Chapter Seventy-Three: Speechless (20/60)
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Lu Chuan has been in the limelight recently.
"Nanjing, Nanjing!" failed to exceed 100 million at the box office, but he is already the industry's leading director who can know commercial films.
There is no way, most of the directors in these years have been brainwashed and feel that making commercial films is a loss of identity.
Speaking of awards, as a director, Lu Chuan won the Golden Horse Best Film, and when it comes to the box office, "Nanjing! Nanjing!" has a box office of more than 90 million!
Apart from Xu Hui, who else is better suited to talk about the relationship between domestic films and the international market?
"I think we should make more epic films, so that foreign audiences can understand China, I have recently become obsessed with the story of the Chu and Han hegemony, and I am going to make a film about the Hongmen Banquet..."
didn't look at Xu Hui, Lu Chuan began to promote the movie.
There's nothing wrong with it, shooting more epics can not only educate the audience, but also convey culture to the outside world.
But who is particularly interested in your history?
Egypt, India, and Babylon are all four ancient civilizations, do you know them?
Do you want to know about them?
The most appearing in film and television dramas about Egyptian culture are pyramids and mummies...
Babylon, to be honest, if it weren't for the lyrics in Jay Chou's "Love Before the A.D.", "The ancient Babylonian king promulgated the Code of Hammurabi...", it is estimated that few people would remember it.
So, why should the audience of the country know about the history of China?
Have you asked their opinions?
Xu Hui secretly complained, his face remained unchanged, and he listened carefully to Director Lu Chuan's speech, for a full fifteen minutes, during which Xu Hui bent down and picked up the mineral water placed on the ground, took a sip, and felt that the taste was not very good, and then thought of some connections between mineral water and boiled water...
"Thank you Director Lu for your speech, what do you think of Director Xu?"
"Ahh I... I don't think it's necessary to think too much about foreign markets!"
The first sentence made several people present frown.
"Our domestic market is far from saturated, so why bother to consider overseas markets? According to my estimates, in two or three years at most, our total box office will exceed 10 billion, and then enter a stage of rapid development..."
"However, Hollywood movies can be shown in our country, so why can't our country's films be shown in the United States?"
Lu Kuan directly pointed out the language problem in Xu Hui's words.
“… Who said it can't? In the 70s, 80s, and 90s, our kung fu films were very popular with people all over the world, and now several Chinese who are active in the world film industry are mostly kung fu superstars, and his movies are still very marketable overseas!"
"That's just an example! It can't represent the whole Chinese movie!"
"Of course, we can also make our own movies with Hollywood technology..."
Xu Hui hates to discuss these fake and empty topics.
How can Chinese films go abroad and go to the world, this topic is similar to how the Chinese men's football team can become strong.
Even in 2018 before Xu Hui's rebirth, there were few domestic films that really hit overseas.
The National Teacher's "The Great Wall" suffered a tragic Waterloo.
The overseas market of "Wolf Warrior 2", which swept the domestic box office of 5.6 billion, is negligible...
What even Zhang Yimou can't do, or what the fifth-generation masters can't do, expect Xu Hui to solve it in a few words?
Or a few directors sit together and talk about cross talk, and the problem is solved?
Worried nonsense!
Lu Chuan probably wanted to prove that he was more thoughtful than Xu Hui, and when Xu Hui said a word, he just said a word, which made Pao Hui a little angry.
It's really sick, and I don't think much about thinking about works when I have that time, so what is it like to catch Xu Hui!
"I think that when our market becomes the largest film market in the world, many films will have to consider incorporating more Chinese elements, and then domestic films may be truly accepted by all audiences..."
"But, what if..."
Lu Kuan wanted to say something, but the host directly interrupted him.
He also saw that Xu Hui was on the verge of breaking out.
A reporter in the audience asked a question.
"Director Xu, have you ever thought about promoting your film overseas?"
Xu Hui replied quite directly: "No! I never wanted to become a film master, my films are first made for domestic audiences, and then foreign audiences will be considered." So, I'm never going to make some marginal films specifically for the sake of winning awards!"
"So, you think the future of Chinese cinema has nothing to do with you, do you?"
“… Why do you ask? Am I not a Chinese filmmaker?"
"But you said you don't care about how to promote Chinese films overseas. ”
"I'll teach you a word, if you don't work in your position, you just want to be a little director who has made two movies, what qualifications do I have to point fingers at such a huge thing as Chinese films!"
“…”
What journalists are best at is taking words out of context, but fortunately Xu Hui added that sentence at the end, otherwise he would really become a director who turned his back on Chinese films!
……
The essence of the Shanghai Film Festival is the promotion of Chinese films.
Few people paid attention to the film at all, except for the few members of the jury, who paid special attention to the content of the competition film.
Ask casually on the street, do you know the Golden Goblet Award?
Most people may think that it is an overseas award, after all, it has a knighthood...
By the way, the main competition unit also has an interview with the creator and a behind-the-scenes revelation of the movie, and there are fewer people who pay attention, and there are only a few film reviews...
You don't even bother to hire a water army!
The reporters are very high, mainly because of the symposium in recent days, and several directors seem to have opened their mouths.
Wang Xiaoshuai said, 'I am happier than Zhang Yimou'.
Xu Hui said, 'Where did you get any commercial films and literary films, there are only good movies and bad movies'
Lu Kuan said, 'We should make more historical blockbusters, so that overseas audiences can understand Chinese history'!
Xu Hui said: "Chinese films should be made for domestic audiences first." ’
These days, the media publishes the words of these directors every day, and there are no duplicates!
Sales have increased several times.
By the way, there are a lot more tourists.
So, a city that hosts an international A-category film festival is still beneficial!
Then it was time for the Golden Goblet Award to be awarded.
It is said that in the award ceremony of the film festival, we will award it directly according to Cannes or Venice.
We have to have our own characteristics!
So, at the beginning, I invited two eight-line singers (Xu Hui really didn't know these two) and sang for five minutes, and then Bai Jingjing sang two songs, making up seven or eight minutes;
The content is a tribute to Hitchcock!
Forced to move the big guy!
Gee!
You thought it was over, no!
The award is even more speechless!
Among the 16 shortlisted films this year, Chinese films account for two: "Silver Empire" and "Looking for Zhimei Gengden".
As a result, "Silver Empire" won the Jury Prize, and "Looking for Jimi Genden" won the Jury Prize.
It is clear that people are mentally retarded!
I want to make double yolk eggs, and I'm so embarrassed...
In short, Xu Hui's perception of the Shanghai Film Festival is so bad that he is at home!
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