Zhang Yimou considered other candidates, and finally felt that Lin Xiaoling was suitable. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

He is also hesitating, not because of his estranged relationship with Lin Zixuan, but because Lin Xiaoling is already an internationally famous director and has made a blockbuster film.

In this case, I basically won't be an assistant director for anyone else.

The identity of the assistant director is very embarrassing, and the success of the TV film is the credit of the director, and the assistant director is unknown.

When the audience watches a movie, they will only remember the director, who cares about the assistant director.

Moreover, now Lin Xiaoling has become the person in charge of the Young Director Support Fund, helping young directors film, and has become famous in the circle, with the posture of the leader of the sixth generation of directors.

Now Lin Xiaoling and Zhang Yimou can't compare, and the number of works and awards are not good.

But no one can say for sure in the future, youth is an advantage.

This is the reason why Zhang Yimou and Lin Zixuan discussed, being an assistant director may not be famous, but there are benefits.

This is the bid for the Olympic Games, and there is merit in making a contribution to it, and it is a qualification, and it is easy to talk about what happens to making movies in the future.

Zhang Yimou didn't say this explicitly, Lin Zixuan could understand it.

Since "Alive" was banned, Zhang Yimou has been moving closer to the mainstream, and the effect is remarkable on the surface.

In the eighties, film critics criticized him for selling ignorance and backwardness to the West.

By the mid-to-late nineties, critics accused him of whitewashing reality and succumbing to the market.

A director commented on Zhang Yimou: He will adjust his position again and again depending on the form, in fact, you will know what he is thinking by looking at what position he is transferred to. ”

Many insiders think that a good fifth-generation director with depth and criticism first went to the market and then approached the system, and since then he has never been able to make qualified movies.

A reporter interviewed Zhang Yimou and asked what prompted him to make this change and whether he had any inside information.

"I don't have an inside story, I just want to make a movie with peace of mind. Zhang Yimou replied.

He didn't have to fight like the sixth generation of directors, he had to make the film he wanted to make, his solution was very simple, since this kind of non-filming, then I could shoot it.

To others it was called a compromise, and he felt it was practical.

You have resisted, you have been banned, you can't make movies, how much time you waste, you might as well work hard.

According to this logic, Zhang Yimou should be a pragmatist.

This is related to his growth environment, and many people think that Zhang Yimou is from a farmer, which is a misunderstanding.

He came from a family of intellectuals, his mother was a doctor, his father was an army officer, and his grandfather was a big local family.

However, this kind of background was called the Black Five category at the time, and it could not pass the examination whether it was a school entrance examination or a soldier.

In order to break through the restrictions of his background, Zhang Yimou painted the portrait of the chairman for the people in the countryside, and quickly won the favor of the local people.

Photography skills allowed him to be transferred from the workshop to the union's propaganda team in a cotton mill and became a literary and artistic worker.

Only then did he have the opportunity to enter the photography department of the film academy and become today's great director Zhang Yimou.

This is a counterattack path.

For Zhang Yimou, only useful things are worth his time and energy.

"There is a lot of determination in this Olympic bid, and this TV film can play a big role, and other countries are preparing carefully, and we can't lag behind. Zhang Yimou said in a deep voice, "I want to find all the best talents in the circle and make a film that can impress Western judges." ”

"Since Director Zhang said it, I will call the shots and let Xiaoling be the assistant director. Lin Zixuan agreed.

In any case, it is to contribute to the Olympic bid, and he still has this awareness.

Lin Xiaoling has no plans to make a film at the moment, and just reviewing those scripts takes up most of her time.

It takes about a month or two to shoot this Olympic bid film, don't watch it for only five minutes, and the content covered is too wide.

Including the economy, culture and sports of the capital, it is also necessary to select the masses and take aerial photos of the landscape of the capital.

It was a complex task to perfectly edit the content of the on-location shoot with the previous documentary.

Zhang Yimou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard Lin Zixuan agree.

In this position, he has to coordinate various relationships, which is different from being a director, as a director, he only needs to control the crew, and the crew members are his subordinates.

Lin Zixuan is not his subordinate, so he can only discuss.

One of them is a big director, the other is the boss of a film and television company, in terms of influence in the circle, Lin Zixuan is better, but in the film field, Zhang Yimou stands at the top.

It can only be said that each has its own merits.

After talking about this matter, the two chatted a few words.

"I heard that Li Yan's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has received a good response in the United States, and the film magazine has a high evaluation, so it should be no problem to be nominated for an Oscar, and I hope to win the award. Zhang Yimou said with emotion.

Zhang Yimou has several films that have been sent to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

I was nominated, but I didn't get the award for various reasons.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the most popular film voted by the audience at the just-concluded Toronto Film Festival in Canada, with Li Yu winning the best director and Xu Jinglei winning the best supporting actress.

In Toronto, I did two missions, one for the North American press conference and the other for the international press conference.

This is the starting point of the Oscars, and winning the award is a good sign, and the momentum of the film has risen.

The increase in news reports, the increase in popularity, and the increase in attention are all building momentum for the Oscars.

Subsequently, the New York International Film Festival chose "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" as the closing film.

Marking the beginning of the campaign in North America, the whole project was very detailed and needed to create a non-stop topic.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has won awards at foreign film festivals one after another, which has surprised domestic filmmakers, and professional film magazines in the United States have given praise.

Some magazines even rated "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" as one of the top 10 movies of the year.

This makes it difficult for domestic media and filmmakers to understand, while films that have received bad reviews in China are sought after by professional filmmakers and film critics in the West.

Li Yu also thinks so, it seems that the signs are very good at present, it depends on whether there is luck in winning the award in the end. Lin Zixuan responded.

"Two years ago, I was planning to make a martial arts film, but I put it down without finding a good book, and I didn't expect that this type of martial arts film would have a market in the West. Zhang Yimou pondered, "When I finish this TV film for the Olympic bid, I will also try it, it is not easy for our film to enter the Western market." ”

Zhang Yimou still wants to hit the Oscars.

The difference between him and Li Huan is that Li Huan was educated by a Western film academy and understands the needs of Western audiences.

After all, Zhang Yimou has not experienced that kind of education and living environment, and he feels that he is separated by a layer and is not transparent enough.