Chapter 1429 1429 Gao Leng Film Festival

When people mention the three major film festivals in Europe, it is always easy to have such a misunderstanding, "Oh, Cannes, Cannes with enthusiasm; Venice, Carnival above the Water City, George Clooney is bound to arrive every year; Berlin Uh...it seems to be very deserted."

This is indeed a misunderstanding, and to a certain extent, it is also true.

The Cannes Film Festival has opened its mind to the world's films, especially to Hollywood films. In history, the United States has won the Palme d'Or the most times, 18 times, far higher than Italy, which ranks second with 12 times. . This has also made the Cannes Film Festival gain huge global attention, and excellent marketing has made it easy for them to become an annual midsummer carnival.

Venice, as the film festival with the longest history, is trying to reform every year. In the early years, relying on the excellent Italian film market, its authority and professionalism also reached a certain height. However, with the decline of Italian films, Venice’s attention has also declined. , but Chinese films have always been popular in Venice, especially Li. Director An has won the Golden Lion Award, the highest award, two times before and after relying on "Brokeback Mountain" and "Lust-Caution", which makes him very influential in Asia.

Relatively speaking, the Berlin Film Festival has always stubbornly and arrogantly adhered to its own professional line. The list of winners is not to mention, because Berlin has always been determined to encourage the new generation of directors with ideas and aspirations, and they have a lot to do with politics, society, and war. The dark and serious themes are particularly keen, which leads to the fact that even the participating films are very indifferent, and the attention is naturally not high.

Although it is undeniable that at present, the Berlin Film Festival is doing the best on the road of supporting the new generation of directors, especially the German domestic film industry; but due to insufficient publicity and lack of commercial elements, coupled with the fact that every year It was held in the cold winter, and the Berlin Film Festival also left a deserted impression.

Especially after Venice was taken away by the Toronto Film Festival and Berlin was excluded by the Oscars, with the advancement of time, the Cannes Film Festival has become more and more powerful among the three major film festivals.

But in fact, in. The worst record of Chinese films in the three major European film festivals is precisely Cannes, only relying on "Farewell My Concubine" to reach the top once - and it is still tied with "Piano Farewell"; the best Chinese film performance is Venice, A total of six times before and after winning the highest award, if the "Brokeback Mountain" directed by a Chinese director is included, the number of times can be increased again.

Chinese-language films have topped the Golden Bear Award four times at the Berlin Film Festival, and "Red Sorghum", "Fragrant Soul Girl", "The Wedding Banquet", "Tuya's Marriage" and "Fireworks in the White Day" have all been recognized by this honor. ——Among them, "Scented Soul Girl" and "Wedding Banquet" won the tie for the 43rd session. It can be said that the Berlin Film Festival's support for Chinese-language films cannot be underestimated compared to Cannes, which has a very obvious Hollywood tendency.

As far as Hugo is concerned, he has always admired the Berlin Film Festival, because the Golden Bear winners who come out from here always allow people to appreciate films from different angles, such as the Iranian film "A Separation" (A. Separation) )", such as the American movie "The. Thin. Red. Line", such as the Brazilian movie "Central. Station".

Due to the existence of the "Berlin Wall", the Berlin Film Festival has been strongly influenced by politics since its inception. Therefore, the films praised by the Berlin Film Festival may not be the works that can achieve outstanding results in business, but in terms of film ideas, they can make the audience feel the difference in the world, especially for political horror, war artillery, social problems, East and West. The concern of cultural conflict represents not only a kind of film art, but also a kind of **** in the country and region to which the film belongs, which itself is one of the important values ​​hidden behind the artwork.

To put it simply, last year's "Before Sunrise" was not a typical genre film, it was a romantic light comedy in name, but Hugo used an experimental method to combine personal thoughts and the relationship between men and women about love. Views and the impact of life experiences on life are integrated into it, trying to present the term "soulmate" in just 100 minutes, trying to present the chemical reactions such as love at first sight and hit-and-miss in a true and complete manner.

It was a bold attempt, but it was a success in the end, and the Silver Bear Award for Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival was an important recognition.

This year's works representing the United States at the Berlin Film Festival also continued this style, such as "Sense and Sensibility", "Short Man", "Death Ramble", "Twelve Monkeys", "Richard III", it can be said that basically, That is, five of the ten best picture nominees for the Golden Globes were selected.

