China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 459: Art is a lie, but it tells the truth! A movie that caused a global sensation!
"The film Confessions, written by Guan Ling and directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, premiered in Cannes a few days ago, causing collective shock in Cannes. According to reports from the media on the scene, the film is a large-scale dark film, and the desire to release it in mainland China will eventually become a delusion."

“An immersive dark journey! A revenge speculation full of wantonness and pleasure. Confessions is a departure from Hou Hsiao-hsien’s previous film styles, leaving a deep impression and unique visual style, making people feel the fear and despair from the deepest part of their hearts!”

"'Confessions' is an absolutely excellent film that explores the pain of the abyss of human nature! This movie sends chills down one's spine!"

"A confession of three people. No matter if they are avengers or murderers, each of them has their own reasons for killing. After being emotionally hurt, they have never received the love and respect they wanted!"

"A thriller movie in the name of love! "Confessions" uses horror to depict redemption, which makes people's breath turn cold!"

"The premiere was extremely popular, but after the movie started, the audience was shocked and silent! What did "Confessions" do for the Cannes audience?!"

“A shocking film that reveals the darkness and distortion of human nature! Guan Ling brings his first ethical thriller to Cannes!”

When this news was forwarded from the local news in Cannes to the country.

Countless domestic audiences are already filled with shock!
Everyone’s heart is filled with a big question mark!

"Guan Ling has increased the intensity of Cannes again? Why does he look so naive?!"

"But speaking of it, is it darker than the movie 'The Crucible' that caused a sensation in South Korea? I am so itchy from these news reports that I feel like I am watching this movie right now."

"Think alike!"

While taking a short break in the director's seat at the filming site of "Hot Girls" in Shanghai, Guan Ling received calls one after another.

"Director Guan, you exploded."

"You exploded."

Looking at the call from Ning Hao, Guan Ling was furious.

"Have you sold the copyright? You can't sell the copyright of "Never Gone" for 30 million US dollars, so don't come back as soon as possible."

"I'm calling you to inform you that you want me to sell a movie like 'Never Gone', which carries pure Chinese values, for 30 million? You're so cruel!" Ning Hao said resentfully.

"Do you really need to notify me? Director Hou has already called. Nansun Shi and Johnnie To have also sent messages expressing their concern and condolences. What's more, Fan Bingbing and her group have already gone there. You guys really won't let me have a moment's rest. Hurry up and go to France for your honeymoon with your sister-in-law. It's not easy to get to the city of romance, so you should make sure she's happy."

Ning Hao's face flushed immediately, "Look at what you said, you think I'm like you."

However, facing Guan Ling's words, Ning Hao was speechless.

For Guan Ling, being a big hit in Cannes is probably nothing new now.

But after the news broke, many people still called Guan Ling to share the good news.

However, Ning Hao was still very happy that Guan Ling said this to him, because Guan Ling said these words to him only because they had a good relationship with him.

If it were Nansun Shi, Johnnie To, or Guan Ling, they would definitely not have this attitude.

But the rumors that can be obtained on the Internet naturally also caused a stir in the industry.

Starting from the premiere of the day.

The content of this movie spread instantly across both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong. Although the movie has not yet been released, it has been exposed to the vision of the entire industry.

"A sensation again? How can Cannes be so easily sensationalized?"

When Chen Kai heard the news on the set, his lips were trembling.
"Isn't he going to win another Palme d'Or?"

He was really a little panicked.

Although Guan Ling has won more awards at Cannes than him, the value of their awards, especially the Palme d'Or, the highest award, is still the same.

If I let him take another one, it would be really shameful.

But then he thought, this movie was directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, and Brother Chen Kai felt relieved again.

Hou Hsiao-hsien's filming is fine.
As long as Guan Ling doesn't take it again, Director Chen's status will remain the same and will not be dragged too far away.

……

The filming of "The Flowers of War" has also entered its final stage.

Upon hearing the news, Zhang Yimou's eyes turned slightly cold, with a self-deprecating smile on his lips.

"A dark movie with a large scale? I've never seen Guan Ling shoot this type of movie before. This time, working with Director Hou, I'm sure she will win something in Cannes."

