Chapter 308: Awesome
"My family was invited to a screening of Little Sunshine this weekend, and it was so beautiful! I almost laughed a few times, but it's not just funny, I can't spoil how wonderful it is. I can't believe this is a 17-year-old ghost's movie, Ye Wei has once again broken through my perception of him. ”
- Master of horror fiction, Stephen King, lashing out at LMS on his blog
"I'm lucky enough to have seen LMS!, it's amazing, it's fascinating from the first minute to the last minute, and I can't bear to end it after watching it. Every actor is great, viy is shot beyond imagination, this is a 100-point movie. ”
"LMS is worth watching and watching, there are so many great moments that can go down in film history, you will be shocked, like me. ”
- Co-producers and writers of "The Exorcism Video", Andrew Grant and Heck Potkoe
"Hahaha, being able to watch LMS so early is simply the happiest thing I have done this year. I have long known that Ye Wei would not make a bad movie, but it was still beyond my expectations to shoot it so well. Ye Wei ruthlessly shattered my little pride again. ”
- The new generation of the Coppola family, Gia Coppola
"After watching this genius work, I was so excited that I didn't know what words to use to describe it, it was so beautiful!"
"Amazing! I was frightened by Ye Wei, I was trying to remember what happened tonight, I watched such a great family comedy! It brought no less shock than any movie, you must go to the theater to watch it then, I will also watch it again, must see!"
- Saw director and writer, James Wing, Ray Warner
"LMS has become one of my favorite movies, viy, how the hell did you do that? It's incredible! I was 17 years old and I could only shoot some mud. ”
- 42-year-old former film prodigy and Oscar-winning director, Steven Soderbergh
"Regardless of Ye Wei's age, just the movie itself, LMS is definitely the best road movie in recent years, one of the best literary comedies, anyone of any age can get fun and inspiration from it. A great cast and a great director! You should book your tickets now, this is the most unmissable movie of the year!"
- Famous producer, "Changing Face", "Lord of the Rings" series (one of the three dominant producers, winner of the Oscar for Best Picture), Barry M. Osborne
The comedy side of LMS is full of jokes and fun, and the artistic side is endlessly evocative, and a 17-year-old boy can have such a sense of life and make such a good movie, and anything can happen in this world. ”
- Director of Forrest Gump, Oscar for Best Director, Robert Zemeckis
"This movie is so good that it makes you scream, it's all great! Its movie-watching experience is very rare among literary films, and it can make people get excited in the theater. All star actors have new breakthroughs, Ye Wei's directing level is incredible, when you watch it, you will know what I'm talking about. ”
- Famous producer, "Sleepless in Seattle" (first producer), Gary Foster
"The biggest feeling after watching LMS is that I'm so stupid! After calming down, I immediately called Ye Wei: 'What planet are you from?'"
- George Lucas, the father of Star Wars and the ultimate independent filmmaker
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"You're crazy!?Ye Wei doesn't share Yunik Kuller's information!?This is already a serious violation of the company's rules. ”
"I'm afraid that the news will leak out, and many people will be angry, but Weige will be angry. I'm about to lose his trust this year because of several award ceremonies, what can I do?"
“...... Let him be happy, try his best to satisfy him, and never let him have the intention of leaving CAA. ”
"I've done this for a long time, and the trouble with Weige isn't the unreasonable demand, it's that you never know what he's going to do. It's okay, he's smart, he's affectionate, he's willing to sacrifice his own interests, this boy is actually very good, he's still very happy with us, it's okay. ”
"That's good...... The boy was a big man. ”
"Absolutely. I've already seen Little Sunshine and I'm not crazy, it's worthy of an Academy Award nomination! ”
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Since Ye Wei started filming, he has made a short film and three feature films.
Whether "Exorcism Video" can win awards will not be known until next year, and "The Wedding is Coming" is a famous zero egg, and it has received a lot of award nominations, MTV Film Awards, People's Choice Awards, Children's Choice Awards, and Youth Choice Awards...... It's just not a win, zero eggs.
Its journey is over, and LMS has just begun!
Although it has not yet been released, the publicity campaign has been underway for a long time. Such a peculiar prodigy movie, to impact the awards season, of course, it must have an excellent reputation, not only from the audience, but also from peers, film critics, and various film festivals.
Due to the late completion time, LMS did not catch up with the European film festivals of this year, but it was the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival that made its debut.
