The chairman of the jury of the Critics' Week at this year's Cannes Film Festival is Truffaut, a director and one of the founders of the French New Wave film movement, and a representative of the Cinémathèque school. At this time, however, he was a film critic and magazine editor as a judge for Critics' Week.

As a film critic and film theorist, Truffaut once wrote an essay "On the Tendency of French Cinema", which became the theoretical manifesto of the French New Wave film movement and caused a great sensation.

Truffaut and Godard are good friends, good colleagues and good partners, and unlike Godard's room, which has portraits of giants such as Balzac, Truffaut's room is full of portraits of giants such as Balzac. is also because of the huge difference in ideology between the two, they will part ways and break up completely in the next few years.

Godard disliked the fact that "The Bloody Lonely City" was a film deliberately fabricated by the political axe of the Republic of China for the sake of political propaganda, while Truffaut liked the use of cinematic camera and realistic documentary narrative in "The Bloody Lonely City". Because this kind of truth, which he has always pursued, wrote an article more than ten years ago called "French Cinema Dies" in Falsehood. Although these two realities are different in terms of external performance, the basic film concept is the same.

Regarding Truffaut's film style, Wong Kar-wai of later generations imitated him, but after Wong Kar-wai imitated his style, his perspective was positioned in the small mood of urban men and women. Truffaut, on the other hand, has a broader vision, focusing the film on all levels of real society.

Truffaut wrote a 3.5 on his scoreboard, which is a high score, because it is only four out of four, and there are many films that have scored a few points at the previous Cannes Film Festival.

Seshitagawa, next to Truffaut, is a senior film critic of the "Film Shunbao", although "Bloody Lonely City" was filmed very objectively and did not deliberately scandalize himself, but it always made him feel a little awkward. A few years ago, it was said that the film industry was full of reflection movies, reflecting on the mistakes of militarism, and those movies scolded me more harshly than the Chinese. However, in recent years, the right wing has begun to raise its head, and the ideology has gradually diverged.

Unfortunately, Seshitagawa, who is not a right-winger, is also a pro-right-winger, and he put pen to paper to write down a score of 2.1. This score is not too low, and it can be regarded as Seshitagawa still abiding by the bottom line of the judges.

Steve is a senior film critic at Entertainment Weekly, and he doesn't value artistic ideas as much as the French, but rather the entertainment and viewing surnames of movies. And the explosion and fighting scenes in "Bloody Lonely City" made him creepy, and his first reaction was to introduce the technology inside to Hollywood. After thinking about it, Steve put pen to paper and wrote down a high score of 3.8.

Camille is a human rights activist, and the movie "Bloody Lonely City" made her very entangled, and she almost vomited when she saw the bloody scenes that appeared from time to time. But the anti-war sentiment in the film is what she admires, but the excessive atmosphere and commercialization of the picture dilute the artistic connotation of the film, and Camille finally gave it a score of 3.2...... After all the judges had finished grading, they began to talk about the film briefly, while the projectionist got busy preparing for the next film.

…… Although Bai Muyang is a little greedy for power in the company's affairs, he can be said to be the person who cares most about the development of the company, and even this concern surpasses Wang Zijun in this boss to a certain extent.

From the previous Tianhua Company to the renamed Wang Company, Bai Muyang has been a manager, and he has treated the company as his own child, so he has to ask about the following things, for fear of making a mistake.

That day, when he heard that the company's film was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival, he was so excited that he didn't sleep well all night, and then he has been collecting information about European and American film companies, especially film companies, for several days, wanting to take this opportunity to enter the European and American markets with his company's films.

Golden Harvest's movies can be released in the United States, why can't your own company?

Bai Muyang doesn't know much about international film festivals like the Cannes Film Festival, and those European and American filmmakers don't know anything about him.

And Bai Muyang's foreign language is not good, at this time to communicate with others, it was Wang Zijun who asked Li Jinghao to follow him as a translator.

"Hello sir, I am Bai Muyang, the general manager of the Wang Film Company of the Republic of China, and this is my business card." Bai Muyang handed over his specially customized business card to a foreigner who seemed to be very famous.

