Chapter 594 A Tombstone of Youth that Can Never Be Crossed

As the artistic director of the Jose Film Festival, Wu Yang reads a huge amount of films every year, which is unimaginable to ordinary people.

Being able to sit in the position of art director actually shows how high his aesthetic vision is.

In top film festivals like the Jose Film Festival, not all of the films in the main competition section are good films, but for every film, you can know the reason why it was shortlisted, and you will not make a sound after watching it. Doubts about "Why is it shortlisted?"

Every year, there will be internal discussions in advance about which film can win the award and which film can become a classic in film history. These are things that everyone will discuss. In this year's main competition section, the favorite films of their internal film selectors, apart from the three films that Evan Gardi told Lu Yanhe, were Lu Yanhe's "Love Letters".

Because "Love Letter" is clean enough, simple enough, and does not play tricks. As a debut film by a new director, it does not show off skills and presents a kind of simplicity that returns to nature.

Wu Yang doesn't know how the audience will choose the awards this year. He secretly hopes that "Love Letter" can win an award so that Lu Yanhe's first film as a director can receive sufficient recognition at the Jose Film Festival.

Wu Yang hopes that Lu Yanhe can become a direct descendant of the Los Angeles Film Festival. Even if he cannot attract all his projects to the Los Angeles Film Festival for competition and world premiere, at least the first choice is the Los Angeles Film Festival.

After all, compared with the West Tour International Film Festival, which focuses on experimental and artistic films, the Jose Film Festival focuses on awards for the audience. Lu Yanhe, a talented director and actor who has made himself famous all over the world, is certainly one of the creators Wu Yang hopes to win over.

For the premiere of "Love Letter", Wu Yang was actually looking forward to his first wave of feelings after watching the movie.

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"It's not uncommon for actors to turn into directors, but it's really rare for such a young actor to turn into directors."

Toshihide Konishi, a special commentator of Japan's "Film and Television News", was invited by "Film and Television News" to come to the Netherlands Film Festival. As a special reporter of the media, he was responsible for reporting on this film festival.

Japanese film critic Nagayama Kazuzo, who used to be active at international film festivals, was not invited by any Japanese film media this time and came to the Jose Film Festival as a special reporter——

As for why, everyone said that Nagayama Kazo was an embarrassment to the Japanese film industry.

Xiaoxi Junxiu also felt that Yongshan Kasan was embarrassed.

Lu Yanhe, who was constantly attacked by him, has now relied on one film after another to reach the position of one of the most watched young actors in the world. With the support of the Asian market and the European and American markets with "The Mist", he is one of the very few young actors in Asia who has won the attention of the world.

Konishi Junxiu himself actually likes Lu Yanhe because he thinks this actor has pursuits and artistic realm. He has good taste in selecting movie scripts and roles. Except for the two TV series he acted in at the beginning, which were relatively vulgar, the other roles and performances are not very common in current film and television dramas.

However, Toshio Konishi is still not optimistic about "Love Letter" directed by Lu Yanhe.

After all, being a director is so different from being an actor.

Konishi Junxiu even feels that the requirements of a good director are much higher than those of a good actor - otherwise, why are there so many good actors and so few good directors?

Of course, this is Lu Yanhe's directorial debut. According to the conventions of the film industry, a person's debut film will always be viewed with the most tolerant attitude.

High demands should be placed in the future, and encouragement should always be given the first time.

Unless it sucks.

But they were all shortlisted for the main competition section of the Jose Film Festival, so it shouldn’t be too bad.

Xiaoxi Junxiu's mood was half looking forward to it, and half not daring to look forward to it too much, which was quite contradictory.

He sat down in the screening room and waited for the movie to start.

People around are talking about Lu Yanhe, Chen Bige and this movie.

It can be seen from the attitudes of people around that everyone's expectations for this movie are actually very high.

This is the charm of big stars.

Xiaoxi Junxiu felt a little jealous for no reason——

Why are there no actors like Lu Yanhe in Japan?

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After the screening room went dark, everyone's rustling voices gradually faded away.

Everyone adjusted their state and entered a calm movie-watching state, waiting for the movie to start.

And this process didn't take long. After a while, the movie screening started.

The first shot of the movie is a vast expanse of snow.

Quiet and solemn.

The beginning of the film is the funeral of Aoi Shu.

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When she was in high school, she had a male classmate with the same name as her.

Because of this incident, the two of them were always teased by their classmates.

The more this happens, the more... the distance is deliberately maintained.

When we were riding bicycles together at the school gate, we would look at each other in a hurry and move away immediately.

From the front and back positions in a classroom, every time his eyes pass by the area where the other person is, he is as timid as a deer.

