Chapter 383: Film Classification System
After Lou Ye commented that "Love Letter" was a classic, Wang Jianglu asked a few more movie-related questions, and the interview came to an end.
"Director Qin, are you worried that the movie will be affected because of some of the actors in it? For example, Zhang Ziyi, she has been riddled with negative news for the past six months. ”
The nearly one-hour interview has given everyone some understanding of Yi Lijing, but such a straightforward and sharp question still makes people gasp.
Liu Xiqian frowned and looked at Qin Muchu.
If Qin Muchu showed hesitation, then she would come forward and speak as an actor, which could avoid direct conflict.
But Qin Muchu didn't give her a chance to perform, and said directly:
"Don't worry, I don't care about some things that catch the wind and catch shadows, on the premise of not doing anything that violates the principles, the quality of the actors in my heart is divided according to the acting skills."
"What is a violation of principles?"
“……”
Suddenly, when they heard the name Radio and Television, everyone trembled, and even Yi Lijing's expression was obviously surprised.
Did Qin Muchu answer a question?
No problem, it's just too official, like an old cadre.
But it gave her the feeling that people really thought so, not shouting slogans.
Quickly adjusting her distracted thoughts, she pondered for a moment and then asked:
"Don't you feel constrained?"
Qin Muchu smiled:
"The requirements of radio and television are only the most basic requirements, it doesn't say that you have to be a saint, it just tells you not to be a bad person, isn't it excessive?"
"And what about film censorship? Some people say that this restricts the development of films in our country, and it is proposed to change the film review system to a film classification system, what do you think? ”
Seeing Yi Lijing looking at Lou Ye and the three of them casually, Qin Mu Chu said in his heart, "someone" refers to their group of people.
Looking at Lou Ye again, their eyes were focused on themselves, looking forward to their answers, and they felt helpless in their hearts.
The film classification system is a sensitive topic in the director's circle, and it has been debated for many years.
The so-called film classification system is to classify movies according to their eroticism, violence, language sensitivity, etc., and limit movies of a certain level to people of a certain age and above.
This system is used in many countries, first originated in the United States, and later spread around the world and became a mainstream system.
Hong Kong Island, Macao, and the Bay Province of the Celestial Empire also used this system, but the mainland has always refused to adopt it.
As for why not to use it, the issues involved in it are very complicated, this is not only a matter of the film industry, but even about the ideology of the entire country and nation, and it is not something that can be explained clearly in a few words.
So in the face of Yi Lijing's question, he chose to avoid it for the first time:
"Let's talk about something else."
……
"Thank you for the interview, thank you for your hospitality, and I wish the directors a great success in Cannes."
At the door of the restaurant, Wang Jianglu and Yi Lijing stood up, shook hands with everyone and said goodbye, and then left without looking back.
They had to go back and rush to get the script and put today's interview into words.
And Qin Muchu and the others were also separated from Lou Ye and the others, and they did not live in the same place.
"I think since you avoided talking about it, those directors have not been very enthusiastic." Zhang Mo said.
Qin Muchu nodded, Zhang Mo could see that he was not blind.
After the problem of the film system, the atmosphere at the table changed, although Fan Shuishui drove the conversation, and the whole dinner did not stop, but Lou Ye, Wang Xiaoshuai, and Jia Zhangke basically didn't talk much, just drank with their heads bored.
He also knew why, it was nothing more than a little disappointed in his avoidance of questions.
"Xiao Qin, why don't you answer?"
Zhang Mo was a little curious.
Qin Muchu answered so many sensitive and sharp questions about Yi Lijing before, but he avoided this question.
I couldn't help but guess:
"Can't you say that?"
Qin Muchu shook his head:
"It's not that it can't be said, it's not a simple thing, it's too complicated to say. The first person in our country to put forward this concept was Mr. Lilin, do you know when he mentioned it? ”
Zhang Mo didn't know who Li Lin seemed to be, but when he heard Qin Muchu call people "sir", he knew that it must be everyone, so he asked:
"When?"
"1934."
“……”
Not only Zhang Mo's eyes widened, Zeng Li and Liu Xiqian were also very surprised, they were all hearing about it for the first time.
"In 1934, the new tide had not yet been established, and now it has been almost a hundred years, and this matter has not been clear.
In the past, it was better, the film industry had no influence, and it was okay to say that it was not clear, but now that the film industry is becoming more and more developed, watching movies will be one of the main entertainment methods for the people of our Celestial Empire in the future, and this matter is becoming more and more cautious.
I'm saying it right now, but right, whether it's comprehensive or not, I don't know myself, so why do you open your mouth so rashly? If someone with a heart takes the rhythm and causes a bad impact, this is my fault. ”
The more famous he became, the more Qin Muchu realized the tremendous energy he had in his words and deeds.
Because there are too many people who support him and are willing to believe him, this makes him have to be cautious in his words and deeds when facing the public as a "public figure Qin Muchu".
