The jury mechanism of the three major European film festivals is to give awards in a small circle!

Venice Film Festival: 7 juries.

The taste of the chairman of the jury determines the selection of the final prize.

In fact, it was Ah Mou who decided the Golden Lion Award!

Jiang Wen returned lonely.

It's really lonely - the overseas copyright didn't make a sale, so the French copyright was sold.

This film is doomed!

"The Sun Also Rises" estimates that the box office will still not rise this time...

The key is that the overseas reputation of this film is not good, and "Movie Manual" and "Sight and Hearing" give bad reviews...

Oh, now, these two film magazines are still authoritative, and after 2020, they will completely succumb to political correctness - in 2020, the "Sight and Sound" film critics directly ranked "Jeanne Dielman" first, beating "Ecstasy", "Citizen Kane" and "2001: A Space Odyssey".

In addition, "Moonlight Boy", which imitates "Springlight", ranks 60th, beating "Chongqing Forest", "Yiyi", "Guling Street Juvenile Homicide" and "Metropolis".

"Jeanne Dierman" tells the story of Lou Feng, a single mother working part-time, and "Moonlight Boy" tells the story of a man's broken sleeve.

In terms of storytelling, technique, artistry, and film history status, these two films are not worthy of this ranking, and the only thing worth mentioning is probably the social issues raised...

In addition, the interpretation of mainland film critics of "The Sun Also Rises" is not good - after the release, a bunch of film reviews are all 'sexual repression' and 'resistance'...

Nima, I suspect that these people didn't watch the movie at all...

Where is the sexual repression visible?

No wonder Jiang Wen can't look at film critics!

Directly ridiculed: 'Film critics commenting on movies are like eunuchs going to the Qinglou!' ’

Of course, film critics also retorted, 'Talking about politics with movies every day, isn't it also a eunuch going to the Qinglou!' ’

Ahem...

Regarding the failure of "The Sun Also Rises" to win the award, Shen Xudong is still very happy - because things are back to normal.

The original time and space was that a bunch of people commented that "The Sun Also Rises" couldn't be understood, and Jiang Wen was determined to make a film that the audience could understand, so there was "Let the Bullets Fly"...

……

"Blockbuster" is about to be released...

In 16 days of release, the cumulative box office was 124 million, and the Hong Kong box office was about 5.4 million.

It's strange to say, a bunch of overseas filmmakers always say that they 'care about China's state before the Olympics' and 'care about China's development', but except for action movies, they don't buy any other genres.

Even the so-called film festival aesthetic (poor Chinese genre) independent films are buying less.

Director Weng Shouming's "Golden Splendor" is completely based on "The Good Man of the Three Gorges", the narrative mode and film telling method: long shots, in order to show the so-called cruel life...

And then you can't sell it!

Because of the same subject matter, foreigners are more willing to watch the works of small countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines, which has a sense of freshness.

This has also led to the reluctance of many foundations that were originally interested in investing in Chinese independent films to contribute...

So those sixth generations can only return to China, but their film market is not welcome, so what to do?

One by one, they are clamoring for the top to learn from foreign countries, art films need government support, and new art theaters and the like...

Why didn't you say this before?

Because in the past, relying on foreign income or this foundation, the film foundation could directly receive money!

Pulling it back, the domestic income of "Blockbuster" is also enough.

The 40 million yuan of the cinema chain is a net profit - production costs, publicity costs, business cooperation, and product placement are directly tied.

After all, it is a modern theme, and in comparison, "Embroidered Spring Knife" is a bit difficult.

Costume martial arts, it is not good to implant advertisements, and even the copyright is not very easy to sell, otherwise, why doesn't Hong Kong shoot martial arts?

——After Jurassic Park was released in Hong Kong at the end of 93, Hollywood special effects films that also relied on visual effects defeated martial arts genre films head-on!

Therefore, the cost of "Embroidered Spring Knife" is very... Harsh, it's 20 million, too much, don't give a dime...

It's enough for Xu Ke to squander - and there are no special effects scenes.

The total salary of the actors has not reached 5 million.

……

As one of the three famous writers of the post-80s, Shen Xudong has always had a fixed touter!

The movie adapted from him, although it is only a novella in "Collected Records", but "Embroidered Spring Knife", Shen Xudong himself served as the screenwriter and producer, and the director was Xu Ke...

It's definitely getting a lot of attention!

I got off the plane and took a wave of interviews first.

""Embroidered Spring Knife"... At the beginning, I was not ready to cooperate with Director Xu Ke, because there was a small problem in the preparation of "Exquisite Ancient City", so I had to postpone the filming, so Director Xu Ke had a three-month gap, so I simply took out "Embroidered Spring Knife"..."

“… When I wrote it, I actually focused on creating a plot, the story of three small civil servants... So, it's not hot-blooded, and although there are fights, it's actually closer to a drama. ”

"When you tell a modern story, there will definitely be a lot of constraints and restrictions, so it's better to tell an ancient story, and there is no such thing as using the past to satirize the present, or to write about the fate of the characters."

"The Chongzhen era at the end of the Ming Dynasty is actually quite interesting, you see, the emperor really wants to make a difference, but the country is already on the verge of collapse. Political chaos in the country... In such a period, the little people want to fight against fate, but they are only small gravel, even the emperor is powerless against the course of history, and there is a natural sense of tragedy! ”

“… The box office prediction is estimated to be not too high, "Embroidered Spring Knife" is not bloody enough, nor martial arts enough, I think it would be very good to have a box office of 50 million! ”

"Well, this trip to Toronto went very smoothly, and the overseas rights of several action movies of Golden Harvest have been sold..."

"You are like "Raid", "Crime City" is unlikely to be released in the mainland, the plot is very bloody... The scale is huge... From the beginning, I never thought of releasing it in the mainland..."

“… Action movies are the banner of Chinese films going global, we must continue to do it, and now the overseas popularity of action stars who carry the flag is low, so they can only take the bloody and large-scale route, and when they become popular, we will definitely converge the scale..."

After talking for a while, Shen Xudong hurriedly got in the car...

He's a bit too much.

In the past few days, Gao Fenfen has sent various text messages, and between the lines are Huayi brothers and Feng Xiaogang...

That's right, the Huayi brothers wanted to invest in "The Lawsuit" and found screenwriter Liu Heng.

The Wang brothers weighed it and decided to keep Feng Xiaogang at any cost - promising to invest in "Lawsuit" and "Reminiscences of 1942"...

Both of these are big investments!

The cost of "Assembly Number" is 80 million, and the cost of "Reminiscences of 1942" is as high as 200 million!

If Huayi Brothers wants to go public, it needs performance.

That Feng Xiaogang's movie belongs to the golden signboard, and they can't give up easily...

So, it's on the bar!

Gao Fenfen wanted Shen Xudong to win the screenwriter of "The Lawsuit": "If you come forward, Director Feng will definitely be inclined to us!" ”

Shen Xudong has no interest in "Lawsuit": "It's just one more drama, it's really not good, let Director Feng work overtime..."

Gao Fenfen was speechless: "Overtime... Three plays a year? ”

“… So what's wrong? Qiu Litao filmed three dramas for Golden Harvest this year, and he also filmed two more..."After a pause, Shen Xudong said: "There is a problem with the script of "Lawsuit"..."

"What's the problem?"

"I don't like..."

Gao Fenfen changed the subject: "Have you watched "The Sun Also Rises"? ”

“… What's wrong? ”

"I don't think it's a good idea to invest in Jiang Wen's films..."

(End of chapter)