1980 My literary era

Roberto Benigni made his debut in 1972 with the comedy one-man show "Joni Mario". In 1977, he served as a screenwriter and starred in the movie "Berlinger, I Love You" and began to make a name for himself in the Italian film industry.

In 1988, he starred in the first English-language crime comedy film "The Outlaw" and won the Silver Ribbon Award for Best Actor from the Italian Film Journalists Association, attracting the attention of the Italian film industry.

After entering the 1990s, he embarked on the road of writing, directing, and acting. In 1991, the movie "Johnny Stechino" which he wrote, directed, and starred in was a great success upon its release, and topped the Italian box office last year. champion.

Roberto Benigni has naturally become Italy's hottest comedy star.

Bertolucci pulled Lin Weimin to appear in front of the guests. He seemed particularly excited, applauding and whistling, and not forgetting to encourage the people around him to clap more enthusiastically.

Standing next to him was his newlywed wife Nicoletta Braschi. She pulled Roberto Bernini and whispered: "My dear, please restrain yourself!"

Roberto Bernini did not pay attention to his wife's words. Instead, he shouted excitedly to his wife: "Lin! Lin! Nicole, "No matter what, life is beautiful"!"

Nicoletta Blaschi looked at her childish husband with a headache. As a pillow person, she certainly knew her husband's love for the work "No matter what, life is beautiful", which coincided with this novel. Having won the Strega Literary Award again, and meeting the writer himself today, it is not surprising that her husband had such an enthusiastic reaction, which is in line with his usual character.

Bertolucci took Lin Weimin to introduce today's guests one by one. There were about twenty of them, and they were basically famous figures in the Italian film and television industry. But what Lin Weimin was most interested in was the "curly haired man" who looked like the king of support just now. Little Baldy".

Bertolucci took a middle-aged man who looked somewhat similar to him and introduced him to Lin Weimin. This was his younger brother Giuseppe Bertolucci, who was also an excellent director, but he did not have an older brother internationally. of great fame.

Giuseppe Bertolucci pulled over the extremely excited Roberto Bernini and introduced him to Lin Weimin.

The two are good friends who have known each other since the 1970s. In the early 1970s, Bernini performed a comic one-man show in an avant-garde experimental theater in Rome and accumulated some fame.

Then he met Giuseppe Bertolucci, Bernardo Bertolucci's younger brother, and the two made a movie "Berlinger, I" based on Bernini's rural life stories. Love You" was a huge success in Italy.

Giuseppe Bertolucci is the film's director and screenwriter, while Roberto Benigni is the film's screenwriter and lead actor.

Seeing that he was finally introduced, Roberto Bernini couldn't wait to hold Lin Weimin's hand with enthusiasm.

"Mr. Lin, I am your loyal reader. I really love the novel "No matter what, life is beautiful". Do you have any plans to make this novel into a movie? I can star in it for free, and the director can also, I can also be a screenwriter, I am very versatile..."

Nicoletta Blaschi reluctantly pulled her husband and showed an apologetic smile to Lin Weimin, "I'm sorry, he really likes your works so much that he lost his temper."

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "It doesn't matter."

Roberto Benigni's performance is in line with Lin Weimin's perception of him. This guy can make people kneel down at the award ceremony. When people go crazy, ordinary people can't stop him.

As a comedian, the pressure is much higher than that of ordinary actors. It is completely understandable that your emotions will occasionally let out.

"Thank you for your recognition of this work."

"Mr. Lin, you may not know that my father once spent two years in a German Nazi concentration camp. He told me many times about that dark and tragic experience, but when he told me about this period of time, he did not Not speaking it in terms of hatred and hostility, but in the form of humor, it had a profound impact on me.

So I am very touched by your novel. It is simply a replica of my father’s experience. "

Lin Weimin had a warm smile on his face, "Really? It seems that we are really destined. If there is a chance, we can cooperate."

Roberto Bernini was ecstatic when he heard this, and wanted to drag Lin Weimin to continue chatting, but was stopped by his wife on the side.

Today is Director Bertolucci's party, and it is the first time I meet Lin Weimin. The occasion is inappropriate.

Roberto Benigni listened to his wife's words and stopped talking about adapting the movie. He opened a corner of his suit with his hand. Nicoletta Braschi on the side couldn't help but use her words when she saw her husband's actions. His hand covered half of his face.

After Roberto Bernini opened his suit, his belt was exposed, and a book was stuck in the right abdomen.

Roberto Bernini took out the book from his belt, his movements rough and a bit comical. It was a brand new "Life is Beautiful No matter what" with a belt.

"I've read your book several times, and I bought this one specially to have it signed."

Worried that Lin Weimin would misunderstand him as a fake book fan, Roberto Benigni specially explained.

What Lin Weimin cares about is not new or old books, but mainly the location of the book collection, which is really unexpected.

If you put it further down, I really can't take it anymore.

Bertolucci laughed and came to the rescue: "Lin, Roberto is our famous comedian in Italy."

Lin Weimin smiled and nodded, took the book, signed his name on the title page seriously, and wrote a blessing by the way.

"To Mr. Roberto Bernini: I wish you to become a great actor like Chaplin!"

