MM Group's boasting and coverage of the Venice International Film Festival is, of course, because their big boss Mark has participated in the competition and may win an award, which in previous years, MM TV Network did not say a word about this.

This is reflected in other media groups, as well-known film festivals, their entertainment channels are just casually mentioned, what the people of the United States like and are proud of, or their Oscars, no attention, no traffic, it's so realistic.

The Mark Army participated in the war in a big way this time, and the crew of "No Country for Old Men" except for Mark, really all of it was promoted and promoted in Venice.

It's not surprising at all, in the original version, Brad Pitt won the best actor, but Pitt himself didn't expect to win the award, after he finished promoting the new film in Venice, he switched to France to participate in the "Deauville American Film Festival", and then rushed back to the United States to participate in the premiere of the new film, and finally could not rush back to Venice to receive the award. This also makes this important award embarrassing. The award was also contested by the media, and many were reminded of the uproar over Ben Affleck's canonization last year, when a reporter sharply raised the issue at a press conference after the award ceremony, which immediately drew applause.

This time, several big names in "No Country for Old Men" are promoting the film in Watertown, which is a good gesture, and the presidium must be satisfied, and Mark has a very good reason to take a leave of absence, that is, to go back to preside over a charity event.

Heath Ledger, Tommy Lee Jones, and Javier signed up for the leading role together, and the roles of the three are almost the same, Javier's killer Anton is extremely impressive, as a European who works hard in the United States, there will definitely be a lot of sympathy points at European film festivals.

The 23 films in the main competition are very political, with de Palma's "Revised Excerpts" and Paul Haggis's "The Battle of Elirake" all dealing with Iraq, and although they are presented in different ways, they are all full of anger.

In the original, the former eventually took home the Silver Lion for best director, and de Palma said he was inspired by three things: American soldiers' blogs, magazines and home videos about Iraq posted online. "This war is not going to end anytime soon. We can learn about the real stories from the voices on the Internet, and the more we show them, the more the public will know about them," he said, "and hopefully one day when they see these movies, they may be standing on the street, like we did in the 60s." ”

Tunisian director Abdratief Kelxusi's Millet and Mullet was the favourite, and the two-and-a-half-hour film took home one of two Special Jury Prizes.

The other is director Todd Hines's "I'm Not Present", in which Kate Blanchet won the Best Actress award for her brilliant performance of folk singer Bob Dylan.

The famous British director Ken Loach's name is always associated with acute social issues, and his "Free World" won the Best Screenplay Award for its reflection on society and human nature in the context of contemporary Britain. It is Ken Loach's unrelenting mockery of the labor exploitation of migrant wage earners in Western society. He focuses his camera directly at the black working class in the shadow of a prosperous society, and at the illegal petty actions that cannot be put on the table in order to get the most profits.

The decline of Italian cinema, although the decline of Italian cinema is not the fault of Venice, when local cinema is unsurprisingly snubbed, people can't help but take their anger out on the festival. Especially before that, when Quentin Valentino, a former Italian director, said that "the new generation of Italian cinema is depressing", many Italian filmmakers must have hoped that this Venice Film Festival would give a counterexample, or at least an encouragement, but they were disappointed.

"Italian cinema had a mediocre response at this year's festival," said Paula Jokobi, correspondent for the Italian edition of Vanity World magazine. "The truth is, we came here to hit others, and we ended up being hit by ourselves," she told Reuters.

Valentino said, "The movies I've seen lately are all the same. They talk about the growth of boys, or the growth of girls, or crises between partners, or healing holidays for people with mental disabilities. This kind of comment naturally provoked a counterattack in the minds of sensitive Italians, including the patriarch Sofia Loren, who stood up and said that the ruffian Kun did not know Italian movies or American movies.

However, the quality of the three local films participating in Venice is mediocre, which makes the death of the Italian film master Antonioni very symbolic. "Fallen Heroes" is inadequately on the theme of male anxiety, and I don't know if it will make Valentino secretly complacent after the cannon.

