Again, although the status of the four major international film festivals is there, and the artistic value is also recognized, it does not mean that when it comes to film selection, it is absolutely only about the film itself.
What is a film festival? The film festival is where the top film masters are willing to bring their new works, where the most promising filmmakers are promoted, and where the most popular movie stars are willing to come here to promote their films.
Determined by its own positioning, it is not so pure.
As a director, Huang Tianlin has only made one film and this film previously participated in the Toronto Film Festival. It is still very difficult for his second film to directly enter the main competition section.
It just depends on what art director Wintour Robey thinks of the film.
Lu Yanhe did not expect that Wintour Robbe would send him an email asking him what he thought of director Huang Tianlin.
Lu Yanhe was surprised.
Is this... legal?
Lu Yanhe's first reaction was that he was a participant in the movie "Tropical Rainy Season", so this was not good.
But looking at the content of the email again, there was no mention of the main competition or the West Tour Film Festival. If Lu Yanhe hadn't known that the film "Tropical Rainy Season" was competing for the qualification of the main competition unit of the West Tour Film Festival, it would have been It seemed like the artistic director of a major film festival was concerned about a new director.
Lu Yanhe thought for a while, but the other party didn't mention it, and he didn't mention it either. Instead, he just talked about how Huang Tianlin made him feel during the filming of "Tropical Rainy Season".
He responded to the email: He is a film director with a very personal style and talent. The filming of the film "Tropical Rainy Season" includes some of the materials I have seen so far. I think this film will become a very important part of my acting career. An eye-catching work. Although I didn't play many roles in this movie, he also showed a side of me in this movie that I had never seen in other movies.
Wintour Robey quickly replied to his email: Thank you for your reply, Lu. Also, if I invite you to serve as a judge for the main competition unit of the West Tour International Film Festival next year, will you have time?
Lu Yanhe was stunned.
Serve as a judge?
Lu Yanhe thought, if he served as a judge, would the film "Tropical Rainy Season" not be shortlisted for the main competition?
Is Wintour Robey hinting at something?
Maybe he is still unwilling to easily let a new director enter the main competition section of the West Tur Film Festival?
Lu Yanhe replied: Thank you, Mr. Robey, thank you very much for your invitation, and I am very willing to accept this invitation. However, I am sorry, I have four movies to shoot next year, and it may be difficult to spare time.
Wintour Robey: You are really hardworking and your output has been very high in recent years.
Lu Yanhe: I came across a lot of good scripts. I didn’t want to miss them, so I had to take them all.
Wintour Robey: I hope you can come to Sitour with more works.
Lu Yanhe: Okay, definitely.
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Situer is held in February, and the shortlisted films in the main competition section are usually confirmed by the end of January at the latest.
Now is the time when film selection is in full swing.
Not only "Tropical Rainy Season", "Raise the Red Lantern" directed by Wang Zhong, screenwriter Lu Yanhe and starring Chen Bige is also in urgent post-production to see if it can make it in time for the Xituer Film Festival.
The reason why I want to catch up with Situ Er is, on the one hand, because the style of this film suits Situ Er, and on the other hand, because Wang Zhong was the best director in Situ Er before and can be said to be a direct descendant of Situ Er. , if his film is sent to Situer, he has a greater chance of winning.
Lu Yanhe has not seen "Raise the Red Lantern" until now. He doesn't know what the movie will be like.
After all, Guoshi's movies are ones that seem easy to learn at first glance. As long as they look basic, they can be shot with ease. After all, his movies are not the kind of movies where the technical difficulty can be seen with the naked eye.
However, if his movies were really that simple, if they really relied on big scenes and pictures to win, he would not have been able to remain in the position of national master for so long without falling.
All art films must ultimately compete with internal strength.
Lu Yanhe did not doubt that Wang Zhong could make this film a critical one, he was just curious about how much "ghost spirit" Wang Zhong would give this film.
There is a "ghost spirit" in Wang Zhong's film, but it's not the ghost of a ghost.
