After the jury of the Venice International Film Festival had all arrived, the organizing committee took away all the communication equipment and was asked not to leave the hotel. So they can only watch and review films in the next ten days, in fact, there are not many movies to watch, only twenty, twenty in ten days is not much, and they can watch three or four films a day.

So, in fact, the last few days are the days when everyone meets and discusses, and the first few days are the time to watch the film. And at a literary film festival like this, it is not easy to watch films, because most literary films are long and smelly, ordinary people don't say that they watch three or four films a day, that is, they may not be able to watch one a day, and they are obscure, the key is that the people who watch them want to sleep.

"Okay, everyone, let's rest today, and when the opening ceremony is over in the evening, we can ......" Bernardo Bertolucci was interrupted after meeting with all the judges and preparing to make arrangements for the rest of the work.

It was Jiang Wen who interrupted him, that's right, it was Jiang Wen who filmed "Let the Bullets Fly", he was one of the judges.

"Mr. President, can we watch "Dallas Buyers Club" collectively before the opening ceremony, and after watching the hottest movies, we have a good idea."

"Oh......" Bernardo Bertolucci didn't know what to say in the face of Jiang Wen's request, couldn't he wait for a day?

Bernardo Bertolucci looked at the others, who also smiled and nodded.

"Okay, so let's take a look at the hottest movies first. However, if you want to see it, you have to turn in your communication equipment from now on, and you can't contact the outside world. Bernardo Bertolucci demanded.

"Okay, no problem, I'll turn it in." Jiang Wen responded positively.

Now that everyone agrees, Bernardo Bertolucci can't say anything else, in fact, he also wants to see how good this hit film is.

Thereupon...... Nine film festival judges watched "Dallas Buyers Club" together, and after watching it, several looked at each other.

"Jiang, who are you good friends with, what do you think of this movie?" Bernardo Bertolucci was the first to ask.

"Me? From the perspective of personal roles, he can win the Best Actor and the Golden Lion Award. Of course, it may seem to others that commercialization is a bit strong, and there are not too many techniques of the author's films. However, what I want to say is that whether it is a commercial film or an author's film, if they are both jointly expressing criticism and satire of reality and expressing the author's unique thoughts, it does not matter whether it is a commercial film or an author's film method. ”

Jiang Wen lit a cigarette and said slowly.

"No, Jiang, if you want to talk about acting, I think it's barely possible, after all, Leonardo's performance surprised everyone. Among them, Jared Leto is also very impressive. But in terms of artistry, criticism, authorship, and technique, I don't think this film has anything to do with the author's film.

Although I know that the Venice Film Festival needs attention, if an important award is given to such a commercial film, it will be a blow to the author's film director, it will cause most of the author's film directors to be disappointed in the Venice Film Festival, and it will also make the media look down on the Venice Film Festival......"

One of the judges, Pablo Lara, was in opposition to Jiang Wendao.

"No, Mr. Larain, you can't be so alarmist, so exaggerated. According to your meaning, all commercial directors or actors can't make literary films? Giving an award after filming is a blow to the author and film director? If this continues, the team of authors' films will only get smaller and smaller, until they finally die out.

Just like you, as an auteur film director, can't you make commercial films? Because once you shoot, you will be a commercial director, and participating in the Three Film Festivals in the future will not be a circle of author's films. If this is the case, then the art film industry is not attracting more talented directors to join, but excluding talented people who cannot join.

Leonardo can't win an award just because he's a global star? Why can't he win an award just because his movie has a high global box office? This approach is not to make art films bigger and bigger, but to make them smaller and smaller, which is not a good way to develop. ”

Jiang Wen's statement is also very reasonable, in fact, his thinking is the same as some cultural inheritances in China, if you want to destroy the enemy and strengthen yourself, then draw the enemy who can be co-opted. This kind of thinking is extremely correct in China, and there is nothing wrong with it.

"No, ginger, disturbing the infidels won't make us purer......" Pablo Lalayin disagreed.

"Alright, let's talk about this today. Rest assured, I am a democratic person, and no matter what you think differently, it can be decided by voting in the end. Bernardo Bertolucci interrupted the argument.

