Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 464 Ning Hao’s confusion

"The images in the film are too complicated, and the shaking of the camera has traces of imitating Wang Jiawei. This kind of story is not worthy of being expressed in a movie, and it is more suitable to be made into a TV series. At the end of the film, we all guessed together to feel it. The characters in the film explained it very well. Not sure."——"Premiere-Hong Kong Movie"

"Overall, the story is not bad. The film is full of tension and expresses the director's personal style vividly. However, the shooting method he advocates is too cumbersome. The director wants to say too many things, but he does not express them clearly. The evolution of the plot is also It’s too slow, some shots seem drawn out and repetitive, and the director had problems with the final editing.” ——Wanwan’s “Long Shot”

"It is an improvement over the director's previous films and has richer connotations, but the fact that he added a documentary about Japan's invasion of China at the end of the film seems a bit redundant and is not in harmony with the overall style of the film. The Chinese stars were not fully expressed, and the director's traces It’s too heavy, Japanese actor Hiroshi Nakamura’s performance is the most exciting.” - Japan’s “Yomiuri Shimbun”

"I didn't understand it at all. Many of my colleagues had the same view as me. There were more than a dozen characters in the film. What each person is doing, what their purpose is, and who they work for completely confused us. If the film Without adding a documentary at the end, you can't use the background of the film itself to understand the era in which the story is told. It seems that it can be placed in any period. The ending where all the characters die together is also confusing." - United States "Variety Show"

"The film is good! Zhang Ziyi's performance is excellent, with Gong Li's style; Li Tang's performance is very amazing, showing a bourgeois youth in Shanghai, China in the 1930s. The flashback at the end of the film is very creative and the director is clear It embodies its personal intention of an 'auteur's film', but somewhat at the expense of its stars. The documentary part at the end is redundant." - France's "Le Figaro"

"First of all, we should give the film a positive affirmation. As a young director, it is quite good to have so many ideas, but the film's narrative is a bit far-fetched. The film pursues too much personal style and the filming is not simple enough." - "Beiqing Daily" 》

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The sun was shining brightly in the morning, and Li Tang was sitting on the balcony, sipping coffee and browsing relevant news online.

"Purple Butterfly" officially debuted in Cannes yesterday. It can't be considered a success, but it's not the worst either. At last night's premiere, the two-story stands of the Debussy Hall, which can accommodate more than a thousand people, were full of spectators, and only about 20% left the show midway. What's more important is that the copyright for "Purple Butterfly" has sold quite well. The investment of more than 30 million has already been recovered, and everyone has started to make money.

As for the comments from various media reprinted online, it can only be said that they represent different positions. Putting aside some personal aspects, overall the evaluation is quite objective. "Purple Butterfly" is an "author's film" with a distinctive style.

Author's movies usually have two extremes: those who love them will love them to death, and those who hate them will hate them to death. For example, a famous French film critic spoke highly of "Purple Butterfly" and even praised the film as "the Asian version of "Gone with the Wind"".

Compared with Americans who do not understand Chinese history, Beard is quite familiar with the painful history that China experienced during World War II. He feels that "Purple Butterfly" is one of the most successful movies in the context of the Anti-Japanese War, and even has many people's opinions on it. Many jumping scenes in the movie were puzzling, but he said this: "The development of the plot failed to match time harmoniously, causing the audience to lose the concept of time in a coherent storyline. This is also an eternal portrayal of China's experience of the tragedy of this war. "

Li Tang didn't quite understand what the old French man meant by this statement, but he always had an unclear feeling.

"Teacher Li!"

When he heard the knock on the door, Li Tang thought it was assistant Xiao Zhao coming over, but when he opened the door, he saw a big-headed fish with a smile on his face.

"It's so early! Could it be that you couldn't even sleep after winning the award?"

Last night, before the premiere of The Purple Butterfly, the Debussy Hall held the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the Un Certain Regard section. Italian director Marco Torrio Jordan's new biographical film "La Meglio Giovento" won the Un Certain Regard Best Film Award; former Palme d'Or winner, Iranian director Faoz Bensadi "Crimson Gold" won the Jury Prize; and this year's specially established Premiere Attention Award was awarded to Chinese young director Ning Hao's "Incense".

The announcement of this award caused a sensation immediately. This is the highlight moment for Chinese-language films at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000: Jiang Wen's "The Devil Is Coming" won the Jury Prize, and Wang Jiawei's "In the Mood for Love" won the Technical Award and the Liang Chao Award. Three years after Wei won the best actor award and Wanwan director Edward Yang's "Yi Yi" won the best director award, another Chinese-language film won an award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Not only reporters from the mainland, but also reporters from Taiwan and Hong Kong rushed to interview Ning Hao, a young and new director. It even stole a lot of the limelight from "Purple Butterfly," which is about to premiere.

"Hey, I really can't sleep, so I just wanted to come and have a chat with you."

