1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 640 Let Lin see my sincerity
Roberto Bernini made his debut in 1972 with the comedy one-man show "Jonny Mario". In 77, he served as a screenwriter and starred in the movie "Berlinger, I Love You" and began to emerge in the Italian film industry.

In 1988, he starred in the first English-language crime comedy "Outlaws", which won the Silver Ribbon Award for Best Actor from the Italian Film Journalists Association and attracted the attention of the Italian film industry.

After entering the 90s, he embarked on the road of self-writing, directing and acting. In 91, the film "Johnny Stechino", which he wrote, directed and acted in, was a great success as soon as it was released, and it topped the box office of Italian movies last year. champion.

Roberto Bernini also logically became the hottest comedy star in Italy.

Bertolucci dragged Lin Weimin to appear in front of the guests. He was particularly excited, applauding and whistling, and he did not forget to encourage the people around him to clap more enthusiastically.

Standing next to him was his new wife, Nicoletta Braschi, pulling Roberto Bernini and whispering: "Honey, restrain yourself!"

Roberto Bernini didn't pay attention to his wife's words. Instead, he shouted excitedly to his wife: "Lin! Lin! Nicole, "Life is Beautiful Anyway"!"

Nicoletta Braschi looked at her childish husband with some headaches. As the person next to her pillow, she certainly knew her husband's love for the work "Life is Beautiful Anyway". He also won the Strega Literary Award. It is not surprising that the husband had such an enthusiastic reaction when he saw the writer himself on the spot today, which is in line with his usual character.

Bertolucci took Lin Weimin to introduce today's guests one by one. There were about twenty of them, and they were basically famous people in the Italian film and television industry. Little Baldy".

Bertolucci introduced a middle-aged man who looked somewhat similar to him to Lin Weimin. This is his younger brother Giuseppe Bertolucci. He is also an excellent director, but he has no older brother in the world. famous.

Giuseppe Bertolucci introduced the excited Roberto Bernini to Lin Weimin.

The two are good friends who have known each other since the 70s. In the early 70s, Bernini performed funny one-man shows in an avant-garde experimental theater in Rome, and accumulated some fame.

Then I met Giuseppe Bertolucci, Bernardo Bertolucci's brother, and the two made a film "Berlinger, I Love You" was a huge success in mainland Italy.

Giuseppe Bertolucci is the director and screenwriter of the film, while Roberto Benigni is the screenwriter and lead actor of the film.

Seeing that he was finally introduced, Roberto Bernini couldn't wait to hold Lin Weimin's hand with enthusiasm.

"Mr. Lin, I am your loyal reader. I really love the novel "Life is Beautiful Anyway". Do you have any plans to make this novel into a movie? I can star in it for free, and the director can also, I can also be a screenwriter, I am very versatile..."

Nicoletta Braschi held her husband helplessly, and smiled apologetically at Lin Weimin, "I'm sorry, he really likes your work so much that he lost his composure."

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "It doesn't matter."

Roberto Bernini's performance was in line with Lin Weimin's perception that he could kneel down at awards ceremonies, and when people went crazy, most people couldn't stop him.

As comedians, the pressure is much greater than that of ordinary actors, and it is completely understandable to let their emotions fly occasionally.

"Thank you for your recognition of this work."

"Mr. Lin, you may not know that my father spent two years in a Nazi concentration camp for the Germans. He told me many times about the tragic experience of that dark period, but he did not Using the lens of hatred and hostility, but pouring out humorously, it has had a profound effect on me.

So I am very touched by your novel, which is simply a replica of my father's experience. "

Lin Weimin had a warm smile on his face, "Really? It seems that we are really destined. If there is a chance, we can cooperate."

Roberto Bernini was ecstatic when he heard the words, and wanted to drag Lin Weimin to continue chatting, but was stopped by his wife at the side.

Today is Director Bertolucci's party and the first meeting with Lin Weimin, so the occasion is inappropriate.

Roberto Bernini listened to his wife very much, and stopped talking about adapting the film. He lifted a corner of his suit with his hand, and Nicoletta Braschi, who was on the side, couldn't help crying when he saw her husband's movements. Hands covered half of his face.

After Roberto Bernini lifted his suit, revealing his belt, a book was stuck in his right abdomen.

Roberto Bernini pulled out the book from his belt, and it was a brand-new "Life is Beautiful Anyway" with a girdle.

"I've read your book several times, and I bought this book specially for signing."

Fearing that Lin Weimin might misunderstand him as a fan of fake books, Roberto Bernini made a point of explaining.

What Lin Weimin cares about is not new books or old books, but the location of the collection, which is really unexpected.

You have to put it down a bit, I really can't take it.

Bertolucci laughed and said, "Lin, Roberto is a famous Italian comedian."

Lin Weimin nodded with a smile, took the book, signed his name on the title page seriously, and wrote a word of blessing by the way.

"To Roberto Bernini: I wish you a great actor like Chaplin!"

