Chapter 586 Three Awards Xiaotian's Search for Newcomers Is a Surprise

Chapter 586 ① Three awards ② Xiaotian looks for newcomers ③ Surprise

Cigarettes are indeed necessary props for character creation in many movies, and they are cost-effective even if they are just for showing off.

Zhang Songwen looks just average, but when he smokes with his backhand at the end, the disguise of a good guy is immediately removed, and his eyes are full of bloodthirsty and blurred emotions.

This moment is the end of the movie and also his highlight.

Then there was continuous applause at the scene, which gradually died down after about ten minutes.

I also want to thank the Chinese audience, who accounted for one-third of the audience at the scene. Because there was the original Chinese soundtrack and subtitles, the story was very clear and I just felt that it was awesome to the extreme.

With their leadership, the applause could be endless. The most enthusiastic one was Liu Yifei. She had watched so many art films in the Horizon Unit for so many days, and none of them could compare with "Who is He".

Let's talk about Tsai Mingliang's "That Afternoon", which is also an experimental film, but it was very uncomfortable to watch. At least half of the audience left after the movie ended.

Even if foreign audiences have difficulty understanding "Who is He", the charm of light and shadow and the design of the lens are common, and they can all get it and recognize that this is a good movie. It's just that the last subtitle is a bit disappointing. This kind of charming murderer should have the last laugh. Why tell us that he was caught?

Except for the final report of the real case, the whole movie is a typical film festival film.

What is a film festival film? It is a movie that does not expect to make money at the box office, does not please the audience, and is an author's film.

Some film critics at the scene have seen the previous "Parasite".

"Parasite" is a movie that everyone can understand. Although the picture and composition are very wonderful, it is inevitable that it looks commercial and artificial.

"Who is He" is wanton and casual, playing with the art of light and shadow in the palm of its hand. Even if it is difficult to understand, it is more to the appetite of these niche film critics.

Xu Qing has not seen "Parasite", but after watching "Who is He", Wang Quan's award in her heart has risen to the level of "artist".

An artist who is only 30 years old, it is amazing. If I were 20 years younger, I would definitely jump on it!

On that day, the premiere news of "Who is He" and some film reviews about "Who is He" were available both at home and abroad.

"I never expected that "Who is He" would be such a movie. It's worthy of being Director Quan. I give it five stars!"

"Rubbish, the viewing experience is very poor, one star."

"A masterpiece, even better than "Parasite", a full five stars, I want to give it six stars!"

"It's hard to rate this movie, I give it three stars."

"Let me tell you a premise, I don't like Wang Quan's commercial films, you can see from my historical ratings, Inception is the highest, but it's only four stars, but "Who is He" can really be rated five stars, I will definitely buy the disc and watch it repeatedly in the future!"

"It feels like Director Quan deliberately wanted to win the award, I wish you success, but I don't like it very much, I still like the Director Quan I am familiar with, three stars to encourage."

"Some people watch the story, but I watch this movie for the use of light and shadow. When the light on the screen reflects on the faces of several leading actors, the screen story and the actors complete the dialogue, it's so special art, I recommend it to all those who study movies, five stars, five stars!"

In one day, more than a hundred long and short reviews were added on Douban.

The long reviews are basically four or five stars, and the short reviews are also mostly four or five stars, but there are also a few people who give one star.

Some media deliberately use those one-star users to create a polarized reputation of "Who is He".

After all, "Who is He" has a high flow of traffic now, even if Wangdao and Maoyan don't spend money, various marketing accounts will come to it without spending money.

Including various media in Venice, when interviewing Feng Xiaogang and Guan Hu, they all asked about their evaluation of "Who is He".

As expected, these filmmakers have a high evaluation of "Who is He", and Feng Xiaogang even said: "I am more curious now, how good must "Parasite" be to win the Palme d'Or?"

Feng Xiaogang, who was previously due to the Whisper incident and satirizing the audience for being rubbish, received a wave of good reviews because of his praise for Wang Quan's new work, and his reputation has actually warmed up.

However, this has brought up the topic of "Parasite" which has not been scheduled in China. It has been almost half a year. "I Am Not Madame Bovary", "The Farewell" and "The Assassin" which were shown at Cannes at the same time have all been released, and "Mountains May Depart" is also scheduled for the end of October.

Is it that we can't expect to see two Wang Quan movies this year? Or can we never expect to see them.

