You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 586 ① Three awards ② Xiaotian is looking for new people ③ Upset
Cigarettes are indeed a necessary prop to create characters in many movies, and they are very cost-effective even if they are used to look cool.

Zhang Songwen looks like a normal person, but with the last puff of a cigarette, the good-guy disguise was immediately removed, and his eyes were full of bloodthirsty and blurred emotions.

This moment is the end of the movie and its highlight.

Then there was a continuous round of applause, and it took about ten minutes before the lights gradually died down.

I would also like to thank one-third of the Chinese audience at the scene. Because there is the original Chinese sound and subtitles, the story is very clear and I just feel that it is awesome to the extreme.

Driven by them, the applause was endless, and the one who worked hardest was undoubtedly Liu Yifei. She had watched literary films in the Horizon section for so many days, and none of them could compare with "Who Is He?"

Let's take Tsai Ming-liang's "That Afternoon", which is also an experimental film, but it was very painful to watch. At least half of the audience left by the end of the film.

Even if foreign audiences have difficulty understanding "Who is He", they can all get the charm of light and shadow and the lens design, and they all agree that it is a good movie, but the subtitles at the end are a bit disappointing. The charming murderer deserves to have the last laugh, so why are you telling us he was caught?

Except for the final report on the real case, the entire movie is completely a typical film festival film.

What is a festival-type film? It means a film that has no hope of making money at the box office and does not please the audience. It is an auteur film.

Some of the film critics present had seen the previous film "Parasite".

"Parasite" is a movie that everyone can understand. Although the picture and composition are very wonderful, it inevitably looks commercial and ingenious.

"Who is He" is wanton and casual, playing with the art of light and shadow. Even if it is difficult to understand, it is more suitable for these niche film critics.

Xu Qing has never watched "Parasite", but after watching "Who Is He", Wang Quan's evaluation in her heart has risen to the level of "artist".

An artist who is only thirty years old is so amazing. If I were twenty years younger, I would definitely jump on him!

On the same day, domestic and foreign audiences could already see the news about the premiere of "Who Is He", as well as some of the film reviews about "Who Is He".

"I didn't expect "Who Is He" to be such a movie at all. As expected of director Quan, I give it five stars!"

"Trash, poor viewing experience, one star."

"A masterpiece, even better than "Parasite". Out of five stars, I want to give it six stars!"

"It's hard to rate this film, so I'll give it three stars."

"Let me give you a premise. I don't like those commercial films of King Power. Just look at my historical ratings. Inception is the highest, only four stars, but "Who Is He" can really be rated five stars. I will definitely buy the disc and watch it again and again in the future. !”

"I feel that Director Quan is deliberately trying to win the prize. I wish you success, but I don't like it very much. I still like Director Quan who I am familiar with. Samsung can encourage me."

"Some people watch the story, but what I watch in this movie is the use of light and shadow. When the light on the screen reflects on the faces of the protagonists, the story on the screen and the actors complete the dialogue. It is so artistic. Recommended Five stars to all those who study film!”

Within a day, more than 100 short and long comments were added to Douban.

Long-term reviews are basically four or five stars, and short reviews are mostly four or five stars, but there are also a few who give one star.

Some media deliberately made trouble for those one-star users, creating a situation where the reputation of "Who is He" is polarized.

After all, "Who Is He" has high traffic now, and even if Wangdao and Maoyan didn't spend any money, various marketing accounts came together for free.

Various media outlets, including those in Venice, were asking for their evaluation of "Who Is He" when interviewing Feng Xiaogang?

As expected, these filmmakers all spoke highly of "Who Is He", and Feng Xiaogang even said: "I am even more curious now, how good is "Parasite" that can win the Palme d'Or?"

Feng Xiaogang, who had previously been criticized for his role in protecting the Shubao incident and ridiculing the audience, received a wave of praise for his praise of King Quan's new work, and his reputation has actually improved.

However, this has brought up the topic of "Parasite" in China, which has not yet been released. This is almost half a year ago. At that time, "I'm Not Pan Jinlian", "Don't Tell Her" and "The Assassin" had all been released in Cannes. , "Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers" is also scheduled to be released at the end of October.

Do you want to stop seeing two Throne movies this year? Or never want to see it again.

It was a no-brainer in China, but news soon spread that Wang Quan would appear at the opening ceremony of the Toronto Film Festival with "Parasite."

