China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 508 Winning the Golden Bear for an animated film? Beijing Film Academy was shocked! Xie Fei was shocked!

"Let us congratulate Guan and "The Wind Rises"!"

With the final award ceremony coming to an end, this Berlin Film Festival has finally come to an end.

This ten-day visual feast brought rare warmth and even heat to Berlin in the cold weather. About 400 films were shown in many large cinemas during the film festival. Long queues formed in front of the ticket windows almost every day, and the 30 movie tickets were quickly sold out.

One cannot help but sigh that perhaps the charm of the Berlin Film Festival lies in this quality of warmth blooming in the cold.

But no one expected that Berlin would actually present a jaw-dropping decision to the global audience.

“‘Even If the Wind Rises’ won the Golden Bear?”

Even though Guan Ling had expected this, he was still slightly stunned at this moment.

Not to mention the other people present?
Almost in an instant, the entire theater became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop!
Silence!

Even though many people realized it, they did not applaud. They subconsciously thought that there might be a second film that would win the Golden Bear.

So they all pricked up their ears and listened!

But, there is no second part.

Mike Lee walked up to the podium and raised the microphone, "Guan, congratulations."

As the chairman of the jury of this year's Berlin Film Festival, Mike Leigh showed his love for "When the Wind Rises". He raised the microphone and told everyone present his comments on the film.

"As an animated film, Even if the wind blows, life will never give up. The film's fresh and beautiful painting style, infectious storyline, the essence of anti-war and the hatred in the heart are clearly displayed in the anti-war sentiment of the film.

This is a very realistic film. Set against the backdrop of World War II, it focuses on the story of a Chinese youth who pursues his dream despite adversity, goes through life and death trials but loses his love.

This drama goes beyond the previous film genres that have created a powerful animated spiritual world. It not only has the documentary nature of time narration, but also the documentary nature of real people and historical environment. At the same time, it has its own style, using wind and dreams to promote the development of the plot in a gentle and moving plot, a story full of warmth and philosophy, from dreams, to dedication, to reflection, and then to a desperate effort.

The complexity of Gu Er's life is vividly displayed in this movie, even more magnificent than in most movies. Behind the interweaving of dreams and reality, it reflects the director's creative themes of dreams, love and anti-war ideas.

Based on this, I think this movie is the perfect ending to this year's Berlin Film Festival.

Whether it is the art form of animation or the complexity of the characters, "The Wind Rises" is the top film in this year's film festival."

Mike Lee's voice was low.

But it was a bit deafening at the scene!
He looked at Guan Ling again, seemingly not caring at all about what others thought of him.
Just two days ago, a heated debate broke out among the jury. Mike Leigh didn't want to explain anything, even though someone asked him if he had shared the Palme d'Or with Guan Ling before, so he wanted to deliberately leave a good story at the Golden Bear Award?
Mike Lee's response to him was just four words: keep it to yourself.

No one understands Gu Er's feelings better than him. Born in Manchester, he can empathize with Gu Er.

Due to the economic recession in the early 20th century, Manchester's industry began to be affected, and it was severely bombed and destroyed by Nazi Germany during World War II. Growing up in post-war Manchester, he did not dream of building airplanes, but awakened his artistic consciousness. He began to study screenwriting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the UK and gradually honed his skills.

During his forty-year career, he wrote almost non-stop and was deeply fascinated by human behavior.

His keen sense of rhythm, character and setting, of class tensions and family tensions, enables him to shoot works of varying forms.

There’s a sense of constant movement in his films, even at their darkest, that brings a gleam of lightness to even the heaviest topics — as Brenda Blethyn says in his Secrets and Lies, “You want to laugh, don’t you, honey? Otherwise you’re going to cry.”

In "Secrets and Lies", Mike Leigh reveals the great damage that war has on human society and personal life through delicate emotional portrayal and real life scenes. The film shows the trauma and pain brought by war through the daily life of a family and emphasizes the importance of peace. This way of reflecting the impact of war through the details of daily life allows the audience to feel the cruelty and ruthlessness of war more deeply.

In his other works, such as "Naked", "Vera Drake" and "Another Year", although they do not directly describe war, they also reflect the profound impact of war on human society through in-depth exploration of human nature.

So he understands, he feels the same way,
He understands Gu Er.
He also understands Guan Ling very well!

He also admired the other party very much because he used animated films to achieve something that he would find difficult to achieve in his entire life.

There seems to be no expression or acting that reflects human nature.

Starting from an engineer, focusing on a character, from his ordinary trivial details of life, but reflecting all aspects of the society, it is of great importance, incisive, and moving. He cares about the concerns of everyone, and then creates a dream for the current Chinese audience, which is a vivid reproduction of real life, with a new look at the worldly affairs and emotional enhancement!
It's so explosive that it makes your scalp tingle. Although there are no surprising or spectacular images in it, it is full of emotions.

