Chapter 338 Promotion
Gong Li said to herself: "Have you not always wanted to promote Chinese films to the world?"
"Now there is a Wang Shu in the mainland."
“He is young, gifted and talented, and is an extremely rare talent in the history of film in the world.”
“If he can keep it up, he will have a brighter future.”
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"In the future, we may have to rely on him to promote Chinese-language films to the world."
At this point, he paused for a moment and then said: "You were able to push Li Yu in Berlin back then, but can't you push him now? Is Wang Shu, who is also a mainland director, the same person? "
"Or you are from Beijing Film Academy, Li Yu has a master's degree from New York University, and Wang Shu is nothing, so you are biased against this? "
Gong Li's tone was a bit strong when she said this, and Zhang Yimou on the side could hear that she was filled with resentment.
After all, the two were once lovers, but now they have their own families.
As for Zhang Yimou's promotion of Li Yu.
This can be traced back to Li Yu's career in Hollywood after obtaining a master's degree from New York University.
Li Yu initially struggled in Hollywood, but returned to Treasure Island out of desperation.
Then, China Film’s packaged filming model gave him the opportunity to direct a film independently for the first time.
It was this opportunity that "Pushing Hands" was released, which is the first part of the "Father Trilogy".
Then Li Eu directed "The Wedding Banquet" again. This film is the second part of the "Father Trilogy" and won the Golden Bear Award at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards. Best Director Award at the 30th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards.
Since then, Li Eucalyptus has been favored by Hollywood producers and once again got the opportunity to return to Hollywood.
At the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival, Zhang Yimou was one of the judges.
This is what Gong Li said, why Zhang Yimou pushed Li Yu.
Seeing that Zhang Yimou remained silent, Gong Li said coldly: "Or do you not want Wang Shu to steal your limelight, and have always wanted you to complete the feat of promoting Chinese films to the world?"
Gong Li didn't care whether Zhang Yimou would be angry or not, and continued: "I think you know very well how difficult it is for Chinese films to go global."
"It would be difficult for all mainland filmmakers combined to promote it, let alone Personal power."
"I have a lot of personal experience in Hollywood over the years."
"It is really difficult."
"I am very optimistic about Wang Shu. , so please give him a push.”
After hearing this, Zhang Yimou finally spoke, and he said: "Why do you want to help him so much?"
Gong Li listened to Zhang Yimou's slightly jealous voice, chuckled, and said: "Here we are. At our age and status, wouldn’t it be a great pleasure to support talented young people from our hometown?”
“What’s more, if Wang Shu can go higher and further, he may be able to promote the direction of Chinese-language films in the future. world.”
“Why not do this kind of thing?”
“Besides, isn’t that what we people should do?”
If it is to support actors, Gong Li is not interested.
Because under normal circumstances, actors cannot promote Chinese-language films to the world, but more importantly, promote individuals to the world.
Directors are different, especially directors who can write and direct themselves.
For example, "The Tuner", if it is remade into an American version, it will promote Chinese-language films to the world.
It is true that the real Chinese film going global refers to the original version of "The Tuner" going global.
But everything has a process.
Even if the Chinese version of "The Tuner" is now available in theaters around the world.
Because it is a Chinese-language film, not only will it not be able to earn much at the box office, its influence will also be limited.
Being remade into an American version by Hollywood, although it is indeed not as intuitive as the Chinese version in promoting mainland films to the world, it is also a disguised form of telling the world's audiences that this is a remake of a Chinese film, which subtly promotes It is also helpful for Chinese-language films to go global.
For example, the movie "Avatar" was filmed in Zhangjiajie, which makes Zhangjiajie the first choice for many foreigners to travel to China.
From this point, we can see the influence of Hollywood movies in the world.
Therefore, even if "The Tuner" is remade into an American version, as long as this movie can be successful, the influence of Hollywood movies in the world will inevitably promote Chinese-language movies to take a step towards the world stage.
Wait until Chinese-language films are slowly recognized and accepted by audiences around the world through this method of incorporating private goods.
If Chinese-language films are directly released in theaters around the world, perhaps they will not be "100%" hit by the street.
On September 8, the Venice International Film Festival held its closing awards ceremony.
Tonight, the grand prize of the main competition unit of this Venice Film Festival will be decided.
Wang Shu, Mei Ting, Zhang Hanyu and Fu Dalong were all dressed up to attend.
