Chapter 224: Can't Forget
The Festival de Cannes is one of the most well-known film festivals in the world, and its jury naturally has its own procedures and criteria.
It's okay to say about the program, after all, it's all written, what is the selection and review of films, and the procedures at the film festival, what is the film critics' week, this is the second week, that is, before the awards come out, everyone spits at each other.
As for the standard, it's actually very simple, but it's also difficult, because it's just three words.
I, happy, happy.
As a judge, as long as he likes the work and likes the performances in it, that's enough, and he never needs any other reason.
The three major film festivals in Europe are probably about the same, which is very different from the Oscars, the Oscars are a fairly rigorous process, and the number of voters is extremely large, about 5,000 people, and this vote is still done by the famous accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
But it's really not artistic enough, it's too commercial.
Wu Yusen, an international director born in Hong Kong, has been in Hollywood for many years, and his works are quite popular, as one of the judges of this Cannes Film Festival, he naturally has his own judging criteria. It's just that this year's Cannes Film Festival has seen some strange situations.
"The movie "The Best Time", how strange and special the technique is. Moreover, in the performance of the actors, Zhang Zhen fully interprets the changes of a man in three eras, but there is no change in the change. Plus Shu Qi, this beautiful woman......"
"As for the others, the mainland's "Qinghong", I don't think it's very good, director Wang Xiaoshuai wants to create a tragedy of the times, but he doesn't highlight the characteristics of the characters, if I want to see it, the best performance is the father ......"
"The other is "Seven Swords", although this work is a martial arts action movie, but its humanistic care, exploration of human nature and tyranny, very two-pointed."
As the only Asian on the jury, Wu Yusen felt that he should recommend more good Asian movies, and what he thought was good was of course good.
This time the film festival, when it comes to the film critics' week, many film critics are very interested in Asian films, in fact, this is a trend, and the Cannes Film Festival has been moving towards this trend, after all, Hollywood is still difficult to fight, but it is much easier in Asia.
The number of comments this time is relatively large, and before that, the Internet seemed to pay more attention to this film festival, and there was even an incident of a certain star asking for a gunman, which is really interesting.
Since this is the case, Wu Yusen is even more unsparing, which one he likes, just say that it is good, of course there is no problem.
However, the chairman of the jury this time is a Yugoslav, who does not rub sand in his eyes, and has a unique pursuit of art and beauty.
"No, no! We definitely want to return to the original of the movie this time, the original beauty is the most important, I also like "Seven Swords", especially the four-hour time, which is very retro, but this movie has too many heavy makeup and stiff plots, I really don't like it......"
"Seven Swords" once competed with "Wu Ji" for the opening film at the beginning, but "Wu Ji" put a sentence very awesomely, if "Wu Ji" can't be the opening film of Cannes, then I'm sorry, we won't come to Cannes.
As a result, Director Chen did not appear on the Cannes red carpet this time, and the film "Seven Swords" is now in a state of four hours, but, as the chairman said, there are some places in this film.
Scuturika, a director of Yugoslavia, of course, the country is now gone, Montenegro, but he is very active, active as a pioneer artist in major film festivals.
Returning to the original beauty, this is his first sentence after becoming the president of the jury of this film festival.
So, what is inherent beauty?
"I think the film "Qinghong" is very good, quite good, at least she is not clichéd, especially, it gives people a faint attraction, which even makes many people ignore her."
That's right, Scuturika is right, of all Asian films, "Blue Red" is the least reviewed, only a few senior film critics, only a few senior film critics have expressed some concern about this film, of course, these are mainly from Chinese mainland.
The most about this movie is mainly now, because the heroine is quite beautiful and has a unique temperament.
In this film festival, there are a lot of Asian actresses, and Chinese actresses came in groups, including Gao Yuanyuan, in addition to the award presenter Zhang Ziyi, and the other is that Shu Qi, as for Lin Xilei, she also came over to rub a wave of popularity, but there is really no film about her, even if it is, the others, Zhang Jingchu, Yang Caini, all appeared because of "Seven Swords".
Most of the judges have their own personal style, which is why they are always favored by the outside world, but they can't win the award. This is completely different from the Oscar, the Oscar is at least more popular, and the outside world is optimistic, then through voting, there will probably be an award.
