Chapter 255 Absolute High Score
Chen Linfeng led a group of creators to the stage and accepted the cheers of the audience.
In the subsequent questioning session, Catherine asked a question.
“Why do I think the protagonist, including his father, doesn’t seem to be very opposed to the Devil Teacher’s philosophy after learning about it.
Shouldn’t this be a completely wrong approach? ”
Facing the judges of this year, Chen Linfeng did not dare to neglect. He thought carefully and replied,
"My parents and many people in China all agree that a strict teacher produces a good disciple. This is completely different from Western countries." concept.
Of course, in the film, it is doubtful whether Li is a 'strict teacher', or whether he is a competent teacher.
The protagonist cannot do it because of his lack of experience. Very good identification. As for his father, he cannot be identified because he has not experienced it personally.
This is a question left to the audience to judge. ”
It turns out to be a cultural difference, which is understandable.
Catherine nodded in approval and continued to ask, "The protagonist's girlfriend feels a little insignificant in the film. How did you consider this aspect?"
"Protagonist" The setting in the film itself is that he is a paranoid person. In the first half, some classmates thought that he was cold-tempered and unapproachable.
But his girlfriend is the perfect intention, someone who can warm up such a withdrawn person. .
The protagonist later chose to break up with his girlfriend for the sake of his so-called 'art', which actually represents a kind of going astray and a sign of being out of touch with ordinary people."
Chen Linfeng knew that the other party was a typical Western woman and liked works full of female expression.
He continued to explain, "I personally attach great importance to the portrayal of girls in my works.
If you have watched "Star You" which I just finished filming, in this drama , the heroine is the center of the shot, and her shaping should be more careful than the male protagonist.
"Exploding Drummer" is another choice."
Catherine is satisfied. Nodding, she had just heard the relevant news report recently (actually it was Xiao Chen's public relations), and the heroine in it seemed to be really outstanding.
"I have no questions, thank you."
Interested audiences kept asking questions, because most of the premieres were attended by invited professionals, and most of the questions asked were professional.
Chen Linfeng answered one by one, and sometimes asked other people in the crew to reply.
Li Xuejian is the most popular person besides Chen.
His performance in the play is so eye-catching that many viewers have noticed his performance. There is always a suffocating sense of oppression that forces people to pay attention to him.
"I haven't noticed at all before, this actor named 'Li', has he had any previous works?"
"Mr. Li is more of a TV drama actor and an extremely outstanding actor. Our country is very famous. When I met this kind of special role this time, I immediately thought of him?"
"Really, I am very happy to see such an outstanding actor recommended by you Chen? To the world's stage."
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"The shots and lighting in the play are very novel to me. Is this the director's whimsy?"
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“Not only my ideas, but the photographers and lighting engineers in my team also provided wonderful ideas.
Among them, photographer Cao Yu won the Golden Horse Award for Best Photography, an important award in China.
Liu Qingshan was brought out by the most experienced lighting engineer in the country.”
Immediately, he first translated it for his own people, and then introduced Cao Yu and Liu Qingshan in his crew to the public.
When the two of them were mentioned on such an occasion, they were both proud and could not close their mouths in laughter.
Being pulled hard.
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"The beauty of the heroine Liu in the film shocked me. How could you make the hero willing to give up on her? I can't understand."
Chen Linfeng couldn't help laughing and said, "Actually, it's hard for me to understand. If it were me in reality, I would definitely not give up such a beautiful girl."
Liu Qianqian heard from the side, of course she understood English, Hearing this, he quickly covered his mouth to hide his smile.
The questioning ended completely and the audience gradually dispersed.
Johnny Depp never left. He came to the front desk and said congratulations, "Chen, you made a wonderful film."
"Thank you, Depp. . ”
“You know, I love music. I formed a band when I was young, and the music part of your movie is simply great. It’s unimaginable that a somewhat literary film could have such professional music.”
Chen Linfeng smiled and said, "I am not the kind of director who doesn't understand music. Music has always played a very important role in my works, and this time I also invited very powerful people to help me."
Depp suddenly said, "Indeed, you composed the Captain's song. I should know more about the scores in your other works, maybe I can hear some good ones."
"You really should Come and have a listen, you won’t be disappointed.”
“Wo, I like your confidence.”
Johnny Depp didn’t talk much. This venue is not suitable. He agreed to attend "Tim Burton Day" on September 5th to celebrate his mentor.
Chen Linfeng understood. No wonder he praised himself so much.
He readily accepted it, and being able to come here specifically to invite him was also a sign of respect.
Then Jiang Wen and Jia Zhangke also walked up.
Jia Zhangke said little and just nodded.
Jiang Wenze laughed and gave him a bear hug, "Xiao Chen, you did a great job this time. You really gave me a surprise."
