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Chapter 611 Film Festival Tradition, Cradle of Masters
Since its inception in 1932, every Venice Film Festival has been held on the island of Venice Lido.

As a world-renowned water city, the whole of Venice is composed of many islands. The main island of Venice and Lido Island are separated by several small islands. The Marco Polo Airport where Zhou Xia and others got off the plane is located on Tessera Island in Venice. The city of Venice is not far away, only 8 kilometers.

Zhou Xia and the others got out of the airport and arrived at a pier within a short distance by car. They boarded a Venice gondola, a pleasure boat with pointed horns and a hull made entirely of high-grade wood.

Compared with various electric cruise ships, gondolas are equipped with top-level engines and gearboxes, and are very fast. However, under normal circumstances, people seldom use them and rely on the boatman to draw prizes to move forward.

After Zhou Xia and the others got off the plane, they were already a little tired, so they hurried to check into the hotel, that is to say, they turned on the engine to speed up.

As for playing, you can only wait for leisure during the film festival and then slowly appreciate this beautiful water city.

China is 6 hours earlier than Venice, and if the actual time difference is included, it is about 8 hours.

Zhou Xia and others flew at 18:[-] in the morning, and after nearly [-] hours of flight, when they arrived in Venice, it was just after [-]:[-] in the evening.

The gondola was driving on the brightly lit river on both sides of the river, and people seemed to be moving forward in a painting. The obsessive application of Zhou Xiajian Tangtang and his assistant had to let the gondola go full speed.

Venice is the essence of the Renaissance, the only city in the world without cars.

There is a saying that God shed tears here, but made it more crystal clear and tender.

"Born because of water, beautiful because of water, prosperous because of water", it enjoys the reputation of "Water City", "Water City", "City of Hundred Islands", "Queen of the Adriatic Sea", "Bridge City" and so on. At night in Venice, it is even more graceful and soft.

The winding water alley, the flowing clear waves, the flowers and brocade lights on both sides of the river, people walking on the boat, like in a romantic dream floating on the blue waves, the poetic and picturesque feeling will linger for a long time!
Tangtang admired the beautiful scenery, his eyes were full of admiration and joy, and he was a little more quiet than usual.

It's a pity that apart from the two managers, there were many staff members on this trip. Although there were not many people on board, Zhou Xia and Tangtang kept a distance and couldn't do anything that touched the scene.

What's more, when I came to Venice this time, I met reporters from several major domestic media at the airport and on the plane, and the reporters from Xiahua Video Network also accompanied them.

It took less than half an hour by boat to arrive at the hotel where we stayed, the Bains Hotel, one of the main venues of the Venice Film Festival.

In addition, the assistant also booked a room for Zhou Xia in another hotel called Ausonia in case of his other needs.

The film festival will start tomorrow. After checking in, due to the late time, no one from the film festival officials came to greet me, which saved a lot of trouble.

Zhou Xia, Tangtang and the others hurried to the hotel restaurant for dinner.They have had enough food on the plane!
After a hasty meal, I went back to the hotel to wash up. Just 10 minutes later, the doorbell rang. Zhou Xia went to open it, and it was indeed Tangtang.

"Yi Yi, does it smell good to me?"

"Scent, it's so fragrant." Zhou Xia skillfully replied, smelling the familiar smell on her body.

"Hmph, I don't even kiss people, it's not sincere at all!" Tangtang said coquettishly, and then said: "Why do we have to stay in the hotel designated by the film festival, there are so many multimedia, it's so inconvenient."

"Let's stay here first, and meet and communicate with the officials and other filmmakers. Everything is convenient. When the opening ceremony is over tomorrow, we will stay in other hotels."

Zhou Xia hugged Tangtang's slender waist, looked at her cute expression, stabilized her cheeks, and explained.

This is the official designated hotel of the film festival. It is usually closed when the film festival is not held. It is built for the film festival.

What's more, if you stay here, you can meet those judges, directors, and actors by chance, which is also a good opportunity to communicate.

"One by one, did you see the brochure you got when you checked into the hotel just now? I watched and recommended a lot of nominated films, "Rome Ring Expressway", "Miss Violence", one is like a documentary filmed by a taxi driver in two years Yes; a suspense film, involving incest, death, and domestic violence, these films are all printed in front of our film, the selection of the Venice Film Festival is too unreliable, right?"

It was still early, and Tangtang didn't intend to take a break. On the contrary, she was not optimistic about the upcoming awards for the film and wanted to talk to Zhou Xia.

"There is no way. This is the Venice Film Festival. It loves innovative films. If the subject matter is more prominent, it will be more popular. I have also read the introduction of the two films you just mentioned, and I will watch them when I have time. The movie, you know what's going on."

Zhou Xia shrugged helplessly. The Venice Film Festival is the world's first international film festival and is known as the "father of international film festivals".

Although the film festival has declined due to commercial reasons, it still adheres to its unique tradition, focuses on film experimenters from various countries, and encourages directors to shoot films with novel forms and unique techniques. Even if there are some defects, as long as there are innovations, you can It was accepted by the film festival and even had an advantage in the awards.

Lao Mouzi has won two Golden Lion Awards: "A Lawsuit by Qiu Ju" and "Not One Less", plus another Silver Lion award-winning film "Red Lights Raise".

In addition to the storyline, these three films have innovations in shooting and graphics, and even have a tendency to form a family. Venice selected these three films for awards, which shows its professionalism and preference.

The styles of "A Lawsuit by Qiu Ju" and "No One Can Be Less" both adopt a documentary style. The former uses a large number of non-professional actors and semi-documentary shooting styles and techniques, reflecting the life of contemporary rural areas, while "No One Can Be Less" "Less" completely adopts the shooting style of a documentary, all of which are played by non-professional actors, reflecting the current situation of contemporary rural education.

The style of these two films is outstanding, the choice of actors and shooting techniques, in fact, ultimately fell on the truth.

Movies are dreams, and there are many false things, but when the reality is put on the movie, the real power will bring great shock.

These two films are indeed well-deserved to win the Venice Golden Lion Award.

As for "Raise the Red Lantern", it is also Lao Mouzi's masterpiece. The light, shadow, composition, and color of the film are all very particular, full of cultural atmosphere and strong symbolic meaning.

Some domestic filmmakers and film critics even called this film one of Lao Mouzi's films with the best combination of form and content. Its aesthetic form and allegorical symbols are far better than his later filmed "The Golden Flower".

In particular, the use of color in the film is extremely particular. Different color tones appear repeatedly in the film, making the audience's emotions fluctuate with the plot. His artistic tendency became a strong style and symbol of the individual.

"Yiyi, do you think our movie is likely to win this time? I haven't seen the movie yet. I don't know what's going on. I don't know what's going on."

Zhou Xia was thinking about some unique preferences of the Venice Film Festival, but when she heard Tangtang's words, she couldn't help laughing confidently: "It's entirely possible, after two days of watching our movie, you'll know what it's like Already!"

(End of this chapter)