Chapter 455 Top 100 Classics?
“The first batch of character candidates for Chen Linfeng’s new film “Inception” were announced, Keanu Reeves (The Pretender), Laurence Fishburne (The Pharmacist), the Matrix reunites.”
The media reports have attracted widespread attention across the Internet.
After Chen Linfeng's new work "Your Name", more people are paying attention to it.
“Keanu Reeves? Looking forward to working with big Hollywood stars.”
"Keanu shouldn't be very popular now, right?"
"It is reasonable to suspect that Director Chen is chasing stars at public expense. When he was a child, Keanu was at his most popular."
Movie fans have already I know that the new work "Inception" that Chen Linfeng is preparing is adapted from his early short stories.
A small number of people have found the original text and naturally know that the two characters, the pretender and the pharmacist, are not the main characters in the novel.
Considering that the roles are announced, they must be announced from low to high, with the heavyweight ones often being revealed last.
"Holy shit, Keanu Reeves is just a small role?"
"Not really, the pretender is also a very important member of the protagonist team in the later stage."
Whether it is the media The public's interest in "Inception" has reached a new level.
Especially now that it has been confirmed that Keanu Reeves is a supporting role, so it is very exciting to see who the protagonist is.
Starting with Keanu Reeves as a gimmick, five days later, Chen Linfeng announced the second batch of candidates:
Cillian Murphy (second generation rich);
Ken Watanabe (tycoon);
Shi Xiaolong (Outpost).
Among this group of people, most of them in China only recognize Shi Xiaolong.
Some netizens joked that this was Chen Linfeng opening a back door for his brother.
But not many people care about this. Shi Xiaolong has a good reputation and reputation. It is normal for him to play a role in his brother's new film.
It has almost become a common thing for these two brothers to guest star in each other's movies.
Only people in the industry are envious.
Others had to either fight for themselves or nibble on their elders. As a result, Shi Xiaolong, at such a young age, directly nibbled on his younger brother.
I also want to have a younger brother like this.
The news was simultaneously announced to Eastern Asia, Europe and the United States. Other places were fine, but Neon caused an uproar in China.
“Watanabe-kun actually collaborated with Mr. Kirin!”
“I am already very interested in this movie.”
Watanabe’s status in Neon , probably similar to Chen Daoming in China, except that one is focusing on the film field, and the other is more focused on TV series.
For such an actor to cooperate with Chen Linfeng, from the perspective of the neon industry, it is a powerful alliance.
Chen Linfeng does not pay much attention to external public opinion. He is now frowning at a report:
"The Long River of Light and Shadow-Top 100 Classic Chinese Films in Film History"
This is the Golden Horse Awards Executive Committee It was organized and they were inviting voting experts at the end of last year.
Vote to select one hundred classic Chinese films from the past 100 years.
Chen Linfeng vaguely heard about it at the time, but he had too much time at that time and didn’t pay much attention to it.
Recently, the Golden Horse Awards announced what they considered to be the top 50 directors voted at the same time.
Zhang Yimou, Chen Linfeng, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, Ning Hao and others from the Mainland are among them.
A large number of media are hyping this matter, and there are faint signs of expansion.
Several well-known directors from the Mainland are all on the list, which has added a lot of attention to the relevant public opinion.
It was also at this time that Chen Linfeng paid more attention to this matter.
Later, Sister Mei found him a list that had not yet been published, and he felt a little unhappy after reading it.
Among the 100 films, 36 films are from Bay Island, 28 films from Hong Kong Island, and the rest are some co-productions in multiple places and films from the early Republic of China.
There are only 16 mainland movies.
Even if Chen Linfeng's "Sunset" was on the list, he was still unhappy.
Especially those at the top of the list are "Sad City (Hou Xiaoxian)", "The Murder of the Teenagers on Guling Street (Yang Dechang)", "Once Upon a Time in Childhood (Hou Xiaoxian)"...
They were all movies that he had never heard of in his previous life, and only became aware of them after increasing his movie viewing in this life.
Looking at the place of origin, it is clear at a glance that it is from Wandao.
Hou Xiaoxian is the most powerful director in this list, outperforming all other directors.
It’s just that this selfishness is too serious.
Chen Linfeng can understand why Hou Xiaoxian is so good on this list.
As the founder and dean of the Golden Horse Film and Television Academy, it is normal to vote for the dean.
But you can either be fair and don't make it so ugly, or you can play your own game and don't drag us to be your foil.
He had never heard of this list in his previous life, but in this life it was obvious that this matter was going to make a big fuss.
It cannot be said that Chen Linfeng has not heard of it in his previous life. These are not good movies.
But in his previous life, as an ordinary person who paid attention to movies, he had never heard of it, which means that the public really knew very little about these movies.
Many people don't know about many works, but it is a bit inappropriate to be included in the top 100 classics in film history.
Chen Linfeng is not happy to be taken advantage of like this.
His life ideal has determined that he must work hard to become famous after his death.
In terms of historical reputation, because he debuted late and was stuck in the century of film and television, he could tolerate being suppressed by seniors like Bei Nan Shuang Xie.
