China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 292 Two Europes?Eastern and Western Europe!

All of this was a coincidence, and it was indeed unexpected. He has turned himself into an explorer and innovator of literary and artistic films.

What else can I do now?Bite the bullet and continue to brag. Fortunately, his film knowledge is relatively solid, and he can at least come up with something when faced with many filmmakers' questions.

Even if he can't blow it out, he can still explore it, which belongs to his scope of thinking.

Don't say it, it can really fool people.

"I didn't expect He Fang to grow so much in the theory and exploration of film, I admire it." Zhang Yimou, who had returned to China at this time and was looking for someone to write the script, was shocked by the relevant reports.

Isn't it always the theory that foreigners think about it first, and then the Chinese learn it?How come there will be a Chinese in the film industry who put forward a new theory and then set off a wave all over the world?

So, it was quite a sensation.

Especially when He Fang gave an example of a director who wanted to film Shanghai's dirty and chaotic work to artificially make such a statement, some domestic directors were angry, which was implying that they were fake.

"Some people think that they are complacent when they have made a small achievement, and then they can slander others at will. We have always made movies objectively and fairly, strictly adhering to the principle of speaking out for the society and developing for the bottom class, and will not resort to deceit." Chief Jia couldn't hold back Qi jumped out to refute.

His comments below immediately exploded, accusing him one after another.

"Which one of your stories didn't you make up? Which one of your stories is true? You take the made-up story as a social event, bah, and pretend to be objective and fair."

"Perhaps Chief Jia has indeed filmed some social phenomena, and some of them do exist. However, the stories in the film are absolutely fabricated, that's for sure. "Xiao Wu", "The Good Man in Three Gorges", "A Touch of Sin" Is it based on real events? Isn’t it all made up. So it’s a bit ridiculous to boast that you are objective and fair.”

"Except for "24 City Tale" which was actually a feature film in the name of a documentary, which of the other films is objective and fair? You also say that He Fang is complacent about his small achievements. You are a bit older than He Fang, but the He Fang's grades are far worse than He Fang's, what right do you have to say that He Fang's grades are only small? Just because you won the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes this year?"

"He Fang didn't mention you by name. Why are you jumping in such a hurry? Do you want to take advantage of He Fang's popularity? Are you qualified? Apart from making some dirty movies, you have made a movie that can make the audience Approved movie?"

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None of the domestic filmmakers stood up to speak for Mr. Jia, there is no way, who is the boss of the industry in China, and abroad, they are faintly making big moves to lead the film revolution, as if they want to become the new generation leader of the global film industry figure.

The key is not only his current rise in the literary and art circles, but also in the commercial circles, he has won many high-grossing films in the world, and he was also invited by major Hollywood studios to make super-English films.

So no matter at home or abroad, He Fang is a well-known figure. What are you, Chief Jia?In this case, who dares to stand by you?

During the ten days of the Venice Film Festival, He Fang felt that he became a debater, debating with people every day, and then checking information and writing documents at night, in order to gradually improve his ideas.

He was forced to do all of this, and he didn't want to do it at all.

Until September 9th, after the last debate with various filmmakers, He Fang completed an idea of ​​nearly 6 words in the evening, and then named this idea "Exploration of Film Art in the 21st Century".

Before going to bed, he sent this article to the world's most famous film academic journals and review magazines such as "Cinema Handbook", "Sight and Sound", "Film Review", "Contemporary Film", "Film Weekly" It's not that He Fang wants to blog, but these journals have asked He Fang to form an article with the content he communicated with these days, and then send it to them.

What are these magazines?Their status in the film circle is like the status of magazines such as "Science", "Nature", and "Cell" in the scientific world. If you publish articles in magazines such as "Film Review", "Contemporary Film", "Film Weekly", you can get bonuses, ratings, promotions and salary increases.

This journal began reviewing He Fang's article as soon as it received it, and the review team headed by the editor-in-chief began to review He Fang's article.

Generally speaking, they agree with the idea, otherwise they would not ask anyone for a draft, just to see if there are any loopholes and defects in the narrative and expression.

