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Chapter 909 Make headlines without winning awards

Closing of the Venice Film Festival.

Both "The Thief of Time" and "Sister Tao" did not perform so well in terms of winning awards.

"Sister Tao" won a Best Actress award in the Horizon section, but the gap between the actress and the main competition section is not a peninsula.

And "The Thief of Time" did not return empty-handed, but in fact, it also only won a leftover award, and Li Yi was too embarrassed to say it.

Of course, if we put all our efforts into public relations, the main competition unit can get a special award from the jury, but the problem is that the loss outweighs the gain.

After all, some awards may be very important to some directors, but for Li Yi, the purpose of coming to the Venice Film Festival this time is to promote the film.

It's just that what Li Yi didn't know was that this matter had aroused a lot of discussion in China.

The main reason is that it was too easy for Li Yi to win awards before, so this time he didn't get any decent awards, which made many domestic movie fans a little uncomfortable.

"Isn't it? "The Thief of Time" didn't even get the invitation letter for the final closing ceremony of the main competition unit?"

"It's not easy for Li Yi, the grand slam came back empty-handed, tsk tsk!"

"Director Dog, pet the dog's head! Don't cry!"

"No one really thinks it's easy to win the awards of the three major European film festivals? No? No?"

"Director Dog participated in this wave of loneliness, but I suspect there is a conspiracy!"

"Hehe, what kind of conspiracy? You didn't even get the award. What kind of conspiracy is it?"

"Think about it carefully, look, neither "The Thief of Time" nor "Sister Tao" won any decent awards this time, doesn't it mean that the awards of the three major European film festivals are difficult to get, and the director of the dog before For several years, he has successively wholesaled the awards of the three major film festivals, what does this mean? It means that Director Dog may not have made a trip on purpose this time, and then proved that he has the gold content of the Grand Slam, right? "

"Fuck, you upstairs are really talented!"

"If you understand it this way, there's nothing wrong with it. The Hong Kong Island Past Events series is not the European Past Events series. It's normal for the European Emperors to be confused!"

"However, I feel that the rhythm of this wave of dog directors is cool!"

Li Yi didn't expect that he would be on the trending searches even though he didn't win the award.

Yes, sand sculpture netizens directly put the topic of Li Yi taking the movie to Venice and returning empty-handed to the hot search.

"Grand Slam director Li Yi failed the Venice Film Festival, and "The Thief of Time" failed!"

"During the trip to the Venice Film Festival, director Li Yi became a spectator, and the director of the Grand Slam returned empty-handed!"

"Director Dog, pet the dog's head, don't cry!"

Wait, wait, this topic has been discussed and ridiculed by countless movie fans.

What's more interesting is that the media also came to join in the fun.

Normally, if a domestic film participates in the three major European film festivals, if it wins an award, then the headlines will say nothing, which is what the title should mean. , Let other domestic directors envy and hate.

"Venice Film Festival ended, "The Thief of Time" failed the film festival, Li Yicheng is the most sympathetic director!"

"The past on Hong Kong Island is not the past in Europe, and "The Thief of Time" is not "Paradise Cinema". It is rare for Li Yi to return empty-handed!"

"The Venice Film Festival has ended, the award for "The Thief of Time" has failed, and Li Yicheng is the most tragic Grand Slam director!"

The promotion of movies is actually like that sometimes!
In fact, such a situation will appear, but it is not to say that it is completely unexpected.

The main reason is that in the past few years, Li Yi has indeed won awards like drinking water.

It was the first time I went to Cannes. As a result, "Su Yuan" and "The Truman Show" directly won the best screenwriter with double egg yolks, and the double egg golden palm.

Then I went to Italy for a trip, and "Paradise Cinema" directly won the best director and the Golden Lion Award.

Later, "Life is Beautiful" successfully won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, achieving a truly unprecedented grand slam of gold awards at the three major European film festivals. Not only that, but also the earlier "The Truman Show" won The Academy Award for Best Picture that he won made Li Yi the number one film director in the world.

So, Li Yi took "The Thief of Time" to the Venice Film Festival this time, and "Sister Tao" written by him, two movies, in everyone's opinion, no matter how low they are, they can win the Silver Lion Award, right?
But in the end, he returned empty-handed!

This contrast is a bit too unexpected.

Naturally, it made many fans uncomfortable for a while, and it also made them realize that the awards of the three major European film festivals are really not that easy to win. It is a real surprise that Li Yi can win the grand slam!
In fact, like "The Thief of Time" and "Sister Tao", it is normal not to win an award.

Thus, such a situation arose.

A movie that didn't win an award, instead became a trending search. Li Yi, a great director, didn't win an award but instead made headlines.

Let many literary and artistic film directors feel envious and jealous.

However, because of this, on the contrary, everyone is looking forward to these two series of Hong Kong Island past events.

Because, judging from the evaluations of film critics and the media, the quality of these two films is very good.

The definition of literary films and commercial films is actually difficult to say.

One is the rhythm of the movie, and the other is the plot mode of the movie.

Whether it is "The Thief of Time" or "Sister Tao", in fact, if these two films are divided, they must belong to the category of literary films.

Because it's really not popcorn at all.

The pace of the film is also on the slower side, which is true of both films.

But at the same time, the popularity of these two films is not low, especially "The Thief of Time". Because the director of this film is Li Yi, and the reviews and comments from previous film critics and media are very high, and because this time Instead of winning the award, it was on the hot search, which made many people pay attention to this movie in astonishment.

Compared with some commercial films, it can be said that the attention it has received is not too much.

Many literary movies, why don't they sell well?

Is it a movie?
Really not!
At least not all!
The main reason is that literary films, generally speaking, cannot be compared with commercial films in terms of publicity.

The importance of the film's publicity is self-evident, and the smell of wine is also afraid of deep alleys.

Therefore, when watching a movie, whether it is a literary film or a commercial film, you can often tell from the handwriting of the publicity.

Commercial films are usually overwhelming, promoting all kinds of stars and various special effects, but literary films generally promote such and such awards, how the actors performed, how the film critics commented, and so on.

But there are exceptions to everything, such as "The Thief of Time" and "Sister Tao".

The two films are not commercial blockbusters, and they are both series of Hong Kong Island's past events. In addition to these two films, it can be said that it is the first time that "male and female directors" have collaborated.

Therefore, "The Thief of Time" and "Sister Tao" were also bundled to some extent in the announcement and distribution.

(End of this chapter)