Chapter 297 Film Festival Invitation

"On the Beach at Night Alone" is an art film.

The film is filled with a lot of daily life scenes. Unlike art films and commercial films, it has a very slow pace.

Besides, there is only one main character in this play, Liu Yifei, and she plays more than 80% of the roles.

The first person to come and make a guest appearance was Huang Bo, who played the role of one of Liu Yifei's few good friends in the circle.

After experiencing cyberbullying, betrayal, and the death of loved ones, the character played by Liu Yifei searches for answers in difficult situations.

He also drank with the character played by Huang Bo while pouring out his grievances, expressing his inner depression and worries.

In the room, Liu Yifei, Su Chang, Qin Hao, Huang Bo and others sat together, and the table was filled with empty wine bottles.

Since the story of the film is set in a cold winter, everyone wears thick coats. Although the weather in the capital in November is not too hot, it is not cold at all.

"Click, the makeup artist will touch up the makeup and do it again in five minutes."

When we were just filming, in order to achieve the best effect, we didn’t even turn on the air conditioner in the room. After each shot, everyone was sweating unconsciously.

After hearing what Gu Wei said, Huang Bo and others took off their heavy coats and waited for the makeup artist to come forward to touch up their makeup.

"How's it going? Is everyone okay?"

"It's nothing, Director Gu, I just drank some wine and I do feel a little hot."

The young lady was unable to get into the role, so Gu Wei simply asked the logistics staff to bring some white wine so that they could shoot the scene with real action.

At this moment, Liu Yifei's little face was blushing, which was very cute.

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Outside, the battle for the Lunar New Year box office is in full swing, with all the major directors doing their best.

"If You Are the One 2 will surpass Earthquake and continue to break the box office record for domestic films."

"I put a lot of effort into this movie, and compared to the first one, this one is even more worth looking forward to."

Feng Xiaogang issued several press releases a day, constantly promoting the event.

Chen Kai's "The Orphan of Zhao" was given the title of "a masterpiece of ingenuity". He kept bringing the main creative staff to the show and talked about the difficulties of filming.

"The most incredible revenge is not killing someone, but killing their heart!"

“Classics are reborn, and great love is eternal!”

Lao Chen's literary slogans failed to attract much attention from the audience, but Fan Binbin's stills attracted a lot of discussion from netizens.

It has to be said that Fan Binbin has indeed reached the peak of her career at this moment. Even though the role of Zhuang Ji she plays is just a touch of red among the green in the movie, it is this touch of red that gives the audience endless expectations.

Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly" appeared on many programs, and its main promotional slogan was the concept of Ocean's Eleven.

In other words, this is an absolute man's play. Playing the leading female role in such a play gives people a feeling of being a red flower against a green leaf. However, Carina Lau does not regard the role of Mrs. Tang that she plays as an embellishment of the whole play.

The show scene.

"I think women are indispensable characters in Let the Bullets Fly. We balanced the masculine scenes to make the whole work more romantic."

Carina Lau also said that director Jiang Wen did not neglect the shaping of female characters just because it was a drama for men: "The Mrs. Tang I played is a very interesting woman, very independent. If he were a man, he would definitely compete with the three of them."

Due to the conflict between Chow Yun-fat and Ge You, most of the talk on the show was done by Jiang Wen and Carina Lau, who kept revealing interesting things that happened during the filming.

Wuershan’s “Painted Skin 2” released its latest trailer, along with the theme song “Wandering with Me”.

The promotional slogan of "Painted Skin 2" is "Eastern magical blockbuster".

"In today's global film entertainment space, fantasy films are a new type of film that has emerged after science fiction films. Domestic fantasy films emerged relatively late, but I believe we will catch up."

Wu Ershan spoke eloquently.

All the major directors use all the tricks they can, but it’s all for the box office.

In addition, movies released in November are also being released in major domestic theaters.

The domestic films "My Sassy Girl" and Wang Xiaoshuai's "Rizhao Mountain City" were released first.

Next up is the imported film "Resident Evil 4" and several animated films.

"Resident Evil 4: Afterlife" received rave reviews after its release in North America, with a box office of 2770 million US dollars in North America in its first week. There are also many "Resident Evil" fans in China.

The box office of over 1300 million on the first day indicates that it will be no problem for this movie to break million at the domestic box office.

In general, November is still the off-season for the domestic film industry. The main reason is that there is the National Day period in the front, which consumes most of the box office potential, and there is the Lunar New Year period in the back, and the audiences are waiting with bated breath.

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The crew of "On the Beach at Night Alone".

After Huang Bo's guest appearance ended, Huang Xiaoming and Zhou Xun also arrived one after another. The two of them had not joined the crew recently, but had been running publicity campaigns with Wuershan.

However, Gu Wei was not at the filming site at the time. He was meeting with the film selection staff of the Berlin Film Festival.

As an internationally renowned director, people are always watching his every move.

