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Chapter 320 "Gravity" at Cannes
There is no shortage of Chinese-language films shortlisted for the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival, on the contrary, there are quite a few.

Europeans really like some tunes in Chinese movies.

Although it is said that Hollywood movies have truly conquered the world, the real strength of American movies is mainly in commercial films. In terms of achievements in literary and artistic films, the United States is really inferior to Europe, including the fact that American dramas are actually not as good as British dramas.

This is a real situation.

As for Chinese films, although their commercialization ability was poor at the beginning, there is a kind of high-level, compassionate humanistic care in literary films, inherited from ancient Yanhuang, through the Spring and Autumn and Warring States China when a hundred schools of thought were released, and those from Plato In Europe inherited from the era of German and Greek sages such as Aristotle, there will indeed be some things in common.

Of course, Chen Xi's "Gravity" also quickly touched their nerves. The theory of evolution and religion in the middle made many people instantly interested in this movie.

A long time ago, Chen Xi and the others were preparing to go to Cannes. This year he wants to win an award at Cannes... This is very important for Chen Xi personally, and for the entire Deep Space Film and Television effect.

On this point, Chen Xi and the others will use various methods to mediate.

At the same time, the plans for this year's Deep Space Film and Television are also unfolding.

This year, Deep Space Film and Television has shrunk in many places, and some of Chen Xi's future films have also begun to be handed over to other people for operation.

This includes the cooperation between Chen Xi and many directors. Many films such as "Chinese Partner" and "Heart Blossoming on the Road" are under preparation.

As time gets closer and closer to 2016, the inventory in Chen Xi's head is getting less and less, so there are fewer high-level things, and more real movie operations are needed. In this regard, many movies and TV dramas have begun to The cooperation with Deep Space Film and Television was completed, but it was just a cooperation, and it was no longer the state of Chen Xi's previous all-inclusiveness.

Having said that, this is the only way to turn Deep Space Films from a pure Chen Xi company into a film company with great vitality and its own source of box office.

This aspect is also what Chen Xi has always been worried about: he is worried that after losing his memory of the future, he will disappear from everyone, and he will bring the entire Deep Space Film and Television to disappear from everyone.

But many things can only be carried out gradually. In fact, the current deep space film and television has a certain inertia in the film industry, and this inertia force will gradually push the company to run slowly.And the young director training program so far, although it is still in the state of losing money, and a lot of money has been paid, but a few good young directors have gradually appeared, and these people will gradually promote the strategic future of Deep Space Film and Television. After all, many of Chen Xi's support plans are carefully selected, and those who stand out from the crowd have real talents. After a period of training, these people may not be able to shoot blockbuster movies, but they must be good at the box office. Movies with a bit of word-of-mouth are still possible.

Therefore, after these arrangements were roughly completed, Chen Xi also arranged for his new movie shooting. This is also the second part of his so-called "Space Two-Party", and it is also the concluding chapter of this two-part part. It is a much grander space world than "Gravity".

Under such circumstances, it is only natural that Chen Xi is going all out to prepare for the Cannes Film Festival for "Gravity".

... May is here.

The news that "Gravity" was shortlisted for the main competition in Cannes was quickly known by the Chinese media, and it was hyped up and reported continuously.

"Cannes! It seems that Chen Xi's new film will make a difference in the true artistry!" Some people thought a little farther, and immediately thought of the artistry of Chen Xi's film.

Indeed, although Chen Xi's movies have been well-received for a long time, from "Front and Cloud" to "Lost in Thailand", some philosophical thinking about life and the world that can really be brought to you are not That's too much.

There are still many people who hope that Chen Xi will achieve something in the real film artistry, so that everyone can think of more things because of his film. Therefore, after everyone hears that "Gravity" has been shortlisted in Cannes, they are still very excited. There are indeed many such remarks.

"Cannes Film Festival! Chen Xi's "Gravity" will definitely be a pretty good movie, otherwise I wouldn't be able to make it to this place!"