Chen Linfeng smiled confidently, "That's because the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. If Brother Jiang doesn't work hard, he will be beaten to death on the beach."
"That's still a little early. The day after tomorrow, you can come to my head Let’s go to the screening and see how my brother’s film goes.”
Of course Chen Linfeng will not refuse, this is what it should be.
After all, normal people should know that courtesy is reciprocal. If someone helps you get back the favor, you have to give it back no matter what.
After waiting for a while, Li An came over.
He didn't say much, just patted Chen Linfeng on the shoulder and left the scene.
Li An fully felt the pressure of this new director, and this time he had another competitor.
Sure enough, in the subsequent screenings, the feedback from the audience was very enthusiastic.
You know, most of the people who come here to watch the exhibition are professionals or senior movie fans. Their preferences are originally biased towards art films.
Being able to be recognized by these people is a signal.
Chen Linfeng was unable to escape due to the screening of his own film.
I can only let Sister Mei and Pete help with the follow-up public relations work, while I am mainly responsible for dealing with reporters, some judges present, industry insiders, film critics, etc.
Zhang Yimou did not choose to attend the premiere, but watched the film at the second screening of the day.
After reading it, I didn’t make any clear statement. I just looked at my expression and felt a lot more relaxed.
The screening continued the next day, and many viewers heard about the high reputation the film had achieved the night before.
In the subsequent screenings, I came to the screening room to watch, and it was nearly full for almost the entire day.
On the third day, the three days of screening given by the organizing committee have also ended.
Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian attended the premiere of "The Sun".
After this film was screened, it was hard to say anything, and many viewers expressed doubts.
At the same time, some viewers liked it very much and expressed a fanatical attitude.
Liu Qianqian was the confused type, she didn't understand the plot at all.
Chen Linfeng combined some film reviews from his previous life and added that he is also a practitioner in this life, so he can understand it.
After "The Japanese Are Coming", Jiang Wen's issues have hardly changed. Chen Linfeng likes such topics very much, but feels that it is not good to be too obscure. "Let the Bullets Fly" is the most perfect work in his opinion.
As for "The Sun", he recognized the work itself, but not the director's interpretation.
Overall, it is a film with shortcomings.
Of course, when they went to the front to congratulate, Chen Linfeng and Jiang Wen had a lively chat, asking whether their understandings of various metaphors in the film were correct one by one.
It’s a rare opportunity to ask Jiang Wen’s metaphorical answer on the spot.
Jiang Wen was so happy. As expected, Xiao Chen understood me.
But for Xiao Chen’s question, I just pushed back and forth. Anyway, I didn’t say the answer that I had in mind as a director.
Although Chen Linfeng understood this approach from the director's point of view, he still felt that the other party was not a human being.
Subsequently, the program scores of each movie gradually came out.
The scores of "Lust, Caution" and "The Sun" are close, and both are unsatisfactory.
The former has a higher media score of 2.85 points and a film critic score of 2.55 points.
The latter received a media score of 2.55, but film critics liked it better and gave it a score of 2.7.
Chen Linfeng's "The Exploding Drummer" was unanimously praised by both parties, with a media score of 3.66 and a slightly lower score of 3.45 by film critics.
This is an absolutely high score, only significantly lower than this year's French film "Seed and Mule" (average around 3.7).
The scores are similar to the other two movies "Millet and Mullet" and "I Was Not There", both with an average score of around 3.6.
When the scores were sent back to China, the Champagne Party once again suppressed the Baosi Party. Even among Xiao Chen's fans, some people couldn't control their emotions and boasted about Xiao Chen's new work.
Zhao Yuming couldn't help it. After all, the score was too high, and it would be unreasonable not to get a bigger award.
Thanks to the hot post he made last time, he is now a somewhat famous figure in the film and television industry.
In addition, Zhao Yuming went to the School of Foreign Languages and majored in English and French at university, so he could always find some information from the Internet.
The intense posting these days has really turned him into a small opinion leader.
Netizens in the film and television area saw that [The Moon is in the Sky (Zhao Yuming’s screen name)] also felt that Xiao Chen had a high chance of winning the award. The biggest admirer turned against him, and everyone was in advance. Help Xiao Chen receive the award.
Chen Linfeng took the time to watch two movies that were close to his own rating.
"Millet and Mullet" is a warm and realistic French film, which is relatively realistic and tender.
"I Wasn't There" is more avant-garde and experimental, starring two Hollywood stars, Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett.
As soon as you look at the actors, you can tell that this latter film is a typical beautiful Chinese film.
Speaking of this Venice Film Festival, Hollywood’s voice is very loud. There are many reports in European newspapers about Hollywood’s invasion of the three major European film festivals.
