Zhao Zhenghao's version of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", compared with the original version, I dare not say that it must be better than the blue, but Zhao Zhenghao has devoted himself to this film, and he thinks that he is no less than the director of the original version.

As for the final effect of the film, whether it can meet his expectations and achieve his shooting goals, Zhao Zhenghao can't say well.

However, like his previous directorial works, Zhao Zhenghao did his best, and the result was natural.

Go with the flow and often have bigger surprises!

The biggest difficulty of the film, the martial arts, was successfully filmed, and the rest of the literary dramas and cutscenes were not difficult.

Needless to say, powerful people like Zhao Zhenghao and Yi Ping also have online acting skills, and the other supporting roles, Zhao Zhenghao is also looking for old actors, and the other staff of the crew, after such a long time of training, have become more and more tacitly compatible, making the filming progress of the remaining scenes very fast.

When the crew finished, the time was only in early November, and if the production went smoothly in the later stage, it could even be released at the end of December, and it would be able to catch the last train of next year's Oscars.

However, after Zhao Zhenghao communicated with Wang Yulan that he wanted to use "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to hit the Oscars, he learned from her that the entry criteria for "Best Foreign Language Film" at the Academy Awards are different from those for other awards, mainly reflected in the release time.

For other Academy Awards, films must be released between January 1 and December 31 of the previous year, while "Best Foreign Language Film" must be released between November 1 of the previous year and October 31 of the following year.

As a result, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has missed the release time of the "Best Foreign Language Film" at the 91st Academy Awards in 2019, and can only be postponed for one year.

In this case, Zhao Zhenghao simply left more time in post-production, kept improving, and strived for perfection.

Originally, if "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" could catch up with the competition for the "Best Foreign Language Film" at the 91st Academy Awards, it would no longer be able to participate in the three major European film festivals, because the requirements for the participating films of the three major European film festivals are different from those of the Academy Awards.

As a commercial award, the Academy Awards require that the films must be fully screened, and one of the mandatory requirements for the three major European film festivals, which are more artistic, is that they must not be released publicly!

After careful consideration, Zhao Zhenghao chose the release time of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in early July 2019, so that the most competitive summer file could be used as a touchstone to test the success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

This will be Zhao Zhenghao's directorial work, the first time to compete in the summer file.

Among the three major international film festivals in Europe, the Venice International Film Festival is held in August and September every year, and the holding time and the release time of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" cannot be reconciled, and the style of the Venice International Film Festival is more focused on art and avant-garde films, with the purpose of "film serving serious art", which is also inconsistent with the style of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Although "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is the most artistic film in Zhao Zhenghao's directorial works, and the content explores many profound issues, Zhao Zhenghao himself has no intention of truly transforming into an art film director.

Moreover, as a director who is not from a professional class and whose directing skills are completely improved by the black technology of the "super idol system", Zhao Zhenghao has no interest in the so-called "avant-garde films", and his perception of the Venice International Film Festival is naturally biased.

The Berlin International Film Festival is held in February every year, and if Zhao Zhenghao catches up with the post-production schedule of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", it may be possible to catch the last train of the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival.

However, the founding purpose of the Berlin International Film Festival is to strengthen the exchange of film workers from all over the world and promote the improvement of film art.

At the same time, the Berlinale positions itself as a mirror of international film production, allowing the festival to play a more important cultural and political role in the convergence and mediation between East and West.

As a result, the films selected for the Berlin International Film Festival are the most political and social.

Although "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is hung with the dog head of a martial arts film, it sells dog meat that explores the different views of love and life between the East and the West, which has a certain social nature, but it does not touch the high-voltage line of politics in the slightest.

In addition, when the Berlin International Film Festival was held, it was the traditional Spring Festival period of the Dragon Kingdom, and Zhao Zhenghao didn't want to leave the warm seashore and go to the icy and snowy Europe when it was supposed to be a family reunion, so he excluded it.

It just so happens that the Cannes International Film Festival, the last of the three major international film festivals in Europe, is held in mid-May every year, and the purpose of the film festival is also more inclined to the combination of business and art.

There's nothing else to say, that's it!

As for whether "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is eligible to participate in the Cannes International Film Festival, this question does not need to be discussed at all.

With the continuous expansion of the Dragon Film Market and the increasing influence of Dragon Films in the international film market, even the Venice International Film Festival, which has always been criticized for being "conformist", and the Berlin International Film Festival, which is the most "conservative", have to open their doors to Dragon Films on a large scale, not to mention the Cannes International Film Festival, which is the most aware of current affairs.

In recent years, the Cannes International Film Festival has not only opened the door for Dragon Kingdom films in terms of participating films, but also has at least one Dragon Kingdom film in the main competition unit almost every year, and sometimes even accounts for half of the main competition unit;

For example, in the past five Cannes International Film Festivals, in each of the jury committees, there will be filmmakers from the Dragon Kingdom, and even the chairman of the jury of two sessions is the great director of the Dragon Kingdom.

It is rumored that next year, that is, at the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival in 2019, the chairman of the jury will also be a Dragon Country filmmaker!

In recent years, the performance of Dragon Kingdom films at the Cannes International Film Festival has also been quite outstanding and has won many awards.

Zhao Zhenghao, as the most popular person in the Dragon Kingdom film industry in recent years, naturally cannot be ignored by the organizing committee of the Cannes International Film Festival.

In fact, when Zhao Zhenghao was filming "Journey to the West", the organizing committee of the Cannes International Film Festival had already taken the initiative to extend an olive branch and invite Zhao Zhenghao to participate with the film, but because of the unfortunate time, Zhao Zhenghao politely refused.