Chapter 174: Award Ceremony (Part II)
Wang Kefan is too bad, Ivan just finished telling him that the film that won a small award would not win the award, but Wang Kefan immediately used this argument to tease Ivan.
Because Ivan's expression was too exciting, even Wang Jiawei, who was standing in the distance, couldn't help but notice it, and the big director smiled and said something very emotional: "It seems that there should be some secrets between Director Ivan and NK that can't be said, don't you mind, Miss Guo?" β
Now the rotten girls in front of the computer have blown up the nest.
Poor Ivan was still ridiculed for his age, and he couldn't say a word for a while.
Fortunately, Wang Jiawei is very measured, and after making jokes, he returned to a serious attitude.
Under the attention of everyone, Wang Jiawei opened the envelope and took out the award letter inside.
He glanced at it, then the corners of his mouth curled, and said, "I'll read the jury's award speech first." β
"The editors of this film have made this film from a good documentary to a great feature film. The editor uses his own hands to make the film glow with new vitality, the perfect lens conversion makes the story go very smoothly, the memory narrative makes the context of the story clearer, and the clean and direct editing style makes the big scenes in the film show the due momentum, and finally arouses the audience's thinking about the connotation of the film.
The talented young editor, who explained an economic phenomenon from a philosophical point of view in a paper published a few days ago, praised this year's Nobel Prize jury for his artistic approach to solving problems in the social sciences. He was loved even more by European musicians, who not only knew how to handle films, but also turned Cannes into a pop music paradise.
We have reason to believe that the award for Best Editor at the Cannes Film Festival is just a small memorial to this talented young man. He doesn't need to be recognized by the jury to be crowned a master of art in the near future, but we have decided to award this award to him, and we hope that this Chinese professor with many names will make a great contribution to the film industry of all mankind in one day, just as he has achieved in academic achievements.
The jury was honored to be able to present this person with an award. Please, NK Wang Kefan. β
When Wang Jiawei was halfway through the reading, there was endless applause at the scene.
Wang Kefan is the first person in the entertainment industry who can be affirmed by the Nobel Prize Committee, and it is very likely that he will be the last.
Chased by the camera, Wang Kefan straightened his suit, kissed Guo Yujing, hugged Ivan gently, and finally shook hands with Michelle before walking towards the stage without hurrying.
On the stage, the gray-haired honorary chairman of the organizing committee, Arthur . Cohen personally handed the trophy to Wang Kefan, and after vaguely encouraging him with a mouthful of airy accents, he was sent off the stage under the applause of everyone.
Wang Kefan stood in front of the stage, and after skipping various TVs in his mind, he forcibly pressed down the singers' lines when accepting the award. This is the award ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival, and it is a high-level artistic occasion, so I have to say something more in line with this level of acceptance speech.
After brewing for a few seconds, Wang Kefan said, "This is an unexpected surprise. I came to Europe that day, not to win an award or to pursue a new artistic goal, but to find a job that would give me a chance to turn around. Thank you Mark von Ivan for this opportunity. It allowed me to participate in the production of a film as a singer and an advertising person.
Of course, I would also like to thank the jury for their unhesitating words, what director Wang Jiawei read just now not only made me feel my pores shrink, but also completely satisfied my vanity standing on this stage. If I can, I hope to hear a similar award speech again next year after the change of judges. β
There was a burst of laughter from the audience.
Wang Kefan continued: "But the jury's award speech is a bit exaggerated, I haven't reached the level they say, at least in this palace of art, I'm still a rookie, but if I can win all the awards at the Cannes Film Festival in a few years, you can repeat the award speech in the next few paragraphs today, I won't mind."
Finally, I would like to thank my fiancΓ©e, who gave me the motivation to move forward, so many people are eyeing her, she was named the most beautiful actress of this year's film festival even though she only walked on the red carpet for a few minutes, which made me feel so stressed that I didn't dare to slack off at any time. β
In laughter and applause, Wang Kefan walked off the stage with the trophy.
