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Chapter 339 Silver Lion Award

As the crew, guests and other filmmakers from all over the world all entered the venue.

The 2007 Venice International Film Festival Awards Ceremony has officially begun.

The host stood on the stage with a smile, facing practitioners in the film art industry from all over the world below the stage, and narrated the scene.

"I am very happy to be able to gather together with filmmakers from all over the world. I would like to thank the filmmakers for their contribution to the world's film art."

"today."

As the host finished speaking, all the crew members who came to the awards ceremony held their breath.

Next, it’s time to hand out the awards!
Whether to return with a prize or with regrets is right in front of you.

The first award was the Venice International Film Festival Future Golden Lion Award.

The award-giving guest came on stage and slowly announced under the eyes of many filmmakers who held their breath in anticipation:

The award presenter walked onto the stage and announced loudly: "The winner of the Best Actress Award at this Venice Film Festival is..."

Moreover, the two actors who were not present are both Hollywood actors.

This award was handed out, followed by the award for Best Technical Contribution (Photography), and then the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Newcomer.

At this Venice Film Festival, she won the award, but she was not present.

The Future Golden Lion Award, Best Technical Contribution Award, and Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Newcomer that have been awarded previously have little to do with him. He knows that there is a high probability that it will not be one of these consolation prizes. .

"Big Crowd" did not win the Best Screenplay award, which shows that it is one step closer to winning the big prize in the future.

"The Free World!"

After all, these are the three major European Best Actress Awards, an honor that many actresses dream of.

Soon, she was replaced by shock.

Wang Shu breathed a sigh of relief while applauding.

Later, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Venice Award for Best Actress.

Immediately afterwards, the Best Actor Award was announced.

"The winner of the Future Golden Lion Award at the 64th Venice International Film Festival is"

Seeing this, Mei Ting felt even more uncomfortable.

In the original timeline, Cate Blanchett debuted in 1990 and by 2007, she was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress, won the American Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. The film is also a frequent visitor to Europe's top three.

"Cate Blanchett."

The award presenter walked onto the stage and after a brief interaction, announced loudly: "The winner of the Best Screenplay Award at this Venice Film Festival is"

"Lazona!"

"Lust, Caution" has already won an award, and Li Yu is not worried at all. He is confident that he will win the next big award.

And since the Best Screenplay Award, it has become possible.

Wang Shu thought silently in his heart.

"Hopefully it's not the best script."

Wang Shu had received a hint from the organizer yesterday that there would be a guaranteed prize in his pocket.

As the awards were presented, many people in the audience were also talking.

The winner was Brad Pitt. When Zhang Hanyu heard this name, he also hid his disappointment in his heart and reached out to applaud.

When Mei Ting heard the name, a trace of disappointment flashed in her eyes, and then she clapped along with the applause from the scene.

Soon, he and Mei Ting were shocked again.

He will be nervous, not because he expects to win the best screenplay award, but because he is worried about winning it.

A similar situation is occurring at the Venice Film Festival today.

Wang Shu glanced sideways at Mei Ting. Although Mei Ting managed her expression well, it was still possible to see the tension in her heart.

The contrast is embarrassing.

Among them, the Best Technical Contribution Award was won by Rodrigo Prieto, the cinematographer of "Lust, Caution".

I think she was very excited to come to the Venice Film Festival, and she was always looking forward to winning an award. On the other hand, Cate Blanchett didn't even come.

Cate Blanchett, the winner of the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival, did not come to the scene, and the crew took it on her behalf.

After the Best Newcomer award, there is the Best Screenplay.

When the award ceremony got underway for the best screenplay, Wang Shu began to feel nervous.

The audience suddenly burst into cheers and applause.

Because Brad Pitt also did not come to the scene, the Best Actor Award was accepted by the crew on his behalf.

After the Best Screenplay Award, there are Best Actress, Best Actor, then Best Director, Special Jury Prize, and Best Film (Golden Lion Award).

None of the winners of the Best Actress and Best Actor awards were present.
this.
As we all know, only in film festivals with insufficient cards, award-winning actors will not be present and others will accept the awards on their behalf.

Next up will be the Best Actress Award.

This time, it highlights the embarrassment of the Venice Film Festival.

