Chapter 476: Controversy
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Jiang Wen's analysis has some truth, but it is not only the nine judges who determine the award, but also off-site factors.
Some Italian media reported some gossip that due to the weakness of the Italian film industry over the years, Italian films have not won the Golden Lion Award for many years, and the situation is quite embarrassing.
At film festivals held in their own countries, awards are taken away by filmmakers from other countries, which makes them feel embarrassed.
This year, an Italian film was shortlisted, and it received a good response in Italy.
It is reported that the Italian government department has put pressure on the organizing committee of the film to make sure that the film wins the award.
On the eve of the awards, the chairman of the organizing committee of this year's film festival suddenly submitted a letter of resignation, which further verified the above statement.
If you put pressure on me, can't I stop doing it?
It's so capricious.
In his resignation letter, the president slammed the festival's competition system, suggesting that the competition should be eliminated and only one award should be awarded: "the audience's favorite film".
However, it is clear that there is no support for this idea.
Everyone came here to win the award, and they came for the name of the Venice Film Festival, so the awards will be held as usual.
"Lauddio is too impulsive, I know the chairmanship is not easy, but he would turn the festival into a general film festival and reduce the international influence of the Venice Film Festival. Mark Mueller objected. 【】
"Are the rumors true?" Jiang Wen asked.
"I don't know if Laudad may have resigned for other reasons. Mark Mueller mumbled.
As an Italian, Mark Muller is not good at evaluating this matter, after all, this is not very glorious, and there is a suspicion of a dark box operation.
The external publicity of the film festival is naturally fair and just, and shady scenes are all revelations from the media, and the film festival will never admit that there are shady scenes.
Jiang Wen can understand that this situation also exists in film festivals in China.
In any case, this year's Venice Film Festival has come to an end amid controversy.
Under the operation of Columbia Pictures, the premiere of "Homecoming" received a lot of attention, and the theme of female themes and the redemption of female prisoners was favored by Italian film critics.
European film critics are most fond of films where morality and ethics are intertwined.
In this way, they can have a chance to show their strengths, dig into the humanity behind the film, and why film critics don't like commercial films is not because there is nothing to write about commercial films.
"Coming Home" involves family ethics, moral struggles, and the redemption of criminals.
There is also tolerance and understanding, humanity and sin, which gives film critics a place to come into play, and they have written articles analyzing the film.
Lin Xiaoling suddenly discovered that the movie she made had such a profound and complex connotation, even she didn't expect it.
"Are they writing the same film as ours?" Lin Xiaoling said in surprise.
"What's so strange about this, it's normal to have different interpretations, and the European side has a different culture from ours, and the perspective of the problem is also different. Xu Jinglei explained, "Barbara didn't say that it would only be like this in Europe, and there would be no such repercussions in the United States." ”
"I don't think it's as good as they say, and I'm a little embarrassed. Lin Xiaoling said with a smile.
"You can go with it, the critics give high scores, and Barbara is competing for the Critics Award, and if we get it, we won't be empty-handed. Xu Jinglei said with satisfaction.
"Because you don't have confidence in me, I want to win other awards. Lin Xiaoling was not satisfied.
After reading these praises, Lin Xiaoling has confidence.
Prior to the ceremony, Barbara ran two awards for Homecoming, the Italian Film Critics Award and the International Catholic Audiovisual Film Association Special Award.
This is a peripheral award of the film festival, and every year there will be a number of small awards of various titles, or consolation prizes.
Readers in China may not be able to figure out these messy awards, but in fact, they are very simple, as long as they are not a few awards like the Golden Lion Award, other awards can basically be ignored.
Of course, it is an encouragement and an honor for the winners.
Jiang Wen's pursuit is different from Lin Xiaoling, he is not interested in small awards, and he will win the grand prize if he wants to win it.
"Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" is a popular film competing for the Golden Lion Award, and Ge You is a strong contender for Best Actor, and he himself wants to win the Best Director award.
Although Mark Mueller supports Jiang Wen, he is not very optimistic.
Italian films have not won the Golden Lion for ten years, and besides, the chairman of the jury is Italian, and the chairman of the jury is different from the ordinary jury, and the chairman has the right to make the final decision.
Amid the controversy, the Venice Film Festival's awards ceremony officially began.
Two Chinese films were shortlisted, and there were naturally reporters from China at the scene.
On the red carpet, Lin Xiaoling and Xu Jinglei were particularly eye-catching, and Jiang Wen and Chen Jing were also radiant.
The reporter knew in his heart that "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" participated in the international film festival without passing the censorship, and the film would definitely be banned in China, and there would be no way to report it even after it was filmed.
So, they focused more on the movie "Homecoming".
As expected by the media, the jury finally awarded the Golden Lion for Best Picture to an Italian film.
"Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" won the Silver Lion Award for Best Actor and Best Picture, Ge You won the Venice Best Actor with this movie, although the Silver Lion Award is not as weighty as the Golden Lion Award, Jiang Wen finally gained something.
Surprisingly, Lin Xiaoling won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director with "Coming Home".
It is said that because of the hard work of the two female judges, there are not many female directors in the first place, and the theme of "Going Home" is easy to gain the favor of women, which is why there is this director Silver Lion Award.
After the awards, the Italian media was quite conflicted.
On the one hand, they are happy that the Italian film has won the Golden Lion, but on the other hand, they feel that it undermines the principle of fairness of the festival.
The media in other European countries have no such scruples, and directly claim that this Venice Film Festival is shady and manipulated.
Some judges told the inside story, most of the judges were not optimistic about the Italian film, and in the end, it was the chairman of the jury who made a final decision that led to such a controversial result.
Jiang Wen was helpless about this, and could only sigh that his luck was not good.
Lin Xiaoling didn't have this kind of thought, and for her, the result was beyond imagination.
The best director in Venice is quite weighty, especially in China, and there is a face to say it.
"I'm so stressed. On the plane back, Lin Xiaoling complained.
"You've won all the awards, what's the pressure? It's not like we're here to run along. Xu Jinglei teased.
"It's the pressure that this award puts on me, standing so high all of a sudden, what if the next film doesn't make a good shot? "Lin Xiaoling suffers from gains and losses.
"You just do it, I'm too lazy to take care of you. Xu Jinglei said speechlessly. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.