my gilded age

Chapter 224 Unforgettable

The Cannes Film Festival is one of the most well-known film festivals in the world, and its judging procedures naturally have its own procedures and standards.

The procedures are easy to say, after all, they are all written down, including film selection and review, as well as film festival procedures, and film critics week. This is the second week, which is the period before the awards are announced, and everyone is quarreling with each other.

As for the standard, it is actually very simple, but it is also difficult, because there are only three words.

I like.

As a judge, as long as he likes the work and the performances in it, that's enough. He never needs any other reasons.

The three major European film festivals are all about the same, which is very different from the Oscars. The Oscars award is a very rigorous process, and the number of voters is extremely large, about 5000, and the vote is from the famous accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. Yongdao did it.

But this is really not artistic enough and too commercial.

Wu Yusen, a great international director born in Hong Kong, has been in Hollywood for many years and his works are quite popular. As one of the judges of this Cannes Film Festival, he naturally has his own criteria for judging.It's just that at this year's Cannes Film Festival, some weird situations occurred.

"The movie "The Best of Time" is so unique and special in its technique. Moreover, in the performance of the actors, Zhang Zhen fully interpreted the changes of a man in three eras, but there are many changes in the changes. Change. Coupled with the beauty Shu Qi..."

"As for the others, I didn't think the mainland movie "Green Red" was very good. Director Wang Xiaoshuai wanted to create a tragedy of the era, but he didn't highlight the characteristics of the characters. For me, the best performance was It’s that father…”

"The other is "Seven Swords". Although this work is a martial arts action film, its humanistic care and discussion of human nature and tyranny are very special."

As the only Asian among the judges, Wu Yusen feels that he should recommend more good Asian movies. If he thinks they are good, of course they are good.

At this film festival, when it comes to the Film Critics Week, many film critics are very interested in Asian films. In fact, this is a trend. The Cannes Film Festival has been following this trend. After all, it is still difficult for Hollywood to fight against it, but Asia is much easier.

The number of comments this time was relatively large. Earlier, the Internet seemed to have paid more attention to this film festival. There were even reports of a certain star hiring a shooter. It was really interesting.

In this case, Wu Yusen was even more generous with his rhetoric. He would just say whichever one he liked was better. Of course there was no problem.

However, the chairman of the jury this time is a Yugoslavian. He is a guy who does not rub sand in his eyes and has a unique pursuit of art and beauty.

"No no! This time we must return to the original nature of the movie. The original beauty is the most important thing. I also like "Seven Swords" very much, especially the four-hour duration. It is very retro, but, this The movie has too much heavy makeup and blunt plot, I really don’t like it..."

"Seven Swords" competed with "The Promise" to be the opening film at the very beginning. As a result, "The Promise" was so awesome that if "The Promise" cannot become the opening film of Cannes, then sorry, we will not Come to Cannes.

As a result, Director Chen did not appear on the Cannes red carpet this time, and the film "Seven Swords" is only four hours old. However, as the chairman said, there are some things about this film that are too much. .

Scutulica, Yugoslavia’s national treasure director, of course, the country has now disappeared and turned into Montenegro, but he is very active, active in major film festivals as a avant-garde artist.

Return to the original beauty, this is his first sentence after becoming the chairman of the jury of this film festival.

So, what is original beauty?
"I think the film "Green Red" is very good, quite good. At least she is not cliche. In particular, she gives people a light attraction, which even makes many people ignore her."

Yes, Scutulica is right. Among all Asian films, "Blue Red" has received the least reviews. Only some senior film critics have expressed concern about this film. Of course, these are mainly from mainland China.

The most talked about this movie is mainly now, because the heroine is quite beautiful and has a unique temperament.

At this film festival, there were a lot of Asian actresses, and Chinese actresses came in a group, including You Yuanyuan, and the award guest Zhang Zhiyi, and the other one was Shu Qi. As for Lin Xilei, I came here to catch up on the popularity, but there really aren't any films of hers, so forget it. The others, Zhang Jingchu and Yang Caini, all appeared because of "Seven Swords".

Most of the judges have their own personal style, which is why they are always favored by the outside world, but they cannot win the award in the end.This is completely different from the Oscars. The Oscars are at least popular among the public. If the outside world is optimistic about it, then through voting, you can probably win an award.

