I'm almost a Muggle

Chapter 200

After all, the movie "Massage" is going to premiere at the film festival.

There are ten days in total from August 28th to September 7th.

The first day was the red carpet, and from the second day, the films that were being screened were scheduled to be released in the original old movie palace.

Three Chinese-language films will be screened this year.

It's a little better than last year. Last year, only "Tai Chi" participated in the screening, and it was Huang Da'an's wife who participated. Well, they are not married yet, so they can only be said to be a couple who secretly spread dog food.

Bernardo Bertolucci, the chairman of the jury, promised in an interview last year that more Chinese-language films would enter the main competition next year.

In fact, if you don't count "Massage" which entered the competition halfway, there is only one from Wanwan.

Without Lin Dong's blind mix-up, there would be no such "international leader" as Du Qixi.

"Massage" is directed by Hua Yan, who will take the film to the 64th Berlin International Film Festival next year.

And it was shortlisted for the main competition unit at the film festival.

Nominated for the Golden Bear Award for Best Film and won the Silver Bear Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement.

Therefore, the quality of this film - if one ignores the level gap between Hua Yan and Du Qixi - is still very popular in international film festivals.

It is a pity that the Venice Film Festival did not nominate this film for the Golden Lion Award.

Nominated are the Silver Lion and two other awards.

This old man Bernardo Bertolucci really doesn't like to see Chinese movies.

For some special reasons, the Chinese opened the Forbidden City to him to film, which made him famous and won the Oscar for Best Director.

Although he claims to be a friend of the Chinese people.

But during his tenure, from 2012 to his death in 2018, the main competition section of the Venice Film Festival completely closed the door to mainland Chinese films.

No mainland film has entered the main competition!

Perhaps, he is a friend of the Chinese people, and he does like Eastern culture, but he does not like Chinese movies.

Even though the jury seat was replaced by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro in 2018, he was still influenced by him.

Until after his death, Argentinian director Lucrezia Martel became the jury member.

Two Chinese films, one "Lan Xin Grand Theater" and "Jiyuan Terrace No. 7", have just reappeared in the list of the main competition unit.

And Marco Muller has never made a Chinese movie.

But this old man really treated Chinese filmmakers very favorably, and this name deserves to be remembered by all Chinese filmmakers.

Lin Dong and the others spent a few days in Venice, and the film festival announced the list of shortlisted films and their respective nominations.

I also learned about the schedule of "Massage".

The premiere will be held at 19:15 on August 31 in Hall 4.

Saturday night is considered prime time.

All thanks to Jiang Xiaojun.

This guy helped me run forward and backward, otherwise Du Qixi and Lin Dong, two rookies who are both notoriously bad at it, might not know which way the door of the screening hall is facing during the premiere.

The screening hall is in the Old Cinema Palace.

In fact, after Bernardo Bertolucci, the chairman of the festival, took office, he carried out drastic reforms. In addition to not allowing Chinese films to enter the main competition unit, he also planned to build a new film palace.

Unfortunately, it was only half repaired.

When digging the foundation, asbestos and other toxic substances were found.

Moreover, the geology was not suitable for continued construction, so the plan was abandoned.

Bernardo Bertolucci had to discontinue the project.

Movies still have to be screened in the old movie palace.

Before the screening, there will be a press conference where the judges will come out to meet with everyone and answer some questions from the media.

Lin Dong and Du Qixi walked around the press center and various venues of the Film Palace.

There are indeed a lot of hot girls, but Lin Dong doesn't seem to fit in with their aesthetics after changing his skin, let alone Zhang Sanpang.

Unless he can wear big gems on all ten fingers and tie a big gold chain around his neck.

That way I might be able to hook up with some hot chicks in business.

There was also a press conference for "Gravity" during the day, and Lin Dong and Du Qixi went to watch it.

It's not that they like the movie that much.

Nor are they fans of stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.

They just went to see how other people's press conferences were held.

George Clooney is old, but European and American men become more attractive as they get older, but Sandra Bullock has no charm at all.

European and American women don't see much when they get older.

A little later, there was still a red carpet opening ceremony.

The red carpet is very important, very important.

At least this is true for those who want to go on the red carpet and enjoy the popularity. At this time, female stars are like beggar chickens.

Looking back on the red carpets of the Venice Film Festival in the past 10 years, Chinese actresses have always been indispensable.

From Gong Huang, Zhang Caiwei and Yang Ziqiong in the early 2000s, to Huang Shengfang wowing the red carpet in 2011 wearing a 100 million yuan dzi bead dress, to Zhao Yanzi walking slowly in a sky blue tulle skirt last year.

The Venice Film Festival has always been a blessed place for female stars.

Winning an award is a small matter, but showing up is a big deal.