This is the most ordinary youth story. You don't know what is going on in the mind of the boy who always has an expressionless face. You always feel that his eyes are very deep and you can't see any emotion in him.

When did he suddenly have more interactions with you?

Was he given the wrong test paper, or was he angry at the hecklers?

When he rode his bike down the slope and threw a paper bag over your head as a prank, you were so angry that your face finally showed vivid emotions.

When he stood by the window of the library, the white curtains dancing in the wind brought changes in light and shadow on him, what were you secretly looking at?

When your father passed away at home and you didn't go to school for a while, he suddenly appeared at your door and asked you to return the "Remembrance of Things Past" he borrowed. You looked at him and smiled at that moment. What did you think of?

You said that most of your memories of him were bad.

Then why did you walk over so angrily and smash it to the ground when a classmate in the class played a prank on his desk after he suddenly transferred to another school and put a vase on his desk that would only be placed after a person died? -

What about you? Zheng Ni.

When your boyfriend died unexpectedly, you walked through the white snowfield in a black coat to bury him, what did you think of?

You took his youth photo album from his mother, saw his youthful face in the past, and suddenly wanted to write to him at the address of that year. What did you want to say?

When you suddenly received a reply letter, were you shocked? Wait, same name and surname? How could it be such a coincidence?

This girl with the same name and surname as your boyfriend also knew your boyfriend.

Are you interested in the past when you didn't appear in his life?

A little bit of memories, along with letters, gradually revealed the two lives of the two of you for the same boy.

When you stand beside the busy street and see a face that looks exactly like you, at that moment you instantly realize who she is, what kind of mood do you have?

——Are you a substitute?

This is a question that will never be answered.

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One is the past, the other is the present.

The person who can connect the present and the past is dead.

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Many people have emphasized that movies are not just stories, they are the art of pictures, the art of sound, and the art of combining various technologies to stir the audience's emotions.

The images, music and rhythm of the movie "Love Letter" are all clean and calm, flowing like a deep still water.

Even the sunny and detached images in the memories of youth present the amber texture of time like old photos.

In the process of writing this script and shooting this movie, Lu Yanhe himself often thought about a question, why "Love Letter", a simple movie that can even be said to be similar to many youth movies, would become such a special classic?

I couldn't figure it out after thinking about it, but I often sank into it, feeling disappointed and regretful.

When the letter from afar awakened the memory of the female Huai Jingshu, she began to collect clues from the past and awakened her memories of the boy in high school bit by bit. If she had not had a throbbing deep in her heart, how could she be so devoted to looking for objects and information about him many years later?

Lu Yanhe didn't expect that the movie that he almost vomited in the machine room would be shown in Hexi this time, and he was in it again.

Chen Bige played two roles in the movie, and she played the two roles of Huai Jingshu and Zheng Ni very well.

One is a little introverted and quiet, and the other is a little more lively.

They are not very different, whether in appearance or dressing style, there is no clear distinction. This is Lu Yanhe's request. The original movie was like this at the time, and Lu Yanhe himself also agreed with this approach-

It is too film-like to distinguish two people who look exactly the same by appearance. Moreover, from a selfish point of view, Lu Yanhe does not want them to look like two people at first glance. He hopes to make the reason why Huai Jingshu likes Zheng Ni an ambiguous mystery.

The place where this movie finally arrives is not love itself, but the beauty and loss of the memory of love in the big container of life.

Lu Yanhe handles the two emotional relationships according to this tone.

Whether it is the youthful secret love between the female Huai Jingshu and the male Huai Jingshu, or Zheng Ni's positioning of the relationship with the adult male Huai Jingshu.

Lu Yanhe gently held Chen Siqi's hand in the dark.

Chen Siqi's fingers also pinched in Lu Yanhe's palm.

——How are you?

——I'm fine.

When several high school girls took the book "Remembrance of Things Past" to find Nv Huai Jingshu and asked her to look at the back of the library card. When she turned the library card over and saw her portrait on the back, at that moment, surprise and memories came like a tide in the sun. After many years, he had passed away, and she realized that he really liked her back then.

When he came to her door with "Remembrance of Things Past" before transferring to another school, was he here to confess? Did he have something to say? Did he not say it in the end because he saw the black armband on her sleeve and knew that a family member of hers had passed away?

Nothing is known

She smiled brightly in the sun, and her tears came out with laughter, and she wiped them away gently.

A little regretful, but not sad.

It was just a letter from many years ago, and she received it today.

Life is always like this.

All you can ask is: How are you?

All you can answer is: I am fine.

He has been sleeping in the deep mountains.

None of our questions can get a definite answer.

However, there is always a relationship in life that is meant to be remembered.

