Chapter 121 Berlin Art Director
Guan Jinpeng continues his graceful and delicate style, which is rare in Hong Kong Wang Jiawei's films still have the shadow of Hong Kong's business, but the lonely and romantic feeling is so outstanding that it overshadows everything else.
People only remember the ultimate artistic style of his films.
After the broadcast, Guan Jinpeng invited Chen An and others to have dinner together.
"Director Chen, your "Little Forest" is really great. I often take it out to watch it again. The delicate and beautiful style is unforgettable to me." Guan Jinpeng kept praising Chen An at the dinner table.
The actors from both crews sat together, and Guan Jinpeng kept talking to Chen An.
The actor Takao Osawa from Small Days also chimed in from time to time, but he was speaking Japanese and Chen An could only understand a few words, such as "bang".
Shu Qi also smiled and said, "Yes, I like all of Director Chen's movies, but I like My Sassy Girl more. It moved me deeply."
"Really? I should have asked Shu Qi to play the leading female role earlier. If you like her so much, she can definitely act for free."
"Director Chen said that it's okay to perform for free."
She didn't care about Chen An's joke and laughed.
Although he didn't have any thoughts about her, Chen An still admired her very much. She did have a lot of abilities to get from her debut to where she is now.
What's funny is that among all the innocent girls in Hong Kong Island, this actress who made her debut in a rated film has the most impressive love history.
It was just because of their backgrounds that they eventually drifted apart.
Li Jiaxin next to him is the most powerful one. He is really brave enough to be himself and doesn't care about anything else.
The wealthy people in Hong Kong are so generous, Chen An admires them very much.
After a brief chat after the meal, the dinner party ended.
The cold night wind blew on the people returning, and it felt like a knife scraping their flesh.
Uncle Ge was well prepared and wore warm clothes. Chen An and Zhou Xun unconsciously tightened their clothes to prevent the cold wind from blowing into their clothes.
This place is not far from the hotel, so I didn't take a taxi and just walked back as a stroll.
The streets of Berlin at night are lit up with colorful neon lights, which is extremely gorgeous.
The saying that cities belong to the night is indeed true. A developed metropolis will not show its prosperity until night.
This is true in Los Angeles, in Berlin, and will be true in China in the future.
"Director, it's the same in all foreign countries. There's nothing to see during the day, but it's different at night. It was the same when I went to Paris last time. I didn't feel anything when I saw the tower during the day, but when I went there at night and the lights were on, it felt completely different."
As they walked, Zhou Xun pulled on Chen An's clothes and pointed at the large neon lights not far away and said.
Chen An took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and looked in the direction she pointed. "Director, I'm just a country bumpkin. I've never been to a big city like Paris. I'm not like you, a big actor, who travels all over the world."
"Just talk nonsense. You've been to Hollywood and New York and you still have the nerve to criticize me. I'll smoke one if you give me one."
"No, you'd better smoke less and quit. If an actress smokes so much, her voice will become so ugly that it will be unpleasant to the ear. I won't sign you."
Chen An pushed away Zhou Xun who wanted to come up to him for a cigarette, and used one hand to press on her forehead to prevent her from coming over.
Zhou Xun danced around but to no avail, "You're talking nonsense. You're the one who has a hoarse voice. We agreed to sign it."
"I don't care. If you develop a duck voice and laugh like a croak, I won't sign it."
"If you don't want to smoke, then don't smoke. Take your hand away."
"I won't take it in case you attack me by surprise." Uncle Ge.
The young people were pulling and tugging at each other, which was simply unbecoming.
The Oscars have a well-known public relations system, and the Berlin Film Festival also has a cocktail party arranged by the festival.
The shortlisted film crews and major film producers gathered together to sing and dance.
Chen An naturally couldn't miss it. The program score had come out, and points was already considered a high score.
Zhou Xun, who was wearing a tuxedo, and Ge Da Ye, who finally changed into a suit, entered the venue together.
It was a typical Western cocktail party, with food and wine on the table, and waiters carrying wine trays constantly walking through the crowd.
Not only were several of the jury members present, but also the festival director Moritz de Hader.
Chen An's arrival also attracted a lot of people's attention, especially some film producers who, after seeing Chen An coming in, were considering whether to come up and negotiate.
Gong Li also walked over when she saw Chen An coming in, followed by a slightly fat European and American man.
Gong Li walked up to Chen An, holding a glass of champagne, and began to introduce Chen An: "Chen An, this is Mr. Hader, the artistic director of the Berlin Film Festival. He has been telling me that he wants to meet you."
Chen An listened to Gong Li's introduction. He didn't expect that the head of the Berlin Film Festival, who had been in charge of it for decades, wanted to meet him. He smiled, extended his hand and said in English:
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Hader. I'm Chen An, you can just call me Chen."
The other party also reached out his hand and held Chen An's palm, squeezed it gently and then released it, smiling and said: "I am also very happy to meet such an excellent director like you, Chen. I originally wanted to write a letter to invite you to participate in a film festival. After all, before this, only Berlin had not seen you."
Chen An is extremely young as a director, which means he still has decades of creative time, and his rise has been unusually fast.
Every film festival needs excellent directors in order to remain prosperous, in addition to sitting on Hollywood's Oscars.
Just like Zhang Yimou's decision to withdraw his film from Cannes this time, it may not be without the solicitation of Venice and Berlin.
"As the first festival to give Chinese-language films an opportunity, the Berlin Film Festival is definitely a place I will come to. Mr. Hader is worrying too much."
"Hahaha, no matter what, the Berlin Film Festival always welcomes you, Chen. If there are excellent films, the Berlin Film Festival will never refuse them." Hader smiled, picked up the wine glass in his hand, clinked it with Chen An, and then took a sip.
However, Chen An felt that there was something else behind the other party's words. It seemed that not only the Venice Film Festival but also the Berlin Film Festival was participating this time.
If Not One Less had not won the Golden Lion Award before, Zhang Yimou would have already won three Best Films at the three major film festivals, one Golden Bear and two Golden Lions. I'm afraid that this time, My Father and Mother would not just win the Grand Jury Prize.
He has basically cut off the possibility of gathering all three, and even getting the fourth three is unlikely. Li An does have four, but two of them are the chairman of Zhang Yimou's jury.
It's hard to evaluate.
Hader chatted with Chen An for a while and then left with the wine, and Gong Li followed behind.
"Director, the art director is here, do we get the award?" Zhou Xun next to them asked curiously after the two left.
Chen An picked up a glass of wine and took a sip. "Who knows? Maybe they just come here to hang out. Whether they win the prize or not depends on the result in the end."
"I think we have a good chance."
Zhou Xun also gently picked up a wine glass and took a sip. Only Uncle Ge did not drink.
Afterwards, Chen An wanted to talk to Zhang Yimou, but many film producers came to him, including the producer of MK2, with whom he had collaborated last time, although Cannes was their home court.
But they are all three major ones, so naturally they can also be seen in Europe.
The other party was very enthusiastic. The last time we cooperated, he made a lot of money, but the biggest share from Chen An's side was taken away by Lin Dajiang.
(End of this chapter)
