The invitation to him at the Venice Film Festival was confirmed as early as last year after he won the Golden Lion Award.

Just like the Best Newcomer Award of the three gold medals in China, there is a tradition of the previous winner giving awards to the next winner.

It is also popular to invite the winners of this edition to present awards to the next one.

After all, generally speaking, it is rare for a director or actor to be shortlisted for the main competition unit for two consecutive years, and if you win the award this year, you will definitely not compete for the award next year, but the film festival needs to be star-studded, so it is just right to invite you to present the award.

And because you just got an award from the film festival, you are embarrassed to refuse the invitation of the organizing committee, otherwise you will feel a little unrecognizable.

So Wu Yuan agreed to be very happy last year, and seeing that this year's Venice Film Festival is also coming, Wu Yuan should also go to participate.

It just so happens that the company has two new films this year, both of which are Chinese-style fantasy films, which are suitable for trying to sell in Venice at once.

One more mentions, because Chen Kaige was very unconvinced by the box office performance and reputation of "Wu Ji" in China back then, so he took this film around abroad, and also submitted the American Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards.

Therefore, "Wuji" is still quite well-known internationally.

Of course, this popularity is definitely not a good one.

Chinese people can't understand the plot of the story when they look at the authentic original Chinese version, let alone the subtitle version that foreigners watch.

It can be said that the big ship of Chinese fantasy movies was chiseled out of a big hole by "Wuji" before it set sail.

is also because the international reputation of "Wuji" is not good, which leads to the fact that the brand of Chinese fantasy movies is not loud in the world, and even a bit of a downgrade.

Wu Yuan also thought about taking these two films to Venice for a week to reverse the negative impact of "Wuji" in the world.

Should I say it or not, whether it is "Walking with God" or "Painted Skin 2", the main story line is relatively simple and direct, and although there is a cultural threshold, the threshold is not too high, even if people who don't understand Chinese culture, they can probably understand this film.

It's unrealistic to expect to sell for a high price, but at least it can make foreign critics and studios forget about "Wu Ji" and have a new impression of Chinese fantasy films.

is Chen Kaige's regret that "Painted Skin 2" went to Venice instead of Cannes.

Compared to Venice, Cannes is doing better business and is more conducive to publicity.

But who told that after the film is finished in the later stage, it can only catch up with this year's Venice, and there is no way to pick and choose.

On the afternoon of August 28th, Wu Yuan took Liu Yifei to meet with the crew of "Walking with God" and "Painted Skin 2" at the Capital International Airport, plus the team of China Film and the Huaxia Army, there are 100 Chinese filmmakers who went to the Venice Film Festival this time.

Led by China Film, everyone directly chartered a plane and set off for Venice!

On the plane, Qiu Qinghua, the person in charge of China Film, who was solely responsible for the purchase of films by China Film in Venice, got to the seat next to the sweet Wu Yuan couple and talked with Wu Yuan.

"Director Wu, the chairman of the jury of this Venice Film Festival is Director Li Yu, and I don't know if the Chinese Army can win anything this time."

"Director Li," Wu Yuan muttered.

This year, no mainland films were shortlisted for the Venice main competition, and there were only two Hong Kong Island films.

However, the horizon unit has four Chinese films, "Bullfighting", "Dialysis", "1428" and "The Former Proletarian"

According to Wu Yuan's impression, he knew that this year's Huaxia Legion won nothing in the main competition unit, and only Du Haibin's "1428" won the best documentary award in the horizon unit.

This is different from the situation in which Venice was filled with Chinese faces in the past.

There is no way, this year, several directors who have performed well in domestic literary films have reduced their production, and there are indeed no good works.

But Wu Yuan definitely can't say that.

He thought about it for a while, and said with a twist of thought: "Director Li Yan's movie preferences are still very clear. ”

"He doesn't like films that go to the extreme of traditional discussions, and prefers cinematic expressions that still have light in the midst of despair."

"Plus he has always had a preference for gay themes."

"I suspect that Lebanon, a film that depicts the brutality of war, will win this year's Golden Lion."

"And this time, fashion designer Tom Ford turned into a director and made his fashion style and gay ideas into "Single Man", which is estimated to be a success."

"British actor Colin Firth did a great job in this film, and I think he has a good chance of winning Best Actor."

"You know, director Li Yan likes this kind of actor who performs the essence of gay films."

Colin Firth, this is an actor who is very unfamiliar to most Chinese people.

He is one of the outstanding actors in the British actor circle, in 1984, starring in his first movie "Classmate Love" debuted, and has been deeply involved in the field of romance films for 20 years, and is one of the most capable actors in the British circle.

If nothing else, he will be nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor in 2010, and in 2011 he won the Best Actor Award for the feature film "The King's Speech", and was crowned Oscar.

Of course, although he will be a well-known actor in the future, the film that really made him internationally famous is still a commercial film.

Ace Agent: Secret Service Academy

Yes, Colin Firth is the one who played the male lead, the gentleman middle-aged agent in "Ace Agent".

It's a pity that in this time and space, this film was taken by Wu Yuan to shoot Cheng Long, and Colin Firth lost this opportunity to be in the limelight around the world.

However, his talent will not be buried.

In Venice this year, if nothing else, Wu Yuan will personally send the Best Actor Award to Colin Firth.

Who told him to make a movie with a male theme this year, and this year's chairman of the jury happens to be Li Yu?

"Lebanon, Single Man?" Qiu Qinghua muttered about the two movies mentioned by Wu Yuan.

"It seems that Director Wu is more optimistic about these two films shortlisted for the main competition unit?"

"It's a pity that the themes of these two films are a bit sensitive, and if you want to introduce them into China, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it."

Qiu Qinghua came to talk to Wu Yuan, naturally he was not idle and had nothing to do.

As one of the best directors in China, Wu Yuan's vision is definitely the top among domestic filmmakers.

Qiu Qinghua shoulders the target of China Film's purchase of films in Venice this year, and of course hopes to get some opinions from Wu Yuan's side to select excellent films to enter the Chinese market.

It's a pity that the two movies mentioned by Wu Yuan are almost all banned in China.

"When we get to Venice, we'll see the screenings of these films, and then we'll discuss whether it's suitable for introduction." (End of chapter)