China Entertainment: Gao Yanei wants to be the best actor

Chapter 518 An Evocative Film Festival! ! !

The book continues from the above:

Under Han Li's operation, the news that Gao Fei invested and joined the crew of "Burst Drummer" soon spread.

So for a while, Gao Fei received a lot more party invitations.

Although he knew that they were all thinking of letting him pay out, Gao Fei still didn't refuse anyone who came.

After all, Berlin is so cold now, he can't let the beauties feel cold!
Of course, everything is for art, it has nothing to do with appearance, let alone money.

"I love the Berlinale!"

"It's always so memorable~(〃'▽'〃)!"

Gao Fei said this to reporters after attending a dinner party.

……

December 2th, 9pm.

After several days of waiting, the Berlin Film Festival has finally officially kicked off.

Fortunately, at the opening ceremony, the weather was beautiful and there was no rain or snow.

Therefore, all the actresses on the red carpet should rest assured to compete for beauty.

But when it was the turn of the crew of "Fireworks in the Day", Gui Lunmei didn't stay long.

Because both Gao Fei and Diao Yinan walked fast.

If it weren't for the constant greetings from the media reporters, the two would have broken the record for the fastest walk on the red carpet.

But then again, judging from the media's questions, Han Li's actions during this period were still effective.

At least most of the media have understood the background of the story of "Fireworks in the Day", and will not ask Gao Fei some obvious mentally handicapped questions.

Only after dealing with the media, the crew of "Fireworks in the Day" separated.

Because Diao Yinan had an appointment with Lou Ye, he had to go to the hotel in advance.

I don't know what these two sullen old men have to get together in private.

But Gui Lunmei is actually fine.

It was just because Gao Fei was going to watch the opening movie "The Grand Budapest Hotel", so she was also going to watch this movie with Gao Fei.

Truffaut once said:

Every director can only make one film in his life, and all other films after that are just repeating his debut!

Although this statement is somewhat absolute, it actually makes sense.

Such as Guy Ritchie's "Two Smoking Barrels";
"Citizen Kane", considered the "best film in history";
"The Four Hundred Blows", the pioneering work of the French "New Wave";
"Twelve Angry Men", honored as "The Greatest Court Film and Dialectical Reasoning Film"...

These movies that are enough to leave traces in the history of movies are actually the first works of directors.

Therefore, although "first work" is often synonymous with youthfulness and simplicity.

But these directors are obviously an exception!

After all, talent is sometimes so unreasonable.

Especially in the arts, some people are so gifted that they break all the rules.

But Wes Anderson in "The Grand Budapest Hotel" isn't that type.

After all, his directorial debut "Offline Sky Cannon" can only be regarded as a good comedy movie.

Of course, in terms of director level, he must be more than most mediocre directors.

Therefore, in Gao Fei's view, Wes Anderson is more like the type of Lao Mouzi who takes one step at a time.

And in terms of film style, as a master of color, he is very similar to Lao Mouzi.

So for his eighth movie, Gao Fei was unavoidably curious.

……

Fortunately, Wes Anderson did not disappoint Goofy this time.

After Gao Fei walked into the cinema and sat quietly for an hour and a half, he finally nodded in satisfaction.

Among other things, at least this hour and a half was not wasted.

As a master of color, Wes Anderson still shines this time.

But Gao Fei is most satisfied and amazed by the storyline of the movie!
Gao Fei thought that this film written and directed by Anderson might be weak in plot.

But I didn't expect Anderson to perform better than he imagined!
Obviously the movie is just about the legend of a porter of a famous European hotel during World War II.

But Anderson cleverly uses this legend of the gatekeeper to connect a thief with a Renaissance oil painting, a big family's battle for wealth, and a sudden war that changed the whole of Europe.

All these things finally formed a legendary "Grand Budapest Hotel".

After watching this movie, the audience, just like this luxury hotel, read the absurd anecdotes in the long river of time, and also witnessed the flames of war in Europe for half a century, and the vicissitudes of life.

This kind of kung fu that sees the big from the small is actually a great test of the director's skills.

If the analogy is forced, it is quite similar to Xu Ke's "New Dragon Inn".

It's just that on the contrary of the rigid conditions, "New Dragon Inn" will suffer a bit.

Not to mention how magnificent the "Grand Budapest Hotel" is, it has four floors in terms of the scale of the building.

And Wes Anderson also used a four-layer structure when shooting.

The shots mainly fall on the fourth layer, only occasionally cut back to the third layer, and the stories of other layers do not advance or develop, but only cut in as a storytelling perspective.

