Due to the fact that many Chinese films have been shortlisted for the competition unit, and a large number of Chinese films have made a special trip to Cannes to promote and sell films, in the past few decades, the figure of Chinese filmmakers has never shined at the Cannes Film Festival like this year, Li Yu, Shu Qi, Du Qifeng, Li Lianjie, Xue Xiaolu, Wang Luodan, Jiang Wenli, Wenwen, Lou Ye, Zhang Ziyi, Fan Binbin, Zhao Wei, Li Binbin, Michelle Yeoh, Liang Chaowei, Ren Dahua, Ye Xuan, Chen Kun, Chen Kaige, Liu Dehua, Liu Xiaoqing, Liang Jiahui, Gan Wei, Cai Mingliang, Hu Jun, Sun Li, Huang Xiaoming's entire Cannes Film Festival has become a show for Chinese filmmakers, which has also attracted many media reporters from across the Taiwan Strait to interview and report.

With the passage of the Cannes Film Festival's schedule, reports related to Chinese filmmakers have also appeared on the newly released pages of major entertainment media, and then appeared in front of people across the Taiwan Strait.

"Zhao Wei refuses to be masculine, and Chen Kun talks about "Mulan".

"Jiang Wen's new film was exposed in Cannes, and the first poster 'Let the Bullets Fly'."

"Chinese films are panning for gold in Cannes, and dozens of films have been looted by film companies."

Among the many news reports, in addition to being related to himself, as a director, Lin Yuquan is undoubtedly most concerned about the evaluation of several Chinese films shortlisted for the competition unit at the Cannes Film Festival.

"Making Woodstock" is an inspirational comedy based on a true story about the 60s American gay writer and designer, Elliott. Tiber founded Woodstock in 1969 and is based on the story of Elliott. Tibber's memoir, Making Woodstock: A True Story of Turmoil, Concerts, and Life.

As a director with a global reputation, "Making Woodstock" is undoubtedly one of the most watched films at this year's Cannes Film Festival, and after winning the Oscar for Best Director, many people have high expectations for "Making Woodstock", hoping that it will compete again at this Oscar.

But after the screening of "Making Woodstock". It received a rating of just 2.0 for Screen magazine, the venue of this year's Cannes Film Festival, where the Palme d'Or was decided by nine invited jury, while outside the venue, Screen magazine invited 10 critics to score each film after the screening in the official competition section, with a maximum score of 4. The minimum score is 0, and the average score is taken as the final score. Although there are many discrepancies between official and private evaluations, they can still be regarded as "preliminaries".

Of course, the score of 2.0 is not high, "Variety", "Hollywood Reporter" and other authoritative media have shown their "bad reviews" of this film, "Variety" directly said that Li Yan was disappointed to come up with such a work after "Lust Caution" and "Brokeback Mountain", and "Hollywood Reporter" regretted that such a major event was made into such a movie. And "Today" is even more unsparing in its criticism of "Making Woodstock", while it does bring some fun in some places, everything else seems very empty, and it feels like a complete miss of Lee's work.

On Rotten Tomatoes, Made Woodstock has only 40% freshness. This figure is even lower than the 61% of Lee's previous controversial comic book film "The Incredible Hulk", making it Lee's worst-rated work on Rotten Tomatoes and the first work of Eucalyptus to rot on Rotten Tomatoes.

Du Qifeng's "Revenge" still continues Du Qifeng's usual dark style, telling the story of French chef Costello who launched a revenge operation for the tragic destruction of his beloved daughter's family who married away from Macau. Maybe it's because "Revenge" is a co-production with France, or maybe it's because Johnny. Harry Dai's relationship with the king of rock and roll, Du Qifeng's popularity in Cannes is very high, even surpassing Li Yu. However, like "Making Woodstock", "Revenge" is not highly rated. The rating of 2.1 in Screen magazine is comparable to that of Lee's "Making Woodstock."

In terms of specific evaluations, film critics believe that "Revenge" lacks surprises, the story cannot withstand scrutiny, the characters are seriously faced, and the English lines are dull. Many viewers think that in addition to changing a French actor. "Revenge" is not much different from Du Qifeng's previous films, not only the theme is old-fashioned, but the scenes and fights are more trouble-free copies of "Wenque" and "Banishment".

Lou Ye's "Spring Breeze Drunk Evening", the title of the film is taken from Yu Dafu's novel of the same name, and the story mainly revolves around the emotional entanglements of four men and two women. With a rating of 1.6 in Screen magazine, the first screening was unapplauded, and due to the sensitive subject matter and heavy theme, it has been controversial since the screening, with a large number of critics saying that the film was too showcased. Love is untenable poetry.

As for Cai Mingming's "Face", this is a film set in the Louvre, telling the story of a treasure island director who is invited to the Louvre to shoot the biblical story "Salome", "Screen" The score in the magazine is 1.2 points, which is the lowest rated film among the films shortlisted for the main competition unit, and several film critics have shown zero points, saying that they don't like such movies, and in the process of watching the movie, there are not a few reporters who leave the theater halfway, and the audience who quit accounts for the vast majority, and the interview after the premiere shows that the audience generally says they can't understand it.