The camera recorded the picture of Guo Yujing kissing Wang Kefan lightly on the cheek, causing the boys and girls in front of various screens to scream. I have to say that looking at Wang Kefan and Guo Yujing from TV, they are really a good match.
After all, the best editor is only a small award, and Wang Kefan won the award, which seems to have been expected by everyone, and the passion in front of and on the scene of domestic TV quickly subsided, and a small ** followed.
After Wang Kefan, several special awards of the organizing committee were presented one after another.
After the award ceremony came to an end, it finally ushered in the most exciting moment of the night.
Next, there is the competition for Best Actor, Director and Film.
Ivan finally calmed down, and at this time he began to shiver in a cold sweat again, and the top two buttons of his shirt had been unbuttoned, completely losing the calm appearance he had when he was on the red carpet before.
And the acting award is really torturous, first a Best Newcomer Actress Award, then a Best Newcomer Actor Award, and then a Best Voice Actor Award, so that Ivan can't help tearing up the group of people who set up awards this year.
Wang Kefan was also a little impatient, he had been outside for too long, and he was really a little homecoming.
At this time, a familiar name brought Wang Kefan's attention back to the stage.
"Best Supporting Actress", "Scatter When You See It", Yang Mi."
"Ahh
With a scream, Yang Mi jumped up from his chair. Feng Xiaogang smiled and hugged Yang Mi, patted her back, and waited for Yang Mi to leave, before his face showed a slightly disappointed expression. According to convention, he couldn't win this year's Best Foreign Language Film Award. Naturally, the best foreign language film director also followed suit.
Feng Xiaogang shook his head, Xu Fan comforted him in a whisper, saying that there was no need to be disappointed before the results came out, Feng Xiaogang gritted his teeth and smiled, which was more ugly than crying, and said in a deep voice Lao Tzu knows the virtues of this group of old Maozi, they just can't see me making commercial films. Make it as if they have art.
Complaining is complaining, waiting for Yang Mi on the stage to thank his parents all the way from his parents to the crew, and when Feng Xiaogang's name was mentioned, Feng Xiaogang still showed a sincere smile. can train Yang Mi, who has immature acting skills, to be the best supporting actress at the Cannes Film Festival, and directors all over China dare not pack tickets and say that they can do it, but he has done it, isn't it worth it. Forced?
Yang Mi walked back with tears streaming down her face, making a large group of her fans cry in front of the computer in China, Best Supporting Actress at the Cannes Film Festival, this kind of award is taken back, I'm afraid I will have to change to the boutique route in the future, fans can only count on Liu Shishi if they want to watch 100 episodes of bitter love dramas...... The episodes passed one after another, and with the birth of this year's actor and queen, the awards ceremony finally came to an end.
The atmosphere of the audience became obviously serious.
A Best Short Film Award and the Jury Best Film Award set the stage for the final Best Picture.
The handsome Leonardo stood in front of the stage, and after sweeping the directors sitting in the front row with blazing eyes, he announced the award for this year's best foreign language film.
"Rashomon."
Shimakawa Jian roared excitedly, stood up from his position, and after high-fiveing each other with the people around him, he strode towards the stage, and when he passed by Feng Xiaogang's side, Feng Xiaogang politely stretched out his hand to the young man himself, but Shimakawa Jian didn't seem to see it, and walked past Feng Xiaogang without stopping for half a second. Feng Xiaogang raised his hand, his expression was quite embarrassed, and he couldn't help but curse out loud in Chinese: "This little devil of the dog, really him. Mom is shameless! β
Xu Fan and Yang Mi hurriedly gave Feng Xiaogang a good breath, but when they looked at Shimakawa Jian, they couldn't help but feel a little unhappy.
After the Best Foreign Language Film Award, it is the penultimate award of this year's film festival, the Best Film Award.