The protagonist of the movie didn't even use facial capture, so strictly speaking, it's not very lifelike. However, the humanity presented in this movie based on realism made Mike Leigh think that perhaps he could savor it for the rest of his life.

He doesn't care what other people think of him, not at all.

He smiled and raised his eyebrows towards Guan Ling, his white beard trembling slightly along with his face.

"Guan, my friend, come up on stage and receive your award!"

……

Fan Bingbing covered his mouth, with an expression of complete disbelief on his face!
Zhang Ziyi looked calm, but the raised eyebrows seemed unable to conceal her psychological fluctuations.

Zhang Yuqi's huge breasts rose and fell, and her heavy breathing made her look even more natural. When she looked at Guan Ling, Zhang Yuqi's passion was completely undisguised.

And among the directors standing by.

Zhang Yimou seemed to be a little doubtful about his ears. He scratched his ears, and there was a clear confusion in his eyes.

Tsui Hark's eyes were blank, as if he had been daydreaming. I wonder if he had fallen asleep.

Wang Quanan glanced at the fiery look in Zhang Yuqi's eyes, and suddenly felt his scalp itchy, as if something was about to grow out.

With a smile on his face, Hou Hsiao-hsien was the first to raise his hand and start applauding!
The entire award ceremony, whether Chinese or foreigners, was completely blown away by the speech that just sounded like a dream!

Applause resounded throughout the theater!
……

CCTV Television.

Guo Yi was very excited and gave everyone a startling commentary. After "The Wind" won the Silver Bear Award, her voice became noticeably low and even her commentary seemed a little weak.
After the Golden Bear Award was announced, Guo Yi's voice suddenly rose an octave.

Many viewers in front of the TV were shocked.

"Director Guan, you won the Berlin Golden Bear!"

“This is another Golden Bear Award for Chinese films!
Prior to this, a total of four Chinese films had won the Berlin Golden Bear Award for Best Film. The first was directed by Zhang Yimou, who was present at the event, with Red Sorghum, which won the award at the 38th Berlin Film Festival. Later, Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet and Xie Fei's The Scented Soul both won the award at the 43rd Berlin Film Festival, and then Wang Quan'an's Tuya's Wedding, which also won the award at the 57th Berlin Film Festival. It is worth mentioning that all four films describe love in their plots.

And "Even if the Wind Rises" is also competing for the award today, and in the plot, director Guan Ling also describes love.

But "Even if the Wind Rises" is of great significance compared to other movies.

Because this is the first animated film to independently win the Best Picture Award at one of the three major European film festivals!

Before this, only "Spirited Away" by Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki had shared the Golden Bear Award as a double yolk egg!

And now,
Guan Ling became the first director in Chinese history to win the Berlin Golden Bear and Cannes Palme d'Or awards!
He became the first director in Chinese history to win the Golden Bear Award for an animated film.
He truly led Chinese-language films to the world!

Let us cheer together, congratulations to Guan Ling, congratulations to Chinese films, congratulations to Chinese animation films! Tonight is worth remembering for everyone!"

……

"Oh my God!"

The daughter of the Han family jumped up at home and shook Han Sanpin, who was about to take a nap, so hard that he was almost dizzy and his arms and legs were almost broken.

"Golden Bear, Golden Bear!"

The Han family girl couldn't speak clearly anymore.

Han Sanpin had just started to feel sleepy after watching the award ceremony, but when he heard what Han Jianu said, he quickly realized something.

Then, he saw Guan Ling standing on the stage.

Guan Ling raised the microphone.

I would like to thank many people, especially Japan.

"I want to thank Japan for providing the material for my film. If it weren't for the war you launched, if it weren't for the dirty nature of yours that still refuses to apologize, I might not have made such a movie." Han Sanpin smiled.

Guan Ling is still the same Guan Ling, not able to bear any pain at all.

This weirdness is really quite high level.

Of course he didn't know that Guan Ling was actually a little grateful. If the Japanese hadn't written "The Wind Rises", it would have been difficult for him to copy it.

Copy him!

This is his greatest respect for Japanese films!
……

The time in China at this moment is 3:15 in the morning.

Accompanied by Guo Yi's voice falling.

The entire Chinese entertainment industry was in a state of explosion and sensation!
At this year's Berlin Film Festival, there were many Chinese media, such as reporters from Sohu Entertainment, Sina Video, Baidu, Tencent and other portal websites.
They have deep pockets, so most of them go into the inner court.

After the Grand Jury Prize was awarded to "The Wind", most people believed that Chinese-language films might not win any awards at this year's Berlin Film Festival.