Now when "Blue and Red" is mentioned, several judges become excited.

"After watching this film, I felt that the narrative method was a bit old-fashioned. However, there are also bright spots in it." This is Javier Bardem's opinion.

His famous work is called "Ham Ham", which is not a story about ham sausage. The heroine is Penelope Cruz. The two of them had a bold performance in it, and they later became a couple.

As for the reason...it must have something to do with love.

Since then, several other judges have also begun to discuss the film, including black female writer Toni Morrison. She bluntly said that the narrative method of this film is indeed lackluster, but it may have something to do with what the director wants to express. He probably wanted to highlight the truth.

Faith Akin, the youngest member of the jury, learned more about it through the Internet.

"I saw some comments on the Internet. The heroine is a very famous actress in China, but she is not good at acting, so she really performed well this time. In addition, regarding the male protagonist, someone Said, the male protagonist is from the northeast of China, but this time the character he played is from the southwest of China, and his accent is very authentic. I checked it later, oh! The two places are at least 5000 miles apart. More than a kilometer, I feel amazing."

"Only the accent?" Jacques, who is also a director, felt that this alone was not enough.

The most interesting thing is to hear another female judge, she is Samar Hayek, "I have seen this man and woman, it seems that they are a couple, not just on the screen. You know, I think this young man He must be deeply in love with this girl.”

"Why?" Everyone was confused.

"He took one look at my chest, then stopped looking at it, talking and laughing with this girl again."

It must be said that the reason given by Hayek is indeed sufficient.

However, Wu Yusen felt that things seemed to be developing differently than he expected.

“I still like Director Hou’s works!”

Let's discuss it. Naturally, we need to have a good discussion.

……

There are still three days until the award ceremony, and Bai Shiqiu is busy making phone calls.

"Well done, what team did you find this time?"

"Boss, among the tech geeks in California, most of them are Chinese."

"It's pretty reliable. Ask them if they want to make games or something."

"Hey, I've already asked everything, don't worry."

"it is good."

"There's another thing, that something...let someone tell you."

This time, Bai Shiqiu made a lot of efforts to disrupt the Cannes Film Festival, mainly on the Internet. There are many independent film critics on the Internet. What traditional film critics are more worried about is that these so-called independent film critics will steal their food.

Although traditional film critics often publish their articles on the Internet, what should we do if their articles are not numerous enough or not sharp enough?
Bai Shiqiu's method is to create many independent film critics on the Internet out of thin air, and to publish many articles. If these articles criticize hard enough and criticize hard enough, they will naturally disrupt the work of traditional film critics. .

According to the urinal nature of the Cannes jury, whoever is criticized badly will not win the award. In this way, we will ignore "Blue and Red", which is guaranteed to work.

Of course, by tapping Yuanyuan's acting skills from time to time, Bai Shiqiu feels that she is inseparable.

There was another story on the phone.

"Old Bai, it's interesting. It's really interesting."

"What's interesting?"

"Our "Old Paoer" has been released ahead of schedule!"

"Ah? Is this...interesting?"

"Yes, you don't know. The reason is none other than Huang Jianzhong. His film was withdrawn urgently. I heard that there were reports from the public that this film involved pornography."

When Bai Shiqiu heard this, he understood what was going on.

There are some shots of that aspect in the film "Silver Jewelry". It seems... they are really good people. The people's eyes are sharp!

It really wasn't Bai Shiqiu's doing, it really wasn't.

The old boy Huang Jianzhong's film was rejected by God, and our "Old Paoer" from Red Star was picked up. This is equivalent to lengthening our schedule, which is indeed a good thing.However, publicity is more important, so everyone should show the spirit of struggle.

In Bai Shiqiu's view, the good news comes one after another, which is really exciting.

"Old White."

"Yuanyuan, what's going on?"

"Would you like to go for a walk?"

"it is good."

When Yuanyuan came to visit, Bai Shiqiu felt a little strange. During the time in Cannes, the two of them could be said to have treated each other with respect. It was already evening, and Yuanyuan made a special request to bring the camera.

Walking on the beach, the two of them didn't say anything.

"Old Bai, am I beautiful?"

"nice."

