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Chapter 556 Opening Film

""Only You"? A romance movie?"

Hearing Forrest Gump's words, Li Ang's expression gradually became a little dignified. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Continue to hit the Oscars?"

"Uh..." Gan Jing shook his head.

Li Anruo realized something: "For next year's Cannes?"

"Hmm..." Gan Jing shook his head.

Ang Lee shifted his gaze to A-Gump's face: "Do you want to try the other two film festivals in Europe?"

Gan Jing was a little shy. He suddenly felt that the request he made just now was a bit insulting to this international director. After all, he didn't act like he was acting like a fool. If he wanted to be a producer, he would become a producer...

"Hey, I just want to make a movie for Zhou Dongyu in the studio that will praise her. The script was selected by me. Before, um, yes, there was a version in Korea in 11. .”

Li An swallowed the tea he was sipping, stroked his forehead with his right hand, and looked at A-Gump: "Are you joking?"

"Ah, ha, ha, ha, yes, the atmosphere is a little tense, I was just joking." Gan Jing felt that he was a bit stupid, and it was simply a shame to find an international director to remake a work made by other small directors. A little funny.

Li Ang shook his head and was speechless, and said after a while: "Many directors in Hong Kong are good. If you want to shoot faster, find Wang Jing, if you want to shoot more realistically, and find Lin Lingdong, if you want to shoot more gorgeously, then Just look for Liu Weiqiang."

These are all well-known directors in Hong Kong. They are not as good as Ang Lee, but their status in the world is also sufficient.

Gan Jing thought for a while, but still gave up and said, "Wang Jing once let me go. Let me think about it again. It seems that the dignity of the director must be taken into account when shooting remakes with short intervals. We need to find a serious and responsible director." The new director or junior director..."

"No, you can do it yourself." Li An raised his mouth.

Gan Jing was a little hesitant: "Me?"

"Don't you know how to draw storyboards? Draw every shot and shoot it." Ang Lee doesn't think it's difficult to be a director, and he has seen many examples of acting and directing.

Gan Jing was a little unconfident, but after thinking about it, he said just now that he had to take into account the dignity of the director, so he was really a good candidate.

The dignity of being a director?I do not have it!
"I'll think about it later." Gan Jing didn't continue the conversation on this topic, but Director Ang Lee gave him an idea that he hadn't thought about before.

"Which of the works shortlisted this year do you prefer?" Gan Jing asked about a serious matter, which was a private communication before going to Cannes.

""Adele's Life"." Ang Li said without hesitation.

Gan Jing didn't expect him to be so decisive, so he asked weakly, "Does it look good?"

Li An was a little surprised: "Haven't you watched it yet?"

"...I plan to wait until the screening in Cannes." Gan Jing was a little embarrassed.

Li An looked at A-Gump steadily, and said after a while: "Why don't you leave the chairman to me."

"Trust my homework... I just haven't seen this one yet, Comrade Li An, sitting in front of you is a dedicated film producer who has been busy in the United States before." Gan Jing said boldly, "This There are 20 shortlisted films, and it will take time for me to watch them one by one.”

There are a total of 20 shortlisted films in the main competition unit of Cannes, and the jury usually needs to select 7 works from them to present awards, and the one with the highest gold content is the Palme d'Or.

Li Ang temporarily believed what A-Gump said, and then asked a key question: "Then what method do you plan to use to select the awards?"

"Convince first, vote if you can't persuade." Gan Jing had already thought about it, and the answer blurted out.

"Well, powerful." Li An was noncommittal.

Gan Jing chuckled, raised his teacup, and joked, "Tea instead of wine, if you need to vote, the director will support me."

Li An slowly raised his teacup, shook his head and sighed, "Did you buy me for a cup of tea?"

The two clinked glasses - the rare two Chinese filmmakers who can show their energy among the Cannes judges reached a consensus.

……

On May 26, the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival.

This year, because there are two Chinese in the main competition unit, and A-Gump has become the chairman of the jury, there are many more media who come to France than in previous years.

In addition, there are quite a few Chinese films shortlisted in different sections of Cannes this year. Jia Zhangke's "A Touch of Sin" is the main competition section, To Qifeng's "Blind Detective" is a special attention section, and Liu Yunwen's "Crossing the Boundary" is the midnight screening section.

As a result, there are more domestic movie stars appearing on the red carpet than in previous years. Jackie Chan, Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bingbing, Liu Dehua, Zhang Yuqi, Zheng Xiuwen, Li Yuchun, Zhen Zidan, Wang Baoqiang, Chen Kun, Huang Xiaoming, they even They each issued press releases, and domestic news reports were almost covered by news from the Cannes Film Festival.

However, Mr. Gan Jing, the chairman of the jury, attracted the most attention.

The opening film on the 26th was announced very late. According to news from the local French media, Forrest Gump, who was serving as a judge for the first time, had different opinions with some judges and the film festival officials on the determination of the opening film.

As the spokesperson of Givenchy, the best actor in the East, who is the double winner of Cannes and Oscar, Forrest Gump has always shown a kind of calm Chinese demeanor, but when it comes to confirming the opening film this time, he has lost his demeanor and quarreled for a while .

It was a closed meeting.

However, although the door was closed, the sound of quarreling came out.

For a whole afternoon, when the meeting ended, everyone who came out looked a little tired, especially A-Gump drank water frequently, it seemed that the quarrel had exhausted his throat quite a lot.

The French media is not inferior to the media of other countries. This season is very sensitive to the Cannes arrangement. It didn't take long for this news to break out on the Internet. After seeing the confirmed opening film, everyone will know why.

——The opening film "A Touch of Sin", a film from China.

According to unreliable sources, it squeezed out a film from Hollywood under the circumstances of Forrest Gump's opposition.

This time, anyone who is not too stupid can see that the style of the chairman of the jury is not the calm and relaxed style, and it is very likely that he learned from the authoritarian Polanski predecessor.

That Polanski presiding over the jury was almost a personal effort to overwhelm the other judges...

On that day, Gan Jing didn't walk the red carpet at all, and directly exchanged his views on this year's film with the judges. When the red carpet session was about to end, a Huaxia crew walked into the venue.

This is Jia Zhangke walking the red carpet with Wang Baojun and other leading actors.

When he stood still, he searched around, then set his sight on A-Gump, and came straight to this side.

(End of this chapter)