You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 278 The focus of the opening ceremony, the superstar among directors! (1, ask for a monthly pass with a minimum guarantee!)
Wang Quan continued to hold meetings with the other six judges, because there were British, Spanish, Swedish, German, Chinese, Chinese-American, and Burkina Faso, so he could only use English Communication.

Wang Quan found that among this group of people, he was quite fluent in English. Although Diane Kruger also worked in Hollywood, his daily communication was okay, but when it came to professional film vocabulary, he was obviously almost meaningless.

And director Gaston Karber from Burkina Faso, Africa, is better at French output, but he can't speak English well.

Before Wang Quan came, he had consulted his teacher Xie Fei. Last year, he was one of the judges of the Montreal International Film Festival that gave the award to "The Undertaker". , experienced in this area.

He told Wang Quan that if he wants to have the right to speak in the awards, he must have strong expressive ability, and the tool for expressive ability can only be English.

Teacher Xie also said that the competition for awards at international film festivals depends on who has the loudest voice. Rights are easily overlooked by the chairman of the jury, causing the chairman to speak out.

A strong chairman of the jury, such as Wong Kar Wai, can disregard the objections of other judges and award Best Actor and Best Actress to more than a dozen people, causing the empress to depreciate.

Polanski can award the three awards of Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture Palme d'Or to the Coen Brothers' "Barton Fink" that he admires.

Quentin even more capriciously gave the Cannes Palme d'Or to a documentary, and also gave the Venice Golden Lion to his ex-girlfriend.

And ordinary judges also have strong people, such as Edward Yang in 01, the other judges and the chairman all looked down on "Mulholland Drive", Yang Dechang was angry and said that these insects were so fucking blind.

Fortunately, he is good at English, and with his support, he helped David Lynch get the best director in Cannes. The subsequent rankings of various film history also proved the status of "Mulholland Drive" in film history.

Wang Quan didn't intend to overthrow Tilda Swinton's authority, but it was absolutely impossible to be the chairman's answerer, otherwise why would he do it himself.

After the meeting was over, Wang Quan and Wang Ying went out to have a meal alone. They came here by plane. With Yu Feihong's relationship, the two quickly became acquainted.

The two chatted about their recent creations in their native language. Although Wang Ying is also a well-known director, Wang Quan is not only a well-known director, but also a famous film company owner, which is worthy of his deep friendship.

Director Wang Ying first expressed her appreciation for "Slumdog Millionaire", and then talked about "Snow Flower and Secret Fan" that she is preparing.

According to Wang Quan's understanding of this movie, there are too many things. Zhang Ziyi, who was first confirmed, will eventually become an abandoned child.

However, when Wang Ying asked who could play with Zhang Ziyi in China, Wang Quan said without hesitation, "Li Bingbing, and Zhang Jingchu, they are of the right age, and their English is very fluent, communication is not a problem."

Wang Ying nodded and wrote down the two names.

Tomorrow is the opening ceremony. In the evening, Wang Quan hurriedly learned a few words of German. He has a good language talent, and he looks good after learning more than a dozen sentences. At this time, someone knocked on the door.

Wang Quan asked, "Who?"

"I." It was a young woman's voice, still in Chinese.

Wang Quan opened the door directly, and seeing Zhang Jingchu, she said pleasantly, "Director Wang, can you really hear my voice?"

Wang Quan: No, but she is young and a woman, so she will never suffer.

"Of course, your voice is very recognizable, even if we haven't seen each other for more than a year, we can still hear it, come in and say," Wang Quan let the person in, "Why are you coming to Berlin, there seem to be only two The Chinese film has been shortlisted for the main competition."

If she was the heroine in any of these two movies, I really couldn't let her in, I had to avoid suspicion.

"I acted in "Rabe's Diary", which is a screening unit, not a main competition unit."

"Oh." Wang Quan looked at Rabe in awe.

Zhang Jingchu tentatively asked, "When our film premieres, Director Wang, are you free to attend?"

"Of course, other movies don't have to participate, but this movie must participate."

Zhang Jingchu smiled, "Then I can rest assured, what is Director Wang looking at?"

"Learn a few words of German." Wang Quan shook the booklet in his hand.

Zhang Jingchu, "Do you want me to teach you?"

"Do you speak German?"