Before the opening, there were many media hints that the Venice Film Festival's international status was declining year by year. Now that two award-winning actors in Hollywood did not come to the scene, it was even more outrageous.

"They didn't even come." Mei Ting whispered in Wang Shu's ear.

Then he looked at Wang Shu and said, "Next is the Best Director Award, are you looking forward to it?"

Mei Ting also understands the unspoken rules, since "Human Mountain and Crowd" guarantees a prize, and so far she has not won a single prize.

Then, it must be one of the remaining three grand prizes.

Wang Shu was also very excited at this moment. He guessed that he would most likely miss out on the Golden Lion Award. He would be among the remaining Best Director Awards and Special Jury Awards.

"Calm down, I've expected it a long time ago." With confidence, Wang Shu started to open the champagne at halftime.

"Haha." Mei Ting was happy when she heard the words. Seeing that the award-winning guest had already walked onto the stage, she became quiet and didn't speak anymore.

At the same time, most of the people in the venue were staring at the stage attentively.

Because next is the Silver Lion Award for Best Director, which is the highest honor for a director.

Tang Wei, who was not far away, glanced sideways at Wang Shu's position. She knew how to work, otherwise she wouldn't have made a zipper door when filming "Lust, Caution".

Tang Wei knew in his heart that Li Yu was a Hollywood director and would eventually return to Hollywood to develop.

She is just a newcomer from the Mainland and it is difficult for her to follow Li Yu to Hollywood. Especially with Zhang Ziyi's example in front of her, she understands even more clearly that the mainland is the base and springboard, and then Hollywood.

It is basically impossible for a Chinese film actor to go to Hollywood in one step.

In other words, Li Eucalyptus will return to Hollywood in the future. This cooperation is over and there is no hope for the future.

Wang Shu on the other side is different, he is a great mainland director.

If we can cooperate with Wang Shu again in the future, then
Tang Wei couldn't help but think about how to make friends with Wang Shu in the future.

As the heroine of "Lust, Caution" directed by Li Eu, Tang Wei already has pride and doesn't think she will be rejected if she takes the initiative to make friends with Wang Shu.

This is the confidence of the heroine in the movie "Lust, Caution" directed by a major Hollywood director.

on the stage.

The award presenter opened the envelope and took a look at the contents, then faced forward, paused for a moment under the gaze of countless people, and said loudly: "The winner of the Best Director Award at the 64th Venice International Film Festival is"

"Wang Shu!"

""A huge crowd"."

Zhang Hanyu, Mei Ting, Fu Dalong and others took the lead in applauding after hearing the names of the award-winning guests. Filmmakers from all over the world, such as Li Eucalyptus and Tang Wei, followed closely and applauded warmly.

Compared to the excitement of Mei Ting and others, Tang Wei and Li Yu were quite surprised.

The 21-year-old young director who has been quite popular since the opening of the Venice Film Festival actually won the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival!

Li Yu couldn't help but feel quite emotional in his heart.

Although the second part of his "Father Trilogy", "The Wedding Banquet", immediately became one of the top three movies in Europe.

But Wang Shu is only 21 years old. He was still in school when he was 21 years old.

Tang Wei looked at Wang Shu in the distance, and the desire to make friends became more and more intense.

The 21-year-old won the Best Director at the Venice Film Festival, plus he wrote and directed his own film, so his future is hard to estimate.

Wang Shu stood up with a smile on his face and walked onto the stage with excitement under the eyes of everyone.

The young and handsome appearance appeared in front of everyone, and he spoke energetically about his acceptance speech.

He had already prepared his acceptance speech, and it was just in time to use it.

“Thanks to the Venice International Film Festival.”

"Thank you to the many cast and crew members of the cast and crew of "The Crowd". Without their help."

"grateful."

He said a lot of beautiful words, and the audience applauded Mianzi enthusiastically.

After all, he is the 21-year-old Best Director at the Venice Film Festival. With this gimmick, he can stir up waves with just one stone.

After Wang Shu gave his acceptance speech, he returned to his seat and sat down. Mei Ting and others whispered, "Congratulations, Director Wang!"

"Haha." Wang Shu laughed and accepted the compliments.

Seeing Wang Shu win the Best Director Award, Mei Ting swelled up at this moment. She whispered: "I think our "Human Mountain" may also win the Special Jury Award or the Golden Lion Award later."

