You don't understand the happiness of the director

Wang Quan continued to meet with the other six judges. Because there were British, Spanish, Swedish, German, Chinese, Chinese-American, and Burkina Faso people, they could only use English Communication.

Wang Quan found that among this group of people, he was quite fluent in English. Although Diane Kruger also worked in Hollywood, her daily communication was okay, but when it came to professional movie vocabulary, she obviously didn't make sense.

Gaston Caber, a director from Burkina Faso in Africa, is better at outputting French, but he speaks very broken English.

Wang Quan had consulted his teacher Xie Fei before coming here. He was one of the judges at the Montreal International Film Festival that awarded "The Encoffiant" the grand prize last year. The old man has participated in the judging of international film awards many times, including the Berlin main competition unit. , rich experience in this area.

He told Wang Quan that if he wanted to have a voice in the awards, he must have strong expressive ability, and the only tool for expressing his ability is English.

Teacher Xie also said that competition for awards at international film festivals depends on who has the loudest voice, and it is difficult to be harmonious. If there is any principle in award evaluation, it is the principle of dividing the cake. One film cannot win too many awards, but sometimes ordinary judges Rights can easily be ignored by the jury chairperson, causing the chairperson to make a mistake.

A powerful jury chairman such as Wong Kar-Wai can award the Best Actor and Best Actress awards to more than a dozen people regardless of the objections of other judges, causing the devaluation of the emperor and the queen.

Polanski can give all three Palme d'Or awards for Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture to the Coen brothers' "Barton Fink," which he admires.

Quentin even gave the Cannes Palme d'Or to a documentary and the Venice Golden Lion to his ex-girlfriend.

There are also strong people among the ordinary judges. For example, in 2001, Edward Yang, the other judges and the chairman looked down on "Mulholland Drive", and Yang was so angry that he called these insects really ignorant.

Fortunately, he was good at English. With his support, he helped David Lynch win the Best Director Double Yolk Egg at Cannes. Various subsequent film history rankings also proved the status of "Mulholland Drive" in film history.

King Quan has no intention of overthrowing Tilda Swinton's authority, but there is no way he can be the chairman's yes man, otherwise why would he do it himself.

After the meeting, Wang Quan and Wang Ying went out to have dinner alone. They came by plane. Thanks to Yu Feihong's relationship, the two quickly became familiar with each other.

The two chatted about their recent creations in their native language. Although Wang Ying is also a well-known director, Wang Quan is not only a well-known director, but also a famous film company boss, and is worthy of his close friendship.

Director Wang Ying first expressed her appreciation for "Slumdog Millionaire" and then talked about "The Secret Fan" that she is preparing.

According to Wang Quan’s understanding of the movie, there were too many things going on, and Zhang Ziyi, who was first confirmed to be an abandoned child, would not be filmed until 2011. Naturally, Wang Quan would not let Sissi have anything to do with this movie.

However, when Wang Ying asked who in China could play with Zhang Ziyi, Wang Quan said without hesitation, "Li Bingbing, and Zhang Jingchu, they are of the right age and are very fluent in English, so communication will not be a problem."

Wang Ying nodded and wrote down these two names.

Tomorrow is the opening ceremony. In the evening, Wang Quan quickly learned a few sentences of German. He has a good talent for languages. He learned a dozen sentences and was quite impressive. At this time, someone knocked on the door.

Wang Quan asked, "Who?"

"Me." It was a young woman's voice, still in Chinese.

Wang Quan opened the door and saw Zhang Jingchu. She was surprised and said, "Director Wang, can you really hear my voice?"

Wang Quan: No, but being young and a woman, I will never suffer a disadvantage.

"Of course, your voice is very recognizable. Even if we haven't seen each other for more than a year, I can still hear it. Come in and talk," Wang Quan let the person in, "Why are you here in Berlin? There seem to be only two movies. The Chinese film has been shortlisted for the main competition."

If she were the heroine in either of these two movies, I really couldn't let her in because I had to avoid suspicion.

"I played "Rabe's Diary" in the screening section, not the main competition section."

"Oh." Wang Quan said to Rabe in awe.

Zhang Jingchu tentatively asked, "When our movie premieres, Director Wang, will you be free to attend?"

"Of course, you don't have to participate in other movies, but you must participate in this movie."

Zhang Jingchu smiled, "Then I'll be relieved. What are Director Wang looking at?"