Andrea Porbolati's "Cake and Pain" and Vincent Marat's "Peak Hour" both focus on the mafia and corruption, Italy's famous themes. But the gap in level with predecessors such as Francisco Rossi and Sergio Leone is also very obvious. "These stories should have been new, but they've been told by some of the best cinematography masters in our history. Natalia Aspassi, a commentator for the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, said, "Today our films look more like TV series, they have no soul. ”

The Venice International Film Festival in Italy, although it is crowned with the word international, but the decline of local films, there are no works that can be done, and it is indeed extremely embarrassing for Italians to turn to foreign films to become popular.

It is also embarrassing that the Hollywood big names who participated in this major entry did not come, which shows his status, in Hollywood, only Woody Allen dares to do this, this thing doesn't care about the little golden man or the box office, like Martin Scorsese, who has dedicated more than 20 years to the academy to the flattering eyes, and only today has the king returned.

MM was so happy that he signed a four-year contract as soon as he was happy, and the original Paramount helped him reach the top, and he also successfully brought the big director under his umbrella, and he was so angry that he didn't even want Spielberg and DreamWorks, who spent 1.6 billion to sign.

After Mark won over Scorsese, he successfully entered the circle of four famous directors, and got closer to George Lucas, the economic environment is not good, Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic and Lucasfilm intend to sell 10% of the equity to cash out in an emergency, MM did the receiver at the first time, at this time, MM is also one of the controlling parties of Lucasfilm, the seeds planted by Mark two years ago, began to harvest.

This Lucasfilm officially became one of MM's allies.

Under the full praise of MM, the Venice International Film Festival is rising in the United States, and the attention is rising in a straight line, which has the potential to overwhelm Cannes.

Daniel said to Muri: "We can lift you as high as we can, and we can fall as badly." ”

This is a warning to prevent someone from taking gifts and not doing things.

This made Murry feel a lot of pressure, if he couldn't do what Mark wanted, Midi would turn his face and deny people, he began to regret it, he knew it was so, so he wouldn't cooperate with Midi.

It is conceivable that as soon as this unfavorable result came out, his good days for Muri would come to an end, which made him anxious, and he used all the means in his hand, played all the cards, and made it extremely difficult for several judges to listen to him, all of them had status and status, and all of them had opinions and intentions, who was willing to be the puppet of others? This is simply an impossible task.

But Daniel didn't care about this at all, he said: "Mr. Wang admires your ability very much, and he looks forward to your invitation letter. ”

A big name like Mark, if he didn't win the award, he would definitely not dare to invite him to the closing ceremony, otherwise he would be invited to let everyone slap their faces and see jokes, and give Murry a big dare not do this.

Murray muttered: "I am not the only one who runs this film festival. ”

Daniel said: "If you want to be re-elected unprecedentedly, you must show extraordinary ability, I know you have played a lot of problems, but if someone is riddled with scandals, it is extremely difficult to be re-elected." ”

Mu Li could hear it as a threat, he was speechless, this Mi Di, the deception is too much, Lao Tzu is the chairman of the Venice International Film Festival

But remembering Mark's unsigned check, he relented.

Daniel also visited the chairman of the jury, Zhang Yimou, who came as a lobbyist.

Zhang Guoshi said: "We will definitely uphold the purpose of the film festival, and film will serve serious art", select high-quality films and filmmakers, and give them the honor they deserve. ”

Daniel talked a lot about the artistry of "No Country for Old Men", and of course also mentioned Mark's background, everyone is Chinese, and also mentioned Mark's support for next year's Olympics.

In Hollywood, some people shouted the slogan of the 08 Olympics, including some well-known people, Mark was interviewed by MM TV network, and publicly said that in the 08 Olympics, he would take his wife and son to Yanjing to watch the Olympics.

Daniel mentioned this, Zhang Guoshi was silent, of course he knew Mark's origins, and he also knew that he had a huge influence in the world, and it was very unwise to offend such a person, and the central high-level leaders looked at it differently for a media tycoon like Mark.

Chinese Americans are all over the world, and there are top elites in all industries, but there are very few people like Mark who can start a media empire in a few years and become a generation of tycoons, so why not add icing on the cake to make him go further, Chinese Americans need leaders in ethnic groups like Mei Duo and Lei Shidong.

Zhang Guoshi nodded and said, "I will focus on "No Country for Old Men". ”

The main dish of the Venice International Film Festival, the main unit competition, after more than ten days of selection, after the intense and active selection among the judges, finally has a result.