Zhang Jingchu, "There are many German actors in "Rabe's Diary". After so long, I still learned some."

As she spoke, she also said a few words, which was really impressive.

"Great, I'm worried about who to learn from, so you can teach me." Wang Quan's face was full of desire for knowledge.

Zhang Jingchu also just arrived in Berlin. After more than ten hours of flying, she was mentally and physically exhausted, but she still worked hard to teach Wang Quan to learn German. She didn't go back to her room until midnight. There was no way, Mrs. Wang Quan Easy to learn, crazy to absorb new knowledge.

In addition to learning foreign languages, the two also exchanged work and life this year.

Zhang Jingchu said that she is not in a hurry to fall in love, and wants to make more movies while she is young.

Last year she filmed "Red River", "Rabe's Diary", "Eavesdropping", "Night and Fog in Tianshuiwei", which will be released this year.

This year, she has been confirmed to star in a movie "Side A and B" directed by Ning Ying, and she is also competing for the heroine of "The Great Earthquake in Tangshan".

A "If You Are the One" made the Huayi Brothers earn a lot of money. Director Feng Xiaogang once again wanted to challenge the high difficulty and shoot a disaster humanistic blockbuster, which was adapted from the novel "Aftershock".

Several actresses in Huayi in this movie are also competing, but Zhang Jingchu is not completely helpless.

Wang Quan encouraged her with a smile, "You can definitely do it."

The next day, the Berlin Film Festival officially opened.

The dim starlight of the Berlin Film Festival is also well-known among the top three in Europe. Not to mention compared with Cannes, it is far behind Venice.

First of all, this season is difficult. February in Berlin is really not warm. This puts an end to the idea of ​​most female stars showing their figures. They wear so much and cover them so tightly. They are not graceful or sexy at all. .

Moreover, the Berlin Film Festival pays more attention to politics and society, coupled with the rigorous attributes of the Germans, it is naturally more serious and formal than the other two film festivals.

Last year at least the Rolling Stones had a spectacular opening, but this year it's almost the German showbiz's self-entertainment. There are hardly any Hollywood stars, and Wang Quan can be regarded as the biggest star in the international film industry.

So on the red carpet at the opening ceremony, Tilda Swinton, who is 185 tall, handsome and elegant, and 179 tall, androgynous jury chairman Tilda Swinton, became the focus of the audience.

This year's Berlin opening red carpet, there are more Chinese filmmakers than Hollywood, at least Zhang Jingchu, the heroine of "Rabe's Diary", and several main creators of "No Man's Land" and "Mei Lanfang".

Among them, Zhang Ziyi, the heroine of "Mei Lanfang", is considered a relatively influential international actress, and Yu Nan, the heroine of "No Man's Land", is an old friend of Berlin. She and her ex-boyfriend Wang Quanan collaborated in "Tuya" My Marriage" just won the Golden Bear Award two years ago.

For this reason, there were a lot of Chinese media at the opening ceremony.

Wang Quan, Zhang Ziyi, Yu Nan, and Zhang Jingchu have all become the focus of these media attention.

"It still has to be our director Wang, those German male stars have been compared!"

"Yeah, those American media are more active in filming him than celebrities."

"He is a superstar among directors!"

"If the Oscar can win the best director, it will set an Oscar record, and it will really be capped!"

"Hey, Zhang Ziyi, big and small, are here today, so it's quite a scene."

"It's just too cold and wearing too much."

Under the royal power, only a few female stars are concerned by the domestic media. As for the male stars, who care~
Xu Zheng smiled brightly with his big bald head. This was the first time he participated in the main competition unit of the three major European film festivals as a starring role, and he also walked on the red carpet of the opening ceremony, which was very honorable.

He also wanted to go to say hello to his good friend Wang Quan, but was stopped by Huang Bo, "He is now a judge, and we are actors in the competition, so we have to avoid suspicion."

Ning Hao said from the side, "It has to be Brother Bo, look at this EQ."

Wang Quan did deliberately avoid the two crews of "No Man's Land" and "Mei Lanfang". Except for the public premieres of their two films, Wang Quan will try to avoid contact with them.

After that, the members of the jury were interviewed by reporters, mainly the chairman Tilda Swinton, but the reporters were obviously more interested in the kingship.