From this point of view, Wes Anderson's approach is especially appreciated by Gao Fei.

Because the most difficult thing for a director is actually to restrain his desire to talk!
I don’t know how many failed directors are actually not bad in talent.

But it was because they couldn't restrain their own thoughts that they told a very complicated story in the end, which was obviously very simple.

But in fact, a truly brilliant director can often present a very complicated story to the audience in a simple and clear manner, while retaining the original charm of the story.

Just like "Let the Bullets Fly", it can be clicked, but it touches people's hearts.

In fact, a good movie is sometimes like a bottle of fine wine, which will make people drunk without drinking.

So after returning to the hotel, the contented Gao Fei couldn't help feeling a little fuzzy.

Gui Lunmei was carried into the bathroom by Gao Fei before she had time to return to her room.

As the saying goes:
The mist is the sleeves and the jade is the crown, half ashamed and half enduring the cold.

Don't be easy and difficult to sigh for a long time, turn around and play the teardrops.

So in the hazy mist, only low singing could be heard coming from the bathroom.

……

The next day, early in the morning.

When Gui Lunmei appeared in front of everyone with a ruddy complexion and Gao Fei on her arm, no one was surprised.

After all, everyone knew about the relationship between the two as early as the filming of "Fireworks in the Day".

Compared with the couple, Diao Yinan and others were more curious about the opening movie.

It's just that Gao Fei was really hungry, so he insisted on eating two cheese sandwiches and drinking a cup of hot cocoa before he opened his mouth to briefly talk about last night's situation.

Finally, after gulping down the second cup of hot cocoa, Gao Fei just concluded:
"If I were a judge, I think The Grand Budapest Hotel deserves at least a Silver Bear."

"Of course, maybe the jury will give a Golden Bear Award."

"But either way, The Grand Budapest Hotel is a formidable rival!"

Seeing what Gao Fei said, the bitterness on Diao Yinan's face suddenly became heavier.

Although he had told Gao Fei that there was little hope for this trip, he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

So seeing Gao Fei play "The Grand Budapest Hotel" so well, he naturally felt even more stressed.

However, after talking about the opening movie, Gao Fei, who was full of food and drink, was a little curious about his party with Lou Ye.

After all, it's actually quite outrageous for this kind of person to be a middle-aged literary old boy.

So Gao Fei was very curious about what they were messing with last night.

Seeing Gao Fei mentioning this matter, Diao Yinan couldn't help but let out a helpless sigh.

Seeing this situation, Gao Fei couldn't help but become more and more curious.

Fortunately, Diao Yinan didn't give a shit, Dang even briefly talked about what happened last night.

In fact, the matter is very simple, given that the two were shortlisted for the competition unit of the main Berlin Film Festival at the same time.

So Lou Ye wanted to get together with Diao Yinan and communicate with each other in private.

After all, Diao Yinan came earlier, so he might know some gossip.

Of course, Lou Ye didn't take advantage of it in vain, and also said a lot of experience.

It's just that when the two of them finished their meal and were about to come out of the restaurant, they happened to meet a reporter from a certain southern newspaper.

It was not easy for Lou Ye and Diao Yinan to refuse an invitation from an acquaintance, so they conducted a simple interview.

It was okay at first, the female reporter just asked Lou Ye's opinion on "Massage", the lowest score of 1.5 points in this edition.

Lou Ye was not annoyed when he heard it, but responded with a rather generous smile:
"I don't think it's anything, but it's good news for me."

"At the Cannes Film Festival in 09, "A Night Intoxicated with Spring Breeze" scored only 1.6 points in the program, and it still won the Best Screenplay Award in the end."

"So you don't need to pay too much attention to the score of the show book, just treat it as fun."

After speaking, Lou Ye emphasized a few words.

He said that he did not come to the film festival to compete for awards, but to work more for international sales. After all, his art films also need to be profitable.

It's just that every time Lou Ye appears in front of the media, censorship is always an unavoidable problem.

For example, his indissoluble bond with Berlin began in the movie "Summer Palace".

When "Summer Palace" premiered in Berlin after being banned, it also received warm applause from the audience and the media.

Later, the "Mystery of the Floating City" finally passed the trial, but it was withdrawn before it was released, causing him to remove his signature on the finished film.

Coupled with the various turmoil that Jia Zhangke's "A Touch of Sin" passed the review and was not released last year, the two parties inevitably talked about the topic of censorship after the interview.

And Lou Ye is worthy of being a veteran of underground movies. Even though "Massage" has passed the review, he still has no sense of security about the review results.

When it comes to censorship, his mouth is still full of resentment.

