Chapter 455 Isn’t this a romantic movie? Gong Li is numb!
Guan Ling is the face of the entire Chinese film industry, and even the top one.
Especially after winning multiple awards at Cannes in the past two years, Cannes dare not have any contempt.
Previously at the Venice Film Festival, "Let the Bullets Fly" written by Guan Ling and directed by Jiang Wen once achieved three consecutive Golden Lions, following Jia Zhangke and Ang Lee in winning three consecutive gold medals. lion.
Now, who dares to say that Guan Ling and Hou Hsiao-hsien are not good?
Winning the award for three consecutive years may be a high probability event for audiences on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places.
In short, the news of "Confession" is still making waves in Cannes and on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
"Director Guan, the outside world has very high expectations for all of us this time."
Hou Hsiao-hsien has not been to Cannes for a long time, but the status is here after all, but the crowds are coming The popularity really caught Hou Hsiao-hsien off guard.
But although he is old, he is not old and stupid.
Naturally, we know that most of this popularity was created by Guan Ling.
The noise started before anyone arrived.
He is indeed the most powerful director in Mainland China.
At least in Cannes, Hou Hsiao-hsien really felt the pressure Guan Ling had brought to Cannes for several consecutive years.
Local media, program judges, and audiences have been lingering in front of the screening stage of "Confession".
Even though the actual screening hasn’t started yet.
Even before the red carpet left, many people came to meet Hou Hsiao-hsien in person, trying to say hello to Hou Hsiao-hsien and asking about Guan Ling's current situation.
“Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Cannes is booming, and Guan Ling’s screenwriter’s work has aroused great speculation among local audiences!”
“A collaboration between two top directors from Mainland China and Taiwan, “Confessions” will showcase the fusion of Chinese-language films at Cannes. Wei! ”
“It is reported that the female lead of “Confession” had undergone obedience tests before her previous role! ”
After a lot of news broke out in Cannes.
Only in mainland China did they know that there was such a thing when Guan Ling asked Hou Hsiao-hsien to choose actors.
Everyone was laughing so hard.
Guan Dao is still the same Guan Dao.
If you want to play my role, you have to choose a side.
You can’t eat food with your mouth, and you’ll smash the bowl after eating it!
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May 10th.
The promotion of "Fast and Furious 5" has entered the final stage.
“With the full lineup making a strong return, “Fast and Furious 5” will undoubtedly ignite the box office boom in May! It will completely take over the fuse under the bed of “Wonderful West and East”!”
"Following the pictures to ignite passion on the screen, Lin Yibin has become the most popular Chinese director in China, with a status comparable to John Woo and Guan Ling!"
"The premiere of "Fast and Furious 5" claimed that more than 200 vehicles were crashed during the filming Cars, there are not only cars in the play, but also beautiful women and tough guys with beautiful cars!”
The audience’s enthusiasm was quickly aroused.
"I love beautiful cars and beautiful women. As for tough guys, get out of here!"
"Are these movie makers really rich? They crashed more than 200 cars. , enough for me to work for a hundred years!”
"I have watched the domestic premiere two days ago. The film is full of drag racing, beauties, muscular men and street fighting. There are many thrilling scenes in the film. I think it is better than the four Qian films, and there is even a climax in it. The car scene made me afraid to breathe! "
This drama is different from "Thor". This series has been popular around the world for ten years and has hundreds of millions of fans around the world.
Even in the mainland, countless people are looking forward to it.
According to the publicity, although this film was directed by Chinese-American director Lin Yibin, Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel were newly added to the film.
In addition to continuing the original movie’s handsome men and beautiful women, as well as the dynamics of racing cars, the scenes of explosions and gunfights have also been greatly upgraded! We are always ready to bring a visual feast to the global audience!
""Fast 5" has more action scenes than the third and fourth films. All agencies predict that the movie will break the highest opening weekend box office record of "Fast 4". And the North American results certainly lived up to expectations, with three days of release. , setting a new box office record in North America, reaching 82.6 million U.S. dollars. Now that it has been released in the mainland, can "Wonderless West and East" stop the impact of "Fast 5"? "
Today, the box office of "Wonderless West and East" has exceeded 8.3? 100 million.
But the growth rate is still not bad, and there is still about 30 million box office every day.
China has such a big market now.
With a prime time period in the past, many people have already watched the movie, and the box office will naturally be a little bigger.
Especially in recent days, major movies have been gradually released.
But even Guan Ling himself does not think that "Wunwen Xidong" can withstand the strong pressure brought by "Fast and Furious 5".
As the saying goes, literary and artistic films are not as good as cool films.
