Chapter 406 Disdain
These words caused Feng Xiaogang to fall into a brief silence.
The success of "Assembly" made him think that he was very impressive, and he had never taken Wang Shu seriously before.
But now with Wang Shu's success again and again, he had to admit that Wang Shu really had something.
At the same time, Chen Kaige and Chen Hong were also talking about "The Tuner" achieving a box office of US$260 million in North America.
"Oh, it's just 260 million. Nolan's already has 500 million, which is twice as much as him." Chen Kaige sneered as if he was entertaining me.
For a long time, everyone in domestic entertainment looked down upon Chen Kaige, who won the Cannes Palme d'Or.
Even Zhang Yimou was looked down upon by him.
Although Zhang Yimou has won many of the three major European awards, Zhang Yimou has never won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
As we all know, among the three major film festivals in Europe, the Cannes Film Festival has the highest quality.
Compared with the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival are lower.
Chen Kaige has the Palme d'Or, but Zhang Yimou does not.
Therefore, Chen Kaige has always regarded himself as the number one director in the mainland, and even Zhang Yimou looks down upon him.
While other directors were preparing for the selection for the Beijing Olympics, Chen Kaige went on a trip, and then came back and sang a "Da Feng Song" shirtless at the selection event to participate in the election.
As for Zhang Yimou, he prepared a 7-page process to participate in the election.
In fact, Zhang Yimou is not the only director who can be selected, the other one is Chen Kaige.
It is even said that as a big brother of Chen Kaige, and with the Cannes Palme d'Or award to his credit, he is the most likely director to direct the Beijing Olympics.
However, he was too pretentious, and then it was Zhang Yimou's turn.
If Chen Kaige is not serious, but pretends to come up with some drafts of the process during the selection, then there is a high probability that he will be the director of the Beijing Olympics.
The achievement of the Cannes Palme d'Or is higher than Zhang Yimou's Berlin Golden Bear and Venice Golden Lion.
Not to mention, Chen Kaige is still the younger brother of the big courtyard.
It was because I was too pretentious that I missed the job of being the director of the Beijing Olympic Games.
As for the national division, it is precisely because of the Beijing Olympic Games that it is famous internationally.
This international reputation is not limited to the three major European companies or the international film and television industry, but has a wider scope.
As for Wang Shu, he knew what Chen Kaige was like, and he also knew that it would be the national master who would direct the Beijing Olympics.
Zhang Yimou, one of the top directors in the country, also showed his attitude when participating in the selection for the Olympic Games.
And Chen Kaige seems to think that the director of the Beijing Olympics will be his and he will handle it casually without even pretending.
In the end, I pretended to be Shabi for myself.
Hearing this, Chen Hong glanced at Chen Kaige and couldn't help but said: "Nolan is a great director who has been immersed in Hollywood for many years. Wang Shu was able to shoot a movie worth 400 million US dollars worldwide when he first arrived in Hollywood. This is rare.”
“Especially when our Chinese film directors go to Hollywood.”
"Haha, what's so good about a remake of a movie?" Chen Kaige sneered, "And it's a movie that he personally re-hyped."
"I have to say, with that Dino, we are not the same family. "
"Dino used to be an Italian producer. After he went to Hollywood, he made various remakes of the movies he had made in Italy. "
"This kind of person is a disgrace among filmmakers and ruins the atmosphere of the entire industry."
Chen Hong didn't want to argue with Chen Kaige on this topic, so she glanced at Chen Kaige and didn't answer.
The more Chen Hong refused to answer, the more frustrated Chen Kaige became. He said: "What does it mean if a remake of a movie does well at the box office in the United States? If he has the ability, he won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival with "The Tuner"?"
This is a mockery of Wang Shu who once went to the Cannes Film Festival with "The Tuner", but only won the Best Screenplay Award and failed to win the Palme d'Or.
But he has the Palme d'Or.
This award is the only one in the country, and it is also the most powerful award among the three major awards in Europe.
With the Palme d'Or, he is the number one director in the country.
Compared with him, Wang Shu was far behind.
“Didn’t he win the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival?” Chen Hong looked sideways.