We can fight again in 150 years. Anyway, he will definitely survive until then if nothing happens.
But he couldn't accept being suppressed by directors of the previous generation through this method. When Chen Linfeng had a face-to-face chat with Zhang Yimou, he clearly expressed his dissatisfaction,
“If you are like you and directly crush me in awards, forget it.
< br>Even if you withdraw One step, like Wang Jiawei, has been making films for a long time and has surpassed me in terms of qualifications and number of good works. It is acceptable for the time being.
Only they are manipulating the voting staff, and I can't stand it. .”
Zhang Yimou himself doesn't care about these things, but after winning three gold medals and an Oscar, he already cares about historical evaluation.
Because he can be sure that he can meet this evaluation concept.
Now, Zhang Yimou is also very dissatisfied with the opponent playing like this.
“But the other side has already done this, Xiao Chen, it’s useless for us to say anything.”
“It’s easy to say, they do their thing, we do ours, let’s also make a century of film history Classic selection
There is such a big difference in size between the two sides. As long as we can ensure basic fairness, in a few decades, it is guaranteed that no one will care about the opposite list. "
Chen Linfeng said confidently, "Time will forget it. "
"Is that so..." Zhang Yimou pondered, "It's a good idea. "
"Someone has to take the lead in this matter and it should be organized by the official association. "
Chen Linfeng has already prepared the draft, "Since we want to do it, we must do it more formally and fairly. ”
Zhang Yimou felt something was not right, "The one you mentioned as the leader can't..."
"That's right, who else can there be except you, brother?"
"No, no, no, "Zhang Yimou shook his head quickly, "How can I do it? If you get this, you can change it.”
“I can’t change it. In terms of qualifications, awards, and works, you are the only one who is suitable.”
Zhang Yimou didn’t say much, just “No.” ”, there is no dialogue at all.
He really can't stand out from the limelight, and he can't do it just by contacting the initial crowd.
Chen Linfeng saw that he was really a little resistant, so he said, "How about we expand the scale and bring Mr. Han, Director Kai Ge, Jiang Wen and others together?"
Zhang Yimou's eyes As soon as Liang asked, "Are you coming too?"
Chen Linfeng nodded, "I will help find people in the beginning. Later, if I want to film, you guys will do it."
"That's okay."
Zhang Yimou had no objection this time.
“But we still have to find Director Xie Tieli. He is a veteran and his words are very important.”
One of the two directors from the north and the south, Director Xie Jin passed away a few years ago. The remaining one is indeed a good candidate.
Chen Linfeng nodded, "Of course it should be."
"Then I'll call you right now and then choose a day to visit." Zhang Yimou was about to stand up and start.
"Wait."
Chen Linfeng said, "There is another question."
"What?"
"Which official should we take as the main body? Opposite is the Golden Horse Awards. , we must have an equal, right?”
“What about the Golden Rooster Award?”
Zhang Yimou felt something was wrong as soon as he finished speaking. Who didn't know that the Golden Rooster Award was a serious problem.
Chen Linfeng said, "We should go to the Golden Rooster Award, but there are many mothers-in-law behind the Golden Rooster Award. I think we should go directly to the mother-in-law behind it instead of letting the Golden Rooster Award convey our opinions to us."
He blinked and said, "Cut down the intermediate processes and prevent middlemen from making the difference."
Otherwise, a group of uncles will join the ranks of voters, and when the list is selected, there will be a bunch of names that the public has never heard of. works, what should I do?
There are some movies that are long-standing, slightly niche, but of extremely high quality and highly professional.
When Chen Linfeng took appreciation classes in school, he knew many such works.
These works themselves are also the mainstream preferences of some academic schools.
But there shouldn’t be too many similar works in a project like a century-old classic in film history.
Zhang Yimou understood what the other party meant, "If it can be done, of course I agree with your idea."
Without further ado, the two of them divided their forces into two groups, each with their own contacts. .
Zhang Yimou went to communicate with Xie Tieli.
Chen Linfeng talked about the matter with Han Shanping, Chen Kaige and others.
Han Shanping agreed on the spot. He would fully support anything that could increase the number of Chinese-language films, or more precisely, increase the influence of Chinese films.
Chen Kaige even agreed that the Beijing circle still retains considerable influence in this era.
In other words, now is the eve of the end of the Beijing Circle.
However, their influence on public opinion and their weight within the circle cannot be underestimated.
Several influential directors such as Jiang Wen and Feng Xiaogang were handed over to Chen Kaige for communication.
Chen Linfeng then approached his senior again.
"Auntie Tie, do you think this can be done?"
Mr. Tie expressed his amazement at his junior's ability to toss, "Several well-known directors in the literary and art circles have agreed?"< br>
"Well, it's almost done here in the mainland. I'm going to talk to Fang Lung and Xu Ke from Hong Kong Island in the future, and let them contact several directors from Hong Kong Island.
Finally, we will gradually expand the scope, and Bay Island I am also planning to invite many filmmakers.”
(End of this chapter)