China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 286 Before the Opening Ceremony Begins, the Judges Disagree
After all the judges of the Venice International Film Festival arrived, all communication equipment was confiscated by the organizing committee and they were not allowed to leave the hotel.So they can only watch and review films in the next ten days. In fact, they don’t watch too many movies, only twenty movies. Twenty movies in ten days is not too many, and they can watch three or four movies a day.

Therefore, in fact, the last few days are the days for everyone to meet and discuss, and the first few days are the time to watch the film.And it’s not easy to watch movies at this kind of literary film festival, because most of the literary films are long and smelly. Ordinary people don’t say that they watch three or four films a day, even if they watch one a day, they may not be able to finish watching. It's hard to understand, but the key is that people who watch it want to sleep.

"Okay, everyone, let's take a rest today. After the opening ceremony tonight is over, we can..." Bernardo Bertolucci finished meeting with all the judges and was about to make arrangements for the next work. The result was interrupted.

It was Jiang Wen who interrupted him, that's right, that Jiang Wen who filmed "Let the Bullets Fly", he was one of the judges.

"Mr. Chairman, can we watch "Dallas Buyers Club" as a group before the opening ceremony, and watch the most popular movies, so we have a good idea."

"Oh..." Faced with Jiang Wen's request, Bernardo Bertolucci didn't know what to say, couldn't wait for a day?
Bernardo Bertolucci looked at the others, who also nodded with a smile.

"Okay, then let's watch the most popular movies as a group. However, if you want to watch it, you have to turn in the communication equipment from now on, and you can't communicate with the outside world." Bernardo Bertolucci asked road.

"Okay, no problem, I'll hand it in." Jiang Wen responded positively.

Now that everyone agrees, Bernardo Bertolucci can't say anything else. In fact, he also wants to see how good this popular movie is.

So... the nine film festival judges watched "Dallas Buyers Club" together. After watching, they glanced at each other.

"Jiang, you and He are good friends, how do you watch this movie?" Bernardo Bertolucci asked first.

"Me? From the perspective of a personal role, I can win the best actor and the Golden Lion Award. Of course, in the eyes of others, it may be a bit commercialized, and there are not many techniques of the author's film. However, I What I want to say is that whether it is a commercial film or an author’s film, if they are both expressing criticism of reality, satire, and expressing the author’s unique thoughts, it does not matter whether it is a commercial film or an author’s film.”

Jiang Wen said slowly, lighting a cigarette.

"No, Jiang, when it comes to acting, I think it's barely doable. After all, Leonardo's performance exceeded everyone's expectations. Among them, Jared Leto is also very amazing. But when it comes to artistry, criticism, In terms of authorship and technique, I don't think this movie has anything to do with the author's movie.

Although I know that the Venice Film Festival needs attention, if an important award is given to such a commercial film, it will be a blow to the author and director, and it will cause most authors and directors to be disappointed with the Venice Film Festival. It will make the media look down on the Venice Film Festival..."

Pablo Lara, one of the judges, opposed Jiang Wendao.

"No, Mr. Laraine, you can't be so alarmist and exaggerated. According to what you mean, all commercial directors or actors are not allowed to make literary films? Is giving awards after filming a blow to the author and film director? Then If this continues, the team of author films will only get smaller and smaller until they eventually die out.

Just like you, as an author and film director, can't you make commercial films?Because once it is filmed, you are a commercial director, and participating in the three film festivals in the future will not be a circle of author's films.If this is the case, then the art film circle is not attracting more talented directors to join, but is excluding talented people from joining.

Leonardo can't win an award just because he is a global star?He Fang can't win an award just because his movie has a high global box office?This approach is not to make art films bigger and bigger, but to make them smaller and smaller. This is not a good way of development. "

Jiang Wen's statement is also very reasonable. In fact, his thinking is the same as some Chinese cultural heritage. If you want to destroy the enemy and strengthen yourself, you must win over the enemy you can win.Everyone in China thinks this kind of thinking is extremely correct, and there is nothing wrong with it.

"No, Ginger, harassing the heathen won't make us purer..." Pablo Lallin disagreed.

