Chapter 506 No matter how strong a horse is, once you ride it once, you can ride it all the time!
"Berlin Film Festival news, works directed by Guan Ling and Wang Quan'an have both been invited to participate in the closing ceremony. Chinese films may win the grand prize again?!"
"Berlin predicts that "Prey" and "The Wind Rises" will become the favorites to win the bear, and the competition for the queen will be particularly fierce!"
"The probability of Asian films winning the Golden Bear Award has greatly increased, and the industry predicts that Indonesian and Chinese films may win the award!"
""The Wind Rises" cleverly fits the theme of this Berlin Film Festival and deeply fits the topic of right-wing radicalism. It may receive extra preferential treatment from the judges!"
More and more news is coming back to China from Berlin, Germany, making people feel hopeful!
In fact, the Chinese audience felt a little uninterested in the Golden Bear Award.
The main reason is that I have received too much before. Some people say that Berlin and Venice are blessed places for Chinese film directors, and this is true.
Lou Ye, Wang Quan'an, and Jia Zhangke are all wanderers from these two film festivals.
To be honest, Guan Ling can certainly be regarded as the adopted son of Cannes.
So logically speaking, whether Guan Ling takes it or not will only have a greater impact on himself.
But this year is different. "The Wind Rises" is a cartoon, and it is also a cartoon involving that period of Chinese history. It is also praised by domestic animation practitioners as the film that started the development of Chinese cartoons. Its significance is far-reaching and even more... profound.
Whether it is confidence in Chinese animation or the Chinese film industry, it has played a role in revitalizing it!
Especially those fans who have watched the movie, not to mention how exciting the plot is, at least it makes everyone emotionally involved and moved.
Animation, this level is enough!
People are looking forward to it. If Director Guan can make this animation win again at the three major film festivals, that would be perfect!
Someone who is interested may even check it out,
Until 2012, there were many animated films shortlisted for the three major European film festivals,
But mainly movies from forty or fifty years ago.
In the past two decades, only at the 54th Cannes Film Festival, "Shrek" was nominated for the Palme d'Or, and at the 57th Cannes, "Ghost in the Shell: Innocence" and "Monster History" were nominated. "Lake 2", and then there are only five movies in the 60th and 61st "I grew up in Iran" and "Waltzing with Bashir".
Among them, only "Growing Up in Iran" won the award, and it also won the second-ranked jury award.
As can be seen from the name of the movie, this movie is more inclined to the emotions brought about by the changes in social unrest and war.
The entire movie uses simple forms and simple emotions to describe the sentiment that touches the hearts of Iranians abroad, that is, Iran is their homeland that they cannot return to.
Because they are a group of people who are confused about where to go in this turbulent situation.
At the Venice Film Festival, it was only since 2001 that animated films were deliberately selected again after fifty years, but whether it was "Half-Asleep", "Howl's Moving Castle", "Red Hot Chili Peppers", or "On the Cliff" "Ponyo" and "Aerial Killer", they only won a few technical awards after being shortlisted, which can only be said to be better than nothing.
There are even fewer Berlin Film Festivals. Since the new century, it was "Spirited Away" in 2002 and the French animation "Story of the Night" in 2011, and only two films were shortlisted for the main competition. Relatively speaking, it is still too little.
Looking at the three major film festivals, only Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" has ever won the best film in the animated film genre.
Under such circumstances, people's expectations for "The Wind Rises" are certainly high!
Because everyone knows what it means once you win a prize!
……
"Hello, Director Guan, I am Duan Yihong."
After working for a few days, Duan Yihong finally arrived at Guan Ling's side and stretched out his hands towards Guan Ling. He was very respectful and even extended two hands to shake hands.
"Hello."
Guan Ling glanced at the other party and asked: "Are you still at Huayi now?"
Duan Yihong was confused when he said this, fearing that he would be blocked by Director Guan if he said the wrong thing.
After all, no one in the circle is unclear about the relationship between Guan Ling and Hua Yi.
And with Guan Ling's current status, if they had to choose a side, most people would not take the wrong side.
But fortunately, the one he signed was not Huayi. He quickly approached Guan Ling and responded, "Director Guan, I never dared to contact you before because I have a private cooperation agreement with Huayi, but I myself signed a contract with someone other than Huayi. , I am from the National Theater.”
Duan Yihong replied quickly.
Guan Ling never investigated this point in detail. He didn't want Duan Yihong to make a movie at first, so he naturally didn't get too involved in these details.
At this moment, my heart moved slightly.
Duan Yihong's image is still very special among domestic actors. Since he is an actor from the National Theater, the cooperation is not bad.
The main reason was that Guan Ling suddenly thought of the young director he had signed. He was now working hard and contributing to the company's scripts. He had no time to write the "Heart of the Burning Sun".
