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Chapter 379 French Cinemas (4000+ chapters, please subscribe~)

"Matthew, this is Monica Bellucci, an excellent actress I found in Cannes. When I go back, I can ask Linda to sign her!"

On the second day, Wu Jianye found Matthew Murphy and introduced Monica Bellucci to Matthew Murphy.

Matthew Murphy nodded seriously, and said, "Director Wu, don't worry, I will definitely tell Manager Linda about this when I return to Hollywood!"

Monica Bellucci on the side couldn't hide her excitement at this time. She thought she could only get some financial feedback, but she didn't expect to be favored by Phantom Entertainment.

Bet right!
Phantom Entertainment's status as a contracted actor made her feel that what she paid last night was definitely worth it, and she even made a lot of money.
Then Monica Bellucci said that Wu Jianye could stay with Wu Jianye during the time in Cannes. Wu Jianye thought about it and didn't refuse, but she didn't let her follow her during the day, after all During the day, he was more likely to be with Zhao Fei, Mu Deyuan and others.

It is best that few people know about this kind of thing.

In fact, there is not much difference between the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. The same is a touring exhibition of films, and the program is scored.

The screening of "The Last Emperor" was also confirmed after contacting the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival.

Outside the screening hall of "The Last Emperor" movie palace, many people stood in the sun and lined up sweating. There are mostly Asians here, and there are some media from RB, Korea, Hong Kong Island, and Wanwan, and there are also some film critics from other countries. , journalists and film distributors from all over the world.

Cannes is an awards ceremony in the eyes of outsiders, but it is the world's largest trade show for film producers in the industry.

In May, filmmakers from all over the world gather here to buy those eye-catching movies.

Wu Jianye is not an unknown person. Not to mention his achievements in music, he only talks about the film industry. Having won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, he is still well-known in France and even Europe. As for Zunlong, Chen Chong Forget it, they are just stinky brothers here.

In the screening hall, many people were waiting for the start of "The Last Emperor". There were both expectations for Wu Jianye and curiosity about the movie.

The life of the last emperor of China has a natural gimmick in Europe, and the novel of the same name of "The Last Emperor" is a best seller in Europe, so many people have very high expectations for this movie.

After the movie started, the audience was not disappointed.

The Forbidden City at dusk.

Destiny is not controlled by Pu Yi.

Times of turmoil.

and the love that europeans like
And shocking battle scenes.

The film starts from the death of Empress Dowager Cixi in 1908 and continues to the death of Puyi in 1967. The time span is as long as 60 years. These 60 years are almost a major change that occurs once in a thousand years in Chinese history.

From the perspective of the rise and fall of dynasties, the film has gone through the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, the period of the Beiyang warlords' melee, and the period of the rule of the Communist Party of China, until it finally entered New China.

From the point of view of major historical events, it experienced the Revolution of [-], the Northern Expedition, the Puppet Manchukuo, the Anti-Japanese War, the founding of New China, and that period of turmoil.Therefore, this movie almost condenses the entire magnificent modern and contemporary history of China.

At the same time, all of these are concentrated on Pu Yi, so the perfect combination of historical events and individuals shocked all the audience.

"This film is the best work I have seen in Cannes this year! No one!" Jean-Michel Foudon, a film critic of the French "Handbook Cahiers", couldn't help but said.

After the movie ended, there was also applause in the screening hall. This was not a polite applause, but a heartfelt applause out of love for the movie.

Seeing the applause of everyone, Wu Jianye felt extremely satisfied. Why is he so fascinated by making movies? Because in movies, not only can the fate of everyone in the movie be manipulated, but it can also make people who watch the movie Thinking, jumping and cheering for this movie because of your ability.

This is not the same as being successful in business.

After the screening, many filmmakers approached Wu Jianye and expressed their love for the film, hoping to buy the film's screening rights in the country.

It's just that Wu Jianye just refused with a smile. The film festival is not over yet, so how could he sell it now? Besides, all the small film producers are showing up now, and the real big film producers will not appear at this time of.

Moreover, the price offered did not meet Wu Jianye's psychological expectations.

What pleased Wu Jianye was that during the screening of "The Last Emperor", Wu Jianye met Jill Jacob!
"Director Wu, you are very welcome to participate in the Cannes Film Festival!"

Jill Jacobs is in his fifties, forever wearing his signature suits, with the bald top of his head that is typical of Westerners with mountains surrounded by sea.

"Mr. Jacob, I should thank you. The Cannes Film Festival is right for giving me this opportunity!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

Facing this future boss who will be the chairman of the Cannes Film Festival in the future, Wu Jianye still gave full respect.

Some people in later generations will refer to Jill Jacobs as a fighter for artistic independence and Bole of the film palace.

The Coen Brothers, Dardenne Brothers, Angelopoulos, Quentin Tarantino, Jane Campion, Lars von Trier, Abbas, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wong Kar Wai and others made their name at Cannes All over the world, there are Jill Jacobs' credit.

But now Jill Jacobs is not the chairman of the Cannes Film Festival, but the selection director of the Cannes Film Festival. At the same time, he also founded the film market of the Cannes Film Festival. More exhibition space, created the Golden Camera (Camera d'Or) award to encourage first-time Cannes directors.

Jill Jacobs personally came to the screening of "The Last Emperor", obviously very optimistic about this movie, of course, there is also the meaning of wooing Wu Jianye.

Although the Cannes Film Festival has always been shown to be superior to the Venice Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival, the characters that should be fought for still have to be fought for.

And Wu Jianye is the character they need to fight for.

""The Last Emperor" is a very good movie, which can be seen in the score of the show book." Jill Jacob laughed.

The ratings of the films that entered the official competition unit this time have come out. "The Last Emperor" has a rating of 3.5, second only to the hottest "Under the Berlin Sky" with a rating of 3.6.

