Although only the Chinese film shortlisted for the main competition unit is "Three Fools", there are two Chinese directors shortlisted. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn addition to Zhang Ran, there is also Ang Lee, but "Broken Arm Mountain" directed by Ang Lee is a pure American movie, not a Chinese film.

The media is not very optimistic about "Broken Arm Mountain", and gay themes are not the genre that the Venice Film Festival is keen on, but what Cannes is willing to accept and accommodate. But Cannes returned "Broken Arm Mountain". According to French media reports, the elimination of "Brokearm Mountain" was due to the fact that the Cannes film selection party believed that Ang Lee was becoming more and more commercial, and the film repeated the gay theme of "The Wedding Banquet", which failed to impress the judges. As a result, the now recognized hit is George Clooney's Good Night, Good Luck.

No matter what the media thinks, for the premiere of "Broken Arm Mountain", fellow filmmaker Zhang Ran will definitely have to cheer.

On the red carpet, Zhang Ran met Ang Li and said enthusiastically: "Director Li, hello." ”

Li Yan had a smile on his face, and his slightly curious eyes couldn't help but look at Zhang Ran: "Zhang Ran, hello!"

"I like your movies very much, I returned to China inspired by you and your films, otherwise I might still be rolling in the purgatory of Hollywood projects, I have always wanted to talk to you, and I finally met you in person today. Zhang Ran was very polite to Ang Li.

"I also want to meet you, especially recently, I just want to ask you, what did you talk to him about when you saw Director Bergman?" Ang Lee looked at Zhang Ran and asked with a smile.

Ang Lee is a fan of Bergman, and he is particularly deeply influenced by Bergman, and he is very eager to see Bergman, but as a fan of Bergman, he knows that Bergman does not like to meet guests, and many excellent directors want to meet Bergman, but they are rejected, so he has no thoughts about this. Zhang Ran's film style is completely different from Bergman, he didn't expect Bergman to meet Zhang Ran, to be honest, he was really a little envious.

"How do you know I've seen Bergman?" Zhang Ran was a little surprised.

"The newspapers here in the United States reported that Bergman Bergman not only met you, but also let you stay at his house for one night. Now a lot of people are saying that you are the successor of Bergman. ”

"I stayed at Bergman's for one night and learned a lot from talking to him, but I have a completely different style from him, how did I become his heir? ”

Zhang Ran won the Golden Lion Award last year, if according to the normal historical trajectory, this year's "Broken Arm Mountain", next year's "Three Gorges Good Man", and the year after next's "Lust and Caution", Chinese directors will achieve four consecutive Golden Lion Awards.

Ang Lee was very indifferent: "I don't have much intention of winning the award, the main purpose of this trip to Venice is to promote "Brokeback Mountain" to the European media, and I will transfer to the Toronto Film Festival next week." "Ang Lee is not modest, "The Incredible Hulk" failed at the box office, and "Broken Arm Mountain" was returned by Cannes, and he was not very confident about winning the award.

Zhang Ran also had no confidence, and shook his head: "I'm here to sell films, this time it's a commercial film, or a comedy, not an award-winning type." ”

Ang Lee heard that Zhang Ran was making a commercial comedy, and couldn't help but remind: "Now many media are saying, you, Wes Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson, you are the most promising masters among the post-70s directors, and recently you have been recognized by Bergman, and suddenly a commercial comedy, I'm afraid many media won't buy it." ”

Zhang Ran was very calm about this: "I am prepared, as long as the audience likes it." ”

After chatting with Ang Lee, Zhang Ran walked into the cinema. Although the media is not too optimistic about "Broken Arm Mountain", there are still a lot of people present, and the entire screening hall is full.

Zhang Ran had seen this film before, but he watched it on the computer, which was completely different from watching it in the cinema. Ang Lee is really good, and he filmed the love story between two cowboys in the western United States delicately and touchingly, which is obviously a western fringe story, but it allows him to shoot the oriental style.

"Brokeback Mountain" ended in a sad state, but the audience in the cinema was silent for a long time, they felt the shock from their hearts, and the eyes of many female audiences were moist.

The next day, almost all the media gave a super high evaluation, and "Broken Arm Mountain" became a big hit for the Golden Lion Award. However, Zhang Ran has no time to care about Ang Lee's movie, and there is a very important press conference waiting for him.

Early in the morning, hundreds of media from all over the world gathered in the press hall of the Palais du Cinema, and there was a press conference by Zhang Ran.

Zhang Ran and Luc Besson appeared together, which made the reporters at the scene overjoyed, and the flash lights exploded instantly, shining the entire rostrum incomparably brightly.

After taking his seat, Zhang Ran looked at the reporters in the audience and said with a smile: "There are two main things to invite everyone to come over today. The first one, I'm sure you already understand when you see me and Mr. Luc Besson appearing together, is the sequel to "Time Warrior". ”

"Time Warrior" has an amazing box office, and it is a matter of course that a sequel will be released. However, Zhang Ran's style in "The Aviator" after "Time and Space Warrior" has changed a lot, and now he is known as the successor of the master, and many people feel that it is unlikely that he will make this kind of purely commercial film again.

A reporter asked: "Director Zhang, is the sequel still directed by you?"