"Chen Xi's films seem to have reached a new level. The main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival is not that simple. It is higher than any other competition unit. "Gravity" Being able to get such a finalist is enough to explain the problem, but no one can say for sure whether "Gravity" will get any good awards in the end."

...Among countless voices, "Gravity" is now gaining momentum at the Cannes Film Festival, and of course this is mainly in China.

In fact, even in foreign countries, after "Gravity" was shortlisted for the main competition unit, its momentum became even bigger all of a sudden.

After all, the Cannes Film Festival is a truly worldwide award. It also provides a platform for the films of many small countries to showcase their films. The films of many countries are not well-known and no one pays attention to them. But after the Cannes Film Festival, It will gradually become a world concern.

In fact, this is also a very important significance of places like the Cannes Film Festival. Just like the Oscars, as long as you get an award at random, it can be converted into real global box office revenue. After the Cannes Film Festival, a film may win The attention is still quite intense.

China is not considered a major film country in the world. Of course, the influence of Chinese martial arts films is still great, and some literary films also have a good position. This is from the top ten of the US overseas film box office ranking You can see the clues.

It's just that the domestic box office of Chinese movies has been getting higher and higher in recent years, which has caused many directors to pay less attention to overseas box office. In addition, the influence of Chinese movies itself has gradually declined. Therefore, in recent years, the overseas influence of Chinese movies has been constantly increasing. is lowering.

In this way, places like Cannes have become a good platform for Chinese films to showcase themselves.

Of course, for Chen Xi, his current reputation is already great after "Source Code", and winning an award at Cannes is his pursuit.

... On May 5, 12, the 2012th Cannes International Film Festival was officially held in Cannes.

Chen Xi and the others came to participate in this Cannes to know how difficult it is...

Because of the holding of the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes was originally an ordinary town with tens of thousands of people, and now it has become the focus and center of the world. Therefore, many Cannes locals no longer have to work. They can eat, drink and have fun every year, as long as they are in If you rent out your own house in May, you can get quite terrifying benefits...

A small town with tens of thousands of people will instantly become an overcrowded place in May of a year.

Here, many great directors or movie stars from all over the world may not really be able to find a place. If they don't book in advance, they may not be able to find a place to live.

On the contrary, many down-and-out stars want to find opportunities here, and some prostitutes are here to find some arty rich people, pack their identities, and earn a lot of money... All kinds of people with different purposes are here. Here is waiting for the opening of the annual event.

At this time, Cannes will become prosperous.

Although Chen Xi and the others made a reservation in advance, they encountered a temporary price increase from the boss, making it very embarrassing. There are more than ten people in Chen Xi's group, and it took a lot of effort to reserve a room here. These things are done.

Chen Xi and the others were invited by the organizer to walk on the red carpet. Of course, it was because of "Gravity". Chen Xi himself wanted to try walking the red carpet, so he agreed.

When Chen Xi and Andy Lau Liu Tianwang walked on the red carpet with Zhang Ziyi wrapped in the middle, one left and one right, the flashing lights were crackling and there was no intention of stopping at all.

Many reporters focused their flashlights on Chen Xi, and now Chen Xi felt her surging popularity here. It seemed that after "Source Code", she became more and more extraordinary.

Compared with Chen Xi, it goes without saying that Zhang Ziyi is more popular in Europe, so now she is smiling and waving, letting the camera freeze her in the middle.

Liu Tianwang's popularity is slightly lower, but there are still many people taking pictures of him.

Chen Xi and the others walked slowly.

After all, Cannes is still a place of restraint, and there will be no crazy chasing stars, but Chen Xi still sees his current popularity from the middle.

I have more confidence in "Gravity".

This time, many Chinese movie stars, including directors and actors, came to Cannes.

There are two Chinese-language films shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival this year.

One is "Gravity" shortlisted for the main competition unit, and the other is "Floating City Mystery" shortlisted for a special attention unit.