"Okay, we can cooperate if we have the opportunity." Guan Ling said, "Your performance in "White Deer Plain" was good. The chairman of the film festival and I went to see it two days ago. You put in a lot of challenges for this drama.
Also, I have seen the dramas you have acted in before, and your ability to create characters is still very strong. ”
"Hey, Director Guan, you are so flattering!" Duan Yihong smiled, with a hint of shyness on his face!
Of course he understood what Guan Ling was talking about. In the movie, Hei Wa and Tian Xiao'e, who he played, had a passionate scene with each other. For this reason, the buttocks could only be sold to the audience.
For such a tough guy, this kind of scene is really a bit exciting.
But the main thing is that he doesn't mind if he stops at the point. When he was filming "The Summer Palace", he didn't miss it.
"Leave me your contact information later." Guan Ling said, "I just said there was an opportunity to cooperate. It was not a cliché. It was really interesting."
Duan Yihong was about to leave, but when he heard Guan Ling speak, his breathing suddenly became heavy.
"Okay, okay! I will add you as director."
Duan Yihong had worked with many great directors, but in this environment, he was suddenly moved. He turned around and saw that everyone around him was looking at him.
Among them was Zhang Yuqi, with a mixture of confusion and envy in his eyes.
In fact, he was originally scheduled to take an eight-month break after this drama, but now it seems that if director Guan contacts him with something, he will take the lead at any time.
This is indeed an unexpected surprise!
"Then I also wish Director Guan won the award!"
"Whether an animated film can win this award all depends on their mood. There are many animated films in other film festivals, but they are all nominated and never given the grand prize. If Berlin collects these animated films, they will still give them away. After winning two Golden Bear Awards, aren’t all animation movies attracted in the future?”
"But now that Berlin has become so obviously de-Hollywoodized, this can be considered a train of thought." Tsui Hark didn't know when, but he also stood beside Guan Ling.
Duan Yihong said hello quickly.
But even Guan Ling could only curl his lips. It was not that he was trembling about "Even if the Wind Rises". The main reason was that he had no idea whether he would win or not.
To be honest, there are no films at this Berlin Film Festival that are absolutely powerful.
In the main competition section, "White Deer Plain" only exerted the four successful qualities of the original work, otherwise Guan Ling would have awarded the award to Wang Quan'an without hesitation.
But now, no one is surprised to get it.
It's just that the genre of cartoons has both its brilliance and its hesitations.
In any case, the criticism is definitely not small.
"In any case, this film has been shortlisted for the Golden Bear, and it is worthy of more Chinese animation directors to polish their works in the future." Guan Ling said.
Tsui Hark smiled and joked,
"That's right, Director Guan, you just have to be content. If there is a first time, there will be a second time. If a cartoon is shortlisted for the Golden Bear Competition, there will always be a chance to win the Golden Bear with cartoons in the future, just like It’s the same as training a horse. No matter how strong the horse is, once you ride it, you can ride it all the time.”
Duan Yihong looked horrified. Although the other party looked like a bear or a horse, no matter how Duan Yihong listened to these words, he felt that there was some special charm in them.
Before leaving, Guan Ling asked Duan Yihong to tell Wu Gang, who played Lu Zilin, "Just give him my contact information."
Duan Yihong even claimed to be relieved.
I just feel a little pressure in my heart,
Isn’t it just me who co-author Guan Guan is interested in? Is Lao Wutou here? !
……
As the award ceremony approaches.
The atmosphere of the entire scene gradually became tense and thick.
Predictions are predictions, but these results don’t mean much after all.
In particular, the relationship between Mike Lee and Guan Ling has also aroused a lot of comments from public opinion.
Some people think that this incident may make Mike Leigh's evaluation unfair. After all, Guan Ling robbed him of half of the Palme d'Or, and it was also the only half of the Palme d'Or in his life.
Some people also believe that in different film festivals, from win-win cooperation to awarding bears personally, it is a story worthy of being told forever.
Perhaps from the perspective of age and status, it can be regarded as the inheritance of art regardless of national boundaries.
But all this is just people's imagination before the promulgation ceremony.
Time flies and it’s February 18th.
In the morning, after Zhang Ziyi and Fan Bingbing relaxed together in the hotel, Guan Ling took the two of them to a hot meal.
Then came the makeup, hair, and beauty treatments at noon, which was all in full swing.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the closing red carpet has officially begun,
Countless media have already made plans in front of the red carpet.
In China, Guo Yi once again broadcast live on CCTV Channel 6.
The first one to come out was a German actress. Guan Ling couldn't figure out what was happening on the other side. The two northern hemispheres were exposed, and they had a low-cut bra and were covered with tattoos. It looked like she was wearing clothes. Guan Ling looked at it. All a little scared.
