Chapter 324 Venice (Part 3)

"It's well shot, very characteristic of my senior brother."

"To be honest, your use of long shots is completely different from mine. I really can't comment on anything. This is your characteristic."

"But I can see that you want to explore new areas, and this short film is an attempt in a new area."

The 17-minute short film can be watched in the blink of an eye.

Facing Jia Zhangke's expectant eyes, Wu Yuan could only say something good.

To be honest, he really doesn't like the extensive use of long shots full of information.

It's too tiring for moviegoers to watch.

But for professionals in the film industry, it's a great visual feast.

Perhaps this is why Jia Zhangke's films have won many awards at film festivals, but the public response after the release is very general.

His works are too profound and too high-brow, so they are naturally not suitable for ordinary movie fans. They are all for knowledgeable insiders.

Wu Yuan doesn't like this. Most of the movies he makes, even if they are art films, are made with the intention of making them understandable and empathetic to the general public. He actively caters to the audience.

Unlike Jia Zhangke, who doesn't consider whether the audience can understand them, but only considers his own artistic performance.

"Xiao Yuan, making short films is actually quite good. It's a good way to try new things."

Jia Zhangke didn't think so much, but instead talked to Wu Yuan with great interest.

"Do you know how long it took me to shoot this short film?"

He held up three fingers: "Three days, I shot it in three days and it was done."

"The Film Bureau was also very supportive. When I sent "Love on the River" to the Film Bureau, it was approved in just one week."

"If you want to try something new, you can do it in the form of a short film. It is convenient and saves money, and you can also win awards at international film festivals."

"Although the short film award is useless, it looks good in the award cabinet!"

"We originally planned to shoot five short films. I shot Suzhou, Han Jie shot Shanghai, Chen Tao shot Xi'an, Peng Tao shot Chongqing, and Li Hongqi shot Guangzhou."

"Do you want to join us and make a short film too? You can shoot Beijing!"

Wu Yuan smiled and shook his head: "Next time, next time."

He doesn't have the time.

He is different from Jia Zhangke. The film festival really loves Jia Zhangke.

Three days after the premiere of "Love on the River" in Venice, it was shortlisted for the New York, London, Vancouver, Tokyo Ginza, and Sao Paulo Film Festivals.

Among them, the New York Film Festival opened a channel for "Love on the River" and invited it to be shortlisted after the shortlist was announced.

"I hope to have more opportunities to cooperate with Director Jia in the future, and I also thank the director for satisfying his wish to go to the Venice Film Festival."

Look, the male lead Guo Xiaodong, who was thanking on the stage, was quite impressed that Director Jia could bring him to Venice with a short film.

The female lead Hao Lei also said frankly: "The shortlist is the influence of the director, and our role is not particularly large."

Wu Yuan applauded with a smile: "Brother, look, even your actors know that this short film was shortlisted because of your appearance."

Jia Zhangke smiled embarrassedly and waved his hand: "Hey, there is nothing I can do. The public doesn't buy my movie, so I can only go to the film festival route. I was forced to do it."

That's what he said, but looking at Jia Zhangke's proud and proud look, he doesn't seem to be dissatisfied with the status quo.

After supporting Jia Zhangke, Wu Yuan, under the call of the Huaxia Corps to "unite comrades", also attended the premieres of the two Chinese-language films "God of War" and "Women".

However, compared with Jia Zhangke's "Love on the River", these two films are more obscure and difficult to understand, and they are shot in a somewhat pretentious way.

Anyway, after watching them, Wu Yuan felt that he did not understand these two films.

You say that his appreciation level is not enough, he understands all of Jia Zhangke's films, so there is no reason why he can't understand the works of these two unknown directors?

It can only be said that Jia Zhangke can be popular at various international film festivals around the world, and he still has hard power.

Compared with these art films, Wu Yuan is more satisfied with "The Hurt Locker" which premiered in Venice on the 5th.

As one of the great Hollywood directors, he brought Liu Yifei to attend the premiere of the Hollywood blockbuster "The Hurt Locker" in Venice at the invitation of director Kathryn Bigelow.

This movie will not be released in North America until July next year, but it was shown to filmmakers in Venice one year in advance.

Obviously, the director is very ambitious, not only wants to win an Oscar, but also wants to win an award in Venice.

"The Hurt Locker" was indeed shortlisted for the main competition unit in Venice.

But Wu Yuan, who remembered later, knew that if nothing unexpected happened, the movie would not win anything in Venice.

There is no way, "The Hurt Locker" is a very typical Hollywood hero movie, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a commercial film.

The classic plot of American soldiers saving the world, the classic thrilling rescue.

It's just that this time the old-fashioned rescue of hostages was changed to a slightly novel bomb disposal crisis.

The whole film is full of American soldiers who are righteous and are here to save the world, while the local rebels are evil, a typical American propaganda film that reverses black and white.

The European film industry has always been at odds with Hollywood, so how could it give a big award to such an American propaganda film?

To be shortlisted for the main competition unit means that they have succumbed to the power of Hollywood.

But it should be said that this movie is still very exciting.

Wu Yuan watched it with relish, and Liu Yifei also enjoyed it.

After the premiere, she held Wu Yuan's hand and said, "Brother, it seems that no one in China has made this kind of crisis rescue movie."

"It would be great if someone in China could make movies like "Taken", "Mission Impossible" and "007."

"Only Hong Kong Island will make some similar police and gangster movies, but there are almost no military-related ones."

Wu Yuan smiled but said nothing.

Was he going to tell his girlfriend that in the near future, there would be a man named Wolf Warrior who would make China's own personal heroic blockbuster, and then be scolded by the audience who were used to watching American crisis rescue blockbusters?

American soldiers traveled thousands of miles to save hostages, okay.

Chinese retired special forces soldiers traveled thousands of miles to save hostages, no.

American personal heroism, the hero is as powerful as Superman, OK.

Chinese personal heroism, the hero is as powerful as Superman, no.

Wu Yuan does not understand this logic, let alone agree with it.

But I heard that when the "Wolf Warrior" series was filmed, Wu Jing was very short of money, and he had to sell his house to make the movie.

How can this be possible? Our director Wu can't stand this kind of thing. When "Wolf Warrior" 1 and 2 are about to be filmed, Guangying Times will definitely help.

Wu Jing should not suffer the pain of selling the house, let Guangying Times pay for it, and make the money with tears!