Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 609 The Intruder (44)

Attending a film festival... is actually quite boring!
Especially Venice…

During the film festival, everything went up in price.

I don't care about the price increase, the key issue is the extremely poor service attitude!

What? We can watch movies?
Pull it down!

Shen Yan isn't the kind of person with an artistic talent!
Moreover, this year's Venice Film Festival barely has any films worth watching...

I went to see a movie yesterday, "The Image of Silence".

It can be considered a sequel to director Joshua Oppenheimer's "Act of Killing"...

It tells the story of the "930 Incident" in Indonesia during the Suharto era, which involved the massacre of communists.

It can be considered a true record, because the protagonist was the executioner back then!

These murderers, who were ruthless killers back then, still hold power today. Instead of repenting for their evil deeds, they brazenly perform various murder methods in front of the camera, even teaching how to kill faster and more efficiently, and what the result of cutting off genitals is...

Those who heard it felt a chill run down their spines!

Oh, and there's also a film in the screening section called *Nymphomaniac 2*...

The name itself is intriguing!
Then, before they were even halfway through the show, Shen Yan left with many other audience members.

Damn, that's disgusting!
This is so graphic! I heard the content includes 3x, SM, fists, self-induced abortion without anesthesia, lesbianism, copper fetishism, and even drinking urine…

Who actually watches this kind of movie?
No, this is the Venice Film Festival... This is outrageous!
Oh, the director is Lars von Trier…

A lunatic!

As fewer and fewer people paid attention to him, he simply went crazy and said some things to sympathize with the Nazis!
Then he was banned from Cannes for 7 years.

Even after films like "The House That Never Dies" were released, with their heavy gore and violence, it didn't really help...

In fact, the golden age of European intellectual films has passed.

As a perfect representative of contemporary European intellectual directors, von Trier's position is actually quite awkward...

What these contemporary intellectual directors have in common is that, despite their technical prowess, they are often unwilling to tell a good story and are eager to convey their ideas and visualize their philosophies.

However, most of these intellectual directors born in the post-war era came from wealthy or film families and had a comfortable life and received a quality education from a young age.

They possess a wealth of knowledge and masterful skills, but they lack the talent and sincerity needed to turn ideas into scripts and films.

As a result, we often see scenes that are obviously meant to be profound, but instead are filled with wishful thinking, with characters spouting nonsensical Nietzschean dialogue that is so cringeworthy it makes you want to pick your toes.

It's not that movies can't discuss profound truths, but as an artistic creation, if you use a flimsy allegory just to convey a moral, then you're putting the cart before the horse.

Bergman can be considered the grandfather of these intellectual directors; he never made people feel that he placed the story after the theme.

Even though Bergman's films lack sensational plots, whimsical forms, and pretentious dialogue, they still leave a lasting impression.

Then look at the films of von Trier and Béla Tarr, who are of similar stature. After watching five minutes, you'll think, "Damn, they're going to do this kind of pointless moralistic parable again."

Like an old lady enjoying the cool evening air...

They insist on dragging you along and telling you some dubious truths...

Exporting their so-called religious and philosophical theories...

Completely disregarding whether the audience accepts it or not…

Just like Lu Chuan!
Okay, that's insulting to von Trier and Bella Tarr. After all, no matter how bad they are, they couldn't possibly have produced "Bureau 749" and "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe"!
……

On the third night of the film festival, Shen Yan picked up Shi Shi at Marco Polo Airport and they took a water bus to Venice.

I accompanied her for a stroll around Lido Island, and then we returned to the hotel.

Shi Shi just finished filming "Detective Bao Qingtian"—she starred in one of the episodes!
"Detective Bao Qingtian" is a work by Qian Yanqiu.

Qian Yanqiu plans to create another IP besides "Detective Dee"! Of course, it will be poorly made!
However, this has nothing to do with Shishi. She was introduced to the role by the production company, New Classics Media, and only acted in six episodes, barely qualifying as a minor protagonist in one of the episodes…

After not seeing each other for more than a month, the two naturally did what they were supposed to do.

Afterwards, Shen Yan remembered something: "...You'll come with me to the movies tomorrow!"

"Watching a movie? What movie?"

"Wang Xiaoshuai's 'The Intruder'!"

"Wang Xiaoshuai's movie? Don't you dislike those guys?"

Shen Yan shrugged: "I'm going to see Teacher Lü Zhong. I met Teacher Lü Zhong when I was filming my first drama, 'The World Is Full of Vicissitudes'!"

Shi Shi looked at him suspiciously: "Aren't you afraid of the media taking pictures?"

"...So what if they film it? We can just admit it!"

Shi Shi scratched her head: "...No, my contract with Tangren hasn't expired yet...and there are so many brands..."

Shen Yan waved his hand: "Then just say you're here for a commercial promotion and you're bored so you can watch a movie!"

Unlike in the original timeline, Shi Shi signed a bunch of big-name brand endorsements, but these endorsements came with conditions, the most typical being that she couldn't publicly reveal her relationship...

Stay girly!
So, Yang Mi and Tang Yan are already quite old, yet they still want to look like young girls. Do you think they don't find the term "youthful" awkward?

Okay, maybe they really don't think so...

However, it's true that without a youthful appearance, you won't get many commercial opportunities!

After all, being a celebrity is a career that relies on youth.

"Aren't you angry?"

"...What do I have to be angry about..." Shen Yan smiled. "You turned down so many film and television roles for me..."

Shen Yan alone knows about Ming Dao's "Angel's Happiness," and she even turned down a lot of promotional work featuring her as a potential on-screen couple...

Moreover, in recent years, she has usually used camera tricks or even a body double for kissing scenes in her films!

I'm just worried that Shen Yan might overthink things!
……

"The Intruder" is the final installment of Wang Xiaoshuai's three-part trilogy: "Qinghong," "Wo 11," and "The Intruder."

To be honest, his choice of material is outdated!
In the current mainstream market, nobody cares about life in third-tier cities…

This lousy movie was predictable from the first half—it's another one of those films starring Wen Zhang, and it's another one where we, the urban elites, are portrayed as victims…

No, can we be a little more innovative?

I particularly dislike this kind of movie. He, who controls the narrative of the film, never reflects on his own hallucinations after losing his hearing, but instead blames the perpetrator on our shared history.

The Intruder...

Script framework—The impact of the Third Front construction on a generation and its imprint even decades later…

Then it collapsed!
He also wanted to express the plight of elderly people living alone, as well as homosexuality and revenge...

Then the whole movie became chaotic!

Making things mysterious is not a sign of respect for history; the so-called weighty parts are nothing more than superficial embellishments.

Nothing!

The entire script is completely disjointed, with characters introduced haphazardly, and the second half is a complete disaster.

Sometimes I really worry for Wang Xiaoshuai. You want to pledge your loyalty... can't you choose a better topic?
However, when giving his evaluation, Shen Yan said, "Teacher Lü Zhong's acting was truly excellent!"

(End of this chapter)