fringe artist

Chapter 203 201. The Director's Little Magic
Cannes is a hall of honor for many filmmakers, and it is also the dream stage for many actors.

Gong Li has great expectations for this movie. In 93, Farewell My Concubine failed to win the best actress, and it was the same when she was alive in 94. In 95, Shake, Shake, and Grandma Bridge lost again. Failure, such a setback would be difficult for her to accept.

Perhaps it is also because of this that the Cannes Film Festival will later award the official commemorative medal to make up for her repeated failures.

An actor can have such opportunities several times in his life, not only if you act well, but also if the movie itself is good enough.

Fengyue itself is quite satisfactory, and Gong Li's performance in it is also quite satisfactory, even a little soft, not firm enough.

Many people have confidence in this film, and many people have completely lost confidence in it, such as investor Xu Feng.

Xu Feng was disappointed with the movie after watching the whole movie. In her words, every character in this movie is annoying, and there is nothing cute about it.

When he came to Cannes in April to negotiate the selection of the film, Xu Feng was frightened in the hotel and suffered from panic attacks. This time he even came in a wheelchair when he came to Cannes.

Chen Li'an was also a little surprised when he saw her, but thinking of the rumors about Tomson during this period, Chen Li'an could understand her depression.

Her husband failed in business and encountered a lot of trouble, and now the movie is disappointing again. Under the double pressure, there are naturally some mental problems.

However, Xu Feng was a little happy to see Chen Li'an. Last year, he won an award in Venice in the extreme cold, and the copyright sold well, which was considered a good investment.

"long time no see."

Sitting in a wheelchair and looking at Chen Li'an, Xu Feng seemed to recall that when he deliberately teased him in the courtyard in the capital, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Chen Li'an squatted down, looked at Xu Feng and said, "Is your body important?"

"It's okay, just take care of yourself."

Xu Feng glanced back at Cheng Dao's room, the light in his eyes dimmed a lot, and said to Chen Li'an: "They are waiting for you, go in and watch the film, I'm going back to rest."

"Okay, then you pay attention to your body."

Looking at Xu Feng who was being pushed away, Chen Li'an couldn't help but sighed, the sky seemed to be not very friendly to her.

"Ms. Chen, who is she?"

Li Dabai, who came with Chen Li'an, asked questions curiously, and even made various preparations in his heart.

"The producer of the film is also the investor. She helped to invest in the extreme cold before and finished the post-production smoothly." Chen Li'an explained lightly, and then adjusted his mood and said: "Let's go, go in and watch the movie, wait a while." If you will go in, don’t jump out like that.”

Li Dabai stuck out his tongue slightly, luckily it wasn't what he thought, so he said Mr. Chen wouldn't be so hungry.

Li Dabai obediently followed Chen Li'an into the room, looked at the big star director sitting inside, couldn't help but get excited, this is something that can only be seen on TV, now it's a real person!

Whether it's Gong Li or Zhang Guorong, Li Dabai couldn't help being excited. She has met many artists with Chen Li'an, and she has also seen rising actresses like Ning Jing, but compared with Gong Li and Zhang Guorong, they are much different. .

If he hadn't remembered Chen Li'an's explanation, Li Dabai would have wanted to ask Zhang Guorong for his autograph.

Naturally, there are not only actors and directors in the room, but also photographers, screenwriters, artists, etc., and many people, like Chen Lian, have not seen the finished film yet.

On the day before the film festival started, they all gathered at Director Cheng's place to watch the finished film together. At least he had a good idea of ​​the film's quality and content.

Otherwise, when I watch other movies in the main competition tomorrow, I won’t be able to compare them in my heart.

The arrival of Chen Li'an made the room a little lively, especially Du Kefen and art director Huang Qiagui were most interested in Chen Li'an.

Everyone is engaged in photography and art, so there are naturally many common topics, so before watching the movie, several people chatted, from movies to art to literature, the topics discussed were very wide, almost thinking of what Speaking of which.