Zhang Mo understood what Qin Muchu meant, smacked his lips, and asked again:
"Do you prefer censorship or grading in mind?"
"The current censorship system is definitely backward, but there are also many disadvantages of grading, and we can't simply apply the foreign set of ......"
While talking, the few people quickly returned to the hotel.
I got up early to watch a movie, and now at one o'clock in the afternoon, I am a little sleepy, and I wave to each other and go back to my room to rest.
"Can't you sleep yet?"
The big beauty was a little annoyed and angry.
Qin Muchu smiled and gave the great beauty a quick look.
"Sleep, sleep."
Ying and two sounds, just about to lie down, the mobile phone rings.
took out her mobile phone and saw that it was a text message from Yang Mi.
"Is it there? Are you there? I can already see the movie review of "Love Letter" in China, and it is off to a good start!! ”
There is no movement here in Cannes, and you can see movie reviews in China?
Qin Muchu was sighing at the speed of the Celestial Empire, and his mobile phone clicked again, and a picture was sent, click on it to take a look, it was the so-called movie review.
"I don't know if you remember the "Gift of Room No. 7" that swept the country and even Asia in 06, and it still looks like people can't help crying.
That was Qin Muchu's first work, and I also knew him from that time, and I was amazed at how this director could shoot his feelings so delicately.
At that time, I was thinking, if this person makes a romance movie in the future, he will be able to pay it back, and he must not cry to death or die sweetly?
And then "Star You" did it.
But for me, a person over 30 years old, although I also like to watch "Star You", I still know in my heart that it is false and unreal, just like the wanton fantasy of a young man.
This is also in line with the director's age.
So I still have expectations, looking forward to Qin Muchu getting older in a few years and making a more 'mature and real' romance film.
Unexpectedly, in just three years, he would have such a work - "Love Letter".
What kind of work is this...... When I look at it, it is like opening an old photo of my youth, joy, emotion, regret, and sorrow all come to my heart, and finally I smile with relief.
The highly recommended movie definitely does not lose Qin Muchu's level.
In addition, Zeng Li and Zhou Huimin are simply beautiful to a new height in this movie, as well as Qin Muchu, the absolute campus male god, this is not only what we Celestial Empire people think, devils, sticks and Western foreigners all say so, completely unifying the aesthetics of the East and the West!
By the way, another thing that is particularly interesting is that the Cannes subtitles of "Love Letter" are available in three languages: Chinese, French, English, and Japanese.
When I got out of the movie theater, my stick roommate and my devil roommate quarreled, and my stick roommate felt that there was no Smecta to have Japanese.
The devil's roommate said that Smecta was not worthy, and their devil actors could participate in Qin Muchu's movie, which was enough to prove the status gap between the two countries.
They're still scolding each other, oh, stop, the devil took out the ...... of the US military stationed in South Korea."
No wonder there was a movie review so quickly, it turned out to be a Celestial Empire viewer who came to Cannes to watch a movie, posted it on Weibo.
Compared with professional film reviews, this is more like a movie diary.
Qin Muchu watched it with relish, mainly the small stories behind.
The "Love Letter" movie has Japanese subtitles, mainly because of the cameos of Takuya Kimura and a group of Japanese actresses, and the Japanese subtitles are a sign of respect for them.
But if it is separated from the individual, it rises to the whole country......
Black Dog White Dog ...... They're not human.
……
When I woke up, it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and the film reviews here in Cannes also came out, and Liu Xiqian read several French and English film reviews in a row, all of which were praise.
A little unexpectedly, Liu Xiqian, who only had a few scenes in the movie, was remembered by them, and almost every film review expressed their appreciation for this character.
Because in their opinion, this character is brave and can boldly confess to his loved ones, which is more in line with Western values.
"You can't make it up, do you?"
Qin Muchu cast a suspicious look at Liu Xiqian.
He can still understand English film reviews, but French is a black eye.
The only one present who knew French was Liu Xiqian, and if she made up a film review and put gold on her face, they wouldn't be able to see it.
"The man of the heart sees everything dirty."
The fairy sister snorted, rolled her eyes and ignored Qin Muchu, hugged Zeng Li and continued to read the movie reviews.
Qin Muchu pursed his lips, took out his mobile phone and prepared to log on to the website here in Cannes to check the reviews of other movies, so as to decide to watch that movie next.
However, because it is the first day of the film festival, there are not many works in the main competition unit that have been screened, except for "Love Letter", there is only one.
"The Lower Girl", Korean film ......"
Qin Muchu clicked on the movie review, and just as he was about to watch it, he heard Liu Xiqian's surprised voice:
"Hey, isn't our interview recorded? Is there a video? ”
"No, this place looks wrong, we are in the restaurant at noon, and there is definitely no video. Xiao Qin, come and take a look. ”
"What?"
Hearing Zhang Mo's call, Qin Muchu walked slowly, leaned down and approached the computer, where a video was playing, and the people in it were all acquaintances, and it was the three directors who had dinner together at noon.
