Chapter 173: Award Ceremony (Part II)
The red carpet at the end of the festival was unsurprisingly filled with journalists from all over the world. Long guns and short cannons stretched out from the crowd, and I couldn't wait to stick the camera to the faces of passing stars, and find out the excessively long nose hair of individual people. Due to the award ceremony, more people participated in the closing ceremony than at the opening ceremony, and at this time, audiences at home and abroad were able to see many actors who were not well-known abroad, but who were quite good in their own countries.
A few years ago, Yang Mi was complained by the domestic audience because he delayed for a few more minutes in this big show. But time has passed, with a large number of powerful actresses such as Zhang Ziyi, Zhao Wei, Zhou Xun, Li Shuangbing, etc., or entering a semi-retired state, or changing careers to engage in behind-the-scenes work, and Fan Ye has also faded with age, Yang Mi has finally become a representative of domestic actresses, although her acting skills are still criticized as always, but this has not affected Yang Mi at all.
You must know that even those of the rank of Jay Chou and Liu Dehua, who are forgotten by the king, are often scolded by others. Nowadays, when a star wants not to be scolded, the only one who can follow suit is Wang Kefan.
In fact, Wang Kefan's method was not absolutely effective. It's only been half a month since the warrior film, and now someone is disgusting Wang Kefan on the Internet in disguise. A more specific example is that many diao silk will send a jade photo of Guo Yujing early in the morning, and then note below: Masturbated.
Guo Yujing's suppression of the group has become an indisputable thing, and a flower inserted in cow dung is also one of the facts that can be judged with the naked eye.
Wang Kefan is thick-skinned, and completely ignores those who say that they can't eat grapes are stupid and boring people. He held Guo Yujing in his arms, walked across the 200-meter red carpet with his head held high, and walked into the venue indifferently.
Ivan didn't walk with Wang Kefan, it is said that he was afraid of being blinded by the flash, he and the boss of Berlin Film Company, the big fat Michelle, waved their hands to the reporters all the way, like a film master, but the fact is that he was nominated for best director at an international A-level film festival for the first time in his life.
Amid the cacophony, more than 4,000 guests entered the venue one after another.
When I entered the venue, the noise immediately disappeared.
From afar, Wang Kefan saw Director Feng Xiaogang leading his wife Xu Fan, beckoning several main crew members of his latest movie "Disperse When You See It" to sit down quickly. Yang Mi, as the first supporting actress in this movie, sat next to Xu Fan.
"Scattered When You See It" is not a comedy, but the first pure literary film shot by Director Feng, this time it was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Award, and the main opponent is the work "Rashomon" by Shimakawa Jian, a cutting-edge director of Yumoto, Wang Kefan hasn't had time to watch it these days, but I heard that it is based on the original work of the famous novelist Ryunosuke Akutagawa in modern times, which is very gimmicky.
However, these things are not what Wang Kefan cares about.
I came here today, the first is to cheer for Ivan, the second is to see if I can win the award, and if I insist on saying the third purpose, that is, to increase my popularity more by the way.
As the room gradually filled, the executive chairman of the conference, Joe. Seaver walked to the front of the stage.
Josie Fer has been wide in heart and fat in recent years, and there are more and more signs of developing horizontally again. A bearded man doesn't know how to shave, and a lot of people have to learn to make a literary and artistic style at a young age, for fear that people won't know that he is engaged in art.
The big fat man stood in front of the microphone and coughed softly twice, and the guests in the audience soon quieted down with interest.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the closing ceremony of this edition of the Festival de Cannes, the ceremony of the awards."
After a pause in the opening remarks, the audience cooperated and contributed a little applause.
Josie Fer continued, "We're here tonight to witness the annual film festival. I think every filmmaker here should be in the same mood as me at this time, looking forward to it and apprehensive, but don't worry, the organizers of the conference are very experienced, and there will never be a missing award and forgetting to give it out. So if somebody doesn't get a prize, then -- you just don't win a prize, and it has nothing to do with the system of the conference. ”
A little humor made the audience chuckle.
Feng Xiaogang pursed his lips and asked Xu Fan in a low voice, "What did the grandson just say?" ”
Xu Fan said with a smile: "He said that whoever didn't win the award was incompetent, and he couldn't blame the conference for his back." ”
Feng Xiaogang nodded and said, "It's not rough, but what's so funny about this?" ”
The venue was very quiet, and Wang Kefan heard Feng Xiaogang's words even though he was far away.
