Chapter 763: Where it all begins and ends! Grand Slam!
"The Woman Who Left" originally won the Golden Lion Award at this year's Venice Film is a retro documentary. As an independent film, it is four hours long and received a standing ovation when it was screened!
It is in line with Venice's usual preferences.
A truly pioneering pursuit of film research.
This also made many media outlets believe that this will be one of the favorites to win the championship.
But this life became the Grand Jury Prize.
When the Grand Jury Prize is not awarded at the Venice Film Festival, it is the second-ranked award.
Used to recognize films that were favored by the jury and were excellent, but lost to the Golden Lion Award.
He has the potential to be a Golden Lion, but he just can't beat this year's Golden Lion.
Filipino director Lav Diaz came on stage excitedly.
As a direct faction of Venice, it started to win the favor of Venice in 1999 with "Naked in the Moonlight".
I have always been a frequent visitor to Venice, once hovering in a unit of attention and a unit of horizon.
This time, he was shortlisted for the main competition unit and won the Jury Award. It was a great experience for him!
With an overjoyed expression on his face, he quickly ran up to the stage, took the trophy and gave his acceptance speech.
Then he walked off the stage holding the trophy amid applause.
And then the much-anticipated Golden Lion Award was presented.
The awards ceremony lasted for more than an hour, and the final grand prize, a golden flying lion, was brought onto the stage by an Italian woman with long black hair and a brown dress.
In his hand was a box containing a certificate of honor.
The award presenter and chairman of the jury, Sam Mendes, wore a pair of black-framed glasses and a black suit. He was eleven years older than Chen An, but still had white hair.
He stood up directly from the jury seat on the left side of the stage.
The other jury members and the audience applauded.
Without even taking the envelope, he walked to the microphone erected in the center of the stage and straightened his clothes.
“I know many people are looking forward to this moment, because it not only represents the final curtain call of the annual Venice Film Festival, but also represents the birth of a legend and an unprecedented record.”
Sam Mendes talked freely: "To be honest, we on the jury were under a lot of pressure. Mr. Barabe thanked me and the jury some time ago."
"Our selection of films has brought him the most attention during his tenure at Venice, and the number of tourists, media critics and filmmakers attracted has almost reached the highest record in the past 2000 years since 16!"
At this point he smiled self-deprecatingly, as if he was making a joke of himself:
"But I replied to him: Thank you for your compliment, but it seems that the media and fans from all over the world who came here don't think so."
The light-hearted American self-deprecating humor made many viewers laugh.
Sam Mendes continued helplessly: "It's obvious that everyone came for 'that' man. He was sitting in front of me. I could see him at a glance in the first row."
Following his lowered gaze, the camera followed and the scene was displayed on the big screen.
It was Chen An who was sitting in the first row. He had a helpless smile on his face and waved at the camera.
The camera also swept across the main creators of the "Parasite" crew. They also greeted the camera, and the scene became lively.
Cutting back to the stage, Sam Mendes sighed, lowered his head and shook it, as if he was a little dejected and said:
"As a director, I really envy him, especially after watching 1937. I feel that he is exactly the best director in my mind."
"Even though he is younger than me, maybe this is the meaning of genius, it is always enviable."
He spoke one sentence after another, as if he was adding a buff to Chen An, which actually put the latter under a lot of pressure.
It sounded like comfort.
After talking for a while, Sam Mendes finally stopped talking, remembering that he still had to present an award. The lady next to him had been holding the trophy for a while. "It seems that there is not much time left for me to speak, so the winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival is Chen!"
"Congratulations! You and Parasite have created a miracle!"
The moment the announcement was made, both the applause set in the venue and the applause on the spot rang out instantly!
"Parasite", which was the biggest favorite for the Golden Lion Award after being shortlisted, received the highest program score in this Venice Film Festival after the screening and ultimately won the grand prize!
Venice finally gave its support, allowing him, who was just forty years old, to accomplish this feat!
With the international triple gold medal grand slam plus an Oscar, he became the only person to achieve this record!
Robert Altman, who was several years ahead of him, completed the triple gold grand slam early on, but was always one step away from the Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture!
This old man, who participated in World War II, died in 2006.
Not to mention the two earlier masters, both of whom are no longer alive.
Chen An thus became the fourth and current winner of the triple gold grand slam!
He is also the first director to win the Best Director Grand Slam at the three major film festivals!
The record was achieved in 2006, and it wasn't until 2012 that the academic 'bad student' Paul Thomas Anderson had a second choice.
But the latter is missing an Oscar for Best Director.
In this era when many masters have passed away one after another, Chen An has quietly reached the top!
Amidst warm applause, Chen An slowly stood up. Everyone in the crew was very excited. Zhang Ruojun jumped up like a silly dog and hugged Chen An.
Chen An smiled and pushed him away: "If you were a beautiful woman, I would let you hug me more, but now I have to go on stage."
Zhang Ruojun scratched his head awkwardly, then started clapping.
Wen Yongshan suddenly opened her arms: "Then I'll do it."
Chen An had no choice but to accept it with a playful look on his face. Now that things had come to this, Chen An and everyone in the crew hugged each other.
Then he stepped onto the stage, nodded and smiled at Sam Mendes in thanks, and then took the trophy from him.
The golden lion with bared fangs and claws looked so dazzling in Chen An's hands, and was held high up to be displayed in front of the camera.
After the long applause ended, Chen An stopped and walked to the microphone.
Chen Ancai said in a deep voice: "Tonight is probably one of my happiest nights."
"And I had two such nights in Venice"
"Twenty-one years ago in 21, the Venice Film Festival recognized me with the Golden Lion Award for Best Short Film, which also marked the beginning of my story, starting with a student at a film school."
"And today, 21 years later, Venice has given me a perfect ending. Of course, it may not be the end, as long as Venice does not give me a lifetime achievement award. After all, I am still young."
He was joking around to himself, which made the people below laugh.
Some were amused, while others could only smile helplessly.
The Lifetime Achievement Award is an honorary award that represents the festival's recognition of your contribution to film.
The implication is that this is the end of your career and don't run for election again.
Generally speaking, those who can win this award are aging filmmakers or those who have passed away.
But Chen An is still relatively young in the director industry. At the age of 30, he can win important awards at the three major film festivals, which is considered a promising young career.
And he is only forty years old, and he has already completed the Grand Slam.
In contrast, it's really despairing sometimes.
".Thank you for everything and it's an honor to receive this award."
At the end of his speech, Chen An thanked the jury for everything about the film festival.
He raised the trophy again and took a few steps back from the microphone, which meant that he had finished what he wanted to say.
(End of this chapter)
