Chapter 543: The praise is like a tide (6k)
Zhang Weiping slapped with the flow and stopped. He grabbed Zhang Yimou's arm and leaned closer to ask.
"Yimou, do you feel that there is hope for this movie to win the award?"
He thoughtfully heard the negative answer from the other party.
However, Zhang Yimou nodded with certainty, "The hope is great, and the most likely is the Golden Bear Award."
"Why?" Zhang Weiping said, "This is a superhero movie, and it should be born with unfavorable conditions."
"I won't talk about the audio-visual language and aesthetic style. As long as you know, Xiao Chen has made another breakthrough in "The Joker", he has begun to gradually form his own style."
Zhang Weiping asked in confusion, "What does this mean?"
"I can't say what it means, but judges or professionals generally have a good appreciation for such movies that represent the personal breakthrough of the creators."
Zhang Yimou paused and said, "As for the superhero movies you mentioned, if the movie is shocking enough, the adverse conditions will turn into favorable conditions. You should understand this."
"I understand?"
Zhang Weiping frowned and thought for a while, then realized,
"Yes, it is a big gimmick to present an award for a super-English movie that is excellent enough and exceeds expectations."
"Yes, the film festival also has publicity needs. A fair and impressive award presentation greatly improves its own value."
Zhang Yimou exclaimed a little, "Xiao Chen has made too fast, and the use of light and shadow in this film is no less than that of me and Brother Kai to some extent."
Beyond is definitely not worthy.
Their peak color and light and shadow levels, especially in the past era, were not easily surpassed by the effect of carefully crafting them.
In the era when most of them used natural light, sometimes it was possible to spend ten days and half a month in order to wait for a sufficiently exciting light and shadow condition.
This is far from comparable now.
When it comes to the portrayal of urban alleys, stairs, and subways, Xiao Chen is more powerful now.
Just watching this movie, the scenes of subway shootings and dancing alone on the steps are full of artistic beauty.
"When I was watching it just now, I would think of Wang Jiawei from time to time. The two are of different types, but their styles are very distinctive."
Zhang Weiping was a little helpless. Lao Tou really didn't care that his unique Three Gold Grand Slam was taken by others.
He rolled his eyes and thought of many ideas, but in the end he had to give up.
The cost of offending Xiao Chen is a bit too high. Even if Zhang Weiping leans on Zhang Yimou, he dare not be too casual.
"Oh, I can only hope that the jury and the organizing committee have some backbone, and don't be affected by Xiao Chen's reputation." "It's up to you to stop Xiao Chen from winning the Grand Slam, Berlin Organizing Committee, give me some strength." Zhang Weiping shouted in his heart.
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Amid the crowd of applauding, Emma Watson also asked Martin Freeman in a low voice.
After watching the movie, I felt like I couldn't speak, but I was eager to reveal it.
This made her unable to help but want to communicate with people around her. "What?"
The sound around was too loud, and Martin couldn't hear it clearly.
Emma Watson increased the volume, "How do you think of this movie?"
I heard it clearly this time. "It can be seen that Leonardo's acting skills have made a great breakthrough, which is surprising." As an actor, this is the first thing Martin pays attention to.
"Really..." Emma Watson recalled that Leonardo's clown was simply amazing.
She never thought that after Heath Ledger, there would be someone who could play a completely different and not inferior in terms of clown image.
"Where is the rhythm and plot of the story?" Emma Watson asked again.
Martin hesitated and saw the director's discussion of social issues, but he had a slightly different view on this.
But before Martin could answer, Samuel Jackson interrupted while hearing the voices of the two. "Emma, I have to say that this movie is the most shocking movie I have ever seen. When Arthur became a clown, the movie was enough to be a god!"
His words were obviously excited.
As a black man, I can understand some of the situations of the protagonist in the film.
He even felt that Arthur had somehow taken part of his childhood.
This makes him extremely devoted when watching the movie and can best experience the change in the mood of the protagonist in the play.
Emma Watson looked at Martin, wanting to hear what he said.
Martin shrugged, "I agree with Samuel's statement. Chen played the art of light and shadow to the extreme. Leonardo's performance was like a devil, and these two people complemented each other."
"Artistic light and shadow, devilish acting, shocking plot," Emma Watson clapped his hands, "chen created another classic."
"Well, to some extent, you are right."
"Yes, "The Joker" is an absolute masterpiece."
The three agreed.
The discussions among industry insiders are relatively more cautious, and ordinary audiences who get the premiere tickets are more excited.
The applause lasted for nearly 5 minutes.
It was not until the main creators of the movie that went on stage and bowed to thank him several times that the applause from the audience gradually dissipated.