"Okay, let's discuss this matter today. Don't worry, I am a democratic person. No matter what different ideas you have, you can finally decide through voting." Bernardo Bertolucci interrupted two human argument.

As the chairman of the jury, the first important job is to deal with the disputes among the judges. This happens every time the film festival awards, and every time there are quarrels and fights.

No way, this is the negative effect of emphasizing the authorship, because every judge feels that his own thinking is right and others are wrong.So, how hard is it for many bigots to come together and come to a consensus?Very difficult.

In the end, it can only be done by voting, or through interest exchange.

Of course, He Fang didn't know because his film judges had already confronted each other once, and he was now at a party, which gathered famous filmmakers from all over the world who came this time, as well as some big names in Europe.

This happens every year. Once the three major film festivals are held, they are a feast for filmmakers, so various parties and gatherings are indispensable, and they are also good places for everyone to conduct various exchanges and transactions.

For example, a certain movie wants to win an award in a certain place, and then first meet here, negotiate conditions, reach a deal, and then win an award at a certain film festival.

This is how literary and artistic filmmakers make money. They can’t do box office everywhere like commercial films, so they can only get bonuses through winning awards, selling copyrights, getting local subsidies, and making money through other means after winning and becoming famous.

This is a chain of interests for literary and artistic filmmakers, and this chain of interests must be operated through personal connections and film festival platforms.

So, why do many film festival platforms have only a few judges?It is convenient for them to operate the awards.If there are hundreds or thousands of judges...it's not impossible, but the cost is a bit high, and the film's revenue cannot afford such a cost.

Of course, Oscars are fine, and winning an Oscar can add a lot to a movie.

According to the statistics of interested people, an Oscar-winning film has an average additional income of 1500 million US dollars. Of course, the higher the award, the higher the income.

And how much do actors earn from winning awards?It’s about a 60% increase in remuneration, which means that your previous remuneration was $500 million, but after you won the Oscar, your remuneration immediately increased to $800 million.

Therefore, when the income from winning awards increases, the producer will willingly pay for the public relations expenses, why not pay for this expense?As a result, it is not uncommon to see blockbuster PR Oscars costing around $2000 million.

And if the producer pays for it, the Oscar judges will not earn less than the judges of some literary film festivals, and this part of the income is still aboveboard. For example, the income of the literary film judges is more comfortable.

And in order to distribute the hundreds of millions of dollars in public relations fees every year, so...

Hey, it’s getting too far away, let’s talk about the Venice Film Festival, how did it get involved in the Oscars.

Anyway, from He Fang's point of view, the current film festivals are a chain of interests, regardless of whether it is the three major cultural film festivals or the Oscars.

Where there is an exchange of interests, there must be something other than money, and that is women.Money and women are generally hard currencies that are used all over the world, and everyone wants to play with these two things in their hands.

The last time He Fang participated in Venice, he got trafficked by a model, and He Fang will not be fooled this time.

No matter how those models came over and rubbed against He Fang, He Fang remained unmoved.

"He, don't you like these?" Leonardo raised his eyebrows.

"It's not worth it. What I get is far less than what I lost. I only got one night, but I have to lose a lot of reputation. Then they can become famous because of it. I heard that the model media last time Both the fee and the performance fee have increased by [-]%, what a wealth that is. For me, it is not worth it at all."

He Fang shook his cup and laughed.

"Haha... Then you always have to settle this account. You can't play many of them. What a pity." Leonardo disagreed. Anyway, he felt that fame was nothing, and it would be really cool to play with different young models. .

"There's no need to play so much, the beauties in the world can't finish it. By the way, what do you think of "The Wolf of Wall Street" also going for the Oscars?" He Fang asked Leonardo.

"I have no idea now. My team told me that it would be more appropriate to give up the application for the best actor award over there, but..." Leonardo was also in a dilemma, because Martin Scorsese used him to help him win the award. Awarded, it turns out that you don't trust him now, which doesn't seem too good.

"Maybe, you can listen to Martin's opinion and see what he has to say. Because you can't publicize two movies at the same time. Not to mention wasting money, the key is to disperse votes. This kind of thing has to make a choice, which movie Choose whichever movie has a higher chance of winning."