Unfortunately not today.

Otherwise, you can also see the beauty.

Regardless of whether the photos sent back to China have been retouched or not, the beauties must look good in gorgeous clothes.

First there were Italian celebrities walking on the red carpet, one of whom seemed to be Eva Rocbono, who should be the host of the opening ceremony.

As for off-site hosts, there are none here.

So when guests come up, it's quite embarrassing if no one knows who you are.

Lin Dong and Du Qixi encountered such embarrassment.

Some people may think that they are here to ride on the red carpet and are the legendary Chinese carpet stars.

Lin Dong and Du Qixi didn't stay much longer.

Let the domestic media come over and take photos.

Even if we are a blanket star, we should at least have a calm and calm aura, just like a true peerless master in martial arts, without the need for big guns and swords to dominate.

But the domestic media knows about them.

This is the only mainland film shortlisted for the main competition.

The camera immediately started flashing.

After entering, the opening ceremony is not much different from that in China.

The difference is that there is no song and dance performance. After the lecture, we start watching a movie and everyone watches "Gravity" together.

"Gravity" is actually a 3D movie.

This is also the first time in the history of the Venice International Film Festival that a 3D film has been selected as the opening film.

It is said that before Sandra Bullock, Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz, Carey Mulligan, Marion Cotillard, Scarlett Johansson

They all considered starring in this film.

Du Qixi sighed on the spot, how complete his life would be if he could bring these hot girls into his room.

As for the actor, Robert Downey Jr. was initially considered.

Merlin has a beard, Lin Dong must observe a few minutes of silence for Tony Stark. If he accepts this film, he will not be able to win an Oscar.

Of course, although Lin Dong prefers Big Shit, it's hard to say how far this movie would have gone if the actors had been replaced.

"It's all CG, how much does it cost?" Du Qixi sighed.

He also wanted to make such a film, but it was obviously impossible.

"The production cost is 1.5 billion...USD!" Lin Dong gave him some popular science.

That works out to one billion.

There is really no one in China who is so bold, and no investment company can afford it.

In this movie, only most of the scenes inside the space station were shot on built sets, and the realistic feeling of outer space in this movie is actually the result of CG.

All - all CG!

"Dongzi, let's build our own CG production team." Du Qixi said whimsically.

In his opinion, for a movie like "Gravity", the most expensive thing is the actors' salary and CG, and one billion is a bit too much.

With this kind of money, I might as well raise a CG team at home.

You can take it and use it whenever you want, and use it however you want.

"Let's talk about it later." Lin Dong needs to check whether he can make money by doing CG. If he can make money, he will definitely not do it.

The first day passed like this.

The remaining two days were spent more or less like this, watching movies and eating Venetian delicacies.

By the way, take a look at the foreign girl who is too poor to wear full clothes.

Ahem, the consumption here is really high.

During the festival, booking a water taxi can cost up to $250 per hour.

Several well-known hotels, such as the Cipriani Hotel, have suites for $8,000 a night - George Clooney stayed in this hotel.

The Royal Suite at Ball Palace costs $8,500 per night.

If you want to be a little more adventurous, certain suites at the Gritti Palace offer stunning views of the Grand Canal, but they cost $10,000 per night.

Therefore, it’s not that Chinese literary films don’t like to come to the Venice Film Festival.

But I really can't afford it.

Fortunately, Du Qixi still had a promotional budget for "Massage", and Lin Dong applied for part of it from the system.

So two people can relax in a cheap hotel with a daily charge of 1,400 US dollars.

Two people live in one room.

Two beds.

It was just the sound of Du Qixi snoring that made Lin Dong want to use the Avada Kedavra on him.

In the end, I just couldn't do it anymore, so I switched to the "Silent and Silent" spell.

The whole world suddenly became quiet.

The food is not good either.

Venice is not exactly the gastronomic capital of Italy.

If you think about it with your toes, you will know that this city is located on a small broken island and has very few supplies. When it comes to specialty products, I am afraid that the only thing that comes to mind is seafood.

As a Chinese, all I can think of is probably pasta.

After eating pasta for a few days, Lin Dong felt that it was a kind of cuttlefish noodles with a unique flavor.

Cuttlefish pasta is one of the most famous specialties in Venice. The main sauce is black squid ink, with olive oil, a little cheese and garlic, some cuttlefish meat pieces, and noodles.

It looks like a dark dish, and your lips will be colored when you eat it.

But the taste is okay, otherwise Boss Lin wouldn't eat it every other time.

As for other so-called delicacies, the Wizard King, who has already developed an appetite for Chinese delicacies, really doesn't like them.

After waiting hard for two days, it finally arrived on August 31st.

Yes, there is a thirty-first day in August.

Miaoshuwu