The former president of the Berlinale is Moritz de harder, and during his more than 20 years of reign, he sought to shape the festival's unique personality: young, political, and third world.

It was also here that "Red Sorghum" won the Golden Bear Award, achieving the first recognition of Chinese film works by Westerners in the past two decades.

Two years ago, Harder abdicated, and his successor was called Koslick. As soon as he took office, he had to face two messes: one was that the old chairman's compulsion was too high and led to the shadow of glory, and the other was poverty.

For the former, Koslickt wanted to change the appearance of the film festival so that he could brush up his sense of existence. Last year, for example, he spared no effort to link his activities to the 911 terrorist attacks in order to add luster to his maiden tenure.

This year was even better, when the Yankees made a big move: declaring war on Iraq.

God forbid! He caught up with Europe's largest anti-war march since the Vietnam War, with millions of people standing in the streets in the cold wind shouting anti-American slogans.

If Berlin hadn't shown its heart at this time, Koslick would have been a pig's brain! Therefore, it is no surprise that the theme of this year's film festival has been set: towards tolerance.

Of course, all of the above fall under the category of ideology. As the saying goes, the economic base determines the superstructure, and conversely, the change of the superstructure must be in pursuit of the economic base.

The Berlinale has a budget of 10 million euros, of which 6.5 million is allocated by the government, and the rest is financed by sponsors and self-income. Compared to Cannes, this budget is quite low. What's more, last year, the festival lost two major sponsors, and this year it is even more shabby: the program is more concentrated, the schedule is one day less, the competition unit has five fewer films, last year 400 works were exhibited, this year only 360......

These numbers show that Berlin has LOW exploded!

So, when fans see the Hollywood movie posters such as "Chicago", "Gangs of New York", "All the Time", and "Adapted Screenplay" all over the street. And not surprisingly.

Even the Yankees had to make up for it: Berlin, which was financially strained, had to use the presence of Hollywood stars to maintain its popularity. It's a pity that none of the films are willing to premiere at the film festival, and they are all films that have been released in the United States or will be released in Europe. We are very sorry to see this scene, and we are sorry to call it second-hand Hollywood.

Used Hollywood ...... Koslick spurted a mouthful of old blood in his face, the map cannon didn't fire like this!

I know it carefully, but even if he wants to kneel and lick, he has to pay attention to some skills, and he can't blatantly pretend to be a grandson. So he adopted some kind of balancing act:

On the one hand, we will continue to maintain the quantity and quality of art films, and on the other hand, we will open the door to commercial films, as long as you don't get too coarse, you can come in.

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On the morning of February 6, Chu Qing and his entourage arrived in Berlin.

The flight was long, and after Zhang Guoshi woke up, he came over to say hello. This makes him very impressed, no matter what the level and reputation of this person is, at least he won't be annoying about human contacts. Don't pretend to be *forced.

If you really want to talk about their relationship, there are some untouchable origins. When filming "No One is Missing", Li Yu happened to be in the crew as the director of the documentary of the same period, and later the work came out. Lao Mouzi said that this is his favorite version of the documentary.

The two of them took advantage of Li Yu's topic, talked and laughed for a few minutes, and then returned to their seats. No one cared too much about it, just polite.

Waited to get off the plane. The crew of "Hero" flashed on their own and prepared to carry out a series of promotional activities. The crew of "Blind Well" quietly took a taxi and rushed to the Hyatt Regency Hotel near the venue.

He told the two girls to stay and rest. I went with Li Yang to contact the organizer to determine the press conference and premiere time. And Fan Xiaoye was physically strong and didn't want to stay in the room, so he took Cheng Ying out shopping.

It is winter in Germany, and the weather is very cold, so it is a shame that the girl does not have to show her shoulders and bandeau on the red carpet, so she can put on a thick down jacket.

The Hyatt Regency is one of the main venues of the festival, where a large number of stars and directors live, and a dedicated press area where they can exchange news.

When the two girls went downstairs, they happened to catch Nicolas Cage on a trip, and they were scared into a urine collapse by the crazy fans blocking the door. was wrapped in it, and when the crowd dispersed, he came out sweating profusely.

There is no way, there are two kinds of stars in the world, one is Hollywood stars and the other is non-Hollywood stars. Fan Xiaoye, who is very popular in China, is brought to Europe, and it is scum!

She didn't care, she was originally traveling with her husband, just for fun, dragging Cheng Ying to start shopping street by street.

German chocolate is very cheap, only a few cents a euro, and then skin care products, there are no big brands, but they are very easy to use, this Cheng Ying knows better. The two girls were like wholesalers, each carrying a large bag.

Fan Xiaoye also picked out more than a dozen cheap watches, ready to give the studio Spring Festival benefits.

The opening ceremony was held at 3 p.m., and they strolled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., fully satisfying their shopping desires, before returning to the hotel in high spirits.

Different from the relaxation of the women, the men were already sitting upright in the room, and Chu Qing was still holding a booklet to sketch and draw.