Chen Li'an is also willing to talk about some happy things before watching the movie, otherwise after the movie is over, he might be as depressed as Xu Feng.

Sitting in the corner, Li Dabai looked at Chen Li'an who was like a star holding the moon, and felt very strange in his heart. These people are all big stars and big directors, but they respect Chen Li'an very much.

Hmm. Except for Zhang Guorong. He seems to have a problem with Chen Li'an.

Li Dabai wasn't sure if he read it wrong, but Zhang Guorong looked at Chen Li'an with hatred like a father-in-law.

Sitting in the corner, Li Dabai listened quietly to their chat, but couldn't get in a word. The topic was too high-level, and his thinking was too jumpy. Before he could figure out the last place, they changed the topic again.

I could only be a silent audience. But soon Director Cheng took the initiative to make a solution and suggested to watch the movie now.

Everyone kept silent and waited for Director Cheng to play the movie.

Soon the movie screen appeared on the TV, Li Dabai immediately moved his chair forward, he couldn't get in the chat, but he could understand the movie.

Li Dabai waited with great anticipation for the film to officially start, but the first scene that appeared shocked her.

A little girl with shofar braids and a bellyband was standing in front of a screen with a weird smile, and the flickering red candlelight shining on the little girl's face was even more weird.

Coupled with the paradoxical voice-over and lines, it directly fills up the horror atmosphere, and the shrill voice that is neither yin nor yang speaks confusing lines.

"What is opium, my dear daughter, opium is the beauty of the world."

Hearing this line, Li Dabai couldn't help but shiver. Is this a horror movie?Shouldn't the name be a romance movie?

Li Dabai couldn't help turning his head to look at Chen Li'an, and found that he also frowned slightly, and felt even more strange, what kind of movie is this.

The world of the director is so difficult to understand. Li Dabai felt that he might not be able to understand this movie as much as he had listened to them chatting before.

The movie continued to play, and Gong Li couldn't help but secretly pulled Chen Li'an's palm, and whispered in his ear: "This is different from what I thought, how did you make it like this in the later stage?"

Chen Li'an replied in a low voice: "Why else, in order to reflect the feudal society's distortion of human nature and the masculinity's manipulation of women, I accidentally used too much force."

After hearing Chen Li'an's nonsense, Gong Li didn't bother to talk to him anymore, and began to worry about the plot behind her.

Movies are not only the art of acting and directing, but also the art of editing. Editing and post-production are very important. Different arrangements and combinations of the same picture will produce earth-shaking changes.

A simple example, I hit a girl in the subway, she took a picture of me with her mobile phone and scolded me, she called the police and I was arrested.If you adjust the order, the result will be different immediately. She took a picture of me with her mobile phone and scolded me. I couldn't help but beat her, and I called the police and I was arrested.

Those shots during the shooting, before the final editing into a movie, no one knows what it will look like, and no one knows what the grading filter will be added to the shot.

It is likely to completely subvert the original meaning of the actor's performance. This is the director's little magic. The director can use the language of the lens to enhance the actor's performance, and can also subvert your performance.

Soon in the movie, Zhang Guorong appeared on the stage, with close-up close-ups, confused expressions, biting the earlobes of each woman, talking nasty love words, and then walking along their earrings.

If viewed from a single shot, Zhang Guorong's performance and charm will be well presented, but when many such shots are combined, that charm disappears, and becomes frivolous and pompous and somewhat wretched.

Just like writing a novel, if the same plot appears too many times, it will be boring, and readers will point their noses at you and scold you.

This kind of quick cut greatly reduced Zhang Guorong's own charm, and turned him into a somewhat annoying little gangster and hooligan.

Zhang Guorong in the movie is a white party, cheating money by cheating women's feelings, but the most important thing is to show his capital of cheating women and show his charm.

The feeling presented by such editing is very Western, very Hollywood, a playboy with infinite charm, who can make women fall head over heels just by blinking his eyes.

It feels too stylized, Chen Li'an feels bad, the shots are clearly shot very well, although the script has some flaws, it shouldn't have such an effect.

