Chapter 638: Concerns
Chinese films, even in the years of decline, especially at the domestic box office, are okay, but in the years when there is no return abroad, there are generally still Chinese films in the three major European film festivals.
Although the three major European film festivals are in three different countries, they are still very similar in some issues such as tastes, especially the three major film festivals are more inclined to literary and artistic films, which is even more consistent.
And there is really no shortage of Chinese playing these literary and artistic moods, especially those similar to the tastes of these Europeans, and some Chinese filmmakers also have that ability.
Therefore, even at that time, Chinese films are still quite popular in Europe, and they may not be able to get much economic benefit or awards, but being nominated in such a world-renowned film festival is already a success in itself.
In the past two years, the status of Chinese films in the world has been different from those years......
Although the overall influence of Chinese films in the world may still be slightly worse than that of South Korea, in fact, Chinese films have a complete range of types, can have big productions, and can have many genres, which South Korea cannot compare with China at all. China still has a lot of films that are not popular, and there are also many films that are not popular, both of which are much better than Korean films, and after this year, it is very likely that they will be directly pulled behind.
In fact, this kind of thing is also inevitable, China's population and increasingly huge economic energy, as well as the more and more rational viewing level of Chinese movie audiences all determine these things, what kind of audience determines what kind of people, China has such some audiences, they are more and more at the level of movie-watching, and they are also willing to spend money, since there is such an environment, and it is facing a large market of 1.3 billion people, it is also catalyzing many directors to try to make some films that can cater to the taste of the audience, and are of a very high standard.
Anyway, the audience's appreciation ability has improved, and the **** to the cinema has also improved, which can feed Chinese movies.
In addition, politics. In recent years, the government has also begun to implement a system of coexistence of protection and competition, which has been in place since 13 years later. That is, some Hollywood blockbusters began to rush into the Chinese film market, raising the quota of some imported films, and at the same time, in terms of attitude towards imported films, in the past, they could not be screened without screening, and even if they were screened, at least they had to be given a disgusting schedule, and often let some of their super blockbusters catch each other in a similar time, but now it is different, from 13 years later, although it is still suppressing Hollywood blockbusters, but the intensity of this suppression is not the same as before, and many imported films have rushed in, If Chinese films want to survive, they can only work hard to improve their reputation.
After all, if you want to fight with these foreign blockbusters that have no congenital defects on the schedule, they can't fight the theater chain - the theater line doesn't matter what kind of film you are, under normal circumstances, unless there is pressure, they will still choose those films with high box office and high attendance to play.
In this way, they can only work hard from the essence of the film to withstand the impact of Hollywood.
Of course, although such shocks are gradually being released, but the government. The government still has to hold a thread in its hands, otherwise, if Chinese films are beaten to pieces by Hollywood like the previous Taiwanese films, and only small and fresh films can be made at the end, everything will be over......
Under such tempering and encouragement, Chinese films have gradually improved, and the overall quality has indeed improved a lot compared with the past.
Chinese films can withstand such an impact, and the relationship with Luo Mo is too great.
First of all, Luo Mo's "Gravity" and "Inception" have really established great confidence in domestic films, so that everyone knows in their hearts that Chinese can definitely make this kind of film with market and reputation, not to mention "Yue Fei" after that......
In addition, Luo Mo's Qianmo Entertainment Company at that time did a very meaningful thing, that is, there was a new director training plan, and many directors found their own positioning here, and found their motivation to continue making movies in Qianmo Entertainment Company, and also had the possibility of continuing to make movies.
If the movies they shoot are biased towards winning awards, they will also be packaged and encouraged by Qianmo Entertainment Company, sent to European awards or other places, and then if they can be released, they will be released as much as possible through the publicity of the awards, if they can't win awards, or if they can't be released directly, they will also be hung on the Internet, and after publicity, they will slowly establish word of mouth.
If it is biased towards commercialization, Qianmo Entertainment's current film distribution channels have been fully established, which can allow these films to get fairly good box office results after publicity, and if it really suits the audience's taste, it will be even better.
In the years when Luo Mo filmed "Yue Fei" and Qianmo Entertainment Company did not have his other blockbusters released, Qianmo Entertainment Company invested in two films close to 100 million yuan from the new director training plan, and the final box office of both films exceeded 500 million, and the acquisition of 500 million box office contributed two more big directors to the market, and at the same time contributed to Chinese films.
