Movie tycoon

Chapter 808
With the passage of time, No.40's three French Cannes Film Festival awards finally started.

First up was Best Short Film, which went to "Let's Lunch".Chen Xiaotang didn't attach much importance to this award. If he had been willing to bring some experimental short films produced by the company, then winning the Best Short Film Award would not be a problem.

The Cannes Youth Award fell on the film "Swan Lake Forbidden Zone". The director of this film is a young Soviet director. Soviet films have rarely shown their faces in the world since the 80s. This award means that the Soviet film recovery.The domestic political events in the Soviet Union that everyone is concerned about have added a lot of popularity to this drama.

However, Chen Xiaotang has a new idea about this. You must know that the Soviet Union will completely disintegrate in the near future, and it seems that the opportunity to make a fortune has come again!
With his heart pounding wildly, Chen Xiaotang wondered if he was a money fanatic, why is he still so excited now? !

Gossip aside, the award presentation continues here. After more than half an hour after the award ceremony started, an important technical award - the Golden Camera Award was finally presented.

This award is mainly to encourage and commend those directors or photographers who are innovative in photography technology, and finally went to the Soviet director Valari."Death and Resurrection", which he wrote and directed, was favored by many judges.

The Soviet Union sees the Soviet Union again!

Chen Xiaotang couldn't help sighing that a line of poetry, the country is unfortunate, and the poet's family is lucky, and it is easy to write a line in the vicissitudes of life.

It seems that the political chaos in the Soviet Union gave these Soviet filmmakers a good creative environment. Using movies to reflect society and criticize current problems is the attitude and obligation of filmmakers.

This is the case with "Death and Resurrection", which uses the condensed historical fragment of the end of World War II to tell the growth history of the little boy Valak, whose mother willingly worked as a prostitute in order to support the family. Soliciting customers, the little Valak had no choice but to wander the streets. Later, he met a little girl when he was selling tea at the construction site. The two gradually became good friends from strong rivals in the tea business... Valak became lively, and Retaliating to make some pranks, and finally led to being kicked out of the village, and began to join gangs outside...

This film presents the world of the little boy Valak with keen brushstrokes, all his efforts to survive, and the unbearable consequences of his actions. Ideological confusion.

In a sense, this drama is absolutely well-deserved to win the Golden Camera Award.

There are quite a lot of Cannes awards this year, and the next jury award was taken away by the British director Ken Loach's "Fatal File". This British guy used a very special story technique to fully interpret the core issues of lawyers and human rights.

After the jury award was taken away by the British, the next step is the heavier best story award.

At this time, Chen Xiaotang turned his head and glanced at Zhang Yimou, a director from Mainland China who was not far away.

As I said before, this time Zhang Yimou brought his female star Gong Li to compete in Cannes. The film "Ju Dou" they directed and starred in was shortlisted for the Best Story Award and was very likely to win the award. Therefore, at this time, Lao Mouzi and his The mood of the female star Gong Li under him can be imagined, the two of them were so excited that their hearts almost jumped out.

However, Lao Mouzi's opponent for this award is not weak. It is the new film "Death Thorn" directed by Japanese director Kohei Oguri.

The title "Death Thorn" is taken from the biography of Glyndor in the "Bible", which means sin.
The content of the story is about the tenth year of married life of the writer Toshio and Miho, and the crisis emerges.The handsome husband has a lover outside, and his wife hires someone to investigate and verify. The spirit is greatly stimulated and she threatens to commit suicide.Out of guilt for his wife, Junfu resolutely leaves his lover, determined to find the past happy time with his wife and children.But things backfired. Miho suffered from schizophrenia due to too much pressure. She no longer believed in her husband.Toshio knows that all these are the evil fruits he planted, and he also knows that Miho's abnormal behavior is caused by great pain and sorrow, so he perseveres even if he can't bear it.The relationship between husband and wife is gradually going to the edge in mutual torment...

Compared with "Ju Dou" directed by Zhang Yimou, the two plays are surprisingly similar, both of which are criminal events caused by an affair between a man and a woman, but the difference is that the two chose different years.Zhang Yimou is the Republic of China, and Oguri Koping is the modern era.It can be imagined that the judges will probably have more resonance with Oguri Kohei's story.

