"The images of the film are too complicated, and the shaking of the camera has traces of imitating Wang Jiawei. Such a story is not worth showing in a movie, and it is more appropriate to make it into a TV series. At the end of the film, we all guessed together to feel it. The characters in the film are not clear. - "Premiere - Hong Kong Film"

"Overall, the story is not bad, the film is full of tension, and the director's personal style is vividly expressed. But the filming technique he advocates is too cumbersome, and the director wants to say too many things, but he doesn't show it clearly. The plot also progressed too slowly, some of the shots seemed to be dragged and repetitive, and the director had problems with the final editing. - Wanwan, "Long Shot"

"It is an improvement and richer than the director's previous films, but his addition of a documentary showing the Japanese invasion of China at the end of the film is a bit redundant and not in harmony with the overall style of the film. The Chinese stars did not fully show it, the traces of the director were too heavy, and the performance of Japanese actor Hiroshi Nakamura was the most exciting. - Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan

"I don't understand it at all, many of my peers have the same opinion as me, there are more than a dozen characters in the film, what each person is doing, what their purpose is, who they work for, and we are completely confused. If you don't add a documentary at the end of the film, you can't use the background of the film itself to understand the era in which the story is told, as if it could be placed in any period. The ending, which makes all the characters die together, is also confusing. - American "Variety"

"The film is good! Zhang Ziyi's performance is excellent, with Gong Li's demeanor; Li Tang's performance is very amazing, showing a petty bourgeois young man in Shanghai, China in the thirties of the last century. The flashbacks at the end of the film are creative, and the director clearly reflects his personal intentions as an 'auteur film', but some at the expense of the stars. The documentary section at the end is redundant. —Le Figaro, France

"First of all, the film should be given an affirmation, as a young director has so many ideas is quite good, but the film is a bit far-fetched in terms of narrative. The film pursues too much personal style and is not shot unpretentiously enough. ——"Beiqing Daily"

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The morning was sunny, and Li Tang was sitting on the balcony sipping coffee while browsing related news on the Internet.

"Purple Butterfly" officially debuted at Cannes yesterday, which cannot be considered a success, but it is not the worst. At last night's premiere, the stands on both floors of Debussy's Hall, which can accommodate more than 1,000 people, were filled with spectators, and only about 20% of the people left the theater. What's more critical is that the copyright of "Purple Butterfly" is selling quite well, and the investment of more than 30 million has already been recovered, and they have already begun to make money.

As for the comments of various media reproduced on the Internet, it can only be said that they represent different positions. Aside from some private parts, on the whole, the evaluation is quite objective, "Purple Butterfly" is an "author's movie" with a distinctive style.

There are usually two extremes in authorial films, the love of love to death, and the hate of hate. For example, a famous French film critic spoke highly of "Purple Butterfly", and even praised this film as "the Asian version of "Gone with the Wind".

Compared with Americans who don't understand Chinese history, Beard is quite familiar with the bitter history of China during World War II, he feels that "Purple Butterfly" is one of the most successful films in the context of the Anti-Japanese War, and even puzzled many people about the many jumping scenes in the movie, but he said: "The development of the plot fails to match harmoniously with time, so that the audience loses the concept of time in a coherent storyline, which is also an eternal portrayal of China's experience of the tragedy of this war." ”

Li Tang didn't quite understand what the old Frenchman meant by this expression, but he always had a feeling of not being clear.

"Teacher Li!"

Hearing the knock on the door, Li Tang thought it was the assistant Xiao Zhao coming, but as soon as he opened the door, he saw a big-headed fish with a smile on his face.

"So early! Could it be that I can't even sleep after winning the award? ”

Last night, before the premiere of "Purple Butterfly", the Debussy Hall held the closing ceremony and award ceremony of the Un Certain Regard section. Italian director Marco. Torio. Jordan's new biopic, Rameglio Giorento, won the Un Certain Sense Award for Best Picture; Former Palme d'Or winner, Iranian director Faoz. Ben Sadie's "Crimson Gold" won the Grand Jury Prize; This year's special premiere attention award was awarded to young Chinese director Ning Hao's "Incense".

The announcement of this award caused an instant sensation, which was the highlight moment of Chinese films at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival: Jiang Wen's "The Devil is Coming" won the Jury Award, Wang Jiawei's "In the Mood for Love" won the Technical Award and Liang Chaowei won the Best Actor, and Wanwan director Yang Dechang's "Yiyi" won the Best Director Award.

Not only mainland journalists, but also reporters from Wanwan and Hong Kong flocked to interview Ning Hao, a young rookie director. even stole a lot of the limelight of "Purple Butterfly", which is about to premiere.

"Hehe, I really can't sleep, so I want to come and talk to you."