Hou Hsiao-hsien, who had not been to Cannes for many years, is now being discussed crazily in Cannes.

Zhang Yimou felt mixed emotions.

His connection and entanglement with Cannes are too deep, and he has never been there since he broke off ties with the festival.

Now, seeing Guan Ling and Hou Hsiao-hsien, the old and the young, continue to make great strides in Cannes, he began to feel a little uneasy.

……

A new day, the focus of film and television public opinion online and in the industry.

Apart from the "Fast and Furious 5" which has been a hit in the past two days, only "Confessions" is bombarding Cannes.

The box office of "Fast & Furious 5" started off strong on the first day, with the evening prime time show fully packed. More than % of the audience gave the film five stars, especially the fierce battle scene at the end, which topped the list.

"The whole film is perfect! The most adrenaline-pumping movie of the year!"

Especially when racing, whether it was racing against a train in the Gobi Desert or racing short distances after stealing a police car, the "cars" always stimulated the audience's nerves. In the last double-car race to pull a safe, when the safe hit a police car, the audience screamed.

The single-day box office was 4100 million!
This is considered a pretty good achievement for Hollywood popcorn movies in the country.

In fact, the first-day box office of this movie should not stop here, mainly because this movie attracts too few female audiences. It is difficult for many female audiences to accept this kind of purely manly car-racing action movie, especially the erotic beauties, bikinis, and huge white swaying breasts. Although these stimulate the hearts of male homosexuals, they hardly cause any psychological fluctuations in female homosexuals.

It even made some viewers feel a little ashamed of themselves.

For this part of the audience, the box office will certainly not be very high.

In addition, the May Day golden period has passed, so "Fast & Furious 5" can only eat the leftovers of "Forever Young".

But even so, on the first day, "Fast & Furious 5" overturned "Never Say Die", which had been at the top of the list since the end of April.

It surpassed the 3762 million of "Never Gone".

The simultaneous release of several new films also filled the audience with enthusiasm, and the entire film and television market continued to rise, even driving the performance of the imported blockbuster "Thor" and Gu Changwei's new work "The Best Friend" to continue to rise.

Even the first Ultraman movie to enter China, "Ultra Galactic Legend of Space Heroes", although its audience was limited and the number of screenings was not advantageous, had a very good attendance rate and squeezed into fifth place.

It was shocking to the extreme.

Especially since it will have a battle with "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" soon, this fight between dragons and tigers is inevitable.

But other than that, the internet is full of requests for clips of "Confessions" resources.

"Director Guan's new Cannes film Confessions cannot be shown in mainland China, so we can only secretly seek resources online."

"It hasn't been released in Taiwan yet, and the resources available now are all fake."

"No, I've seen it. But how can Guan Ling, such a big director, write such pornographic films, and they are domestic ones at that?"

"Did the person above you get scammed? Did you spend any money? Show me."

On Tieba and forums, many netizens are discussing a movie that no one has seen.

Suddenly, someone came forward to tell his story. In order to prove that what he said was true, he even posted a few photos to prove that he was in Cannes.

Although this content itself was seen by only a few people, it suddenly swept the domestic entertainment circle with the dual promotion of forums and Weibo.

Weibo directly topped the trending search list,

[Art is a lie, but it tells the truth - a review of the movie "Confessions" directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien and written by Guan Ling]

The person who posted this content is a netizen named Renzituo.

“I’m in Cannes and went to see the screening of ‘Confessions’ today. I went in with a smile on my face, ready to see what this sensational and shocking film, which has been widely reported by the domestic media, is like.

I seldom watch movies. I haven’t watched the recent hit “Never Gone” in China. I haven’t even watched the two Palme d’Or movies by Chen Kaige and Guan Ling.

I came to this theater just because I was on a business trip in France recently and wanted to kill some time to see what the collaboration between the two strongest directors from mainland China and Taiwan would look like.

I went in with a smile.

But when I came out, I felt like I was electrocuted, my head was buzzing, and I must admit that my smile froze.

