Chapter 68: Winning the Jackpot

The media's comments and reports have attracted the attention of many fans in North America, especially some fans with conditions, and even came to the Toronto Film Festival to watch the film in advance. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After all, the actual screening will not begin to be screened in a few theaters until around November.

The domestic media was a little late in reacting, they didn't know that Shen Lin actually shot two movies in Hollywood!

When "Dallas Buyers Club" shined in Toronto, they realized that Shen Lin actually made an independently produced independent film in Lao Mei!

After they watched the movie, they were even more puzzled: What's wrong? Our new king of commercial films has actually transformed into a feature film?

"The age of domestic moviegoers is still too young, if this "Dallas" is filmed in China, the first thing must be considered for review, the subject matter is sensitive, and it is estimated that it is unlikely to pass the review, even if it is lucky, I think the box office will not be very ideal. But the North American market is different, their mainstream viewing age is about 40 years old, coupled with the emphasis on this type of film during the awards season, the box office revenue is still very considerable, this time to participate in the Toronto Film Festival, we have sold almost 12 million dollars of foreign screening rights. ”

The interview with him was Pain News.

Perhaps because he hadn't faced the domestic media for too long, Shen Lin seemed very excited, so he said a lot of things in his heart.

"So, you're still negative about censorship in China?"

"Of course, every director hates the restrictions of rules!"

Shen Lin replied very calmly, and he was telling the truth.

Any director, as long as he has a little movie dream, is definitely full of complaints about domestic censorship.

"In fact, making movies in Hollywood is not as easy as everyone thinks, there are at least hundreds of precautions, first of all, political correctness, secondly, black actors must participate, and they can't be villains, there are too many..." "Therefore, it is wrong for the big directors in China to think that Hollywood is freer than us, unless you are making an independent film, such as this "Dallas Buyers Club" is an independent film! If you want to make a commercial blockbuster, you must restrain yourself! This regulation is the same in every country!"

"So you don't think censorship is the main reason for China's backwardness in film art?"

"For example, Iran's censorship system is definitely more stringent than our country's, but they have made far-reaching films such as "A Farewell", "Little Shoes" and "The Color of Heaven", so I think it is very unfair that many domestic directors push their own lack of ability to censorship!"

"Okay, thank you Director Shen for accepting our interview, by the way, can you predict which film will win the top award at this year's Toronto International Film Festival? Is it possible for "Dallas Buyers Club"?"

"Hehe, although I am very confident in my own movie, I can tell you clearly that the last winner of the award must be "12 Years a Slave", you can go and see that movie!"

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"Do you really think "12 Years a Slave" is a good film?"

Bildo Rossi looked at Shen Lin a little puzzled.

praising a movie like this is very inconsistent with his understanding of Shen Lin.

"We have a saying in China that is called "If you are hot, you will die!" Have you ever heard of it?"

Shen Lin smiled and did not explain why he mentioned "Twelve Years a Slave" on various occasions

"12 Years a Slave" is certainly a good movie, but unfortunately director Steve McQueen's skills are somewhat lacking, which makes this big proposition seem too neat, so that it is a bit bland, even mediocre.

A film that denounces the history of black slaves, but it basically does not make the audience feel much anger, and sometimes it almost "laughs".

Even the emotions of disgust are all human beings who are disgusted with unfairness, and they are not given by the film.

But in the past two years, especially after O'Hei's re-election, political correctness seems to have become the vane of the Oscars, and it is understandable that "12 Years a Slave" can win the best picture - after all, the Oscars also have to be politically correct.

"You did it on purpose?"

Bildo Rossi quickly understood what Shen Lin meant.

"That's right, if you look at the movies in the past few years, there are endless films with the theme of counter-terrorism, or terrorism-related films, such as "Bomb Disposal Unit", "Hunting bin Laden", "Escape from Tehran", as long as the production is up to standard, it can set off a storm in the awards season", this situation is also in line with the films related to "black slaves". "Django Unchained", "12 Years a Slave", "Frutwell Station", "White House Butler", "Mandela", movies with the same theme are piled up, on the one hand, they are expressing a certain demand, and on the other hand, they are not very optimistic. Hollywood has been dominated by visual blockbusters, and many high-quality independent films have not been promoted by good distribution companies, and as a result, they have been unknown from filming to the end. And even if a few of them are favored by the big distribution companies, it will be difficult to compete with films like "12 Years a Slave" that seems to be tailor-made for the academy. Therefore, the ecology of Hollywood is not so optimistic. It's a bit sad if films like "12 Years a Slave" continue to run rampant during the awards season. ”

This year's Oscars, "12 Years a Slave" will undoubtedly be an obstacle, as long as it is knocked out, the rest of everyone will have their own ability - public relations!

So, you have to show the Oscar jury that 'it!' So you guys made this movie just to make the Olympics! That's not good, if our preferences are seen, then what's the point of the Oscars?'

"You mean to make people hype up the political correctness of "12 Years a Slave"?

Bill quickly got to the point.

"That's right, find a few film critics to 'objectively' compare "Dallas" and "12 Years a Slave", and mention the content of the movie casually, focusing on the actors' performances and the prediction of the awards!"

Shen Lin smiled very thief.

β€œOK!”

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"An excellent movie always reflects the ...... of life"

In the ballroom of the InterContinental Toronto, Piers Handlin, the president of the festival, and Cameron Bailey, the artistic director, announced the awards of this year's Toronto Film Festival for the media present.

said a long list of things like that the film should return to its essence, and then looked down at the card in his hand, "The winner of the People's Choice Award at this year's film festival is..."

It's September 15th, and most of the movies have already been screened.

The reason why many filmmakers have waited until now is to wait for the final award to be released.

The "People's Choice Award" is voted for entirely by film critics, media reporters and ordinary movie fans, and its gold content is praised.

Especially in recent years, as long as I win the 'People's Choice Award', I have almost booked a ticket to the Oscar!

All the previous media, although they praised "Dallas", but in view of the fact that political correctness seems to have become the mainstream in recent years, everyone is not very optimistic that "Dallas" will win the award, and their choice is mainly "12 Years a Slave".

But the name pronounced by the festival's president, Piers Handlin, silenced the audience for a moment.

"The winner of the People's Choice Award isβ€”" he paused briefly and said the answer, "Dallas Buyers Club!"