Bai Shiqiu cannot tell lies, Yuanyuan is indeed beautiful, especially these days in Cannes, she wears one outfit a day, does many activities, and takes many photos.

"Then take a picture."

"no problem."

Click, Bai Shiqiu raised the knife and dropped it. He has practiced this skill well now.

But it's a little strange. Yuanyuan didn't pose in any way, just a very ordinary pose. She was wearing ordinary jeans and a T-shirt, standing there just like the girl next door. She was the same as the girl who was wearing various expensive dresses during the day. It's just two people.

To be honest, Bai Shiqiu likes the girl in front of him more, she is more comfortable to look at.

Yuanyuan came over and said to Bai Shiqiu: "Promise me to keep this photo. I just hope you keep it."

"Okay." Bai Shiqiu fully understood at this time that Yuanyuan was more proactive than him.

"That movie queen is meaningless, so don't do it for me."

"Okay, but the effects have already come out."

"That's okay. Will you miss me in the future?"

"Can't forget."

"I will miss you too."

"Forget about me, I'm an asshole."

"Can't forget."

Yuanyuan walked past Bai Shiqiu, and Bai Shiqiu couldn't help but hold her hand.

"You're not a bastard. In fact, none of us are wrong."

release.

After that, Bai Shiqiu smoked a pack of cigarettes and thought about a lot of messy things.

……

Yuanyuan was different. She took this step and was not sad or even shed tears. Instead, she came to a cafe and found Feng Ru who had already ordered two cups of coffee.

"What should I do next?"

"What you should have said is, us."

"Okay! What should we do next?"

"We need to form an alliance now so that we can accomplish something..."

At this time, a girl came over from the next table. She was also very good-looking, but the key was that she had a pair of prominent ones... some small freckles on her face.

"Her name is Tian Fang. She is also an old classmate of Bai Shiqiu and I. She has now joined our alliance." Feng Ru gave a brief introduction.

"Hehe..." Tian Fang smiled slightly and then sat down.

"Her? The three of us?" Yuanyuan was very surprised. This is not right with what I said before.

Following Feng Ru's guidance, Yuanyuan made a decision. She broke up with Bai Shiqiu, and according to Feng Ru's words, she left behind something that Lao Bai would never forget.

Feng Ru said that she couldn't be with Bai Shiqiu at that time, so she used a method to leave something in Lao Bai's heart.

It looks like Fairy Zixia... This was Yuanyuan's reaction at that time.

That's right, this method is indeed not new, but it works.

Yuanyuan thought about it carefully, and it seemed that she had nothing left for Lao Bai. How about a breakup?Try a new trick?Bite him?

It doesn't seem to be very good. The key is that Lao Bai is no longer with her, so he can't use it.

So, I thought of this way and left a photo.

Lao Bai took many photos of her, and she lived under the flashlight all day long, taking countless photos.However, there has never been a photo that was not deliberately posed, and now there is.

To be honest, Yuanyuan just felt a sense of relief. The situation between her and Bai Shiqiu was indeed not good. Letting go might be good for everyone.

What's next?
Feng Ru simply said: "Our alliance is like this. The purpose is to turn you into a goddess, a goddess that all men can worship. At that time, you succeed and you are incomparable beauty, and then..."

"Let Lao Bai turn around and chase after me?" Yuanyuan seemed to understand.

"Don't give him a good look!" Tian Fang added.

Feng Ru shook her head, "Don't hold this kind of thought. If you hold this kind of thought, you will be doomed. I tell you, we want to build our own business, and we can only have this belief in our hearts. We cannot have Other distracting thoughts. And only in this way can you have a chance, understand?"

Yuanyuan was very confused after hearing this, but she still nodded.

"I won't be able to return to China for a while. Tian Fang has money, but she made a movie before and it didn't make any splash. So, I will be the military advisor. I will control the situation abroad and Tian Fang will be the coach. She He is the boss, and you, Yuanyuan, are the general, charging into battle..."

"Great!"

"Yeah, ha..."

Can the three of them achieve something successful?

At least, career is a good medicine for emotional injury.

　Thank you zero, thank you all for your support, thank you very much.

　　That, not much to say, the black car worked hard to code, everyone, don't worry, thank you very much.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)