Out of 4 points, a total of 21 movies!
Jill Jacob then introduced Wu Jianye to a man standing next to him.

"Director Wu, this is Martin Kamitz from French MK2. He is also very interested in the movie "The Last Emperor". I think you can have a good talk."

Jill Jacob said to Wu Jianye with a smile.

This made Wu Jianye feel joy in his heart. He finally knew why Jill Jacob was respected by so many people in later generations. It was just a timely rain to Song Jiang, although Wu Jianye did not have his own channels to contact Europe. But now Jill Jacob can bring Martin Katz still moved Wu Jianye a little.

MK2 is a well-known art cinema line in France, with 58 theaters and 9500 seats in France.

France's art theater chain is a unique art film management system in the world, a veritable "French exception".Its origins can be traced back to the 50s: At that time, a group of idealistic small movie theater managers in the Latin Quarter of Paris had the whim to make those films dedicated to defending what people called "author's cinema", "experimental cinema" or "artistic cinema" The theater operators of high-grade films of "Movies" are distinguished from other counterparts and give support. The "Art and Experimental Film" logo was born, and gradually evolved into a movement to promote excellent films.

MK2, a cinema company, was born out of the "French Art and Experimental Cinema Association" in France. French "Art and Experimental Cinemas" are usually run by independent practitioners.

Most of them have a firm idea and a sense of mission for film art, and believe that film is an art that needs to maintain diversity and independent spirit, and they cannot completely let commercial theaters and their backstage consortiums treat people with money and the market as the only criterion. Enjoy the "formatting" for fun.

They do not take profit as the primary pursuit, and regard the release and dissemination of high-quality films as the pleasure of engaging in this industry.

Therefore, they bet their business on the curiosity of the audience and the discovery of new talents, and consciously resist the way commercial theaters operate.

The audience group of art theaters is also quite distinctive. They are not fashionable movie fans swayed by advertisements, but real art lovers; "New Observation" magazine and "Movie Handbook" are mostly intellectuals or college students.

The reason why these audiences value art theaters is 95% because of the selection of films, and they hardly care about the comfort of theater facilities.The existence of groups with a common interest in film art has formed the living soil of French "art film", and a unique French art theater system with the purpose of quality has come to the fore.

Not only that, the French government is also very supportive of local literary and artistic films. The number of literary and artistic theaters in French cities is set at a very high ratio according to the number of local residents. The more residents there are, the higher the proportion will be. .

At the same time, there is a certain amount of financial support every year as a national subsidy mechanism.

It is precisely because of this supportive policy of "art theaters" that fully reflects the will of the country's cultural policy that the French films favored by film lovers from all over the world can be protected from the strong attack of Hollywood in the United States, and can survive. There are innovations and developments from time to time.

Obviously, if there is no "art cinema", French directors like Truffaut, Godard, Chabrol, and Ausson may not have achieved such outstanding achievements and reputations, and French audiences may have no chance to discover and appreciate Woody. Allen such a "Hollywood alternative".

"Mr. Kamitz, hello, it's an honor to meet you!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

"Director Wu is really too polite. I personally like Director Wu very much. I was already amazed by your "Raise the Red Lantern". It's just a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to talk directly with Director Wu at that time. It's really a pity. !" Martin Kamitz shook hands with Wu Jianye with a smile on his face.

"It's not too late to see you this time!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

Speaking of "Raise the Red Lantern", Wu Jianye was a little curious. The Cannes Film Festival had already started, but he hadn't seen Harvey Weinstein. It stands to reason that this person would not give up on Cannes. film festival.

The three found a cafe and sat down, and Martin Kamitz didn't exchange too many pleasantries, and directly proposed to buy the screening rights of "The Last Emperor" in France.

But unfortunately
"Mr. Kamitz, I personally thank you very much for enjoying the movie "The Last Emperor", but I'm sorry, the film festival is not over yet, and I don't want to discuss the screening rights of "The Last Emperor" in advance!"

In the European market, there has always been a clear distinction between art theaters and commercial theaters. If "The Last Emperor" is released on MK2, it will basically bid farewell to European commercial theaters.

This is not what Wu Jianye hoped for. Although this movie is more inclined to art movies, Wu Jianye still hopes to break through in commercial theaters.

For example, the three major commercial theaters in France, Gormont, Badai, and Film Alliance, these are the departments that Wu Jianye really wants to fight for.

Because Wu Jianye didn't want to leave Chinese movies to the European market, so they could only be art movies.

As for why Martin Katz was not directly rejected, it is natural to be concerned about Jill Jacob's face.

And the most important thing is that during the Venice Film Festival, Wu Jianye quarreled with Sun Jiarui once because of this matter, so it is naturally impossible for him to make this mistake.

Martin Kamitz frowned slightly. It's not that he has never been in contact with Chinese filmmakers, but he was the first one to directly refuse like Wu Jianye.

But then Martin Kamitz was relieved. After all, the films that can participate in the official competition will not sell their copyrights in advance!
Then the three chatted for a while about the so-called film art, and then they separated.

As for the contact with the European market, Matthew Murphy also made the first stand, followed by Wu Jianye. This was also to avoid the Hollywood film company who came to buy the film, thinking that Phantom Entertainment had already started to get involved in the European distribution business.

At the same time, Matthew Murphy will also be in charge of the public relations of the film "The Last Emperor" in Cannes.

As I said a long time ago, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are fights.

The so-called awards ceremony has never been as fair as it seems.

The reason why later generations of Harvey Weinstein can be so arrogant in Hollywood is because he can use various black box operations to make his films get more impression points from those master judges.

It's not without reason that Pepper Gwyneth Paltrow is known as the worst actress in Oscar history.

(End of this chapter)