Cannes is a place of honor for many filmmakers, and it is also a dream stage for many actors.

Gong Li has great expectations for this movie, in 93 the overlord Farewell Concubine failed to win the queen, the same is true for 94 years of life, in 95 years of shaking and shaking to Grandma Bridge and losing again, if this year's Fengyue loses again, such a setback will be difficult for her to accept.

Perhaps because of this, the Cannes Film Festival later awarded her an official commemorative medal to make up for her repeated defeats.

How many times can an actor have such opportunities in his life, not only if you act well, but also because the movie itself is good enough.

Fengyue itself is decent, and Gong Li's performance in it is also decent, even a little soft and not resolute enough.

Many people have confidence in this film, and many people have completely lost confidence in it, such as investor Xu Feng.

Xu Feng was disappointed with the movie after watching the whole film, in her words, every character in this movie is annoying, and there is nothing cute about it.

When he came to Cannes in April to negotiate the film shortlist, Xu Feng was frightened in the hotel and suffered from panic attacks, and even came in a wheelchair when he came to Cannes this time.

Chen Li'an was also a little surprised when he saw her, but Chen Li'an thought of the rumors about Tomson during this time, and he could understand her depression.

Her husband's business has failed, he has encountered a lot of trouble, and now the movie is disappointing again, and he naturally has some mental problems under the double pressure.

However, Xu Feng was still a little happy to see Chen Li'an, he won the award in Venice in the extreme cold last year, and the copyright was sold well, which is a good investment.

"Long time no see."

Xu Feng looked at Chen Li'an in a wheelchair, as if he remembered the courtyard in the capital at the beginning, and when he deliberately teased him, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Chen Li'an half-squatted, looked at Xu Feng and said, "Is the body important?" ”

"It's okay, just take care of it."

Xu Feng glanced back at Director Cheng's room, the light in his eyes dimmed a lot, and said to Chen Li'an: "They are waiting for you, go in and watch the film, I'll go back and rest." ”

"Okay, then you pay attention to your body."

Chen Li'an looked at Xu Feng who was pushed away, and couldn't help but sigh, the heavens didn't seem to be very kind to her.

"Teacher Chen, who is she?"

Li Dabai, who came with Chen Li'an, asked some curious questions, and even made various preparations in his heart.

"The producer of the film is also an investor, and she helped to invest money in the previous extreme cold to successfully complete the post-production." Chen Li'an explained lightly, and then adjusted his mood and said: "Let's go, go in and watch a movie, don't be so out when you go in." ”

Li Dabai stuck out his tongue slightly, fortunately it was not what he thought, so he said that Teacher Chen would not be so hungry.

Li Dabai obediently followed Chen Li'an into the room, looking at the big star and director sitting inside, he couldn't help but get excited, this is all something that can only be seen on TV, and now I see a real person!

Whether it is Gong Li or Zhang Guorong, Li Dabai can't help but be excited, she has seen many artists with Chen Li'an, and she has also seen rising actresses like Ning Jing, but compared with Gong Li and Zhang Guorong, it is much different.

If it weren't for Chen Li'an's explanation, Li Dabai would have wanted to ask Zhang Guorong for an autograph.

Naturally, there are not only actors and directors in the room, but also photography, screenwriting, art, etc., and many people, like Chen Li'an, have not seen the finished film.

The day before the film festival started, they all gathered here with Director Cheng to watch the finished film together, and the quality and content of the movie should at least be known in their hearts.

Otherwise, when I watch other movies in the main competition unit tomorrow, I won't be able to compare them in my heart.

Chen Li'an's arrival made the room a little lively, especially Du Kefen and art director Huang Qiagui were most interested in Chen Li'an.

Everyone is engaged in photography and art, so naturally there are a lot of common topics, so before watching the movie, several people chatted, from movies to art to literature, and the topics discussed were very wide, almost everywhere they wanted.

Chen Li'an is also happy to talk about some happy things before watching the movie, otherwise when the movie is finished, he may be as depressed as Xu Feng.