This is the largest and most influential film festival in Asia, it has no influence on the general public in North America, and it still has some influence on the film fans, film critics and the film industry. Spielberg was also awarded the Kurosawa Prize last year.
This year's six judges include Chinese director Zhang Yimou, German film critic Ron Holloway, author of Midnight Bell Koji Suzuki, Japanese actor Kaoru Momoi, and two famous American producers, Osborne and Foster, with Zhang Yimou as the chairman of the jury.
LMS chose this film festival not for no reason, Foster and Hanks have a relationship, Osborne and John Woo, Coppola family have a relationship, the quality of the film is quite low, they will be inclined to LMS, although Zhang Yimou came with the film ("A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone") but did not participate in the competition, he is also Chinese, how can he talk better.
That's three votes, and the LMS has a good chance of a big win.
The film festival opened on October 23, local time, and closed on October 30 with awards.
LMS premiered on the evening of October 29 with producer Peter Heller and "Frank" Tim Ross in attendance. Ye Wei didn't go to Japan, firstly, because he wanted to stay in the United States to do propaganda and public relations battles, and secondly, he still had to go to school.
But without Ye Wei, this publicity lineup is too weak, and "Exorcism Video" is still counting on making a fortune in Japan. So he invited two of Japan's new generation of popular actresses, both 17-year-old Maki Horikita and Yui Aragaki, who both told the media that they were viy fans and hoped to cooperate with him one day.
Ye Wei's popularity in Asia is quite high, "The Wedding is Coming" has been released in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan, LMS will also be released in these markets, and strive to enter the Chinese mainland market, but it is not easy for a literary independent film to become one of the 20 films a year, and it is certain that it will not land in the mainland this year.
At night, the premiere of the LMS at the Roppongi Toho Virgin Cinema was filled with filmmakers, media reporters, and general audiences.
At this time, the feature film was about to end, and when the big screen was transferred to the end credits, two lines of giant characters were typed, "Director: Ye Wei" in Chinese and "directed-by-vigor-yeah" in English
Suddenly, the audience applauded! Everyone stood up and applauded, and every filmmaker was surprised and sighed, the masterpiece of a 17-year-old boy!
And most of the ordinary audience were smiling and very happy, as if they had just eaten a hearty meal.
The applause lasted until the end of the film, and Peter Heller, who spoke on behalf of the film, walked onto the stage and said thank you with a loud smile, and the middle-aged face also smiled, as if the applause was all because of him, but in fact it was not, so the applause immediately calmed down.
"Hehehe. Peter Heller took the microphone and said thank you before the opening, and in the eyes of the audience, he took out a small piece of paper from his suit pocket and smiled: "Only let me bring his words." When the translators translated the audience, the audience burst into applause.
This made Heller laugh contentedly, and he began to read: "'Hello everyone, I'm glad you're going to enjoy this movie.'" I guess, if it wasn't then I'd be embarrassed, oh, embarrassed by Heller. 'Haha!'" chuckled at the audience, who could understand English directly.
"Anyway, you read it to me. Cinema has this kind of magic, which can bring together people from all over the world who speak different languages and cultures, but have the same feelings. This kind of communication is one of the reasons why we love movies so much. "Little Miss Sunshine" is the story of an American family, it seems that everything is American, no, its story is a story that happens in every country and everywhere, and its characters are all the general public. ”
The audience listened to Hele quietly, or should they listen to Ye Wei's words.
"Although the cultures of the East and the West are very different, we all live in the same standard of success and failure, and how long will this standard last? We can't get rid of this standard, and we have to continue after the outbreak, which is actually a tragedy that the movie didn't make.
Are we going to live in the gloom forever? Not really. I think that while we pursue success, we should not forget and lose those things that are actually more important than success and more worthy of protection and pursuit, then there will always be sunshine in our lives. Thank you!"
After Heller said that, after the translation, the applause of the audience resounded in the theater again, and the "powerful" girls sighed softly.
After the premiere, media reporters were busy with interviews and manuscripts, some interviewing filmmakers and some interviewing ordinary audiences. The Japanese pay attention to superficial politeness, and if the film is slightly better, they will say that it is very good, and the full house of LMS interviews will naturally get very high praise, and people will say "awesome", "amazing", and "touching".
One of the middle-aged aunts said sincerely: "I was really happy to pay attention to Weijun when he was 16 years old, and I was really happy to see him grow up and achieve these achievements." ”
On October 30, local time, the closing ceremony and award ceremony of the film festival was held!
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