At international film festivals, the stars of big directors sometimes surpass stars. Not only Wang Quan, Chen Kaige, as the biggest director of this film festival and the only director who has won the Palme d'Or, has also received many extra-standard courtesy.

As for the media attention on the throne, it has more to do with the overwhelming success of awards season "Slumdog Millionaire."

"Director David, why didn't "Slums" come to the film festival?"

Wang Quan, "It's not suitable. It seems that the films participating in international film festivals pay more attention to the authorship. "Slumdog" is more like a proposition composition for me. My personal participation is not as good as "Juno"."

"You are too modest, then have you thought about participating in international film festivals in the future, such as Berlin?"

"Of course, I'm always saving up ideas."

The foreign reporter asked again, "This year "Mei Lanfang" was also shortlisted for the main competition. Do you think director Chen Kaige can win the award?"

"I've already watched "Mei Lanfang", but I heard that the version in Berlin is different, so I'll have to watch it again." Wang Quan avoided answering directly.

Afterwards, Tilda Swinton also answered a few questions, but obviously not as many as Wang Quan answered. I feel that Wang Quan is more like the chairman of the jury and is in the C position of media attention.

As for the rest of the judges, apart from the host Diane Kruger, no one else even had a question.

After the Q&A session, there was the premiere of the opening film "Transnational Bank". The members of the jury attended again. This is also a film about the financial crisis. Wang Quan has already seen it.

Although it is the opening film, it is not the main competition film. This is the work of German director Tom Tykwer, co-produced by Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and produced by Columbia. Both the director and the leading actor Clive Owen have appeared in On the red carpet for the opening of the film festival.

It's just a pity that Naomi Watts, the heroine of the film and Wang Quan's good friend, didn't come to Berlin. If she could come, the Berlin Film Festival wouldn't be so dim.

On the first day of the opening ceremony, Wang Quan followed Diane Kruger to meet many German actors and directors, including Tom Tykwer, the director of "Transnational Bank", whose "Run Lola Run" is also number one in the film industry .

"Transnational Bank" is his first collaboration with Hollywood. He will actively move closer to Hollywood and will get the opportunity to direct the movie "Cloud Atlas" in the future.

Nowadays, only Hollywood can make big-budget movies, and only Hollywood can take over the world and realize profits easily. Some ambitious directors outside the United States are actively moving closer to Hollywood, such as Tom Tykwer, and the Mexican Sanji Alfonso So Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro, and Gonzalez.

Of course, the most positive and positive example is King Quan. Everyone wants to see what kind of achievements he can achieve in this year's Oscars. The Oscars may be a bit far away, but the British Academy of Film Awards will be awarded soon, and King Quan will fly by then A trip to London.

Today the jury also participated in the premiere of the Iranian film "About Yili" in the main competition unit. The score of the program was released the next day, with a score of 2.6, which is not bad.

There are 5 ratings from one fork to four stars, with the highest being 4 points.

This score is scored by film critics from the media, including "Time Magazine", "Daily Mail", "Los Angeles Times", "Sight and Sound", "Feature Film", "Movie Handbook" and other media, and the final award It doesn't matter, but it is a more meaningful reference for movie fans.

On the second day, apart from attending the premiere of "Rabe's Diary", Wang Quan basically watched movies with the jury, watched two more movies, and took notes while watching.

When waiting for the awards, you can say one, two, three, four, five. The advantage of Wang Quan is that you can watch it repeatedly in the film and television library. It will be easier to find the advantages and disadvantages.

Other judges usually only watch it once, and those who are interested in a certain film may watch it twice or three times, but not more, because the film festival lasts for two weeks, and each film is only screened a few times.

On the [-]th, the crew of "No Man's Land" began its premiere. Ning Hao and others anxiously waited for the film's premiere for general audiences. The first row seats were reserved for the seven judges.

Previously, "No Man's Land" had several private screenings in China. Although Boss Han felt that the film was too depressing overall, he still approved it. Maybe he also knows that this is the only way for this film to win awards. Only by receiving awards can he make a difference at the box office, so it is up to Ning Hao to be willful once.

However, the audience and the media were full, but the jury was not.

Director Wang Ying told Ning Hao, "Director Wang Quan can't come today, he asked me to say sorry for him, and said that he will make up this movie when he comes back~"

(End of this chapter)