China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

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As the drama continued, exclamations continued to be heard from the audience.

Because as mobile phones gradually become public, everyone's secrets are exposed in front of everyone.

All life has been turned upside down.

Below, Jingtian had a look of horror on his face, thinking that being an adult was so difficult.

Chaos, how can it be a chaos? !

Chen Kexin showed a happy face. As far as this movie is concerned, all the topics covered are the most popular topics for discussion in Venice, and the artistic depth, social concern and bloodless innovation in the work are all Venice's favorite things.

First of all, the artistry. How artistic can an indoor situation drama be?

The concise and delicate psychological portrayal and the symbolic images that are displayed in the end, when it finally breaks out, simply create the greatest dramatic tension in the minimalist scene.

This is very consistent with Venice's preference for "authorship".

The literary narrative technique, the polyphonic psychological suspense effect, and the progressive dialogue and details also surprised many judges on the scene.

Using mobile phones as a starting point, it explores the conflict between privacy exposure and human hypocrisy in the era of social media, focuses on the ethical controversies of social issues, and stands on the G-spot of Venice.

This universal theme resonates across cultures and is the best expression of the current president’s commitment to developing Venice’s influence.

The process of the lunar eclipse from fullness to complete darkness is a metaphor for the gradual change of interpersonal relationships from harmony to collapse, which is similar to the symbolic shots of natural landscapes in "Nomadland".

Moreover, in the movie, Guan Ling created a sense of tension of voyeurism through character dialogues and close-ups of mobile phone screens. Although there were no traditional visual spectacles, the psychological impact was intensified through detailed design, which made Chen Kexin applaud.

"It really wouldn't make sense for this movie not to win an award..."

Chen Kexin said to herself.

Venice has always attached great importance to the two elements of authorship and sociality, which are also the most weighted content in the Venice award system. This movie obviously has both, but it is relatively conservative in visual innovation. Chen Kexin is not sure whether this movie can win the award.

But at this moment, he felt the film was worth it.

He also looked at the current chairman beside him. The other party's eyes were slightly condensed, his face was rather heavy, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Soon, the whole movie was over.

Deng Chao watched the movie and became more and more dumbfounded and confused.

Although he and Sun Li starred in the movie together.

But this was also the first time Deng Chao watched a finished film.

The character played by Deng Chao in the film cheated on his wife, and they were newly married. His character had an unstable job and his wife was hesitant about whether to have a child.

But at the same time, his wife was still in contact with her ex, and her ex would contact her whenever he had a problem. Deng Chao was also having an affair with his friend's wife, and had another lover who was pregnant with his child.

It's a mess anyway.

While watching the movie, Deng Chao suddenly thought of what happened a few days ago when he and Huo Siyan were caught by Sun Li.

I also remembered what Sun Li said to me, that she also wanted to go find Director Guan.

"Did she look for it?"

Deng Chao was a little confused.

He looked at Sun Li, thoughtfully.

Sun Li rolled her eyes at Deng Chao. It was obvious that the movie also made Sun Li in a bad mood.

After all, there is a cheating scumbag sitting next to me.

While looking at myself,

Also watch Director Guan.

Suddenly, Sun Li's emotions surged up.

What the hell are you looking at?
Why are you looking at me like that!?
I just said it, I have nothing to do with Director Guan?!

But who are you insulting?!
Sun Li was filled with resentment.

Deng Chao's look hurt her deeply.

She looked at Guan Ling in front of her, and suddenly the thought came to her mind again.

You are allowed to go out, right? I can't go out?

Just as I was thinking about it, after the movie ended, the other people in the audience suddenly stood up and applauded loudly.

Countless viewers seemed to have woken up from a long nightmare.

All the couples and lovers at the scene even looked at each other's phones, with an inexplicable urge to check the contents of each other's phones.

Those who have nothing to hide naturally don’t care, but those who have something to hide are almost scared to death.

Some even started fighting on the spot.

"What are you looking at? You just don't trust me."

"If you must see it, I'll give it to you."

"I didn't cheat on my wife. I have nothing to do with gambling and drugs!"

"What are you doing? I just made a mistake that all men in the world would make..."

"I asked him to take it. It doesn't count as a gift if he takes it."

Some strange things appeared everywhere on the scene.

Noisy, quarrels.

After watching other movies, people are more likely to feel excited or moved. In any case, the emotions are generally similar, and everyone goes there to have fun.

But for the movie "Perfect Strangers", some audience members started fighting after watching the movie live!

The fight was pretty fierce!

There are more than one pair!
The audience turned to look at those people, and they all knew what was going on.