As Ning Hao walked in, he complimented: "Teacher Li, I don't admire others, but I admire you for insisting on exercising early every day. I just thought about this and I had to come over to you, otherwise I wouldn't be able to sleep in the room too much." Sad.”

"Okay, let's soak in the sun and recuperate." Li Tang took him to the balcony, "Have you had breakfast?"

"Uh...I'm not hungry."

When a person is in a state of excitement, he not only cannot sleep, but also forgets about hunger. This is a real state of forgetting sleep and food.

Li Tang smiled, walked back to the room and made a phone call, asking the hotel restaurant to send another breakfast.

The breakfast at the Baril Hotel is quite good. In addition to the classic croissants, butter, jam, hot chocolate and coffee, there is also pizza made with baguettes, which is split bread and topped with cheese, scrambled eggs and bacon. and green onions, then grilled, cut with a knife when eating, dipped in jam or sour cream, the taste is very good, this gives you a real feeling of eating French food.

As soon as the breakfast was served, Ning Hao's appetite was immediately aroused. The guy was not polite and wolfed it down immediately. While eating, he muttered: "There were so many delicious foods at the cocktail party last night, but I even forgot to eat them, so I kept giggling."

After winning the award last night, MK2 held a celebration cocktail party specifically for Ning Hao. Li Tang did not attend the premiere of "Purple Butterfly".

"What time did the reception last night last night?"

"It's almost over at two o'clock. I found that if this foreigner is crazy and very free-spirited, then who... is that Juliet, oh, she hugged everyone after drinking too much, and finally left with a handsome guy. , I heard that she seemed to be married."

French people are naturally romantic, so if you hook up with a handsome guy or a beautiful girl, it’s not a big deal if you have a little green on your hair.

Li Tang listened to the gossip in Ning Hao's mouth and glanced at the envious expression on this guy's face when he spoke. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Then why didn't you seize the opportunity? You were the protagonist yesterday!"

"Me...hey, how could someone like me, a country dog ​​like me?" Ning Hao showed a hint of shyness and laughed at himself.

However, there was inevitably some regret in his expression. As Li Tang said, he was the protagonist of last night's cocktail party. If he had been a little more proactive, he might have been able to do it.

That was a big horse, and it came from a good family. Ning Hao, who felt ashamed of himself, could not help but feel a little itchy. After all, it's not just ordinary people who can conquer the Ocean Horse. Let’s not talk too far, let’s just say that at the opening ceremony of this film festival, Jiang Wen held his French wife in one hand, and American sweetheart Meg Ryan held his arm in the other. It was absolutely stunning and made people I felt envious and jealous after seeing it.

"Oh, by the way, Teacher Li yesterday... Oh, right, I should say that you also went to a cocktail party early this morning. When did you come back?"

The reception after the premiere of "Purple Butterfly" was held at two o'clock in the morning today. For many pushy stars and filmmakers, there is no distinction between day and night during the film festival.

"It's almost four o'clock when we arrive at the hotel."

"Then you didn't sleep either?"

"Go to bed. I must have slept for more than two hours. I got up at around seven o'clock and went for a run on the beach. I just sat down to have a cup of coffee, so why don't you come here?"

"Let me tell you, you are still in good spirits. If it were me who slept like this, I wouldn't be able to get up before noon."

After enjoying the meal, Ning Hao wiped his mouth with a napkin and reached out to touch the cigarette out of habit, but after glancing at Li Tang, he immediately reached back.

Seeing this, Li Tang got up, went back to the room, took out an ashtray, and handed over a cigarette: "Smoke, I can smoke here."

There are many things to pay attention to when you go abroad. For example, smoking indoors is illegal in the UK and smoking is not allowed in hotel rooms. However, France is relatively more relaxed. Generally, rooms where smoking is allowed are equipped with ashtrays.

Ning Hao quickly took the cigarette and took out a box of matches from his pocket before Li Tang. After rubbing it, he lifted his buttocks from the chair and lit the cigarette for Li Tang first, then lit it for himself, greedily and deeply. Take a deep breath.

"Tell me, what are you talking about with me? You don't just come to my place to have breakfast and chat, right?" Li Tang looked at Ning Hao sitting opposite him through the smoke.

"Uh……"

Ning Hao held the cigarette with a hesitant look on his face. He couldn't help but take another puff before opening his mouth and saying, "Mr. Li, let's put it this way, I originally wanted to shoot a more stylish graduation work, like Cheng Er's graduation work." Works. But I didn’t expect that I would come to Cannes and win an award. To be honest, I still feel hazy and unreal, as if all this is a dream..."

As he spoke, he paused, looked at Li Tang who was looking at him and listened, swallowed, grinned with an ugly smile and said: "I don't know if I'm drifting now, or if I'm particularly confused. , as if I suddenly lost my goal, and I don’t know what to do in the future..."

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