Look at your own waves like the sea,

Like the sky staring at the clouds that are rapidly turning.

I look at my breath,

I looked at you, getting colder and colder in my breathing.

The sea of ​​elephant never shows his understanding of soil.

Like the song of birds melting in the sky.

I see my silence,

I stare at you, in my silence,

You are the depths of the sea.

Zhu Wen started out as a poem, but later it was said that he started writing novels only when he was exhausted. Compared to this gentle and slightly sad poem at the end of the script, the whole script is full of sharp, tough and direct.

Lao Jia finished reading the script on the plane and read it three times. When Wang Dalun woke up and was at the stop of the Munich airport transfer, Lao Jia talked endlessly about his admiration for "Seafood". In his words, when he finished reading the first time, he was covered in goose bumps, but he couldn't wait to watch it for the second time. The script had a strong experimental nature and banned film attributes, which was very consistent with Lao Jia's appetite. This guy even revealed the idea of ​​wanting to direct it himself.

Of course, if it was directed by Lao Jia, there would be no financial problems at all, but this is obviously unrealistic. Because he knows Zhu Wen, Zhu Wen is actually a very proud person at heart. In other words, Zhu Wen and Lao Jia and Zhang Yuan are both of them from the bottom of their hearts. They all want to show their ideas and words in their writings to the world in movie language, and this kind of display can never be used to others.

Lao Jia was very disappointed, but he also told him clearly that it is difficult to get sponsorship and investment in a script that has never won an award for just one, and the director is a newcomer, but he can help recommend it. For Wang Dalun, it is enough to have Lao Jia's words, he is just a dead horse.

I stayed at Munich Airport for an hour and a half, and then flew for another hour to arrive at the Marco Polo Airport in Venice. I boarded the plane at Beijing Airport at 12 noon and spent thirteen hours along the way. It was only just past seven o'clock in the evening when I arrived at the destination.

Shinsan Ichiyama has been waiting at the airport. He is the producer of Japan's T-mark Company. He is very skilled in the procedures and operation methods of participating in international film festivals and has rich experience. He arrived in Venice two days ahead of Lao Jia and Wang Dalun, sending copies and hitting the front station. By the way, he also has to lead the way for these two local bumpkins who come to Venice for the first time.

Lao Jia was both excited and nervous during this trip. He was excited because of his first movie (he never admitted that "Xiao Wu" was his first movie) and entered the main competition unit of the three major European film festivals. Moreover, he is only 30 years old this year, not only is the first in China, but also in the few internationally. He was nervous because the total investment of "Station" has exceeded 10 million. Although this is not worth mentioning internationally, it is already considered a blockbuster in China. In addition to foreign investment and sponsorship, he has invested all his family and even owed millions of foreign debts. Success and failure are here.

However, this time is very different from the last time I participated in the Berlin Film Festival. "Xiao Wu" was completely a lucky fortune, and it was not until the premiere that a publisher came to the door. This time, because of a trader like Shinsan Ishiyama, he had already sold the copyright and recovered some of the investment before coming to Venice. Moreover, the booth was just put on the booth. Although it has not premiered yet, it has received a lot of response. Since "Xiao Wu", Lao Jia's popularity in Europe has even surpassed his popularity in China in a sense, and he also rejected Cannes, which caused a lot of sensation. Generally speaking, it is still successful in business, but how much success can be depends on the effect after the premiere.

In contrast, Wang Dalun seemed much calmer. He came here one to try his luck for "Seafood", and the other was the three major film festivals in Europe, which was short of Venice. However, he thought that he had made a limited number of movies and was shortlisted for the three major film festivals in Europe. It can be regarded as a Grand Slam, which is indeed a very proud thing.

However, no matter whether it was excitement, nervousness or pride, I got off the plane and took a bus, and then took a boat. When I arrived at the hotel, the two of them fell asleep. When I woke up, it was the morning in Venice. The time difference was magically adjusted to European time.

The main task of coming early was to sell movies. With his fluent English and stuttering French, Wang Dalun helped Shishan Shangsan a lot of fun. Lao Jia, as a "famous director", accepted interviews from various media. Shishan Shangsan, who has great power, even made an appointment with a very influential French media and gave Lao Jia an exclusive interview.

