Chapter 691: Chinese Movies Are Entrusted to You

Zhang Ran walked on the red carpet with the crew of "Tangshan Earthquake", the Asian Film Academy Awards were organized by him, and "Tangshan Earthquake" is the biggest favorite of the Asian Film Academy Awards, and he must give his full support. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Like the previous two editions, this year's Asian Film Academy Awards are also full of strong films, including Dongying's "The Undertaker" and "Tokyo Sonata", South Korea's "The Chaser", China's "Lust Caution" and "Tangshan Earthquake" and other films, of which "Tangshan Earthquake" won nine nominations including Best Actor and Actress, Best Director, and Best Picture, ranking first, Dongying's film "The Undertaker" ranked second with eight nominations, and Ang Lee's "Lust Caution" and Kurosawa Kiyoshi's "Tokyo Sonata" both received six nominations and ranked third.

Since the Asian Film Academy Awards were held in China, and "Tangshan Earthquake" swept the whole of Asia at the beginning of this year, with a bumper harvest in word-of-mouth and box office, domestic audiences have high hopes for "Tangshan Earthquake", hoping that the film can sweep all awards and keep all the awards in China.

Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu are not the first time to attend the award ceremony, they look at the award relatively lightly, they seem very relaxed, and they can't stop laughing, while Wang Luodan and Ji Chen seem a little absent-minded, they are the first time to participate in the award ceremony, and it is also the first time to get the nomination, and they are both nervous and expectant.

Zhang Ran saw that Wang Luodan and Ji Chen were nervous and excited, and pointed to the ground: "Dandan, your wallet has fallen!"

When Wang Luodan heard this, she hurriedly looked on the ground and found that the ground was empty, where was the shadow of a wallet, and she remembered that she was wearing a dress, and she didn't bring a wallet at all, and her face was speechless: "Teacher Zhang, you are too naughty!"

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "Don't think about winning awards, I asked about the results of the next few awards yesterday, and the biggest winner this time is "The Undertaker", we only have two small awards, so don't think about it!"

Wang Luodan was slightly stunned: "Dongying's movie is a big winner, is that movie that good?"

Zhang Ran nodded and said: ""The Undertaker" is not surprising in terms of film techniques, but it is shot very steadily, the film runs through death, highlighting the dignity of life and death, no surprise, it will be the biggest favorite for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film next year!" Zhang Ran patted Wang Luodan on the shoulder: "You and Ji Chen are still young, it's already very good to be nominated for the first time you make a movie, and you will definitely get all the awards you should win in the future, this time the competition is too strong, you just look at it!"

Hearing Zhang Ran say this, Wang Luodan suddenly gave up: "There are so many competitors who are so strong, I am already very satisfied to be nominated, it is normal not to win the award, it is expected." ”

Zhang Ran smiled and nodded: "It's best to think like this." ”

With Zhang Ran taking the vaccination, Wang Luodan and Ji Chen suddenly relaxed, and began to talk and laugh. Just like Zhang Ran said, they are only 25 years old, their careers have just begun, and being able to be nominated is already a huge honor for them. This award is to select the five best films from all over Asia, and to be nominated shows that you have done a good enough.

The award ceremony began quickly, and the award for best screenplay was presented first, and the Toei film "Tokyo Sonata" won the award unexpectedly, beating many excellent works including "The Undertaker" and "Tangshan Earthquake", followed by the Korean film "Chaser" successfully won the best editing, and Hisaishi Jeanya successfully won the best soundtrack for "The Goldfish on the Cliff".

"Tangshan Earthquake", as the favorite of this Asian Film Awards, is naturally not to be outdone, winning two awards in succession for best visual effects and best cinematography; Ang Lee's "Lust and Caution" also successfully won the best art direction, while "The Undertaker" won nothing.

After several awards were handed out in quick succession, it was the turn of the Lifetime Achievement Award. This time, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Asian Film Academy Awards was awarded to director Xie Jin, but unfortunately, just ten days ago, director Xie Jin passed away, and today he was unable to come to the scene in person, and it was his wife Ms. Xu Dawen who received the award.

Director Xie Jin's contribution to the history of Chinese cinema is irreplaceable, he is a milestone in Chinese cinema, and he is also the grandmaster of Chinese cinema, he represents an era, but also represents the culture of an era, therefore, when Ms. Xu Dawen appeared on the stage, the audience collectively gave a standing ovation, and the whole scene resounded with a tsunami-like applause.

Xu Dawen said sadly: "Xie Jin likes the Asian Film Academy very much, he said that it is right to run this school, Chinese films should learn from Hollywood, and when he knew that the Asian Film Academy was going to award the Lifetime Achievement Award to himself, he was very happy, and said that he would have a good chat with young directors like Zhang Ran when the time came, but unfortunately he couldn't wait for this day!"

The atmosphere suddenly became sentimental, and some of the actresses had red eyes. Many of the people present grew up watching Xie Jin's movies, and for his departure, everyone can only see him off in their hearts, Director Xie Jin has gone all the way, and may there be movies in heaven!

Xu Dawen continued: "Before Xie Jin died, as if he had a premonition that his time was short, he specially drafted a speech, and now I read it out. She took out a manuscript and read it: "Now that Chinese films are at a low ebb, many people don't watch movies anymore, which is a terrible thing! Zhang Ran and they are doing a good job, trying to bring the audience back little by little." Zhang Ran, because of you, because of young people like you, Chinese films are full of hope. My days are numbered, it's hard to do anything for Chinese movies anymore, and Chinese movies will be entrusted to you!"

The audience was stunned, Director Xie Jin is supporting Gu, but this is not surprising, now the fifth generation of directors led by Zhang Yimou is lost in the tide of business, the sixth generation led by Jia Zhangke is too marginal, and the young directors led by Zhang Ran are rising in an all-round way and becoming the main force of Chinese films, and the future of Chinese films depends on their group of directors!

