The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 548 Director Li’s cards
May 2012, 5, 10pm, Cannes Film Festival.

In front of the gate of the Lumière Theater, there is a long red carpet. Hundreds of photographers and media reporters stand on both sides of the red carpet. Every time someone walks on the red carpet, they will turn their cameras to take pictures of these filmmakers. , or a red carpet guest.

At this moment, a convoy came with three cars, showing that the team this time was very large.

The photographers squinted their eyes and looked over, a little curious.

Some people with good eyesight were a little surprised when they saw that the filmmakers in the car seemed to have East Asian faces. Then they came back to their senses, understood who the convoy was, and immediately turned the camera lens.

Today is the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival. Earlier, stars from all over the world who wanted to walk on the red carpet came over.

There are naturally many celebrities from China.

Not only is Pei Bingbing here, but also Zhu Zhu who is following Mr. Juventus, as well as Da Mi Mi, Da Tiantian, Chun Ge, Ma Su and a group of other female stars.

There are so many female celebrities, just like wholesale in a vegetable market.

However, there are very few Chinese-language films competing at the Cannes Film Festival this year.

Just Lou Ye's "The Mystery of the Floating City" and Li Shengyao's "Parasite".

However, there is not a single island country film participating in the Cannes Film Festival this year.

Peninsula actually has two movies, namely "In a Foreign Country" by Hong Sang-soo and "The Taste of Money" by Im Chang-soo.

Two Peninsula film crews have already walked the red carpet.

The cast of "Mystery in the Floating City" has not walked on the red carpet yet, but there are not that many people in the cast of "Mystery in the Floating City".

That leaves just "Parasite."

At this time, in the car in the front of the motorcade, Li Shengyao, Liu Dehua, and Liang Jiawui were sitting.

Liu Dehua looked at the hundreds of reporters outside, a little dazed.

Last year, he followed Xu Anhua to attend the red carpet ceremony of the Venice Film Festival. The Venice Film Festival had far fewer reporters and photographers than Cannes.

Although they are all the top three in Europe, there are also one, two, and three among the three.

Overall, Cannes ranks first, Berlin ranks second, and Venice ranks third.

Because the French film market is larger, the organizers know how to market and stir up troubles, plus the Venice Film Festival made some mistakes during World War II, as well as the beautiful country’s support for France.

The Cannes Film Festival has been the world's number one film festival since its inception in the 50s.

The number of films participating in the Cannes Film Festival every year, as well as the reporters who come to interview and follow up the reports, as well as the film producers who come to watch the films, the public's attention is the largest.

The Cannes Film Festival attracts so much attention, which makes the Palme d'Or even more prestigious, and it is undoubtedly more difficult to compete for this award.

Seeing so many foreign reporters, Liu Dehua felt a little unsure.

He is not a college graduate like Liang Jiahui.

And in the Chinese film and television industry, even though he won the Best Actor, doubts never stopped.

Liu Dehua thought of Li Shengyao's previous goal. Director Li wanted to win the Palme d'Or consecutively.

There is no doubt that this matter is very difficult.

I wonder if Li Shengyao will be nervous?
Liu Dehua couldn't help but turn his head and look at the young Director Li.

The lights came on in the car. Under the dim light, Li Shengyao closed his eyes and seemed to be concentrating. Judging from his expression, he did not feel any uneasiness or worry.

Liu Dehua looked at it and couldn't help but feel a little envious.

After working in the industry for so long, he vaguely understood some truths. Some people can achieve amazing achievements not only because of their talent, but also because of their strong self-confidence.

Just like Liang Chaowei and Zhou Xingxing.

These two days are like social terror. If they say one more word, it seems like they will kill half of their lives.

But once they act in a movie, they have their own theory, it is easy to get into the mood, and they are very confident.

He feels that Lee Sheng-yew is such a person. Although he usually looks very humble, when it comes to movies, Director Lee is very confident and has the mentality that I am the best in the world.

Lao Liu envied this kind of mentality. He couldn't have such a mentality. He thought too much.

At this moment, the cheers of the fans outside became louder and they came to the red carpet.

Li Shengyao opened his eyes, then got up and got out of the car.

The crew of "Parasite", including Li Shengyao, Liu Dehua, Liang Jiahui, Zhang Mo, Bi Gan, Liu Tao, Ding Jiali and others came over.

So many people quickly attracted the attention of on-site photographers and reporters.

The flash suddenly clicked on.

