Millennium director

Backstage at the Venice Cinema Palace.

The opening ceremony of the Venice Film Festival does not award awards, it is just a red carpet event.

So after walking the red carpet, everyone from the invited crew came backstage to be interviewed by reporters from all over the world.

Wu Yuan also made an appointment with Section Chief Jia to meet again in the evening and led the crew of "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" for an interview.

The first people who interviewed him were some Italian media, and those who were closest to the water first got the first.

It’s just that no one on the crew understands Italian, and the English spoken by these Italian media outlets has a thick accent, which made Wu Yuan feel dumbfounded.

Most of these questions from the Italian media revolved around the Venice Film Festival itself and his new film, asking him whether he was confident about winning the award.

"For me, "A Man Called Lee Decides to Die" has the best actors and the best team. Of course I hope to win the award."

"If we win the award, it should be the credit of the entire crew and the hard work of everyone on the crew."

"But this is my first time in Venice. Regardless of whether I win or not, it will be a valuable experience for me."

"It's my luck to gain it, but it's my life to lose it."

After dealing with these foreign media decently, domestic media soon crowded in again.

"Director Wu, how did it feel when you came to Venice for the first time? What do you think is the difference between Venice, Cannes and Berlin?"

"The three major international film festivals are all excellent. In my opinion, there is no difference. They are all grand gatherings for international filmmakers. I am very happy to participate."

"So Director Wu has been shortlisted for the main competition this time. What are your expectations for the award?"

"if I get it I am lucky, but if not, it is fate."

"I heard that this movie still explores the eternal topic of life. Director Wu, most of your movies start from the topics of "life" and "death". Why do you prefer this kind of subject so much?"

"I think life itself is a topic that humans have been exploring tirelessly. Why do we live and why do we exist? From ancient sages to modern philosophers, they have been repeatedly studying and exploring the answer to this question."

"This is also the essential topic of human existence in the world."

"As a director, of course I will have my own opinions and thoughts on this topic."

"At least this is much more meaningful than studying politics, a contradiction created by humans."

Here, Wu Yuan was caught for an interview.

On the other side, none of the other members of the crew escaped. They were all surrounded by domestic reporters, asking about their thoughts and interesting anecdotes during the filming of the movie.

Liu Yifei was naturally surrounded by many people.

"Yifei, are you a guest star this time, or..." a reporter boldly asked.

It's just that he was curious. Although Liu Yifei also appeared in Wu Yuan's previous literary films, they were all guest appearances, and the total footage only lasted two or three minutes.

In everyone's impression, Liu Yifei is not an actress who has made achievements in literary films, but a typical commercial film actor.

To put it nicely, it has box office appeal.

To put it harshly, I can only act in commercial films and cannot support the performance of artistic films.

"This time I play an important supporting role in my senior brother's new movie." Liu Yifei blinked and replied with a smile.

She didn't say she was the heroine, because according to the script, the role she played as Li Wen's wife was smaller than the role played by Song Dandan, the hostess of Li Wen's neighbor's house.

Although the role itself is quite important, she cannot be called the heroine.

But being an important supporting actress is enough for her to stand on the red carpet in Venice with her back straight.

She said with a smile: "This is my first time coming to Venice. I am really happy. I also hope this is not the last time. I hope I can walk the red carpet as a heroine next time."

After the brief interview session, the opening red carpet is over.

Next up is the screening of Venice's opening film, the black comedy "Burn After Reading" starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

Just now on the red carpet, Wu Yuan also met Brad Pitt, and the two exchanged pleasantries.

For his own sake and the sake of the organizing committee's opening film, Wu Yuan also took the entire crew to watch the opening film.

Being selected as the opening film, "Burn After Reading" is pretty good in itself. It plays the witty black humor to the extreme, explores some of the most common trends in American society, and incidentally hacks the CIA.

Although the film has strong commercial implications, it is understandable that it was chosen as the opening film because it involves politics.

Anyway, the opening films of the three major film festivals are the best promotional and advertising spots. They are short of public bidding and auction. There is nothing strange about the last commercial film.

Wu Yuan looked very happy, and Liu Yifei also laughed out loud.

"This movie is pretty good, better than "The Mummy 3"."

After watching the opening video, Wu Yuan couldn't take any time off.

During the week of the film festival, a large number of films have their premieres in Venice.

There are five or six Chinese Legion films alone, and together with the films shortlisted for the main competition, Wu Yuan has received invitations to premiere at least forty or fifty films.