But on the whole, the Berlin Film Festival seems to have not paid enough attention. The biggest brand is Bo. Widerberg, one of the founders of new Swedish films. National Taiwan. Yang, one of the representatives of the new wave of movies in the Bay Area. Germany. Chang, Bertrand. Blier, one of the representatives of the French New Wave film, is not very good in addition to that, not to mention the star-studded Cannes, and there is also a big gap with Venice.

Including entries from the United States, Lee. Ann, Yang. Germany. Chang, Tim Robbins and others, although they are famous figures in later generations, but in 1996 and now, they are not yet top-notch, and their international reputation is very limited.

Therefore, when Hugo appeared, he immediately felt the difference between Berlin and Cannes. To put it simply, if Cannes is a carnival party, then Berlin is a serious seminar. This description may be a bit biased. But it basically reflects the very different styles of the two film festivals and the two countries.

Since Hugo arrived late, he missed the wonderful performance of the Berlin Film Festival the week before. The second day after arriving in Berlin was the premiere of "Death Ramble", so Hugo did not have time to appreciate the style of the Berlin Film Festival. There was no time to slowly enjoy the movie like in Cannes before. Early the next morning, after arriving at the hotel room and finishing dressing up, Hugo went straight to the film festival venue.

But when we arrived at the scene, although there were many people coming and going at the door, it didn't seem particularly noisy and cluttered, as if it was just a lively scene in the city center on weekends. , the iconic Golden Bear statue in Berlin stands idly by the side, there are no guards in black suits surrounded by guards, no audience welcomes the audience, only a red carpet is laid out on the ground alone, giving people an illusion: Is the premiere Is the formula over?

With such doubts in mind, Hugo stepped out of the special car sent by Allen, adjusted his collar, and walked forward along the red carpet, but he couldn't help but look around. On the one hand, because of the lack of cheers from fans and the clutter of reporters, the atmosphere of the film festival seems to be too deserted; The four bodyguards behind whom Joseph insisted he had to carry - made Hugo look like a fool.

"Hey, Hugo!" a person in front of the right shouted loudly, looking up, he saw a happy face with a shallow smile on his face, waving at Hugo.

Aware that the bodyguards behind him seemed to be about to be dispatched, Hugo hurriedly stopped them, "This is not Salt Lake City." Joseph was obviously worried that the chaos at the Sundance Film Festival last year would reappear, so he asked the bodyguards to be on guard at any time, but in front of him This peaceful scene is really comical.

Hugo also waved at the other party and said friendly, "Good morning, where are you going?"

"My friends and I..." The young big boy pointed to a few other friends not far behind him. There were men and women. It was very lively. They noticed Hugo's sight, and they all smiled at Hugo. He waved his hand to say hello, "I'm about to go to the screening of 'Death Ramble'. We've been waiting for this work for a long time, and it's finally released today."

If Hugo understands it correctly, that is to say, this group of people is the fans who came to the premiere, but why do they look so wrong... Is it because they are too calm that it is wrong?

This made Hugo stunned for a while. He really didn't know how to deal with such a scene. He stammered, "Oh..." and then spoke smoothly, "Oh, thank you, I hope you will like this work. "

At this time, because Hugo stopped to talk to the other party, a small number of pedestrians around also stopped, which made the four bodyguards vigilant. But they didn't surround them - even if they recognized Hugo, they just stood there and watched the two sides chatting in the air.

"We heard that you gave a wonderful performance in this work, and we have been looking forward to it. By the way, we are staunch supporters of the abolition of the death penalty!" After speaking, the big boy raised his chin towards Hugo with a smile on his face, It's like greetings between good friends and good brothers, "I hope we won't be disappointed after the movie is over."

A joke made all the young people around laugh out loud, and many people shouted, "You will know after reading it. Before I leave the movie theater, I will always hold on to hope." This made everyone smile even more.

Then, the big boy turned around and left, greeted his friends and left like this... left...

Hugo looked at the backs of the group of pedestrians, but suddenly realized why he felt strange. Perhaps, this is the so-called big-name trick-when a person enjoys the spotlight, flashes, cheers, and screams, suddenly one day others stop cheering and just treat him as an ordinary person, This huge difference is often difficult to adjust to.

Although Hugo has always emphasized that he is just an actor and a singer, his occupation is different from that of ordinary people, and the others are no different; but when faced with such a situation, he is still a little panicked.

Realizing this, Hugo not only did not feel embarrassed or ashamed, but smiled: this is the Berlin Film Festival, a film display platform to show his attitude in a proud and professional manner.