Feng Xiaogang is obviously nervous, he has been a commercial film director all his life, and a few years ago, he finally mustered up the courage to plan to change his shape, but first "Night Banquet" was sprayed with blood, and it has nothing to do with literature and art, let alone winning awards. "Assembly" is not bad, it became popular with Zhang Hanyu, and won 5 best actors at 5 film festivals with just one film, but it is a pity that Director Feng failed to become popular in foreign countries with this film.
As for "1942", which was later filmed with a large investment, it has a good reputation in the domestic film industry, but unfortunately the box office is not good, so foreigners don't take a fancy to it.
After waiting for so many years, and finally waiting for a "Break Up When You See It" was shortlisted for the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival, commercial director Feng Xiaogang can finally raise his eyebrows and straighten his waist this year.
As a director, who doesn't want people to call themselves artists?
Wang Kefan smiled slightly, and then turned his head to look at Ivan beside him. The old guy clenched his hands into fists, his eyes staring straight ahead, but his eyes were very empty, obviously thinking about something.
After listening to Josie Fer's short speech, two emcees, a man and a woman, came to the stage.
Both of them are local hosts in Europe, and Wang Kefan doesn't know any of them.
After another round of nonsense, the award ceremony finally began.
Like all awards ceremonies, the Festival de Cannes puts the minor awards first. With the two important surnames that Ivan has received, he is destined to suffer for a long time today.
The awards are divided into five categories: technical, acting, directing, screenwriting and film.
Among them, there are the most technical awards, and there are a total of 18 sub-categories. Wang Kefan's nomination for Best Editor is included.
The first one was awarded the Original Film Music Award, which Wang Kefan was more concerned about. The winner is an Austrian, and his name is very awkward, but when he heard those melodies on the spot, Wang Kefan had to accept them. It's a pity that there is a difference between film music and pop music after all, just like using the verses in "Dream of Red Mansions" outside the context of the novel, some poems are not necessarily excellent works.
The Austrian boy seemed very excited, all the way from his grandparents to the family dog, which caused the audience to laugh.
Later, there is the Best Art Award. The art award was subdivided into five sub-categories: costumes, props, makeup, special effects, and visual effects, which were won by three French, Italian and Polish films, but the people who came to the stage to accept the award did not see any excitement.
Ivan came back to his senses in time and explained to Wang Kefan that under normal circumstances, movies that won these small awards are unlikely to get involved in the big awards later. Wang Kefan suddenly realized that these small awards for feelings are consolation prizes.
But it's right to think about it, movies are originally a combination of various arts, and if one of the links in the middle is not done well, you won't get the best film at all. It can be said that usually the best films can win a few small awards, as for the specific award arrangement, it depends on the choice of the judges and the game between the major film companies.
After the two awards of photography and screenwriting, the host on the stage finally said something that made Wang Kefan slightly lift his spirits.
"The next award is the Editing Award, which is known as the rebirth of films. There are four people nominated for Best Editor this year, three of the four are long-established directors who have edited their own films, and the rest of the one, I think everyone knows who it is. ”
On the big screen of the stage, Wang Kefan's figure was given.
Although Wang Kefan was a little surprised that he could get this extra treatment, he still reacted immediately and waved at the camera very gracefully.
On the contrary, it was in China, because of this shot, I couldn't help but get excited.
Youdou.com's commentary looked at the picture at a very fast pace If Wang Kefan can win the award, then he will become the third Chinese to win a technical award at the Cannes Film Festival, and the only one in the past 20 years.
In the early hours of the morning, there was jubilation in China, and a large group of night owls who went to bed late and got up late posted on the forum while celebrating the idol's award in advance.
Zhu Qishan, Song Mengyao, and a large group of Wang Kefan's acquaintances in the music circle are all paying attention to the live broadcast screen.
How many years has China not produced such a talented musician?
At the festival venue, four nominated film clips were broadcast in turn, and after the clips of "The Animal Tamer" were played, the host invited the guest of honor for the best editor, Wang Jiawei from Xiangjiang, China.
The award presenter is actually a Chinese, and this arrangement undoubtedly makes people think about it inside and outside the venue.
Wang Jiawei walked to the front of the stage, took the envelope handed by the host, shook it at the audience, and then asked, "NK, do you want to know?" ”
The audience laughed again, and the camera once again gave Wang Kefan and Guo Yujing a close-up.
I saw a faint smile on Wang Kefan's face, and said: "Director Wang, I heard that a movie that won a small award won't win the award, is this true?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Ivan, who was sitting on the side, suddenly turned red.
(To be continued)