Bear section.

The list goes on and on, but at the end of the day, festival screenings are confined to a specific group of people, and it's perfectly normal to travel from one film festival to another, even the three major European film festivals, including the unbeatable Cannes Film Festival.

"As for other film festivals, I'm not familiar with them. Alberto's eyes flashed with a sly light, and although he did not explicitly name him, the hints in his words clearly pointed to Cannes

This year's Cannes Film Festival did not extend an olive branch to the "Burst Drummer", and also rejected the "Night Stalker", because the style of both works was too gloomy and dark to fit the style of Cannes. But now, in Alberto's hints, something else is deduced, is this a stumbling block?

Lan Li couldn't help but think of last year's Cannes attendance, those high-level officials were also openly and secretly holding Venice at bay, and the competition between the two sides was really unbearable, and more importantly, Berlin seemed to be isolated like this, if the three film festivals were personified, the relationship between each other would become more and more interesting, which was really intriguing, which also made Lan Li smile widely.

"Personally, I'm really, really looking forward to seeing you back in Venice, the 'Burst Drummer' has received a lot of praise at Sundance, our expectations are getting higher and higher, I can't wait to see this work, and I sincerely hope that the Italian audience will be able to enjoy it for the first time. Alberto further added, his eyes shining with sincerity and brightness.

"And, of course, Jake Gyllenhaal. ”

Just as Lan Li was about to speak, Alberto added this sentence, which made Lan Li chuckle directly, "I don't think Jack will be satisfied with such treatment, he should also be the protagonist, right?"