"Learn a few words in German." Wang Quan shook the booklet in his hand.

Zhang Jingchu, "Do you want me to teach you?"

"Do you speak German?"

Zhang Jingchu, "There are many German actors in "Rabe's Diary". I have learned some of them after so long."

As she spoke, she also said a few words, which were really impressive.

"Great, I'm worried about who I should learn from, so please teach me." Wang Quan's face was full of desire for knowledge.

Zhang Jingchu had also just arrived in Berlin. After more than ten hours of flying, she was mentally and physically exhausted. However, she still worked hard to teach Wang Quan German and did not return to her room until midnight. I am eager to learn and absorb new knowledge crazily.

In addition to learning foreign languages, the two also communicated about their work and life this year.

Zhang Jingchu said that she is not in a hurry to fall in love and would like to film more movies while she is young.

Last year she filmed "Red River", "Rabe's Diary", "Eavesdropping" and "Night and Fog in Tin Shui Wai", all of which will be released this year.

This year she has been confirmed to star in a movie directed by Ning Ying, "Side A and B", and she is also competing for the heroine in "Tangshan Earthquake".

"If You Are the One" made the Huayi Brothers a lot of money. Director Feng Xiaogang once again wanted to challenge the difficulty and shoot a disaster humanistic blockbuster adapted from the novel "Aftershock".

Several actresses within Huayi are also competing for this movie, but Zhang Jingchu is not completely helpless.

Wang Quan smiled and encouraged her, "You can definitely do it."

The next day, the Berlin Film Festival officially opened.

The Berlin Film Festival is famous even among the three major European film festivals for its dim starlight. Not to mention compared to Cannes, it is far behind Venice.

First of all, this season is hard to resist. February in Berlin is really not warm, which puts an end to the idea of ​​most female celebrities showing off their figures. They wear so much and cover up so tightly. They are not graceful or sexy at all. .

Moreover, the Berlin Film Festival pays more attention to politics and society, and coupled with the rigorous nature of Germans, it is naturally more serious and reserved than the other two film festivals.

Last year at least the Rolling Stones opened the show, but this year it was almost all about the German showbiz entertainment industry. There were almost no Hollywood stars in sight, and Wang Quan was considered the biggest star in the international film industry.

Therefore, on the red carpet of the opening ceremony, Wang Quan, who is 185cm tall, handsome and elegant, and Tilda Swinton, the jury president who is 179cm tall and indistinguishable, became the focus of the audience.

This year's Berlin opening red carpet has more Chinese-speaking filmmakers than Hollywood. At least there is Zhang Jingchu, the heroine of "Rabe's Diary", as well as several main creators of "No Man's Land" and "Mei Lanfang".

Among them, the heroine Zhang Ziyi of "Mei Lanfang" is considered a relatively influential international actress, and the heroine Yu Nan of "No Man's Land" is an old friend of Berlin. She collaborated with her ex-boyfriend Wang Quanan in "Tuya" "The Marriage" just won the Golden Bear Award two years ago.

For this reason, there were particularly many Chinese media at the opening ceremony.

Wang Quan, Zhang Ziyi, Yu Nan, and Zhang Jingchu have all become the focus of these media's attention.

"It has to be our Director Wang. Those German male stars have all been outclassed!"

"Yes, those American media are more active in photographing him than celebrities."

"He is a superstar among directors!"

"If I can win Best Director at the Oscars, it will set a record for the Oscars. That will really block the list!"

"Hey, both Zhang Ziyi and Zhang Ziyi are here today, it's a sight to behold."

"It's just too cold and I wore too many clothes."

Under the royal power, only a few female celebrities are paid attention to by domestic media. As for male celebrities, who care~

Xu Zheng wore a bald head and smiled brightly. This was the first time that he participated in the main competition of the three major European film festivals as a starring role, and he also walked on the red carpet of the opening ceremony. It was so embarrassing.

He also wanted to go over and say hello to his good friend Wang Quan, but was stopped by Huang Bo, "They are the judges now, and we are the actors in the competition, so we have to avoid suspicion."

Ning Hao said from the side, "It has to be Brother Bo. Take a look at his emotional intelligence."

Wang Quan did deliberately avoid the two crews of "No Man's Land" and "Mei Lanfang". Except for the public premiere of their two films, Wang Quan would try to avoid contact with them.

Afterwards, the jury members were interviewed by reporters, mainly chairwoman Tilda Swinton, but the reporters were obviously more interested in the royal power.