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The movie ends with that bright, tearful smile.

The melodious, quiet music sounded again.

The screening room was so quiet that no one made a sound.

Chen Siqi covered her face with her hands and gently wiped away the tears with her fingertips.

Lu Yanhe took a deep breath to adjust his emotions.

This movie still has so much staying power.

Until the lights in the screening room turned on, Lu Yanhe heard several heavy and sighing sounds from around him.

He immediately looked at Chen Bige and was shocked. Chen Bige's face was filled with tears at this moment.

There was applause.

Wan Xin hurriedly took out a tissue from her handbag and wiped away the tears from her red eyes.

So many people's eyes turned red.

Wu Yang stood up first, walked to Lu Yanhe, and applauded him.

Lu Yanhe also stood up with other members of the crew, turned around, and faced the others behind him.

He looked in disbelief and found that Li Zhibai's eyes were also a little red.

He originally thought that the movie "Love Letter" was not Li Zhibai's cup of tea.

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"This is a masterpiece. I really didn't expect 'Love Letters' to be such a movie."

Juliana Lawrence, who came to attend the premiere, greeted Lu Yanhe and held Lu Yanhe's hand. Her eyes were so big that Lu Yanhe felt a little scary when he looked up close. Of course, for an actor You never know if the sincerity in her eyes is real or fake.

She said sincerely: "You shocked me so much, Lu, that you actually made such a pure love movie."

Lu Yanhe: "..."

This sentence "Pure love" shocked Lu Yanhe.

He did not expect that in the eyes of Julianna Lawrence, this movie told a story of pure love.

After that, people kept coming to express their love for the movie to Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe communicated and expressed his thanks one by one.

After that, there will be a special session to complete the photocall, and then there will be the press conference.

This is a regular part of the film festival, and it is also the time when a film crew gets the most exposure.

Many small film crews that lack their own publicity capabilities can only rely on official links to obtain reports from various media around the world.

Lu Yanhe is not sure how popular this movie is now.

Because usually what you say to him face to face will definitely be good words.

Except for a very small number of people like Yongshan Hesan, generally no one would directly run up to someone and say:

——I don’t like your movie, it’s too rubbish.

As one of the most watched film crews at this film festival, the media at the press conference was so packed that they could hardly sit down.

When Lu Yanhe and the others entered the venue, the applause and cheers were very enthusiastic, which made Lu Yanhe feel a little relieved.

This trend shows that the media is still satisfied with the movie.

In fact, the subsequent questioning session also proved that Lu Yanhe’s judgment was correct.

Everyone is more interested in this movie than their own work. Many people are very interested. Why would Lu Yanhe make such a movie? Have you ever had a similar experience when you were studying?

Lu Yanhe couldn't laugh or cry.

This is also a characteristic of this type of movie. It is easy for everyone to think whether this is adapted from a real experience.

Because the emotions in the movie are so clean and pure, they even feel real.

This is not how a youth idol love movie is shot - even the scene where the man is pregnant with Jing Shu and the girl is pregnant with Jing Shu actually has such an atmosphere.

However, everything remains at a superficial and fruitless position, which makes this subtle secret love that has just begun to ferment disappear quickly.

People's inner emotions were aroused in this way.

"This is your directorial debut. Do you have plans for your next directorial project?"

"Not yet." Lu Yanhe shook his head, "This time filming "Love Letter" made me realize a lot of my own shortcomings. My ability and experience are not enough to be a director, so let's accumulate more."

"What's your next shooting plan?"

"I will participate in the filming of a Malaysian film." Lu Yanhe said.

After a few questions, someone asked Li Songfan——

His role in this movie is actually quite important.

"We heard that you are a very famous and respected actor in China. Why did you choose to participate in a work directed by a newcomer and play such a role in it?" The person who asked the question was from Singapore and was Chinese. He said directly of Chinese.

Li Songfan said: "I have long wanted to cooperate with director Xiao Lu, so when he called me, I basically had already decided that no matter what, I would cooperate this time. Before I acted in this movie, he told me He said, "This is not a leading role," and I said it doesn't matter. In fact, I have acted less in movies, and in the past few years, I have mainly acted in TV series. I was very happy to be able to make this movie with you this time. In this crew, everyone has a It’s a very comfortable shooting atmosphere. Although Director Xiao Lu is a director for the first time, he already has a very clear idea of ​​what he wants the movie to look like. This makes it very easy for each of us, as we don’t have to do it over and over again on set. Test effect. Today is the first time I have seen the complete film of "Love Letter". It is very different from what I imagined when I was shooting. The feeling of this film is far beyond what I saw when I saw the script. imagining it.”