"Chinese Film Company?" The ghost guy frowned and asked Bai Muyang, "Is there something wrong with you?" ”

"Yes, our company's film was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival and was very valued by the jury." Bai Muyang said proudly, "Now we are contacting overseas distribution ......"

"Bruce. Lee's kung fu movie? "That would be fine, but I'll have to watch the movie." ”

"No, it's an anti-fascist war movie." Bai Muyang said.

"Oh no, I'm not interested in Chinese-language war films, I don't think anyone will. Well, so be it, I still have things. The ghost guy turned around and left, and before he could avoid Bai Muyang's sight, he threw the business card into the trash.

This is already the twenty-seventh person who rejected him, Bai Muyang felt aggrieved and angry, especially when the ghost guy threw his business card just now, he felt that he had been slapped in the face.

Bai Muyang squatted wordlessly under the steps, his head hanging down, and suddenly a few drops of liquid wet the ground. This hard-working middle-aged man actually shed tears.

Li Jinghao's wife is now working in the office of Wang's company in South Korea, and it is handled by Bai Muyang himself, so Li Jinghao has a good impression of Bai Muyang.

After a few months of normal life, Li Jinghao is now much more humane, and when he saw this, he walked over and patted Bai Muyang's shoulder, which was considered comforting.

"Excuse me, are you from Wang's Film Company?" A female voice speaking French came.

Bai Muyang looked up at Li Jinghao, and Li Jinghao said, "She asked if we were from Wang's company." ”

"Yes, yes. I am Bai Muyang, the general manager of Wang's company, and this is Mr. Li Jinghao, our assistant to the president. Bai Muyang wiped his red eyes and returned to work, although he didn't know what the woman in front of him was doing, but his company was concerned by foreigners, which was a good thing.

"Oh, hello, I'm Angela, a journalist for the French magazine "Positif", I like this film of your company very much, can you give me a chance to interview?" Angela asked. She didn't look for long after she came out, and there were not many Asian faces at the Cannes Film Festival at this time, so she asked a few people one by one and found the right person.

Bai Muyang also knew that "Positif" was a magazine as famous as "Film Manual" in France, so he was immediately overjoyed, and quickly nodded: "Yes, of course, this is my business card." ”

Angela asked, "Mr. Bai, I don't know where Director Wang Zijun is now?" ”

"He's on the beach, I'll take you there." Bai Muyang said.

"Thanks, get in my car, I'm familiar with the roads of Cannes." Angela Road.

Angela's car was a red mid-range sedan, and Lee Kyung-ho said, "I'll drive it." ”

"It's okay, I happened to interview Mr. Bai. But Mr. Li has to translate and drive again...... "Angela is afraid that he will be distracted."

"No problem." Lee Kyung-ho had already entered the cab, and Angela couldn't say anything more.

After getting into the car, Angela directed Li Jinghao's direction and smiled at Bai Muyang: "Mr. Bai, first of all, I want to congratulate you, your company's film will definitely be dazzling this time." I guarantee with my three years of interviewing at the Festival de Cannes. ”

"Oh, really?" Bai Muyang was pleasantly surprised, "But my counterparts in Europe and the United States don't seem to be optimistic about our film." ”

Angela could hear that Bai Muyang was participating in this kind of international film festival for the first time (the Asia-Pacific Film Festival is nondescript, there is no comparable surname), and explained: "The highlight of the Cannes Film Festival has just begun, and "Bloody Lonely City" is more inclined to commercial surnames. Therefore, as long as they win the grand prize and become famous, many publishing companies will come to the door on their own. ”

With the assurance of this famous magazine reporter, Bai Muyang finally regained some confidence and said gratefully: "Thank you Miss Angela for solving your doubts." ”

"I heard that director Wang Zijun is only 20 years old this year?" Angela mainly came to interview the director, and she was not interested in Wang's company.

"Yes, he will be 20 years old in a little more than a month." Bai Muyang said.

"Oh, that's young, and the directors who can win awards at the festival are at least over 30 years old." Angela exclaimed, "Is he a top student at a famous film school?" ”

"No, our boss is a regular university, not a film major, and he has taken a leave of absence now." Bai Muyang said.