Forget about it in China, but soon there was news that Wang Quan would bring "Parasite" to the opening ceremony of the Toronto Film Festival.

Later, Taiwanese media interviewed Fan Bingbing, who was filming "Unnatural Death" in Taibei. She admitted the incident and said that she would soon fly to Toronto to meet the director.

Then it was intercourse, hehe~

Because the news of "Parasite" being banned was flooding, many Wang Quan's die-hard fans were worried that they would not have the hope of seeing this movie in China, or even that they might never see it, so some people organized a chartered flight to go to the Toronto Film Festival to watch this movie.

The cost of this trip was not small, but I didn't expect that they could actually fill up a civilian airliner with fans.

This incident caused a sensation in China, making fellow directors envious and jealous, and it once again proved Wang Quan's terrifying appeal, which is no less than those fans who follow their idols on a global tour.

So the domestic cinemas that actively paid to promote "Who is He" have become more active. Who knows what kind of surprises this movie can bring.

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Zhang Songwen bought a new program magazine early the next morning. "Who is He" has been scored by five institutions. At present, it ranks first in this year with a score of 3.3. It is worthy of being Director Quan!

After the precedent of "Parasite" winning the Golden Palm with the highest program book, Zhang Songwen no longer believes in the matter of a big hit. Even if he can't win the grand prize, the probability of winning the award with a high score is definitely higher than that with a low score.

Although he certainly hopes that his movie can win the highest Golden Lion Award.

But if he can't win the Golden Lion, I don't know if he has a hope of winning the Silver Lion Award for Best Actor!

At present, Chinese filmmakers have successfully conquered the three major European actor and actress awards, but it has been more than 20 years since the Venice actor (Xia Yu's "Sunny Days").

After the premiere of the movie yesterday, many foreign reporters interviewed me. Fortunately, my English is good, so it seems that there is still hope.

Because the opening ceremony of the Toronto Film Festival was before the closing ceremony of the Venice Film Festival, Wang Quan flew to Toronto again. This time he decided to leave Meng Ziyi in Venice.

Meng Ziyi didn't want to. She couldn't imagine how hard it would be for her to be separated from Wang Quan for a few days.

Wang Quan smiled, "If it's hard, don't you have a simulation? You can use it now. Be good and obedient."

Meng Ziyi bit her lip, "Okay, Master~"

Hearing this address, Wang Quan became excited again and accompanied her well before leaving.

If Meng Ziyi stayed, if the organizing committee notified the crew to stay for the closing ceremony, she could tell Wang Quan and Wang Quan would fly back. If they didn't need to attend, he would go directly to Los Angeles.

Once Wang Quan left, Meng Ziyi was his spokesperson in Venice. She could participate in some activities of Chinese filmmakers in her own name, which was also a training for her.

As for the actors brought by Wang Quan, after attending the premiere, except for Zhang Songwen, Jiang Peiyao and Zhang Jianing who had no work or study tasks, the rest of them returned home with him.

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On the morning of the 10th, Wang Quan arrived in Toronto, the country of maple leaves, and saw Fan Bingbing and Wen Yongshan who came to greet him.

Zhou Ye had to go to school, so Fan Bingbing didn't let her come. She was a little girl, and it was meaningless to see but not eat.

In the future, "Parasite" will participate in many foreign film festivals and award ceremonies, so there is no need for the whole family to go together every time. In the future, one or two actors will accompany me to attend, or I will go alone, or even not come at all, and let the company send people.

Because Toronto is the first stop for the North American promotion of "Parasite", Wang Quan attaches more importance to it, so he asked Xiao Fan and Xiao Wen to come.

Originally, I wanted to pamper them well, but I didn't expect to meet my old friend Elizabeth Olsen here. She and Tom Hiddleston came to promote the new film "I Saw the Light".

In the past two years, Olsen has become visibly popular, first in "Godzilla" and then in "Avengers 2". Just now, when she was in bed, she revealed that she had just finished filming "Captain America 3", known as "Avengers 2.5".

And there is also the "Star Wars Story" at the end of the year. When these movies are released, I am afraid that even Ronan will not be able to compare.

Moreover, her bright and elegant appearance and hot and plump figure are naturally more attractive than a little girl like Ronan, especially for a vulgar fan like Wang Quan.

With the ball in hand, Pang Bing can also take a break.

