The head of the judges for this year's film festival was Ben Kingsley. He had brought his own film," Happy Together." As far as he knew, there were Zhang Yimou's " My Father and Mother," Zhang Guorong from Hong Kong's " Happy Together,"" Sometimes Dancing," and another film," Mei Lanfang's Peking opera world." However, the chances of it being nominated for the competition were slim.
Other than that, there was a film from the mainland. He asked,"What's the name of your movie?”
"It's called 'Platform.'"
Zhang Guorong nodded and thought to himself, as expected. He had already watched this movie. To be honest, he didn't really like this style of movies. However, they were all Chinese film artists, so they were happy that there were films from all over the world.
At this time, he looked at Wang Jun again and recognized that he was the male lead in the movie. He immediately encouraged him and said,"Nice to meet you. I hope you can gain something this time. I still have something to do. Bye!”
This god's grace was truly captivating. After his death, he was often mentioned by people and could be called a legend.
Wang Jun wasn't a fan of Zhang Guorong, but seeing this superstar out of the blue, he couldn't help but feel excited.
At this time, Old Merchant and the others also returned to the hotel. Wang Jun didn't wait for them to speak and said proudly that he had just finished chatting with Zhang Guorong.
Everyone smiled but did not say anything. Only Gu Zheng said in a pitiful tone,"Gentleman, we've already met at the opening ceremony.”
“……”
A crow cawed as it flew past. Wang Jun truly felt that his IQ had dropped significantly recently.
Just as the group was about to return to their room, another group of people came in from outside the door. They all had oriental faces, and the leader was a woman.
When Old Merchant saw this, he didn't even bother to go back to his room and quickly went over to greet him.""Hello, Director Yimou."
This group of people was the production team of 'My Father and Mother'.
Zhang Yimou was already a few decades old, but he was still wearing a formal suit. He had met Jia Zhangke once at the opening ceremony and had some impression of him. He said politely,"Hello, Director Jia."
The two of them were not familiar with each other at all, so they only maintained a polite greeting.
Wang Jun had nothing to do. He sized up the other party's team and did not recognize a single one. Seeing that the person standing behind Zhang Yimou was a short man with a tanned face and an ordinary appearance like an old farmer, she couldn't help but take a few more glances.
The man noticed that Wang Jun was looking at him, so he smiled at him, revealing a mouthful of sesame seeds. He actually walked over and took the initiative to shake his hand."Hello, my name is Sun Honglei. I'm a small actress.”
Wang Jun shook his hand inexplicably and said,""Hello, my name is Wang Jun. I'm also a small actress.”
This person was famous in the industry. Later on, because of a variety show called " Limit Challenge," his name was known throughout the world. After Conquer, who didn't know about Brother Hua Qiang?
However, Wang Jun, this rookie, didn't care about this. He just talked to Sun Hong in a daze. Sun Hong smiled and said,""I hope we can work together if there's a chance."
When this group of people met at the film festival, it was basically the same routine. No one would take these polite words seriously.
Therefore, Wang Jun said politely,"Of course, of course."”
…………
The film for the opening ceremony was the work of the American director of Million Dollar Hotel, Wim Wenders.
The number of films this guy had filmed could be counted on one hand, but almost all of them were excellent.
That night, Old Merchant suddenly rushed into Wang Jun's bedroom with a piece of paper in his hand, scaring Wang Jun who was taking a shower.
"He's shortlisted! He's shortlisted!" Jia Zhangke shouted crazily.
"Nominated for what?" Wang Jun did not understand why.
"We've been nominated for the main competition unit!”
“……”
Wang Jun didn't understand why he was so excited, but it sounded awesome.
Speaking of which, he had contributed a lot to this.
In the original space-time, there were a total of 15 feature films and 10 short films in the main competition section of this film festival, and Station was not one of them.
Compared to the previous mainland movies, even though " Platform " had a breakthrough in concept and expression, it could not cover up the paleness of its content, not to mention the extremely rough production.
As for the actors 'performances, they were even worse, especially the lead actor, Wang Hongwei. To put it nicely, it was called a natural performance, but in fact, it was rubbish.