Lin Weimin wrote all in Chinese, and Roberto Bernini didn't understand the meaning. After listening to Lin Weimin's speech, he couldn't help being elated.

"Mr. Lin, Chaplin has always been my idol, thank you so much!"

After Roberto Bernini finished speaking, he rushed up and gave Lin Weimin a warm hug, which caught people off guard.

After chatting for a few more words, Roberto Bernini still had a lot to say, but Lin Weimin was still pulled away by Bertolucci.

Bertolucci pulled Lin Weimin to chat about his new movie. The two had collaborated on "The Last Emperor" before, so Bertolucci recognized Lin Weimin's ability.

The Douban score of "The Sheltered Sky" is 7.9 on Douban, but the IMDB score is only 6.8. The filming of the work is a bit anxious.

In recent years, several of Bertolucci's films have frequently invested tens of millions of dollars, but the larger the investment in literary films, the greater the possibility of losing both word of mouth and box office, such as "The Last Emperor" Works are bound to be rare, and Bertolucci's anxiety is understandable.

"Old Bei, I think your biggest problem now is that you are not in the right position. You are making a literary film, and you can't want awards and box office at the same time. If you always have this mentality, problems are inevitable. Just like Hollywood makes commercial films, they don't demand an Oscar."

"But my movie investment is too big!" Bertolucci sighed.

Lin Weimin is also very clear that this is the core of all the problems Bertolucci is facing now.

Putting the words big investment and literary film together is a paradox in itself.

Only a world-renowned director like Lao Bei is eligible for such treatment, but the investor is not doing charity after all.

"If you ask me what I think, I have only one suggestion, and that is to scale back investment."

Lin Weimin's words made Bertolucci feel heavy. When he was silent, Giuseppe Bertolucci asked for his old friend Roberto Bernini: "This time "Life is Beautiful" won the award. I won the Strega Literary Award. If Mr. Lin has plans to make a movie, my friend is indeed a very good candidate. He just starred in an American movie two years ago, and he is still famous there, and his style is also very good. It fits the novel very well.”

Lin Weimin glanced at Roberto Bernini who was not far away. He was still paying attention, obviously concerned about the effect of Giuseppe Bertolucci's persuasion to Lin Weimin.

"The style of "Life is Beautiful Anyway" is indeed different from ordinary novels, and it is very difficult to adapt it into a movie. Moreover, this novel has a polarized word-of-mouth among the Jewish community. If you want to make a movie, maybe you will cause resistance."

Seeing Lin Weimin's ambiguous attitude, Giuseppe Bertolucci said, "Is it convenient for Mr. Lin to leave his contact information? Roberto really has a lot of ideas about this novel, why not communicate slowly in the future."

Lin Weimin said happily, "Of course it's possible."

"Anyway, Life is Beautiful" was written by Lin Weimin's film "Life is Beautiful". Roberto Bernini is the starring, screenwriter and director of "Life is Beautiful". soul character.

If "Life is Beautiful Anyway" is going to be adapted into a movie, Roberto Bernini is definitely the best choice.

But today he just met Roberto Bernini, so it seems a little too hasty to hand over the adaptation rights so easily, so he might as well wait a little longer.

Moreover, apart from Roberto Bernini, the director, screenwriter and lead actor of the original version of "Life is Beautiful", there are two other people who Lin Weimin is most concerned about.

Ennio Morricone is the most well-known and most prolific film soundtrack master and composer in Italy. His works include "The Pianist on the Sea", "Lolita", "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", "Paradise Cinema", "Once Upon a Time in America" More than 400 films, including "The Red Dead Trilogy", have scored music, and have been nominated for Oscars many times.

Gianni Amelio is an Italian director who was nominated for an Academy Award last year for his film "Open Heart".

The reason why Lin Weimin noticed the two people was because the Venice Film Festival to be held in early September, the two had already confirmed to be the judges of the film festival.

Zhang Yimou's "A Lawsuit by Qiu Ju" is about to participate in the competition for the Golden Lion Award at this year's Venice Film Festival. When Lin Weimin mentioned this movie to the two, they immediately understood it.

Last year, Zhang Yimou won the Silver Lion Award in Venice with "Raise the Red Lantern". This year, Zhang Yimou made a comeback. The organizing committee attaches great importance to his work.

Hearing Lin Weimin say that Zhang Yimou's debut work was the investment he helped to attract, the two immediately understood what Lin Weimin meant.

For film festival awards, the quality of the film itself is important, but the relationship in the circle is equally important.

Although Lin Weimin has confidence in the quality of "A Lawsuit by Qiu Ju", there is always no harm in saying hello.

　The rebirth article Seedlings "Restart, Years Like Fire", written in a sophisticated style, looks very emotional.

　　Introduction: Back in 2000, Chu An was like an outsider, watching the dramatic changes of the times and enjoying his youthful youth.

　　He didn't want to do the job of serving in his previous life anymore, but the broken car of fate couldn't leave the old rut. He still became the man behind those successful women.

　　The behind-the-scenes king of that era.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)