"I know there's a lot of noise... But I'm really not fit to play a high school student!"

That's the case, last year, Lao Wang posted a Weibo saying that the film version of Rao Xueman's masterpiece "Left Ear" has been successfully established, and the director has also been determined, and the list of seven actors with three women and four men is now being solicited from the public.

The Weibo quickly sparked discussions among many netizens, accumulating tens of thousands of retweets and comments in a very short period of time.

Netizens have recommended the best candidates to star in youth movies in their minds, and female stars include Liu Yifei, Yang Xiaomi, and Liu Shishi, among which Liu Yifei has the best voice!

Therefore, Lao Wang sent an invitation to Liu Yifei.

The young lady continued: "Because of my age, when I was invited last year, I was already 25... I can't play a 16 or 7-year-old high school girl!"

"But Dongyu and Naza are very suitable!"

"It's better to listen to Mengxi, leave the opportunity to the young actors!"

The reporter hurriedly asked: "... Did Mengxi persuade you not to take it?"

"He didn't persuade me, he just said that you are 25 years old, you should consider playing some roles with a sense of age, and youth films like "Left Ear" should still be played by little girls!"

"When I became a producer, I put myself in my shoes and imagined what movies I liked to watch when I was an audience, and I was sure that the story was important. I think the plot and performance are put at the forefront, and the other visual languages can be leaned back, this is my own aesthetic, and I like to watch plays with strong plots. ”

"That Zhou Dongyu, did you learn anything from getting along with Liu Yifei?"

The little yellow duck thought for a while and replied: "It should be how to face the bad public opinion on the Internet!"

"Yes, we have a lot in common in this regard..."

......

Following the box office of "Left Ear" exceeding 100 million in the first weekend, on the fourth day of release, catching up with the May Day holiday, on April 29, the box office of "Left Ear" exceeded 65 million on the same day!

Directly stunned the crowd of spectators!

it!

Almost broke the record!

No, is this European-breaking movie that good-looking?

Douban word-of-mouth: 6.4 points, just passed...

Comment: The directorial debut of the fifth elder brother is better than the previous youth films, the completion is okay, the rhythm is very calm, and the picture is fresh and clean. Abortion without dog blood, temperate sensationalism, but not fire hypocrisy.

Of course, there are also many negative reviews:

Now there are two words that are disgusting: one is youth, and the other is feelings. ’

There is no other kind of film that can bring a win-win situation for stars and the box office at a lower cost than Chinese-style youth films, why does "Left Ear" need to change this model? Wearing school uniforms and nostalgia, lyrical feelings and selling pure, drought and flood to ensure income is youth, the film is like a common sense that everyone knows about the development of everything, and youth idols are probably like this. ’

But that didn't stop it from skyrocketing at the box office...

On the fifth day of release, the box office passed another 60 million!

Broke 250 million in five days!

"One Shot to the End" and "Thai Embarrassment" are nothing more than that...

Is it another movie that breaks a billion?

It's outrageous!

In these years, just find a star to be a producer, find a random star to be a director, and with a best-selling adaptation, you can get one billion?

That's!

But that's the reality!

In fact, in recent years, with the emergence of IP adaptations, many actors have ushered in a good opportunity for the transformation of directors to become famous, make money and change their identities.

How to say it, on the tuyere, untalented pigs can fly.

At the beginning, actors were directors, mostly from the Mesozoic Generation, such as Deng Chao, Zhao Bafei...

When the actor's age is embarrassing, they are affected by the impact of small flowers and small meat in the market, and the audience's taste is cheap in Xianxia, fantasy, etc., and they can't find a suitable script or play a strong role, so it is better to be a director and seek a breakthrough.

Not only can you upgrade your identity, but you can also broaden the territory of your acting career.

Later, it was really because the studio approached them.

Stars have a natural advantage as directors, they have been working for many years, not to mention their connections and resources.

From the perspective of investors and distributors, the risk of working with a star director is lower than that of supporting a new director, and the topic and market appeal caused by the star's own popularity is far stronger than that of a young director.

In a conventional sense, a film is a director's personal work, and many times it conveys the director's thoughts and opinions.

Film is the director's way of expressing the world, what he chooses to shoot, how he shoots, and how his work will be fed back in the market in the future are all things that the director cares about and needs to control.

More and more film companies no longer have the patience to train new directors, but invite stars to become directors, regardless of quality and reputation.

Hot money poured into the film market, and domestic films were not lively, and problems followed.

Zhang Yi lamented in an interview that one of the lowest thresholds in the current film market is the director, and the implication beyond tactfulness is that a cat and a dog can be a director with a little money.

Later, people won't buy it easily!

Huang Lei, Liang Jiahui...

You have the influence to make a movie, but you can't abuse the audience's trust in you. It's easy to make a movie, but it's very hard to make a good movie!

......

Shen Mengxi's daily life in Cannes is to hide in the hut and watch movies with a group of people!

The jury included Nicole Kidman, Christopher Waltz, Christian Mongi, Nippon director Naomi Kawase and Indian actress Shreya Saran...

Shi Ruiya Salan, looks completely in line with Shen Mengxi's aesthetics!

She is the mother in "Manslaughter", and her figure is so good that she explodes - the last picture!

So much so that Shen Mengxi ignored Nicole Kidman, and spent most of her time exchanging experiences with her...

It's a pity that in this year's main competition unit, except for "Adele's Life" and "Flowers and Moonlight", which are a bit large-scale, the other movies are quite healthy!

What are these directors and artists in Europe doing?

Directed by Sándor Sólyom-Nagy, directed by Pasolini, directed by Luis Buñuel, directed by Justt Jackkin...

There is no successor!

(Sándor Sólyom-Nagy, I really can't find a Chinese translation, his masterpiece "Tyrant Caligula")

Fortunately, on the 6th, "Venus in Fur" is here!

It's really a big drama of green desire - Director: Roman Polanski.

Shen Mengxi is a little chicky when he watches...

This movie tells the story of S and M, there is no direct shot, but it is just appetizing.

The power is here...

The original author, Austrian Masoch, English name SadoMasochism, may not be known to many people, but the abbreviation S\M, I believe they all know!

By the way, the heroine Emmanuel Seignier is the wife of director Roman Polanski...

It's so difficult to be a judge, many movies only have English subtitles, and a few steps even only have French subtitles... So much so that Shen Mengxi needed to guess.

Who the gives you confidence with French subtitles?