Of course, before the movie premiered, the work of selling movies was quite easy, and those publishers were not fools. They would not place orders blindly before seeing the movie. They would talk about their intentions first, and everything would not be determined until the quality and response of the movie was seen. So in his spare time, he and Lao Jia still had time to stroll around.

Venice is a world-famous historical and cultural city and a famous tourist city. Its status in the world is similar to that in the country, Hangzhou, Wang Dalun's hometown. Various historical buildings, murals, and sculptures are all lingering, especially the famous St. Mark's Church in "Princess Sissi". He said he wanted to visit everything. As for the others, one word is expensive! Especially during the film festival, countless tourists flocked to it, eating and playing are expensive, and they are outrageously expensive, so many things can only be seen and cannot be afforded. However, the place produces crystals, and the price is acceptable. He picked a string of crystal bracelets for his girlfriend for a long time, and he could give an explanation when he came back.

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On the evening of the 29th, Jacob and Yu Liwei finally arrived in turmoil. The next day, the Venice International Film Festival officially opened.

Compared with the Berlin Film Festival emphasizing ideology, the Cannes Film Festival combines commerciality and artistic nature. The purpose of the Venetian Film Festival, known as the father of the "International Film Festival", is to "film serves serious art". The criterion for judgment is very pure, which is artistic. Therefore, it is also very popular among Chinese films. And just last year, the Chinese film was a great success at the Venetian Film Festival. Director Zhang Da’s "No One Leaves" won the Golden Lion Award, and Zhang Yuan won the Best Director Silver Lion Award for "Going Home for the New Year".

This film festival also has two Chinese-language films shortlisted for the main competition unit. In addition to "Stand Up", there is also "Durian Piaopiao" by Hong Kong director Chen Guo.

Venice at the end of August had already had a little coolness, just like the autumn was clear and the wind was sunny, and the coolness was so cool. In the evening, the 57th Venice International Film Festival kicked off at the prestigious Lido Island Film Palace. The organizing committee also ingeniously entertained filmmakers from all over the world in the form of a celebration dinner.

The opening film is the American movie "Space Cowboy". The organizing committee also specially arranged surprises. At the dinner, "Space Cowboy" Eastwood and Tommy Lee Jones suddenly appeared in front of everyone, and the most hated Hollywood actress Sharon Stone, Sharon Stone, presented the "Lifetime Achievement Award" to Eastwood. The host also introduced Balabara. The reason why the organizing committee commended this 70-year-old man at the opening was mainly to pay tribute to the Hollywood legend...

There were many Chinese people on the scene, and of course the most eye-catching one was one of the competition unit judges, Berlin actress Zhang Manyu. He was Wang Dalun’s idol and goddess for two lifetimes. What’s more, Zhang Manyu is only 36 years old now, and she is still graceful and has not become the later ribbed demon.

Asking Jacob and Yu Liwei's blessing, several people followed him to say hello. Although Zhang Manyu's hand was a little blue, Wang Dalun was still extremely excited when holding her hand and almost took out a pen and paper to ask her to sign an autograph.

Zhang Manyu politely exchanged a few greetings with him and Lao Jia, but after all, she is a judge in the competition unit and grew up in Europe. She is also the wife of a famous French director. She speaks fluent English and French, and is very European-style and is very popular with everyone. She quickly left.

I had a few more talks with the crew who were shortlisted for the competition unit "Durian Piaopiao". Director Chen Guo looked in her early forties, quite dark and fat, and she had a typical Lingnan person's appearance. She also specially introduced the heroine in the play, Qin Hailu, who had just graduated from the acting department of the Central Academy of Drama.

To be honest, Wang Dalun has thought that this girl has a distinctive look since her previous life, with white skin and a high nose, which looks a bit like a mixed race.

This girl participated in a film festival for the first time, and it was one of the three major European festivals. She was very excited and restrained, and her English was not good. She was originally smiling like a wood behind the director. She was very excited to see her compatriots. She didn't know Lao Jia, but Wang Dalun had already become familiar with her face on the TV screen.

It should be said that this girl is very lucky. She has never acted in any film and television dramas before. She was attracted by Chen Guo and played the leading female lead in "Durian Piaopiao". Uh... she played a poor prostitute.