“The Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival is nothing.” Chen Kaige dismissed it, “Among the three major European film festivals, the Venice Film Festival is the most popular.”
“For domestic For most directors, the Venice Film Festival is one of the holy places in the film industry.”
“But for directors who have been to the three major European festivals and won awards, the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival. Not worth mentioning.”
“You know, among the three major European film festivals, Cannes has the highest quality, followed by the Berlin Film Festival, and the Venice Film Festival.” Winning a grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival will always put you at a disadvantage."
This is a veiled mockery of Zhang Yimou.
The Beijing Olympics was about to open. He was originally the chief director, but Zhang Yimou stopped him.
Even though it has been a long time, he is particularly unhappy now when he sees the Olympic atmosphere in the capital and Zhang Yimou's glory.
And what he said is that even if he wins awards at the Berlin and Venice Film Festivals, as long as he doesn't win the awards at the Cannes Film Festival, he will always be at a disadvantage.
That’s true.
The Academy Awards, also known as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards, are organized and awarded every year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
When the winners of the Academy Awards ceremony take the stage to receive their awards every year, they never forget to say one thing - thank you to the Academy.
This thank you to the Academy is to thank the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Academy Awards, also known as Academy Awards.
This is a regional award in the United States. Except for the Best Foreign Language Film Award, the other awards have nothing to do with each country.
Therefore, excluding the Academy Awards, the highest film honors in the world are the top three in Europe.
Among the three major film festivals in Europe, the Cannes Film Festival is the most impressive.
So, for the director-centered model of domestic entertainment, whoever can win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival is the most impressive.
Chen Kaige's ability to pretend like this really shows his confidence.
Because, with the Palme d'Or award on his side, he is truly better than Zhang Yimou in terms of film art honors.
"Wang Shu won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and I heard that he is now preparing a new film to compete for the Academy Award with the film "The Tuner". "
Chen Hong answered abruptly.
It is undeniable that, excluding the Academy Awards, the Cannes Film Festival ranks the most among the global film art awards.
But the center of global movies is Hollywood.
If he can win the Academy Award for Best Director, his honor will be as good as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
What if I could not only win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, but also the Academy Award for Best Director.
You are the most awesome when you have two prizes in hand. "Huh, do you think that the Best Director Award at the Academy Awards is like several domestic awards and that you can win the Director Award if you want?"
"If you want to win an Oscar at the Academy Awards, in addition to your own ability, you also have to have qualifications."
"Even if you have enough ability, it is useless if you don't have enough qualifications."
"More What's more, Wang Shu is a director who came to Hollywood from China, and is an outsider to Hollywood."
"It is even harder for a director of this caliber to win the Best Director Award in Hollywood."
“If you want to win an award, you’ll have to endure some hardships.”
Chen Kaige sneered and said faintly: "Compared with the Oscars, I believe he can win awards at the three major European awards."
This is the truth. Under normal circumstances, Wang Shu will not be able to win awards in a short time. Might win at the Academy Awards.
Nominations may be possible, but winning is almost impossible.
This is not a question of strength, but a question of "Chinese film director" and qualifications.
Unless the movie you make is really in line with the taste of the old guys at the academy, it will be all in vain.
Of course, he can't win the award, but his starring actors can compete for the actor award.
Nolan, this is how he got there step by step.
It is undeniable that some directors have won awards within a few years of their debut, but this is a small probability.
As for Wang Shu, he is a Chinese film director. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for him to be in a small probability.
However, Wang Shu is not helpless.
He had already planned before that when the financial crisis in the United States came, he would first contact the old men in the college, then make a certain reputation by shorting the U.S. real estate market, and then contact the old men in the college to make a fortune with them in the form of private equity.
With these interests involved, the Academy Award beckoned to him.
And if you simply want to win Oscars at the Academy Awards by making movies, it is nonsense.
With the relationship between China and the United States, and the fact that the Academy Awards have a tradition of waiting for qualifications, how can Wang Shu, a director with a background in Chinese-language films, win an award at the Academy Awards?
Unless there are enough interests involved, it will be divorced from reality.
