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Chapter 553 Two Mad Dogs Biting Each Other (asking for monthly ticket)

In fact, there are not many people worth mentioning this year whose attributes Hao Yun can pull out.

The clichéd film festival reporting phrase “the red carpet is star-studded” is simply not suitable for Berlin, no matter how far-fetched it may be.

Without so much to do, the festival's president, Dieter Koslik, had plenty of free time, even enough to take an actress who needed to go to the bathroom urgently.

"I didn't expect you to make such a movie. Someone once told me that your movie might have been made by a teacher. I insist that this statement is very clumsy and ridiculous..."

Dieter Koslik is a gentle and lovely old man.

Hao Yun brought An Xiaoxi to meet him.

Dieter Koslik praised Hao Yun's new film and An Xiaoxi's beauty.

“I never stop learning and I promise to bring more surprises to the Berlin Film Festival next time.”

Hao Yun actually planned to take both "Little Forest" and "Bullfighting" to international film festivals for exhibition. Whether they could win awards was not important. What was important was that they could make money in this way.

Especially "Bullfighting". Since Zheng Zhizheng's work is internationally recognized, why can't we promote what Japan has done to the world cultural stage in the form of movies?

Jiang Wen's "The Devils" and Hao Yun's "Bullfighting" will both undertake such a mission.

However, Hao Yun will definitely wait until it passes the review before submitting it to the exhibition.

"Haha, I just like confident young people." Dieter Koslik couldn't stop smiling. Since he took office in 2002, he has been considered a filmmaker who prefers Chinese culture.

"It's great to have you at the Berlin Film Festival!" Hao Yun hugged the other person again.

We agreed to the other party's proposal to open a Chinese film cultural exchange salon, which will be attended by some Chinese filmmakers, as well as foreign filmmakers and media who are interested in Chinese films.

Hao Yunhui is a leader.

As for why Chen Kaige, a "grandmaster"-level director, was not allowed to take the lead, it was naturally because Dieter Koslik knew a lot about Chen Kaige and knew that this grandmaster was not a good communication partner.

On the contrary, Hao Yun is highly praised by everyone who has communicated with him.

Hao Yun arrived so many days in advance, and in addition to attending the premiere, he also attended various film events.

This "important responsibility" will naturally not be shirked.

The two also talked about why this year's Berlin Film Festival was so deserted - the Berlin Film Festival was right in between the announcement of Oscar nominations and the awards show, so it would be strange if it wasn't deserted.

It’s not a problem with Berlin or the film festival. Everyone wants to come, but they just can’t find the time.

"I heard that your movie has also been registered for the Oscars. Don't you plan to go to Los Angeles to campaign for your movie?" Dieter Koslik asked curiously.

"Whiplash" was registered for the Academy Awards, that was Dong Ping's idea.

Strictly speaking, it is a kind of equal retaliation.

The original rumor was that The Promise would be screened but not participate in the awards, but Chen Kaige later decided to participate.

Many people believe that this is a form of suppression of Hao Yun.

Even Dong Ping thinks so.

Therefore, he submitted "Whiplash" for the Oscars, intending to expand the competition stage with "The Promise".

Fight for Berlin, then strive for Oscar.

As long as he wins any game, he will be able to humiliate the old man Chen Kaige.

Hao Yun didn't hold out even the slightest hope that Whiplash would win an Oscar, so he didn't plan to canvass for votes.

Of course, he would not say that his film has no hope, but said sincerely: "My journey to international film festivals started in Berlin. There is no reason to abandon the Berlin Film Festival and focus on the Oscars, which have no feelings for me."

Dieter Koslik's eyes suddenly filled with tears.

This year, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are in Berlin for personal matters. The film festival had planned to temporarily add a "Special Charity Award" to the "Berlin Camera Award" to lure the two big stars into the trap, but ultimately failed.

Compared with them, Hao Yun immediately looked particularly adorable.

No, we must ensure that Hao Yun can win the prize!
The bamboo seats at a film festival and the bamboo seats at a jury are not the same thing, but the bamboo seats at a film festival are not without influence on the jury.

"In fact, there should be three Chinese films entering the main competition unit this time. In addition to yours, there are also "The Promise" and "Isabella", but "Isabella" seems to have cancelled its application." Dieter Koslik said.

"Isabella" is a drama film directed by Pang Ho-cheung and starring Sha Qiang, Isabella Leong and Huang Qiusheng.