Ning Hao complimented as he walked in: "Teacher Li, I don't admire others, I admire you, insist on exercising in the morning every day." That's what I thought I had to do was come to you, or I would be too sad to fall asleep in my room. ”

"Okay, bask in the sun and nourish your spirit." Li Tang took him to the balcony, "Have you eaten breakfast?" ”

"Uh...... I'm not hungry. ”

When a person is in a state of excitement, not only can he not sleep, but he will also forget about hunger, which is a real waste of sleep and food.

Li Tang smiled, walked back to the room and made a call, asking the hotel's restaurant to deliver another breakfast.

The breakfast at the Baril Hotel is still good, in addition to the classic croissant, butter, jam, hot chocolate and coffee, there is also a pizza made with baguettes, that is, the bread is split, topped with cheese, scrambled eggs, bacon and green onions, and then baked, cut with a knife when eating, dipped in jam or sour cream, the taste is very good, this is the feeling of eating real French food.

As soon as breakfast was served, Ning Hao's appetite was aroused, and this product was not polite, and immediately devoured it.

While eating, he muttered in his mouth: "There were so many delicious things at the cocktail party last night, I forgot to eat them, and I knew a strong giggle." ”

After winning the award last night, MK2 held a celebration party for Ning Hao. Li Tang did not attend the premiere of "Purple Butterfly" because he still had to attend.

"What time was the drink last night?"

"It's almost two o'clock when it's over, and I find out that if this foreigner is crazy and can be very open, who is it...... It's that Juliet, ho, who drank too much and hugged everyone, and finally walked with a handsome guy, I heard that she seems to be married. ”

French people, they are romantic by nature, and it's not a matter of hooking up with handsome guys and beauties with a little green on their heads.

Li Tang listened to the gossip in Ning Hao's mouth, and glanced at the look of envy on his face when he spoke, and couldn't help laughing: "Then why don't you seize the opportunity, you were the protagonist yesterday!" ”

"Me...... Hey, how can people fall in love with a dirt dog like me? Ning Hao showed a hint of shyness and laughed at himself.

However, it is inevitable that there is some regret in his expression, as Li Tang said, he was the protagonist of last night's drinking party, if he took the initiative a little bit, maybe there would be a door.

That's a big Yanma, and it's a good family, which makes Ning Hao, who is ashamed of himself, inevitably feel a little itchy. After all, it is not ordinary people who can conquer the Yanmar. Not to mention far away, let's just say that at the opening ceremony of this film festival, Jiang Wen held his French wife in one hand, and there was American sweetheart Meg on the other side. Ryan took his arm, absolutely pulling the wind, making people envious and jealous.

"Oh yes, Mr. Li ...... yesterday Oh yes, I should say that I went to the drinking party in the early hours of this morning, when did you come back? ”

The reception after the premiere of "Purple Butterfly" was held at two o'clock in the morning today. During the festival, for many stars and filmmakers who love to be in the limelight, there is no distinction between day and night.

"It's almost four o'clock when we get to the hotel."

"Then you didn't sleep either?"

"Sleep, sleep for more than two hours. I got up at seven o'clock, went to the beach for a run, and just sat down for a cup of coffee, didn't you come! ”

"I'll just say, you're still in good spirits, if you sleep until noon on my night, you won't be able to get up at all."

After a hearty meal, Ning Hao wiped his mouth with a napkin and habitually reached out to touch the cigarette, but after glancing at Li Tang, he immediately stretched out his hand back.

Seeing this, Li Tang got up and went back to the room to take an ashtray out, and handed over a cigarette: "Smoking, I can smoke here." ”

There are a lot of particulars in foreign countries, such as it is illegal to smoke indoors in the UK, and smoking is not allowed in hotel rooms, but France is relatively relaxed, and the rooms that are generally allowed to smoke are equipped with ashtrays.

Ning Hao hurriedly took the cigarette, and grabbed in front of Li Tang and took out a box of matches from his pocket, wiped it, and then raised his butt from the chair with the fire to light a cigarette for Li Tang first, and then lit it for himself, and took a deep breath greedily.

"Tell me, what are you talking about, you won't just come to me for breakfast and gossip, right?" Li Tang looked at Ning Haodao, who was sitting opposite, through the smoke.

"Uh......"

Ning Hao held the cigarette, hesitated, couldn't help but take another puff, and then opened his mouth and said: "Teacher Li, let's put it this way, originally I just wanted to shoot a graduation work that is a little more stylish, just like Cheng Er's graduation work." I didn't expect to come to Cannes and win an award. To be honest, I still feel muddy, unreal, like it's all a dream......"

As he spoke, he paused, looked at Li Tang, who was looking at him and listening, swallowed his saliva, grinned and said with an ugly smile: "I don't know if I'm floating now, or if I'm very confused, as if I suddenly lost my goal, and I don't know what to do in the future......"

The first update, there is!

(End of chapter)