"Censorship is what it is, it can stop a film from functioning at any time."

Hearing this, Gao Fei suddenly said in surprise:

"Isn't that nice?"

"What's the matter with complaining? Who in the film industry has never scolded the censors? What's the big deal?"

Not to mention Lou Ye, even Gao Fei scolded those old men in private gatherings in the past.

After all, even though most of his films are commercial films, there were still many revisions before the release of "Looking for the Dragon" and "Embroidered Spring Knife".

It seems that leaving the knife alone is a heinous crime for censorship.

It's just that Diao Yinan couldn't help but smile wryly when he heard the words:
"It would be fine if this was the case. The problem is that we both drank some wine last night, so after the interview, he didn't have a gatekeeper, and he dared to say anything."

I don't know if Lou Ye is really drunk or fake drunk, anyway, Diao Yinan frowned last night.

In fact, other things are fine, mainly because when the female reporter interviewed Lou Ye for his views on the current situation, Lou Ye immediately threw out two sentences without thinking:

"If it is re-examined, it means that the examiner is blind!"

"No matter how prosperous the market is, management is also in the dark!"

After finishing speaking, he ignored Diao Yinan's reminder, and said stubbornly that this was his attitude and position.

Hearing this, Gao Fei shook his head speechlessly.

Well, this is another iron baby!

Thinking of this, Gao Fei couldn't help but be thankful that most of the directors he met were normal.

But then again, most literary and art workers are somewhat emotional and impulsive.

After all, "Don't be crazy, don't survive" is actually the epitaph of all artists.

It's just that it's not good to be too sentimental in art. It's easy to be paranoid and get into a dead end, and it's easy to get yourself into a predicament if you're not careful.

In the next few days, the days were monotonous and interesting.

Because Gao Fei watched movies every day besides watching movies.

Even apart from the films in competition, he also visits Berlin's film stores to see other films from all over the world.

Although most of those are the works of some unknown directors, they may not be without considerable points.

However, Gao Fei was most satisfied with another Japanese film "Little Home", which was also shortlisted.

This film mainly tells the story of a maid and a hostess family during the war in Japan during the Showa era.

At that time, the United States had not yet declared war on Japan. In this small house with a red roof on the outskirts of Tokyo, she lived her last happy days with her husband, son, domestic helper and friends.

On the whole, it can be regarded as a Japanese version of "Gone with the Wind".

However, the 82-year-old director Yoji Yamada did not evade the sins of the year in the movie, nor did he care about the war like the Japanese government.

Instead, he expressed "Japan is guilty" very seriously in the movie.

In fact, Yamada Yoji himself was also a witness to that war.

At the beginning of the invasion of China, he came to Dalian to live with his father, who was a railway engineer in the Puppet Manchukuo.

It can be said that the memories of Changchun, Shenyang and Harbin, the cities of the "Puppet Manchukuo" filled his childhood.

To this day, he still has fresh memories of the war propaganda education he received in his childhood.

Out of curiosity, Gao Fei chatted with Yoji Yamada for a while after watching the movie.

The old man didn't shy away from anything, and said bluntly:
"The Japanese newspapers were always reporting good news about the army's victory, only to realize later that they were all lies."

"In that war, most people in Japan were accomplices."

"Young and middle-aged people join the army, and women and the elderly are also enthusiastically serving the war."

"Even the monks in the temple donated the bells in the temple to make [Long Live Bullets]"

"...I found out later that after the massacre in Jinling, Tokyo actually celebrated."

"..."

"On the day of the defeat and surrender, I was still in school in the Northeast. Later, when I passed the Chinese residential area, I saw that every household suddenly hung up the blue sky and white sun flag, and I knew I had lost the war."

To be honest, Yamada Yoji's words are not so shocking.

At least everyone with a basic conscience should know this to be true.

It's just that Gao Fei is quite surprised that there are people in Japan with a clear view of history like him.

The old man said helplessly that there were still many people like him back then.

It's just that it's almost dead now, especially after the nakedness has gone paranoid.

"I'm very worried that when our generation is dead, the younger generation may be completely fooled by those politicians, because those who have experienced that war are all dead, so we can only let them say."

After all, Yamada Yoji couldn't help but let out a long sigh again.

Gao Fei didn't know if he had a mentality of redemption.

But Gao Fei still agrees and supports his behavior.

At least compared to the other Japanese who pretended to be dead, Yoji Yamada dared to express his firm opposition to Abe's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine at the press conference after the premiere of "Little House".

On this point, he, a Japanese, has more conscience than some "common knowledge" who claim to be civilized.

(End of this chapter)