Liu Dehua followed Li Shengyao and saw that Director Li was very calm, walking at the front, facing hundreds of photographers, smiling, confident and magnanimous, and couldn't help but sigh.

Although Lee Sung-yew is a director, his acting is really good.

He is different from other directors who are older or in poor shape.

Li Shengyao has been exercising all year round. He is tall and has broad shoulders. When he stands there, there is a feeling that he is the core.

A group of them walked the red carpet, stopping to take photos after walking for a while. No matter where they went, there were a group of photographers surrounding them.

Soon after, they arrived at the Lumière Theater and sat down in the fourth row at the front.

This location is very close to the stage, but not too close, and you won't be blinded by the lights. It is a relatively good location.

A female volunteer came over and asked Li Shengyao if he wanted other services, but Li Shengyao said he didn't need it.

"Lee, can you give me your autograph?"

The female volunteer did not leave, but asked a question.

Liu Dehua saw it in his eyes and sighed a little.

With "1937", he won the Palme d'Or. Many European movie fans knew about Lee Sung-yew, and more people knew about him.

If you compare the appeal in Europe and the United States, the name Lee Sheung Yew should be second only to Cheng Long and Jet Li, and higher than others.

Not long after, the host of the opening ceremony came on stage and joked for a while, and then the chief executive of the film festival, Jacob, and the chief executive of the jury, Nanni Moretti, came on stage to speak.

Jacobs summarized the situation of the last Cannes Film Festival, warmly praised a number of films, mainly "1937" and "The Tree of Life", and also mentioned that Lee Sheng Yew is coming again this year.

Then Nanni Moretti introduced a number of films competing this year, and also talked about Lee Sung-yew and his new film "Parasite".

"Lee wants to win the Palme d'Or again, and I am very much looking forward to his performance. If all the members of the jury recognize "Parasite," then we will not be stingy with the honor. Lee will become the first person in the history of Cannes to win the Palme d'Or consecutively. Filmmaker."

When the camera is facing Li Shengyao, Director Li doesn't have much expression, he just smiles and nods.

Liu Dehua sat next to him, straightening his back and in good spirits.

But he actually envied Li Shengyao's condition more. Director Li looked more relaxed and relaxed.

After Jacob and Nanni Moretti finished speaking.

The opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival was over, and everyone then moved to the grand cinema to watch the opening film "Moonrise Kingdom."The opening film of last year's Cannes Film Festival was Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris."

And this year it’s Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom.”

Opening ceremony movies are naturally easy to attract high attention. Among Chinese filmmakers, only "Blueberry Nights" directed by Sunglasses King has received this treatment.

According to statistics from the media, after the establishment of the Cannes Film Festival, [-]% of the opening ceremony films were from films directed by beautiful Chinese directors, ranking first in the number of out-of-date films, more than in France.

Although Cannes claims to be free, it actually often flatters Hollywood. One of the themes of this year's Cannes is to commemorate Monroe. Every major theater in Cannes has a special theater to play movies starring Monroe.

But Wes Anderson's film deserves the honor of being the film that opened the Cannes Film Festival.

Wes Anderson started directing movies at the age of 25. He is only 43 years old this year. He should be the most creative, interesting and artistic director in Hollywood today.

He seems to have a symmetry paranoia. The film composition, whether it is the environment or the characters, pays attention to symmetry, and he is now the most famous color master in the world's film and television circles.

In terms of the use of color, after Lao Mouzi, it belongs to Wes Anderson.

His previous movies were full of childishness, and after watching them, I felt very warm.

At this time, "Moonrise Kingdom" watched by Lee Sung-yao and the others was a movie full of childlike fun.

The movie describes a 12-year-old boy and girl who fell in love at first sight and admired each other. After a long-distance relationship, the two eloped and got engaged.

They fled the small town where they lived, and their parents began looking for them.

The two young men ran around randomly, and the elders also followed them randomly.

In the end they were caught, but although they couldn't be together immediately, they could still see each other every day.

The movie depicts pure love as opposed to adult hypocrisy and confusion.

Full of innocence, sarcasm, black humor, and warmth.

When the movie finished playing, the audience burst into warm applause.

As always, Wes Anderson's movies are still very beautiful, relaxing, and make people smile after watching them.

Amid the cheers of the audience, Wes Anderson took the actors to the big screen and talked about the original intention of making the film and some interesting anecdotes.