Now when it comes to this "Qinghong", several judges are excited.
"After I watched this film, I thought the narrative was a bit old-fashioned. However, there are also bright spots. This is Javier Bardem speaking his opinion.
His famous work is called "Ham and Ham", which is not a story about ham sausage, the heroine is Penelope Cruz, and the two of them have a bold performance in it, and they later become a couple.
As for the reason...... It must have something to do with love.
Since then, several other judges have also begun to discuss the film, including the black female writer Tony Morrison, who bluntly said that the narrative of this film is indeed unremarkable, but it may have something to do with what the director wants to express, and he probably wants to highlight the truth.
Fisakin, the youngest member of the jury, learned a little more about it through the Internet.
"I saw some comments on the Internet, the heroine is a very famous actress in China, but she is not known for her acting skills, so this time she did perform very well. In addition, it's about the male protagonist, some people say that this actor is from the northeast of China, but this time he played the role of a person from the southwest of China, and his accent is very authentic, I checked it later, oh oh! These two places are at least 5,000 kilometers apart, and I feel amazing. ”
"Is there only an accent?" Jacques, who is also a director, felt that this was not enough.
The most interesting thing to listen to is another female judge, she is Samar Hayek, "I have seen this man and woman, it seems that they are a couple, not only on the screen. You know, I think this young man must be in love with this girl. ”
"Why?" Everyone was puzzled.
"He glanced at my chest, and then stopped looking, and talked and laughed with this girl again."
It must be said that the reason given by Hayek is indeed sufficient.
However, Wu Yusen felt that it seemed that the development of things was not what he expected.
"I still like the work of the director!"
Naturally, we need to have a good discussion.
……
There were still three days before the awards, and Bai Shiqiu was busy on the phone.
"Good job, what team are you looking for this time?"
"Boss, a few tech nerds in California, among which are still mainly Chinese."
"It's pretty reliable, ask them if they want to make a game or something."
"Hey, I've already asked, don't worry."
"Okay."
"There's something else, what's that...... Let someone else tell you. ”
This time to stir up the Cannes Film Festival, Bai Shiqiu did not make a lot of efforts, mainly on the Internet, there are many independent film critics on the Internet, and traditional film critics are more worried about these so-called independent film critics grabbing food.
Although traditional film critics often post their own articles on the Internet, what if the number of their articles is not enough, or they are not sharp enough?
Bai Shiqiu's method is to make a lot of independent film critics appear on the Internet out of thin air, and there are many more articles, these articles are blown hard enough, and the criticism is ruthless enough, which will naturally destroy those traditional film critics to work.
According to the urine nature of the Cannes jury, then, whoever is blown ruthlessly will not be awarded, and in this way, we will ignore "Qinghong", so that there is a way.
Of course, from time to time, click on Yuan Yuan's acting skills, so that Bai Shiqiu feels that he should be eight or nine.
There was another thing on the other end of the phone.
"Lao Bai, it's interesting, it's really interesting."
"What's interesting?"
"Our "Lao Paoer" has been released ahead of schedule!"
"Huh? This...... Interesting? ”
"Yes, you don't know, the reason is not anything else, but that Huang Jianzhong, his film was withdrawn, it was urgently withdrawn, I heard that some people reported that this film is related to pornography."
When Bai Shiqiu heard it, he understood what was going on at that time.
There are some shots in the film "Silver Jewelry", it seems that ...... It's really a good crowd, the eyes of the people are bright!
It's really not for nothing, it's really not.
Huang Jianzhong's old boy's film was accepted by the sky, and our Red Star's "Lao Paoer" went to take over, which is tantamount to lengthening our schedule, which is indeed a great thing.
It's just that the propaganda aspect is more important, so let's show the spirit of struggle.
In Bai Shiqiu's view, the good news is one after another, which is really exciting.
"Lao Bai."
"Yuanyuan, what's the matter?"
"Would you like to go out for a walk?"
"Okay."
Yuan Yuan came to find it, Bai Shiqiu was a little strange, in this period of Cannes, the two can be said to be respectful to each other, and now it is night, and Yuan Yuan made a special request to bring the camera.
Walking on the beach, the two of them didn't say anything.