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But since they have already come in, they still have to watch the award ceremony. They have already written the manuscripts long ago and are just waiting for someone to win. Then they will send it out directly and that's it.

This will maximize the time available for publishing news.

For the media, timeliness is still an important criterion for professionalism.

When Even If The Wind Rises won the Golden Bear, many journalists were stunned. They did not write about the news of Even If The Wind Rises winning the Golden Bear.

Because although some people have expectations for this movie, not everyone will write news about a movie that is unlikely to be a surprise.

So when it really happened, several reporters had already anticipated their own ending.

Maybe it was the boss' scolding, or maybe it was something even scarier...

But at this moment, these people could not influence the situation at all.

On Weibo, "Even if the Wind Rises, the animation Golden Bear!"

The news that "Guan Ling won the Golden Bear Award for the first time!" instantly became an explosive hot search on Weibo.

Afterwards, celebrities from all over the Internet quickly reposted and commented on the entry.

Yang Mi is a night owl, and was the fastest, "Director Guan is awesome!"

Mu Tingting followed closely behind, but before posting on Weibo, Mu Tingting rolled her eyes at Yang Mi. This guy was obviously with her, but she posted it so early. This meant that before the other party said anything, Yang Mi had already opened the Weibo and was ready to send the message.

"This vixen is quite clever!"

Mu Tingting also immediately posted on Weibo to express her support.

Afterwards, it caused a sensation on Weibo in the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

Many celebrities are forwarding related content, and their emotions are no different from those of most Chinese audiences!
And the comments sent by some viewers are even more exciting!
"I was thinking that Guan Ling won an Oscar right after his debut, and then the Palme d'Or. He has walked a path that ordinary directors would not be able to walk for many years. I have been wondering when Director Guan will win the Golden Bear Award, and what kind of film will win the Golden Bear Award, because this award and the Golden Lion Award in Venice are really strong support for Chinese-language films. But I still don't understand how Director Guan won the Golden Bear Award with an animated film? I am really confused!"

"When they talked about making Japanese animated films, I was a big supporter, but I never expected that Director Guan would become the Chinese Hayao Miyazaki!"

"It is an honor for Chinese animation films to have two animation masters, Guan Ling and Hayao Miyazaki."

"The one above, Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animation director?"

"Didn't he get labeled a Japanese traitor? There's nothing wrong with saying he's a Chinese director!"

"You still have to have some respect for the old man! After all, he still respects us Chinese."

The entire Internet is boiling like boiling water.

At the Shanghai Art Film Studio, Director Zhang burst into tears and was speechless for a moment.

The hotel was previously invested by Guan Ling, and Liang Xuan, the director of "Big Fish and Begonia", who said he would be responsible for all the funds, looked at Guan Ling's high-spirited figure.

I couldn't help but say Liu Bang's famous saying: "He can be taken..."

Halfway through his words, Liang Xuan realized that something was not right with this sentence, and quickly shut his mouth, as if he was afraid of disturbing the gods.

In a studio, Tian Xiaopeng stared at the computer screen. Guan Ling won the Berlin Golden Bear for "Even if the Wind Rises", which had nothing to do with him, but he was full of excitement and emotion at the moment.

Then, he didn't read the comments, but just quietly closed the webpage.

On the computer interface are many models he drew.

A monkey, wearing a phoenix-wing purple gold crown, a golden chain mail armor, lotus silk shoes, and holding a golden hoop stick.

He stepped on the cloud with one foot and raised his head between heaven and earth.

Just like Guan Ling standing on the podium right now.

……

In Japan, Makoto Shinkai sat in the room in a depressed state.

Those award speeches are like a sharp dagger.

He poked holes in his body, one hole after another, until he was riddled with holes.

He even thought about committing suicide countless times. He felt that he was going to die.

There was a dagger next to him.

He looked at the dagger dozens of times, but still covered himself with the quilt and went to sleep.

Forget it, I'll just live under a different name...

……

The Chinese entertainment industry has exploded again!
The Golden Bear is not scary, what is scary is the way Guan Ling holds the Golden Bear.

Animated movie?! Is this even possible?!

Too many people are surprised by this!
Too many people are confused by this!
Tian Zhuangzhuang received a call.

Early in the morning, Xie Fei woke up at five o'clock, and then saw many WeChat messages sent to him, saying that the director of Beijing Film Academy had won the Golden Bear again.

Xie Fei was very surprised and quickly read the news.

He thought it was Wang Quanan.

The more I looked at him, the more it seemed wrong.

Guan Ling? Animated film?
When he put these words together, he felt a little itchy in his head. Something was wrong!

"Old Tian, ​​was Guan Ling really a professional actor before?"

For a moment, the old man wondered if he was in some parallel universe.

It's like in Source Code.

(End of this chapter)