Millennium director

The high ratings received by "A Man Called Li Wen Decided to Die" after its premiere in Venice doubled the confidence of many Chinese journalists who accompanied the group.

A large number of on-site manuscripts were also immediately sent to domestic newspapers, published in newspapers or Internet news, and widely reported in the country.

The atmosphere of the Olympic Games has almost dissipated. At this Beijing Olympics, the Chinese people can be said to have gained a lot of shame in front of the world.

A large number of foreign friends who watched the live broadcast of the Olympic Games or visited China in person praised China's modernization on the Internet.

The Chinese people, who themselves had some low self-esteem, felt proud this time and regained the national decency of a country with five thousand years of culture.

At this time, Wu Yuan went to Venice with his new film to win glory for his country, so naturally everyone paid more attention and supported him.

"For three days after the premiere of "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die," the local theaters in Venice were full and movie tickets were in short supply!"

"Wu Yuan's new film stunned Venice and was widely praised by media reporters. It is the most powerful contender for this year's Golden Lion Award!"

"The domestic release date of "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" has been released and is expected to be released in the mainland in December!"

"Director Wu Yuan conquered Venice, his new film's reputation surpassed that of "The Wrestler", and it was praised by the film festival chairman Mark Muller!"

In addition to the fact that the judges cannot express any opinions or comments on the shortlisted films due to rules, everyone from ordinary passers-by in Venice to media reporters and film festival chairman Mark Mueller expressed their opinions about Wu Yuan's film in interviews with domestic media. The new film received high praise.

Compared with "Love", which is more boring and realistically tragic, although "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" has a strange movie title, the male protagonist is also constantly seeking death.

But this movie is not lacking in funny atmosphere and is full of warmth. It is a movie that will make people feel warm in their chests and smile unconsciously after watching it.

In addition, this movie explores life and death, the meaning of life, and uses a person who has always wanted to commit suicide to persuade the audience that the world is worth living and there is no need to seek death.

From every angle, this movie is impeccable.

Coupled with the blessing of Wu Yuan, a talented director who became famous at a young age.

Even the most discerning media film critics have to admit that this film will be the biggest favorite to win the Venice award this year.

"The Wrestler" is indeed very good, completely subverting boxing movies, but the whole movie is dull, depressing, sad and desolate, lonely and helpless, love and family, there are too many complex emotions mixed in it, but it is not as good as Wu Yuan's movie Movies that simply tell the story of life are pure.

And purity is a great advantage in the field of art films.

but

When Wu Yuan saw the newly delivered newspapers in the hotel that were full of praise and praise for him, he became a little worried.

As we all know, the judges of the three majors have always loved to conflict with the venue catalogue.

Unlike the Oscars, the praise in newspapers is actually part of public relations, paving the way for subsequent film awards.

The reviews of the three major European film festivals are basically from the sincerity of the on-site film critics.

This leads to the fact that the more a film is praised by the program, the more reluctant the jury will sometimes be to award the film.

I will give awards to whichever film the festival catalog says is good, so what do we, the jury, need to do?

The higher your rating, the less I will award you!

This is why the winners of Europe's three major awards have rarely been predicted successfully by venue publications.

Sometimes the jury is really upset on purpose.

Anyway, there are at least three or five shortlisted films of similar quality, and the media has nothing to say about who the award will be given to.

So Wu Yuan began to pray, hoping that these program publications would stop bragging. It was almost done. There were still several movies in the main competition to be screened later, so go ahead and brag about them.

"If I keep blowing it, I'm afraid my Golden Lion Award will be lost." Wu Yuan sighed.

He was not afraid of returning empty-handed with "A Man Called Li Wen Decided to Die."

Based on the quality of this film, if the jury really didn’t award any award, it would definitely be unjustifiable, and its impartiality would even be questioned, which would affect Venice’s credibility.

But if the jury really only awarded him a Silver Lion for Best Actor because of all the praise in the program, then Wu Yuan would have no place to cry.

Best Picture, Best Director, Jury Prize, Best Actor/Actress, these five awards are not allowed for a film to win two in Venice, and it can only win one at most.

Although Li Xuejian did a good job, he made this movie just for the Golden Lion Award!

He doesn’t even want the Jury Prize!

He vented his worries to his little girlfriend. He originally thought he would get comfort from her, but unexpectedly, Liu Yifei crossed her legs and said nonchalantly: "I think Mr. Xuejian's acting is very good. He also won the best actor award." nice."

"This is also your credit, and it is also an honor."

Come on, I forgot that my girlfriend is an actor, and I value this kind of acting award even more.

Wu Yuan slapped his forehead, decided to stop this topic wisely, and asked: "How did you read the script?"

In Liu Yifei's hand, she is flipping through a thin script. This is the script for "Kings Agent". She will join the cast in a month. Recently, she has been pondering over the script. Taking notes.