"Your boss? I'm talking about director Wang Zijun. Angela explained, thinking that Lee Kyung-ho had mistranslated.

Bai Muyang said: "Mr. Wang Zijun is not only the boss of our company, but also the director of this play. ”

"Oh, I see." Angela thought that this Wang Zijun must have been born in a wealthy family, and he had money to run a film company at a young age, and most of the elders in his family had filmmakers, who had been exposed to it since childhood, so that he could make good movies at a young age.

Angela took a pen and swiped a few strokes on the shorthand book, and asked, "Mr. Bai, can you briefly introduce director Wang Zijun's film experience?" ”

"Absolutely." Bai Muyang answered Angela's questions and said that he chose the best ones, because the other party's report was of great help to improve the reputation of the company and Wang Zijun in the European and American film industry.

"Our boss's name is Wang Zijun, born in Taipei, China, and his father is a heroic veteran and the guard adjutant of the general in the movie "Bloody Lonely City", ......"

"You're saying that the story in this movie is completely true?"

"Yes, it's completely real, even the wedding on the battlefield. However, it is not as romantic as in the movie, and the two newlyweds just worshiped heaven and earth and held a marriage ceremony. You know, film is something that needs to be artistically processed......"

Angela ticked the shorthand book a few more times: the director's father was a high-ranking Kuomintang general, and asked: "In other words, director Wang Zijun decided to shoot this theme under the influence of his father?" ”

"So to speak." Bai Muyang nodded.

"So how did he get into the film industry?" Angela asked.

When he was in middle school, he participated in a singing contest and won the championship, and then his original 12 songs became a record and became a big hit, and he himself was taken by a producer who asked him to lead a romance film. I think maybe he liked movies at that time. ”

"Wait, he won the singing competition?" Angela was a little puzzled, wasn't she still a director and businessman just now? How did you become a singer again?

"Yes, he is now the most popular singer in the whole of Southeast Asia."

Angela felt that her thoughts were a little messy and said, "Do you have any of his written materials?" I'd like to take a closer look. ”

"Absolutely." Bai Muyang said and took out a few magazines from his handbag, of course, the reports about Wang Zijun were all positive, and two of the reports simply recorded Wang Zijun's entire experience.

Most of the stories were in Chinese, but one of the Singaporean magazines was all in English and Angela could read.

After the military, gang members, patriotic students, original singers, actors, directors, businessmen, dancers...... God, Angela cried out in her heart, what a monster this is!

If a person in her forties had such multiple identities, Angela might appreciate, but by no means marvel. But this guy is not yet 20 years old.

What surprised Angela the most was that Wang Zijun was not born in a rich family as he imagined, but grew up in an ordinary family. The achievements he achieved were completely self-made and self-serving, which was almost a victory for the common people.

Once such a person is reported, regardless of national boundaries and race, it will surely resonate with ordinary readers. They would love to see an ordinary person achieve heights that are difficult for those in the upper echelons to achieve through their own efforts, even if the successful ones have nothing to do with them.

Suddenly, Angela's whole body trembled - the old lady is going to be developed, exclusive report, exclusive report, it must be fast!

The reporters were alone, but the judges themselves were executives of many magazines, and they would call their respective reporters in the evening to get their attention to the film.

But they certainly won't pay too much attention to it, at most praise the film from an artistic point of view, and marvel at the director's youth.

What cinematic art, to hell with it! I'm going to write the report as the most sensational biographical interview, and when "Bloody Lonely City" wins the Critics' Week Award, I'll send it out immediately.

The old lady is developed!

Angela looked out the window of the car while reading the magazine reports, and she couldn't wait to meet the young Chinese director.

Angela flipped back the Singapore magazine in her hand, and on the cover was a photo of Wang Zijun singing at a concert in Taipei, under the rendering of lighting and stage effects, the handsome appearance revealed a mysterious taste of the Orient.

"Hehe, I didn't expect him to change out of the shabby military uniform in the movie, and he was still quite handsome." Angela thought, at least in terms of appearance, to compare with other directors.

(To be continued)