He Fang is still confident in this point. He has been writing scripts for several years, and there is no problem in writing things.Unlike some authors, who have been writing scripts and novels for many years, typos, words, words, and sentences cannot be eliminated, which really affects reading.

He Fang didn't care about this, he was too busy these days, he took a shower after sending the email, and then fell asleep, and it was only tomorrow morning.

If they can receive a call from the organizing committee tomorrow morning, they will attend the awards ceremony in the evening. If they don’t receive the call, they will go back to shoot "Operation Mekong". , and you're ready to shoot.

On September 9th, He Fang got up early in the morning, went to do morning exercises, and did a set of Tai Chi.

As a result, as soon as he returned to the room, Leonardo came to announce the good news.

"He, the organizing committee has called and invited us to attend the awards ceremony tonight. We have an award."

"Aha, this result is not bad. At least it is not embarrassing in front of filmmakers all over the world. You have to prepare your acceptance speech, and there is a high chance that it will be the actor award." He Fang said and gave Leonardo a cigarette.

"It's hard to say, what if it's the Golden Lion Award?" Leonardo laughed.

"Impossible. To be honest, "Dallas Buyers Club" is not the literary standard of the three major film festivals." He Fang shook his head.

"But didn't you say these days, this is your exploration of literary and artistic movies, why not?" Leonardo leaned over to borrow He Fang's lighter.

"Hey, these are two different things. The theory is far from the reality. It's impossible. Believe me, my judgment will not be wrong. Just prepare to speak." He Fang comforted.

"Ok, I trust you."

It is also good to win a Venice best actor. In the three major film festivals, he won the Berlin best actor. That was in 97, he won the Berlin best actor by virtue of the role of Romeo in the movie "Romeo and Juliet".

In the blink of an eye, 16 years have passed, during which he never won the top actor award again.

Of course, the Golden Globes don't count.

Why doesn't the Golden Globe count?Why is it not so famous?

Quite simply, the Golden Globes are not professional film awards, they are just awards organized by the Journalists Association.

What are professional film awards?It is an academic film award recognized by the International Film Producers Association, and that is called a professional film award.

If there is another Venice actor, it will be Leonardo winning the top performance award 16 years later. Although the popularity is not as good as the Oscar, it is also on the same level in theory, but the commercial value of the Oscar is too high. Yes, it is the best in the world.

At noon, He Fang originally wanted to bring the crew to celebrate in advance, but there were too many filmmakers who came to say goodbye to He Fang, and He Fang had no time for dinner.

Only ate a hamburger and drank a cup of coffee halfway.

There is no way, everyone came to bid farewell. This is a kind of friendship. Although some filmmakers failed to win the award in the end, they felt that this trip was worthwhile. At least ten days of film discussions with He Fang, this harvest Not low.

It was past three o'clock in the afternoon, and He Fang finally finished his work, and then went to the hotel to do simple makeup and change clothes, and the hair stylist gave him a hairstyle...

"He, don't worry, I'm the second to last, it's very early." Leonardo was smoking and playing with his mobile phone, leisurely.

"I'm not in a hurry, mainly because I don't want to be fiddled with here for a long time. I really don't like being put on makeup."

"Then what can I do to get into this business? Just get used to it..."

The two chatted like this, and then around six o'clock, the staff urged them to take the courtesy car and prepare for the red carpet.

The red carpet of the closing ceremony was finally not as messy as the opening ceremony, and it was finally normal. It may be that the organizing committee has been attacked by all parties and has become more serious.

Italians, you can't say they are not rigorous in their work, but they will definitely not be active.Only when they are under pressure will they really do something practical.

Europeans are like this now, they are too lazy, the main reason is that their ancestors robbed them of too much wealth around the world, which made them unable to finish eating for hundreds of years. tried.

This situation will soon bring them backlash, because they can no longer grab wealth for their descendants. Although they have formulated many rules to ensure their advanced nature, I don't know if it is useful.

For example, they formulated the use of climate issues to limit the development rights of countries that have not entered the industrialized countries, and completely put some backward countries at a backward level to produce raw materials for them, and they control high-end production.