Do you know what electric shock is? People who have had electric shock know that when the current spreads throughout the body, the whole person feels like falling into an ice cave, and becomes stiff.

That's how I feel.

It is difficult for me to describe the emotions I felt at that time because they were too complicated and too difficult to describe.

But what I thought of in my heart was just an old Chinese saying.

He's just a kid.

I have heard this sentence many times, and I have seen this scene many times from elementary school to work.

The Chinese people always like to show their magnanimity and have many philosophies of exhortation: since you're here, you're just a child, don't be angry, it's for your own good, it's New Year's Day... There are countless examples like this.

I don't like this mentality, I don't like the mediocrity of the Chinese people, especially since this mediocrity is hidden in the viciousness of human nature.

Just two months ago, I kept following a piece of news.

In the south, a woman walked on her knees in front of the entrance of the Southern Daily in Guangzhou, kowtowed every three steps, and walked all the way to the sports center, shocking passers-by. She walked on her knees for more than three hours, covering a distance of more than a thousand meters.

Because a rich young man from Guangzhou said that if she did as she was told, he would give her 20,000 yuan to treat his daughter who was suffering from eye cancer.

But the mother knelt for a long time, but the rich young man from Guangzhou did not give her the 20,000 yuan.

This action went viral on the Tianya Community forum, attracting the attention and criticism of the whole society. After this rich young man from Guangzhou was exposed, he lost his job. In just three days, the mother raised a total of 210,000 yuan in donations.

When the whole society found out that this rich young man from Guangzhou was humiliating her, the mother defended him.

It turns out that all of this was planned, hyped and promoted by him.

If it weren't for him, the mother would never have been able to raise so much money.

Later, when the news asked him if he regretted losing his job, his words have always stayed with me.

"At this point, we must have a medicine to save the child."

"What kind of medicine introduction?"

"A human heart."

"As a mother, I am willing to exchange my heart for my child's health."

"No, with my heart."

He borrowed the dark side of human nature and the trust and viciousness of society to raise money for his mother, got involved in the game himself, and finally achieved his ultimate goal.

And the evil I saw in "Confessions" is hundreds, thousands, and even tens of thousands times worse than his evil.

Everyone is evil, but everyone has their own logic for their behavior.

From this point of view, there is no difference between the heroine's revenge and the mother's kneeling. Both are mothers, but one is praying for her daughter to live, while the other is praying for the murderer to die. Making her the protagonist is more in line with the simple values ​​of us Chinese people.

This movie broke my heart.

I'll probably never go to the movies again, but I still want to say something.

He's just a kid, but please... don't let him go!"

This movie review doesn't have much logic, but it's full of jokes.

In just a short period of time, it instantly sparked heated discussions across the entire Internet!

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【Do you know the feeling of an electric shock? 】

【The Complete Collection of Chinese Exhortation Declarations】

【Guangzhou kneeling to save daughter incident】

[Confession]

[I will probably never watch a movie again in my life]

[He is still a child...so don't let him go! ]

A mixture of various popular quotes and social hot topics, coupled with the recent explosion in popularity of "Confessions", this post first sparked public opinion on Tianya, and then completely exploded on Weibo.

For a moment, netizens were all confused.

"What kind of movie did Hou Hsiao-Hsien make? It made me so upset! I will never watch a movie again in my life."

“I am getting more and more curious about this movie now!”

"The incident of kneeling to save a daughter in Guangzhou really shocked me. It can be said that a modern strategist has put himself in the game!"

"Have you ever felt an electric shock? Has this guy ever had one?"

"Mother, revenge! Don't let the child go! Guan Ling's new movie won't contain any plots that harm minors, right?!"

This film review posted by an amateur instantly became the latest hot topic on the Internet, sparking a heated discussion among the audience.

But it's not over yet.

On May 5, a piece of news from AFP completely dominated the domestic headlines.

"The French Minister of the Interior has requested that all junior and senior high schools in France watch the movie "Confessions" together on the first day of school!"

This news may not seem very popular, but it is full of charm.

For a time, there was a lot of debate about whether the film should be released in mainland China.

So prepare to review it again.

Come up with a viable plan for this movie.

(End of this chapter)