Chen Li'an couldn't help but glanced at Zhang Guorong, and found that he was also frowning, as if he couldn't accept it.

After worrying about others, Chen Li'an began to worry about himself again. Zhang Guorong was cut like this, and he probably would not escape bad luck.

I hope I don't cut myself too abnormally, Chen Li'an stopped his mind and began to watch the following plot seriously.

Soon came the scene where Chen Li'an appeared. After watching it for a while, Chen Li'an felt relieved. Fortunately, his role was relatively simple and single, and the scenes were relatively small, so he was not cut out by Director Cheng.

However, Gong Li's lens is a bit disappointing. It is obviously intended to portray a resolute and rebellious woman, but a lot of hazy white light and filters are used.

Chen Li'an looked at the paradoxical and hazy picture, it was difficult to substitute a strong and rebellious woman into the role, and felt sorry for Gong Li in his heart.

Such a picture presents only a kind of neurotic morbidity, which is beautiful but not exciting enough.

As the movie continued to play, the room became more and more silent. At first, everyone chatted from time to time, but now they have shut their mouths and don't want to talk.

In particular, Chen Li'an didn't want to talk the most, why did he feel more and more perverted later on? Although the plot and the emotional direction of the characters were like this, the editing and camera lens magnified this feeling.

There is no such thing as Chen Li'an's probing and restraint that wandered around the edge and then finally broke out when he was acting. The movie presents the feeling that a lively dog ​​licking has evolved into a perverted dark little character.

Li Dabai, who has been working hard to understand the movie, is now full of question marks, what kind of movie is this?What kind of neuropathy?

After more than an hour of the movie, the lights in the room were turned on, but no one spoke, and they were still immersed in the "shock" brought by the movie, and couldn't let go of it for a long time.

Li Dabai obviously felt the oppressive atmosphere in the room at this time, grabbed the chair with both hands, and moved it back carefully, not daring to make a sound.

"How do you feel after watching it?" Director Cheng looked at the people immersed in shock, and was extremely satisfied with the movie in his heart.

Chen Li'an opened his mouth and then pursed it, and finally said only one sentence: "It's a bit different from what I thought, but the shot is beautiful."

The camera is indeed beautiful, the scene is also beautiful, and the actors are also beautiful, but the combination is not so beautiful
Looking at each part individually, it is on the passing line or even considered excellent, but it becomes a bit strange when it is combined.

Chen Li'an only said half of what he said, but he didn't want to talk about the rest. The post-production of the film was finished and it was sent to the jury of the Cannes Film Festival. It's too late to say anything, so why not boast a few words to make Director Cheng happy .

As a human being, the most important thing is to be happy.

Cheng Dao is the director, he can shoot as he wants, edit as he wants, film is the art of director, as an actor, if he can perform well, he is already worthy of his job.

Gong Li was the most disappointed in her heart. She had hoped to win the Best Actress, but now it seems that the hope is very slim.

The language of the camera made her performance develop in another direction. As long as the jury is not stupid, they will not give her the best actress, unless the heroines in other movies perform poorly.

But what if...

Seeing Cheng Dao's complacent and expectant eyes, Gong Li sighed slightly in her heart, squeezed out a smile and said: "Li'an said well, the shot is beautiful, I like it very much."

"It's good that you like it. A lot of effort has been put into this movie, and it's good that it lives up to expectations!" Director Cheng smiled complacently. He was very satisfied with the movie, and even thought it was as good as Farewell My Concubine.

Gong Li's copy-and-paste seems to have opened up the minds of others, and they all said that the filming is beautiful, the lens is beautiful, the acting is very good, and the story is very deep.

Director Cheng is a great director, the film festival starts tomorrow, so it's pointless to criticize him.

And how to judge whether a movie is good or bad, everyone has different standards in their hearts. As an actor, Chen Li'an, they think it is not very good, but Du Kefen and Huang Qiagui, who are photographers and artists, think it is very good.

But in the end, it is up to the jury to decide whether it is good or bad, in case it wins an award.