He just showed a pitiful expression.

I feel so sorry and pitiful for these couples. It must be that the man or the woman did something bad.

However, the media outlets that broadcast the live audience responses were unable to play sound, so the scene left domestic audiences confused.

"Why is someone doing this?!"

"Damn, does this count as a live broadcast accident?"

"There must be some conflict between these people."

"The scene cuts. Hey, boring."

“Is it related to Director Guan’s movie?”

"Impossible. Director Guan's movies can instigate beatings, right? If that's the case, I'll eat my computer screen right there!"

In Italy,
As soon as the movie ended, news about a fight among the audience at the set of "Perfect Strangers" quickly came out.

"Corriere della Sera": As Guan said, "Perfect Stranger" is a movie that you should not watch with your wife. This became a typical case on the day of the movie's premiere. A couple committed violent acts in the theater after watching the movie. They have been taken under control by relevant departments. We would like to remind you that if there are couples who need to go to the cinema to watch a movie, please do not choose "Perfect Stranger".

Soon, La Repubblica, a newspaper known for its cultural reviews and which often focuses on the combination of artistry and social issues in its special issues at the Venice Film Festival, also joined in the description of the film, and described Perfect Stranger as an indoor film that explains human nature to the core, and emphasized that in intimate relationships, the mobile phone is like a nuclear bomb.

La Stampa, which focuses on the local perspective of the film festival, started from the content of the film and began to explore the voting behavior in Italy, "Do you dare to take out your mobile phone?"

On the day when "Perfect Strangers" was released, this vote received tens of thousands of votes on the spot, and quickly topped the Italian local social media hot search list.

It attracted hundreds of thousands of people to vote.

The ANSA news agency began to change its previous predictions, and the probability of the film "Perfect Strangers" winning the Venice Golden Lion Award increased significantly, and the probability began to be as high as 31%.

Moreover, the probability of "Perfect Stranger" and "Wild Tales" winning the Best Screenplay Award ranked first and second on the list, respectively, at 24% and 43%.

It can be said that the entire Italian film industry was shocked by this movie.

As for Italian couples and lovers, they also fully understood the profound meaning of what Guan Ling said before, that this movie should not be watched with wives.

In an instant, the entire Venice Film Festival was filled with panic.

Countless people cursed loudly.

"Guan Ling, what a crappy movie! This is a criminal, a criminal who destroys other people's families!"

……

That evening, numerous film reviews came out, making the popularity of this movie in Venice reach its peak.

"It is a film that is pushed to the limit, broken and thought-provoking. This is the best film of the 69th Venice Film Festival!"

“Don’t test human nature, because human nature is not worthy!”

"Who can you accept in a lie? When the moon is dark, everything you expect happens. When the moon is bright, nothing you worry about happens. People can live in a lie for a lifetime but cannot live in the truth for two hours. This is the revelation that "Perfect Stranger" gives us."

“A wonderful limited space group play, the script rhythm and character performances are almost impeccable, not brain-burning, but heart-burning!”

"The family here is so innocent. The conversation between the father and the woman is the most tender and touching scene in the whole movie. Sometimes you think too much and you may even hate this realistic and lie-filled ending."

"The most exciting part of this movie is not the lies being exposed or the cheating being confirmed, but the ending. The camera turns and everyone is not playing this public mobile game. The party is over, the couple is still in love, the friends are still good friends, and everything is as perfect as before. However, under this perfect mask, there is too much blood."

"A typical work of dramatic conflict in a closed space, it reminds me of François Ozon's "Eight Beauties", a film nominated for the Golden Bear at the 52nd Berlin International Film Festival. The first half hour was a meticulous preparation, and the last half hour was a crazy teardown. The setting of the day of the moon is a metaphor for the "double-sidedness" of human beings. The bright life shown is directly faced, and the dark corners hidden are actually the normal state of life.
For many people, it’s just a superficial peace!”

It only took one day.

"Perfect Strangers" completely blew up the Venice Film Festival.

No, not blown away either.

It was blown to pieces.

The next day, the number of audiences in Venice dropped by half.

Half of the men and women left because of some personal problems. According to the survey, most of these people are couples.

All of a sudden, it was clear who the culprit was.

The number of people per day has dropped significantly.

Europeans are not loyal.

So it's normal to have some little secrets.

But Guan Ling opened the lid for them with blood all over it.

How bad.

But the audience thought this movie was hot.

The film festival thought the movie was good.

Encore, give me an encore!
...

Guan Ling also personally felt the popularity of this movie.

And it's very popular.

There were also quarrels in the hotel where they were staying at night.