"However, Yan He, you actually had very few scenes in "Love Letter". This is mainly a story that unfolds from the perspective of the two girls played by Chen Bige. You are the director and screenwriter of this film. Why didn't you include yourself? "How about increasing the number of roles?" This question was asked by a Korean reporter.

Lu Yanhe said with a smile: "Because the premise of this movie is the absence of the character I played. If I appear too much, it will not be a memory, and it will not be as idealized and beautiful as shown in the movie. The fewer scenes I have, the more I draw fragments Only in imagination can people approach an ideal perfection, and if I want to leave such a profound mark on the lives of two girls, I must give it. Enough space to hold the good things they remember.”

Lu Yanhe's interpretation of the role of the male Huai Jingshu made Chen Bige a little suspicious.

Chen Bige did not expect that Lu Yanhe's handling of this character's scenes would have such a layer of consideration.

She shook her head and sighed: "To be honest, it wasn't until Yan He said this just now that I realized why he deliberately reduced his role to so few."

"Bige, is it a challenge for you to have one person play two roles?"

“For this movie, it’s not actually a challenge for me to play two roles, but how to consolidate my impressive acting style that I’ve impressed everyone in the past and integrate it into the style of the movie itself. It's the most difficult one," Chen Bige said, "I used to play it. The roles in the movie are often those with very distinctive personalities, but the two girls played in the movie are actually very life-like and very everyday, which makes the performance method I am used to feel a little unable to anchor. I am not the kind of reserved character in the movie. These two Although the girls have different personalities, they are actually people with a lot of ideas, and they have a lot of inner thoughts and thoughts. I prepare these two roles myself, and for almost every scene, I have to figure out a lot that cannot be reflected in the lines. Only in this way can we truly understand the inner drama of It was this difference that finally made Zheng Ni choose to believe that Huai Jingshu liked her, chose to be with her, and wanted to marry her because she was Zheng Ni. Not because she looks exactly like the girl he once liked."

"Are you saying that Huai Jingshu likes Zheng Ni and has nothing to do with the female Huai Jingshu?"

"I believe there must be a relationship when we first get in touch, but deciding that two people want to be together for a long time is definitely something deeper." Chen Bige said, "At least that's how Zheng Ni, who I play, understands. Of course. , none of us know the final answer, because the male Aijingshu is dead, so this matter There is no final conclusive conclusion, but it doesn't matter. Just like at the end of the movie, after the female Aijingshu experienced the threat of death, she found out that the male Aijingshu really liked her. She thought. It’s definitely not a pity. This movie is far from that simple.”

Listening to Chen Bige's understanding of his role, Lu Yanhe suddenly couldn't hold back his nose.

He discovered that he was not the only one who understood the movie. In fact, many people understood the movie in their own way and injected their own interpretations and emotions into it.

Chen Bige's treatment of the two girls, especially why there must be very clear differences in details - Lu Yanhe likes this interpretation very much.

Why did Zheng Ni choose to believe that Huai Jingshu actually loved her, Zheng Ni, so he wanted to be with her?

At some point, when it comes to the future, it doesn’t matter what the facts are, it’s what you choose to believe that matters.

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After the media press conference, Lu Yanhe and the others took a car to the hotel together, where there were two media waiting to interview them.

On the way back to the hotel, Wan Qingqing had already collected the first wave of comments from the media and audiences, saying: ""Love Letter" has received more than 85% praise from the media and 90% praise from the audience. So far, it is the end of the premiere. After that, one of the most critically acclaimed movies was only "Paradise" with more than 92% of the audience's favorable reviews."

Lu Yanhe secretly squeezed his hands and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Moreover, the performances of several teachers have received unanimous praise." Wan Qingqing finished speaking and smiled again, "Guan Suchen, one of our domestic entertainment critics, published an article saying: Lu Yanhe found a group of acting sects, and in such a group This beautiful movie contains the words "Moisturizing Things Silently" and "Antelopes Hanging Their Horns". With such a traceless performance, he ended up playing a male vase - but it can be said that this will be a vase that Lu Yanhe will never be able to surpass in his acting career. He used the two girls' memories of him to serve as his own It creates a tombstone of youth that can never be overcome.”

Lu Yanhe opened his mouth in disbelief.

Chen Bige also screamed, "This person is so good at describing it! A tombstone of youth that can never be climbed over!"

Lu Yanhe couldn't help but laugh.

It must be said that there are two reasons why Guan Suchen can firmly occupy the top spot among domestic entertainment critics.

"The film evaluation scores from major media outlets will come out one after another later. We are just waiting to see what the scores will be in the program that will be released tomorrow." Wan Qingqing was a little excited.

Lu Yanhe sighed with relief, but the corners of his mouth raised.

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