Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 219

"Director Qi, thank you, I have troubled you this time. I'm really sorry, I'm filming in Fulan here, and I really can't leave. Please forgive me. When I return to the capital, I will definitely treat you to dinner..."

"The Third Man" successfully passed the review.In fact, this film does not involve any sensitive points, and there are no revealing scenes.But even if the procedures are normal these days, I'm afraid that someone will pick a bone, and there will be no reasoning in the end.

It is an eternal truth that there are people in the court who are easy to handle.With Qixin's help, the review was smooth and most importantly fast.

Because of Cheng Er's Moji, the registration date for the Locarno Film Festival has already been missed, and now there is only the Venice Film Festival, which opens at the end of August, and the deadline for registration is in mid-July, because according to the usual practice, it will be announced in early August Shortlist, time is tight.

Of course, cadres like Qi Xin will not say that they are short of meals. The key is that you have a correct attitude.

For Qi Xin, there is no sensitive point in the film, but it is just a matter of little effort, and it also repays Li Tang's favor for joining with a very low salary.

"By the way, Director Qi, how about our movie?"

Qi Xin said with a smile on the phone: "Originally, I planned to give it to the movie channel to complete the task, but the movie channel, including several leaders of the Beijing Film Studio, thought it was good after watching it. It's a pity not to release it. No, not only did I sign up for it The selection of this year's Golden Rooster Awards is also scheduled to be released around the time of this year's National Day. Xiao Li, don't forget to come and help build momentum when the time comes."

Although Qi Xinhua spoke modestly, his tone couldn't hide his pride.

Li Tang was envious when he heard it. Although the current domestic box office market is so-so, May [-]st, [-]th, and Lunar New Year are the best time slots, and ordinary movies can't squeeze in even if they want to.Li Tang naturally had to maintain a relationship like Qi Xin.

Dang even said: "Director Qi, from what you said, how can I not come to the movie I acted in? When the time comes, just give you a call, and I'll be there whenever you want."

Standing on the balcony of the hotel, Li Tang hung up the phone, looked up at the Tianmen Cave looming in the distance, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.Passing the review means that the film has completed the last hurdle, and all that remains is to pray that it will be successfully selected for the Venice Film Festival this time.The main competition unit dare not think about it, but the upstream unit can give it a try.

Upstream Unit is the only competition unit of the Venice Film Festival. It is designed to encourage the creation of young filmmakers. It has a total of Best Film Award, Director's Special Award, and Best Actor and Actress Award.The best film award in the most important upstream unit is intended to benefit from a bonus of [-] million lire provided by the government.

Although Italian liras are notoriously worthless, 50 million lires equivalent to RMB would cost over [-] yuan, which is not a small amount of money.

Thinking of this, Li Tang called Naian again. Whether he can be shortlisted is very important, especially for senior film selectors like Marco Muller.And there are rumors that after the term of the current chairman of the Venice Film Festival expires next year, Lao Ma is likely to take over as chairman.

To put it bluntly, whether a movie can be shortlisted depends not only on the quality of the movie itself, but also on who the relationship is.With the rise of the so-called sixth-generation directors, especially Chief Jia who became famous overnight at the Berlin Film Festival with his debut film "Xiao Wu", more and more people in China now want to reproduce the success of these sixth-generation directors , Make a movie with an investment of hundreds of thousands or millions, and then look around the world for ways to go overseas to participate in film festivals.

If you make a good movie, even if you are not allowed to show it in China, if you win an award abroad, it can be regarded as a cultural export anyway.But they are all bad movies, and they even shoot some vulgar and funny things in order to attract attention. Isn't this discrediting the country?

It is precisely because this kind of situation is becoming more and more widespread that the General Administration has to issue regulations on not being allowed to participate in overseas film festivals without passing the review, and strictly enforce them.The most obvious example is that last year Jiang Wen's "The Devil Is Coming" won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, but he was shot by a gun because of his private participation in the exhibition. .

There is no accurate answer from Naian's side yet, and they just said that they still have to wait for news from Lao Ma's side.She had seen the rough cut version a long time ago, and her first reaction was to regret not investing.It should be said that Cheng Er's editing technique is very special, disrupting the timeline, and the style of multi-line narrative is very characteristic of the emerging American director Guy Ritchie.

In Naian's words, based on her experience, "The Third Man" has great hopes of being shortlisted. Even if she can't, she has made two-handed preparations and is actively working to participate in the North American Toronto Film Festival, which is second only to the three major European festivals International A. class film festival.