Li Dabai, who was sitting in the corner, looked at Chen Li'an like the stars holding the moon, and felt very strange in his heart, these people are all big stars and directors, but they have a very respectful attitude towards Chen Li'an.

Well. Except for Zhang Guorong. He seems to have an opinion about Chen Li'an.

Li Dabai was not sure if he was wrong, but he always felt that Zhang Guorong looked at Chen Li'an with hatred like an old man.

Li Dabai, who was sitting in the corner, listened to their chatter quietly, and couldn't insert a word, the topic was too high-end, and his thinking was too jumpy, and he hadn't figured out the previous place, so they changed the topic again.

can only be a listener silently. However, soon Director Cheng took the initiative to solve the siege and proposed to start watching movies now.

Everyone was a little unfinished talking, waiting for Director Cheng to release the movie.

Soon there was a movie screen on the TV, Li Dabai immediately moved his chair forward, and he couldn't interject in the chat, but the movie could be understood.

Li Dabai waited with great anticrisy for the official start of the movie, but the first scene that appeared scared her.

A little girl with pigtails and a belly pocket stood in front of a screen and smiled weirdly, and the flickering red candlelight shone on the little girl's face even more strangely.

Coupled with the paradoxical voiceover and lines, the terrifying atmosphere is directly filled, and the shrill voice of yin and yang is not yang, saying puzzling lines.

"What is opium, my good daughter, opium is Zhong Lingyuxiu between heaven and earth."

Listening to this line, Li Dabai couldn't help but hit a spirit, is this a horror movie? Shouldn't it be a romance movie when you hear the name?

Li Dabai couldn't help but turn his head to look at Chen Li'an, and found that he was also frowning slightly, and his heart was even more strange, what kind of movie is this.

The world of the director is so difficult to understand, Li Dabai feels that he may not be able to understand this movie as much as he listened to them chat before.

As the movie continued to play, Gong Li couldn't help but secretly pull Chen Li'an's palm and whispered in his ear: "This is not what I thought, how did I do it like this in the later stage." ”

Chen Li'an replied in a low voice: "Why else, in order to reflect the distortion of human nature in feudal society and the man's play with women, I accidentally used too much force." ”

After listening to Chen Li'an say nonsense, Gong Li was too lazy to take care of him, and began to worry about the plot behind.

Film is not only the art of acting and directing, but also the art of editing, editing and post-production are very important, and different permutations and combinations of the same picture will produce earth-shaking changes.

One of the simplest examples, I hit a girl in the subway, she took a mobile phone to shoot me and scolded me, called the police and I was arrested. If you adjust the order, the result will be different immediately, she took a mobile phone to shoot me and scolded me, I couldn't help but hit her, called the police and I was arrested.

No one knows what the shots during filming will look like until they are finally edited into a movie, and no one knows what the color correction filters of the shots will look like.

It is likely to completely subvert the original meaning of the actor's performance, which is the director's little magic, the director can pull up the actor's performance through the lens language, and can also subvert your performance.

Soon in the movie, Zhang Guorong appeared, close-up close-ups, confused expressions, biting the earlobes of women, saying sensual love words, and then walking their earrings.

If you look at it from a single shot, Zhang Guorong's performance and charm will be well presented, but when many such shots are combined, that charm disappears, and it becomes frivolous and exaggerated and a little obscene.

Just like writing, if the same plot appears too many times, it will be boring, and you will be pointed at your nose by the reader and scolded for water.

This kind of quick cut has greatly reduced Zhang Guorong's own charm and turned him into a little annoying gangster.

Zhang Guorong in the movie is a white party, cheating money by deceiving women's feelings, but the most important thing is to show his capital to deceive women and show his charm.

The feel of such an edit is very Western, very Hollywood, and the charm of the dandy is infinite, and the blink of an eye will make a woman smit.

It feels too stylized, Chen Li'an feels very bad, the camera is obviously very good, although the script is a little flawed, but it shouldn't show such an effect.