"Is the premiere set?" Fan Xiaoye threw off his shoes and threw the bag onto the bed with great difficulty.

"It's set, number 13." Li Yang responded.

"So late! Isn't it the end of the 16th? She was slightly surprised and a little angry: "It's obvious that we are discriminating against us!" ”

"You can't say that, we have a late schedule, but there are a lot of shows, uh, there are eight in total."

"And what is the number of Heroes?" She asked again.

"The 7th, that is, tomorrow."

Li Yang suddenly showed a very subtle smile, he had been in Germany for several years, and he knew these non-obvious rules too well, and explained: "According to Berlin's custom, the higher the screening, the more playful it is. ”

Fan Xiaoye also blinked when he heard this, and an inexplicable dark refreshment appeared.

At this time, Chu Qing, who had never said a word, finally stopped writing and said, "Okay, take a look!" ”

As he spoke, he threw the pamphlet to Li Yang, and the other party picked it up and looked at it, and said suspiciously: "So many, can you really come?" ”

"As long as it's okay, I'm sure I can come." He was sure.

"What's that?"

Fan Xiaoye was curious, and grabbed it, it turned out to be an official film schedule, including nearly 100 movies in competitions and parallel units.

Next to some catalogs, a number of names have been written with a pen: "Infernal Affairs" Liu Weiqiang; "Unparalleled in the World" Liu Zhenwei; "Carla is a Dog" Lu Xuechang, "PTU" Du Qifeng, "Three Watches Home" Chen Kexin...... There are more than a dozen big and small coffees.

"These are all premiere guests?" She understood in seconds.

"Well, it's a pity that Liu Dehua and Liang Chaowei didn't come, otherwise I would have invited them to take a look." Chu Qing was more regretful.

“……”

Fan Xiaoye sweated and sweated, and once again expressed surprise at his husband's network.

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At 2:40 p.m., they set off from the hotel for the opening ceremony.

The red carpet of the opening ceremony was not as traditional and formal as the awards ceremony, a little looser, like Richard Gere wearing a suit, and her female companion Renee Zevesig was in thick casual clothes; Zhang Guoshi wore a straight tunic suit, but Zhang looked like a half-old girl selling mushrooms.

The most eye-catching is undoubtedly Nicole Kidman in a red dress, and Catherine Zeta-Jones with a lace low-cut cut. Especially the latter, most of the breasts are exposed, holding two fleshy and soft nipples.

Fan Xiaoye also secretly compared, but the result was very annoyed, people are A, B, C, D, E-Cup, what about her, A, B, B, B, B, B, ......

The process is mostly boring, and in the shadow of a vote of Hollywood stars, the attention of those literary and artistic coffees of Europa in the past, as well as bitter coffee in Asia, has been reduced to a minimum.

Chu Qing hid in the corner and almost fell asleep, only to hear Kauslik half-jokingly say: "The war is about to break out, and we are still here singing every night." ”

This is specially translated by Cheng Ying, and he expressed his opinion on this person: it is very unGerman.

Towards the end of the evening, after the lengthy program, the opening film "Chicago" was screened, and it was said that the response was good, and the audience slapped their faces for half a minute.

Chu Qing didn't stay up until this time, he flashed early, and he didn't go back to the hotel, but asked Lu Xuechang to have dinner together.

Among the filmmakers who came over this time, he was really familiar with Lu Xuechang, and he met at various parties of the sixth generation, and he had a good relationship.

The impression is that he is low-key and has few words, unlike Zhang Yuan and Lao Jia, who have won awards, he seems a little unknown. But Chu Qing felt that he was the most solid one in that group.

In fact, from a certain Cheng dù, the sixth generation is a very irresponsible bunch of goods, they just dump the mess in their hearts, reflect the society, reflect the confusion, and reflect the changes. But on the contrary, how to solve this problem, is there a feasible solution...... Well, people just don't say it, or they don't know it at all.

There are too many people who can see the "problem" clearly, but there are too few people who can try to "solve the problem".

This is the most valuable thing about Lu Xuechang, he never simply reflects the pain, but really cares for the disadvantaged and tries to find a cure.

He not only has artistic pursuits, but also political expectations, and runs outside the system to expose reality, which is the practice of smart people. But Lu Xue often can't do it, so he feels that change must start from within the system, otherwise it's all.

Just like "Carla is a Dog", it was only approved by the Film Bureau on January 31 and was able to participate in the exhibition legally. Although he also admits that after many modifications, it is true that the power that should have been weakened is indeed weakened, but he is willing to make this sacrifice.

Before Chu Qing went to Hong Kong, Lu Xuechang called him and wanted to comfort him, but then for some reason, the two of them were a little excited when they were talking, and they almost quarreled.

And until now, he still remembers what the other party said: I will never make an underground movie!

(There is no more at night, no need to wait, but there are two more tomorrow, by the way, please subscribe.) (To be continued......)