Chen Xiaotang's guess was right, and then, the guests on the stage looked at the audience and took out the post for a look, before announcing loudly: "No. 40 The third Cannes Film Festival

The winner of the Best Story Award is...Kohei Koguri's "The Thorn of Death!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the Japanese on the scene immediately cheered like chicken blood, as if they had won the World Cup.

In contrast, the team led by Zhang Yimou was like a mourning concubine, applauding lifelessly to celebrate the victory of the Japanese counterparts.This is the reality. There are always some people who are happy and some are worried when it comes to awards.

At the moment, the Cannes major award for Best Story was won by the Japanese film Thorn of Death.Japanese director Kohei Oguri has also become the pride of the Japanese. Standing on the awarding platform, he was very excited, kept saying hello, and bowed to express his gratitude. His grateful appearance made people feel a little funny.

But for Chen Xiaotang, this is not funny. You know, Japanese films began to rise in the 60s, became one of the pillars of the Asian film industry in the 70s and 80s, and then began to fall silent; With the emergence of Japanese films, Japanese films have won a lot of international awards, and even began to threaten the development of Moying Entertainment.In Chen Xiaotang's view, Japanese films have transitioned from a stage of immersion to a stage of recovery, which has to make him start to think about the need to work harder on art films, so as not to be surpassed by Little Japan.

Although the awards scene is full of joys and sorrows, the awards will continue.

The next award was the Best Cinematography Award, and this time, "Havoc in Heaven" directed by Chen Xiaotang and "Jurassic Park" directed by Spielberg were both shortlisted.In the words of the award presenters standing on the stage: "They have reshaped the film with high technology, and the photographer has mastered the fit of special effects and the lens with unparalleled and skilled lens awareness. It can be said that this award is awarded to those creative photographers. Yes, so who will win? Please watch the big screen!"

As the voice of the award presenter fell to the ground, the five nominated films were displayed on the big screen, "Havoc in Heaven", "Jurassic Park", "White Hunter, Black Heart", "Good Morning Bombay", "Last Day in Paris" Tango.

Highlights of the five movies scrolled on the big screen in turn, and accompanied by the commentary on the big screen, it seemed more lively and interesting.

For example, "Havoc in Heaven": the photographer used the skills of catching animals to vividly portray a monkey into the lens. The superb special effects and unparalleled control ability make us doubt whether this is a real monkey. or people? !Of course, there are majestic special effects shots inside, which are enough to usher in a new century...

"Jurassic Park": With those dinosaurs running, the photographer's unshakable shooting tells us that these are all made with special effects.But what amazes us the most is that the lifelikeness of these dinosaurs makes us wonder whether we are really in the Jurassic? !
"Last Tango in Paris"; beautiful dance music coupled with elegant tango, the use and mastery of black lenses, take the gothic art to a higher level!

"Good Morning Mumbai": The photographer told us a story about what will happen in Mumbai in the morning with a super realistic narrative.

"White Hunter, Black Heart": This is a heart film created with dark photography. You may be able to understand her heart when you watch it at the last second!

After the explanation on the big screen, the last guest staff began to take out the envelope, "Okay, dear ladies and gentlemen, after we enjoy so many wonderful clips, let's see which photographer this time It is a great honor for the division to receive the best technology award, um, are you all nervous? Hehe, so am I!"

Yes, this guest is right, everyone is very nervous, whether it is Du Kefeng, the photographer next to Chen Xiaotang, or Charlemagne Hoff, the photographer next to Spielberg, these photographers are very concerned about this technical award. The longing for it is beyond the imagination of many people.

The entire award ceremony scene was very quiet, so quiet and scary. Everyone was waiting for the award presenter to speak, but the guest smiled unhurriedly, then opened the letter in his hand, and read: "I announce that this time I won the Cannes Award." The Best Cinematography Award goes to Du Kefeng, "Havoc in Heaven!"

When Du Kefeng was excited, he almost jumped up, but fortunately Chen Xiaotang's gaze signaled him to calm down.He himself didn't expect that he just came to Cannes to join in the fun, and he could still win an award.

He was excited, and Chen Xiaotang was also very excited.