As the chairman of the jury, the first duty is to deal with disputes between the judges, which happens every time the film festival awards, and every time there is a quarrel that is about to start.

It can't be helped, this is the negative effect of emphasizing authorship, because every judge feels that his thoughts are right and others are wrong. So, how hard is it for many stubborn people to get together and come to a consensus? It's very difficult.

In the end, it can only be done by voting, or through the exchange of interests.

Of course, he doesn't know because his film judges have already met once, and he is now at a party where famous filmmakers from all over the world have gathered, as well as some big names in Europe.

This happens every year, and the three major film festivals are a feast for filmmakers, so all kinds of parties and gatherings are indispensable, and it is also a good place for everyone to exchange and trade.

For example, so-and-so's film wants to win an award from such and such a place, and then meet here, negotiate conditions, reach a deal, and then go to a certain film festival to win an award.

This is the way for literary and artistic filmmakers to make money, they can't do it like commercial films to win box office everywhere, so they can only win awards to get bonuses, sell copyrights, get local subsidies, and make money through other means after winning awards and becoming famous.

This is a chain of interests for literary and artistic filmmakers, and this chain of interests must be operated through connections and film festival platforms.

So, why do many film festival platforms only have a few judges? It's easy for them to operate the awards. If the judges make hundreds, thousands...... It's not that it can't be operated, it's just that the cost is a bit high, and the revenue from the movie can't support such a cost.

Of course, an Oscar like this is fine, and winning an Oscar can add a lot to the movie.

According to statistics, an Oscar-winning movie has an average new income of $15 million, of course, the higher the award, the higher the income.

And how much does an actor earn from winning awards? That's about a 60% increase in salary, which means that your previous salary was $5 million, but after you won the Oscar, the salary immediately rose to $8 million.

Therefore, when the income from winning the award increases, then the producer of the public relations fee will be willing to pay for it, so why not pay this fee? As a result, it is not uncommon to see blockbuster PR Oscars costing around $20 million.

And the producer pays the money, and the Oscar judges will not get less income than the judges of any literary film film festival, and this part of the income is still above board, for example, the income of the literary film judges is more comfortable.

And in order to share the hundreds of millions of dollars in public relations expenses every year, it ......

Hey, it's far away, talking about the Venice Film Festival, how did it get to the Oscars.

Anyway, in He's opinion, the current film festivals are all a chain of interests, regardless of whether they are the three major literary film festivals or the Oscars.

Where there is an exchange of interests, there must be something other than money, and that is women. Money and women are generally the world's common hard currency, and everyone wants to play with these two things.

The last time he participated in Venice, He Fang was rubbed by a model, and He Fang will not be fooled this time.

No matter how many models come over and rub them off, they are not moved.

"He, don't you like that?" Leonardo raised an eyebrow.

"It's not worth it, I gain a lot more than I lose. I've only gotten one night, but I'm going to lose a lot of fame. Then they can become famous for a while, I heard that the media fee and performance fee of the model last time have increased by 30%, what a fortune that is. For me, it's not worth it at all. ”

He Fang shook his cup and smiled.

"Haha...... That's always going to calculate this account, a lot of you can't play, what a pity. Leonardo doesn't agree, anyway, he thinks fame is nothing, and it's really cool to play with different young models.

"There's no need to play so much, the beauties in the world can't finish playing. By the way, what do you think of "The Wolf of Wall Street" also rushing for the Oscars? "Who asked Leonardo.

"I don't have an idea right now, my team told me that it would be appropriate to give up the Best Actor award over there, but ......" Leonardo was also embarrassed, because Martin Scorsese used him to help him win the award, and as a result, you don't trust him now, and it doesn't seem good.

"Perhaps, you can listen to Martin's opinion and see what he has to say. Because you can't PR two movies at the same time, it's a waste of money, not to mention, the point is that it will scatter votes. This kind of thing has to make a choice, which movie has a better chance of winning the award. ”

"Uh-huh, yes...... Alas, I don't want to do that, there is a model who wants to go with me, so I go first......" Leonardo said and walked away with a wine glass, and in the distance there was a young model about a teenager who was staring at this side.