When Chen Linfeng was in public relations, he intentionally borrowed this public opinion and kept in touch with the European judges.
Most of these judges are of a senior age and have experienced the glorious era of old Europe in the past.
A typical example is the Italian judge Emmanuel Criales. He has spent almost his entire director career in Europe and rarely interacts with the beautiful country's film and television circles.
For Hollywood, he is somewhat disdainful or dissatisfied, believing that the excessive intrusion of commercial movies will erode the artistry of movies.
Chen Linfeng was noncommittal about this.
Emmanuel is very interested in Chen Linfeng and wants to guide him on his artistic path.
In his words, he highly praised Zhang Yimou and considered him to be a rare film master in Asia.
Chen Linfeng agrees with this point. A director who has two Golden Lions, one Golden Bear, and one Palme d'Or to win a Grand Slam is indeed famous internationally.
Talking about some artistic directors from China, the two finally had the same ideas, and they seemed to have a pleasant conversation.
On September 5, Chen Linfeng attended Tim Burton’s Lifetime Award celebration ceremony.
In the following days, many international film producers came to our door, hoping to buy the overseas rights to "The Explosive Drummer".
Although Venice does not have an official film rights trading market, as one of the three major film festivals, how come there are no international film producers eyeing the good films here.
Of course, Chen Linfeng did not agree to sell the copyright at this time.
We have to wait until the awards are announced.
On September 7, the seven major judges gathered together and began to discuss which of the outstanding films shortlisted this year deserved an award.
Starting a few days ago, the judges began to focus on watching the films, at least to ensure that they have watched every shortlisted film.
It's just that watching movies continuously at this time is not so beneficial to objective evaluation. Generally speaking, what you should watch should have been seen during the previous screening.
This depends on the power of public relations. Whether it can persuade the judges to watch your film within two to three days of the screening.
The first round of voting is mainly to select films that feel excellent. Generally, at least two votes are needed to enter the official award selection.
"The Sun", "Lust, Caution" and "Breaking Drummer" have all been selected in the first round.
Zhang Yimou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the result. If he couldn't pass the first round, then there was really nothing he could do.
In addition, during the film festival, several films with good reviews, such as "Revised Excerpts", "I Wasn't There", "Millets and Mullets", etc., also entered the next round without any surprise.
It is strange that Brad Pitt's "The Gunman", a western action film, also passed the first round.
Zhang Yimou raised his eyebrows, realizing that a judge was pushing for it.
Subsequently, several judges had very different opinions on the assessment of specific awards.
The main point of contradiction is that several highly rated movies, with several judges holding different opinions, are too divided, and there is no obviously outstanding movie at all.
Among them, Catherine Brea supported "Breaking Drummer" and "I Wasn't There".
Emmanuel supports Exploding Drummer and Millet and Mullet.
Agado Gonzalez crazyly recommended "I Wasn't There" and "The Gunman", believing that in these two works, the respective heroines and male protagonists performed well.
The adapted version of "12 Angry Men" and the "Revised Excerpt" also have their own fans. "Lust, Caution" has also been mentioned by the judges, while "The Sun" has almost been forgotten.
Zhang Yimou asked everyone what they thought of "The Sun". When it came to this movie, everyone said it was good, but when it came to support, almost no one gave it their full support.
At this stage, everyone will only promote the movies they support most, and their authority is limited, and they will no longer work on movies that they don’t particularly like.
Zhang Yimou was surprised that at this stage of "Exploding Drummer", there were still several judges who rated it highly and expressed their intention to support it.
This was far from what I expected, and I was worried at the same time.
How should I make a decision?
The judges chatted for a long time, but the differences could not be bridged and even became more divided.
Agado and Paul Verhoeven almost had a quarrel. Paul couldn't stand Brad Pitt's acting skills and almost pointed at Agado's nose and said that he was seeking personal gain.
Agado criticized Paul’s support for 12 Angry Men, which is just a remake and not qualified for awards.
Marco Muller repeatedly persuaded Zhang Yimou to make peace, and at the same time looked at Zhang Yimou, asking him to make a decision as soon as possible and control the situation.
Zhang Yimou gritted his teeth and made a decision in his heart.
He spent a lot of time communicating with the judges, expressing his opinions while coordinating the works supported by each judge.
In the end, he barely "convinced" the judges.
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Toward the evening, Chen Linfeng received a notice to attend the award ceremony of the closing ceremony.
Later, Li An also received news that he is currently at the Toronto Film Festival, also promoting his new movie.
On the phone, he promised to attend the award ceremony on time tomorrow.
Some other crews were gradually notified.
On Jiang Wen's side, the phone never rang.
(End of this chapter)