Chapter 454: The Film Festival

Yang Lin's filming is on the right track, after having such a good start, it is shooting slowly, according to the plan, this is the area where Transformers appear, so the scene is relatively heavy.

But what Yang Lin didn't expect was that he was about to leave the crew to attend the closing ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival after less than five days of filming.

During this time, because it was filmed in a US military base, it was defended by high-tech military forces, and even if the reporter knew where he was, he couldn't get in, which invisibly added a bit of mystery to "Transformers".

Without the reporter's interview, the filming progress of the crew and the list of personnel have become a mystery, and the reporters are itching one by one, and they want to win the news through various channels.

The contract signed by Yang Lin with the crew of "Transformers" stipulates that Yang Lin can take leave to participate in these film activities, after all, the Berlin Film Festival has a high international reputation.

This year is a bumper year for Chinese films, not only "Lust and Caution" was shortlisted for the main competition unit, but also the film "Apple" starring Fan Bingbing and Tong Da, and the film "Tuya's Marriage" directed by Wang Quanan Three Chinese films went to compete for the Golden Bear Award and joined the "Bear Snatching Army".

Flying back to New York from New Mexico, Yang Lin will transfer to a plane to Berlin in New York, where he will meet with Ang Lee, Tony Leung and Tang Wei and walk the historic red carpet together.

It has been 57 years since the Berlinale held its first film festival in Germany in 1951, and in the more than 50 years of history, the Berlinale has successfully risen from a small regional award to one of the three major film festivals in the world.

There are many reasons why the Berlinale is one of the top three film festivals in the world, but the most important is its authority, fairness and wide influence. Maybe German movies are not as good as Hollywood, but the rigorous and realistic attitude of the Germans makes many niche films stand out. Bring a different experience to movie lovers.

The main awards of the festival are the "Golden Bear" and the "Silver Bear". The "Golden Bear Award" is awarded to the best feature film, documentary, science and education film, and art film; The Silver Bear Award is awarded to the best director, actor or actress, screenwriter, music, cinematography, artist, youth work or feature film with special achievements. In addition, there are international critics' awards, special jury awards, etc.

The Berlinale is also a major media event, with around 15,000 professionals participating each year, including 3,500 journalists from 76 different countries around the world. With more than 4,000 films participating in this year's festival, which is the largest number of entries in recent years, "Lust and Caution" was able to stand out from so many films and become one of the 22 films in the main competition unit, and its praise has naturally attracted attention.

Yang Lin is the second male lead in "Lust and Caution". and was also shortlisted for two awards, which is naturally a big shock in China. "Lust and Caution" has disappeared now, except for the roll call during filming because of the relationship between the actor and the director.

In the era of extremely advanced entertainment information, movies that have disappeared for so long are naturally forgotten by everyone, but what these people didn't expect is that "Lust and Caution" quietly entered the Berlin Film Festival before its release and became one of the most acclaimed films.

The "Lust and Caution" at the film festival is an unabridged version, so it is even more touching, Ang Lee is a delicate person, he is good at using the small to see the big approach, and he shows the potential of the actor. It shows the turbulent Shanghai ~ Hai in the thirties of the last century from a unique perspective. …,

This year's Berlinale can be described as a battle of dragons, and each film is of the highest quality. From last year's starlight and few newcomers to this year's glorious situation, discerning people know that this year's battle between gold and silver bears must be a thorny road, and no one has the confidence to win.

Although three Chinese films were shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's Berlin Film Festival at the same time, judging from the overall shortlist, "Lust and Caution", "Apple" and "Tuya's Marriage" will face strong challenges from many overseas opponents at this year's festival.

As the closing film of this year's film festival, "Angel" is from the new generation of famous French director Francois . Hand of Ozon. Osson is currently one of Europe's most sought-after directors, and his films "Eight Beauties" and "Murder in the Pool" have been shortlisted for internationally renowned film festivals. And there have been many successes. Hollywood's new generation of representatives Stephen . Soderbergh also brought a new film "The Good German" this year. For Soderbergh, who has already won the Oscar, "The Good German" set in World War II seems to have a very good appetite for films with a biased political background at the Berlinale, so it also has a considerable chance of winning.

The famous South Korean director Park Chan-wook's new film "Cyborg Doesn't Matter" with "Kind Gold" is also worth paying attention to. Park Chan-wook's unbridled imagination and directing technique shifted his attention from violence to human comedy this time. And the joining of Rain, who is quite popular in the world, has added a lot of weight to the film. The famous Danish director Billy, who guided the success of Nordic cinema to the world. Auguste's new film "Goodbye. Bafana", the famous French director Jacques. Rivitt's "Don't Touch the Axe" and the famous Hollywood movie star Robert Brown. De Niro's "The Shepherd" is both noteworthy and threatens the impact of two Chinese films on the festival.

A situation of dragon and tiger competition has been formed, not only masters and famous directors, but also a variety of small-budget niche films, looking at the overall situation, the award-winning wisps of "Lust and Caution" and the audience, film critics are among the top fews, but there are dark horses every year, and no one can guarantee whether they can win awards.

Various magazines have scrambled to report on this situation, and they have crossed the sea to show their magical powers, and they have launched predictions, from the current point of view, whether it is word-of-mouth or slightly more popular "Lust Caution" and "Shepherd" will have a life-and-death struggle. The slightly weak "Others" and "Tuya's Marriage" were repeatedly reported after the nominations, and if they could win the award, it would not be an unpopularity.