The previous "Taken" was a fun movie, and the "Fast and Furious" series itself is an impeccably fun movie, which will completely immerse people's minds and secrete Bondo's adrenal glands and dopamine. It makes people hooked!
This kind of passionate and dynamic sensory stimulation is completely unable to be provided by "Wuwen Xidong".
And "Wuwen Xidong" is not as enjoyable as "Age of Awakening".
It’s just the centenary of Tsinghua University, the grand tribute ceremony, and the chicken soup for the souls of young people, which together make this drama stand on the shoulders of giants.
If you really want to compete with the follow-up series of "Fast and Furious", at least one factor must be met, which is to have fun!
Have the ultimate feeling of pleasure!
Otherwise, if we reserve the summer season for Hollywood blockbusters, wouldn’t it mean that we, the Chinese directors, are ungrateful?
I was thinking about how to tackle this series in the future, when suddenly the phone rang.
"Director Guan, I am going to make a new play here. I will direct it myself. Do you want to participate?"
Cheng Long's call came unexpectedly.
"Why, you are tired of filming in Hollywood, are you ready to go it alone?"
Guan Ling said with a smile, "In the second half of the year, Zhu Yawen will go to Hollywood with you to work on the "Uncharted" movie. You How do you start preparing for a new movie now?”
"It's not like you don't know who I am, but I just can't sit still." Cheng Long said, "The filming of "Uncharted" will probably start in early June and can be completed in more than three months. Although there are some new projects in Hollywood looking for me in the future. , but I want to go back to China to film a movie, which can be a relief. Since the beginning of "The Rescue", I have been spinning around in Hollywood, and I still miss the Chinese food. Eat.”
“Send me the content and I’ll take a look.”
Guan Ling responded, but he probably made a judgment in his mind.
At this stage, the only movie Cheng Long wants to make may be the "Twelve Zodiac".
It was rumored that Cheng Long's "Fengshan" had a good subject matter and the content was not ugly. At that time, many people had bad reviews of the movie, mainly because it was a 2D movie. In the end, it was regarded as a 3D movie. To promote, but in fact this drama is still a standard Jackie Chan style, the story is in the same vein as the Flying Eagle Project.
Only the remaining supporting actors looked rather dim next to Cheng Long.
The plot is a bit flawed.
There should be patriotic propaganda, but the story is still the main line.
“I feel much better about directing.” Cheng Long smiled, “To be honest, I am still going to ask you to help me read the script of this play.”
“About what?”
"Old Summer Palace, Beast Head." Cheng Long chatted for a few words, "The specific content will have to be discussed in detail. Anyway, I have watched the box office success of director Guan's gift blockbusters in the past two years, and I feel that I should follow suit, too. It's a gift. After all, I really had this idea in mind when I went to the Metropolitan Museum a while ago..."
Cheng Long was silent for a moment, "Here. The things in the museum are all from our royal family. The carvings and patterns are much better than those in our country."
Guan Ling hesitated when he heard this, and felt a chill in his heart.
Although it is confirmed that it is indeed the drama "Twelve Zodiac Signs", according to Guan Ling's idea, if this drama is to be changed, it must be completely changed according to his own plan, and this drama must not be allowed to change. As a theatrical version, it can have comedy elements, but the most important thing about this drama is the story of a treasure hunt.
But if it is filmed well, wouldn’t it be the ultimate feeling of pleasure that Guan Ling wanted?
At least for the Chinese people, perhaps they all have a dream of destroying the country. If you can't destroy their country, you can get your treasure back, even if it's through stealing or robbing, that's politically correct and absolutely satisfying!
"Let's meet later, or discuss it in detail in Hollywood." Guan Ling said, "I have to go to Hollywood a few times for the filming of "Scarlet Witch"." "Then I will wait for Director Guan to come." Cheng Long was very happy and continued, "By the way, the Emperor's investment will be quite large this time, but in view of Director Guan's previous support for our "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", if the filming starts this time, everyone except me will Director Guan can choose any other actors he likes. "
"I understand."
Of course Guan Ling knows Cheng Long's purpose.
Good intentions too. But to be obedient, you must listen to the sound. The word "Emperor" appears in Cheng Long's sentence. It is obvious that Yang always wants Guan Ling to be bound to the chariot of this drama.
Although it is very euphemistic, the purpose is very clear.
But it’s not a bad thing.
The main thing is to revise and improve the script.
Don’t think about this matter for the time being.
...
For Guan Ling, the most important thing is still in the final stage of making the movie.
Although Yin Tao is a little dissatisfied, his contribution in acting is still huge.
After sleeping with her every night last time, Guan Ling was feeling a little tired now.
The output channel was temporarily closed at night.