He Fang shook his head, didn't say anything, he didn't want to stay here, so he chatted with a few people who came to talk to him, and left after a little excuse.

Early the next day, He Fang got up, mainly concerned about the preparations for the "Mekong Operation", and he had to follow up at all times.

Of course, there is also a look at the Venice Film Festival catalogue to see what is happening.

Sure enough, there was a lot of gossip on it, all between celebrities, especially the playboy Leonardo, who was suspected of going in and out of the hotel with a certain young model......

In addition to gossip is the analysis of the twenty shortlisted films, these twenty films are:

"Outing" Director: Tsai Mingliang (Taiwan Province, China/France)

"The Roof" by Mozark Alovich (Argentina/France)

"Tough" Director: Gianni Amelio (Italy)

"Miss Violence" Director: Alexandoros Aranas (Greece)

"Traces" Director: John Karan (UK/Australia)

"Wild Flowers in Palermo" by Emma Dante (Italy/Switzerland/France)

Tom's Farm Trip by Xavier Dolan (Canada/France)

"Children of God" Director: James Franco (USA)

"Filomena" Director: Stephen Frey (UK)

"Jealousy" Director: Philippe Garrell (France)

"Zero Point Theorem" Director: Terry Gilliam (UK/USA)

"I Am Arab" Director: Amos Gitai (Israel/France)

"Under the Skin" Director: Jonathan Clay (UK/USA)

"Joe" Director: David Gordon Green (USA)

"The Officer's Wife" Director: Philippe Groening (Germany)

"The Wind Rises" Director: Hayao Miyazaki (Japan)

"The Known Unknown: Rumsfeld and His Times" (documentary) Director: Errol Morris (USA)

"Operation Night" Director: Kelly Reichard (USA)

"The Rome Ring Road" (documentary) by Gianfranco Rossi (Italy)

"Dallas Buyers Club" Director: He Fang (USA)

The first popular movie given by the current house magazine is "Dallas Buyers Club", which goes without saying, where Xiao Lizi and where are the topics are discussed.

The second most popular movie is "Outing", the film of the famous director Tsai Mingliang of Taiwan Province, I didn't expect his filmmaker to be so popular, maybe the reason why he won the Golden Lion Award in Venice.

The third most popular movie is "Tough", why is this movie so popular? It is also for the same reason that director Gianni Amelio has won the Golden Lion.

The fourth most popular was "Miss Violence", as the young director had won the Venice Award for Best Director.

The fifth favorite is "Philomena", because the director has won awards in Berlin and Cannes, and has also served as the president of the Cannes jury......

……

Looking at this popular ranking, you can generally know how this ranking came about, most of which are based on the director's achievements and popularity. After all, this is a literary film festival, which belongs to the highest palace of author's films, and author's movies are based on the director, so the director who has won the three major film festival awards has proved that his film is very authorial, and there is a high probability that he will also win awards at the three major film festivals with strong authorship.

The same is why is "Dallas Buyers Club" popular? It's not because he won the Palme d'Or, but also won the Venice Best Actor and the Silver Lion Best Director Award.

It was about two o'clock after that, Leonardo hurried to the dressing room of the hotel's "Dallas Buyers Club" script, and everyone was almost dressed up before he woke up from the young model.

"Sorry, guys, I drank too much last night." Leonardo is looking for a lame reason.

"Ha, Leonardo, the news of you going in and out of the hotel with the young model last night has been reported all over the world." Jared Leto laughed.

"Oh? Is it? That's right, we went for a drink alone last night, so we drank too much. ”

In the face of Leonardo's strong rhetoric, this ...... I don't admit it yet, I'm so thick-skinned.

"Okay, hurry up and put on makeup, or I'm afraid it'll be too late. By the way, have you ever had lunch? Beware of being hungry at night. ”

"It's okay, it's not the Oscars, after the opening ceremony, it's a movie, and then you can eat something secretly......"

The few people quickly chatted.

At half past five in the afternoon, the opening ceremony of the 70th Venice International Film Festival officially began......

(End of chapter)