After all, this "Havoc in Heaven" is his meticulously crafted masterpiece, and it is definitely a great pleasure to be recognized in the art award category and receive such an honor.

In fact, the reason why Havoc in Heaven won an award in the Cannes technical category has to mention Chen Xiaotang's comprehensive promotion and development of Chinese film technology in recent years.

For a long time, Chinese-language movies have only enjoyed themselves in Asia. However, with the increasing integration of world movies, and the strong promotion of Chinese-language movies by Chen Xiaotang Moying Entertainment, many people have seen this force that cannot be ignored. .

As the main body of Chinese-language movies, Hong Kong movies play a very important role in it. It can be said that the rise of the Shadow Empire has made Hong Kong movies violently blown to the world. It is impossible for Cannes to ignore Chinese-language movies. .Under such circumstances, Cannes has set up an office in Hong Kong many years earlier than in history to select shortlisted films, and "Havoc in Heaven" won this award under such circumstances.Sometimes some films are not good enough, but a problem of the general environment.

In contrast, the reason why the blockbuster "Jurassic Park" directed by Hollywood director Spielberg was defeated by "Havoc in Heaven" was not because it was not good enough, but because it was produced in the United States. Produced in Hollywood, it is a typical commercial film.

Business and art have always been polarized.

And art is often linked with technology.

In the eyes of many Cannes judges, "Jurassic Park" has too much trace of commercialization. In contrast, although the box office is sky-high, but the artistic and technical achievements are obvious, "Havoc in Heaven" has become the most A good choice. Of course, these judges also have a selfish intention, that is, under the general situation of the rise of Chinese-language films, they will become "Bole" as an icing on the cake, and they will be able to talk about capital in the film industry in the future, such as, "That So-and-so, do you know that Lafite Chen's "Havoc in Heaven" is my recommendation to be selected for the Technology Awards, otherwise it might not be selected!"

In short, "Havoc in Heaven" took the top spot in the photography technology award. There are many factors that make this Cannes even more thrilling and unexpected.

By the way, at this time, Du Kefeng came to the stage to receive the award with great enthusiasm, and he still had to say a few words after receiving the trophy from the presenting guest. Our ghost photographer took a deep breath, and then looked at the audience on and off the stage. The audience said: "I am very grateful to the Cannes jury for giving me such a big surprise. Really, I never dared to believe that I would win the award. This is really amazing! Well, what to say, I didn't prepare for it, then Thank you again, thank you for your support and encouragement, and of course, encouragement! Finally, I would like to thank my big boss, Mr. Chen Xiaotang, for giving me the opportunity to win this award. Thank you, boss !” Du Kefeng kissed the trophy and held it up high.

There was thunderous applause below, and everyone used warm applause to express their congratulations to this red-haired photographer struggling in Hong Kong.

With the success of "Havoc in Heaven", the battle of Cannes continues.

With the best style award being taken away by the Soviet film "Mother", the following is the best screenplay.

The best screenwriter was won by "Big Nose Lover", which can be regarded as making up for the embarrassment of being PK in the last art award, and won honor for the French people.

There's no way, the Frenchman has a good face, it's too unreasonable for him to repeatedly miss the air in front of his own house.

With the passage of time, this came to the Golden Camera Special Award. This award is different from the previous Golden Camera Award. It is mainly to encourage contributions in film special effects. The funny thing is that this award is actually tied for "Havoc in Heaven" and " Jurassic Park won the award at the same time.

No one could have imagined that the two sides would be tied for this award. Chen Xiaotang did not expect it, and neither did Spielberg. There was a hint of surprise on their faces.

Then they looked at each other and smiled, which meant that this game was a tie, let's see what happens next!
The tension became more intense.

Everyone knows that this victory has escalated to the point of being out of control. On the surface, it seems that it is a competition between the world's Chinese-speaking world and the largest super director in the English-speaking world. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this It was a decisive battle between Magic Shadow Entertainment and MGM Hollywood's six major film companies outside the box office. The goal of this decisive battle was the trophy!
The six major film companies are also shamed!
Moying Entertainment wants to write brilliant again!
Cannes is trembling!
The award-giving stage, which competes for glory, is the final battlefield of the two major factions of world cinema.

Lose or win, just in one thought!
(End of this chapter)