Chapter 483: Praise
On February 15, the closing awards ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival was held as scheduled.
At the closing red carpet, the crew of "Mei Lanfang" did not show up.
In this case, there is only one answer.
"Mei Lanfang" was not selected for the final main competition unit, and Chen Kaige and his entourage failed to return.
This is indeed the case.
As the 59th Berlin Film Festival comes to an end, "Mei Lanfang" failed to give a generous gift to Chinese movie fans in Berlin like "Tuya" did back then. Director Chen Kaige returned with regrets due to the lack of success.
The Peruvian-Spanish co-production "Sad Milk" defeated all opponents and unexpectedly won the "Golden Bear", and the Uruguayan romance film "Secret Love" won three awards including the Jury Prize, thus continuing the trend. The Brazilian film "Elite" caused a storm in South America last time, and South American films once again became the biggest winners at the Berlin Film Festival.
Chen Kaige just regrets, rather than returning home in despair.
Because, "Mei Lanfang" is the only Chinese film shortlisted in the three places across the Taiwan Strait, which is enough for him to pretend to brag.
Furthermore, compared with "Sad Milk", none of the participating films, whether they are Hollywood films or new works by film masters, have made breakthroughs in their own right.
This also allows Director Chen to find reasons to maintain his face.
This Berlin Film Festival had many internationally renowned directors participating, but all of them were defeated by new directors.
If you have someone to keep you company, you won’t look like a great Palme d’Or director.
However, the domestic media directly criticized the failure of the film "Mei Lanfang" at this Berlin Film Festival, which not only caused Chen Kaige to lose his shine, but also dealt a heavy blow to China's fifth-generation film director.
He said that without winning the award, the fifth generation director lost face.
First, the fifth-generation directors were irritated, and then they secretly expressed that, in a sense, the core position of Chinese film directors has begun to change.
Directly showing off the yin and yang of the film
From the movie "One and Eight" to "Yellow Earth", the fifth generation of directors also started out amid controversy among the domestic literary and art circles and audiences.
Until 1988, Zhang Yimou's "Red Sorghum" won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, followed by "Ju Dou" in 1990, "Raise the Red Lantern" in 1991, and "Qiu Ju" in 1992 "The Lawsuit" and "Farewell My Concubine" in 1993... Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige swept the awards at the three major film festivals of Berlin, Venice and Cannes, thus establishing their glorious position in the film industry.
Nowadays, the sixth-generation film director Jia Kechang has made a fortune in Berlin with "Xiao Wu", Wang Quanyu unexpectedly won the "Golden Bear" with "Tuya's Marriage", and Wang Xiaoshuai won two awards with "Seventeen Years Old Bicycle" and "Left and Right". "Silver Bear"... The sixth-generation film directors' frequent awards have not only successfully brought their film status in the country to the surface, and they are no longer the so-called "underground directors" before, but also provoked a rise in the art and quality of Chinese films, as well as the The backbone of real life thinking.
In comparison, after Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, two core figures of the fifth generation of directors, succeeded in encircling the cities from the countryside, their films became more "foreign" and their wallets became heavier, but they became less and less popular. The audience recognized it, but it was also not recognized by the international film industry.
The reason is that Wang Quanyu once said: The sixth generation has opened an era of personal perspective. Although our personal power is very weak, feelings are the most real and the best way to express the essence of the movie. Today, there are too few realistic films that reflect our living environment. I think the fifth generation of directors has avoided too much in this regard.
Then, the eighth generation director Wang Shu was mentioned.
Wang Shu is 3 generations different from the 5th generation directors, and 2 generations different from the 6th generation directors.
So young, he won both the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Golden Globe Award.
It is inevitable to boast a lot, and then use the achievements of the young director Wang Shu to become the fifth generation director of Yin and Yang.
It is a secret statement that some so-called senior and academic directors are not real, and their boasts are greater than their real power.
Also, the emergence of Wang Shu may have reached a turning point for Chinese movies
When Wang Shu and Chen Hong learned about this incident while chatting with each other on their mobile phones, they immediately exclaimed: People are trying to kill him again!
In China, there are indeed many directors who boast a few talents.
But, as long as you know this in your heart, don’t say it out loud.
There is no problem in saying it. Let the 5th generation director and the 6th generation director fight each other. What does it have to do with him, an 8th generation director?
Taking him as an 8th generation director as an example, wouldn’t it slap everyone in the face?
It’s a real compliment!
Wang Shu sighed secretly, it seemed that only by winning the Academy Award could he suppress everything. Otherwise, someone will definitely be angry with this kind of flattery.
It’s different when you have an Academy Award, you just shut up.
"Now everyone in China is saying that you are the most powerful director in the country." Chen Hong sent a text message to Wang Shu.
"Praise to kill! Definitely praise to kill!" Wang Shu replied.
"Haha, why are you so excited?" Chen Hong teased.
Wang Shu was not excited at all, but faced this kind of topic but had to show his attitude with righteous indignation.
He did not answer the question, but replied again: "Someone must be trying to flatter me."
Originally, Chen Hong had not thought about this, but now he was a little unsure. .
Because domestic voices are not only saying that Wang Shu is the most powerful director in the country, but also using Wang Shu's achievements as an example to irritate other directors.
Especially since the one in the family has just returned from Berlin, and Wang Shu is expected to win an Academy Award.
It really feels like both flattering and provoking.
But this is very media style.
Then he replied: "You may be thinking too much. The media just likes to stir up troubles, and most likely they are deliberately stirring up troubles to gain attention."
Of course Wang Shu knows that nine out of ten times this is the answer. When it comes to things, the media usually have no sense of ethics in order to gain popularity, so it is very common to stir up trouble like this.
But no matter what, his attitude needs to be expressed.
After all, he is only in his twenties.
Based on domestic culture, if a public figure of this age is too arrogant, the public will most likely be disgusted.
On the contrary, maintaining a humble personality can win favor.
With Wang Shu’s current achievements, he is not worried about offending domestic filmmakers at all.
Anyway, as long as you don't get banned from above, nothing will happen.
Similarly, with Han Sanping's care, even if he offends his seniors in the circle, he doesn't have to worry about being banned.
Of course, even if he is banned in China, he can still make it in Hollywood.
It’s just that, now that he has Han Sanping’s care, he doesn’t have to worry about offending some filmmakers and being banned.
He made his attitude clear, but he just didn’t want to spread rumors that he was arrogant and arrogant.
Based on the domestic culture, if these rumors are taken into the hearts of ordinary people who do not know the truth, they will most likely be disgusted with him, thus affecting his box office appeal.
Therefore, you must pay attention when you should pay attention, so as not to be magnified and hyped by those who are interested.
(End of this chapter)