All this made Lin Yuquan shake his head again and again, saying that it was an unprecedented glory for Chinese filmmakers, but in fact, the four films shot by Li Yu, Du Qifeng and others have nothing to do with the Chinese film industry, Li Yu's "Making Woodstock" is still invested by Focus, from the subject matter to the actors, all of them are flowing with Hollywood blood, "Revenge" not only has French funds involved, but the absolute actor is also French, Cai Mingming's "Face" is simply a film shot at the invitation of the Louvre, a large number of scenes take place in Paris, as for Lou Ye's " Spring Breeze Drunken Night", well, this film is funded and supported by the Cannes Film Festival and related funds, the purpose has never been to shoot for audiences across the Taiwan Strait, to put it bluntly, it is aimed at the taste of the film festival in filming, there is basically no chance to be released in mainstream theaters across the Taiwan Strait and three places, it is specially filmed for film festivals, and then through the film festival, sell some overseas copyrights.

Lin Yuquan has never hidden his dislike for so-called art films aimed specifically at film festivals, and this kind of film will never be within the scope of his investment and in his philosophy. The audience has always been a very important part of the film.

"Cherish", "Ocean Paradise", and "Tongtian Empire" won a wide range of praise after the screening, attracting many filmmakers to negotiate copyrights, after clearly knowing that "Cherish" and "Babel Empire" will be distributed globally by Summit Entertainment. have expressed regret, and "Ocean Paradise" finally succeeded in selling the copyright of 32 countries and regions, with a copyright transaction amount of 2.56 million US dollars, for a low-cost Chinese film with a production cost of 23 million yuan, this has basically ensured the recovery of costs, even if it loses money in the end, it will not lose anywhere.

Then there is the good news in terms of film purchases, Summit Entertainment has discovered a total of three movies with room for operation, one is Nicole. Kidman starred and produced "Rabbit Hole". This is a new film that will be filmed soon, based on the Broadway stage play of the same name, the original script won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2006, and is a small-budget independent film with an investment budget of 10 million US dollars. Despite Nicole. Kidman has a bad reputation as a box office poison, but her role as a housewife in "Rabbit Hole" is widely favored by critics, who believe that it has a good chance of hitting various awards, and "Rabbit Hole" may be a good investment if it is not aimed at the box office.

One was written by Joseph. Gordon. Levitt, Colo. Moretz starred in the romantic comedy film "500 Days with Shamo". The film was directed by Mark Brown. Feature film directed by Webb. The female novel tells the story of a girl who doesn't believe in true love and meets a boy who is madly in love with her. During the screening at the Cannes Film Festival. The film has been critically acclaimed, and is considered to be as good as its title, which will make you laugh, break your heart, and make you think, and it is an excellent literary romance movie.

One is Sean. Pan and Naomi. Watts starred in the thriller "Fair Game". The director is the director of "Spy Movie" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". Liman, a film in the pipeline, is based on the July 2003 New York Times report on the 'Agentsgate' affair, which later led to the revelation of the identity of the wife of Wilson, the former ambassador to Iraq, as a CIA agent, and the producers came to the Festival de Cannes to pre-sell the rights.

“boss。 The current situation is like this, because "Rabbit Hole" has the hope of impacting the Oscars, the producer is unwilling to sell out the copyright at one time, insisting on only the copyright pre-sale, and "Sammo's 500 Days" is the producer believes that the quality of the film is excellent, hoping to guarantee the distribution of the account, and then "Fair Game", due to the bright creative lineup, many companies want to obtain the right to distribute the film, and the 20th Century Fox searchlight has offered an astonishing distribution price. Anderson's voice came from across the phone.

"That's it!" Lin Yuquan couldn't help but tap his fingers on the table, his thoughts were running quickly, and then he made a decision: ""Rabbit Hole" doesn't need to fight for it, we don't need to simply chase Oscar works, "Fair Game" also gave up, the main creative lineup of the film is bright, but the story theme is not easy to shoot, although it is also a spy film, due to the film's focus on thriller and politics, it is destined to be difficult to sell at the box office like action spy films such as "Mission Impossible", "Spy Shadow", and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", as for "500 Days with Shamo"! After a pause, he said in a sonorous voice: "Do your best to take it down." ”

Chasing awards in Lin Yuquan's heart has always been just an additional pursuit of filming, what he cares about is the satisfaction of his own soul and the heartfelt love or touch, from this point of view, he doesn't like "Rabbit Hole", the emotional entanglement of the hero and heroine in "Rabbit Hole" because of the unfortunate death of his son and then their derailment is a plot that he deeply disgusts, not to mention Nicole. Kidman's box office poison curse is there, and the return on investment of the film is not optimistic.

The theme of "Fair Game" is very deep, and he is interested in such a film, but the film is already in preparation, and he does not think it will be a worthwhile business in terms of return on investment alone.

For "500 Days with Shamo", he really likes it, a girl who doesn't believe in true love meets a boy who is madly in love with her, and then recalls the 500-day relationship between the two through the slightly ironic and penetrating voice of the narrator, isn't this kind of narrative very interesting.

And what he likes the most is the perspective of the script, which looks at everything from the perspective of a lovelorn, and it is not negative at all, full of healing power.

Speaking of which, the overall feeling of "500 Days with Shamo" is very similar to his own filming of "Heartbeat", except that one is between teenagers and the other is between adults, both of them are so innocent, so beautiful and so tempting.

"Okay, boss, how do we quote?" Chris. Anderson then asked.

"Didn't '500 Days with Sammo' cost $7.5 million to make? We will directly quote $12 million, and the profit margin of $4.5 million is believed to be enough to show our sincerity, and if we still fail to win it until $15 million, we will negotiate a simple distribution of rights. Lin Yuquan said in a deep voice.

"Okay, boss, I'll get Johnson and them into action right away." (To be continued.) )

PS: I'm sorry, I don't know if it's a cold, I've been sleepy in the past two days, and my throat is also very uncomfortable.