Now, Qianmo Entertainment Company's new director training plan is planned, some directors have gone out, and more directors have stayed in Qianmo Entertainment Company, but there is no doubt that these people have basically grown up, and it is really a kind of luck to have such an environment for filming, at least they feel that they are staying very well in Qianmo Entertainment Company now.
And their growth is also fast......
Some of these people will definitely be a powerful force among Chinese directors in the future......
In order for Chinese films to progress, they need the progress of the moviegoers' ability to watch and distinguish movies, and the progress of various industrial technologies, but in the final analysis, they still need the progress of filmmakers.
…… This is also related to this year's Cannes International Film Festival.
This year's Cannes International Film Festival is also a very important year for the Chinese Army, this year alone in the new director training plan within Qianmo Entertainment Company, there are two directors' films shortlisted for many awards in Cannes, one of which is "Young and Frivolous", and it has been nominated for the Best Director, Best Actor, and Special Jury Award, and the other "Qingming" has also been nominated for Best Actress and Best Screenplay.
These two films are two of the best films of the Chinese army in Cannes this year, but there are a total of four Chinese films shortlisted at the Cannes International Film Festival this year, two by Qianmo Entertainment and two by other film companies......
These four movies are actually literary films, at least with a literary temperament, just looking at the names of these two films of Qianmo Entertainment Company, you can also feel the strong literary and artistic flavor.
In this way, Luo Mo felt a little suspicious...... Strictly speaking, these four Chinese movies this year are all good, especially the "Young and Frivolous", starring Chen Kun, showing the process of a man going from normal to melancholy, in the past two years, there are many people in the world who have some big or small psychological problems, and those with depression are almost innumerable to describe, and the sad tone shown in this movie is very Wong Kar-wai's style, so the award for this movie at Cannes is still quite high.
But if Luo Mo is the chairman of the Cannes jury this time, then he is worried that someone will chew on the root of his tongue, and some people will say that it is because of Luo Mo's influence, although there has basically been no such thing before, but now "Young and Frivolous" belongs to Chinese movies and Qianmo Entertainment Company, and there will definitely be people who think about a lot of things.
In such a situation, Luo Mo really had some other ideas.
Of course, in essence, Luo Mo himself will definitely have a little bit of a mind to help, but such a mind will definitely not be too heavy......
Things are tangled in Luo Mo's mind, but this is another quite good opportunity, at least, this proves that Cannes has regarded Luo Mo as one of the top directors in the world, especially in this situation, as long as Luo Mo comes to France, although he is only in his thirties, these reputations on him can be said to have begun to ferment.
Even, he also received the wind, if he goes to Europe this time, he is likely to get a medal from the government of France or the United Kingdom, this kind of medal does not have much practical significance, but it itself represents a very good honor, these aspects, China has also had some people in the entertainment industry before, but not many people have gotten.
Luo Mo began to fall into deep thought, and he didn't notice Tang Yan when he came to him.
After a while, Tang Yan also saw the words on the paper, and then gently leaned on his shoulder: "What's wrong?" Are you wondering if you want to go? ”
"Hmm......" Luo Mo put his right hand on the back of her hand: "It's really a little annoying...... I went to worry that someone would gossip...... On the contrary, let those movies, even if they won awards, some people will make a big fuss about this matter. ”
"No......" Tang Yan said to Luo Mo, "Think about it...... In the past, there were more cases of people on our side serving as judges in Cannes, Zhang Ziyi, Ang Lee, they all went, but at that time, no one said anything when Chinese films won awards......"
Luo Mo nodded slightly, but he said: "But this matter is different, after all, Ang Lee is a Chinese and not a Chinese, and everyone knows that he is a film master, he will not do anything that violates professional ethics, as for Zhang Ziyi, she has no right to speak...... But I'm different, this time it's the chairman's position, and everyone's trust in me hasn't been fully established. ”
"Well......" Tang Yan also knew Luo Mo's difficulties, but she still said: "However, I think this is really a pretty good opportunity, if you miss it, you may still be there, you better think about it." ”
"Well, I know ......"