So today on the red carpet there are also crew members of "Mystery of the Floating City". The director of this film, Lou Hua, is also an old face in Europe, and his "Massage" has been well received in European and American countries since then.

These two crews were invited to come to the red carpet, so the standard treatment in this aspect is relatively higher, and the attention is also higher.

"Gravity" is the main competition unit, so in many places such as the order of the red carpet, it must appear to be superior. Of course, this is only superior. After all, they are all Chinese-language films, and being shortlisted is a matter of course. Not a bad thing.

however……

At this year's Cannes Film Festival, not only the crew members of "Gravity" and "Mystery of the Floating City" appeared on it... In fact, many Chinese movie stars also came here.

This includes Blanket star Fan Binbing, who is now enjoying everyone's flashlights and cameras... although I don't know how many of these cameras are really aimed at her.

Today's Fan Binbing is dressed in a very unique way, with heavy makeup, red lips and white face. I don't know if the shape of his head is to follow the style of Tang Dynasty or to imitate Japanese geisha. This way of appearing on the stage does make some people feel relatively new, and the photo is also meaningful .

Fan Binbing can be said to be an alternative to a Chinese movie star...

Later, among the Chinese movie stars who have been on the Cannes red carpet the most, one is called Fan Binbing, and the other is called Gong Li.

It is worth mentioning that Gong Li has been on the Cannes red carpet so many times because her films are so well-known in Europe.

"Red Sorghum" she starred in opened the golden age of the fifth generation of directors in China. This film won the No.30 40th Berlin International Film Festival highest prize bear award, and "Ju Dou" won No.40 [-]rd Cannes International Film Festival Bunuel Special Award, "Raise the Red Lantern" won the No.[-] Silver Lion Award at the [-]th Venice International Film Festival, and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film... "A Lawsuit by Qiu Ju" won the Venice Golden Lion Award .

In the most brilliant "Farewell My Concubine" starring Gong Li, this film won the No.40 40th Cannes Golden Palm Award, and "Alive" won the No.[-] [-]th Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize...

Although some of these are awards from Venice or Berlin, these are all European awards, and they are all in the same breath, and she also has a lot of awards in Cannes (limited to the space, I will not show them one by one. If you are interested, you can check it yourself), In 1997, she was also invited to serve as a judge for the main competition unit of the 50th Cannes International Film Festival, becoming the first Chinese to serve as a judge for the main unit of the Cannes Film Festival...

It is such a Chinese movie star, she walked on the Cannes red carpet five times...

Well, Fan Binbing also walked on the Cannes red carpet five times, so she and Gong Li tied for the first place, becoming the Chinese movie star with the most appearances in Cannes.

It’s just that every time Gong Li walks on the Cannes red carpet, she has a lot of works and achievements as support, while Fan Binbing, who has walked on the Cannes red carpet five times, none of the films she starred in can be on the Cannes, even if Even the most peripheral awards have not been boarded.

Therefore, there are some things that everyone tacitly understands, such as blanket stars, but she has not been wronged.

Of course, if Fan Binbing entered here because of various endorsements, then some other Chinese movie stars would be even more ashamed.

After the red carpet session is almost over, Cannes will give tourists and many film fans attending the film festival a bonus: they can take pictures on the red carpet, and feel as if they are walking on the red carpet... So, some Chinese stars , walked on the red carpet at this link, and then posed as if they were being photographed, and when they were sent back to China, they walked on the red carpet in Cannes... (Who will not be named! Anyway, this kind of thing happened more Once, because red carpet tourists taking pictures are different from normal red carpet, there will be many people packing up and walking up during the photo taking session, so to judge whether a person really walks on the red carpet in Cannes, everyone From the perspective of the background, if there are more people in the background, then the suspicion is very high. If the background people are very clean, then a positive judgment can also be made).

...Chen Xi also knows that so many things are happening now, but he can't control it anymore, he is mainly preparing for the Cannes premiere of "Gravity" now!

(End of this chapter)