After a brief silence, applause erupted like a volcano and swept the audience.

Whether it is the audience, or the audience in front of the TV and computer, they are very excited, and everyone feels that this is a historic moment and witnesses the inheritance of Chinese films.

A reporter in the audience opened his notebook, wrote down the title of the report, "Inheritance", and pressed Save.

When Xu Dawen came down from the stage, Zhang Ran hurriedly walked over and said respectfully: "Can you give me the draft of Director Xie Jin's speech? I want to frame it and hang it on the wall at home to motivate myself!"

Xu Dawen smiled and handed it to Zhang Ran: "I'll leave it to you!"

A thin piece of paper, Zhang Ran held it in his hand, but it weighed as much as a thousand pounds, and his heart was even heavier, he knew that he had taken over this speech, and he had to carry this banner forward in the future.

Akira Kurosawa entrusted the Toei film to Takeshi Kitano before he died, but Takeshi Kitano obviously lived up to Kurosawa's expectations and failed to carry the Toei film forward, and what about himself?

Can you afford to take on this responsibility?

Can you afford to carry the banner of Chinese films?

Zhang Ran doesn't know, but one thing is certain, he really loves Chinese movies, and really hopes that Chinese movies will get better and better!

Next, the award was presented to Best Supporting Actress, and Zhang Ziyi was responsible for the award.

After the clips of the performances of the five nominated actresses were broadcast on the big screen, Zhang Ziyi had already opened the list of winners, looked at the names of the winners, showed a smile, and then announced the final results loudly: "The winner of the Best Supporting Actress at the 3rd Asian Film Academy Awards is, Wang Luodan of "Tangshan Earthquake", congratulations!"

Wang Luodan covered his mouth in surprise, a little incredulous. She looked at Zhang Ran again and found that he had a wicked smile on his face, and knew that she had been tricked. Zhang Ran must have won the prize by himself, but he deliberately teased himself. Teacher Zhang really hasn't changed at all, she likes to tease everyone when she has nothing to do, she can't cry or laugh a little: "Teacher Zhang, you big liar!"

Zhang Ran smiled and applauded her: "How is it, don't be surprised, don't be happy! You acted really well, congratulations!"

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang. Wang Luodan excitedly gave Zhang Ran a hug.

Zhang Ran smiled and patted Wang Luodan's back, as a teacher, seeing his students become successful, there was an indescribable joy and relief in his heart, he felt that his hard work was really not in vain.

After taking the stage, Wang Luodan said excitedly: "Thank you to the judges, thank you to all the audience who supported "Tangshan Earthquake", thank you to all the members of the crew, this honor is not mine alone, but everyone's." What I want to thank most is Mr. Zhang Ran, my image and temperament are not outstanding, when I took the Nortel exam, seven of the ten teachers in the examination room were not optimistic about me. After entering Nortel, I pretended to be very arrogant, making myself look confident, in fact, I felt inferior in my heart, I felt that everyone was so good and so good-looking, I definitely couldn't get out, it was Mr. Zhang who made me understand what acting is, it was Mr. Zhang who taught me what acting is, it was Mr. Zhang who taught me what acting is, it was Mr. Zhang who made me understand that the most important thing for actors is acting, and it was Mr. Zhang who gave me the role of Li Na, I really thank Mr. Zhang, it's good to be your student!

Waiting for Wang Luodan to come down from the stage, Zhang Ran said with a smile: "Dandan, this fart is good!"

Wang Luodan stuck out his tongue: "Hehe, you can see it!"

Zhang Ran rolled his eyes and said, "What a stupid, at this time, you should say, I'm really not a sycophant, what I say is true, in this way, as soon as I'm happy, maybe I'll find you to film again, just your performance, there will be no next time!"

Wang Luodan suddenly burst into tears: "Teacher Zhang, I was wrong, you give me another chance!"

The award ceremony continued, and the awards were presented one after another.

"The winner of the Best Supporting Actor at the 3rd Asian Film Academy Awards is, "Mongolian King" Sun Honglei!"

"The winner of the Best Actress at the 3rd Asian Film Academy Awards is, "Yi" Chen Chong!"

"The winner of the Best Actor at the 3rd Asian Film Academy Awards is, "The Undertaker" Masahiro Motoki!"

Soon it was the turn of the Best Director Award, and after the award presenter Jia Zhangke took the stage, clips from five films began to be played on the big screen: "The Best Director Award is shortlisted, "Tokyo Sonata" Kurosawa Kiyoshi, "The Undertaker" Yojiro Takida, "The Chaser" Luo Hongzhen, "Lust Caution" Ang Lee, "Tangshan Earthquake" Zhang Ran!"

After the short film was played, Jia Zhangke announced the final result with a smile: "The winner of the Best Director at the 3rd Asian Film Academy Awards is, "Tangshan Earthquake" Zhang Ran! Congratulations to Zhang Ran!"

The crew of "Tangshan Earthquake" cheered, and Zhang Ran's fans on the Internet began to swipe the screen wildly.

After receiving the trophy, Zhang Ran stood in the center of the stage, but he couldn't see the slightest smile on his face: "I'm very happy to get this award, Director Xie Jin's words just now made me feel a lot of pressure, it's really difficult to take on this responsibility, but one thing Director Xie Jin said is particularly right, now the audience doesn't like to watch movies, this is particularly terrible, we must pull the audience into the cinema, it's impossible to do it by me, so let's work together! Thank you, thank you!"

When the words landed, applause erupted in the venue, and in the warm applause, Zhang Ran raised the trophy in his hand high.