By the way, Lao Jia was also shortlisted for the Cannes main competition unit this year - "Heaven is Destined"...

Not much to say about this movie.

A brief analysis, does Lao Jia himself have a utilitarian heart in filming "Destined", is he rushing to win an award?

I don't know, but many foreigners are often watching Jia Zhangke's movies with a curious mentality about the third world.

This is an indisputable fact!

If you can't look at and present your story from the perspective of the European and American world, it means that your story will be some kind of incomprehensible, or "non-artistic" presentation!

It is easy to understand that your film must be substituted for the perspective of the jury of the international film festival in advance.

What do the festival judges think of China?

Therefore, their films are good films, and the mentality of the directors may be complex, subtle or helpless, but it is an indisputable fact that their works are influenced by Western film festivals.

There is a saying: If you don't shoot the dark side of China and don't attack the system, how can you satisfy the appetite of all foreign adults?

It's not all right, but it's pretty much the same!

Lao Jia once encouraged students to take more works to participate in foreign competitions in a speech at the film academy, and he listed the rules of several film festivals, as well as bonuses or how to apply for foreign film shooting subsidies.

Oh yes, it seems that we should shoot things from an international perspective, which should not be the case, but that's what it means.

He is very supportive of independent films. How to say it, what foreigners want to see is also what he wants to shoot, Lang is in love with concubines, and he is in love.

In fact, foreigners have a curious mentality, and what they want to see is the real China, and Lao Jia's movies are indeed one of the real China.

Another point, you accuse, you criticize, you expose, no problem, but don't feel great because of this. It's just material.

Don't think of yourself as the conscience of Chinese movies!

Chen Chong's "Heavenly Bath".

If you look at it from the simple dramatic story, this movie is not too bad, except for the tender directing skills that make the paragraphs appear unsmooth, the general framework is still in line with the mode of melodrama.

But again, it's the background behind the story, not the suspicion of the authenticity of the background, in fact, all kinds of memoirs are full of worse things than this...

But carrying such a large historical background, but only making it a simple, naïve live newspaper drama-style tragedy, is really sorry for the subject matter itself.

The film has received great praise at some awards, and who knows if it's because it's really well done, or if it's a plus in the background?

Chai Jing and Rui Chenggang were also the conscience of China back then!

"Seeing" - Knowing Sanlian: What about this country, I ask in a fixed way, I think about it.

It should be called "Prejudice"!

......

On the balcony of the hotel, Shen Mengxi was drinking coffee while talking to Christian Mongi.

Romanian director.

Quite an interesting person.

He complained to Shen Mengxi that many people called him and asked him to defend the movie...

Yes, as a judge, you can run for any film!

Because of the different tastes, I simply made an agreement to eliminate those films that no one wants to maintain in the daily meeting...

But in the end, these films were mentioned again.

A lot of times, it's just because of a conversation with a friend, a phone call from a producer, a phone call from a reporter!

It's called PR!

"Last year, Gilles Jacob was annoyed!"

"I know, I came here last year!"

Because not a single French film has won an award...

"Spielberg said that Gilles Jacob hinted that he could consider French films for this year's Palme d'Or!"

“... Then you have to look at the movie itself. ”

Christian Mongi asked Shen Mengxi: "Do you like "Adele's Life"?"

“... I don't like it very much, the shooting is not beautiful at all, the roughness of the craftsmanship, the coherence of the pause, and the naivety of the elaboration are really outrageous!"

"But the media loved it..."

Shen Mengxi smiled: "When I brought "Carol" to Cannes, the media also liked it... With a rating of 3.8, I still didn't win the Palme d'Or!"

Monji changed the subject: "I heard that you are going to release a popcorn commercial film tomorrow?"

"Yes, The Great Wall!"

"Good... I sometimes really envy you Chinese filmmakers, you have a market, there are cinemas everywhere, and there are less than 50 cinemas in Romania combined!"

“... So miserable?"

"Even if there are fifty Hollywood blockbusters, they can account for more than 90% of the market share every year!" After a pause, he added: "So, we still have to make commercial films!"

While chatting, the Chinese film reporter came...

This is an interview that has been scheduled.

......

Christian Mengji said goodbye, Shen Mengxi sat down, and the staff helped make a pot of tea.

The host was Ju Wenpei, who made two opening remarks, and then got to the point: "This is your first time participating in the film festival as a judge, do you have any special feelings?"

Shen Mengxi shook his head: "I don't have any special feelings, in fact, I just gathered to watch a movie, there is nothing to do during this time, and when the film festival officially opens, it is estimated that some of them are busy!"

"What's the catch?"

He frowned, thought for a while and said: "I can't talk about the harvest, because I take time to look at the world's best works every year, and this year's Cannes Wai Wai movie has no special appearance, my favorite is Hirokazu Kore-eda and the Coen brothers, and their works are also within expectations... Of course they're all good movies!"

"Is there anything you particularly like?"

"Let's not talk about this first, we can talk about it when the award is announced!"

"I heard that 'The Great Wall' is the opening film of this year's Cannes?"

"Yes, this was decided last year... We also want to use Cannes to promote The Great Wall..."

"Was it deliberately arranged?"

"That's not it, we have calculated the cycle, and after the film is finished, the big film festival will be left in Cannes, because these three major film festivals are important promotion platforms. ”

"Can you talk about what you did during this time besides watching movies?"

"I paid attention to the French and German box office of "Song of Life" and word-of-mouth information feedback..."

"How?"

Shen Mengxi smiled: "It's okay, the current box office in Germany is 7.6 million US dollars, France has more than 4 million, the UK also has more than 3 million, the whole of Europe adds up to almost 21 million US dollars, and the United States also has 400 theaters to be released, and has won more than 6 million US dollars at the box office.

Bureau Wenpei didn't ask questions about "Heaven is Destined"...

I can't broadcast it even if I ask!

"Heaven is Destined" did not get the approval, which is an illegal operation...

After asking a few more questions about "The Great Wall", the interview was over, the camera was turned off, and she asked Shen Mengxi: "How is the construction of our distribution mechanism?"

“... It's hard to stay afloat, so you have to work with local companies. ”

"Why?"

"Hollywood is too strong, occupying more than 80% of the market share in Europe, we can only compete with local films to seize the market, and local films are very hostile to us..."