The arrival of the crew of "A Crowd of People" indicates that Wang Shu has received a hint from the organizer yesterday.
Although there must be prizes, no one can know the grand prize or the small prize.
Mei Ting and Zhang Hanyu were very excited. The crew of "Human Mountain" received a hint from the organizer, which also indicated that they were also likely to win the Actor Award.
Last night, Mei Ting even pulled Wang Shu to prepare her acceptance speech to avoid actually winning the Best Actress crown without preparation.
Wang Shu knew that Mei Ting was most likely preparing for nothing, but he still cooperated with Mei Ting to do this, as long as she was happy anyway.
When it came to the closing red carpet this year, Mei Ting was specially dressed up, wearing a bright and beautiful dress, holding Wang Shu's arm and walking on the red carpet with her head held high.
Among the four, only Fu Dalong is in the atmosphere group.
Because the Venice Film Festival does not have awards for actors and supporting actors, he came here to ride on the popularity of the Venice Film Festival.
After all, this kind of film festival is not something domestic entertainment actors can just come to if they want to.
Compared with some people who didn’t receive the invitation and came here to try hard, he had the opportunity to come here in a legitimate manner and naturally he wouldn’t miss it.
Furthermore, it is Wang Shu’s crew. Following Wang Shu and acting together can also deepen our friendship.
After the four people walked on the red carpet, Wang Shu was left behind by the host in charge of the interview. Since Mei Ting was Wang Shu’s female companion on the red carpet and had been holding Wang Shu’s arm without letting go, it was Stay with Wang Shu.
As for Zhang Hanyu and Fu Dalong, they were led into the venue by the staff.
"Mr. Wang Shu, this is your first time coming to the Venice Film Festival, and it is also your third time participating in the main competition unit of the International Film Festival."
"It is your first time to go to Berlin and get the Al Fred Bauer Silver Bear Award."
"Going to Cannes for the second time and winning the Best Screenplay Award."
"This time you come to Venice, you feel like you have it. Is it possible to win the award? Or which award do you think you are most likely to win? Or who do you think your biggest competitor is? "
The question asked by this beautiful host is very sophisticated. She was the first to say that this was Wang Shu's third time participating in the main competition unit of the International Film Festival. This main competition unit is the key word, excluding the time when "Terror Cruise" went to the Cannes Film Festival in mid-May this year.
In mid-May, Wang Shu was invited to the Cannes Film Festival. The segment he participated in was a non-competition unit and could not compete for the grand prize of the main competition unit.
Excluding this time, Wang Shu went to Berlin, Cannes, and Venice three times, and was not only shortlisted for the competition unit, but also for the main competition unit.
Moreover, whether it is in Berlin or Cannes, there are gains, and now there are also gains in Venice.
In fact, since yesterday, it has been revealed that "Human Mountain" is likely to win an award, but it is unknown what award it will win.
It was precisely because of learning about this and the fact that Wang Shu had won awards in Berlin and Cannes before that the host specifically stopped Wang Shu for an interview.
The 21-year-old young director went to Berlin when he was 18, to Cannes when he was 20, and to Venice when he was 21.
The three major European film festivals, Berlin, Cannes and Venice, are all different international film festivals.
These factors add up to a topic that will definitely attract attention.
“Uh?” Of course, Wang Shu would not be too boastful about an occasion like this that was being filmed by many international media with cameras, and replied with a smile: “Now that we are here, no one wants to win an award.”< br>
"As for who will receive the award, it will be decided by the chairman of the jury and the judges."
"As for the award."
"I am still young and I still have opportunities in the future, so even if I win Less than the grand prize, I am equally happy to win other awards."
"As for the competitors."
"I think all the films that come here are competitors."
His words were all about tact and no one could be offended.
The blonde and blue-eyed beauty host was obviously dissatisfied. She added with a smile: "Chinese director Zhang Yimou is the chairman of the jury of this Venice Film Festival. Will he specifically take care of " The movie "Mountains of People"? "
In 2007, China's international influence was far less than that of more than ten years later. In addition, this Venice Film Festival had a large number of American films shortlisted, Zhang Yimou was the chairman, and Shortlisted for several Chinese-language films.
There is only so much pork, and there is not enough room for European and American films, let alone Chinese-language films, so some people are bound to be unhappy.
Therefore, Wang Shu had expected this to happen. He said with an unchanging expression: "Films do not respect national boundaries. This is Director Zhang Yimou's principle for treating movies."