When Zhang Hanyu and Fu Dalong heard this, they both complimented and agreed.

Wang Shu heard this and looked sideways at Mei Ting, as if to say, do you really dare to think that winning an award at the Venice Film Festival is as easy as drinking water?
In fact, Wang Shu was a little surprised to win this Best Director Award.

Because he remembered that in the original timeline, the director who won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director at this Venice Film Festival was Brian De Palma.

The movie is "Excerpts and Revisions".

What this video describes is.
An American soldier who was in the Iraq War decided to use a mobile phone camera to film the beginning of life in the military camp. The soldier originally wanted to use this background as material to make an experimental film to apply for film school after the war.

Unexpectedly, during this experimental shooting process, he saw through his lens a series of cruel war scenes that struck a chord with human nature: soldiers at a checkpoint broke into a civilian home in Iraq for no reason and arrested the male owner. He raped a fourteen-year-old girl in this family, and the atrocities were shocking.

While recording these inhumane acts, the film also reveals the casualties of innocent people who died in the war.

In the end, the Iraqis, who had been tortured and unable to fight back, became angry. With the help of modern media methods, they began crazy and extreme revenge. They kidnapped Americans and posted the cruel process of abusing them on the Internet. Once the video was released, Finally, it triggered worldwide shock and reflection.

The narrative theme of "Excerpts and Revisions" is the Iraq War. As the United States was the real active participant in this war, Brian De Palma recorded this war from the perspective of an American director. He did not focus on political rights and wrongs. To judge this inhuman atrocity, but to record from a human perspective the process of distortion of human soul caused by cruel experience.

The format is modeled after a documentary to remind viewers of the tragic consequences of war on civilians.

In order to shoot the film, Brian De Palma personally dug up a large amount of historical facts and interviewed many people who witnessed the war before writing the script.

In short, this movie is based on a true story.

Let’s not talk about whether this movie is good or not. Let’s just say that for the content this movie tells, it is indispensable to win an award in the three major European movies.

Because this film does not conform to the American political correctness, this film that won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director and was nominated for the Golden Lion Award in the original timeline is not even eligible for nominations at various awards ceremonies in the United States.

Wang Shu must be happy to win the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival.

At the same time, he also wondered, where did the "Excerpts and Revisions" go?
After all, it was the best director award-winning film in the original timeline. It's impossible that he won't get a single award because of him, right?
"Excerpts and Revisions" reveal the atrocities committed by the US military and its anti-war nature. Wang Shu can't even think about it!
"Is it replaced by a special jury award?"

Wang Shu muttered in his heart.

He remembered that the special jury prize at this Venice Film Festival was a double-yolked egg. With the addition of "Excerpts and Revisions", it was not impossible to achieve a three-yolked egg.

"Don't you have confidence?" Mei Ting looked into Wang Shu's eyes and deliberately teased him.

"." Now Wang Shu was speechless and had to respond, "Yes, yes, but the prize is not that easy to win."

While the two were discussing in low voices, the award presenter had already stepped onto the stage and announced loudly to the audience: "The winner of this year's Venice Film Festival Special Jury Award is..."

"'Millet and Mullet'."

The audience suddenly burst into enthusiastic cheers. Unexpectedly, it was not over yet. The award presenter then announced, "'I'm Not There'."

The people in the audience were shocked at first, and then quickly reacted with double yolk eggs, and burst into cheers and applause.

Unexpectedly, the award-giving guest was not over yet and continued to announce: ""Revised Excerpts"."

At this time, the audience was shocked again. After realizing that it was a three-yolked egg, they burst into cheers and applause.

"Is it over?" Mei Ting looked stunned when she saw that the award-winning guests on the stage no longer announced the list of names, and complained, "Where's "The Crowd"?"

"It's okay, there will be a Golden Lion Award later." Zhang Hanyu said with relief.

Fu Dalong nodded, indicating that he was right.

"That's right, if you win the Special Jury Prize, you can't win the Golden Lion Award." Mei Ting was stunned when she heard this, "Since "The Crowd" is not included in the Special Jury Prize, then there is a chance to compete for the Golden Lion Award!"

After saying that, he turned his head to look at Wang Shu and asked with a smile: "Are you excited? Are you looking forward to it?"

(End of this chapter)