"Director Wang, Director Lou, Jia Dao, what do the three of you think of the movie "The Lower Girl", compared to Director Qin's "Love Letter" in the morning?"
Qin Muchu, who was still lacking in interest, suddenly came to his senses, not because he was competitive, but because he wanted to hear the evaluation of "The Lower Girl" by several directors who had watched the film, which in his opinion was definitely more reliable than film critics.
"I don't understand Korean, and English is average, so I can't understand some of the lines in this film, but I've watched the old version of "The Lower Girl" and know what this movie is about, so when I watched it, I was mainly watching the actors' acting skills and performances, and some of the director's lens language, which was generally very good, compared with "Love Letter...... Each has its own merits, they are not one type of film. ”
Wang Xiaoshuai's answer was decent, and he waved his hand and prepared to say goodbye to reporters.
But the reporter was not prepared to let them go so simply, and asked:
"Aren't you talking about a type referring to a matter of scale? I heard that there are a lot of bed scenes in "The Lower Girl", which is almost a tertiary film. ”
Wang Xiaoshuai frowned, not knowing if it was because he was annoyed by misinterpreting his meaning, or because of the word "tertiary film".
Just wanted to speak, Lou Ye next to him suddenly spoke, and his tone was very unkind:
"Are you a professional journalist? What is a tertiary film? If a movie has a large-scale shot, it is called a tertiary film, you are an insult to the film festival, and it is also disrespectful to the movie, you should apologize. ”
The video ended with Wang Xiaoshuai and Jia Zhangke pulling Lou Ye away, Qin Muchu sighed, but understood Lou Ye's anger.
The term "tertiary film" is quite insulting to movies.
Moreover, Lou Ye's own movies are large-scale, and the reporter's words are equivalent to scolding him.
"But the scale is ......"
Qin Muchu's eyes moved, and he quickly checked the film screening schedule on the official website of the Cannes Film Festival, and when he saw that there was still one more show of "The Lower Girl" at seven o'clock tonight, he showed a smile.
Looking at Zhang Mo:
"Sister Mo, you can take Liu Xiqian to watch "Leap Year" in the evening, the director of this film is a newcomer."
”OK。”
Zhang Mo agreed without hesitation.
She will also take the road of directing in the future, and she will definitely benefit a lot from seeing the works of excellent new directors.
"What about you and Sister Li?"
Liu Xiqian always felt that there was something wrong with Qin Muchu's smile, a bit like ...... Mimi wants to brush the same as before the hooligans!
Thinking of this, she narrowed her eyes and said:
"You come with us, just after watching it, you can discuss and analyze with Sister Mo about the movie."
That's right, in case I'm not good enough, I can still have a master to help analyze.
Zhang Mo's eyes lit up and he looked at Qin Muchu.
The corners of Qin Muchu's mouth twitched, and he quickly glanced at Liu Xiqian.
Okay, good, you wait.
Coughing lightly, he said:
"I and Zeng left to enjoy the evening...... No, to criticize a movie ......"
……
"Alright, don't pull me."
Lou Ye patted off his arms and shoulders, and walked forward depressedly.
Wang Xiaoshuai and Jia Zhangke looked at each other and smiled, speeding up their pace and side by side with them.
"Okay, how old are you, and a paparazzi, as for it?" Wang Xiaoshuai comforted.
Lou Ye didn't speak for a long time, walked forward with his head bored, and only spoke after a while:
"I'm not angry with the paparazzi, it's just his words......"
His mouth was open for a long time, and he seemed to be unloaded:
"Have you ever thought about it, what kind of directors are we? In the eyes of most of the people in our own country, are we the directors of tertiary films?
No matter how many awards you get abroad, your parents won't recognize it, and you won't be able to go home. ”
Wang Xiaoshuai, who was still smiling, suddenly stiffened his expressions.
Silence enveloped the trio.
The three men stood on the side of the road like this, and after a while, the smoke filled the air.
I don't know how long it took, but a figure appeared, clearing the smoke:
"Ahem, hello three directors, my name is Dapeng, I am a reporter from Sohu Video, and I am honored to meet the three."
The three of them had been worried about the reporter before, and now they are annoyed when they hear these two words.
The word "roll" was already drunk, but when he saw the camera set up behind the man, he held it back again.
"Is there something wrong?"
Wang Xiaoshuai glanced at the man and said, his tone was not polite.
Dapeng smiled, but he has been at the bottom of the entertainment industry for many years, and he has not been looked down upon once or twice, not only is he not angry, but his smile is even brighter:
"The three directors seem to have something to worry about, because a reporter said 'tertiary films' before, right?"
Which pot is not opened, and the three of Lou Ye, who were already upset, were even more unhappy, and they didn't even bother to reply, so they turned around and walked away.
When Dapeng saw this, he knew that he had guessed correctly.
The small eyes were bent, but this time it was really happy.
The footsteps stopped, and Lou Ye and the three of them turned around together.
"Do you have time?"
Dapeng still had that smile, and there was more smugness in his eyes.
(End of chapter)