This kind of design, so far, is progressing smoothly, but I don’t know about it in the future.

Far away, it is mainly the three most famous film festivals in the world, they have been run into a mess, and you can see the whole picture at a glance, which is a sign of decline.

When He Fang and the others stepped onto the red carpet, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening, but this was also the end of the red carpet.

As for the time stated in the brochure?I'm sorry, it's good that they can roughly finish at this point, it's already very impressive.

The most correct thing the Venice Film Festival did this time was to strongly invite the "Dallas Club" film to participate. This not only covered up the benefits of their opening ceremony, but also gave the audience something to watch. The eyes of filmmakers around the world.

If not, they would almost have been robbed of a lot of attention by the Toronto Film Festival.

No, as soon as He Fang and the others walked on the red carpet, many reporters told them to walk slowly and ask them to pose in various poses.

Even the host Eva was yelling for them to go slower and meet the demands of the media reporters.

The Venice Film Festival needs attention and popularity, so they had to ask participating stars to help them gain some attention.

"He, first of all, congratulations on winning the award, do you want to guess what award you won?" Eva asked.

"This... is one of the ten awards anyway. But I am most optimistic about the Best Actor award. I believe this is the most prominent advantage of our film." He Fang replied sincerely, without rhetoric.

"Haven't you thought about the highest Golden Lion award?" Eva asked.

"I want to, of course I want to. However, in terms of safety and possibility, the actor award is the safest."

"Well, Leonardo, what about you? Do you think the same?" Eva asked.

"I don't know, there is no way to predict. During this period of time, I have also seen that many actors in other movies are also very good, so it depends on the judges. In addition, since I have entered the final list, what do I actually get? The award is not surprising, of course the Golden Lion is the best." Leonardo spread his hands.

"Okay, then I wish you good luck tonight, please, please come in."

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The awards show, like the Movie Palace, was very clean, with no festive or festive atmosphere at all. I don't know if it was just what they were after, or they were just too lazy to bother.

never mind.

After more than ten days of getting along, most of the people inside are familiar faces. When He Fang and the others came in, everyone shook hands and hugged warmly.

After tossing for a while, everyone sat down, and then, under the prompt of the host, the awards show began.

Although there are only eight awards in the main competition unit and five awards in the horizon unit, plus a lifetime achievement award, it seems that there are only [-] awards in the entire awards show, but it is not.

There are so many small awards ahead, such as the Venice Day Award, the Best Film in the Euro-Mediterranean Region, the Golden Mouse Award, the Mimo Rodella Foundation Award, the Human Rights Film Network Award...

By the way, speaking of the Human Rights Film Network Award, the award-winning film "Ukraine Is Not a Brothel" also caused a lot of news during the film festival, that is, a Ukrainian feminist organization named Feynman took to the streets in Venice half-heartedly, It really made everyone happy.

Feeling the novelty, Tong Weidong even put aside He Fang's security work and went to see it specially, and then he was amazed, there are so many strange things.

Speaking of this, I just want to say that there are actually a lot of messy awards attached to the three major film festivals. You say they are not serious, and they are officially allowed by the three major film festivals. You say they are serious. They draw a line.

Anyway, it is to make money, not to be shabby.

This kind of small award has been awarded for nearly an hour and a half before some more serious awards began.For example, the Lifetime Achievement Award and the awards of the Horizon Unit, this is the most exciting part of the awards.

The best film in the Horizon category was awarded to a film called "Oriental Boys", which is a gay film about a group of boys under the age of 25 who entered Western Europe from Eastern European countries and went to Paris.

In the movie, the single middle-aged man Daniel looks for Malek at the station, but unexpectedly attracts a bunch of gangsters to ransack his house. Malek feels guilty and still comes back to complete the transaction afterwards...

He Fang made time to watch this movie. After watching it, he had a feeling...Eastern Europeans are the playthings of Western Europeans.

The previous "Ukraine is Not a Whore" was like this, and this "Oriental Boy" is also like this. Both men and women are playthings of Western Europeans.

(End of this chapter)