No matter how carefully he chooses, he still has to attend at least two movie premieres every day.

On the first day, he was invited by Chief Jia to attend the screening of "Love on the River".

Liu Yifei didn't go with her. She also had some LV brand activities and also took some street photos.

Nowadays, the three major film festival weeks are becoming more and more commercialized, and various European high-end luxury brands will also come to join in the fun, organize some brand activities, and find celebrities to shoot street photos in magazines and magazines.

My little girlfriend is also busy.

"Love on the River" is a short film, only 17 minutes long.

This short film was very mysterious from preparation to shooting to post-production, and the outside world knew almost nothing about it. It was not until the Venice Film Festival announced that this short film was shortlisted for the short film unit that the outside world knew about it.

However, thanks to Chief Giacomo's status as a direct descendant of Venice, the screening scene of this short film is not inferior to that of Hollywood blockbusters.

Not only is there a special red carpet, but all the main actors and creators of the film will shine on the red carpet, and the premiere of the film is also arranged to be screened in the main movie palace.

The Film Palace was arranged to show a 17-minute short film, which was undoubtedly a highly anticipated event.

Many internationally renowned filmmakers were present, such as New York Film Festival Chairman Richard Pina.

Wu Yuan even showed up for the finale to support his senior brother.

"Coming."

"coming."

Section Chief Jia was not polite to Wu Yuan, as if he were entertaining his own brother. He just patted him on the shoulder and pulled him into the movie palace.

Today, the Venice Cinema Palace is Director Giacomo's home venue, and Wu Yuan doesn't want to overshadow the guests. He greeted a few Hollywood filmmakers in a very low-key manner, and then sat quietly in the first place. In the platoon, I watched my senior brother dance with his long sleeves.

For Chief Giacom, the entire Venice Film Festival can be said to be his home field, and everyone is familiar with him.

He may not be ranked high in the country in terms of box office performance, but in terms of influence and connections in the international film industry, including Feng Xiaogang, a great commercial director, they can't compete with him.

Feng Xiaogang's "Apple" was screened in Berlin. Except for the Chinese Legion, there were no well-known foreign directors or producers coming to watch the film.

Chief Giacomo is just a 17-minute short film, but the screening site gathered all the international film elites who came to the Venice Film Festival this time.

Chief Jia was able to socialize among a group of internationally influential filmmakers with ease. He chatted a few words with a well-known British director, chatted with a famous German screenwriter about his current situation, and chatted with a beautiful French actress. Talking about cooperation is a blessing.

After socializing for a while, he sat back in the front row and chatted with Wu Yuan: "Xiao Yuan, although my new film is just a short film, you can take good care of me and see where the filming is bad. , feel free to mention it.”

"I also want to hear the opinions of an international director like you, so you can draw parallels."

Wu Yuan nodded with a smile.

"Love on the River" was shot very well.

Although the whole film is only 17 minutes, it is an exquisite sketch with a complete structure.

The movie is still about Jia Zhangke's intriguing people and things, it is still a calm but breathy long shot, and it still keeps pace with the current society under the huge amount of information.

Although it is short, it is still full of Jia Zhangke's personal style. It is an excellent short film that is above the passing line. It is no wonder that it won the award in Venice this year.

Speaking of which, Wu Yuan had a good relationship with Section Chief Jia when he was in school. A large part of the reason is that although Section Chief Jia is a bit artistic, he is not the kind who only thinks he is awesome because his eyes are above his head. The so-called "independent directors" who look down on other directors.

Chief Jia, I guess, has a good personality, is good at talking to others, doesn’t care much about status, and loves to support his juniors.

He single-handedly founded the Pingyao International Film Festival, which specializes in supporting new directors and Chinese literary films to gain exposure and traffic for their films.

He also founded an independent film investment company, specializing in investing in some talented literary and artistic film directors.

"Hello! The movie "Mr. Tree" was supported by Chief Jia.

Although Wu Yuan and Chief Jia have different film concepts and do not agree with his directorial philosophy of always criticizing Chinese things in movies, Wu Yuan still appreciates him as a person.

At least he really managed to achieve great things and benefit the world, instead of being like some directors who just talk about "supporting newcomers" every day without taking any practical measures.

Therefore, Wu Yuan is still happy to have a good relationship with Chief Jia Ke.

He also hopes to co-organize the Pingyao International Film Festival with Section Chief Jia.

In the age of light and film, there is no shortage of money, but the lack of prestige. It would be good to have China's own film exhibition.