"Uh huh, yes... Alas, I don't want to worry about this anymore. There is a model who wants to go with me, so I will go first..." Leonardo walked away with a glass of wine, and in the distance there was an approximately The teenage model is staring this way.

He Fang shook his head, didn't say anything, he didn't want to stay here anymore, so he chatted with a few people who came to strike up a conversation with some excuses and then left.

He Fang got up very early the next day, mainly concerned about the preparations for "Operation Mekong", and he had to follow up at all times.

Of course, I also have a look at the program of the Venice Film Festival to see what new things are happening.

Sure enough, there are a lot of gossip, all of which are between celebrities, especially the playboy Leonardo, who is suspected of going in and out of a hotel with a young model...

In addition to gossip, it is an analysis of the [-] shortlisted films. These [-] films are:
"Outing" Director: Tsai Ming-liang (Taiwan Province of China/France)

"The Roof" Director: Mozak Alovic (Argentina/France)

Tough Director: Gianni Amelio (Italy)
Miss Violence Director: Alexandros Aranas (Greece)
Trace Director: John Callan (UK/Australia)

The Flowers of Palermo Director: Emma Dante (Italy/Switzerland/France)

Tom's Farm Tour Director: Xavier Dolan (Canada/France)

"Children of God" Director: James Franco (USA)
"Filomena" Director: Stephen Freys (UK)
Jealousy Director: Philippe Garrel (France)
The Zero Theorem Director: Terry Gilliam (UK/USA)

I Am Arab Director: Amos Gitai (Israel/France)

Under the Skin Director: Jonathan Clayzer (UK/USA)

"Joe" Director: David Gordon Green (USA)
The Police Officer's Wife Director: Philipp Groening (Germany)
The Wind Rises Director: Hayao Miyazaki (Japan)

Known Unknowns: Rumsfeld and His Time (documentary) Director: Errol Morris (USA)

"Night Action" Director: Kelly Reichardt (USA)

"Rome Ring Expressway" (documentary) Director: Gianfranco Rossi (Italy)

"Dallas Buyers Club" Director: He Fang (USA)
The most popular movie given by the current show catalog is "Dallas Buyers Club". Needless to say, Xiao Li and He Fang are both topics.

The second most popular movie is "Outing", a movie by the famous Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang. I didn't expect his filmmaker to be so popular, which may be the reason why he won the Golden Lion Award in Venice.

The third most popular movie is "Intrepid", why is this movie so popular?For the same reason, director Gianni Amelio won the Golden Lion Award.

The fourth most popular is "Miss Violence", because this young director once won the Venice Best Director Award.

The fifth most popular is "Filomena", because the director has won awards in Berlin and Cannes, and Pu was also the chairman of the Cannes jury...

……

Looking at this popular ranking, you can generally understand how this ranking came about, most of which are based on the director's achievements and popularity.After all, this is a literary and artistic film festival, and it belongs to the highest palace of authored films. The author’s film is for watching the director, so the director who won the three major film festival awards has proved that his film is very authoritative, and there is a high probability that it will also be in the author’s position. Strong three major film festival awards.

The same is why "Dallas Buyers Club" is popular?It's not because He Fang won the Palme d'Or, but also won the Venice Best Actor Award and the Silver Lion Award for Best Director.

It was about two o'clock in the afternoon, and Leonardo hurried to the dressing room of the hotel's "Dallas Buyers Club" script. Everyone was almost done, and he woke up from the young model.

"Sorry, everyone, I drank too much last night." Leonardo found a lame excuse.

"Ha, Leonardo, the news that you and the young model were in and out of the hotel last night was reported all over the world." Jared Leto laughed.

"Oh? Really? Yes, we went drinking alone last night, so we drank too much."

Facing Leonardo's unreasonable words, this... still doesn't admit it, how thick-skinned it is.

"Okay, hurry up and put on makeup, or I'm afraid it will be too late. By the way, have you eaten lunch yet? Be careful to be hungry at night."

"It's okay, this isn't the Oscars. After the opening ceremony, we will watch a movie, and then we can sneak something to eat..."

A few people chatted quickly.

And at 05:30 in the afternoon, the opening ceremony of the 70th Venice International Film Festival officially began...

(End of this chapter)