It made the movie look like a documentary.
But now, because of Wang Jun's explosive acting skills, the film had been raised to a higher level, which was why it caught the attention of the judges.
It was impossible to watch a movie that was completely life-like. No matter how ordinary the movie was, it still needed artistic and dramatic performance and conflict.
Wang Jun was the only bit of ink on the white cloth of Platform.
Gu Zheng and Yu Liwei also came over, their faces filled with excitement. Since he was nominated, it meant that he had a chance to win the highest honor, the Golden Bear Award, even if the possibility was slim.
Gu Zheng looked at the name list and suddenly asked in puzzlement,"Why is there only a nomination for the Golden Bear and no other awards?”
Old Merchant was also startled." I don't think so."”
It had to be said that these three major film festivals were all weirdos!
Not only were there many types of awards, but they also increased or decreased according to one's mood. The most amazing thing was that other than the highest prize money, the Golden Lion, and the Golden Palm, there were no nominees for the other awards. The answer could only be revealed on the day of the award ceremony. He was not mentally prepared. If he won the award, it would really be a pleasant surprise.
Then, there were ten days of free screening.
Jackbo carried the copy and went around to fool foreign film dealers. Old Merchant dragged Gu Zheng along and continued to promote the film.
Wang Jun followed Yu Liwei around, mainly to watch movies together, because he had no money and had to buy tickets to watch movies…
Wang Jun fully understood this saying.
Yu Liwei really loved movies, especially those art-themed movies. He had pulled Wang Jun from Paul Thomas Anderson's Mulan to Norman Jeffeson's Defense of Justice to Miracle of the Holy Spirit. Of course, he had not missed those Chinese movies.
Wang Jun almost vomited after watching the movie. Although he had filmed a literary film," Platform," his hobby was still at the level of blockbusters where mutated humans ran around on the streets and got their heads blown up. He was really not interested in these things.
When he was watching " Miracle of the Holy Spirit," he saw a group of foreigners who were so touched that they cried. Wang Jun felt that it was unreasonable. He felt that the female lead in the movie was ugly, old, and sick…There was nothing special about her. In the end, he couldn't take it anymore and fell asleep. He was taught a lesson by Yu Liwei who kept sighing.
" Defense of Justice " was slightly better. Although he still couldn't understand the structure of the movie and felt that it was very chaotic and he couldn't tell the relationship between the characters, it was at least very entertaining. It also made Wang Jun remember the name of a foreigner, which was rare. Jeff Bridges.
As for those Chinese films, no matter how they were filmed, at least they looked familiar. Wang Jun watched the three films without closing his eyes and found a few familiar faces. Guan Zhilin was still as beautiful as ever. Zhang Ziyi looked really different now. Wang Jun was very interested in those scenes.
The Hong Kong film was called " Sometimes I Dance." The director did not recognize it, but he heard that he would be making a gay film," Lan Yu." He was even less familiar with the actors. He only knew that Guan Zhilin was a doll stuffed with a golf ball. After watching it, he felt suffocated.
Even worse was The Man on the Moon.
Originally, Wang Jun just happened to see the poster of this movie, and then he happened to see the title. What was more coincidental was that he seemed to have seen this movie in his poor memory. Therefore, Wang Jun still had an impression of him and ignored the fact that the name written in the director's column wasn't Milos Foreman.
Therefore, he sneakily dragged Yu Liwei along to express his dirty intentions.
Watching such a good thing in the cinema was definitely different from watching it on a small TV at home with the curtains closed!
Yu Liwei looked at him with a strange expression, but he didn't refuse. Then, the two of them entered the cinema.
Then, Wang Jun felt a headache…
Alright, he admitted that the woman named Hitomi Kuroki was much more beautiful than the version he saw, but what was the use!
I've already taken off my pants, and you're playing Animal World for me?
Your grandpa! This is the Berlin Film Festival, can you have some conscience?
After Wang Jun finished complaining, he collapsed on the chair and fainted. As a photographer, Yu Liwei was full of praise for the photography skills in the film.
He endured the pain for the next few days, and it was finally February 18th, the day of the premiere of Platform.
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