They were originally going to attend the Berlin Film Festival, but saw that Hao Yun and Chen Kaige used the Berlin Film Festival as a battlefield.

Well, two mad dogs are fighting each other.

Will you join in or take a detour?

After weighing the pros and cons, he didn't think he could beat Hao Yun, who had won the Cannes Best Screenplay Award, nor did he think he could beat Chen Kaige, a frequent guest at European film festivals, so he simply switched to the Cannes Film Festival. "I heard that The Promise was returned?" Hao Yun really didn't mean to gossip.

But the news is still relatively secretive and only a small number of people know about it. If it were to be exposed, it would definitely exacerbate the reputation crisis of "The Promise".

The film had such bad reputation that the overseas distributor Weinstein Brothers returned the product. You can imagine how bad it was.

It’s not that the Chinese audience has low quality and is not qualified to watch Chen Kaige’s movies, but that people all over the world can’t understand them.

"It is true," Dieter Koslik lowered his voice and said, "But the buyer has already been found. Warner Independent Films, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Pictures that was established more than a year ago, has bought the North American and German distribution rights. The film was re-edited to 103 minutes, 19 minutes shorter than the version released in your country. This 'short version' is being screened at the Berlin exhibition this time."

Hao Yun immediately felt happy.

After the premiere, Hao Yun also gave an exclusive interview to Deutsche Welle.

He spoke in German throughout the conversation, which was very fluent and meaningful. The next day, the media gave Hao Yun all-round praise.

He is called a film genius from China and the future of Chinese film culture.

Many people are looking forward to the premiere of his new movie.

The next few days were spent attending various premieres and salons. He and Chen Kaige both stayed in Berlin during the film festival, but Hao Yun was doing better and better, while Chen Kaige was becoming more and more depressed.

Because not many people understand him.

On February 2, The Promise had its European premiere at the film festival.

At around 3:30 in the afternoon, Hao Yun appeared on the premiere red carpet in front of the Potsdamer Platz Cinema.

He didn't bring An Xiaoxi with him this time.

An Xiaoxi stayed in the hotel to rest.

She had already watched "The Promise" and it gave her a headache, so she didn't want to suffer through it again.

Only Hao Yun, even though Chen Kaige was narrow-minded and always mocked him, he still came to support Director Chen because they were both Chinese filmmakers.

Chen Kaige thought it was unnecessary.

But since Hao Yun was here, he couldn't turn him away.

I could only pretend to be enthusiastic to welcome Hao Yun.

Considering that he often slandered Hao Yun in private conversations, Europeans felt that this old bastard was even more hypocritical.

The movie tickets for "The Promise" are selling quite well.

Some people were holding signs on Potsdam Street asking for movie tickets.

In the seventh screening hall, thousands of seats were filled.

Five minutes before the screening, some latecomers could not find any empty seats and had to find a corner or sit in the aisle to watch.

This is a scene that reporters have rarely seen since the film festival opened on the 9th.

After the film screening, Chen Kaige led photographer Bao Dexi, leading actors Hiroyuki Sanada and Jang Dong-gun to attend a press conference and answered questions from reporters and industry insiders in fluent English.

Hao Yun discovered that Director Chen was much more tolerant of questions raised by foreign media.

When someone questioned him to his face that this movie was a bad one, he just smiled and said that art is interpreted from different angles and different people have different aesthetic standards.

It's totally different from China. When Liu Yan asked him "Will the discrepancy between expectations and actual reality of the movie hurt your self-esteem?" he would get angry on the spot. After the interview, he would ask her to come out, turn around to do other programs and bring up the matter again on the show, as if he would never give up.

After the movie was officially released, Hao Yun, who had watched the domestically released version, made a comparison.

He came to attend Chen Kaige's European premiere not only to see the joke, but also because he was curious about how the film was edited.

The opening and ending credits of the "short version" of "The Promise" have been changed, and most of the parts that domestic audiences call "jokes" have disappeared.

For example, Wu Huan gave me a golden thumbs up, "You made me lose the chance to be a good person!", "I am moved by you!"...

The other changes did not make the film any easier to understand.

The scene at the press conference was dull, with only a few suppressed laughs and a small amount of applause.

Most people's expressions were dull, shocked, and incredulous.

That's it?

Is this the level of the director of "Farewell My Concubine"?

(End of this chapter)