Therefore, what Chen Kaige said is correct.
Under normal circumstances, Wang Shu’s probability of winning the three major European awards is indeed higher than the probability of winning an Oscar.
At this stage, Wang Shu is likely to win awards at the three major European competitions.
Academy Awards, the probability is zero.
Of course, Wang Shu was so troubled and had no wish to achieve it in one step.
His current goal is to be nominated for an Academy Award.
With nominations as a prerequisite, we can then take out a movie like "La La Land" that won an Oscar at the Academy Awards, and cooperate with the stock market as the basic interests involved. Winning an award is not unexpected.
Because, the nomination shows that he has the ability to win the Oscar.
Then, it is not inconceivable that even as an outsider at a young age, he would win an Oscar.
If he was not nominated at the Academy Awards, it would be incredible for him as a young Chinese-language film director to suddenly win an Oscar at the Academy Awards.
In this case, there must be public opinion.
Under the widespread public opinion, his involvement in the interests of the old men of the college through private equity will inevitably be dug out.
When the time comes, it will inevitably become a joke.
And like now, there is "The Tuner" which earned US$260 million at the box office in the United States, and then there is a movie that was nominated at the Academy Awards.
If you try to win an Academy Award again, it will come naturally.
Even if he wins the award at such a young age, it is not unexpected.
Because before winning the award, he had proven himself here in Hollywood, both artistically and commercially.
With these premises, strength will not be questioned.
As long as the strength is not questioned, even if there is public opinion, it will not have much impact.
Chen Hong opened her mouth. She couldn't refute Chen Kaige's words, because that was the fact.
Wang Shu wants to win at the Academy Awards, which is much more difficult than winning at the three major European awards.
The top three movies in Europe are if the films directed by Wang Shu are powerful, then they are likely to win awards.
Oscar awards, even if the film directed is capable, will not be enough if the director has less than ten years of qualifications.
The Academy Awards are not like those domestic awards.
For domestic awards, relationships, connections, and friendships come first. These are all taken care of, followed by qualifications.
Taking all relationships, connections, friendships, qualifications, etc. into account, it is often a double-yolked egg or a multi-yolked egg. Everyone has a prize and a share of the grand prize.
Comparing the two, the difficulty of winning is completely different.
It’s not that the Academy Awards are more authoritative, this award is also a bunch of behind-the-scenes operations.
I just want to say that there are many famous directors in Hollywood, and they compete with each other, plus there is no double yolk egg, which makes it difficult.
High difficulty does not mean it is valuable.
Because of the Academy Awards, there have been many times when the artistic quality of the winning films was not as good as that of the nominated films, and they were often questioned.
Chen Hong glanced at Chen Kaige and said softly: "No matter what, Wang Shu has finally established a foothold in Hollywood."
"Ha, established a foothold?" Chen Kaige smiled disdainfully. , "It's just that I made a movie in Hollywood with a good box office. If this can be called a firm foothold, then Wu Yutai will not return to China in despair."
This is what he said. It is said that when Wu Yutai first came to Hollywood, he also made a movie with good box office, but in the end he returned to China in despair.
Wang Shu’s situation could not be called a firm foothold at all.
He glanced sideways at Chen Hong, and then said, "Hollywood is a producer-centered system."
"In this system, everything is producer-centered, and directors are just part-time workers."
“Therefore, when a director’s movie makes money, he will be favored.”
“When the director’s movie hits the street, he will be swept into the market. Sewer."
After that, he expressed his disdain for Jiang Wen, "Do you think directors like our domestic director center have the connections and the right to speak?"
"Do you think you can always get investment to make a movie like Jiang Wen did by losing money on each one?"
"There is no such good thing in Hollywood."
"Except Except for a small number of directors, it is difficult for most directors to have good resources as long as they work hard.”
“Unless they prove themselves step by step, they can get the opportunity to direct blockbusters, otherwise they will be like Wu Yutai.”
When Chen Hong heard this, he couldn't help but said: "But Wang Shu is a director who writes and directs himself. All the movies he makes are scripts written by him, which is different."
(End of this chapter)