The book continues from the above:

Under Han Li's operation, soon the news of Gao Fei's investment and joining the crew of "Burst Drummer" spread.

So for a while, Gao Fei received a lot more party invitations.

Although he knew that they were all trying to make himself pay for it, Gao Fei still did not refuse to come.

After all, Berlin is so cold right now, he can't make the beauties chill!

Of course, everything is for the sake of art, and it has nothing to do with appearance, let alone money.

"I love the Berlinale!"

"It's always so evocative here~(〃'▽'〃)!"

After attending a dinner party, Gao Fei said in an interview with reporters.

……

Feb. 9, 3 p.m.

After a few days of waiting, the Berlinale has finally begun.

Fortunately, the opening ceremony was beautiful, and there was no rain or snow.

Therefore, on the red carpet, actresses should compete with confidence.

However, when it was the turn of the crew of "Fireworks in the Day", Gui Lunmei did not stay long.

Because both Gao Fei and Diao Yinan are walking fast.

If it weren't for the constant greetings from the media reporters on the side, the two would probably have broken the record for the fastest red carpet.

But then again, judging from the questions from the media, Han Li's operation was still effective during this time.

At least most of the media understand the background of the story of "Fireworks in the Day", and will not ask Gao Fei some obviously mentally retarded questions.

It's just that after dealing with the media, the crew of "Fireworks in the Day" separated.

Because Diao Yinan and Lou Ye had an appointment, they had to meet the hotel in advance.

I don't know what these two sullen old men have to get together in private.

But Gui Lunmei is actually fine.

It's just that because Goofy is going to see the opening movie "The Grand Budapest Hotel", she is also going to watch this movie with Goofy.

Truffaut once said:

Every director can only make one film in his lifetime, and after that, all other films are just repeating their debut!

Although this is a bit absolute, there is actually some truth in it.

For example, Guy Ritchie's "Two Big Smoking Guns";

"Citizen Kane", which is considered "the best in film history";

"Four Hundred Blows", the pioneering work of the French "New Wave";

"Twelve Angry Men", which was hailed as "the greatest courtroom film and dialectical reasoning film......

These films, which are enough to leave traces in the history of film, turned out to be the first works of directors.

Therefore, although "debut" is often synonymous with youth and simplicity.

But there are clearly exceptions in these directors!

After all, talent is sometimes so unreasonable.

Especially when it comes to art, some people are gifted enough to break all the rules.

But Wes Anderson of The Grand Budapest Hotel is not that type.

After all, his directorial debut "Off-Line Storm" can only be regarded as a good comedy movie.

Of course, in terms of directorial level, he must surpass the vast majority of mediocre directors.

Therefore, in Goofy's view, Wes Anderson is more of the type of old mouzi who takes one step at a time.

And in terms of film style, as a master of color, he is also very similar to Lao Mouzi.

So for his eighth film, Goofy is inevitably a little curious.

……

Thankfully, Wes Anderson didn't disappoint Goofy this time.

When Goofy walked into the movie theater and sat quietly for an hour and a half, he finally nodded contentedly.

If nothing else, at least the hour and a half was not wasted.

Wes Anderson, a master of color, is still eye-catching this time.

But what satisfies and amazes Goofy the most is the storytelling of the movie!

Goofy thought that this movie, written and directed by Anderson, might be weak in terms of plot.

But he didn't expect Anderson to perform even better than he imagined!

Obviously, the movie only tells the legend of a janitor of a famous European hotel during World War II.

But Anderson skillfully uses the legend of the janitor to connect a thief with a Renaissance painting, a battle for wealth with a large family, and a sudden war that changed the whole of Europe.

In the end, the "Grand Budapest Hotel" with a legendary character was formed.

After watching this movie, the audience is like this luxury hotel, watching the absurd anecdotes in the long river of time, and also witnessing the smoke and vicissitudes of war in Europe for half a century.

This kind of effort to see the big from the small is actually a great test of the director's skills.

If you force an analogy, it is quite similar to Xu Ke's "New Dragon Gate Inn" back then.

It's just that on the opposite side of the hard conditions, "New Dragon Gate Inn" has to suffer a little loss.

Not to mention how magnificent the Grand Budapest Hotel is, it has four floors in terms of the size of the building.

And Wes Anderson also used a four-layer story when shooting.

The camera mainly falls on the fourth layer, only occasionally cuts back to the third layer, and the stories of the other layers do not advance or develop, but only cut in as a storytelling perspective.