But Pang Bing is unwilling to give up, so he decided to call Wen Yongshan tonight, and the boss and employees will go to the battle together. I don’t believe that two people can’t beat you alone.

But I am very happy. When I arrived in Toronto, I suddenly had more friends in Hollywood, and I might not be able to take care of them.

On the opening night, Wang Quan attended the premiere of the opening film "Demolition".

The director of "Demolition" is the famous local director Jean-Marc Vallée in Maple Leaf Country. A "Dallas Buyers Club" made him and the male lead Matthew McConaughey become gods.

The male leads of the movie "Demolition" are old friends Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.

Naomi Watts looked at Wang Quan with sparkling eyes. In the past few years, Wang Quan was in China, and their relationship had become less intense. However, after Wang Quan completed the feat of dominating Cannes in May, Naomi became a little interested in Wang Quan.

Being able to play in both commercial and art films, winning both Oscars and Palme d'Or, and having a good figure, young and strong, which art whore can resist such temptation?

It's hard for men to resist, right?

Although Wang Quan did not fight for the opening film, he still got the C position treatment at the premiere. As long as directors like Martin, Spielberg, and Cameron did not come, his industry status in North America was the first.

Hollywood actresses such as Emily Browning, Rachel McAdams, and Analeigh Tipton, who were also present at the scene, took the initiative to take photos with Wang Quan.

After all, he is not only a director standing at the top, but as the position of Long Rises in Hollywood becomes more and more stable, his status as a boss will naturally rise.

However, Wang Quan could not stay in Toronto for long, because Venice had already called on him and the crew of "Who is He" to stay for the closing ceremony.

Well, not bad, he did not return empty-handed.

He also asked Xiao K, and sure enough, she did not have an invitation from Venice, so it seemed that she had no chance of winning the Best Actress award.

As for the Toronto Film Festival, it is not a competitive film festival. All the films screened during the festival will be voted by the audience to select the best, second best and third place.

This can be promoted after Wang Quan returns from Venice. He also promised the organizing committee to bring "Who is He" to Toronto.

In addition, Liu Yifei from "The Farewell" will also attend Toronto.

As far as Wang Quan knows, the Chinese films "Old Cannon", "Mountains May Depart" and "Office Workers" will also be shown in Toronto, and it will be lively at that time.

Before leaving, Wang Quan reminisced with Naomi.

Wang Quan left, but Fan Xiaopang and Wen Yongshan wanted to stay. Wang Quan had already instructed that people from Longtouzhi would contact them.

Longtouzhi also has several projects that will be screened in Toronto, such as "The Martian" and "The Revenant". At that time, Fan Bingbing will take a photo with Leo and Matt Damon and post the photo on Weibo, which will be enough for her to show off for a while.

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On the plane, Xiaotian lay on Wang Quan obediently, and the two were resting afterwards.

Wang Quan looked at her, small and cute.

And the little Xiaotian is still a workaholic, and now he is discussing Xiaohongshu with Wang Quan.

Wang Quan told her not to worry, "I can't leave you now, Xiaomeng still has to go to college, there are still two years, I can't let her not graduate."

This is indeed a problem that is on the surface, but she has to wait for two years. She is worried that the situation will change by then, and Xiaohongshu will not be dead by then. After all, JD.com and other friendly companies are really powerful.

So Wang Quan said to her again: "In this way, Xiaomeng can be dispatched on weekends, and you can go to Xiaohongshu company to work overtime for those two days, how about it."

Xiaotian thought about it and had to do so. She was not afraid of overtime. Since she was young, she should work hard while awake.

But it would be great if there was a full-time assistant to replace her position. It was her mistake to choose Meng Ziyi at the beginning.

Although the assistant is good, how can it compare with the frontier official.

When they returned to Venice, Wang Quan received a good news directly. "Who is He" once again won the Venice International FIPRESCI Film Critics Award!

In one year, Wang Quan won the FIPRESCI Award twice in a row. This was the first time that Wang Quan, who had been shooting commercial films for so many years, stood up in front of the International Film Critics Association!

The ratings of the program book had been settled at this time. "Who is He" ranked first with a score of 3.4!

On the red carpet that afternoon, Wang Quan and four actors, one man and three women, walked happily on the red carpet. Then came the crew of "Old Cannon".

And Liu Yifei had entered the venue in advance.

