China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 427 Chen Kaige: You are really on the same level as me
"The one who got the most attention for winning the Palme d'Or is Director Li. We actors are far inferior to Director Li."

Fan Xiaopang’s answer is a bit Versailles, but it is all objective facts.

Art films have always favored directors more because they are more artistic.

The core ideas, connotations and art of art films are all linked to the talent of the director himself.

In other words, art films themselves are a vehicle for a director to showcase his personal talent and artistic pursuits.

It’s not that art films don’t support actors, it’s just that art films give far more bonus to directors than to actors.

Whether in Europe or in China, reporters only took pictures of Li Yu and the trophy. It was for this reason that actors like Fan Xiaopang were not the focus of their attention.

For actors like Fan Xiaopang, "Parasite" is just adding a beautiful line of words to their career and resume.

For director Li Yu, it is a battle to become a god.

Huang Xiaoming nodded as he listened to what Fan Xiaopang said, with the attitude of a listener.

Fan Xiaopang's words had a certain comforting effect on him. He felt comfortable listening to them and felt more mentally balanced.

But Fan Xiaopang's next words made him unable to hold back.

"I didn't play a big role in Parasite, but Director Li promised to make a real science fiction movie for me in the future, and then I should have more room to play."

Fat Fan added fuel to the fire.

Li Yu promised that she could be given priority for the female lead. If you round it off, isn't this film specially made for her?

"..."

Huang Xiaoming looked sour that he seemed like he was about to cry the next second.

He was really envious.

Fan Xiaopang shot two art films with Li Yu, which was a bit weak in the commercial sector. The total box office of the movies she starred in was not very high.

Science fiction blockbusters are definitely purely commercial films, and Fan Xiaopang is about to take off and reach his peak.

and many more……

He was just thinking about meeting Li Yu later to ask when a new movie was being filmed and whether there was a role suitable for him. He would play the role even for no pay.

As a result, Fan Xiaopang said that Li Yu agreed to make a science fiction blockbuster for her.

Wouldn't it be a long time before he could fly?

At this moment, Huang Xiaoming felt a kind of depression that lasted for three years and then three years more.

The Dragon King has returned several times. When will it be his turn to play?

Huang Xiaoming had no time to feel sad, as the movie "Parasite" began.

Huang Xiaoming quickly calmed himself down and looked at the big screen.

Like many movie fans, he was curious about what a domestic film that won the Palme d'Or again after 20 years would look like.

Huang Xiaoming is not the only one who thinks this way.

Chen Kaige and Zhang Yingmou have similar ideas to Huang Xiaoming.

They watched it more seriously than Huang Xiaoming.

On the surface, they came to show their support.

In fact, they cared more about the movie.

Especially Chen Kaige, he needs to open his eyes to see what level Li Yu's "Parasite" is, as it actually won the same award as his "Farewell My Concubine".

The movie begins. The first shot is very concise and the lifting camera presents the serious social problems to the audience in a very concise and clear manner.

The film also explores social issues and the gap between the rich and the poor from the very first shot.

From the first five minutes of the movie and the message Li Yu conveyed to the audience, Chen Kaige knew that Wang Jing really did not flatter Li Yu.

Li Yu's script is really well written and very ironic. He is a literary youth who loves to watch such movies.

As he watched, he praised Li Yu for being a talented director like him, and said that Li Yu was really talented.

After seeing the protagonist's family using all sorts of tricks to get jobs and parasitize on the naive and kind-hearted wealthy family, Chen Kaige felt the same as Mr. Han and Mr. Wang at the time.

He felt that Li Yu portrayed the rich as too naive and the poor as too evil.

But looking back, he soon discovered that the rich man was not naive, but indifferent.

On the surface, the wealthy family was fooled by the protagonist's family. The driver and nanny in the family were framed and they were fired without any investigation.

In fact, the rich don’t care at all whether the driver and the nanny are innocent.

In their eyes, drivers and nannies are not human beings at all, but just tools that can be replaced at any time.

Why would people care whether their tools are wronged?

This implicit irony continues from the beginning to the end of the film.

After the entire movie was finished, there was warm applause from the audience.

But there weren't many smiles on people's faces because the plot of the movie was too cruel.

In a society with a huge gap between the rich and the poor, people are divided into different classes.

What's even more desperate is that no one can break the level limit.

For example, the protagonist's family is at the bottom of society but is very smart. They try their best to find good jobs and get a good salary.

They climbed thirty floors with all their might, only to find that they had only reached the basement.

No matter how hard the poor try, they cannot cross the class barrier.

Even if you have studied hard for more than ten years and finally graduated from college, you still have to face the pain of being unemployed after graduation.

Children of rich people have no talent at all, but because they are rich, they can call themselves artists even if they draw bad paintings.

But you hate them and there is nothing you can do about them.

You want to change, but you can't change anything.

Chen Kaige was very excited. This was the best film he had ever seen in China that satirized modern society.

The quality of the movie is ridiculously high. It is completely on the same level as his "Farewell My Concubine", just with different genres and expressing different things. No wonder it can win the same award as his.

Zhang Yingmou was thoughtful after watching the film.

He couldn't help but sigh that his era was really over.

It is difficult for him to make such a good film now that he is no longer at his peak.

If he had directed the movie "Parasite", he would have definitely fulfilled his dream of winning an Oscar.

Not to mention being nominated, winning the Best International Film award is not a problem at all.

The original "Parasite" really shined at the Oscars, not only winning the Best International Film, but also Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay.

There are two other nominations, Best Editing and Best Art Direction.

After the show, the first thing Zhang Yingmou said to Li Yu was, "Director Li, I sincerely suggest that you participate in the Oscars next year. Your film Parasite is really great, and it would be a shame if you don't participate in the Oscars."

Zhang Yingmou's filter for the Oscars is as deep as ever, perhaps it is because he has failed to be shortlisted after trying many times and has formed an obsession with it.

Li Yu was a little amused when he heard this. He didn't know what to say to Zhang Yingmou.

Does the national teacher really not understand what kind of Chinese people can win an Oscar?
There is already regional discrimination among the people, and Li Yu has just received another task from the official.

By the time the latest Oscars begin next year, the news that he has accepted the task will have spread. How can people give an award to a "red" director like him?
This is not sending the film to awards, this is sending himself to get slapped in the face. He is not so despicable.

(End of this chapter)