The question-asking session was filled with excitement and everyone wanted to ask questions.
Sina reporter Xu Tao raised his hands while observing the situation of others at the scene.
There are too many people raising their hands, and he doesn't feel that he will be picked immediately.
Sure enough, the host on the stage selected a white reporter.
He also knows this person, and is Tom, a reporter from Global Screen. "What purpose did the director make such a film?" Xu Tao felt that he was a little malicious, but Director Chen's answer cleverly avoided the bad points in the question.
Tom didn't make any more trouble.
"It seems that Director Chen's international status has reached a certain level." He thought.
Foreigners also look at people's dishes, and Xu Tao has experienced too much.
A question after question, Chen Linfeng answered rigorously and sincerely, sometimes without losing his wit. "Okay, the next one, um, that gentleman with glasses there."
At this time, people around him suddenly looked at him, and Xu Tao quickly realized that he was chosen.
Xu Tao was instantly nervous and threw out the questions he had prepared.
Fortunately no one asked this question just now, and he had paid extra attention. "Director Chen, Leonardo's performance style and acting skills in the film are completely different from before. How did he do this?" "Oh? It's a domestic reporter. It's better for Leo to answer this question." Chen Linfeng on the stage whispered to Leonardo in English and then handed him the microphone.
"For this role, I started preparing very early, but when it was about to be filmed, chen gave me a new script.
Then told me that my previous preparations were all wrong and I needed to change my ideas.
I had to change the way, which was completely different from the previous preparations, which largely avoided the same as the past performance methods."
Leonardo talked endlessly about his performance experience, emphasizing the role of the director.
Including the content of Chen Linfeng performing a performance demonstration for him during the crew filming.
Xu Tao remembered excitedly.
Director Chen gave Leonardo a demonstration!
If Leonardo relies on the role of clown in the future, what award will he win?
Then the military merits are one-third of Director Chen's title.
Or it can be changed, Director Chen is Leonardo's mentor.
The schedule of the film festival is still relatively close, and there are subsequent screening plans after "The Joker".
So the Q&A session did not last very long.
Back to the hotel, Xu Tao turned on the computer and edited today's report first.
Internet media is about fast.
"Everyone is looking forward to Director Chen's new film premiere"
"Director Chen's new film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, very welcomed"
This type of big title and short news reviews were released when the movie began to be screened.
What he wants to do now is to post long comments.
Xu Tao did not focus on describing the quality of the movie.
There must be a lot of reports on this type of film review, and it will be difficult for him to produce new ones even if he writes it.
Xu Tao focused on the reactions of surrounding audiences and front-row stars during the film screening.
And there is also a 5-minute applause after the screening.
Since media is not allowed to take photos in the cinema, Xu Tao can only describe it in words as much as possible.
His writing style is still good, and he describes the excitement and even shocking scene of the audience at that time.
He also has some excerpts from many reporters and audience questions and answers.
Especially the Western reporters respect Director Chen. After the Q&A, European and American celebrities came forward to say hello and then tried their best to come forward to greet him.
He used it as the focus of the second half of the article to render it.
How good it is to not write a movie in the whole article, but as long as you read this report a little carefully, you can understand the audience, celebrity guests, and the author himself’s recognition of the movie.
After the report is written, it will be reviewed quickly and then issued.
In the early morning of Berlin, it happened to be in the morning in China.
Many early netizens kept getting news from the Berlin Film Festival.
The premiere of Chen Linfeng's new film occupies the title of most news reports.
"Chen Linfeng's new film premiered?"
Many people were startled at first, feeling that they had been watching the news for several days. His movie was about to be released, so they shouldn't be unknown.
Then I noticed that it was premiering at the Berlin Film Festival.
Domestic netizens still do not pay enough attention to the three major European film festivals, and they often only pay attention to them after the results come out.
Now that I see the news, I naturally need to click in and take a look.
And then I saw a bunch of rainbow farts.
The most outstanding thing here is a report from Sina.
It describes Chen Linfeng's glory at the Berlin Film Festival and the respect and praise of the whole world for him.
Watching this report, it’s like reading a cool article, which makes people unable to stop.
Unconsciously clicked to bookmark and forward it one-stop.
After watching it, combined with the film review reports issued by other media reporters, it feels a different feeling.
The other is that some reporters reprinted the comments of foreign media about new films, which were mostly positive, and they were much more hyped than in China.
The more you read this news, the more interesting it becomes.
On Weibo, discussions about this Berlin Film Festival are gradually increasing.
Many of them are not satisfied with the news and are now participating in the discussion.
