Chapter 388 Money matters
Lin Hao has also learned about these things and briefly analyzed the plot of "The Wind Blows the Wheat":
Damian, an Irish, is a medical university student. After graduation, he went to London, England to study.
Then, the Irish War of Independence broke out.
At this critical moment, he chose to return to his hometown and joined the IRA with his brother Teddy and friend Dan.
The British government formed a militia unit dedicated to suppressing the IRA, called "Black and Brown". Although the IRA has many supporters, the other side has a large number of people, so the war is extremely fierce. The final resistance is still strong, and the British army was forced to sign a treaty and stop bleeding and sacrifice.
However, is this really a victory?
Soon after, the civil war broke out. It was normal, which was a predictable result for politics, but what about those at the bottom? The "so-called enemy" who once fought side by side was simply an unusually human postgraduate entrance examination.
So the whole story of "The Wind Blows the Wheat" tells the story of Damian and the Teddy brothers in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War from fighting side by side to becoming enemies.
What subject matter is old...
I can only say that the first time I shoot a good subject matter, but it does not prevent him from taking it many times.
It's mainly some structural controversy.
But he looked at Wong Kar-wai and then the two over there. Lin Hao continued to choose: No one loves the sunglasses area.
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The result of the discussion was naturally a disagreement that could not be convinced by each other, but the film festival arrived as scheduled.
On the evening of May 17, the 59th Cannes Film Festival successfully opened.
This year, not only is the jury lineup full of stars, but the lineup of participating films is also very good. Many directors have had famous works, so everyone actively attended the premiere and reported variously.
There are many French movies this year, and there are 5 purely made in France, not to mention co-produced and participated in the distribution.
Or home game.
So the media fans present were particularly excited and cheered in all kinds of ways.
Lin Hao joked: "Mr. Leconte drew his eyes away today."
The French director just shook his head helplessly: the young man is so naughty from time to time these days, and he is quite cute.
If you really want to attract attention, Lin Hao, who served as the main competition judge at the age of 28, is naturally not inferior. He has been participating in the competition, producing, and brand endorsement over the years, and this is the first time he has appeared as a judge.
The media also finds it new.
There is also the freshest one, Wong Kar-wai, the "European master" who really has the highest voice.
The reporters also actively asked Director Wang in the visiting area: "What is the most difficult thing to be the chairman of the jury?"
Wong Kar-wai replied: "The most difficult thing is to give you a speech."
emmm, it’s true that Director Wang is really casual as the chairman and does not express his opinions in particular.
Then another reporter asked Lin Hao’s problem that he had noticed before, which was:
"You are from different countries, how do you plan to resolve the disputes that may arise in the discussion?"
Wong Kar-wai replied: "The reason we came here is to love movies, and the purpose is to find the movies we like. So the disputes we may have will arise for loving movies. Everyone has a mirror in their hearts. For the same movie, some people may see two angels in the mirror, while others only see two monkeys. Subjectivity is inevitable."
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"How is it? Do you think Director Wang's ability to deceive has increased by another quarter?"
"It's not good, but it sounds amazing."
Lin Hao debated for a while, and then gave up thinking about this issue because a reporter also held a microphone and interviewed him: "Well, Lin Hao, how do you feel when you work with Director Wang this time?"
Lin Hao thought about it carefully for a long time, but couldn't find any particularly good adjectives, so he could only say:
"Director Wang is very tolerant and can accept everyone's opinions."
So the reporter continued to ask: "But the chairman is a candidate who wants to make a decision. He must choose the most fair and suitable one from everyone's preferences, rather than accepting them all?"
"Then I don't know." He shrugged.
Director Wang is just willful, and Lin Hao can't say anything.
Immediately afterwards, he accepted interviews from some foreign media. Over the years, as his fame grew, when he saw the newspapers calling him a "Hollywood star", he always felt a little strange.
But the reporter really treated him as an American star, and there were more problems than the other until the end...
"Lin, what do you think of the work "The Summer Palace"? I heard that it is now apart from some situations."
Domestic journalists suddenly became excited, and they were both restrained and couldn't help looking at this side with curiosity. They were issued a ban, so they could not ask about this aspect, but they couldn't help but ban the more they were, the more curious they were.
“…”
Lin Hao and Wong Kar-wai looked at each other... No, they are wearing sunglasses.
He was a little fucked, and the speed of these reporters was close to the live broadcast. He played the safety card directly and said, "Sorry, we may not be able to disclose anything about the content of the movie."
This is also in line with Cannes' requirements.
But you have to know that foreign journalists are just pestering each other to dig out big news.
Fortunately, it was not too much to be in the spotlight. Everyone finally entered the movie palace smoothly for the opening ceremony, and then watched the opening film "The Code of Da Vinci".
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At around 9 o'clock, the ceremony ended and Lin Hao sneaked away as a judge and went for an interview with him.
Then he was caught again.
If the premiere of "The Summer Palace" at Sanjiu, the movie has not yet fermented, and the attendance rate is 80%.
At 7 o'clock that night, the Cannes premiere was the most watched event, and the 300-person "Summer Palace" was filled with full force, and there were already long queues at 9 o'clock.
Many reporters lined up for 40 minutes in advance but still couldn't enter the venue, so the reporters who failed to enter the theater had several disputes with the staff. Then they began to accuse the organizing committee of unreasonable arrangements for the film and chose a small hall that could only accommodate about 300 people for screening.
Everyone knows that the more prohibited there is, the more I want to see it.
They were shouting something, but Lin Hao received the call early this morning and saw Lou Ye, so he stopped talking.
I have not applied for review twice and have not obtained a movie release license. Everyone knows what it means to participate in this competition.
But when I came here, Lou Ye also gave a different reason: "This time I was shortlisted for Cannes, the overseas distributor sent the film. Now they told me that the copyrights of Japan and France were sold. As long as the movie was released in Cannes as scheduled, the overseas copyright income could recover the 20 million yuan investment of the entire film. If we don't, we have to compensate ourselves..."
Well, just for this, you have to come.
Money matters are sometimes bigger than anything else.
Chapter completed!