has never denied that Shen Lin is a very utilitarian person.

Make commercial films to make money, and make literary films to win awards.

Including this time with Damien to co-produce "La La Land", he also went for its 14 Oscar nominations, otherwise he would have a problem, the whole set of last century song and dance films.

But the judges of the Oscars loved it.

A movie made in a retro way may not become the mainstream, but it will definitely become a masterpiece in the mouths of a group of authoritative film critics, including the judges!

Because of these old antiques, the real film art should die like that, flowing with classical blood.

It's as if the Golden Horse judges admired "August" very much, and awarded the Best Feature Film at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards to the movie "August", the debut of a mainland director.

Whether "August" is overrated, we have no way of knowing, but the taste of the Golden Horse judges has always been maverick, and they can award the best film to "Detective Hunter Zhang", "Mom and Dad Are Not Home", and "When Love Comes" can naturally be awarded to "August".

And compared to the entire 2016 film environment, "August" is indeed quite suitable for winning the best picture.

To put it bluntly, throughout 2016, domestic bad films have grown explosively, and it is almost difficult to pick out the best products from a bunch of bad movies.

The choice of "August" was unexpected, but somewhat reasonable.

On the fourth day, Shen Lin finally saw "August" and "My Heart Jumps".

About "August", many people who pay attention to Chinese films know a little bit, black and white images, outlining a story of the wave of layoffs in the early 90s.

Director Zhang Dalei used a prose poem-like way to describe the life of the protagonist Zhang Xiaolei in August during the summer vacation of Xiaosheng.

The story takes place in the early 90s of the last century, in the "wave of layoffs", his father, who is an editor in a film studio, has a hard job, but he firmly believes that under the new regulations, he can still "eat with his ability" and still be idle.

's mother worked hard for Xiao Lei to go to a good middle school and became the breadwinner of the family.

The film is also interspersed with other fragmented plots: the gangsters he met on the road were arrested and released by the police, the girl next door opposite became the object of fantasy, and the grandmother was sick in bed and finally died.

In the end, his father left home to shoot with the crew in order to make a living, and Xiao Lei's attachment to his family and parents was faintly born.

This is the end of summer.

"Ushering in and sending" is one of the propositions of the story, and childhood is deconstructed into fragments, showing a harmonious charm in the chaos.

Films of scattered culture often "start from the ordinary and simple life itself, synthesize many social phenomena and problems of equal importance into a whole to express the complexity of life, use an open structure, and express the ambiguity of life", but in these seemingly insipid changes, they reflect the "huge process of life" and "the pulse of the times".

As for "My Heart Jumps", Shen Lin knew that this movie was completely because of the promotion of the Xining Film Festival.

Every film festival wants to make its own popularity, how can it be popular?

As a result, "Heart Labyrinth" became the spokesperson of the Xining Youth Film Festival in 15 years, and many viewers who watched "Heart Labyrinth" began to have a good impression of the Xining Youth Film Festival;

This year, they are mainly promoting "My Heart Jumps", for a very simple reason, this is the most popular youth film nowadays!

However, to be able to participate in the Xining Film Festival and be valued by a group of judges, it must lack the three elements of 'abortion, tearing, and car accident' of domestic youth films.

In the opinion of these judges, this movie is very suitable for small and big.

Alas, a group of directors, screenwriters and soundtrack artists who have never exceeded 500 million at the box office actually talked about the market!

I didn't see anyone who really knew how to talk much!

It is unlikely that these people will bow their heads and ask for advice from a director like Shen Lin, those who engage in literary films are dignified!

Well, they didn't take Shen Lin to play, and Shen Lin was also happy to be idle, so he sat in the conference room and watched a group of people happily talk about the box office results of "My Heart Jumps".

This one says at least 50 million, and the other says there should be 100 million, but you can brag about it, and you don't have to pay taxes anyway.

Shen Lin knows very well that the feasibility of box office take-off of both "August" and "My Heart Jumps" is almost zero.

The former, although it has the blessing of the Golden Horse Best Picture, it is so good that it will not die and premiered on the same day as "King Kong 2: Skull Island"!

Black and white images challenge Hollywood productions, so unequal, blind people know how to choose!

Therefore, it is understandable that the box office performance of "August" is very bad, with the halo of Golden Horse, it was released in theaters for ten days, and the cumulative box office was less than 4 million.

As for the latter, it took a year to hype enough topics before it was released, and it was released in theaters for 6 days, and the box office result was 329,000!

Shen Lin himself likes stories like "August" very much, and quietly looks at the great changes of the entire era through the perspective of young people, which makes people still have a little reverie after watching the movie.

It's really good.

Of course, after all, it is a debut film, and there are many deficiencies in the movie, such as editing, the selection of actors, especially the selection of actors, it is really easy for people to play if they are not professional actors!

The flaws are not hidden, this "August" is the most comfortable movie Shen Lin has seen since he participated in the Xining First Youth Film Festival.

This "August" can indeed be called this year's surprise work, but Wang Jiawei definitely doesn't like it, he is not a mainlander, he can't understand this kind of narrative device, and he can't empathize.

Of course, if Shen Lin is asked to choose director training, he will definitely not choose Zhang Dalei.

Without him, such a movie is very unsuitable for the film market, and the whole "August", for a feature film, has no story structure and no conflict and suspense, how can it attract the audience?

It can be said that although "August" won the Best Feature Film Award, it is regrettable that it is precisely in the plot narrative. It can be said that it has almost no plot to speak of, and it is more like a nostalgic documentary of director Zhang Dalei's personal life.

And after Zhang Dalei received the affirmation of the Golden Horse, what he will do next must be to continue to make author's movies.

That would be pointless.

……

The time is July 3rd, and there is still half a month before the official opening of the screening.

The hotel, the balcony location, the sun is about to set and some afterglow shines in, very solemn.

Shen Lin and Li Mi sat opposite each other, and felt that there was no problem, so they said, "You can start." ”

By the way, he was interviewed by "China Film Report", the host Li Mi, when he was filming "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love", he was also the host who went to visit the class.

The photographer had already set up the machine, and the dusk in Xining was behind him, reflecting the faces of the two people.

Li Mi said two opening remarks and asked directly: "This is your first time participating in the film festival as a judge, do you have any special feelings?"

"It's nothing special, in fact, I just have the attitude of coming and seeing. It's a very leisurely time, but the festival is about to open, and we will have a lot of activities, so I guess it will be very busy. ”

Shen Lin wore a white shirt, lowered his head and placed the tea set in front of him, while replying.