Chen Li'an couldn't help but glance at Zhang Guorong, and found that he was also frowning, and seemed to be a little unacceptable.

After worrying about others, Chen Li'an began to worry about himself again, Zhang Guorong was cut like this, and he estimated that he would not be able to escape his fate.

I hope I don't cut myself too perverted, Chen Li'an put his mind away and began to watch the plot seriously.

Soon came to Chen Li'an's appearance, Chen Li'an watched it for a while, and then put his mind at ease, fortunately, his role was relatively simple and single, and there were relatively few shots, and he was not cut out by Director Cheng.

However, Gong Li's lens is a little disappointing, obviously to create a bold and rebellious woman, but she uses a lot of hazy white light and filters.

Chen Li'an looked at the paradoxical and hazy light in the picture, and it was difficult to substitute a strong and rebellious woman into the role, and felt sorry for Gong Li in his heart.

There is only a kind of neurotic pathology in this kind of picture, which is beautiful but not exciting enough.

As the movie continued, the room became more and more silent, and at first everyone chatted from time to time, but now they all closed their mouths and didn't want to speak.

Especially Chen Li'an doesn't want to talk the most, why does he feel more and more perverted in the future, although the plot and the emotional direction of the characters are like this, but the editing and the camera amplify this feeling.

There is no temptation and restraint on the edge of Chen Li'an's acting at all until the final outburst, and the movie presents the feeling of being like a living licking dog evolving into a perverted dark little person.

Li Dabai, who has been working hard to understand the movie, is even more full of question marks at this time, what kind of movie is this? How about a bunch of neuropaths?

After more than an hour of the movie, the lights were turned on in the room, but everyone did not speak, they were still immersed in the "shock" brought by the movie, and they couldn't let go for a long time.

Li Dabai obviously felt the oppressive atmosphere in the room at this time, grabbed the chair with both hands, and moved it back carefully, not daring to make a sound at all.

"How do you feel after reading it?" Director Cheng looked at the people who were immersed in the shock, and he was extremely satisfied with this movie.

Chen Li'an opened his mouth and pursed his lips, and only said one sentence in the end: "It's a little different from what I thought, but the shooting is beautiful." ”

The shots are indeed beautiful, the scenes are also beautiful, and the actors are also beautiful, but they are not very beautiful together

Individually, each section is even considered excellent on the passing line, but when taken together, it becomes a little strange.

Chen Li'an's words are only half of what he said, but he doesn't want to say anything about the future, the film is finished in the later stage, and it is all sent to the jury of the Cannes Film Festival.

The most important thing is to be happy.

Director Cheng is the director, he shoots how he wants, he can edit how he wants, movies are the art of directors, and as an actor, he is already worthy of his job if he gives a qualified performance.

Gong Li was the most disappointed in her heart, she was expecting to get a queen, but now it seems that there is little hope.

The language of the camera made her performance develop in the other direction, and the jury would not give her the queen as long as she was not stupid, unless the heroines of other movies played very poorly.

But where did it come from...

Looking at Director Cheng's complacent and expectant eyes, Gong Li sighed slightly in her heart, squeezed out a smile and said, "Li'an said it well, the shooting is very beautiful, I like it very much." ”

"It's good to like it, this movie has put too much effort into it, and it's good to live up to expectations!" Director Cheng smiled very complacently, he was very satisfied with the movie, and even thought that this Fengyue was not worse than Farewell My Concubine.

Gong Li's copy and paste, as if opening up the minds of others, said one after another, the shooting is beautiful, the shot is beautiful, the acting is very good, and the story is very deep.

Director Cheng is a great director, the film festival will start tomorrow, and there is no point in picking thorns.

And how to judge the quality of the movie, everyone has different standards in their hearts, as actors Chen Li'an, they don't think it's very good, but Du Kefen and Huang Qiagui, who are photographers and artists, think it's very good.

However, it is up to the jury to decide whether it is good or bad, in case it wins.

The atmosphere in the room became lively again, everyone chatted casually, and some even suggested going for a drink together.