In international film festivals, the star power of great directors sometimes exceeds that of stars. Not only Wang Quan, but also Chen Kaige, as the biggest director of this film festival and the only director to win the Palme d'Or, also received many extraordinary courtesy.

As for the media's attention on King Power, it's more due to the invincibility of "Slumdog Millionaire" during the awards season.

"Director David, why didn't "Slumdog" come to the film festival?"

Wang Quan, "It's not suitable. It seems that the films participating in international film festivals pay more attention to the authorship. "Slumdog" is more like a proposition composition for me. My personal participation is not as good as "Juno"."

"You are too modest. Have you ever thought about participating in international film festivals in the future, such as Berlin?"

"Of course, I'm always saving up ideas."

The foreign reporter asked again, "This year "Mei Lanfang" has also been shortlisted for the main competition. Do you think director Chen Kaige can win the award?"

"I have already watched "Mei Lanfang", but I heard that the version in Berlin is different. I will watch it again when the time comes." Wang Quan avoided a direct answer.

After that, Tilda Swinton also answered a few questions, but obviously not as many as Wang Quan. It felt like Wang Quan was more like the chairman of the jury, occupying the C position of media attention.

As for the other judges, except for the host Diane Kruger, no one even asked questions.

After the question-and-answer session, there was the premiere of the opening film "Transnational Banks". The jury members once again attended collectively. This is also a film about financial crisis-related themes, and Wang Quan has already watched it.

Although it is the opening film, it is not a film in the main competition. It is the work of German director Tom Tykwer, co-produced by Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom, and produced by Colombia. The director and actor Clive Owen have just appeared in On the red carpet at the opening of the film festival.

It's just a pity that the heroine of the film and Wang Quan's good friend Naomi Watts did not come to Berlin. If she could come, the stars of this Berlin Film Festival would not be so dim.

On the first day of the opening ceremony, Wang Quan met many German actors and directors with Diane Kruger, including Tom Tykwer, the director of "Transnational Bank", whose "Run Lola Run" is also No. 1 in the film industry .

"Transnational Bank" is his first collaboration with Hollywood. He will actively move closer to Hollywood and will get the opportunity to direct the movie "Cloud Atlas" in the future.

Nowadays, only Hollywood can make big-budget movies, and only Hollywood can take advantage of the world and easily achieve profits. Some ambitious directors outside the United States are actively moving closer to Hollywood, such as Tom Tykwer, and Mexico's three great heroes Alfondo Saw Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro, and Gonzalez.

Of course, the most positive and positive example is Wang Quan. Everyone wants to see what achievements he can achieve at this Oscar. The Oscar may be a bit far away, but the British Academy Film Awards will be awarded soon. King Quan will fly by then. A trip to London.

Today the jury also participated in the premiere of the Iranian film "About Yili" in the main competition unit. The score of the screening was released the next day, with a score of 2.6, which is considered good.

The venue rating is divided into five grades from one to four stars, with the highest being 4 points.

This score is determined by film critics from the media, including "Times", "Daily Mail", "Los Angeles Times", "Sight and Sound", "Main Features", "Cinéma Cahiers" and other media, as well as the final awards The evaluation result is irrelevant, but it is a more meaningful reference for movie fans.

On the second day, in addition to attending the premiere of "Rabe's Diary", Wang Quan basically watched the movie with the jury, and watched two more movies, taking notes while watching.

When waiting for the awards, I can tell you one, two, three, four, five. The advantage of King Power is that you can watch it many times in the film and television library. It will be easier to find the advantages and disadvantages.

Other judges usually only watch it once, and those who are interested in a certain movie may watch it twice or three times, but not more, because the film festival lasts for two weeks, and each movie is only screened a few times.

On the 8th, the crew of "No Man's Land" began to premiere. Ning Hao and others were anxiously waiting for the film's premiere to the general audience. The first row of seats was reserved for the seven judges.

Previously, "No Man's Land" had several private screenings in China. Although Mr. Han felt that the film was too depressing overall, he still passed it. Maybe he also knew that this was the only way for the film to win awards. Only by winning Only by winning awards can he make a difference at the box office, so it was up to Ning Hao to do whatever he wanted.

However, the audience and media people were full, but the jury was not.

Director Wang Ying told Ning Hao, "Director Wang Quan couldn't come today. He asked me to apologize for him and said he would make up for the film when he comes back~"