Later, Taiwanese media interviewed Fan Bingbing, who was filming "Unnatural Death" in Beijing. She admitted the incident and said that she would soon fly to Toronto to meet the director.

Then comes intercourse, hee hee~
Because the news of "Parasite" being banned has been rampant, many die-hard fans of King Power are worried that they have no hope of seeing this movie in China, and may even never see it, so some good people organized a chartered flight to watch this movie at the Toronto Film Festival. movie.

The cost of this round trip is not small, but I didn't expect that we actually organized a civil aviation plane full of movie fans.

This incident caused a stir in the country, making fellow directors envious, and at the same time it once again proved King Power's terrifying appeal, which is no less impressive than those fans who follow their idols on global tours.

Therefore, domestic movie theaters that actively spend money to promote "Who is He" have become more active. Who knows what kind of surprises this movie can bring.

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Zhang Songwen bought a new venue magazine early the next morning. "Who is He" has been rated by five agencies. Currently, it ranks first with a score of 3.3. He is worthy of being Director Quan. !
After the precedent of "Parasite" winning the Palme d'Or with the highest score in the program, Zhang Songwen no longer believes in such things as being a hit. Even if he can't win the grand prize, the probability of winning the award will definitely be lower than the score if the score is high. height of.

Although he definitely hopes that his film can win the highest Golden Lion Award.

But if I can’t win the Golden Lion, I don’t know if I can hope to win the Silver Lion for Best Actor!

At present, Chinese-speaking filmmakers have successfully conquered all three major European best actors and actresses, but the Venice Best Actor has been more than 20 years ago (Xia Yu's "Sunny Days").

After the movie premiered yesterday, many foreign reporters interviewed me. Fortunately, my English is good, so it seems that I am not without hope.

Because the opening ceremony of the Toronto Film Festival was before the closing ceremony of the Venice Film Festival, Wang Quan flew to Toronto again, and this time he decided to leave Meng Ziyi in Venice.

Meng Ziyi didn't want to. She couldn't imagine how difficult it would be for her to be separated from Wang Quan these days.

Wang Quan smiled, "If you have a hard time, don't you have a simulation? You can use it now. Be good and obey me."

Meng Ziyi bit her lip, "Okay, Master~"

Hearing this title, Wang Quan became excited again and wanted to spend some time with her before leaving.

If Meng Ziyi stays, if the organizing committee informs the crew to stay for the closing ceremony, she can tell Wang Quan, and Wang Quan will fly back. If there is no need to participate, he will go directly to Los Angeles.

As soon as Wang Quan left, Meng Ziyi became her spokesperson in Venice. She was able to participate in some Chinese-speaking filmmakers' activities in her own name, which was also a training for her.

As for the actors brought by Wang Quan, after attending the premiere, except for Zhang Songwen, Jiang Peiyao, and Zhang Jianing, who had no work or study obligations, the others all returned to China.

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On the morning of the 10th, Wang Quan arrived in Toronto, Maple Leaf Kingdom, and saw Fan Bingbing and Wen Yongshan greeting him.

Because Zhou Xi had to go to school, Fan Bingbing didn't let her come. The little girl watched the movie and couldn't eat it, so it was not interesting.

In the future, "Parasite" will participate in many foreign film festivals and award ceremonies, so there is no need for the whole family to attend every time. From now on, one or two actors will accompany you every time, or you may go alone, or even not come by yourself, let the company pay for it. Anyone can.

Because Toronto is the first stop for the North American promotion of "Parasite", Wang Quan paid more attention to it, so he asked Xiao Fan and Xiao Wen to come over.

I originally wanted to pamper them, but I didn't expect to meet my old friend Elizabeth Olsen here. She and Dou Sen came to promote the new film "I Saw the Light".

Omei has become very popular in the past two years, first with "Godzilla" and then with "Avengers 2". When she was just in bed, she also revealed that she had just finished filming "Captain America 3", which was called "Avengers 2.5" .

And at the end of the year, there will be "Star Wars: A Star Wars Story" directed by Long Toutou. When these movies are released, I am afraid that even Ronan will not be able to compare.

Moreover, her appearance is bright and majestic, and her figure is hot and plump. She is naturally more attractive than a little girl like Ronan, especially a vulgar fan like Wang Quan.

With the Omei ball in hand, Pang Bing can take a break.