Ivan was sweating like a kettle at this time, Wang Kefan was very worried that he would have to faint from dehydration before the award presenter announced the attribution of the award, and hurriedly comforted: "Director Ivan, "Animal Tamer" has a great chance of winning the award, you can't change the jury's review results if you are blind and nervous alone, take it easy, even if it doesn't work this time, there will still be a chance next year and the year after." β
"No...... It's hard to have a chance, I feel like I'm running out of energy, I'm never going to be able to make a film of this level anymore, this is probably the only time in my life that I get the chance to win an award, you know, the heaviest trophy in my house's display case is just the German Film Contribution Award, damn it, it's just a political axe award, it was given to me for the sake of my age, and it doesn't make any artistic sense at all......"
Ivan was chattering on his side, but his eyes were glued to the screen.
The clips of the 5 shortlisted films were played one by one, and after each clip of the movie, Ivan's breathing rate increased a lot.
Now Wang Kefan is not worried that he will faint from dehydration, and it seems that it is entirely possible for Ivan to die of a heart attack before fainting.
And even more damn it, after the movie clip was played, the damn award presenter was still selling Guanzi, holding the award letter in his hand, saying how honored it was to be here, how brilliant his past achievements were, but unfortunately he had never won such an artistic award as the Palme d'Or.
As Ivan stared at Spielberg and gritted his teeth, the goods on the stage suddenly tore open the envelope.
Ivan clenched his fists, and in a trance, it seemed that even his heart had stopped.
Spielberg smiled faintly and said a name that made Ivan ecstatic.
"The best film at this year's Cannes Film Festival, 'The Animal Tamer.'"
Ivan cried like a child, hugged Wang Kefan and kept saying thank you, completely ignoring what the jury's award speech was saying.
Walking onto the stage, Ivan was still a little shaky. After working in the film industry for so many years, although he has a high reputation in Germany, he has never had the opportunity to stand on such an international stage.
Ivan took a deep breath, and the sound of blowing his nose made everyone laugh.
Ivan also smiled a little embarrassedly, and when he opened his mouth, it was a slightly hoarse voice after crying just now.
This time, the peers in the audience gave applause.
Ivan nodded and said gratefully: "To this day, I can still vividly remember the scene when I took my first class at the German Film Academy 50 years ago, and my classmates, some of whom retired 20 years ago, some became businessmen who supported the German film industry, some have died, but most of all, like me, have been silently making films." Although we didn't win an award, we have been working because of love.
I'm 70 years old this year, and I'm old enough to retire. Before filming The Animal Tamer, I already thought that this would be my last film. Originally, I was going to continue to finish this work in an obscure way, but I was not reconciled, I wanted to leave a name in the history of cinema, so I sold my house, sold my car, and got the biggest investment of my life from the kind Mr. Michelle.
It took me 5 years to make this film, which is a long enough time to represent my career. However, just after the film was finished, I was in extreme pain. The length of this film, which was 300 minutes at the beginning, was very good, but it was also very boring. I thought that my life would end in failure, but fortunately, God sent me angels.
The jury was right, it was Nomoo's genius editing that gave the film a new lease of life, and although the best director has not yet been announced, I think this award should be given to Nomoo, even if he was not nominated at all. I want to thank Nomoo, the film "The Tamer" to Nomoo, and our entire crew, Berlin Film Company, to Nomoo this year. Thanks to the objectivity and fairness of the jury, you have made my life have a perfect ending. β
Wang Kefan walked to the side of the stage and will hold the Palme d'Or trophy, and the whole person has begun to tremble and old Ivan supports, and walks back to his position one by one, and the applause of the audience is endless.
The best picture has a home, and the only remaining award is the best director.
As the old Ivan himself expected, he won the best picture, but he did not win the title of best director again.
French director Alain Cono once again won this honor.
There was no envy in Old Ivan's eyes, he held his trophy and kept muttering to Wang Kefan: "Nomoo, you are a genius, I believe that you will be able to win many best directors in the future, you will definitely be able to ...... "
His voice became softer and softer, his breathing became slower and slower, and finally he tilted his head and leaned on Wang Kefan's shoulder, smiled, and closed his eyes.
The venue of the carnival quietly fell silent......
(To be continued)