Zhang Ran explained: "It's not me who directs, it's Neil Blomkamp, who is my alumnus and the producer and assistant director of Time Warrior, who was involved in the whole process from the beginning of the planning of Time Warrior. Except for me, there may be no one in this world who is more familiar with this movie than him, and he is the best candidate for a sequel! The movie's starring Keanu Reeves and Zhang Ziyi are confirmed to return, and the tentative start date of the movie will start in March next year, and the release date is tentatively scheduled for the summer of the following year. ”

The reporters present all had expressions that were really like this, and some reporters who liked "Time and Space Warrior" couldn't help but say, "Can you reveal some information about the movie?"

Zhang Ran briefly introduced: "In this movie, the crisis encountered by Keanu will be further escalated, not only will he face a powerful enemy, but also the entire human race will face an unprecedented crisis, and the whole story will rise to the level of saving the earth and saving all mankind." The specific information will not be revealed, and everyone will know when they go to the theater!"

The reporters were very enthusiastic, and they kept asking questions, trying to get to the bottom of the movie. Some asked Zhang Ran, and some asked Luc Besson, of course, the questions were mainly focused on Zhang Ran.

Chinese reporters are a bit ambivalent about this, hoping that Zhang Ran will make art films to win glory for the country, but also hoping that Zhang Ran will make commercial blockbusters like "Time and Space Warriors", China needs this kind of high-level commercial films too much. A reporter asked worriedly: "Director Zhang, I'm a science fiction fan." Now domestic science fiction films are beginning to rise, but the level is very poor. At the end of last year, a science fiction film was released in China, and two were released this summer. I want to ask for the majority of science fiction fans, do you still make science fiction movies?"

Zhang Ran likes the novel "Love Farewell", and went to watch the movie version with Zhang Jingchu a few days ago, but he quit after reading less than half of it. He nodded affirmatively: "Science fiction films will definitely be made, and now I have the rights to several science fiction novels, but the next movie to be made is not science fiction." ”

Someone immediately asked: "Director Zhang, there should be a plan, can you reveal what the subject is?"

After someone asked this question, the scene was quiet, waiting for Zhang Ran's answer.

After "Time Warrior" and "The Aviator", everyone is interested in Zhang Ran's new film plan as the most talked-about Chinese director at home and abroad.

Zhang Ran smiled faintly and said, "Disaster movie, it may not be accurate to say this. I want to shoot a real history, in the early morning of July 28, 76, there was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in China, Tangshan, a city of one million people, suffered a catastrophe, instantly razed to the ground, this is the most tragic earthquake disaster in the world in the last century. I want to make a film about the Tangshan earthquake!"

Many of the European and American reporters present did not know about the Tangshan earthquake, and they were not particularly interested in this subject, and felt that Zhang Ran was wasting his talent. However, the Chinese reporters present were shocked, and the discussion began one after another, like a frying pan.

Most of the Chinese reporters present thought that Zhang Ran's next film should be a literary film, and until now, Zhang Ran's habit of making films is to make a commercial film and a literary film. Although "Three Fools" has not yet been released, everyone knows that this is a commercial comedy, so the next should be a literary film.

No one expected that Zhang Ran would make a disaster movie, but the theme of the Tangshan earthquake. It's not that this subject can't be filmed, but the subject matter is very sensitive and easy to hit mines.

Last year, there was a TV series "Tangshan Earthquake", when recruiting extras, the crew issued a requirement that "you must be willing to shoot a nude scene at night". This move was questioned by some people who wanted to sign up and netizens and opposed by relevant people, and was required to rectify by the General Administration. After the filming of this drama and TV series was completed this year, the General Administration stopped it again because the National Earthquake Administration objected to the storyline involved in the play, believing that the details reflected in the play were not scientific and lacked rigor.

If Zhang Ran wants to make money, he can make sci-fi blockbusters like "Time and Space Warrior", and if he wants to win awards, he can make literary films like "The Aviator", and he can't go through this minefield.

Someone asked puzzledly: "Director Zhang, why did you shoot this subject?"

Zhang Ran naturally can't say the real reason, but the Spring Festival release in 08 was planned, and he said very seriously: "Next year is the 30th anniversary of the Tangshan earthquake, and so far we haven't had a movie that really screams and reflects this event, I want to try it." Let's not talk about this at today's press conference, but let's get back to business. Zhang Ran didn't want to explain too much, he just needed to pass on this information: "Just now, a media friend said that the sci-fi films released last year and this year were very bad, but in fact, not only sci-fi films, but most of the films were bad. Some of the domestic films were originally very good in scripts, but they were rotten, and some were originally very well filmed but were cut badly, but most of them were very bad in themselves, and the director's level was not enough. Now the situation in China, not only in China, but also in Japan, South Korea is slightly better, but there is a lack of excellent genre film directors. This is the most important part of today's press conference, and we have three very important guests on the stage!"

As soon as Zhang Ran's words fell, the media reporter looked like a drill, and the camera was neatly aimed at the door of the press conference hall.

European and American reporters don't know anyone who came up at all, and they are confused, what are these three people?

However, reporters from China, Japan, and South Korea were stunned, with Chinese reporters recognizing Nortel's dean Zhang Huijun, Japanese reporters recognizing Haruhiko Shimada, president of Nihon University, and South Korean reporters recognizing Park Myung-so, president of South Korea's Chung-Ang University.

The reporters were a little confused, what the hell is going on? )