The atmosphere in the room became lively again, everyone chatted casually, and some even suggested going for a drink together.

Looking at this scene, Li Dabai had a big question in his little head, is this movie really good?Why do I feel bad?Is there something wrong with my aesthetic?

Zhang Guorong took out a cigarette and held it in his hand, looked at Chen Li'an and asked in a low voice: "Li'an, do you think it is possible to win this time?"

"Probably not. European filmmakers don't like this style." After Chen Li'an replied, he took the cigarette from Zhang Guorong's finger and said, "Don't you know what kind of body you are? What kind of cigarettes do you smoke? Sister Shufen told me Staring at you, you can't even smell the smoke, don't you know?"

Chen Li'an said the last sentence very loudly, and then winked at Zhang Guorong who was stunned.Gong Li couldn't help snickering, but felt very happy in her heart.

Several other people in the room who were going to smoke, when they heard Chen Li'an's words, put down their cigarettes, or ran to the balcony to smoke.

Zhang Guorong looked at Chen Li'an with itchy teeth, but thought that Gong Li was pregnant now, so he snorted and didn't bother to expose Chen Li'an.

Maybe it was because I had to go to the balcony to smoke a cigarette, the lively atmosphere in the room cooled down quickly, and after a while, someone proposed to go back to rest.

After coming out of the room, Zhang Guorong originally wanted to ask them to have a drink together, but seeing Gong Li walking with her waist slightly supported, she shook her head and went back to her room.

Gong Li supported Chen Li'an's arm and whispered, "Come here tonight and rub my legs. My legs are so sore recently."

"Well, but you have to be honest." Chen Li'an was really worried when he thought of Gong Li's appearance of going crazy sometimes.

Gong Li rolled her eyes at Chen Li'an and said, "What can I do if I am dishonest now? I am afraid that you will be dishonest! You haven't explained to me what your assistant is?"

Li Dabai, who was following behind Chen Li'an and Gong Li, vaguely heard them talking about him, and immediately pricked up his ears like a vigilant rabbit.

Chen Li'an said indifferently: "What's the point of finding an assistant?"

Gong Li turned her head slightly to take a look at Li Dabai's pretty face and proud figure, reached out and pinched Chen Li'an's waist and asked, "Are you trying to make him look good? Have you got another bad idea?"

Chen Li'an: "." I said she delivered it to the door herself. If you don't believe me, you can't explain it. You are not afraid of the shadow if you are upright!

I don't know if the shadow is slanted or not. Anyway, Chen Li'an's body is not straight now, and he is crooked to support Gong Li, who is sore from walking.

In the quiet hotel corridor, Li Dabai looked at Chen Li'an walking with his arms around Gong Li, feeling strange, why did he still support her, Empress Dowager Cixi.

Gong Li's aura is really like a queen, but she doesn't know if she can manage Teacher Chen's harem well. Li Dabai tilted his head and thought for a while, wondering if he should go to pay his respects to the top of the mountain.

Not to mention being a concubine, or being an imperial concubine Shangyi, it should be no problem to be a personal court lady.

No, I am an assistant now, am I a personal maid? Li Dabai shook his head, trotted two steps to catch up with Chen Li'an and asked, "Mr. Chen, do you have any other arrangements for the evening?"

"No, you can go back and rest." Chen Li'an shook his head, worried about Li Dabai's English, and seriously told him: "Don't get up late tomorrow morning, set a few more alarm clocks, the hotel's restaurant is on the sixth floor for breakfast. Self-help, come to me after eating."

"Yeah, don't worry, it won't!" After Li Dabai nodded in agreement, he showed a cute and polite smile at Gong Li and ran back to his room.

When Li Dabai's figure disappeared around the corner, Gong Li looked at Chen Li'an with a half-smile and said, "You are quite gentle to her. You are clearly the boss and assistant."

"What nonsense are you talking about, go back to sleep!" Chen Li'an interrupted Gong Li, helped her back to the room.

(End of this chapter)