Call it eye-catching, Guan Ling also took a look at it, but it was too beautiful to understand.
Afterwards, the chairman of the jury, Koslik, went on the red carpet and was interviewed.
Then the crew of "Postcards from the Zoo" directed by Indonesia came on stage. Speaking of this Berlin Film Festival, it is a pity that among the films in the entire East Asia, only a few Chinese-language films participated, and then there were "Prey" and "Postcards" from Southeast Asia, and both It's from Indonesia.
On the contrary, Guan Ling lost the opportunity to post Japanese movies directly.
Anyway, the closing red carpet was quite abstract, and there were also pregnant actresses on stage. It is worth mentioning that the crew of "Royal Romance", the heroine Alicia's white dress was fresh, and she looked really good.
When Guan Ling and others came on stage, it triggered a burst of carnival among domestic and foreign media. Surprisingly, I don’t know if Wang Quan’an was too drunk and was absent from the red carpet. When someone asked, Wang Quan’an brought Zuiyi said that he was still on his way here.
By the time the foreign media had withdrawn and the awards ceremony had officially begun, this guy hadn't arrived yet.
Anyway, I found a good reason, saying it was due to traffic, so I didn’t walk on the red carpet in the end.
After about twenty minutes of tossing and announcing a bunch of short film and technical awards, Mike Leigh finally came on stage and started handing out awards,
As he started, the camera began to look for Guan Ling frequently, obviously to use the fact that the two of them won the Palme d'Or together as a publicity point.
The first thing to be announced was the special honorary award for the best debut film award, which is not interesting.
Ten minutes later, "Royal Romance" won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay. To be honest, Guan Ling felt chills while watching it.
In the past few days in Berlin, he went to see this movie. He originally went because of the title of the movie. The heroine Alicia was pretty good-looking, but it didn't look like that at all.
One sentence spoiler: the king's personal doctor fucked the queen, but the king was not angry because he loved his good friend the doctor.
Regarding this thing, Guan Ling said it was difficult to comment.
"White Deer Plain" took the lead in winning the first award for a Chinese-language film, the Silver Bear Award for Best Cinematography.
Guan Ling, Zhang Yimou and others all applauded.
Wang Quan'an's Berlin record has so far included one gold and two silver medals.
During the award ceremony for Best Actor, it was obvious that the mentality of many of the actors below was fluctuating. The host also deliberately played off the show, and in the end the award was also won by the actor of "Best Romance".
The Silver Bear for Best Actress went to the black female lead in "Defiance."
Guan Ling didn't know these people at all.
The best director went to the German film "Barbara". Before the jury's Silver Bear Award was announced, Guan Ling himself didn't even notice that his breathing was getting heavier.
“The Jury’s Silver Bear Award will be announced soon.”
Zhang Ziyi couldn't help but clenched his fists. In fact, everyone had already expected the award. The Jury Silver Bear may be the most promising award.
But if he fails to get this, Guan Ling believes that there is a high probability that he will get nothing.
Some people have won the Golden Bear Award with cartoons, but after all, only one person has won it. Even if Hayao Miyazaki only won a double-yolked egg, it will still be an eternal legend in the animation industry!
That year, this film and "Bloody Sunday" jointly won the best film at the 52nd Berlin Film Festival.
That was already ten years ago.
At that time, Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou also participated in the Berlin exhibition,
The Lunar New Year movie "Big Shot" received a mediocre response, which seems to be in sharp contrast to the domestic box office boom.
Zhang Yimou's "Happy Time" also appeared at this film festival, but it was only "exhibited".
They watched helplessly as the news that "the Berlin Golden Bear Award was announced, and Japanese and British films came out on top" appeared frequently in domestic media reports. Now their memories are still in Zhang Yimou's mind.
Flash forward, ten years have passed.
Zhang Yimou also raised his head, waiting for the announcement of the award.
They know it too well. There were too many gimmicks in the past, and it was difficult to give a Golden Bear to the award. The Silver Bear from the jury is the best chance, because this can be regarded as the audience's favorite movie, and no matter how you explain it, it makes sense.
But what the people on the stage said was not the name of "Even if the Wind Rises"...
"The winner is "The Wind".
Along with the name shouted above, Guan Ling's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Zhang Yimou shook his head slightly, that's what happened.
Perhaps Guan Ling participated in the Berlin Film Festival for the first time and could only swallow the regret of not getting anything.
But directors are always like this. No one can guarantee that their films will always win awards. This is unscientific.
The judges always have their own tastes, and movies are like essays. There is no best essay. It has been recognized by many people in terms of reputation and box office. It was even nominated for an animated film at the Golden Bear Award, which is already very impressive.
(End of chapter)