Chapter 473 Goodbye Berlin
As for Wang Shu, he is separated from his uncle by a generation. In this case, he does not need to go to New Year's greetings.
Under normal circumstances, he needs to go to pay New Year greetings to his uncle and other relatives.
At the same time, Wang Shu and Wang Yang each went to pay New Year greetings to their respective uncles.
However, it is understandable that Wang Shu will not go due to work reasons.
Wang Yang and Tian Yufang had no work reasons. In addition, they had lived in the countryside all their lives and were very particular about these things, so they wanted to return to their hometowns before the Lantern Festival to pay New Year greetings to their elders.
New Year greetings to relatives are also time-limited.
Every day of the Lunar New Year is special to whom you send New Year greetings.
If there is any delay, please let us know.
If there is any delay, we have to rush to greet the New Year before the Lantern Festival.
There is no need to go after the Lantern Festival.
"Have uncles and aunts returned to their hometown?" Mei Ting came to Wang Shu's home, looking a little disappointed.
She went back to her hometown before and just came here now.
After arriving in the capital, I heard that many people had visited Wang Shu. Li Binbin, Zhou Xun and others even had dinner at Wang Shu's home and had a pleasant chat with his parents.
After learning this, she felt very uncomfortable and rushed over without stopping carrying New Year gifts.
However, it was a step too late. Not only did Wang Shu's parents return to their hometown, Wang Shu would also leave soon.
"Go back." Wang Shu responded.
Seeing that Mei Ting's expression was a little downcast, Wang Shu immediately walked over and pinched her face, and said with a smile: "They brought some sausages, fish, and bacon from their hometown. We won't go out to eat today. I'll do it for you myself."
"Yeah~" Mei Ting felt warm in her heart when she heard this, and the smile returned to her lost pretty face.
She suddenly hugged Wang Shu and pressed her head against Wang Shu’s chest.
He didn't say anything, just held her in silence.
Wang Shu hugged Mei Ting's waist and deliberately teased: "It seems that you ate a lot when you went back for the Chinese New Year? There is fat on your waist."
"Where is it? ? ” Mei Ting knew Wang Shu was joking, but she still subconsciously raised her head and glared.
“You pinched the meaty one and you still said you don’t have it?” Seeing this, Wang Shu continued to tease.
After hearing this, Mei Ting stretched out her hand to touch it. She couldn't feel herself for a moment, so she couldn't help but hesitantly asked: "Is there really fat?"
"Just teasing you." Wang Shu tapped the tip of Mei Ting's nose.
Hearing this, Mei Ting immediately gave a look that pretended to be angry.
Wang Shu kissed Mei Ting on the lips, and Mei Ting responded enthusiastically.
Not only did he respond, his hands were also moving.
“Do you want to?” Mei Ting stood on tiptoes and whispered in her ears.
Although Wang Shu didn't speak, his slightly rough movements gave him a response.
Seeing this, Mei Ting chuckled proudly: "Go and cook first, and then we'll talk after you eat."
"What? Do you feel strong after eating?" Wang Shu teased after hearing this. One sentence.
When Mei Ting heard this, she couldn't help but give Wang Shu a roll of her eyes.
In the kitchen, Wang Shu was in charge of cooking, while Mei Ting was doing the cooking.
She didn't have much to do. From time to time she would sit aside with her chin clenched and look at Wang Shu silently.
In the eyes, there is admiration, liking, appreciation, and love
All kinds of beauty, everything you want.
Of course, there are also tastes, jealousies, contemplation, etc.
After dinner, Mei Ting stayed overnight at Wang Shu's house, which inevitably led to another hearty battle.
After the battle, Mei Ting breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Shu is still so brave, and it seems that he has not been hollowed out by others.
As long as you don’t empty your body, there is a high probability that you are not playing around outside.
Thinking of this, Mei Ting lay down in Wang Shu's arms and fell asleep with a smile on her face.
February 5th.
Berlin International Film Festival opens.
Wang Shu and Matt Damon were invited to attend.
This Berlin International Film Festival opens on February 5th and ends on February 15th, lasting 10 days.
The Golden Bear Award for Best Film was won by "Sad Milk" directed by Peruvian director Claudia Lothar.
The Silver Bear Grand Jury Award was won by "Secret Love" directed by Uruguayan director Adrian Beniz and "The Perfect Second Couple" directed by German director Maren Ade.