And the movie "Raise the Red Lantern" is precisely a movie that looks at the characters, but actually the women in the yard, living like ghosts.
Lu Yanhe always feels that the "Raise the Red Lantern" he sees in this world will be less realistic than the original version and more "creepy and ghostly".
Just like "Three Mountains".
Lu Yanhe really felt one thing sincerely only after he became a creator——
Creating something like this is so personal.
Unless you can really put your mind at ease and create from a commercial creation perspective (there is often a gap between what you think and the actual situation), no creation can escape the creator's own aesthetics. preferences.
Can't pretend.
If Lu Yanhe's previous attitude towards copying those successful works was to copy them as much as possible, now Lu Yanhe has accepted that it is impossible to copy the original works. Everyone's understanding of the same script is different. Lu Yanhe now only tries his best to keep the most successful aspects of the original work.
For "Broke Sisters", it is such a setting of character relationships, and the biggest feature of this sitcom is the comedic effect of the collision of completely different values between the two heroines and the people around them - but, The bottom line is that no matter how different they are, they are all real people and warm people. No matter how venomous and mean they are, they always accept everyone.
For "Raise the Red Lantern", the two words "cannibalism" and "alienation" are the biggest themes of the film text, and the two images of lighting lamps and tapping feet are also retained.
This is something that really takes time and experience to truly figure out and accept.
Otherwise, when compared with the previous one, there will always be differences and differences.
Lu Yanhe understood more and more why people who are more awesome look at people more than they look at this and that.
Just like many entrepreneurs who were successful in the end, some investment giants invested once, failed, invested again, failed again, and continued to invest until the fourth or fifth time. They became successful and their investment doubled.
This is especially true in the creative field.
Anyone who can make good movies, as long as he doesn't act blindly, must have the basic skills here. Even if director Chen Da’s subsequent films are still criticized, they are different from those criticizing bad movies that attract money. In essence, everyone still recognizes director Chen Da’s film aesthetics, but what they don’t approve of is his past films. Some of the values embedded in the movie.
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What Lu Yanhe was thinking was, if "Oops of the Sea" turns out well, can he also send it to film festivals?
Of course, the main competition unit didn’t dare to think about it.
He was thinking of other units, even non-competition units.
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He had this idea because this time he was dealing with Wu Chi, and some of the materials he saw made him feel that Wu Chi was actually the same as the directors he knew, such as Quentin and Park Chan-wook. They were definitely not in the traditional sense. , are well-known directors of artistic films in film festivals, and even many of their works are actually very commercial, but they have their own unique style and are auteur directors, so they are also favored by film festivals.
The so-called self-contained faction.
Lu Yanhe felt that Wu Chi gave him such a feeling.
Of course, I really don’t know whether it will become a trend or not. I can only wait and see.
But at least start going to film festivals to build your reputation and qualifications.
Lu Yanhe sent a message to Chen Yin and talked about it.
Chen Yin replied: Got it, I understand. In fact, I also recently took a fancy to an art film and wanted to buy it.
Lu Yanhe was a little surprised and asked: What do you mean by buying it?
Chen Yin said: If you buy the film rights to the company, the film will belong to the company in the future, and the company will do the follow-up operations. This film was made by a very young director named Zeng Bo, and the film is called "Balcony Picnic" , none of the actors are professional actors, but this film The movie is very special. It has a real poetry that belongs to the people at the bottom. Those who have been suppressed by life are still trying to find a pure land of their own spirit. The fragility of this kind of people, the fragility of poverty and dignity, is particularly sharp. , which makes people feel sad.
Lu Yanhe: Can I find time to come to the company and watch this movie?
Chen Yin: OK.
Lu Yanhe believed in Chen Yin's vision. Chen Yin was originally asked to manage the company's film and television production-related businesses because he understood it and had an aesthetic sense. This is a very scarce resource for a production company executive.
And Xu Tianming is the kind of person who understands business and management very well, but doesn't know much about content and aesthetics. Therefore, his responsibilities are all related to products.
Lu Yanhe asked Chen Ziyan to watch "Balcony Picnic" together.