After this phone call, Li Tang was going to go out to buy some clothes.After more than half a month of hard work, he has successfully reduced his weight from 160 catties to 145 kg, and lost [-] catties of flesh. The original slim-fit T-shirts have become baggy when worn on his body. look.

"Wow, Linghu Chong! Can you sign me?"

"Teacher Li Tang, can I take a photo with you?"

"Look, Linghu Chong..."

The crew of "Balzac and the Little Tailor" was filming here, and the news of big stars such as Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, and Linghu Chong in "Swordsman" has spread throughout the town.

Walking on the street, Li Tang inevitably encountered the crowds of enthusiastic movie fans, and there was an endless stream of people asking for autographs and group photos.Although it was troublesome, Li Tang still greeted every fan with a smile.

What is word of mouth?Word of mouth means that apart from the works, everything else is done bit by bit in life and work.It may be a bit hypocritical to say this, but the experience of his previous life told him that this is the awareness that a public figure must possess.

Originally, I wanted to go out and buy a few clothes, but I had to delay my work for half a day.When he returned to the hotel with the bag, he happened to meet the crew returning from work.

Today is mainly filming the scene between Chen Kun and Zhou Xun, Li Tang had a rare day off.

"Hi Michelle, how was your day?"

He greeted a fellow French photographer who got out of the car with his camera in his arms.

"Like hell!"

At the end of June, the weather was very muggy.The foreigner has thick hair and sweat glands, and the buddy's hair is messy. The light-colored T-shirt on his body must have been wet and dry, dry and wet, and it was also covered with a lot of dirt. It was dusty and looked very embarrassed.

At this time Zhou Xun and Chen Kun also got out of the car, both of them looked tired, seeing Li Tang standing there leisurely with a shopping bag on his face, Zhou Xun suddenly said unbalanced: "Ah - I don't care, I'm going to rest tomorrow too."

Rest is of course impossible, and only her role is the most important in the whole movie.

Chen Kun, who was always restrained, also said angrily at this moment: "Li Tang, why did you go today?"

Li Tangchao raised the shopping bags in their hands and said, "I went shopping for clothes, I can't wear the old clothes anymore."

Not only his own clothes, but even the costumes were suddenly redone.

Chen Kun glanced at Li Tang, who was now almost as slender as himself, and was about to speak when his assistant ran over with a mobile phone: "Brother Kun, call."

Chen Kun glanced at the number on the caller ID, his expression changed suddenly, he didn't even have time to say hello, and hurried aside with his mobile phone to answer the call.

Li Tang glanced at Chen Kun's back, he was not easy to inquire about other people's privacy, so he smiled and said to Zhou Xun, "Miss Xiaoxun, how was the filming today?"

According to today's announcement, the filming is the passionate scene between her and Chen Kun.

Zhou Xun shook his head: "No."

There were only two shots all day today, but none of them were shot.There is no pressure for her to shoot this kind of scene, but it is a very helpless thing if the opponent is not good.Looking at Li Tang at this time, she couldn't help but think of the scene when the two of them filmed "Suzhou Creek", that's called tacit cooperation.

Li Tang didn't notice the strange look in Zhou Xun's eyes. At this moment, his eyes lit up and he said, "That means I can take another day off tomorrow."

"Tch, that's a good idea. I've already suggested to the director that you can go with me tomorrow." Zhou Xun snorted.

"You two play, what am I going to do?"

"Adding scenes! The director said that today's filming was not going well, maybe he hasn't thought it through clearly, and the scene between me and Kun'er seems a bit monotonous, so I plan to add the scene between you and Kun'er to the Together." Zhou Xun said proudly, shaking his head at the moment.

It's a blessing to have the same pain, why we are working hard filming, but you can still go shopping leisurely.

The two stood and chatted for a while, but Chen Kun never came over.

Zhou Xun inevitably felt a little strange: "What about Kun'er, why have you been answering the phone for so long?"

Li Tang just noticed Chen Kun's strange expression just now, so he said casually: "Maybe there is something wrong."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Chen Kun walking from the corner of the gate with his mobile phone. When he walked in, he found that his face was ugly.

"Kun'er, what happened?"

Chen Kun opened his mouth, but when he saw Li Tang's eyes immediately became vigilant, he forced a smile and said, "It's okay."

The friendship is shallow, and everyone has this expression. Of course, Li Tang would not stay here stupidly without knowing each other, so he greeted them both, and left.

Back to the room, took a shower, went to the balcony to smoke, accidentally lowered his head and found that Zhou Xun and Chen Kun were still standing there.

　The first!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)