The Silver Bear Award for Best Director was won by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi for "About Elli".
This is the difference between Europe's top three and the Oscars.
The Academy Awards, as an American film award hosted by the American Film Institute, will only award awards to Hollywood films.
For a long time, Hollywood movies that have won Oscars have been nothing more than war, biography, social issues, realistic themes, political correctness and other types of movies.
Third world countries may not have the ability and conditions to make special effects films and science fiction films, but they can produce films that reflect war, biographies, social issues, realistic themes, and political correctness.
I would like to ask, are these kinds of movies made by directors from third world countries worse than similar movies made by Hollywood directors who won Oscars?
Obviously, it is impossible.
Therefore, Oscar only relies on the United States, the world's leader, so it has the greatest international influence.
But when it comes to artistry, it is not as good as the top three in Europe.
Because the three major European films cover the whole world, the Oscars are only for American films.
If the artistic quality of Oscar-winning films is superior to the top three in Europe, then it is equivalent to the artistic quality of Oscar-winning films being superior to films from all over the world, including Chinese-language films.
Oscar himself is self-aware and not so arrogant.
If it didn’t have self-awareness, many years later it wouldn’t slowly modify the rules for Oscar-winning films to allow more foreign-language films to compete in order to move closer to the artistry of the three major European films.
The purpose of adding more foreign language films to the Oscars is to have more internationally recognized artistry, not just American artistry.
For example, the film "Sad Milk" won the Golden Bear Award at this Berlin Film Festival.
The timeline of this film is in the year 2000.
This year, Peruvian President Fujimori announced his resignation, ending his totalitarian rule. However, due to years of terrorist attacks and high-pressure rule, the people at the bottom have suffered numerous physical and mental traumas. The story tells that in a remote mountainous area in Peru, the mother of a girl named Fasta was raped by terrorists when she was young, and was later infected with a strange disease called "sad milk."
When she was terminally ill, her mother was worried about Fasta who might be infected through breastfeeding.
After her mother passed away, Fasta stayed away from her hometown and sorrow and came to work in a small town in a villa of a female pianist.
The girl "seems" not to care about anything around her, only focusing on the life she may lose at any time and the vague future.
The whole movie seems to be about a girl with a miserable life experience trying to live, but in fact it reflects various real problems in Peru.
In other words, is the artistry of this type of film inferior to similar award-winning films at the Academy Awards?
Or are these films not winning Oscars? Are Oscar-winning films more artistic than these films?
Obviously, not so.
It can only be said that the Oscars are backed by the United States, the world's leader, and its Oscar films do have the greatest international popularity and influence, but in terms of artistry, they are not necessarily higher than the three major European award-winning films.
Having said that, compared to Cannes and Venice Film Festival, Berlin’s hosting time is not embarrassing or awkward.
A cold wave hit Europe in February, and Berlin was deep in the hinterland of the continent. Many world-class stars were unable to arrive at the opening ceremony as soon as possible.
What's more, the Oscars will be held soon, and Hollywood movie stars are more concerned about the awards at the door. If their works were not selected for the main section of the film festival, they would probably give up their trip to Berlin.
Therefore, at the seemingly lively entrance of the Berlin Film Palace, the most popular ones are local movie stars, politicians and celebrities.
At this Berlin International Film Festival, there were few big names on the red carpet that lasted for an hour and a half. Most of them were less famous German actors. Under the call of photographers, they walked into the PhotoCall area to show off their evening gowns.
The temperature in Berlin was so low that most of the celebrities’ bright and revealing evening gowns were hidden in fur coats. They put them on immediately after taking the photos and quickly walked into the Film Palace.
In fact, among the three major international film festivals, only the Cannes Film Festival has the best time to hold it.
The Berlin Film Festival is held at the same time as the American film and television awards season. The Golden Globes, Oscars, etc. are all during this period.
Therefore, big-name Hollywood actors will only come if their film is shortlisted for the main competition. Otherwise, they will all be in Hollywood to manage the Golden Globes and Oscars.
As for second- and third-tier actors, the organizers of the Berlin Film Festival will not invite them if they have no works to participate.
Coupled with other factors, as long as there are no films starring big-name Hollywood actors shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival, no big-name Hollywood actors will come.