Wang Dalun had never watched this movie in his previous life, but after listening to her description, the story seemed to be quite touching, and he made an appointment to support him.

He talked with Qin Hailu, and Lao Jia actually talked with Chen Guo very much. Maybe this is because people are divided into groups, the director and the director have a common language, and the actors can talk to the actors.

Including this time, Wang Dalun has participated in the film festival three times. Although the Matabrata International Film Festival in Argentina is slightly worse than the three major European festivals, the degree of excitement and process are the same.

Before "Station" premiered, it was just watching movies. In fact, this was also a learning process. Looking at movies from different regions and types can expand your horizons even if it was not good.

In addition to two Chinese-language films, there are three movies from Asia, India's "Wrestler", South Korea's "Aisle" and Iran's "Circle".

Perhaps because of the fact that he and Lao Jia both watched a lot of Indian song and dance films when he was a child, he and Lao Jia were quite impressed by this film in India for a week, and the film premiered the second day of the opening.

However, when they finished watching this movie, they were all shocked. The Indian Bollywood movies that they sang and danced in their previous cognition were not the same type. There were not many characters in it, but they all had their own characteristics and were vivid and vivid. As the saying goes, the director of this movie was originally an economist, but later rewrites poetry, and then picked up the director.

Lao Jia was deeply touched. From time to time, he raised his tail and clamped it tightly. The movie that can be shortlisted is definitely not an ordinary movie. This movie, which combines screenwriters and directors, hides social criticism in fables, and injects a lot of hope into the world where human feelings are weak.

The movie caused a great response as soon as it premiered. The newspapers on the next day praised it in large quantities. Lao Jia also specially found a few English newspapers and asked Wang Dalun to translate the comments in the newspaper to him. After listening, he sat on the chair and remained silent for a long time.

"Durian Piaopiao" premiered one day earlier than "Stand Up". As fellow villagers, everyone has to support each other. Even Shiyama Shangsan came with him when he is very busy on weekdays.

Compared with "Standup" which has not yet been premiered, "Durian Piaopiao" has not been screened many times, so it is obviously not optimistic about this movie. Indeed, until the opening, there were no two or three kittens in the theater, but it is certain that they are lonely.

Before the screening, there was a small press conference. Chen Guo, Qin Hailu and other main creators came on stage and appeared. It was because there were not many people and the atmosphere was a bit awkward. They all ended up quickly without saying a few words.

Unlike the Hong Kong films I used to watch in the past, the editing technique of "Durian Piaopiao" is quite unique, especially when watching the movie, Wang Dalun clearly felt that when he was watching a documentary about a prostitute, it would suddenly intersperse an MV-like montage; when he felt that the plot was too close to life and that it showed bitter or even salty, it pulled the camera apart and calmly told the poetic and Zen meaning of life.

A Yan, who was a roadshow in Qin Hai, was a girl from Afen who had been studying Peking Opera for nine years but had no way out in the mainland. She had to come to Mong Kok to rationally turn into a prostitute and earn quick money, and set a deadline for herself to expire the two-way passport. After meeting Afen, a girl from the mainland but illegally entered the country in the alley where she lives, she was moved by Afen's optimism and simplicity in adversity, and the two became friends in a foreign land.

When she returned to Mudanjiang Town to change to another identity and decided to live a good life, Ayan found that the world around her was very different from what she understood. She felt lost when she saw the cruelty and ruthlessness of her life in Hong Kong in reality. When she received the durian sent by Afen, all kinds of complex feelings came to her heart.

The film is divided into two paragraphs, with the front being filmed in Hong Kong and the back being filmed in Northeast China. I have to say that Chen Guo, as a Hong Konger, made the Northeast filmed in a mess, which was more realistic than Lao Jia’s filming Fenyang, which was simply amazing. Wang Dalun asked Lao Jia’s feelings for this. Lao Jia shook his head and spit out two words: “It’s over.”

But no matter what the meaning of the movie is still good, the durian outline shows a real one - it is ugly, tricky, odorless, but it is sweet when it comes to aftertaste. Durian floats, floating across a foreign land and hometown, floating across the future and past, the bitterness and sweetness in it spread in the air of reality, and touches the coldness of the world, and finally condenses into snow and falls down.

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