Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Right to Adapt... (1/4)
Before the development of the mainland film market, Chinese filmmakers all aimed at the three major exhibitions.
Because, the international influence of Chinese films is only gained little by little by relying on them.
Hou Xiaoxian, Yang Dechang, A Mou, Yin Shi Xiaodaren, Wang Jiawei are all going to the world through European film festivals...
Of course, liamine is an exception!
Li Amine made his debut in the United States, and of course, his fame was also made through the Berlin Film Festival - "The Wedding Banquet" won the Golden Bear Award...
However, his later fame was accumulated through the Oscars and the American market.
Back to Citizen Illustrious...
The timing of Chen Daoming's award is too coincidental, it just happened to be the closing of the Athens Olympic Games!
The Chinese team won a record 32 gold medals, ranking second in the gold medal table, and Liu Xiang won the gold medal in the 110m hurdles, winning a medal for China for the first time in the men's track and field competition.
Everyone's patriotic feelings are nowhere to vent, and at this time it was rumored that the movie won an award...
What is it called?
Sports, literature and art are in full bloom!
Win glory for the country!
It is estimated that the entertainment news in the next five days will revolve around Chen Daoming and "Outstanding Citizen"...
After all, this film also has investment, and undertakes the distribution...
In a sense, it can be regarded as a red seedling, telling everyone that if you don't smear China, you can still win awards!
The media knows what's going on, so naturally they can promote it...
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"I was a little surprised at first, but then I calmed down, after all, I still have a judge in my heart, and I think I acted well..."
Chen Daoming in an interview...
"Of course, the most grateful is Xudong, this book was found by him, and it was written for me!"
"Do you have a plan for the future, do you want to go to Hollywood or stay in China?"
Another reporter asked.
"Of course, I stay in China, I still have two scripts in my hand that are being filmed, both of which are written by Xudong, which is more commercial..."
"One is called "Witnessed by the Whole People", the director is Mai Dangxiong, starring Liang Jiahui, Gong Li and me; There is also a "Tailor", looking for a director..."
The answers are basically questions from domestic reporters... Because he understands.
But it's not good to favor one over the other, I deliberately picked a few foreigners to answer, foreigners are relatively simple, and they all ask about 'award-winning feelings' or 'views on the film festival' and the like...
Chen Daoming answered them one by one...
Then there was a burst of applause, and it was estimated that another award was awarded.
"The best director was awarded to Kim Ki-duk for "The Empty Room"..."
“… Oh. ”
Chen Daoming simply 'oh'...
"Mr. Chen, one last question, "Outstanding Citizen" will be released in the mainland next week, how much box office do you think it will have?"
Chen Daoming smiled: "You shouldn't ask me this question, I'm just an actor..."
"Haven't you discussed?"
Chen Daoming was a little speechless, if it weren't for the wrong occasion, he would have been angry, and he was patient: "... We actors never talk about the box office! ”
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"Mike Lee is the new banner of the London Film Academy, and the president of the club, John Paulman..."
"He's also from the London Film School?"
"He's a visiting professor... Of course, Mike Lee himself is also very powerful, and he has already won the Palme d'Or at the 49th Cannes International Film Festival with "Secrets and Lies"..."
Celebration banquet, Wang Qingqiang is comforting the tube...
In addition to the actor award, "Outstanding Citizen" did not win one other award.
Guan is a little disappointed, especially when the Golden Lion Award "Vera Drake" also won the Best Actress Award...
It can be seen that it is not purely a cake!
In fact, Amou's "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit" also won the Golden Lion Award for Best Actress for Gong Li...
"It's still not strong!"
Guan Yu sighed...
This is the truth, Mike Lee is quite awesome, and in the ranking list of the world's top 100 directors, Mike Lee ranks in the top five!
There is no shame in losing to him...
Wang Qingqiang looked around, and then asked, "What about Xudong?" ”
“… It seems like I'm chatting with a foreigner..."
"Which foreigner?"
Cao Xiwen shook his head: "... I don't know, I just know that I'm one of the judges..."
Wang Qingqiang is not very understanding~
The judging is over, okay...
"Now go talk to the judges? What to talk about? ”
What else can we talk about, of course, about movies!
Shen Xudong chatting with director Wolfgang Beck.
Wolfgang Beck's masterpiece "Goodbye Lenin" is one of Shen Xudong's favorite films.
The plot is very simple, it is the narrative of a small family story in the context of the times...
In the context of the merger of the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR, a mother fainted because of hard work, and when she woke up, it was already eight months, and the country where she had worked all her life was gone...
The doctor said it was better not to give her any more stimulation, and the son had to do everything possible to hide the news...
And then in weaving lies, the son fell into a deep nostalgia for the GDR, for the socialist system ...
If you want to say how good this movie is, you can't say it, it's actually a melodrama, but I really like the romanticization in the story.
Time and time are frozen in one room, and when my mother walks out of the room and rubs shoulders with the portrait of Lenin hoisted by a helicopter in the sky, it is so poetic...
When my mother's ashes turned into fireworks and bloomed over Berlin... So beautiful.
A person's life is also shining in this short fireworks, and the long years are just a hanging curtain.
Wolfgang Beck was happy to talk to the Chinese screenwriter about "Goodbye Lenin"...
Actually, Wolfgang Beck is an Argentine director, but he lives in Westphalia, Germany, which belongs to the Ruhr industrial area, and if you divide it, it belongs to the Federal Republic of Germany...
The two of them discussed a lot of things about the system, all of which could not be written.
At the end, Wolfgang Beck said, "Can the script of 'Distinguished Citizen' be transferred to me?" ”
“… You mean adaptation rights? ”
"Yes, it's the right to adapt... I want to make an Argentine "Citizen"..."
Shen Xudong nodded decisively: "Of course it's no problem!" ”
"Thank you..."
“… I might have to write a script with some fragments of "Goodbye Lenin"..."
Wolfgang Beck smiled: "It's okay, just use it..."
Shen Xudong raised his wine glass, and the two clinked glasses...
What script?
Of course, it's "Life Events"!
The movie "Life Events", just watching the clips is very good, but the logic of the whole play is wrong, I don't understand how my father turned into fireworks, although it is very beautiful, but... The logic doesn't make sense, why did you turn the ashes into fireworks?
There was no warning at all, it was Daddy...
I joined the old man who liked "Goodbye Lenin" very much, and said that he would turn his ashes into fireworks...
It makes sense logically...
While chatting, Xu Feng walked over and greeted him very warmly...
(End of chapter)