Some of them are reposted by the news you see on Weibo. In fact, at the beginning, many movie fans who have been paying attention to Chen Linfeng for a long time, or senior movie fans who are paying more attention to the film festival.
They all have little hope for Chen Linfeng to take the Golden Bear.
Especially what Chen Linfeng said at the airport before leaving.
Someone summarized the media's reports and posted them online, which clearly showed that he was not optimistic about Chen Linfeng's award.
Too young.
And from a common sense, the three major European countries definitely don’t want others to underestimate them.
Everyone can understand if you have a slight card with Director Chen.
Even Chen Linfeng's core fans think that this will be stuck once, and giving a jury prize is the greatest possibility.
But now that a large number of reports on the premiere are all swearing wildly, it makes people a little uncertain.
At least one thing netizens can perceive is Director Chen’s new movie "The Joker", which seems to be of good quality.
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In the following days, more and more reports were reported, especially domestic netizens and media, who frantically reprinted foreign reports and comments on foreign websites.
Everyone is bragging, which makes domestic netizens unable to hold on.
"Director Chen's new film is a bit blown up. He won't really want a golden bear, right?"
"The hottest will die, the hottest will die, and don't open champagne in the half."
"Indeed, the hottest will die, let's firmly believe that the probability of Director Chen taking the golden bear is not high."
"It's not high, and you can think of it. Berlin must be stuck. If Berlin doesn't do it, Cannes and Venice will be unhappy." "Director Chen has no chance, so don't hold hope." "..." "..." "That's what everyone said, but in fact, everyone's expectations are rising little by little.
More and more people are paying attention.
Originally, the Grand Slam of the Three Gold was a very big gimmick. Many people felt that they didn’t have much hope at first, and they were also watered by Chen Linfeng’s cold water.
So the public, including the media, did not pay too much attention to this Berlin Film Festival at first.
The media is also afraid of the embarrassing situation of being crazy about promoting the unsuccessful award.
The media in the entertainment industry still cherish Chen Linfeng, a hard-won international director and star.
If it really is ruined, how can there be so many hot reports in the future?
Even other companies don't want to do anything bad.
The couple Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian are both developing abroad and almost do not occupy domestic resources. There is really no need to target them specifically.
They don't have any foundation.
This trend was maintained well, but the various reports from Berlin were really seductive.
So many heavyweight media and such high ratings, the chance of winning the Golden Bear Award is always higher.
At this time, no one was worried that he would not win the award, it was just a question of what award he would win.
Berlin.
Chen Linfeng Hotel Room.
Han Shanping and Mei Jie were both in Chen Linfeng's room.
Zhang Yimou only came to attend the premiere and went back the next day.
Sister Mei spread the collected news reports and showed them to Chen Linfeng.
Han Shanping couldn't quite understand these reports in Europe, so he asked directly, "I have heard others discussing these past two days and they all say that Xiao Chen's films are very good. How is it now?"
My sister took out several newspapers from big media, "The evaluation has been maintained well until now, like these."
The Art of Movie gave a very high evaluation and published large film stills.
[…Leonardo redefined the method performance with every twitching muscle! The solo dance on the steps is a classic of contemporary film history:
The blood-stained white shirt, twisted body language and treacherous soundtrack interprets "pain is art" to the extreme. 】
The editor and reporter of the Guardian are a person who likes to be sarcastic.
However, this time he wrote the report, he restrained a little, leaving the focus on the allusion of the film.
[…Arthur's uncontrolled laughter hit the audience's heart like a heavy hammer.
Isn’t this mentally ill patient abandoned by the welfare system a vivid case of the failure of the beautiful country’s medical system?
When he said 'Therapist never listened to me', at least three audience members were sobbing in the dark. 】
The film reviews of "Hollywood Reporter" are more immersive.
[…We are collectively diagnosed with social psychosis…Arthur’s laughter teared the hypocritical order like a rusty saw.
When he danced with blood on the stairs, the riot flames behind him engulfing Gotham City, I suddenly realized:
We are all playing normal roles, and the clown just pulled off that mask.
This movie is not a whitewashing villain, but forces the audience to look straight into the conspiracy in the mirror - when the bottom layer is crushed by the system, isn't madness the most sober resistance?
Warning: After watching it, you will repeatedly ask yourself at three o'clock in the morning, who is the clown in the circus. 】
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In addition, there are also media such as "Variety Show", "Screen", "European Times", and "IndieWire", which also gave good reviews.
After listening to several film reviews, Han Shanping clearly felt the appreciation of these media for the film. "These media like "The Joker" quite a bit." "Well," Sister Mei nodded, "The media is quite restrained. Some of the online reviews are higher, and they look crazy."
"But there are also bad reviews."
My sister continued to recite.
