"Forty-four years of Golden Horse Awards - born in controversy, died in controversy!" -- The well-known filmmaker Song Ziwen wrote an article the next day, which was published on major websites such as Fox and New Wolf.

The Golden Horse Awards began in 1958, when it was not called the Golden Horse Awards, but it was just a reward for Taiwanese films from Baodao Films. In 1962, due to political factors, the Baodao authorities began to suppress Taiwanese films and began to promote Chinese films. But at that time, it was the world of Taiwanese films, and even Hong Kong had to produce one or two hundred Taiwanese films every year to cater to it, where did the Chinese films come from?

As a result, the Baodao authorities established the Golden Horse Awards, adding Hong Kong films that had been screened on Baodao to the selection object, a simple Baodao film commendation, which was defined as a large category in the pan-Chinese-speaking region, and had to take the road of a quasi-film festival.

As a result, an even more unexpected Hong Kong film that was used to temporarily fill the number, save the scene, and save lives has been pressed on the head of Baodao Films so generously for 44 years, and its monopoly has not changed until now.

In the 90s, the Baodao Film Market gradually fell, and a large number of filmmakers set their sights on overseas film festivals, and the Golden Horse Awards began to appear lonely in the embarrassment of lack of firewood and rice. Is it the art of choice? Or is it a commendation for business? The controversy began to confuse the Golden Horse Awards.

You must know that Baodao films have not been able to come up with any decent commercial films, and a large number of art films in the past have not been valued by the Golden Horse Awards, which makes the organizers have to sway between business and art, and failed to stick to the end, but caused more controversy.

In Treasure Island Films, it is not possible to choose the recognition criteria. And when it is impossible to organize vector film sources to participate in the competition, Hong Kong films still play the role of a big package. Hong Kong films have been covered like a fig leaf at the Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards for so many years, but now, the world that is deteriorating year by year can no longer continue to support the maintenance of the Golden Horse Awards with an industrial chain.

Since 2002, Hong Kong's film production has declined, quality has declined, and business has collapsed, and every year it has set new records for minimum production and lowest efficiency. In 2005, after experiencing the embarrassment of only 20 films in the competition in the past few years, Golden Horse will be even more at a loss and struggling.

In 2006, the Golden Horse Awards had to look to the mainland in the face of Hong Kong's production of only a few dozen films in the past year. In the relaxation of conditions. And after putting the co-production into the selection category. A large number of mainland films have begun to move to the booth of this year's Golden Horse Awards. "Curiosity Kills the Cat", "Night Banquet", "Painted Skin", "Looks Beautiful: Little Red Flower" and "Wu Qingyuan", which quit halfway, have all begun to capture people's vision, and Hong Kong films seem to have to be a foil in this year of the great wilderness.

The Golden Horse Awards are getting more and more lively, but the market for Chinese-language films is getting worse and worse. Treasure Island, which no longer has a movie, is hiding its embarrassment with the help of Hong Kong and the mainland. and uses newly coaxed mainland movies as a selling point. However. Behind this lively exterior. Who cares about which direction Chinese films should go in tomorrow?

I think you will understand if you look back at the more and more tasteless Hong Kong movie statues and the golden rooster and hundred flowers that are becoming more and more unpopular.

You can't die. Damn it can't live.

The illusion of singing and dancing is all used by TV variety shows to entertain the public, and has nothing to do with the current deteriorating living conditions in the film industry. Of course, it has nothing to do with the future of Chinese films. I didn't cry out for "Painted Skin", I just worried about Chinese movies!

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If Song Ziwen's writing is covered with clouds and mountains and fog, which makes people see it vaguely, then an article in the "Information Times" is clear at a glance.

"The Golden Horse Awards want to get out of the shackles of literature and art, but I am afraid that the steps will be too big, resulting in "Painted Skin" being so good, I can only return with hatred! None of the four awards belong to "Painted Skin", not only the audience can't understand it, but the awards are just ridiculed. ”

But no matter what, the dust has settled on the Golden Horse Awards, and a few are happy and a few are sad.

Shao Shuaijun re-entered the filming in the comfort of countless people.

With money and equipment, Shao Shuaijun can shoot the shots he wants to shoot to his heart's content, and the IMAX camera is becoming more and more comfortable for him, knowing how to shoot, the developed picture is perfect, and how to effectively intermittent to expose the film more fully.

When the time of December passed in a hurry, "Night Watchman" was finally completed after three months of filming.

When the news of the completion of the project came out, it immediately attracted a large number of reporters to interview, most of whom were domestic reporters.

"Director Shao, congratulations on the completion of your new play, can you tell me what you expect from it?"

Shao Shuaijun said with a smile: "I hope it can bring you a novel movie-watching experience, a huge, eye-stimulating experience." ”

"Is there any difference between making a movie in Hollywood for the first time and making a movie in the mainland?"

"I feel a lot, Americans pay attention to the rules of doing things, such as leaving work on time, socializing on an equal footing, and so on. We are filming in the mainland, and the director has the final say, and you have to leave work at what time you get off work. This is not the case here, where there is an employment contract that says that we are not entitled to intervene in working hours. It took me a long time to get used to it, because I'm always used to dragging my feet a little bit while shooting. ”

"Do you feel any other difficulties besides a time?"

Shao Shuaijun thought for a while: "I don't know how to say it, I think as a Chinese, there are still some obstacles to making movies in the United States." For example, if I go to negotiate with someone and I say I'm a director, they don't believe it and will despise you. Luckily I have my own company in the United States, and my producer, Mitchell. Bruce has been in the film industry for many years, and with him in my case, everything went well. ”

In the United States, Shao Shuaijun did encounter all kinds of problems, such as once, when he joined the crew, several white staff members did not know him. He tried to ask for directions, but was despised by a few white men who said something racist. Although in the end, Shao Shuaijun would rather break the contract and fire these guys, but this thorn still remained.

Therefore, he stayed in the crew most of the time, and all kinds of outreach situations were handed over to Mitchell.

For him, now all his self-confidence has been invested in "The Night Watchman", learning IMAX shooting, learning Hollywood production, learning all kinds of directing knowledge that he can't learn in the mainland, that feeling can overwhelm everything, so that he doesn't care about what the outside world says and thinks.

"What if the Golden Horse Awards fail, when "Night Watchman" comes out, I want to shock the world, how can I care about a small Treasure Island Film Award."

"What about scolding me for investing blindly, the IMAX commercial blockbuster came out, I slapped you in the face, papapa!"

"I'm Shao Shuaijun, I speak for myself!"

Looking at the bustling reporters in the audience, they kept holding up their cameras, and the flashes were snorting.

Shao Shuaijun's smile was a little hideous, and he only had the idea of a box office hit in his mind. (To be continued......)

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