But Pang Bing was unwilling to give in, so he decided to call Wen Yongshan tonight, and the boss and employees would join the battle. I don’t believe that two of them can’t defeat you.

But I'm very happy. When I arrived in Toronto, I suddenly had more friends in Hollywood, so I probably couldn't care less about them.

On the opening night, Wang Quan attended the premiere of the opening film "Explosion".

The director of "Destruction" is Maple Leaf's famous local director Jean-Marc Vallée. A "Dallas Buyers Club" made him and the leading actor Matthew McConaughey fight to become gods.

The leading actors in the movie "Blow Up" are old friends Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts. Naomi Watts looked at King Power with bright eyes. In the past few years, King Power was in China, and the relationship between the two had softened. However, after King Power completed the feat of dominating Cannes in May, Naomi became a little obsessed with King Power. .

Being able to play both commercial films and literary films at the same time, winning both Oscars and Palme d'Or, and having a good figure and being young and powerful, what literary bitch can refuse such a temptation.

It's hard for men to say no, okay?

Although Wang Quan did not fight for the opening ceremony film, he still received C-level treatment at the premiere. As long as directors such as Martin Lao, Spielberg, and Cameron do not come, his industry status in North America will undoubtedly be number one A portion.

Hollywood actresses such as Emily Browning, Rachel McAdams and Annaleigh Tipton who were also present took the initiative to take photos with Wang Quan.

After all, he is not only a director at the top, but as Long Toutou's status in Hollywood becomes more and more stable, his status as a boss will naturally increase as well.

However, Wang Quan cannot stay in Toronto for long, because Venice has already expressed hope that he and the "Who Is He" crew will stay for the closing ceremony.

Well, that’s right, I didn’t leave empty-handed.

He also asked little K. Sure enough, she did not have an invitation from Wisney. It seemed that the actress was out of luck.

As for the Toronto Film Festival, it is not a competitive film festival. All films screened during the festival will be voted by the audience to select the best, second best and third place.

We can focus on promoting this after Wang Quan returns from Venice. He also promised the organizing committee to bring "Who Is He" to Toronto.

In addition, Liu Yifei from "Don't Tell Her" will also attend Toronto.

As far as Wang Quan knows, Chinese-language films such as "Old Paoer", "Old Friends" and "Gorgeous Office Worker" will also appear in Toronto, which will be very lively by then.

Before leaving, Wang Quan and Naomi caught up with each other.

Wang Quan left, but Fan Xiaopang and Wen Yongshan wanted to stay. Wang Quan had already ordered that people with Long Toutou's head would contact them.

There are also several projects of Dragon Rises that will be screened in Toronto, such as "The Martian" and "The Revenant". At that time, Fan Bingbing will take a photo with Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon and post the photo on Weibo, which will be enough for her to show off for a while.

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On the plane, Xiaotian lay obediently on Wang Quan, and the two were resting afterwards.

Wang Quan looked at her, she was so small and cute.

And Xiao Xiaotian is still a workaholic, and now he is discussing the Little Red Book with Wang Quan.

Wang Quan told her not to worry, "I can't leave you now. Xiao Meng still has to go to college for two years. We can't let her fail to graduate."

This is indeed a problem that is obvious, but after two years, she is worried that the situation will change by then, and Xiaohongshu will be dead by then. After all, JD.com and other friends are indeed very supportive. awesome.

So Wang Quan said to her again: "How about this, you can let Xiao Meng be at your disposal on weekends, and you can go to Xiaohongshu Company to work overtime on those two days."

Xiaotian thought about it and had no choice but to do this. She was not afraid of working overtime. She was young and should be awake and working hard.

But it would be nice if there was a full-time assistant who could take his place. It was a mistake on his part to choose Meng Ziyi.

Although the assistant is good, how can he compare with the official in the border area.

When they returned to Venice, Wang Quan received good news directly. "Who Is He" once again won the International FIPRESCI Film Critics Award in Venice!

Within a year, Wang Quan won two FIPRESCI Awards in a row. It was the first time that Wang Quan, who had been making commercial films for so many years, was so defiant in front of the International Film Critics Association!
At this time, the venue ratings have also been settled, and "Who is He" ranked first with a score of 3.4 points!

On the red carpet that afternoon, Wang Quan and four actors, one male and three female, walked onto the red carpet happily, followed by the crew of "Old Paoer".

And Liu Yifei has already entered the venue in advance.

The award ceremony officially begins, Best Actress, not "Who Is He".

