Chapter 722: A Day Trip to Berlin
"Director He, do you have a role suitable for me in this play?"
Li Bingbing first showed favor to Director He Mu, an actress of her level, in addition to mixing in Hollywood to improve her style, basically only accepts large-scale zuò or big director's works in China, undoubtedly, He Mu is one of the most reliable big directors in China, although his work has only one "Zi Bu Silent" series, but each of the three is improving both at the box office and the level, everyone knows that He Mu's position as a director has been stabilized, and the three films have made his mainland box office the best among all mainland directors, At the much-anticipated first Golden Dragon Awards, his "Zi Bu Yu 3" led the nominations, and he himself was the youngest among the Best Director nominees.
Now people generally believe that there are four people who can hope to break the box office record of "Thai Embarrassment" Chinese films, one is He Mu, one is Jiang Wen, one is Zhou Xingchi and one is Xu Zheng himself, it is foreseeable that no matter what He Mu shoots, his every move will be closely watched by the public, and the future box office will not be too bad even if it is not as good as "Thai Embarrassment", and more importantly, the word-of-mouth quality of He Mu's directorial works is more guaranteed.
Not only did Li Bingbing bluntly say that he was willing to be sent by Director He, but Yu Feihong, who played an important supporting role in the "Zi Bu Silent" series, also said that if He Mu needed her, she would be on call, and Yu Nan, who was not very familiar with her, also joined in the fun, saying that his schedule was ready for Director He at any time.
Not to mention Huang Bo and Xu Zheng, they are already familiar with He Mu, and the posture of the role is very similar to a roadblock robbery, in order to make Director Xiao He happy, he also lost Director Ning Hao, and in the end, Huang Bo, who was undisciplined, even Director Xu Zheng also lost a pass. The atmosphere on the plane was quite joyful, which made He Mu even more convinced that it was the right choice for him to recommend Huang Bo to be the host of the Golden Dragon Awards, and this guy's mouth could make Cai Kangyong deflated at the Golden Horse Awards. It's not just a wait.
"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, I don't need many human characters for this new film, and several of the main characters are not very old, I'm afraid you are not suitable." He Mu said with a smile.
Ning Hao listened to it and asked, "Is it another movie like "Zi Bu Si"?" ”
"Don't need many human characters? What does this mean, is it a movie with animals like "Wolf Totem" as the protagonist? Xu Zheng wondered.
He Mu sold it. "What you said is a bit marginal, and it's a little unreliable, everyone will be staring at the Golden Dragon Awards Gala when the time comes. I'll reveal a little bit about the new film above. ”
Ning Hao shook his head regretfully, "It's a pity, I can't go to the first Golden Dragon Award, Mr. Xiao He." You are a member of the Management Committee. You discuss whether you can stop colliding with Berlin next year, not to mention distracting attention, many directors and actors can't take care of both sides, and it's not good to go anywhere. ”
"This is indeed a problem, but there should be no such problem next year, the time of the Berlin Film Festival is fixed, but the Golden Dragon Award depends on the day of the Lantern Festival. It shouldn't be going to be together next year, and you're going to be there next year. "No Man's Land" is definitely the favorite to win the award. "Up to now, among the Chinese films that meet the registration rules of the 2nd Golden Dragon Awards, "No Man's Land" is definitely the best word-of-mouth, regardless of whether there will be other word-of-mouth masterpieces in the remaining period, but "No Man's Land" will definitely occupy an important place.
With He Mu's words, Ning Hao's confidence was even stronger, he was forced to change part of the plot of "No Man's Land", he was still very uncomfortable, and always felt that there was a certain gap between this and the "No Man's Land" he wanted, but after the final release, the audience was very considerate and gave a high evaluation.
When they arrived in Berlin, He Mu and Ning Hao were a little unfamiliar with each other, but fortunately at the airport, they saw the crew of "Tuina" starting from the magic capital, director Lou Ye and He Mu are old acquaintances, and they are frequent visitors to the European Film Festival.
Lou Ye was followed by the three male protagonists of "Tuina", Qin Hao, Guo Xiaodong and Huang Xuan, and they rushed to the hotel prepared by the film festival organizing committee for them, He Mu had been to the Cannes Film Festival before, and there was still a gap between Berlin and Cannes from the lively Cheng Dù, but because the opening of the film festival is imminent, some stars and entertainment reporters with cameras can often be seen on the streets of Berlin.
When they arrived at the hotel, He Mu and Ninghao saw the crew of "Fireworks in the Day" again, He Mu is not very familiar with the director Diao Yinan, but the male and female protagonists Liao Fan and Gui Lunmei still know each other, and they can talk, everyone chatted about the topic of movies, and soon they were happy, so that the main creators of the four films shortlisted for the Chinese film were all here.
The next day when the film festival opened, He Mu took the hand of director Yu Feihong and walked on the opening red carpet.
Li Bingbing walked on the red carpet alone, she spent so much effort on styling, but she didn't want He Mu, an international actor, to steal her limelight, so she sent He Mu to the director.
This year's Berlinale has a strong lineup of works, in addition to four wonderful Chinese films that are very eye-catching, other excellent films should not be underestimated. Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, as the opening film, is the most watched film of this year's Berlin Film Festival. Fiennes, Adrian. Brody, Edward. Norton, Jude. Luo and other big names, as soon as the crew of "The Grand Budapest Hotel" appeared on the red carpet, the enthusiasm in the venue suddenly reached its peak.
In addition, that Richard. Linkley's "Boyhood", which he filmed for 12 years, is also considered a big hit at this year's Berlin Film Festival. Feng. Till's "Female Addict" has long been a hot topic in the film industry because of the issue of scale, and it is one of the most well-known films in the main competition section of this year's Berlin Film Festival.
After the opening of the film industry, the crew of "The Ladder of Love" held a press conference for reporters, so that those domestic media had something to write about, among the four Chinese films, "The Ladder of Love" was the most concerned, even if there was no hard work, reporters would report the news of "The Ladder of Love" in the media.
On the same day, He Mu returned to China after watching "The Grand Budapest Hotel", because he couldn't attend the closing ceremony, so he would come again when "The Ladder of Love" was screened at the film festival in the middle. He Mu, who returned to China, did not go back to the capital directly, but landed at Chengdu Airport, and then drove to Kangding, where the crew of "Dust Settled" will mainly shoot here. (To be continued......)