Never before has the Berlinale Awards been so lively, because every candidate is so close and every award is won or lost. Even magazines such as "People", "Film Review", and "Variety" cannot say for sure, and no one knows who the final winner is.

Or you can say a cool thing that makes people angry: it's normal for anyone to win the award. But the truth is that this is what happened at the 57th Berlin Film Festival.

At the New York airport, the plane to Berlin had to wait more than five hours. So Yang Lin and others had to wait for hours bored, in New York, the airport has always been crowded, as one of the most famous cities in the world, it seems that it should be so luxurious.

Yang Lin wore a light blue knitted sweater today, which looked simple and generous, and the washed white jeans looked very youthful. He thought he didn't have many fans in the United States, so he didn't pretend at all. Stay in the departure room like a normal person.

"Hey, I'm going to be a trapeze artist again, I still hope you can go filming." Zhang Qian hammered his waist, and then joked, he was the most relaxed during this time, Yang Lin was filming in the military base, he would naturally follow, and he usually had nothing to do, so he could be lazy. ..., Yang Lin's contract with Huayi Brothers is approaching, and the rest of the things have been arranged. Naturally, there is no need to add any more activities, Zhang Qian is the most relaxed one. I don't work when I get paid.

"Okay, among so many of us, you are the only one who is the most relaxed, you are idle every day, you look at us, how hard it is. Let you go back to help Brother Fan, you just want to stay with a dead face, and now you are tired of shouting. Yang Lin casually retorted. He himself spends every day in a shootout. Recently, in the filming of the shootout, Yang Lin has been stuck there, which stopped the filming progress for a while.

After hearing Yang Lin's words. Zhang Qian hurriedly raised his hand to surrender, he said: "Come on, don't say it, I'm lazy alone." I'm still helping you arrange commercial performances every day and arguing with those endorsers, do you think it's easy? ”

Yang Lin smiled slightly, he looked at the people around him who were also waiting for the plane, they leaned back in the chairs and closed their eyes to recuperate, some were holding newspapers and watching with relish, and some were playing with their mobile phones or chatting with the people next to them.

At this time, a large group of reporters rushed over, they did not surround Yang Lin, but separated a short distance, and then began to click and take pictures.

The only identity that Yang Lin can make reporters chase after is that he is the first person to come out of "Transformers", and he can get some exclusive news about "Transformers" from his mouth, and the rest of the Berlin Film Festival nominations are insignificant.

The American reporters were polite, taking a few pictures, hanging their cameras on their chests and preparing for the interview.

Yang Lin was dazzled, he stood up, and then cooperated with the reporter to take a few photos.

"May I ask Yang Lin, how is the filming progress of "Transformers" recently? Have you ever seen a Transformer in action? Can you tell us a little bit about it? ”

It can be seen that this reporter has done his homework, and he can call out Yang Lin's Chinese name relatively fluently, hoping that Yang Lin can treat him differently.

Yang Lin also knows his bottom line, he smiled slightly, and then talked eloquently to the reporters, not shy or restrained at all, but like the superstars, he was down-to-earth and generous, which made many reporters' eyes shine.

"But before I go to the interview, can we go outside? Now it seems to have disturbed the rest of the travelers. Yang Lin said very intimately, he didn't want so many travelers to be harassed for his own reasons.

There are not many reporters coming, after all, they are not gods, they don't know that Yang Lin came to New York, and Yang Lin is not a superstar, many people have no feelings for him, thinking that he is just a newcomer.

"What's the recent pace of filming, and will you be able to keep up? As a Chinese, will there be any taboo for you to appear in the US ** base? ”

Yang Lin is no longer the young newcomer, he smiled slightly, and then said loudly: "I just started shooting, and I can't say it's fast or slow." Because the crew invited real soldiers, it took some run-in period, and these soldiers injected us with a lot of energy, which helped me a lot and taught me how to integrate into them quickly. ”

The reporter's eyes lit up, and then he asked: "How long do you think this run-in period is?" There's gossip that you've taken over Mr. Spielberg's new film "Raiders of the Lost Ark III", is that such a thing? ”

"The run-in period has passed, and now if it weren't for me because of the Berlin Film Festival, our crew would have been shooting at high speed, this movie will definitely be very good-looking, and all kinds of big scenes will make your blood boil." Yang Lin avoided talking about "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and he didn't know what Spielberg's attitude was. …,

"It was rumored that director Michael Bay and Mr. Spielberg once wanted you to be the leading actor, but because of the investors, they couldn't do it. I heard that they have also revised the plot especially for you, can you explain this? We've seen you in many scenes where you're familiar with Megan Fox, but you've never spoken to Shia LaBeouf, does that highlight the irreconcilable tensions between the two of you? ”

The reporters are all some people who catch the wind and shadows, but Yang Lin and Shia LaBeouf really don't know much about each other, and the two just nodded when they met, such things were discovered by reporters, and Yang Lin had to admit that the reporter's observation was very subtle.

"Actually, I didn't have much contact with him, and now that I'm filming, he doesn't have a military base scene, so we don't have an intersection. But there is no contradiction that everyone says, I think he is a very good actor, and the two of us are very close in character and age, so we should become good friends. ”

Yang Lin's answer was too official, and the reporters were a little uncomfortable, they wanted some exciting news, not this bland thing.

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There's only this chapter today, I'm about to die, who would do a business English report in English, I've struggled for a long time, and I still haven't made it. After writing this chapter and then getting that thing, I'm going to hand it in tomorrow morning, and I really can't afford to be sad.

Forgive me, I've been under a lot of pressure lately, and I've been too busy with all kinds of professional classes.