Wang Quan glanced at Jiang Peiyao, who was obviously disappointed. This little girl didn't really want to win the Best Actress Award.

It seems that the fact that Liu Yifei won the Best Actress Award in Venice has greatly stimulated young people. They all think that if she can do it, so can they.

The subsequent Best Actor award was not in "Who Is He"? Zhang Songwen's expression control was very good, and his smile did not lose his grace.

Then the best screenplay award, "Who is He"!
This award is regarded as the fourth prize. Several actors were obviously not satisfied, but Wang Quan was very happy to go on stage to receive the award. This was his first individual award among the three major European awards!

Moreover, by giving the screenwriting award to himself, it seems that the judges recognized his hard work in arranging the plot.

Wang Quan said in his speech: "It took me less than a week to write this script. It is the fastest I have ever created. But sometimes creation is like this. It is the best version to finish it in one go. Thank you to the jury for recognizing me."

Accompanied by applause, Wang Quan stepped down. However, he didn't expect that Wang Quan would come on stage again without even being able to sit still.

“The winner for Best Director is David Wong for Who Is He?”

Damn, there are two awards!
After Feng Xiaogang heard this, his eyes turned green with envy. Maybe it was his lifelong pursuit to be one of the three best screenwriters in Europe. As a result, he won two awards at once, plus the Palme d'Or in Cannes, and he won three awards in one year. With three European awards and two FIPRESCI awards, Zhang Yimou and Li Bian will probably feel sour after knowing about it.

However, winning these two awards means that the subsequent awards, including the Golden Lion Award, have nothing to do with "Who is He".

It is rare for a film to win three main competition awards at the three major European film festivals at once.

This was the last time Wang Quan took the stage, so the applause was very loud, and Wang Quan waited for a while before stopping.

Somewhat unexpectedly, Wang Quan did not prepare an acceptance speech. He directly talked about his fate with Venice and his friendship with Marco Muller on the stage, and said: I will come back to Venice!

Wang Quan won the Best Director, which was considered the peak of the atmosphere at the awards ceremony. Later, when the American animated film "Abnormal" won the Jury Prize, the atmosphere was no longer so high.

When it was announced that the winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Picture was the Venezuelan film "Come From Away," there was even an uproar.

An upset, this is an upset!
As we all know, the United States and France have won the most awards at the three major European film festivals.

Because the United States is the largest film country in the world, and France is the core of European literary and artistic films. Their strength is there, and Neon has won a lot of awards because they have been rich before.

The more economically underdeveloped a country is, the more imperfect its film industry is, and the probability of winning awards is naturally lower.

Venezuela, many people only know that there are many beauties there, and they have never even seen a Venezuelan movie in their lives.

For example, "Come from Away" is the director's debut film. The shooting technique is average, and the film quality and reputation are also average. The only thing worth mentioning is the subject matter, a love story between a middle-aged man and a young boy.

Gee, this is a good chance of winning an award.

Amid controversy, the 72nd Venice Film Festival ended. Wang Quan asked Zhang Songwen and Jiang Peiyao to take a group photo with each of them holding a trophy.

Afterwards, Wang Quan immediately called Alex to wish him a happy birthday.

If Venice hadn't needed to accept the award, he would have gone directly to Los Angeles to celebrate his birthday.

But there was a way. Dorothy answered the phone and told Wang Quan that the family of three was at home in New York. "If you fly to New York now, you might be able to see your son before the end of the day."

After hearing this, Wang Quan immediately asked Xiao Wei to contact the plane driver and make another trip.

Although the two places are far apart on the Chinese version of the world map, it is actually much closer to fly from Italy to New York, plus the time difference, well, it’s a big deal.

Wang Quan asked, Zhang Songwen and Jiang Peiyao decided to fly to Toronto by themselves, and Zhang Jianing returned to the capital first.

Liu Yifei also wanted to go with Zhang Songwen and the others so as not to disturb their family reunion, but she was still pulled onto his plane by Wang Quan.

We are all a family, why should we go outside?

On the way to the plane, Wang Quan even called Yang Mi to celebrate her birthday. There is still a chance in New York, but there is really no chance in Beijing. 9 will be over soon.

However, Wang Quan prepared a birthday gift in advance and asked someone to deliver it to her. She was very satisfied, but such a big diamond necklace was a bit tiring to hang around her neck~
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(End of this chapter)