"It's almost done. It's not difficult at all." Liu Yifei arched her eyebrows: "Most of the time, I stood behind the villain boss as the backdrop. I didn't have many lines, but there were quite a few fight scenes."

"For these fighting scenes, I even consulted Brother Cheng Long's martial arts team and learned a few tricks of the mantis kick."

The role of Liu Yifei is heavy, but she doesn't have many lines.

But to say that the role is not heavy, among the many villains in this movie, hers is the one that the audience will remember the most after watching it.

Even if you have almost forgotten the plot a few years later, you will still remember the female villain whose legs were transformed into mantis legs.

This is in line with Wu Yuan's short-term Hollywood plan for Liu Yifei, which is to let American audiences remember her first.

After filming "Kingsman", there will be another "Interstellar" waiting for her.

And after that, Wu Yuan also had some ideas.

Michelle Yeoh's "The Instant Universe" was quite good. Speaking of which, Wu Yuan still prefers the Taiwanese translation of this movie - "Mother's Multiverse".

It's just that in the original movie, Michelle Yeoh's character Evelyn, such a beautiful woman, and her husband who is more beautiful than Cheng Long, actually gave birth to a fat pig daughter, which is really too much.

Wu Yuan could have made this movie by himself and replaced the fat pig daughter with Liu Yifei.

This role, regardless of the serious illness in the casting, is very suitable for Liu Yifei's transformation from a star to a literary actor.

In the movie, Evelin's daughter has a relatively open personality and fashionable dress. She is in a rebellious period and she always doesn't get along with her mother. At the same time, she also has a same-sex girlfriend.

This character's mental journey is obviously quite complicated, lacking love, being rebellious, and playing with forbidden love.

If Liu Yifei can play her well, it will definitely subvert the current North American audience's impression of her as a "star", thus officially transforming her and opening up her acting career.

Moreover, Wu Yuan is much more prestigious than the original producers, the Russo Brothers, and A24, a small independent film company.

They couldn't get Cheng Long to play Michelle Yeoh's husband. Wu Yuan could easily get Cheng Long, so there was no need to make a pirated version.

In this way, this movie can be regarded as bringing together a group of the most famous Chinese stars in Hollywood, and it can also be regarded as a symbol of the rise of Chinese movie stars in Hollywood!

The most important thing is that in Wu Yuan's plan, this movie is a pure Hollywood movie, with all dialogues in English, shot in Hollywood, and may even find one of the six major Hollywood movies to cooperate and compete for Oscars !

"Think carefully about the script and act well." Wu Yuan shook his hand, put his arm around his girlfriend's shoulders, held her in his arms, and said with a hint of doting: "Your journey to Hollywood is planned for your husband." Sooner or later, I will bring you back an Oscar-winning actress trophy!"

Well, as one of the top three movie queens, Wu Yuan really doesn't dare to give a guarantee. We have to wait and see how Liu Yifei's acting skills turn out in ten or twenty years.

But as an Oscar winner, he really dares to guarantee it.

Harvey Weinstein treats the Oscars like his own backyard and sends them to whomever he wants.

Wu Yuannu works hard, not to mention treating the Oscar as his own backyard. It is not difficult to get a Best Actress trophy if he has enough money.

"Really?!" Liu Yifei raised her head innocently and asked excitedly.

"I, Wu Yuan, never lie to anyone!"

On September 12, the last film in the main competition, "Milk," premiered successfully, and the Venice Film Festival has basically come to an end.

"Woman", "Cucumber" and other films that have been shortlisted for other awards in Venice this time, whether they win or not, are already packing their bags and preparing to return to China, and what happens next has nothing to do with them.

The crew of "Dang Kou", a co-production between Brazil, Japan and China, which was also shortlisted for the main competition, basically has no expectations of winning the award and is also preparing to disband and return to China.

Only the crew of Wu Yuan's "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" gathered in Wu Yuan's executive suite.

Reporters from the China Film Channel, representatives of the China Legion, Director Han of China Film and others, sat on the sofa early and waited.

"You should be able to win a prize, right?"

"Wu leads the horse, it makes no sense not to win the prize!"

"With such a high score in the show, even if it doesn't win the Golden Lion, it will definitely win other awards."

Everyone gathered around and had a heated discussion, with a bit of excitement on their faces and eyes.

No one doubted that Wu Yuan would return to China in despair and would be unable to participate in the final awards ceremony.

that's the truth.

They didn't have to wait long before the wired phone in Wu Yuan's room rang.

"Hey, it's me, okay, thank you."

After hanging up the phone neatly, Wu Yuan turned around with a smile on his face, faced countless expectant eyes, and nodded.

"Prepare your dress to attend the closing ceremony of the film festival."