Italian houses are also not soundproof.

And in the lobby downstairs, there are all kinds of blond-haired and blue-eyed film producers.

The words "perfect stranger" were on the lips of each of them.

It can be seen that this movie really caused a sensation in Venice.

In fact, Guan Ling is looking forward to whether this movie will win the Golden Lion Award.

But expectations were insufficient.

This movie didn't win the Best Film award at the Nutricia Film Festival in its previous life.

Just won Best Screenplay.

There is no way Guan Ling would think that if she were to shoot the film, she would definitely win the Golden Lion Award.

But he knew that this movie might become the most popular movie in the world through the Venice platform.

Because in its previous life, this movie set the Guinness record for global remakes and adaptations.

And in this life, Guan Ling gave it a higher starting point.

To attract more audiences and more film producers around the world.

I saw the movie, and I saw the sensation it caused!
While thinking.

The assistant came over.

"Director Guan, a film producer is here to discuss copyright and remake rights."

From that day on, many copyright holders came to negotiate prices.

The wind is surging.

Guan Ling refused them all.

Low price,
However, we can collect some money first for the copyright of the film being released overseas.

Soon, the global buyout and import fees for this film continued to cause a sensation in Venice.

The cost of importing a film to a country is about two to three million US dollars.

And this movie was sold to more than 70 countries in just two days.

Of course, these copyright fees vary, but they have sold for more than $100 million.

The news is out.

Venice was silent.

It was blown over and to pieces.

"A low-budget movie that hasn't even been released yet has already sold over $100 million in copyright fees?! How fresh is that?!"

Many people did not believe it, but soon they were shocked by the real news.

Who in the whole Venice can be so fierce?!

...

The next day, at night.

"Director Guan, I feel wronged."

Sitting in front of me was Sun Li, who had put on makeup and dressed up specially.

She looks a bit like the most beautiful Huanhuan in Legend of Zhen Huan.

Her peerless beauty is indeed dazzling.

"How to say?"

"That's right. Didn't Deng Chao cheat on his wife before? I was very angry at the time, so I said, you're the only one who cheated on me? I'll find someone else and cheat on him too.

Anyway, that’s roughly what I meant. I said I’d give it to Director Guan for free next time.”

As Sun Li spoke, she subconsciously looked towards Guan Ling.

This is both a statement and a temptation.

Guan Ling was stunned.

"What else is going on with me?!"

"Yeah, I was just mad at him for saying it was a free gift.

But when I was watching the movie yesterday, I was there, and when I saw the cheating scene, my face fell.

I found that he was also looking at me. The key point was that he looked me up and down, and also looked at me. I was so angry that I just said it was a relief, but I didn't do it.

Why is he looking at me like that?!"

Sun Li's chest heaved up and down with anger.

"I can't get over it. The more I think about it, the angrier I get."

"Ahem. So you came to me to ask me to tell you about him?"

Guan Ling is a little confused
"No, I'm here to give it away for free."

Sun Lidao,
"I don't want to cheat on him, and I don't have to find you, Director Guan, but you know about the overseas trip, so I came to find you. I just wanted to put a hat on him. I just... I just couldn't stand it.

Why should I use the money I earn to clean up his mess? In the future, you will still have to support him and ask him to film movies. He also had an affair with another woman and that slut. What did I get?

I am wronged.

Director Guan, why don't you charge him some interest?"

Sun Li lay on Guan Ling's chest.

"It's up to you, as long as you're willing."

"You have a husband."

"If Director Guan is willing, I can even ask him to come over and watch. I just want to piss him off. I had forgotten about this matter, but when we were watching the movie, he looked at me like that."

"He came over to watch?"

Guan Ling was completely confused by Sun Li.

"Yes, let him watch."

Sun Li blinked, "It's just like when I caught him and Huo Siyan on the set, you want to praise him and I want to disgust him, let's join forces.

No matter how uncomfortable he is, he has to watch. "

Guan Ling was dumbfounded.

Keep swallowing saliva.

Sun Li asked, "Director Guan, is this okay?"

"I'm a little confused."

Guan Ling's head was buzzing.

"I didn't refuse, I just wanted it."

Sun Li lowered her head slightly and began to move her hands.

Guan Ling refused.

"Again, you have a husband."

"It's okay, just take it. If you take it, it won't count as a gift."

Sun Li looked at Guan Ling and continued to persuade him.

Go up and get closer.

Ok?
Guan Ling said no, please respect yourself... please take the initiative!
Deng Chao slept uneasily and had a dream in which he felt his wife was gone.

When I turned around, I found that my wife was really gone.

(End of this chapter)