The beautiful host smiled and then asked: "The film with the highest demand for the Golden Lion Award at this Venice Film Festival is "Lust, Caution" directed by Li Eucalyptus. Director Wang Shu, do you think your "Human Mountain" is qualified to beat Li Eucalyptus? The director's "Lust, Caution"?"
Wang Shu replied without changing his expression: "All the shortlisted films are eligible."
Mei Ting's eyes flashed from time to time. He looked sideways at Wang Shu, with not only a charming smile on his face, but also admiration in his eyes.
Anyone else would probably be a little overwhelmed by the blond host’s aggressive questioning.
Wang Shu, however, was at ease.
He didn't offend anyone, but he also answered the question and showed his attitude.
The blond beauty host asked again: "Director Wang Shu, compared with "Lust, Caution" directed by Li Eucalyptus, do you think "Lust, Caution" has a better chance of winning the Golden Lion Award? Or your "Human Mountain"? "
In order to prevent Wang Shu from being tactful, the beautiful host said again, "Only "Lust, Caution" directed by Li Yu and your "Human Mountain"
< br>Mei Ting on the side heard this and looked at Wang Shu with worried eyes.
Wang Shu smiled and said: "I think it's useless. This matter will be decided by the many judges on the jury."
The beautiful blond host was speechless. She wanted to start a topic, but she didn't expect the young director in front of her to be so smooth.
She then asked several questions, and Wang Shu answered them one by one. Due to time constraints, the interview ended.
Although Mei Ting followed Wang Shu throughout the entire process, the blonde and blue-eyed beauty host did not ask a single question.
The gap between the two in international film festivals is so obvious.
However, even though Mei Ting was accompanying her throughout the whole process, it was also good for her.
Because, this time, she caught up with Wang Shu's popularity on the international stage.
On her own, few international media would pay attention to her.
The two walked towards the venue, and Mei Ting suddenly whispered worriedly in Wang Shu's ear: "I won't be compared with Tang Wei today, right?"
Wang Shu was stunned when he heard this, and then He said with relief: "No, today you are the most dazzling star in the audience."
When he heard this question, he instantly understood what Mei Ting was worried about.
She and Tang Wei are both Mainland actors and both have the opportunity to compete for Best Actress.
It’s just that Tang Wei is a newcomer and she is a senior.
Even if the two of them don't want to, there is still a sense of comparison.
Therefore, Mei Ting was worried that her dress today would not be as good as Tang Wei's, and she was also worried that Tang Wei would get nothing out of her.
If it unfolds like this, it will make her feel gloomy and lose face.
On the contrary, Tang Wei is different.
She is a newcomer, even if she is not as good as Mei Ting, she will be fine.
“You just know how to coax me!” When Mei Ting heard this, she snorted in a petty manner.
Wang Shu returned a sincere smile and said: "I'm not lying to you, in my eyes, you are the most dazzling in the whole audience."
"Humph!" Mei Ting heard this. As he spoke, the tension in his heart eased a lot, and the corners of his mouth curled up, but on the surface he still snorted arrogantly, pretending to be disbelieving.
After a while, the two people walked into the venue under the guidance of the staff, and then sat down next to Zhang Hanyu and Fu Dalong, waiting for the award ceremony to begin.
On the red carpet, Li Eu joined hands with Tang Wei, Liang Chaowei, and others.
The media reporters at the scene suddenly became energetic and took photos non-stop with their cameras.
Li Eucalyptus's "Lust, Caution" has always been the most popular film for the Golden Lion Award at this Venice Film Festival.
On the day "Lust, Caution" held its premiere in Venice, even though the premiere coincided with the movie screening at the venue, not only was the premiere lively and lively, but the screening venue was also packed.
The shadow of a person's famous tree, no matter whether the movie "Lust, Caution" is excellent or not, just the name of Li Eucalyptus has such an effect.
In comparison, whether it is Jiang Wen, Du Qifeng, or Wang Shu, they are all far inferior.
Of course, Wang Shu is not the most popular among the five Chinese films.
The biggest draw was Johnnie To. "Detective" premiered as the finale movie. Not only was there a scattered audience at the premiere, but the premiere venue was also deserted.
With this person at the bottom, Jiang Wen and Wang Shu are not considered to have lost face because of being set off by Li Yu.
(End of this chapter)