In this respect, Wes Anderson's approach is particularly appreciated by Goofy.

Because the most difficult thing for a director is actually to restrain his desire to talk!

I don't know how many failed directors are actually not badly talented.

But it was because they couldn't restrain their thoughts that in the end, a very simple story was told by them in an extremely complicated way.

But in fact, a truly clever director can often present a very complex story to the audience simply and clearly, and still retain the original charm of the story.

It's like "Let the Bullets Fly", it stops when it is clicked, but it touches people's hearts.

In fact, a good movie is sometimes like a bottle of wine, which will make people drunk without drinking.

Therefore, after returning to the hotel, Gao Fei was a little satisfied.

Before Gui Lunmei could return to the room, she was carried into the bathroom by Gao Fei.

As the so-called:

The fog is the sleeve and the jade is the crown, half like a shame and half a cold.

Don't be easy to sigh to yourself, turn around and bounce the teardrops.

So in the hazy mist, I could only hear a whisper of singing coming from the bathroom.

……

The next day, early in the morning.

When Gui Lun appeared in front of everyone with a ruddy complexion, everyone was not surprised.

After all, everyone knew about the relationship between the two as early as the filming of "Fireworks in the Day".

Compared with this pair of dog men and women, Diao Yinan and others are more curious about the opening movie.

It's just that Goofy was really hungry, so he ate two cheese sandwiches and drank a glass of hot cocoa before he opened his mouth to briefly explain the situation last night.

Finally, after drinking the second cup of hot cocoa, Goofy concluded:

"If I were a judge, I would think 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' would be worth at least one Silver Bear."

"Of course, maybe the jury will give you a Golden Bear."

"But in either case, The Grand Budapest Hotel is a fierce rival!"

Seeing Gao Fei say this, the bitterness on Diao Yinan's face suddenly became heavier.

Although he had previously told Gao Fei that there was little hope for this trip, he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

Therefore, seeing that Gao Fei made "The Grand Budapest Hotel" so good, the pressure in his heart naturally increased.

However, after talking about the opening movie, Goofy, who was full of food and drink, was a little curious about his party with Lou Ye.

After all, this kind of middle-aged literary and artistic old boy is actually quite outrageous.

So Goofy was curious what the hell they were tossing around last night.

Seeing Gao Fei mention this, Diao Yinan couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

Seeing this, Goofy couldn't help but become more and more curious.

Fortunately, Diao Yinan didn't sell it, and even briefly talked about last night's events.

Actually, the thing is very simple, given that both of them were shortlisted for the competition unit of the Berlin Main Film Festival at the same time.

So Lou Ye wanted to get together with Diao Yinan and communicate with each other in private.

After all, Diao Yinan came relatively early, so he may know some gossip.

Of course, Lou Ye did not take advantage of it in vain, and also talked about a lot of experience.

It's just that when the two were about to come out of the restaurant after eating, they happened to meet a reporter from a newspaper in the south.

An acquaintance invited, and Lou Ye and Diao Yinan couldn't refuse, so they did a simple interview.

At first, it was okay, but the female reporter just asked Lou Ye what she thought of the lowest score of 1.5 in this year's field magazine of "Tuina".

Lou Ye was not annoyed when he heard this, but responded with a rather atmospheric smile:

"I don't think it's anything, it's good news for me."

"At the Cannes Film Festival in 09, "The Night of the Spring Breeze" was only 1.6 points in the house magazine, and it didn't win the Best Screenplay Award in the end."

"So you don't have to worry too much about the house club rating, just have fun."

After speaking, Lou Ye emphasized a few words a little.

said that he did not come to the film festival to compete for awards, but more work for international sales, after all, his art films also need to be profitable.

It's just that every time Lou appears in front of the media at night, censorship is always an unavoidable problem.

For example, his indissoluble bond with Berlin began with the movie "Summer Palace".

When "Summer Palace" premiered in Berlin after being banned, it also received warm applause from the audience and the media.

Later, the "Mystery of the Floating City" finally passed the trial, but it was recovered when it was released, which provoked him to remove his signature from the finished film.

Coupled with last year's Jia Zhangke's "Destined" was not released after the trial, the two sides inevitably talked about the topic of censorship after the interview.

And Lou Ye is also worthy of being a veteran of underground movies, even if "Tuina" has now passed the review, he still has no sense of security about the review results.

When it comes to censorship, his mouth is still full of resentment.

"Censorship is what it is, it can terminate the normal operation of a film at any time."