In a cafe not far from the crew, Gu Wei was sitting face to face with a middle-aged white man.

"Gu, long time no see." "Yes, Wilder, this time last year you were still inviting me to attend the Berlin Film Festival. I didn't expect a year to pass by like this."

The person in front of him was an old acquaintance of Gu Wei. He would invite Gu Wei almost every year. Sometimes he hoped that Gu Wei would bring his works, and sometimes he would invite him to be a judge, but Gu Wei basically refused.

"Gu, I heard that your movie is an art film. I solemnly invite you to go to Berlin, where you won the Golden Bear Award."

Wilder didn't beat around the bush and directly extended the invitation with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

"No problem." Wilder showed excitement when he heard Gu Wei's answer. Then he heard Gu Wei say, "But I'm afraid we won't have enough time. The post-production editing of this film may not be completed until January."

Filming is a technical and time-consuming job. Sometimes, even if the time is set before filming, it may be delayed due to various reasons, and no one can guarantee that it can be completed on time.

Wilder's expression gradually changed from excitement to seriousness. He was holding a coffee cup in his hand, his mind racing, thinking about something.

Seeing this, Gu Wei did not disturb the other party, but played with the watch on his wrist and occasionally took a sip of the coffee in front of him.

"Gu, time is not a problem. As long as you can submit the finished film before the end of January, I will help you solve the rest of the problems."

After thinking for five minutes, Wilder was really reluctant to give up this opportunity.

"No problem, I hope we can meet again in Berlin then."

Hearing this, Gu Wei stood up, shook hands with the other party, and spoke in a calm tone.

On the other hand, Huang Xiaoming and Zhou Xun, who came to guest star in the crew, also came to visit.

After the two arrived at the crew, they asked their assistant to distribute the snacks and fruits they brought.

"Yifei, where is Director Gu?"

After looking around, Huang Xiaoming didn't find Gu Wei, so he came to Liu Yifei and asked.

"Look, I'm in the cafe over there, chatting with the film selectors of the Berlin Film Festival."

Liu Yifei signaled with her eyes, but her emotions were not too excited and it was obvious that she was a little into the role.

"As expected of a great director, someone has come to invite me before the filming is even finished. I'm so envious."

Zhou Xun, who was accompanying him, said that the treatment was indeed different. He was also a three-time Golden Horse Film Award winner, but his international status was indeed not as good as that of the person in front of him.

While several people were talking in the crew, Gu Wei came back leisurely from outside.

"Big Director, have you finished the discussion?"

Seeing Zhou Xun ask this, Gu Wei immediately understood, "Well, almost done," he responded.

Huang Xiaoming and Zhou Xun didn't have many roles, only two or three shots each, and it took half a day to finish them all.

At the same time, Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards officially opened, and Qin Hao and Gu Wei even took a few days off.

Lou Ye's "A Night of Intoxication" was nominated for the Best Actor at this year's Golden Horse Awards, so Qin Hao will definitely go there.

"Director, wait for me to win the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor."

Before leaving, Qin Hao chatted with him for a while.

"Haha, then I wish you immediate success."

Qin Hao's departure did not delay the normal filming of the crew. Instead, Ning Hao took the time to call him and complained that he should not have gone to the Golden Horse Awards.

“Director, you don’t know how much I regret. This year’s judges include people from Hong Kong Island, the mainland, and a few directors from Taiwan. It’s just a mess.

Every day in the meeting, we quarreled and almost got into a fight. "

Ning Hao at this moment no longer had the same ambition and vigor as before. If he hadn't been concerned about his face, he would probably have wanted to quit directly.

"Is it that serious? I'm just going to be a judge and I can still fight."

Gu Wei couldn't believe it. With Ning Hao wearing that big gold chain, would anyone dare to mess with him?

"Look, after the results come out, something is bound to happen. What the hell is going on with this group of people?"

"Then do you think Qin Hao has a chance to win the Best Actor award?"

Gu Wei couldn't help but ask.

"Haha, I guess there's not much hope. We don't have much time to quarrel as we have to do serious work."

After hearing what Ning Hao said, he had an idea in his mind. This is also the reason why Gu Wei does not like domestic film festivals. Whether it is the Golden Horse or the Golden Image, they are too strongly regional in style and are not as fair as the three major European ones.

Now after hearing Ning Hao say this, he is not planning to participate in next year's Golden Horse Awards. Director Li An had invited him two days ago.

Gu Wei's reply to him was that he would consider it, but now it seems that there is no need to consider it. It would be embarrassing enough if he really only won an award in the photography or music category.

If an official film festival cannot even be fair and just, it will soon be abandoned. This is one of the reasons why Gu Wei is unwilling to participate in the Three Golden Film Festivals.

It looks like the Golden Horse Awards is planning to follow in the footsteps of the Golden Rooster Awards.

In front of the monitor, Gu Wei thought silently in his heart.

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(End of this chapter)