Chen Ziyan was quite happy to hear that Chen Yin wanted to buy movies from outside.
"This is good." Chen Ziyan said, "I have long felt that since Linghe's current production projects are basically small and beautiful, in addition to starting to shoot his own works, there are actually many small-cost films in the industry—— There are really too many people in the industry who want to realize their ideal of being a director and spend their money making movies. In these movies , there are many that are eye-catching. We can look at them more, and buy them if they are good. The prices are actually not expensive, and there are some shining points. The overall situation is not satisfactory, but it may be possible to remedy it after evaluation. You can buy it, invest some money, and let the director shoot some more and re-edit the movie based on the revisions.”
Lu Yanhe was a little surprised when he heard this.
"Because the most important thing is, hasn't Linghe now established connections with overseas film producers through "Love Letter"? Moreover, we have good relationships with film festivals all over the world, although we have no distribution channels. , but we can be a copyright agent, or we can directly buy the copyright and become the copyright owner to operate it. Otherwise, how many movies can we make in a year?”
Chen Ziyan's words made Lu Yanhe thoughtful.
"You have always wanted to introduce Chinese-language films to the world. Is there any more effective way to promote Chinese-language films to the world than this way?" Chen Ziyan said, "There are really too many small-cost films in China. It’s a small movie, and 99% of them don’t have the chance to go to theaters or even meet the audience.”
Lu Yanhe nodded: "I understand. I will tell Chen Yin and others about this idea and let them study it. Am I just worried that we have so much funds? We almost couldn't turn over money in the first half of the year."
"First, "Love Letter" was a box office hit, and I quickly earned a lot of cash. "Legend of Sword and Fairy" will be completed this year, and the money will basically be paid back next year, not to mention, "Wulin Gaiden" Season 2 Spring Festival Once the broadcast is launched, a large amount of money will be returned. In the short term, what you have to consider is that with such a large amount of cash on the company's books, if you If you don’t spend it, the money will continue to depreciate,” Chen Ziyan said, “Secondly, as I said, we are taking the small and beautiful route. If the price is high, we just don’t buy it. We don’t have to buy anything. As long as the company has the spare capacity and the idea, it can slowly select some.”
Lu Yanhe: "Yes, I understand."
""Home Alone" has a production budget of millions, but the estimated box office target is hundreds of millions. If it weren't for the fact that you wrote the script and you said that the box office of this movie will definitely be good, I would definitely think that this is nonsense. .”
"In the film industry, I have always felt that the greater the investment, the higher the box office." Lu Yanhe said, "If a film has a large investment, it is mainly about technological innovation and the use of money in the film. It has visual effects that cannot be seen in other movies, then this law may come true, but if the investment in this movie is large, it will depend on the director's popularity and the luxurious cast of actors. , to be honest, I think there is a greater chance of a bloodbath. Not many viewers will actually watch a movie for a few people. It must be the popularity of a few people as the creators to make the movie known to everyone, and the movie itself is good. The subject matter, or something related to the movie that the audience likes, the two together can attract the audience to the cinema. ”
"It's not that I don't want to make the production cost of "Home Alone" a little higher. In fact, I can ask for eight figures in royalties for this script, and then the production cost will exceed eight figures." Lu Yanhe said, "It's just not necessary. I didn't save money on any production, but this theme, this subject, this story is very To be clear, it only costs so much money, and this theme, this theme, this story, I thought of it, no one else thought of it, but the market likes it, so it is a box office hit, is there any problem? Before going to see a movie, I will specifically check the cost. I will decide to go see it if the cost is high. If the cost is low, I will not go.”
"What you said makes sense, but not everyone knows this truth and really dares to do it." Chen Ziyan said, "In your position, you still use such a simple concept to look at movie investment and box office. , there are only a handful of them. I’m afraid you’ve forgotten, once again, for a large number of domestic film companies, they don’t make money from box office. Of course, we don’t need to learn from them, we just make our own, small workshops. Although it is small, it is completely ours. ”
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded, "I think so too."
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