Lin Weimin wrote all in Chinese, and Roberto Bernini didn't understand the meaning. After listening to Lin Weimin's words, he couldn't help but feel elated.

"Mr. Lin, Chaplin has always been my idol, thank you so much!"

After Roberto Bernini finished speaking, he suddenly rushed up and gave Lin Weimin a warm hug, which caught people off guard.

After chatting for a few more words, Roberto Bernini still had some unfinished thoughts, but Lin Weimin was still pulled away by Bertolucci.

Bertolucci took Lin Weimin to talk about his new movie. The two had collaborated on "The Last Emperor" before, so Bertolucci recognized Lin Weimin's ability.

The film "The Sheltering Sky" has a Douban score of 7.9, but the IMDB score is only 6.8. It is considered a pass, but it can hardly be called excellent. It failed in both awards and box office. Bertolucci's last film in the "Oriental Trilogy" There was some anxiety in preparing for the production.

In the past few years, several of Bertolucci's films have often cost tens of millions of dollars. But the more heavily invested a literary film is, the greater the possibility of losing both word-of-mouth and box office. Films like "The Last Emperor" The work is destined to be rare, and Bertolucci's anxiety is understandable.

"Bei, I think your biggest problem now is that your position is not right. You are making a literary film, and you cannot win both awards and box office. If you always have this mentality, problems are bound to happen. Just like when Hollywood makes commercial films, they won’t insist on winning an Oscar.”

"But my film investment is too big!" Bertolucci sighed.

Lin Weimin also knows very well that this is the core of all the problems Bertolucci is facing now.

Putting the words big investment and literary film together is a paradox in itself.

Only world-renowned directors like Lao Bei are eligible for such treatment, but investors are not philanthropic after all.

"If you ask me what I think, I have only one suggestion and that is to reduce investment."

Lin Weimin's words made Bertolucci feel heavy. When he was silent, Giuseppe Bertolucci asked for his old friend Roberto Bernini: "This time "No matter what, life is beautiful" won the award. After winning the Strega Literary Award, if Mr. Lin has plans to make a movie, my friend is indeed a very good candidate. He just starred in an American movie two years ago and is somewhat famous there, and his style is also good. It fits the novel very well.”

Lin Weimin glanced at Roberto Bernini who was not far away. He was still paying attention here, obviously concerned about the effect of Giuseppe Bertolucci's persuasion to Lin Weimin.

"The style of "Life is Beautiful, No Matter What" is indeed different from ordinary novels. It is very difficult to adapt it into a movie. Moreover, this novel has a polarizing reputation among the Jewish community. If it is to be made into a movie, it may be Provoke resistance.”

Seeing Lin Weimin's ambiguous attitude, Giuseppe Bertolucci said: "Is it convenient for Mr. Lin to leave his contact information? Roberto really has great ideas for this novel. It is better to communicate slowly in the future."

Lin Weimin said happily: "Of course it is possible."

"No matter what, life is beautiful" was written by Lin Weimin and adapted the movie "Life is Beautiful". Roberto Benigni is the starring, screenwriter and director of "Life is Beautiful". With three identities, he is a well-deserved star of the movie. soul figure.

If "Life is Beautiful, No Matter What" were to be adapted into a movie, Roberto Benigni would definitely be the perfect choice.

However, he had just met Roberto Bernini today, so it seemed a bit too hasty to hand over the adaptation rights so easily, so he might as well wait a little longer.

Moreover, in addition to Roberto Benigni, the director, screenwriter and star of the original "Life is Beautiful", there were two other people present who Lin Weimin paid the most attention to.

Ennio Morricone is the most famous and prolific film score master and composer in Italy. His lifetime scores include "The Pianist", "Lolita", "Legend of Sicily", "Cinema Paradiso" and "Once Upon a Time in America". He has scored more than 400 films including "The Kid" and has been nominated for multiple Academy Awards.

Gianni Amelio is an Italian director whose film "Open Your Heart" was nominated for an Academy Award last year.

The reason why Lin Weimin noticed the two of them was because they had already confirmed to serve as judges for the Venice Film Festival to be held in early September.

Zhang Yimou's "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" is about to compete for the Golden Lion Award at this Venice Film Festival. Lin Weimin told the two of them about the film, and they immediately understood it.

Last year Zhang Yimou won the Silver Lion Award in Venice for "Raise the Red Lantern". He made a comeback this year, and the organizing committee valued his work very highly.

Hearing Lin Weimin say that Zhang Yimou's debut novel was the investment he helped raise, the two immediately understood what Lin Weimin meant.

When it comes to film festival awards, the quality of the film itself is important, but the relationship within the film festival is equally important.

Although Lin Weimin is confident in the quality of "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", it never hurts to say hello more.

Recommended book "Restart, Like Fire" is a seedling of rebirth novel. The writing is sophisticated and very interesting to read.

Introduction: Returning to the year 2000, Chu An was like an outsider, watching the dramatic changes of the times and enjoying his youthful youth.

He no longer wanted to do the same job of serving in his previous life, but the broken car of fate couldn't live without the old rut. He still became the man behind those successful women.

The king behind the scenes of that era.