Hearing this, Gao Fei couldn't help but say in surprise:

"Isn't that good?"

"What's wrong with complaining about two sentences, who in the film industry hasn't scolded censorship, what's the big deal?"

Not to mention Lou Ye, even Gao Fei used to scold those old men when he had private parties.

After all, even though most of his films are commercial films, there were still many revisions before the release of "Looking for the Dragon" and "Embroidered Spring Knife".

It's as if not cutting a knife is a heinous crime for censorship.

It's just that Diao Yinan couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this:

"It would be nice if this was the case, the problem is that we drank a little wine last night, so after the interview, he didn't have a doorkeeper on his lips, and he dared to say anything."

I don't know if Lou Ye is really drunk or fake, anyway, Diao Yinan frowned when he heard it last night.

In fact, everything else is okay, mainly when the female reporter interviewed Lou Ye about her views on the current situation, Lou Ye immediately threw out two sentences without thinking about it:

"If it is retried, it means that the censor is blind!"

"No matter how prosperous the market is, management is also in the dark!"

After speaking, he ignored Diao Yinan's reminder, and stubbornly said that this was his attitude and position.

Hearing this, Gao Fei suddenly shook his head speechlessly.

Gotcha, this is another iron baby!

Thinking of this, Gao Fei couldn't help but be glad that most of the directors he met were normal.

But then again, most literary and artistic workers are somewhat emotional and impulsive.

After all, "If you don't go crazy, you can't live" is actually the epitaph of all artists.

It's not good to be too sentimental to engage in art, it's easy to be paranoid and drilling, and it's easy to put yourself in an embarrassment if you're not careful.

And in the days that followed, the days passed both monotonously and interestingly.

Because Goofy watches movies every day, he just watches movies.

In addition to the films in the main competition, he even visits the Berlin film store to see other films from all over the world.

Although most of them are the works of unknown directors, they are not necessarily without their merits.

However, what satisfied Goofy the most was another Japanese film "Little Home", which was also shortlisted.

This film mainly tells the story of a maid and a hostess family in Japan during the Showa period.

At that time, the United States had not yet declared war on Japan, and in this small house with a red roof on the outskirts of Tokyo, she lived her last happy days with her husband, son, domestic helper, and friends.

Overall, it is a Japanese version of "Gone with the Wind".

But the 82-year-old director Yoji Yamada did not shy away from the sins of the year in the movie, let alone treat him to the war like the Japanese government.

Instead, he took it very seriously and said that "Japan is guilty" in the movie.

In fact, Yoji Yamada himself was a first-hand witness to that war.

At the beginning of the invasion of China, he followed his father, who was a railway engineer in the puppet Manchukuo, to live in Dalian.

It can be said that the memories of "puppet Manchukuo" cities such as Changchun, Shenyang and Harbin filled his childhood.

To this day, he still remembers the war propaganda and education he received in his childhood.

Out of curiosity, Goofy chatted with Yoji Yamada for a while after watching the movie.

The old man did not shy away from it, and said bluntly:

"Japanese newspapers always reported the good news of the army's victory, only to realize later that they were all lies."

"Most of the Japanese were accomplices in that war."

"Young adults joined the army, and women and old people were also fanatically serving the war."

"Even the monks in the temple donated the temple bell to make the [Banzai Bullet]"

“…… I later learned that after the massacre in Jinling, Tokyo was actually celebrating. ”

“……“

"On the day of the defeat and surrender, I was still in school in the northeast, and when I passed through the Chinese residential area, I saw that every household suddenly hung out the blue sky and white sun flag, and I knew that I had been defeated."

To be honest, Yoji Yamada's words are not so shocking.

At least everyone with a basic conscience should know that this is true.

It's just that Gao Fei is quite surprised that there are people like him in Japan who have a clear view of history.

In this regard, the old man reluctantly said that there were still many people like him back then.

It's just that it's about to die now, especially after the red ** goes paranoid.

"I'm worried that when all of our generation is dead, the next generation may be completely fooled by those politicians, because the people who went through that war are all dead, and they can only say it."

With that, Yoji Yamada couldn't help but sigh again.

Goofy didn't know if he was in a state of atonement.

But Gao Fei still agrees with and supports his behavior.

At least compared to the rest of the Japanese who pretended to be dead in two stages, Yoji Yamada dared to express his resolute opposition to Abe's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine at the press conference after the premiere of "Little Home".

In this respect, he is a Japanese man with a better conscience than some self-proclaimed "public knowledge".

(End of chapter)