"Lee Shengyao's new film aims to win the Cannes Palme d'Or."

"1937 is really remarkable, another hit Cannes after "Farewell My Concubine".

"Lee Shengyao: I didn't say I wanted the Palme d'Or, I just wanted to speak for Chinese films in Cannes."

"Brother Kaizi: I'm glad that Director Li has such ambitions, we should have lofty goals."

"Foolish dreams, Chinese films have been away from the Palme d'Or for 16 years, and Lee Shengyao is hyping up new movies."

"Air Rescue" will be released in mid-July, "No Man's Land" will be released in early August, "People in Embarrassment" will be released at the end of August, and the films invested by Fenghua will cover the entire summer file."

"Li Shengyao is floating, so many excellent movies have been disappointed in Cannes before, why is he so confident."

"At next year's Cannes Film Festival, there are many excellent films, "Midnight in Paris", "The Artist", and "The Tree of Life" are all popular movies, how dare Li Shengyao make bold statements at this time."

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The news that Lee Shengyao said that "1937" was aimed at next year's Cannes Film Festival spread, and it attracted a lot of discussion for a while, most of which were negative views and a few were positive views.

It's not that the mainland media are unwilling to support Li Dadao, but it's mainly that it's really difficult to break through in Cannes.

The status of the Festival de Cannes is too high, and film talents from all over the world are eager to make a name for themselves here, and it is not only about strength but also luck to have results.

is like "Alive", "The Devil is Coming", and "Dream Life" are all classic movies, which can be said to be a fraction of a second, and won the Jury Award, almost the best movie.

If you want to win an award in Cannes, you must not only have excellent strength, but also look at the quality of your competitors' films.

For these public opinions, Lee Shengyao did not respond too much, he had already taken a plane at this time and went to London, this time the purpose was the British soundtrack master Rupert . Gregson.

This big guy is not very famous at this time, and in a few years, "Aquaman", "Wonder Woman", and "Blood Battle of Steel Ridge" will be released, and he will be famous all over the world.

He is especially good at sounding war films, and later he was approached by "Eight Hundred" in the mainland.

Lee Shengyao hopes that "1937" will participate in next year's Cannes Film Festival, and the film will be produced by May.

And this movie is special, the shooting time on the set is too long, so the production time left for post-production is relatively short.

In order to be 100% sure of the quality of the soundtrack, and to avoid the rush to find a soundtrack master at that time.

After thinking about it, Li Shengyao plans to find good people now, tell good stories, and let people create first.

He considered some of the soundtrack masters and chose Rupert in the end.

There are three reasons, one is that Rupert is not very famous at this time, he has investigated, Rupert is now resting and has not yet taken a new job.

The second is that Rupert is indeed capable, and this guy is especially good at soundtracks for war movies.

The third is that Rupert's grandfather and mother once lived in the mainland, and it is said that it was in that era of war.

He still has a lot of letters at home about the Battle of Songhu, so he took the soundtrack of "Eight Hundred" very seriously.

When he scored "Eight Hundred", he adapted the traditional folk song of Erlan, made a tune, and played the harmonica for the soldiers, and then this song was used for the theme song "Suzhou River" of "Eight Hundred".

Such talents are naturally used.

When Lee came to London and saw Rupert, he was a little surprised.

On the movie website, Rupert is dressed in a suit, his hair is all combed back, he is smiling, and he looks quite handsome, a bit like Uncle Fei.

But at this time, Rupert was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and a pair of jeans, his hair was messy, as if he hadn't showered for several days, and there was a strange smell on his body.

"I'm sorry, Lee, I was going to take a shower this morning, but I watched a movie last night, and I watched it too late, and I just woke up."

Well, that's what artists are.

Li Shengyao nodded, "It's okay, do you need to take a shower first?" ”

"No, I can talk about it now."

Li Shengyao then took his assistant into Rupert's house, which was a very ordinary house, and I don't know whether it was rented or bought.

The house was huge, and only Rupert lived alone.

It was a bit messy, there were some strange things piled up on the sofa, magazines, plates, coffee cups, bread, burgers......

Rupert laughed, then pulled a few stools, "Lee, you guys sit on the stools, it's too messy there, I need someone to clean it up." ”

He then took out a few bottles of wine, cola, and juice from the refrigerator, "You guys drink as much as you want, I bought a lot." ”

It can be seen that this English gentleman is different, he is very casual.

Li Shengyao took the juice, then took a sip, and then explained his intention.

Before he came, he had contacted Rupert by phone, and he had probably made it clear what he meant, and now he was officially saying it.

Rupert opened a can of Coke, listened to it, nodded his head, and when Li Shengyao finished speaking, he said slowly: "Li, I am very interested in your new movie, my grandfather, my mother used to live in Shanghai, when she was still a child, she told me that it was a prosperous city, and I have always been curious about that place."

"I really hope to be a part of your filmmaking and it's an honor to be able to score a film like this."

"If I take this job, I'm going to give it my all and try to come up with the best work."

Li Shengyao nodded, "I'm sure you can." ”

Rupert paused for a moment, then said slowly: "But I hope you understand my feelings, this is a war movie, I want to ask, is this a story of your fantasy, or a story that really exists."

Regarding this point, Li Shengyao has been prepared for a long time.

This is the case with artists in Europe and the United States, who are afraid of touching something that is not right.

If they can make money and are right, then they will be happy, so that they can be forced.

After Li Shengyao wrote the script, he arranged for someone to find the information of the Battle of Songhu, and naturally found the story of distributing orders to save his comrades.

There are a lot of things like this.

"It's real, two great soldiers, who saved the lives of 2,000 people."

Rupert breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then nodded affirmatively, "In that case, I am willing to take on this task." ”

Li Shengyao laughed secretly in his heart, and then he said in embarrassment: "Rupert, I believe in your ability, but I still want you to listen to my request."

He came here in person this time to explain what kind of soundtrack he wanted.

"Of course, you say."

"This is a great and moving story, two messengers, one of whom died, and the other completed the task alone, and I hope that the soundtrack is calm and full of strength, like a slowly flowing river."

The story of "1937" focuses on two soldiers, who do not have much of a fight with the enemy, they mainly hide and flee, and there are fewer intense emotions.

Lee Shengyao's soundtrack is to be calm and peaceful, and at the last moment, the task is completed, and then strong music is used to express such feelings.

Rubeutt nodded, "I understand." ”

"Another point, I will portray the image of the soldiers of the island nation, I hope that the emotions at that time are heavier, they are aggressors, they should be pointed out."

"No problem, I understand."

Rupert was so good at talking, Li Shengyao thought for a while, and then said: "Okay, man, my goal is Cannes next year, and I hope we can work together to create a great movie."

When Rupert heard this, he immediately cheered up, "Lee, I will definitely do my best." ”

(End of chapter)