Li Dabai looked at this scene and asked a big question in his little head, is this movie really good? Why don't I think it's good? Is there something wrong with my aesthetics?

Zhang Guorong took out a cigarette and put it in his hand, looked at Chen Li'an and asked in a low voice, "Li'an, do you think it is possible to win the award this time?" ”

"Probably not, European filmmakers don't like this style." After Chen Li'an replied, he took the cigarette from Zhang Guorong's finger and said, "Don't you know what your body looks like, what kind of cigarette you smoke, Sister Shufen asked me to stare at you, can't you smell the smoke?" ”

Chen Li'an said the last sentence very loudly, and then squeezed his eyes at Zhang Guorong, who was confused. Gong Li couldn't help but snicker on the side, but she felt very happy in her heart.

Several other people in the room who were originally going to smoke all put down their cigarettes when they heard Chen Li'an's words, or ran to the balcony to smoke.

Zhang Guorong looked at Chen Li'an's angry teeth, but thinking that Gong Li was pregnant now, he didn't bother to expose Chen Li'an after snorting.

Maybe it was because I had to run to the balcony to smoke a cigarette, and the lively atmosphere in the room cooled down quickly, and it didn't take long for someone to ask to go back to rest.

After coming out of the room, Zhang Guorong originally wanted to ask them to have a drink together, but seeing Gong Li walking with her waist slightly, she shook her head and went back to her room.

Gong Li held Chen Li'an's arm and whispered, "Come and rub my legs tonight, my legs have been so sore recently." ”

"Well, but you have to be honest." Chen Li'an was really worried when he thought of Gong Li's way of going crazy sometimes.

Gong Li glanced at Chen Li'an and said, "What can I do if I am so dishonest now, I'm afraid that you will not be honest!" You haven't explained to me what you're doing as an assistant? ”

Li Dabai, who was following behind Chen Li'an and Gong Li, vaguely heard them talking about himself, and immediately pricked up his ears like a vigilant rabbit.

Chen Li'an said nonchalantly: "What is there to explain by finding an assistant." ”

Gong Li turned her head slightly to look at Li Dabai's beautiful face and proud figure, stretched out her hand and pinched Chen Li'an's waist and asked, "Are you looking good just for people's parents?" I'm thinking bad again. ”

Chen Li'an: "." I said that she sent it to the door herself, you must not believe it and can't explain it, the body is not afraid of shadows!

I don't know if the shadow is oblique or not, anyway, Chen Li'an is not in shape now, and he tilts his body to support Gong Li, who is walking with sore feet.

In the quiet hotel corridor, Li Dabai looked at Chen Li'an walking with Gong Li crooked, and felt so strange, why do you still have to hold on, Empress Dowager Cixi.

Gong Li's aura is really like a queen, I just don't know if I can manage Teacher Chen's harem well, Li Dabai tilted his head and thought for a while, wondering if he should go to worship the mountain.

Not to mention mixing a concubine, mixing a royal Shangyi, it should be no problem to be a personal palace maid.

No, I'm an assistant now, isn't it just a personal palace maid, Li Dabai shook his head, trotted two steps to catch up with Chen Li'an and asked, "Teacher Chen, are there any other arrangements for the night?" ”

"No, you can go back and rest." Chen Li'an shook his head, and he was not worried about Li Dabai's English, so he told him seriously: "Don't get up late tomorrow morning, set a few more alarm clocks, the hotel's restaurant is buffet breakfast on the sixth floor, come to me after eating." ”

"Mmmm, don't worry, it won't!" After Li Dabai nodded in agreement, he showed a well-behaved and polite smile at Gong Li and ran back to his room.

When Li Dabai's figure disappeared around the corner, Gong Li looked at Chen Li'an with a smile and said, "You are quite gentle with her, where is the boss and assistant, it is clear."

"What nonsense are you talking about, hurry up and go back to sleep!" Chen Li'an interrupted Gong Li's words and helped her back to the room.

(End of chapter)