"Lao Bai, am I beautiful?"
"Beauty."
Bai Shiqiu can't tell lies, Yuanyuan is indeed beautiful, especially in Cannes these days, she has one dress a day, more activities, and more photos.
"Then let's take a picture."
"No problem."
Click, Bai Shiqiu's hand is up and down, his technique is now practicing well.
But it's a little strange, Yuan Yuan didn't pose anything, just a very ordinary pose, she was wearing ordinary jeans and a T-shirt, just like the girl next door standing there, and she was wearing all kinds of expensive dresses during the day, it was just two people.
Seriously, Bai Shiqiu prefers the girl in front of him, and it is more comfortable to watch.
Yuan Yuan walked over and said to Bai Shiqiu: "Promise me, this photo is kept, I only hope you keep it." ”
"Okay." Bai Shiqiu had fully understood at this time that Yuan Yuan was more active than him.
"Then what kind of actress, it's not interesting, don't help me do it."
"Okay, but the effect is already out."
"That's okay. Will you miss me in the future? ”
"I can't forget it."
"I'll miss you too."
"Forget me, I'm a jerk."
"I can't forget it."
Yuan Yuan walked past Bai Shiqiu, and Bai Shiqiu couldn't help but hold her hand.
"You're not a jerk, actually, we're not wrong."
Loosen.
After that, Bai Shiqiu smoked a pack of cigarettes and thought about a lot of messy things.
……
Yuan Yuan was different, she took this step, she didn't feel sad, she didn't even shed tears, but came to a café and found Feng Ru, who had already ordered two cups of coffee.
"What should I do next?"
"What you should be saying is, us."
"Good! What should we do next? ”
"We need to form an alliance now so that we can make a difference......"
At this time, a girl came to the next table, she was also very good-looking, the key is that there is a pair of more prominent...... There are some small freckles on the face.
"Her name is Tian Fang, and she is also my old classmate with Bai Shiqiu, and she has now joined our alliance." Feng Ru briefly introduced some.
"Hehe...... Tian Fang smiled slightly, and then sat down.
"She? The three of us? Yuan Yuan was very surprised, this is not right from what I said before.
According to Feng Ru's guidance, Yuan Yuan made a decision, she broke up with Bai Shiqiu, and, according to Feng Ru's words, she left some things that Lao Bai couldn't forget.
Feng Ru said that she couldn't be with Bai Shiqiu at that time, so she used a method to leave something in Lao Bai's heart.
It's like a purple fairy...... This was Gao Yuanyuan's reaction at the time.
That's right, this method is really not new, but it works.
Yuan Yuan thought about it carefully, it seemed that he had nothing to leave for Lao Bai, a breakup cannon? Try a new move? Bite him?
It doesn't seem to be very good, the key is that Lao Bai doesn't have an inner relationship with her now, and he can't use it.
So, I came up with this idea to leave a photo.
Lao Bai has taken many photos of her, and she has been living under the flash all day long, with countless photos. However, there has never been a photograph that has not been deliberately posed, and now there is.
Seriously, Gao Yuanyuan just had a feeling of relief, she and Bai Shiqiu were really in a bad state, and letting go might be good for everyone.
So what's next?
Feng Ru said simply: "Our alliance is like this, the purpose is to turn you into a goddess, a goddess that all men worship, and at that time, you succeed, you are incomparably beautiful, and then ......"
"Let Lao Bai turn around and chase me?" Gao Yuanyuan seemed to understand.
"Don't give him a good face!" Tian Fang also added.
Feng Ru shook his head, "Don't hold this kind of thought, if you hold this kind of thought, it will be over." I tell you, we are going to build our own business, and we can only have this belief in our hearts, and we cannot have other distractions. And that's the only way you have a chance, you know? ”
Gao Yuanyuan was very confused after hearing this, but still nodded.
"I won't be able to return to China for a while, Tian Fang is rich, but she made a movie before, and she didn't make a splash at all, so I came to be a military advisor, I was remote control abroad, Tian Fang was the boss, she was the boss, you Yuanyuan was a general, and you ...... charged."
"Great!"
"yes, ha......"
Can the three of them achieve a career?
At the very least, career is the medicine for emotional wounds.