The premiere of "Che 44" was a success. Although it was only an eleven-minute short film, it still caused a small shock at the film festival.
The copyright income from short films is very limited, but the cost is not high. The income from the copyright sales is enough to recover the cost and support the expenses of the trip to Venice at this time.
For this reason, Wu Shixian and Gong Beibi specially treated everyone to a seafood dinner on Lidu Island.
After the opening of the film festival, the number of people in the trading market also increased. A lot of promotional pamphlets were distributed at the "Third Man" booth, but no one paid attention to the film. Not only was Zeng Jia, who was guarding the stall every day, anxious, but Li Tang and Cheng Er were also unavoidably worried. After all, the two of them had thrown everything away for this movie and were eager to get their blood back.
On September 3, "Hollywood in Hong Kong" premiered.
As the only Chinese film shortlisted for the main competition, the organizer arranged it in a hall next to the main venue, with a serious premiere red carpet.
The scene was very lively, and many media from Hong Kong gathered at the scene, such as "Oriental Daily", "Sing Pao", "Ming Pao", "Apple Daily" and so on.
Since it is a Chinese-language movie, everyone cheers for each other. Zhang Yang, the director of "Yesterday", and Zhu Wen, the director of "Seafood" are both here. Of course, the most sensational scene was the personal visit of the film festival chairman, Asia Cupto Barbera, which attracted the attention of Hong Kong media reporters at the scene.
The old man obviously knows how to market. Faced with numerous media cameras, the old man took Zhou Xun's hand and said he hoped she could attend the award ceremony at the end of the film festival.
As soon as this statement came out, the Chinese media at the scene immediately became excited and immediately issued a notice saying that Zhou Xun was very likely to win the Best Actress crown.
But when he actually sat in the theater to watch this movie, Li Tang could only describe it as feeling like sitting on pins and needles, like thorns piercing his back, and like a lump in his throat. Compared with the previous movie, which used the perspective of a fallen woman from mainland China to examine Hong Kong's lower society, And this one is a political metaphor film through and through.
What do the names of Zhou Xun’s characters, the fallen girls from Mainland China: Dongdong, Fangfang, and Honghong, mean?
People like lost women, Peking Nuns, and charlatans flocked to Hong Kong to make money and gathered in the lower-level gathering areas, which caused uneasiness and panic among the aborigines. In addition to the vague sense of superiority, there were also various divisions and barriers. , dissonance and exclusion.
The male protagonist lost his right hand for Dongdong, Fangfang and Honghong, but received a left hand from a mainland doctor. He was forced to have two left hands. What does it mean?
Dongdong, Fangfang and Honghong, played by Zhou Xun, deceived everyone in Hong Kong and eventually went to the United States. What do they want to express?
In the last scene, the male protagonist cuts off the wrong left hand. What does he want to express, determination?
After watching a movie, Li Tang's good impression of the fat little black man disappeared, and he even developed a kind of disgust and wariness. After the movie ended, he didn't even say hello and left directly.
On the way back, both Li Tang and Cheng Er were silent. Only Fan Xiaopang was still chattering, "Wow, Zhou Xun's sacrifice this time is really big!"
"She speaks Cantonese very well!"
Li Tang and Cheng Er couldn't help but look at each other.
Being uneducated is terrible!
Zhou Xun is also uneducated, but that doesn't mean her agent is uneducated, and her agent is from a courtyard.
The compound is synonymous with the ruling class, and perhaps this is the most terrifying thing.
As soon as the three of them returned to the guest house, Zhou Xun called after them.
"Li Tang, where are you?"
"Oh, we're going back."
"Why didn't you even say hello? There's still a dinner party." Zhou Xun said unhappy on the phone.
"Well……"
Li Tang was speechless for a moment, glanced at Xiaopang who was changing clothes, and made up an excuse: "Bingbing is a little uncomfortable, so we left early, sorry!"
"Oh, that's it...hey, how was my performance?"
"As far as acting goes, you did a great job."
"As far as acting?"
Zhou Xun obviously read the subtext of Li Tang's words. There are some things that cannot withstand scrutiny even if you are uneducated. It may be your understanding of the script or your perception of the characters during the performance, or it may be the reminder from others.
She was silent for a while, then changed the topic and said: "I have to fly to Paris tomorrow, there is an event there, and I won't be back until a few days. However, the date of my return will definitely be postponed this time, and Teacher Zhang may be unhappy again. "
Li Tang smiled and said, "If you win the Best Actress, I'm sure Zhang will be happier than anyone else."
The crew of "The Condor" is currently filming a grassland scene in Ulan Butong. Unlike Yang Kang, played by Li Tang, Huang Rong, played by Zhou Xun, has a grassland scene and was originally scheduled to return to China to join the cast after attending an event in Paris. Since the chairman of the film festival sent her an invitation today, she must stay until the end of the film festival.
"Don't talk nonsense, maybe they are just being polite."
It can be heard from Zhou Xun's words that she, who originally had no hope of winning the award, now inevitably has some expectations.
