Most films in Venice open in early September. Coincidentally, the Toronto Film Festival also chooses this time.

In terms of time, there is a natural conflict between the two sides...

Of course, in the beginning, Toronto movies definitely couldn’t compare with the Nice Film Festival!

Venice is the oldest A-level film festival in the world, representing the palace of film art and focusing on films with artistic value...

Therefore, the Toronto Film Festival does not have a main competition unit, only screenings, and is committed to creating a movie feast for movie lovers around the world.

The two families were at peace with each other at first.

But starting from 2010, the situation has changed.

Due to factors such as the replacement of artistic directors, delayed completion of the new venue, high participation fees for film producers, limited local government support, and even inconvenient language communication, the Venice Film Festival's attention has gradually decreased.

Correspondingly, Toronto, which was once only a second-run screening venue, has attracted the attention of more industry insiders because of the premieres of more famous films.

So when the two film festivals collided, many people in the industry naturally turned to Toronto because its organization is more efficient, its business operations are more effective, and even transportation and language communication are more convenient.

Especially in 2014 - all the films shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival that year were purely literary and artistic films, and most of the films screened were also literary and artistic films...

No stars at all!

So much so that the final awards ceremony of the film festival was particularly deserted because nearly half of the exhibitors went to Toronto.

For this reason, the Venice Film Festival has even considered moving the event to the end of August to completely avoid conflict with the Toronto Film Festival.

However, the lions of Venice are not vegetarians after all. After experiencing a period of low ebb, the film festival began to seek innovation, changes and breakthroughs, from welcoming Hollywood films to embracing streaming media giants...

In the original time and space, "La La Land" first exploded in Venice, and then came to prominence in North America...

After that, "The Shape of Water" and "Roma" rode the golden lion to dominate the North American awards season.

Not only did Venice regain lost ground, it even gained more attention from Hollywood than before.

Known as the first stop of the awards season!

Although it has gained the attention of Hollywood, Venice has completely become a vassal of the North American awards season...

The status is definitely not comparable to before.

It goes against the original intention of the film festival...

…

Shen Changlin briefly analyzed the current situation of the Venice Film Festival, focusing on the fact that after Alberto Barbera became the artistic director, Venice films have completely become a vassal of Hollywood...

"Alberto Barbera wants to make the Venice Film Festival the opening whistle of the awards season...very close to Hollywood!"

Hearing this, Amou sighed: "When Marco Mueller was the chairman, Chinese-language films used him as a promoter to conquer all directions..."

There are people in North Korea who are easy to get things done. Marco Muller, the former chairman of the Venice Film Festival, studied in China and highly recommends Chinese films!

During his tenure at the Venice Film Festival, Chinese-language films were also lucky for nearly two decades.

Not only do they participate in competitions almost every year, but they also win big awards from time to time. Ah Mou, Hou Xiaoxian, and Jia Zhangke all entered the world from Venice...

Shen Changlin nodded: "Actually, after Lao Ma stepped down, Chinese-language films fell out of favor in Venice..."

This is true. Starting from the 1969 edition, most Chinese-language films have not been shortlisted for the main competition section. Li Ruijun's "Tell Them, I went on a white crane" and Wang Bing's "Three Sisters" can only be in the Horizon section.

If Lao Ma were around, these works would at least be shortlisted for the main competition!

"Then shall we go?"

"Of course I want to go. We promoted it with the help of the Venice Film Festival... This is an established publicity and distribution strategy!"

"combustion"…

It should bring Amou his second Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

However, this is also one of the few award-winning films produced by Changlin Film and Television - after 2016, Sino-US relations gradually became confrontational...

Deng Chao pulled Shen Changlin, and the latter realized that he hadn't been introduced yet, so he said: "...By the way, I haven't introduced him yet, this is Deng Chao!"

Amou smiled: "...We have met before. We attended the award ceremony before and have known each other for a long time."

Deng Chao quickly said hello: "Director Ah Mou..."

"...He has very good acting skills. If you have any suitable roles, you might as well consider him."

"Well, we have already selected the roles for "Above the Cliff", let's play "Shadow", you will play the male lead!"

"Zi Yu?"

"right."

"Okay, anyway, I believe that Deng Chao can definitely perform well!" Shen Changlin motioned to Ah Mou's assistant to get the script, and then told Deng Chao: "The script of "Shadow" is entirely Chinese style, with ink painting style. I will take a look at the concept design. It’s a beautiful movie, the plot is a bit similar to Shakespeare’s tragedy, it’s a good movie!”

Ah Mou smiled and said nothing...

Shen Changlin did not say his true thoughts. In fact, the aesthetic spirit of Chinese ink painting, especially literati landscape painting, is the harmony of heaven, earth and man, forgetting both things and myself. When people are between heaven and earth, whether they are meditative or carefree, they are all in a cramped space. The transcendence of the soul, looking for aesthetic opportunities to integrate with the world.

The brush of ink and wash uses one color to contain five colors, uses less to see more, uses white space to see complexity, and uses the touch of brush and ink to express feelings between the landscape.

In the middle of a busy city, I seek a little tranquility through the mountains and rivers; in the midst of springs and forests, I use pen and ink to express some human feelings.

The spirit of landscape and ink painting originally escapes from power and desire, but "Shadow" only has desire and power...

This is also the reason why we viewers always feel uncomfortable when watching "Shadow"...

"Shadow", whether it is ink painting or calligraphy, does not have the graceful and graceful Taoist style of returning home on the wind, nor the gentle and honest spirit of the Confucian style.

On the contrary, it has a sinister vibe, which fits perfectly with the story of the movie.

There is no way, Ah Mou's aesthetics is like this. He regards the black and white of ink painting as the good and evil of human nature... The theme and emotional motivation of the movie have nothing to do with the Taoist wandering mind reflected in Chinese ink painting. It is too Westernized!

But fortunately, "Su Dongpo" is also presented in the style of ink painting!

…

"When will the filming take place?"

"Next year...when I finish "Above the Cliff" first..."

Deng Chao chatted with Ah Mou about movie planning. Shen Changlin sat aside and was about to drink tea when Guo Songjiang walked in: "Director Shen..."

"You two talk, I'm leaving first."

Shen Changlin said hello and then walked out with Guo Songjiang: "What's wrong?"

"The publicity department said that "White Snake" has a high reputation... After discussing it with the distribution department, it is estimated that it can exceed 500 million..."

"It's good. Is there any problem?"

"No problem, I just came here to report... Also, do we really reject Ahri's invitation?"

Ahri's invitation was to help make a movie starring Ma Yun to promote Tai Chi Zen...

In fact, it’s just to realize Lao Ma’s dream of being an actor!

Shen Changlin was speechless: "...I'm not interested. We have nothing to do with Ah Li."
Chapter completed!