New Age Artists

Chapter 347 Movies that Hurt Your Self-Esteem (33)

9 month 9 day.

The sun stepped in from the distant sky, sprinkled on the blue waves, and rolled up layers of golden waves.

When Shen Santong woke up, he first checked the situation at the Venice Film Festival.

On September 9th, local time, the 8th Venice International Film Festival came to a close.

"Lust, Caution" directed by Li An won the Golden Lion Award for Best Film.

American director Brian De Palma won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director for "Revised Excerpts".

American actor Brad Pitt won the Best Actor Award for "The Gunslinger";
American actress Cate Blanchett won the Best Actress Award for "I'm Not There".

"Lust, Caution" won the award!
Shen Santong flipped through the foreign media reports.

The media engaged in a war of words and made comments one after another.

Among the 23 films participating in the main competition unit of Venice, as many as 8 are American films, and almost all the major awards of the film festival were given to Americans.

Li An also has a strong Hollywood color.

Hollywood stars such as Brad Pitt and George Clooney have greatly overshadowed some European art film directors in the water city.

The media said it is hard to say whether this kind of flattery can be regarded as a responsible innovation, and it depends on this year's Oscars.

This Venice Film Festival showcased the general embarrassment faced by European films under the suppression of the Hollywood industry.

Although there is no shortage of high-quality films, it is not easy to get the general public to go to the cinema.

The most popular films during the film festival were indeed American films.

The film is led by a big-name director and stars Hollywood stars, and it has great appeal to both ordinary audiences and the media.

The attendance rate at the press screenings and premieres of movies was less than half that of some European and Eastern films, while tickets for films with Hollywood stars were hard to come by.

Venice, which has always been committed to "art films first", is clearly trying to please Hollywood in an effort to win popularity.

In response to the controversy, jury chairman Zhang Yimou said that movies know no national boundaries and people should not have prejudices against a certain type of movie.

Ten or twenty years ago, old European film festivals like Venice and Cannes would not invite Hollywood stars.

Now, many Hollywood stars are invited for popularity reasons, but it is not a question of who compromises with whom, it’s just that each of them no longer "poses".

After all, the film industry is becoming less and less about you and me, and this is the consensus of filmmakers around the world.

Movies can only be divided into good and bad ones, and should not be distinguished by genre. We should not be prejudiced and should learn from whoever does a good job.

Zhang Yimou resisted the pressure and awarded the Golden Lion Award to his compatriot Li An, which caused great controversy.

Shen Santong focused on reading several articles.

To be honest, even though we already know that foreign media are well-trained, we have to admit that they are really well-trained.

It roughly revolves around three aspects: the decline of Italian local films, the excessive preference for Eastern films, and the addition of a large number of Hollywood elements this year.

There is very little discussion about "Lust, Caution", and the only things discussed are the love scenes.

As for connections with other groups, there are none at all.

A very serious discussion of Italy's decline.

Serious discussion about film festivals changing Hollywood.

I seriously question whether we are placing too much emphasis on Chinese-language films.

They seriously questioned whether Zhang Yimou gave the award to Li An because of his art, and criticized Zhang Yimou for giving the Golden Lion Award to Li An.

Judging from the reports alone, Zhang Yimou became the decision maker of the award.

If Shen Santong hadn't known the behind-the-scenes operations of the film festival, he would have believed it.

The media is so powerful that the performance seems to be real.

Oh shit!

It seems like "Lust, Caution" winning the Golden Lion Award is a huge favor to Tokyo University Film.

So shameless and disrespectful.

Shen Santong looked at the report from Dongda again.

Take a deep breath and prepare yourself. I didn't let him down.

Praise for the film festival chairman Marco Mueller, who not only worked hard to facilitate the entry of many Chinese-language films into the competition, but also set up a special unit called "Secrets of Dongda Films".

Two Golden Lion Award trophies were also awarded to Ang Lee and one to Jia Zhangke.

"Lust, Caution" won the Golden Lion Award, which not only marked the third consecutive victory for a Chinese director, but also made him the third director after Louis Malle and Zhang Yimou to win the Golden Lion Award twice.

Looking back at the 62nd Venice Film Festival, Li An, who attended Venice for the first time, defeated his strongest competitor among the 19 nominated films with his latest masterpiece "Brokeback Mountain" - the black-and-white feature film "Good Night, and Good Luck" directed by American actor George Clooney, and won the Golden Lion Award for Best Picture.

When he first arrived in Venice, he humbly said that he was only there to promote the film and was not considering whether he would win an award.

When Li An received the Golden Lion trophy from the cartoon animation master Hayao Miyazaki, his smile was still shy and timid.

He said excitedly that he tried to show the brotherhood of western cowboys through "Brokeback Mountain", and that this friendship became a kind of love that was touching.

Three years later, Ang Lee directed another Chinese-language film and once again took the Golden Lion firmly in his hands.

With Zhang Yimou as the chairman of the jury, and internationally renowned directors Li Min, Jiang Wen, Du Qifeng, Jia Zhangke, and new Taiwanese director Li Kangsheng participating in the competition, Venice has once again become a place for Chinese carnival.

Even the number of Chinese-language media present at the event surprised their counterparts from various countries, who exclaimed: Todai is getting richer and richer.

Jiang Wen's high-profile debut "The Sun Also Rises" came back empty-handed, while Jia Zhangke won the Best Documentary Award in the Horizon unit for his documentary "Useless".

Li An broke the record, it’s so glorious, I’m proud of it!

Hey! News!

There are some discussions on the Lust, Caution issue on the Internet, but it is not on a large scale because no one has seen the original film.

Many of the reporters who went to Venice had seen the original film, but no one made a report to set the record straight.

Shen Santong also understood why the Chinese Olympics were so peaceful in later generations.

Most people cannot go to Europe to report.

They are all related households.

Going on a trip.

The three major European film festivals are more than just movie sales venues.

It's a tourist attraction in itself, people go there for fun, there's no point in reporting it.

Even if you are traveling, if you see a movie like "Lust, Caution", you should talk about it.

Shen Santong read a few articles and didn't want to read any more.

Some people abroad have drawn lines for foreign media, and foreign media report along those lines.

The output of foreign media actually eats the shit of the decision makers behind the scenes before pooping.

Then some people in the country enjoy the second crop of rice and eat it with relish, which then leads to even more smelly shit.

Continue filming.

After a day of filming, we called it a day.

Fan Bingbing knew that Shen Santong had been paying attention to Venice recently, and she was also paying attention, so she reminded him, "Jiang Wen responded."

Shen Santong didn't want to read the news about this, and felt disgusted: "What did he say?"

Fan Bingbing said: "It suits your taste, you can decide for yourself."

Shen Santong found a computer and searched the news.

Jiang Wen returned from Venice overnight, feeling extremely angry. It would have been fine if "The Sun" had not won the award, but "Lust, Caution" actually won.

Moreover, the copyright that had been negotiated was cancelled right after the award ceremony, which also received a lot of ridicule.

He vowed that he would be unable to survive in the international arena in the future.

Outrageous!

After getting off the plane, a reporter asked, "Director Jiang, you came back from the Venice Film Festival with nothing. What do you think?"

Jiang Wen said meaningfully: "Some movies hurt people's self-esteem. Not only do they hurt people's self-esteem, they also hurt the self-esteem of the nation. Such movies are easy to win awards."

Thanks to book friends Haibian Xiaoyerong and book friend 2024 tail number 8730 for the reward. Thank you.

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