Chapter 537 Goodbye Jia Zhangke

To be honest, Wu Yuan really didn't know about the movie "Flowers".

In his previous life, this movie was not famous in China at all, and it was a banned film, so few people knew about it.

Wu Yuan came to the Venice Film Festival this time because Lou Ye was also a Chinese director, and "Suzhou River" was really a sensation back then, so he also came to support Lou Ye.

Unexpectedly, he saw such a disgusting movie.

"Director Han, Lou Ye is in France with the money given by the French Film Foundation, and the movies he made are really disgusting."

"The director should continue to be banned!"

"The domestic market should not be open to him!"

On the other end of the phone, Han Sanping hesitated: "This."

"Director Wu, Lou Ye's lifting of the ban is basically a foregone conclusion."

"The script of his new movie "Floating City Mystery" has been sent to the Film Bureau for review."

"The Film Bureau didn't respond, they just wanted to leave him alone."

To lift the ban?

How can this be!

Wu Yuan quickly told Mr. Han about the plot of "Flowers" he had seen in detail, with a strong personal subjective meaning.

Han Sanping couldn't hold it anymore.

He didn't know that Lou Ye's "Flowers" was so "admiring of foreign dogs"!

"Disgusting!" Han Sanping let out a long breath and made the same evaluation as Wu Yuan.

"I know, I will communicate with the higher-ups." He said angrily: "We can't encourage this evil trend!"

Wu Yuan smiled with satisfaction.

Don't think that Han Sanping is only the chairman of China Film Group, and it seems that he is only the head of a state-owned enterprise and has nothing to do with administration.

But in fact, his influence at the official level is not ordinary. He can definitely ban anyone he wants.

With Han Sanping's presence, it will not be so easy for Lou Ye to lift the ban this time.

The next day, August 31, the 68th Venice International Film Festival officially kicked off.

The opening ceremony of the Venice International Film Festival continued its usual plainness and low-keyness.

The main force on the opening red carpet was the crew of "The Assassination of Presidents" led by George Clooney.

As the opening film of this Venice International Film Festival, the film stars Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, and Paul Giamatti.

In addition, two beauties, Diane Kruger and Cindy Crawford, came to help. Both of them are models, and their figures and tastes are beyond doubt.

However, the most eye-catching on the red carpet was Evan Rachel Wood, who was wearing a chic white dress that mixed literary, handsome, elegant and other flavors.

She is really beautiful, as beautiful as an exquisite doll.

George Clooney also turned into Mr. Bean on the red carpet, played cute and interacted enthusiastically with fans, and the atmosphere on the scene was very warm.

In addition to the highly anticipated crew of "The Assassination of Presidents", the most dazzling on the opening red carpet were Chinese movie stars.

It's not that Chinese movie stars are famous, but they know how to attract attention with their dresses.

Like Fan Xiaopang's dragon robe and Li Binbin's gown with the word "Fu", Huang Shengyi, who made her debut at an international film festival, also played a gimmick and chose a contrasting silk dress with a strong ethnic style. The dress was full of the customs of the southwestern ethnic minorities, which earned her and the "Legend of the White Snake" crew a lot of attention.

The reporters and media at the scene didn't know the movie "Legend of the White Snake" at all, but they were attracted by Huang Shengyi's exotic dress and took various snapshots.

In addition, the crew of "Seediq Bale" from Taiwan and "Crowds and Seas" from the mainland also attracted a lot of attention from the media at the scene.

As a movie that was shortlisted for the main competition unit as a surprise film at the last minute, the crew of "Crowds and Seas" was also very surprised and hurried to Venice.

Chen Jianbin, Tao Hong, Wu Xiubo and other leading actors walked on the red carpet one after another and accepted photos and interviews from the media at the scene.

Italian film "Inland", Greek film "Alps", Japanese film "The Mediocre", British film "Wuthering Heights", Russian film "Faust" and other shortlisted films in the main competition unit, and all of them are favorites to win awards, and they also walked on the red carpet one after another.

The crews from all over the world have indeed brought a strong international style to Venice.

At this time, Wu Yuan was chatting with other judges in the backstage.

As members of the jury, they were the first to walk on the red carpet. At the beginning of the opening ceremony, the chairman of the organizing committee led the jury of the main competition unit and the jury of the Horizon unit to walk the red carpet.

Wu Yuan also met with his teacher, Section Chief Jia, who had been very optimistic about him when he was in school.

"Senior brother, this time we are both jury chairmen, what a coincidence." Wu Yuan smiled and hugged Jia Zhangke.

Jia Zhangke's face was full of emotion.

In 2000, he was a new director with a little fame internationally, but Wu Yuan was just a sophomore in the directing department.

In just eleven years, Wu Yuan, a junior, has surpassed him in all aspects.

Wu Yuan also has the Golden Lion Award that he has.

But Wu Yuan also has the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film that he has not.

The Yangtze River's back waves push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach.

For a long time, Jia Zhangke has always thought that he is the back wave, but Wu Yuan's appearance made him realize that he has become the front wave.

"Xiao Wu, you are the chairman of the jury of the main competition unit, and I am the chairman of the One Horizon unit." Jia Zhangke said with some self-mockery.

In terms of qualifications, Jia Zhangke is definitely more experienced than Wu Yuan.

But in terms of achievements, especially international achievements, Jia Zhangke is far inferior to Wu Yuan. He is at most qualified to be a judge of the main competition unit jury, while Wu Yuan is qualified to be the chairman.

"It's the same, it's the same." Wu Yuan laughed and didn't want to show off in front of his senior brother. He just said easily: "It's a matter of time for you."

Wu Yuan still respects this senior brother very much.

Not only because Jia Zhangke was very optimistic about him when he was a student, and advised him to "return to the right path", but also because although they are both underground generations, Jia Zhangke is much more courageous than Lou Ye.

Although Jia Zhangke also likes to shoot some underground movies, he is really for art, to be precise, for the most primitive way of film art, that is, critical art.

The reason why many of his movies can only be underground is because they are full of critical spirit towards some people and things in China in the 1980s and 1990s.

Although Wu Yuan did not comment on this kind of criticism, he knew that someone always needed to do it. The world needs this kind of critical film to alert and awaken the public.

Just like "Hidden in the Dust".

Moreover, Jia Zhangke really has the heart to support and develop the mainland film industry, promote and cultivate outstanding new directors, and has been doing it for ten years.

In order to support new directors and good art films, he not only raised investment and established companies to invest in new directors, but also wanted to hold a film festival specifically for young directors to increase their exposure and attention.

This is a good predecessor who really focuses on supporting and cultivating new directors!

"Brother, has the movie you mentioned last time been filmed?" Wu Yuan asked with a smile.

"Hello Mr. Tree?" Jia Zhangke smiled and nodded, "It's filmed. The Wang Baoqiang you recommended is really a good actor!" (End of this chapter)