The award ceremony officially began. The Best Actress was not "Who is He".

Wang Quan glanced at Jiang Peiyao, who was obviously disappointed. This little girl would not really think about winning the Best Actress.

It seems that Liu Yifei's winning of the Venice Film Festival Best Actress is a great stimulus to young people. They all think that if she can do it, they can do it too.

Then the Best Actor was not "Who is He". Zhang Songwen's expression control was very good, and his smile was graceful.

Then the Best Screenplay Award, "Who is He"!

This award is considered the fourth prize. Several actors were obviously not satisfied, but Wang Quan was very happy to go on stage to receive the award. This is his first personal award in the three major European awards!

And the screenwriter award was given to him. It seems that the judges still recognize his hard work in arranging the plot.

Wang Quan said in his speech: "It took me less than a week to write this script. It is the fastest time I have ever created, but sometimes creation is like this. The best version is the one that is completed in one go. Thank you for the recognition of the jury."

Accompanied by applause, Wang Quan stepped down, but he didn't expect that he would go on stage again before he even sat down.

"The winner of the best director is David Wang's "Who is He!"

Damn, two awards!

Feng Xiaogang's eyes turned green with envy after hearing this. Maybe the best screenwriter in the three major European awards is his lifelong pursuit, but he won two awards at once, plus the Cannes Palme d'Or, three European awards and two FIPRESCI awards in one year. I'm afraid Zhang Yimou and Li An would be jealous if they knew it.

However, winning these two awards means that the subsequent awards, including the Golden Lion Award, have nothing to do with "Who is He".

Generally, few films can win three main competition awards at the three major European film festivals at one time.

This was Wang Quan's last time on stage, so the applause was very loud, and Wang Quan waited for a long time before stopping.

Somewhat unexpectedly, Wang Quan did not prepare a speech for the award. He directly talked about his fate with Venice and his friendship with Marco Mueller on the stage, and said: I will come back to Venice!

Wang Quan won the Best Director, which was the peak of the atmosphere of the awards ceremony. Later, the American animated film "Abnormal" won the Jury Award, and the atmosphere on the scene was not so high.

When it was announced that the winner of the Best Film Golden Lion Award was the Venezuelan film "From Away", there was even some uproar on the scene.

It was a surprise, this was a surprise!

As we all know, the countries that won the most awards at the three major European film festivals are the United States and France.

Because the United States is the world's number one film power, and France is the core of European art films, the strength is there, and Japan has won a lot of awards because they used to be rich.

The more economically underdeveloped a country is, the more imperfect its film industry is, and the probability of winning is naturally low.

Many people only know that Venezuela has many beautiful women, and some have never even watched a Venezuelan movie in their entire life.

Like this "From Afar", it is the director's debut work, the shooting technique is average, the film quality and reputation are also average, the only thing worth mentioning is the subject matter, the love story between a middle-aged man and a young boy.

Tsk tsk, this is very likely to win an award.

Amid the controversy, the 72nd Venice Film Festival ended, and Wang Quan asked Zhang Songwen and Jiang Peiyao to take a group photo with a trophy each.

Afterwards, Wang Quan called Alex to wish him a happy birthday.

If he hadn't needed to receive the award in Venice, he would have gone directly to Los Angeles to celebrate his birthday.

But there is a way. Dorothy took the phone and told Wang Quan that their family of three was at home in New York, "If you take a plane to New York now, you may be able to see your son before the end of today."

Hearing this, Wang Quan immediately asked Xiao Wei to contact the plane driver and make another trip.

Don't look at the two places in the Chinese version of the world map. In fact, flying from Italy to New York is much closer, plus the time difference, well, there is a chance.

Wang Quan asked, Zhang Songwen and Jiang Peiyao decided to fly to Toronto by themselves, and Zhang Jianing returned to Beijing first.

Liu Yifei also wanted to go with Zhang Songwen and the others, so as not to disturb their family reunion, but Wang Quan still pulled her onto his plane.

We are all family, why should we be so formal.

On the way to the plane, Wang Quan called Yang Mi to celebrate her birthday. There is still a chance in New York, but there is really no chance in Beijing, as September 12th is coming soon.

However, Wang Quan prepared a birthday gift in advance and asked someone to send it to her. She was very satisfied, but it was a little tiring to hang such a big diamond necklace on her neck~

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