Chapter 466 Original Heart and Congxin
Lido Island, a narrow sandbank located southeast of the water city of Venice, is also the venue for the Venice International Film Festival's awards ceremony.
It is the afternoon of September 5th, and there is less than a day left before the award ceremony. According to past practice, all awards should have been voted out by this time and submitted to the organizing committee for temporary storage.
But this time something unexpected happened.
The organizing committee has been debating all day around the selection of the best actor.
Feeling the tense atmosphere in the conference room, the chairman of the jury, Wim Wenders, raised his hand and pinched his iconic drooping nose, and said helplessly: "Everyone, everyone, our time is limited. If six If we still can't reach a consensus before one o'clock, then I will have no choice but to activate the compulsory voting procedure."
After listening to the famous German director's accented English speech, the American comedy director John Landis shrugged indifferently: "Wim, you should have done this a long time ago, instead of sitting back and watching the jury conduct this long process. And a meaningless argument.”
"Oh~ no no no!"
Italian actress Valeria Golino, who was sitting at the bottom next to Hong Kong gangster film director Du Qifeng, immediately jumped out and retorted: "I feel that for some inexplicable reason, important awards are given to inappropriate people. , is the most meaningless approach!”
As she spoke, she habitually made gestures commonly used by Italians to enhance her momentum.
In fact, in terms of fame, qualifications and influence, Valeria Golino does not have an advantage in the jury, but as the only local in the jury, she has the strongest attitude in the jury.
Of course, her ability to perform so strongly is inseparable from the connivance of the jury chairman Wim Wenders, intentionally or unintentionally.
"Haha~"
John Landis sneered: "What you call inappropriate, is the nationality of Chinese Xu inappropriate? Or is there something wrong with his skin color? It can't be that his acclaimed performance is inappropriate, right?"
Valeria gritted her teeth and said: "No, what I said is inappropriate is because I feel that as judges of the three major European film festivals, we should behave more professionally and not be affected by some off-site factors."
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"Come on."
John Landis dismissed this statement: "China Xu's performance is worthy of this honor, otherwise he would not have been nominated by the organizing committee."
Valeria argued: "But you dare to say that your choice of China Xu was not affected by his prediction of the climax of the CD crisis?!"
John Landis's voice also became louder, and he knocked on the table with his fingers and retorted: "I admit that there are factors in this regard, but his superb acting skills are the biggest reason why I chose him.
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As an actor, can't you see how wonderful his performance is? ! I even saw mountains of corpses and seas of blood in his eyes!
If I hadn't checked his resume, I would have thought that he was really a soldier who had experienced war, or a special elite who had killed terrorists.
But he doesn’t have any experience in this area, which means that he relied purely on his acting skills to perform such a war-torn tough guy image on the screen - gentlemen and ladies, I think Xu deserves a trophy! ”
"Tough guy?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Russian screenwriter Yuri Arapov sneered: "If the image of a tough guy can be exchanged for trophies, then we Russians should win the three European awards."
Yuri neither likes nor hates China, but because Americans are the main supporter of China Xu, he chose to side with the Italians.
Valeria also took advantage of the victory and said: "Compared to Chinese Xu, I think Silvio Orlando [Italian actor]'s performance is more profound. I am not saying that Xu is not good, but Mr. Silvio Orlando has many years of experience Performance experience..."
"Years of experience?"
John Landis quickly caught her words: "Giving out the Best Actor as a consolation prize, is this what you call professionalism? If you really want to comfort him, why don't you nominate him to compete for the Lifetime Achievement Award? What? Wow, I get it, he’s not qualified yet, right?”
Faced with John Landis's exaggerated expression, Valeria couldn't hold it back for a moment. She angrily stood up on the table and said loudly: "Hell, don't your American awards have local protection?! Compared with Oscars and Golden Globe, we in Europe are doing much better, you Americans have no right to talk nonsense here!”
"Hey!"
Before John Landis could say anything, another female Argentine director and screenwriter on the jury, Lucrecia Martel, was unhappy: "Madam, according to you, am I in the wrong place? Don't. Forget, it is precisely because of the inclusiveness and openness of the Venice International Film Festival that it is famous all over the world. ”
John Landis asked jokingly: "Ms. Valeria, please tell me honestly, does the European homeland protection policy you mentioned include Russia?"
"Uh~"
Valeria was asked. If it were before August, she could firmly say yes, but since the Georgian incident, public opinion throughout Europe has been condemning New Russia. Naturally, she cannot do so at this time. Jump out and play devil’s advocate. Seeing her hesitating and getting stuck, Yuri Arapov suddenly looked worried.
Seeing this scene, the chairman of the jury, Wim Wenders, couldn't help but pick his big nose. Although this award was not officially determined, the organizing committee had already defaulted that it belonged to Silvio Orlando. .
After all, among the nominated actors, he is the most famous, has the most experience, has the highest voice, and has superb acting skills. He also has the sympathy points of being nominated many times but not winning.
This is simply a flying dragon riding on the face.
But unexpectedly, a Chinese Xu came out halfway. He became famous with the collapse of Lehman Brothers and became the biggest newsmaker at this Venice Film Festival.
What's even more embarrassing is that his performance in "Assembly" is not inferior to Silvio Orlando at all, especially his eyes that are sometimes murderous and sometimes weathered, which transcends race and culture and gives everyone The audience brought the most intuitive impact.
With the current situation, even if the Russians do not bounce the vote, there are only three votes to support Silvio Orlando: Chairman Wenders, Valeria, and Yuri.
The remaining four votes are all...
etc!
Wenders' eyes swept over John Landis, Lucrecia Martel, and Scottish artist Douglas Gordon. Although Gordon rarely spoke, he also clearly expressed his support for China Xu.
Finally, Wenders's eyes fell on Du Qifeng.
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"Du, what do you think?"
At this moment, everyone focused their attention on Du Qifeng, but no one thought that Du Qifeng could come up with any tricks. After all, they were all Chinese. Could it be that he could still turn his elbows outward?
Being stared at by several pairs of eyes at the same time, some sweat appeared on Du Qifeng's forehead. He frowned and hesitated to speak several times.
Now everyone can see the problem.
John Landis joked: "Du, you don't want to support Italy's local protectionism, do you?"
"Mr. John!"
Valeria glared at Landis and encouraged Du Qifeng: "Du, follow your inner choice and don't be affected by off-field factors..."
"Hey, you're trying to influence him now!"
"Mr. John, I am just encouraging Du to fight against Ji Q..."
The two started arguing again, and Du Qifeng's face became increasingly ugly.
Personally speaking, he is quite repulsive towards Xu Kun, and is not willing to let this guy who hates Hong Kong win the Venice Best Actor. Moreover, if he votes in favor, he will definitely be ridiculed or even hostile by his peers when he returns.
But...
This is ‘Zhenxiangjiang’!
Yinghuang was so embarrassed by him that he didn't dare to fight back, and he even took the initiative to invite him to open a studio in Hong Kong Island. How dare he dare to confront him?
"I..."
After thinking about it, Du Qi finally raised his hand slowly and gritted his teeth: "I choose Xu Kun!"
Rather than sticking to his heart, he ultimately chose to follow his heart.
Valeria's face was full of disappointment, but she still wanted to struggle again: "Du, the voting hasn't started yet..."
"No, I think it's time to start voting."
Wenders, knowing that the situation was over, sighed and raised his voice: "Those who voted for China Xu, please raise your hands."
John Landis, Lucrecia Martel, Douglas Gordon, plus Du Qifeng who raised his hand in advance, the votes were four to three, and there was no need to continue voting.
(End of chapter)