After hanging up the phone, the fat guy who had already changed his clothes immediately rolled his eyes at him and said dissatisfied: "Your excuse is fine, but I am uncomfortable, why don't you say you are uncomfortable? I told you so long ago. There will be a dinner party later, but you insist on leaving, and so does Cheng Er, without saying a word, hum!"
She specially wore a small dress today. She originally planned to meet some Hong Kong filmmakers at the dinner to expand her network, but she was pulled away by Li Tang and her plan was ruined.
"I just left because I didn't want to attend this dinner. Didn't you see in the movie that they were all talking about Bei Gu? They are all Hong Kong people. If you want to be talked about as Bei Gu secretly, I have no problem with it."
Xiaopang was unconvinced and said: "Aren't the movies all fake? Besides, Miss Xiaoxun plays the leading female role."
The implication is that Zhou Xun, as a mainland actor, can play the leading female role, which shows that people do not discriminate against mainland actors.
Li Tang couldn't tell her clearly and didn't bother to explain. He shook his head and prepared to go out.
"Hey, why are you going?"
"Go buy some food, aren't you hungry?"
"Tsk, it's your own fault!"
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So far, of all the Chinese-language films shortlisted, only "The Third Man" has not appeared, and the rest have shown their true colors.
Zhu Wen's "Seafood", to be honest, Li Tang really didn't know what it was about. It was nothing more than a fallen girl who wanted to commit suicide. A policeman rescued her, but then the strong woman fucked her, and then took her to eat seafood, trying to untie her. heart knot. As a result, the relationship between the two became subtle. The police tried to change her life, and the delinquent woman gained trust in the police. But everything was short-lived. During a dispute, the lost woman accidentally shot and killed a police officer. Then she miraculously calmed down, faked the scene, and fled back to the capital overnight to continue her career as a lost woman.
The main reason is that this film was shot with the simplest household tape camera and then transferred to film magnetically, so the picture is extremely poor. There are also all kinds of inexplicable long shots, messy street scenes, and shaky scenes with hand-held cameras chasing behind the butt. They look very familiar, just like Chief Jia's "Xiao Wu".
And the scale is also huge. The male and female protagonists are all out of the country, no wonder they are gangsters.
While watching, Li Tang almost fell asleep. On the contrary, Cheng Er and the few viewers in the screening room who stayed until the end watched very seriously.
Well, not everyone can appreciate art.
As for Zhang Yang's "Yesterday", it is more like a mockumentary. The male protagonist in the film, including his family members, is said to be playing himself. Only the role of the male protagonist's sister was cast because the real sister was unwilling to leave the country. a professional actress.
This actor is a familiar stranger to Li Tang, because he was once a big star and Lou Ye's former leading actor.
Such a very successful actor fell into the trap of excessive quality. The movie depicts this man who is crazy about rock music and regards John Lennon of the Beatles as his spiritual father. At the same time, he also comes into contact with Dupin, an accessory that is not the spiritual core of these avant-garde artists.
From then on, he stopped taking roles, and his personality became extreme, paranoid, crazy, hysterical, incompatible with other people, and he also suffered from visual and auditory hallucinations. His parents, who were far away in the Northeast, were not willing to let their son sink like this, so they retired early and moved the whole family to the capital to take care of their son. Everything that followed was like a war...
On the surface it seems quite touching, but at its core, it is full of pretentiousness and unnecessary moaning from so-called artists.
The so-called pain is that life is too easy, pursuing the so-called spiritual world, and suffering at your own expense. You must know that it is illegal to smoke. If you try something you know is illegal, you deserve it.
Li Tang, who lived in the United States in his previous life, saw many drug addicts who were like walking corpses and was disgusted by the sight of them. Therefore, he had no empathy at all for this kind of self-impression, let alone any sympathy. After all, people have to pay for their actions. cost.
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On September 4th, "The Third Man" premiered.
There was a small press conference before the premiere. Thanks to the French reporter whom Naian contacted last time, the exclusive interview in the program allowed Cheng Er, a new director, to attract many European media reporters for his first feature film. , of course Chinese media reporters are also indispensable.
There are very few domestic reporters, and most of them are entertainment reporters from major portals. To be honest, their questions were quite unprofessional and paid little attention to the movie itself. They focused more on various gossip news, such as "Are you confident about winning the award?" "Zhou Xun is expected to become a best actress. What do you think of this?" ” Such questions are discussed with great enthusiasm.
This year, because there are no Wanwan films shortlisted, there are not many reporters from Wanwan, and most of them are Hong Kong media reporters. They also didn't care about "The Third Man" and the questions they asked were all about their thoughts on "Hollywood in Hong Kong" which premiered yesterday.
Cheng Er hesitated and made some comments on the film's own techniques, while Li Tang initially ignored him, hoping to get rid of the problem. As a result, those Hong Kong media reporters worked tirelessly, and he was annoyed, so he simply said: "I don't like that movie, not at all."
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