"The film attaches too much importance to class narratives, perhaps because of the director's origin. His conflicts with society will only be attributed to the rich oppression of the poor..."
And. "The delicate social criticism in the first half became a violent spectacle in the second half, and it did not deeply explore the root cause of institutional contradictions, which is a bit of a pity." Han Shanping nodded, which is much more normal.
When Chen Linfeng heard this, he couldn't help but complain, "I really thought Aimei could write anything and post anything. If I describe it deeply, what should I do if I am restricted from the current and then shut down the microphone?"
As a Chinese, how could he only stay on the surface for this kind of class narrative?
In fact, he had written a plot that was discussed in depth at the beginning, but he gave it to Alex to watch.
Alex pointed it out very "tactful" and then "strongly" suggested that he change it.
Chen Linfeng is not a stupid person, and then he changed to a plot similar to his previous life.
I think this is what the original screenwriter, as a beautiful Chinese, felt about the review of the old Americans.
Han Shanping agreed very much, "Indeed, it is said that our country has strict reviews. In fact, Hollywood also has its own review system." "It's not that you won't be allowed to be released, but the media doesn't report on the reduction of screening under market behavior. You can't say it.
It's all market behavior, but in fact, you understand what you understand." Chen Linfeng seriously agreed that later generations of "Nezha 2" received 10 billion yuan in China, but in the end, they could only open 300 theaters in North America.
Is this the attention and release benefits that movies of this level should receive?
Forget it, it’s useless to think too much, Chen Linfeng turned around and paid attention to his movies.
He is now paying more attention to the Berlin Film Festival magazine ratings.
As the closing ceremony approached, the media's scores of the magazine were gradually confirmed.
The score of "The Joker" is almost stable at 3.3 points.
This score is obviously a high score sequence.
You need to know that the highest score of the Berlin magazine is 4 points, and 3.3 is really very high.
The movies Chen Linfeng focused on are also award-winning movies in his previous life.
"Baby Style" scores 2.8, which is a normal score.
The Guardian evaluated it as a "cold and precise social scalpel."
"The One Page of Miss Life" scored 3.0, the second highest score in the magazine.
The Hollywood Reporter praised it as "suffocatingly real".
Then the Promised Land scored 2.5 points and the Closed Land scored 2.2 points, which are both polarized.
Chen Linfeng has also watched these movies these days.
The ratings given by the media are also more in line with his opinion.
Actually, after looking at the whole thing, Chen Linfeng's experience is very obvious.
Unlike Cannes and Venice, one focuses on emotions and art, and the other carries avant-garde films, the Berlin Film Festival does pay more attention to political issues.
Fortunately, "The Joker" is a typical more political movie.
It is just because of this that the media have praised "The Joker" too much.
This made Chen Linfeng a little worried. It would trigger the judges' rebellious mentality and deliberately refused to give a grand prize.
There is some truth to die if you are hot.
Chen Linfeng has been a judge of the Venice Film Festival and understands the judges' mentality a little.
You outside reporters give you such a high rating.
If I, a professional, I will give the award according to your opinions.
Wouldn't that mean you know more about movies than me?
That certainly won't work. I'm looking for something wrong with this high-rated movie.
This emotion is subtle.
But it is also considered human nature.
And there are indeed differences in the focus of professionals and media reporters and senior film critics.
This also creates a difference in the evaluations between the two parties.
It's useless to be anxious. In the remaining two days, Chen Linfeng tried not to think about the final result.
He began to frequently appear in various movie salons and movie screening halls.
Look at what other movies look like.
Xiqi has gone back, and now he is alone, so he is more free and easy (Mao Zhen).
Every film festival, there will be a large number of newcomers' movies, which are often very immature and rough, but maybe they will have new ideas and fantastic understanding.
Chen Linfeng is unwilling to miss such an opportunity.
Following the master is one aspect, learning new ideas and new ideas is also a method.
In the salon, he communicated with famous filmmakers.
With Chen Linfeng's current reserves and level, he is not afraid at all.
Many filmmakers are increasingly recognizing him, and they are worthy of being a world-renowned director.
Although I'm a little younger, I'm really stocked up in my stomach.
This kind of communication and learning was until the afternoon of the 16th.
Chen Linfeng and Leonardo undoubtedly received an invitation to attend the closing ceremony.
The two of them have never doubted the prize, they are just worried about what prize they won.
The trustworthy Chen Linfeng was rarely worried.
If you can't get the Berlin Golden Bear this time, you will have to wait for many years.
He couldn't help but feel uneasy.
It is in this mood.
On February 17, the closing ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival was also the awards ceremony, which began.
(This chapter ends)