After the premiere, the small hall of the press conference was packed, and the reserved twenty seats were no longer enough, and there were seven or eight reporters poking on the side, mixing up standing tickets.

As soon as Koslick saw this, he immediately ordered the staff to add a few chairs temporarily. It's a good thing, the already small venue is occupied by all kinds of people and cameras, and it's a bit of a Spring Festival bold.

As the only mainland media, Yuan Lei had to find two Hong Kong and Taiwan reporters to partner with, so that she did not appear to be weak. Her love at the moment is more complicated, proud of having such a Chinese actor, and sad that she only witnessed it with her own eyes.

Everyone waited for a few minutes, and Li Yang, Chu Qing, and Cheng Ying entered in turn and sat down next to Koslick. As soon as the host announced the start, the reporters below raised their hands.

"May I ask Mr. President, what do you think of the movie "Blind Well"?" A German buddy threw the first question to Koslick.

The latter held the microphone and replied very skillfully: "As we all know, the Berlin International Film Festival has been encouraging and supporting the development of films in the third world for the past 20 years, especially Chinese films. We are very happy to see their progress and innovation, and in recent years, there have indeed been new directors pouring out, such as Jia Zhangke and Wang Xiaoshuai. But frankly speaking, their works have always lacked a kind of shock, a shock to life. And today, I'm very happy to see what I want most in The Blind Well, and if I had to use one word to describe it, it would be, uh, surprise! ”

He paused, then emphatically again: "Yes, it's a surprise, a surprise without a doubt!" ”

"Wow!"

Everyone couldn't help but be surprised, although they had a hunch that the other party would give a good evaluation, but they heard three surprises in a row! Surprise！ Surprise！ Still quite surprised.

"So you mean, "The Blind Well" has a good chance of winning the award?" The guy hurriedly asked.

"I won't answer this for the time being, let's still focus on the two main creators, okay. Next! Naturally, the chairman would not take a stand, so he immediately snorted.

Then, a British journalist was named, and he asked the director: "As far as I know, there are many realistic films in China, but this is the only one that focuses on coal miners, what was your motivation for wanting to shoot "Blind Shaft"?" ”

"Well, first of all, the story is from a novel that I loved. I just wanted to try it. ”

Li Yang's strong emotions at the end of the screening were completely calm, and he said slowly: "Then, I happened to see a news item in the newspaper, which said that there was a mining accident somewhere in China, which caused a lot of casualties, but the local people chose to hide it......"

Chu Qing tilted his head and looked at him, feeling a little inappropriate, but he couldn't stop it. I had to listen to the other party's brief description of the mental journey.

Fortunately, the reporter who did not provoke trouble continued to ask about certain sensitive things.

Subsequently, the Spanish girl. Italy's aunt, the Dutch royal sister, and Belgium's GAY took turns. It mostly focuses on the consciousness and skills of the film, as well as the understanding and discussion of the characters.

Yuan Lei raised her hand five times, and the dumb host was stunned and didn't call her. Where to sit in a hurry. Come on! Are you guys a little bit good, ask those who have an egg to use?

When she raised her hand for the sixth time, the host still didn't call her, and ordered a girl from the French "Variety".

"May I ask Mr. Chu, you show a different performance temperament in the film, abandoning the oriental style and getting closer to the western aesthetics. Do you think you have a chance to win the Best Actor award? ”

When Yuan Lei heard this, she immediately cheered up, because this question was similar to what she thought.

After listening to Cheng Ying's translation, Chu Qing's expression was slightly strange, and he asked rhetorically: "I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you said about the Eastern style and Western style, can you explain it first?" ”

The girl also thought about it and said, "Well, the Eastern style is like Ge You and Liang Chaowei, there is tension in the plain, and in the West, there is tension in Robert De Niro and El Pacino, and so on, there is tension in the tension." ”

What she said was half-clear, Cheng Ying miraculously understood, and seamlessly converted, saying: "She said that Oriental people seem to be subtle, but in fact, they are very sassy, and Westerners are more direct, and they are very awesome at a glance." ”

“……”

Chu Qing twitched the corner of her mouth, eldest sister, are you a little reserved?

