Chapter 1185 The Movie King Arrives
Liu and his team arrived in Venice the day before the opening ceremony, so they had plenty of time to prepare for the red carpet the next day. The plane landed directly at the venue of the film festival, Venice Lido Island, which is a slender island about 12 kilometers long. In addition to hosting the film festival, it is also a world-famous holiday resort.
They checked into a hotel on the Lido Island of Venice that day. They didn't have time to wander around in the resort - first the staff from the film festival came to register them. During the event, no outsiders were allowed to wander around the island. Even third-tier stars who came to walk the red carpet or fans and tourists who came to chase stars needed to apply for documents in advance.
Liu Yu and Li Xiaoru only had one ticket for the opening ceremony, while Ye Zian, Tao Zhiyao and others had a pass for the entire venue. But it didn't matter. After attending the opening ceremony, Liu Yu went to Bolzano with Li Xiaoru.
That afternoon, Ye Zian called a meeting to emphasize discipline, time, competition rules and precautions. The film organizer gave him a process document, and he only then knew which other films were shortlisted for the film festival. He picked out the important ones and introduced them to everyone, and also popularized them to people like Liu and Li Xiaoru who didn't know much about it.
For example, the film festival has several competition units, the main competition unit, the horizon unit, the screening unit... Just like people are divided into different levels, the film festival also divides the shortlisted films into different levels. The main competition unit is undoubtedly the best, but in the past ten years, no Chinese film has been able to enter this unit. This time, "Late Ming Dynasty Dreams" did not create a miracle, it was shortlisted for the horizon unit. The horizon unit also has awards such as best director, best actor and actress.
The Horizon unit is not that bad either, and its grade is second only to the main competition unit. Including "Dreams of Late Ming Dynasty", a total of 18 films have been shortlisted for this unit. It is judged by 7 world-class directors, screenwriters, producers and other big names. After 10 days of watching the films in turn, the winning films are finally selected.
The biggest difference between it and the main competition unit is probably that the directors of the shortlisted films are all newcomers - those who are participating in the Venice Film Festival for the first time, and they are all young directors. Ye Zian meets the above requirements, so his film was classified into the Horizon unit.
Ye Zian has no complaints. The Venice Film Festival has always been known for being friendly to newcomers. Here, he is a newcomer. In recent years, new directors who have come out of the Venice Film Festival have subsequently appeared on the Oscar stage. This seems to have become a trend. Foreign media have commented that Venice has become a place where masters can be discovered. If young and promising foreign directors who are unknown want to enter the international stage through a platform, Venice is undoubtedly the best platform.
Ye Zian is 34 years old. It has been exactly ten years since he made his debut movie "Outside the Window", which was a hit and made him famous at a young age. Not to mention the movies he shot in the past ten years, whether it is "Listen, the Sound of the Wind" or "Dream of Late Ming Dynasty", or even "Little Walnut" which will be released in China soon, he feels that he has not made any breakthroughs or innovations. It seems that he is making progress - his income is growing exponentially, but in fact he is standing still.
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Domestic audiences are willing to contribute to his box office, but when his name is mentioned and his movies are discussed, it seems that he is always inferior to Lin Zhi and even Cai Henian. Ye Zian knows that his skills are not good enough and he has not encountered a better script. It is not that the scripts of "Late Ming Dynasty Dream" and "Little Walnut" are not good, but they always lack something. Is it inspiration? Is it popularity?
Perhaps this has something to do with opportunity - if Yu Zhan hadn't acquired Galaxy Film, he wouldn't even be eligible to attend the Venice Film Festival!
Compared to Ye Zian's psychological burden, others have almost no pressure.
Liu looked at the information in his hand. The films shortlisted for the main competition unit were all works by internationally renowned directors, and American and European films were the mainstream.
One of the American films, "White Soul", caught Liu's special attention because its leading actor is Alan Smith, and the film is also the opening film of the main competition unit at the opening ceremony tomorrow.
“Doesn’t that mean Alan will also be walking the red carpet tomorrow?” The young ladies who had just talked about Alan’s gossip were a little excited.
"It's not just Alan. There will be many big Hollywood stars and directors on the red carpet tomorrow. It's simply a star-studded cast."
"Let's not underestimate ourselves. Senior Tang Tu is no worse than Alan!"
Li Xiaoru exaggeratedly praised Tang Tu, "I'm very happy that you said that, but I really can't compare with Alan. He is an international film emperor, a big shot, and a senior. We are not on the same level."
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