Of course, if the Berlin Film Festival is like the Venice Film Festival, which embraces Hollywood, and there are many American films shortlisted for each film festival, then there will be no shortage of big-name Hollywood movie stars.
However, the Berlin Film Festival is hosted in Germany, which is the leader in Europe.
Among the three major European companies, it is the only one that does not kneel down to Hollywood.
For example, this time, among the 18 shortlisted films, only 3 were from the United States, and the other 15 were from Europe and third world countries.
Among them, "Mei Lanfang" by Chen Kaige.
If the Berlin International Film Festival regularly awards awards to American films like the Venice Film Festival, then big-name Hollywood actors will be happy to attend as long as they can win awards.
However, the Berlin Film Festival has its pride and is not like this.
Over time, fewer and fewer Hollywood actors come here, and the Berlin Film Festival becomes more and more niche.
Compared with the other two of the three major ones, although the Berlin Film Festival is becoming more and more niche, the film circles in third world countries must at least respect it.
Because the other two will kneel down to Hollywood more and more, by then the grand prize will basically be won by Hollywood movies.
Only Berlin International Film has never given up on the film art of third world countries, giving many films produced in third world countries the opportunity to win international awards.
It is precisely because of this that it has become a niche.
This is because the United States is the world leader, and the world’s attention is focused on Hollywood.
Too many people only pay attention to Hollywood movies and do not pay attention to movies from third world countries.
No one pays attention, the influence is limited, and it becomes a niche.
The same sentence.
Although third world countries are far inferior to Hollywood movies in terms of special effects films, science fiction films and other film and television works, in the category of pure art films, the quality and artistry of the films are not necessarily the same. Just lower than Hollywood movies.
But for others, Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine", Jiang Wen's "Sunny Days", and several art films by Guoshi are examples.
Of course, "Farewell My Concubine" and "On a Bright Day" were award-winning films at Cannes and Venice respectively.
At about 7 p.m., the jury president Tilda Swinton appeared together with six jury members, and the red carpet scene reached a climax.
Swinton is wearing a free and elegant retro beige evening dress. She has blond hair, blue eyes and a tall figure. She stands out among the gaudy second-rate stars, highlighting her queenly temperament on the screen.
After taking a group photo in front of the carpet, the jury members once again accepted on-site interviews with many media.
President of the Jury, Tilda Swinton
Many people here in China are not familiar with it, and the same is true for its works.
But in the near future, she will have a role that will be well-known to the Chinese public.
Marvel superhero movie, The Ancient One.
This role is played by her.
When the jury members entered the venue, there were still many filmmakers on the red carpet getting out of the luxury welcome cars one after another, including the famous photographer Michael Ballhaus, the German director of "The Reader" The leading actor David Krause and others show that the Germans themselves attach great importance to the film festival.
Director Tom Tykwer and actor Clive Owen of the opening film "Global Bank" walked on the red carpet at the last minute and were greeted by cheers from the fans. The two were interviewed and signed autographs in front of the Film Palace to express their lack of success. Starlight's red carpet show reached another climax.
The highest cheering point at the scene was undoubtedly Matt Damon and Wang Shu who appeared before them.
Of course, the most important thing is Matt Damon. He is a world-class popular actor in Hollywood and has many fans.
Wang Shu’s rise to international prominence has only been short-lived. Although many people in the industry know about him, his popularity among the general public is limited.
So, apart from some Chinese fans shouting his name, there were very few voices shouting his name.
After the two walked the red carpet, they gave routine interviews to the media.
They are not here to compete, but to use the Berlin Film Festival stage to promote the film and increase the film's international popularity and influence as well as overseas box office.
Of course, the box office has something to do with Matt Damon, not Wang Shu.
Wang Shu’s trip was mainly to gain recognition at international film festivals and increase his personal international popularity and influence.
"Mr. Wang Shu, you came to Berlin in 2005 for your first film shoot. Now four years have passed and you have come to Berlin again."
"At that time, your debut film was shortlisted for the main competition of the Berlin Film Festival."
"In just 4 years, you have become a major international director."
"Back then, You were shortlisted and won the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival at the age of 18. "Both you and the Berlin Film Festival have received some doubts."
< br>"Now that you are a major international director, you have proven everything."
"This time, coming to the Berlin Film Festival again, do you have anything to say?"
(End of this chapter)