Although Wes Anderson is young and his movie box office is not high, he is very popular in the European and American film and television circles, and Hollywood stars are vying to star in his movies.

"Moonrise Kingdom" featured performances by stars such as Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, and Tilda Swinton, and these people all came over at this time.

The reporters in the audience kept pressing the shutter button, and the flashes kept lighting up.

The person who shines the brightest is naturally Wes Anderson. He has long hair and a handsome face. He looks a bit like the slimmer Messi who is 1.8 meters tall. He even has a similar personality, with a reserved and humble smile on his face.

He is obviously not an eloquent person. He doesn't speak much. The actors mainly speak. He just stands quietly aside and rarely looks at other people.

Andy Lau looked at Wes Anderson and couldn't help but compare him with Lee Sheng-yew.

He feels that Li Shengyao is more outgoing and confident.

When it comes to talent, in terms of personal characteristics, Wes Anderson is naturally stronger, and you can tell by watching Anderson's movies.

And Lee Sheng-yew is more changeable. His previous commercial films did not have any outstanding style. It was not until "Sicario" and "1937" that his sharpness was fully revealed.

But in terms of storytelling ability, Andy Lau feels that Li Shengyiu is much better.

Wes Anderson's movies are full of childlike fun, fantasy, and imagination, but if you want to say how profound they are, that's nonsense.

Soon after, all the filmmakers on site moved to the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, where they will hold an opening ceremony celebration banquet.

The "Parasite" crew naturally passed by.

There were many people who knew Lee Sheng-yew at the scene, and fewer people knew Andy Lau and Leung Ka-Hui, but they all knew that "Parasite" came from China, and the Chinese film market is the second largest in the world.

Many people know Andy Lau and Liang Jiahui, but these actors and directors will, under the arrangement of their agents, take photos with Lao Liu and Lao Liang in order to show their faces on the Chinese Internet.

"The Mystery of the Floating City" has the same treatment.

Of course, the person with the most star power at the celebration party is still Wes Anderson. None of those Hollywood stars receive as much attention as Wes Anderson.

Liu Dehua noticed that Wes Anderson had been working on it for half an hour, and then he was free. The great director immediately walked to a corner and huddled there quietly.

Lao Liu smiled slightly, geniuses are also human beings, and they are not omnipotent.

For the next half hour, Wes Anderson sat quietly in the corner.

Just as the celebration party was coming to an end, Liu Dehua noticed that Wes Anderson suddenly moved.

Are you leaving?
Or do you need to urinate urgently?
Or go out for a smoke?
As he speculated, Wes Anderson walked right up to the Parasite set.

"Hello Lee, I'm Wes Anderson."

Li Shengyao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and chatted with Wes Anderson.

"I like your "Sicario" very much. Those gun battle scenes are simply realistic battlefield simulations. Every time I don't know what to do, I will watch that movie."

"Can I take a photo with you?"

"It's crazy that you're younger than me."

"Lee, if "Moonrise Kingdom" cannot win the Palme d'Or, then I hope your new film will win. Films should continue to innovate and need fresh blood, not old people."

Liu Dehua stood aside and heard clearly. He looked at Wes Anderson in shock. He never expected that this Hollywood upstart would have a proactive side. Before, he huddled in a corner and thought he was not interested in other filmmakers.

And Wes Anderson likes "Sicario" so much and admires Lee Sung-yew so much.

This is even more surprising.

I thought Wes Anderson would like artistic film directors, but I didn't expect to appreciate commercial film directors like Lee Sung-yew.

Liu Dehua observed secretly and found that many people nearby were also surprised.

Obviously, everyone knew something about Wes Anderson's character, and they didn't expect that this guy would take the initiative to chat with Lee Sheung Yew.

"Two directors, let me take a photo. You two are the hope of the world's film industry."

A reporter passed by and raised his camera.

Lee Sung-Yao and Wes Anderson smiled at the camera and left a photo.

More reporters noticed the two men standing together and realized that this was a very good topic.

A reporter asked Wes Anderson, "What do you think of Lee's new movie?"

"I haven't watched it yet, but I'll be watching, I believe it's a really great movie, and if 'Moonrise Kingdom' isn't the best movie, I hope it's 'Parasite.'"

When Liu Dehua heard this, he felt happy and a little emotional at the same time.

Director Li has already set his cards straight. Even people like Wes Anderson trust Director Li. After Cheng Long retires, I am afraid that Li Shengyao will be the No. 1 Chinese film.

(End of this chapter)