However, this question is really interesting, he didn't dare to answer lightly, thought for a while, and said: "I think performance should not be divided by culture or region, the environment certainly has certain factors, but in essence, it is a very personal thing. There is no need to define the performance with a deep concept, and it does not exist in the so-called Eastern and Western styles, it only exists in the actors themselves. When you get a role, how to express it depends on the actor's self-perception. For example, Dustin Hoffman's "Rain Man", he felt that it could be ...... in an oriental style"

When the words fell, I saw him tilt his head to the right, and his eyes instantly became dull, and even the light of the two eyes couldn't be together.

"He also felt that he could ...... in a Western style"

Immediately, he straightened his neck again, slapped the table violently, rolled his eyes up, and shouted with a red face: "I have to see Jeopardy at five o'clock!" I've got to see Jeopardy at five! ”

“……”

The reporters were silent and watched him go from a calm loner to a grumpy loner patient. It's an amazing feeling, like you're dealing with a real patient, not an actor.

There are so many psychology books and classic movies, Chu Qing didn't watch them for nothing, in fact, he didn't know much about it, but it was good to be able to fool around.

"So when I played "Blind Well", I thought it would be more appropriate to express it like this, so I did it, without thinking about any aesthetics."

He glanced at the audience and said with a smile: "As for whether I can win the award, I'm sorry, I don't know." ”

…………

"Berlin salutes life with a minute of silence."

"The evil of mediocrity is as bloody as blood."

"The unexpected subject matter is very different from Chinese films."

The next day, reports about the "Blind Well" dominated the Berlin media. "The Screen" gave a not-so-low score, 1 four-star, 5 three-star, and 1 two-star, ranking in the top eight out of 22 entries.

They discussed the film's consciousness, technique, content, and political implications, and subconsciously ignored Li Yang, treating the film as the hero's personal show.

In particular, the narrative about the performance at the press conference:

"He felt that he could ...... in an oriental style"

"He also felt that he could ...... in a Western style"

The reporters wrote, half-ridiculed, half-praised: "There are countless works and classic examples of performance theory, but for the vast majority of people, they still don't understand what Stanislavsky's system is, what methodologicalism is, and what emotional substitution is. In a slightly silly way, Mr. Chu shows us his lightness and naturalness, as well as his understanding of performance: it is never untouchable, it is all around us. ”

"Chu brings a perfect gift with a Western style that he himself would never admit."

"The shuddering character showed his strength, and my heart twitched when I saw him staggering through the mine."

"I'm going to retract my last prediction, Nicolas Cage, Samrockville, I'm afraid you're going to have one of the toughest opponents."

……

Among the many beautiful words, Li Yang felt very bitter, because Chu Qing alone almost overshadowed the entire work, so he would not complain, but there must be a sense of loss.

But he also understood a truth: before the director is not sure enough, don't go to an actor you can't control.

On the contrary, Yuan Lei is glad that she stayed, so that she can see the boiling of Berlin at this moment, and she can even look forward to witnessing the creation of the final history.

Koslick was also glad that he had the highest number of screenings of "The Blind Well" in advance, so that the audience who were queuing up to buy tickets did not die to death.

From the morning of the 14th to the morning of the 15th, these eight screenings were full.

In fact, due to the influence of the media, fans pay attention to two points:

One is real underground shooting. The crew who dares to fight for the lives of actors, this is rare in the world.

The second is that they want to see and see, what kind of film can make the audience silent for a minute.

Of course, there are praises and disadvantages, but the strange thing is that the Western group is mostly praised, but a small number of Eastern audiences are not very cold.

Just like several young directors who studied in Germany, and a Chinese girl who worked at Berlin TV, after watching the movie, they all said: It's too deliberate!

For the sake of darkness and darkness, for the sake of despair and despair, the narrative means of the whole film are very inferior, and the connection of several conflict nodes is very blunt, and there is no skill at all.

However, their views were not taken seriously by anyone, and they were instantly drowned.

In the blink of an eye, it is February 16, which is the closing ceremony of the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival. (To be continued......)