Chapter 69: Selling Films (4/5)
Yu Feihong tilted her head and thought for a long time, and then replied: "Very interesting!"
ββ¦ Is the movie interesting, or is the director interesting?"
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Sister Yu smiled but didn't answer...
Although I don't quite understand the meaning of this smile, I just take it as a compliment...
After all, Zhang Junsheng has 8====D...
Most of the men are 8-...
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"A masterpiece of non-linear narrative cinema. The structure is clever and full of meaning, and the dialogue is wonderful. Everyone in the film has good qualities, but they are hopelessly dark and confused. Each paragraph is not divided into beginning and end, complementing each other, and the beginning and end are connected, suggesting that the plot similar to the one in the film is always happening in reality and never stops. βThe Hollywood Reporter
"The film reflects violence with a unique aesthetic and adopts a unique scatter shooting technique. This stylized film noir thrusts marginalized characters and directors into the public eye. In terms of narrative structure, Tarantino also did not use the usual chronological structure, but used an exquisite structure of nested flashbacks in a loop to tell the whole story. - "Variety"
"In terms of film structure, this film is a revolution!" β Berlin Cinema
By the way, the Berlin film house magazine gave "Vulgar" a score of 3.6!
That's a high score, out of 4!
In the past ten years, the highest-rated film in the Berlin Film Festival is "Blood is Coming", with a score of 3.5, which is called the "Citizen Kane" of the 21st century by many media;
Now the score of "Vulgar" is 3.6, which is 0.1 higher than "Blood is Coming"...
After the score of the house magazine was released, the crew of "Vulgar" and the tourists of Yuehua were very excited!
Tang Ningyu said: "Junsheng, the score of the field magazine is close to a full score, the Golden Bear should be won!"
Zhang Junsheng shook his head: "How can it be so easy, the house magazine has always been an anti-wind vane, the number one movie in the house magazine has won the highest award very few, and now it is almost a curse, although last year's "Blood is Coming" scored 3.4 points, but only won the recent love director, so it may not be a good thing to get the first place in the house magazine!"
The three major European ones have created countless unjust cases!
At last year's Olin International Film Festival, "Blood is Coming" not only set the highest score in the field magazine, but also won the collective praise of film critics and audiences!
And then what?
The chairman of the jury, led by French director Costa Gavras, led the jury, and still went his own way, awarding the Palme d'Or to the Brazilian film "Elite Troops"...
At the moment of the upset award, the audience and reporters booed and even left the seat directly.
As a result, although the Berlinale won the award, it was strongly questioned...
Because, in a sense, "Elite Troops" is a very typical commercial film!
It can only be said that Costa Gavras has a unique vision!
It's still not as good as our old king, the king of sunglasses at the 59th Cannes Film Festival, after letting go of himself, he awarded five movie stars and six movie queens in one go!
That year, old man Jill Jacob spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and then Lao Wang, a master of Cannes film, went to the Berlin Film Festival to have fun.
At film festivals, the tastes of the judges sometimes determine the attribution of film awards.
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"Mei Lanfang" was released on the third day, and after all, director Kai Geda was the winner of the Palme d'Or, and there were still many die-hard fans at the scene.
At the end of the screening, many people shook their heads...
As we all know, each film festival has its own "preferences", that is, each film festival or competition has personality characteristics, and it is particularly important to choose the right film festival to participate, and "Mei Lanfang" obviously chose the wrong film festival. β
The Berlinale is more inclined to reflect the context of political life, and the award-winning films are mostly serious and steady, and they have a soft spot for films that reflect war, current turmoil, cultural differences, and ethical themes. β
"Mei Lanfang", which shows the artist's personal growth experience, is not superior in terms of politics, on the contrary, in order to take into account the box office and audience acceptance of the film, the director puts more energy on showing the magnificent romance of the artist's artistic life. This kind of weight is too frivolous for the Berlin Film Festival, and perhaps it is more suitable for the Cannes Film Festival, which advocates art and pursues sensibility. β
Hehe, Cannes is not as easy to talk as the Berlin Film Festival!
"Mei Lanfang", Brother Chen Kai not only wanted to win the award, but also wanted to win the box office, but the result was that he didn't do well in either aspect...
Peking Opera is the quintessence of the art in China, but it is not popular in the West, and telling the personal artistic experience of a Peking Opera artist has undoubtedly reduced the audience of the film again!
After the movie ended, there was sparse applause at the scene, indicating everyone's attitude towards the movie...
Why don't you go to the Tokyo Film Festival...
But for Chen Kaige, he has already won the Palme d'Or, he is already a master, perhaps, he can't look down on the Tokyo Film Festival!
It's hard to sell!
However, the domestic media reported good news but not bad news, and all kinds of renderings of how "Mei Lanfang" conquered the Berlin Film Festival, mentioned a lot of "Mei Lanfang Night", and did not mention the sales of sea rights...
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The release of "Vulgar" has been won by Summit Entertainment and See-Sa!
The issuance situation in Asia, Yuehua trading...
The time is coordinated, and it will be officially released in March!
South America, you say?
Oh, that's the back garden of North American cinema...
The main thing is "Love Has an Afterlife"...
At this time, in the salon area of the cocktail party specially held by Yuehua, Zhang Junsheng and Yu Feihong were chatting with the heads of several companies.
"Zhang, with all due respect, I can't understand a movie like "Love Has an Afterlife"!"
This man's name is Lauren Dutron, the distributor of MK2 in France, MK2 makes the French film company, the distribution network all over Europe!
In fact, Zhang Junsheng originally planned for See-Sa to release "Love Has an Afterlife".
Here's the problem, Emile Sherman can't read "Love Has an Afterlife"...
"Why can't you just say it? He's been waiting for fifty years!"
Yu Feihong patiently explained, "People and ghosts have different paths..."
I can't say that if Ah Ming told Ah Jiu directly, this story would not be moving...
"But he said it anyway!"
"He didn't tell that Mo Xiaoyu, he just told his own story!"
ββ¦ I don't understand!"
Lauren Dutron spread his hands and said innocently: "Why can't you tell her about this kind of thing? Seth gave up his identity as an angel for Meggie, gave up eternal life, and fell into the mortal world. β
He feels that "Love Has an Afterlife" is a bit like "City of Angels"...
"To put it simply, this is the story of a ghost who refuses to disappear because of his resentment!"
Zhang Junsheng couldn't hold back and joined the topic.
"How?"
"Why did Ah Ming turn into a ghost and wait for Ah Jiu? He wanted to tell her that he loved her, this is a very touching love story!"
After a while, Lauren Dutron spoke: "If it is understood in this way, it will be much easier... However, there are no particularly famous stars in this movie, and I will pay a maximum of 300,000 euros!"
Zhang Junsheng looked at Emil Sherman, who understood: "I can try to release it, but I want to represent it!"
The so-called agency is to entrust the other party with carte blanche to do it, how people want to trade, whether it is a buyout, whether it is a dividend, whether it is released in their own theaters, you can't control it.
Then, from the gross profit, the other party deducts a certain percentage of the commission, which is counted as an agency fee, and the rest is given to the producer.
This agency cost is about 30%!
Zhang Junsheng is a little anxious, Emir's offer is too high, what if MK2 doesn't follow?
See-Sa, a European distribution company funded by Zhang Junsheng, is the head of Emile Sherman!
Well, Zhang Junsheng himself is not very optimistic about the overseas results of "Love Has an Afterlife"...