In this way, I feel full of energy.
The filming of the movie has been progressing rapidly these two days.
The filming of "Bottom Hot Girl" itself was not tiring. The content of this drama is very short, and the scenes are not complicated. Guan Ling estimates that the drama will be completed in ten days.
This is mainly because Guan Ling attended the premiere of "Wunwen Xidong" a few days ago, otherwise it would only be a week away.
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May 11th.
The Cannes Film Festival opens grandly,
Fan Bingbing directly topped the list of hot searches. Following the previous dragon robe, this year Fan Bingbing danced on the red carpet in a red crane costume. The crane above looked up in anticipation, waving its wings in front of her chest, completely turning the huge body into an airport surrounded by mountains.
It’s just this mountain, not flat land.
It is more like the airport in Panzhihua hidden by the mountains.
This crane outfit uses Chinese elements as the content, Western design as the frame, and is supplemented by million-dollar CARTIER earrings and rings. It simply demonstrates the gorgeous style of oriental women. It attracted the cheers of movie fans and the attention of reporters as soon as it appeared.
The dress is made of Chinese red as the base, and is embroidered with a crane spreading its wings and shouting. The delicate pattern of cranes dancing in the sky on the floor-length skirt adds to the grandeur.
Nine dancing cranes of different shapes are surrounded by embroidered patterns of plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums. The fragrance is refreshing and elegant, and the refined temperament adds to the elegance and beauty.
“Tang style and Chinese style, elegant beauty! Fan Bingbing’s red and graceful appearance tells the world that she is the Scarlet Witch herself!”
“French Culture Minister Mittrand greeted Fan Bingbing with a kiss on the hand, Compared to the rush and tension last year, Fan Bingbing smiled leisurely this year. ”
"Following Guan Ling, I have seen so many scenes, of course I am leisurely!"
Then Gong Li appeared domineeringly, and her black robe made her look like a gangster.
This year's Cannes International Film Festival will still have Sina Entertainment present throughout the event, but everyone's focus is still on "Confession."
Liu Sisi's figure on the red carpet was completely different from the appearance of these big guys. Her elegant white dress made her look like a little bird.
But this also gave Liu Sisi’s fans in the mainland an absolute shock.
“I’m so touched that Sisi actually went to Cannes!”
“We worked in that lousy company in Tangren, and now we are able to go to Cannes. This is all because of our own efforts, Sisi!”
“We still have to thank you. Director Guan, he was able to choose Sisi among the huge crowd."
Many fans were very touched and grateful. After all, they didn't know that Liu Sisi became popular because of her own efforts.
It's because she and Guan Ling have a close connection.
But this actress, who had not been among the top four actresses before, has indeed made the movie "I Am a Witness" popular again with the news of her appearance on the red carpet.
“Liu Sisi brought “I Am a Witness” to Cannes. It is reported that the film will be released in the mainland on June 13.”
“As a rare low-cost suspense film from Lingyun Media, The only praiseworthy thing about this movie is that the screenwriter is Guan Ling!”
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Although Guan Ling did not appear in Cannes, his name can be seen everywhere.
The final premiere of "Confession" will be on May 14th.
Relatively forward.
As a movie that clearly informs everyone that it cannot be released in mainland China.
Many people thought Guan Ling made a color film.
After all, the name is "Confession", and it cannot pass the censorship in China.
It will definitely make netizens think more.
Even Gong Li thought it was a love action movie.
She didn’t know that this drama could not be released in the mainland.
I thought it was some kind of love action or romantic movie.
With the local promotion in Cannes, "Confession" is becoming more and more popular.
On May 14th,
before the premiere of "Confession", the exhibition hall was already crowded.
Gong Li saw Hou Hsiao-hsien at the scene and hurried over to say hello.
"Director Waiting."
The two of them met more than once before, and their relationship was okay.
Hou Hsiao-hsien also smiled and nodded.
Gong Li turned around and looked.
There were so many people here. Basically everyone from the Chinese film industry was here.
Fan Bingbing, Liu Sisi, and some new actor Sun Jian, as well as Zhen Zidan, who had recently been having trouble with Guan Ling.
In terms of directors, the popular Ning Hao, Wu Baige, judges Du Qifeng and Shi Nansheng are all available.
And not just domestic directors and actors.
Most of the famous foreign directors and actors came to Cannes this year.
I went over to exchange greetings with Ning Hao and Wu Yusen respectively.
Gong Li sat in her seat, looking left and right.
The movie started after a while.
And Gong Li's eyes kept wandering along with the movie.
Just watched it for five minutes.
Gong Li was completely numb.
“This is not a romance movie?!”
(End of this chapter)