Just as Soros was waving the financial stick and crazily suppressing Mexico, Xia Tian leisurely brought Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci to Cannes to participate in the 43rd Cannes Film Festival.

The work he brought this time is the movie "Mulholland Road" filmed last year. Summer hopes to use this movie to hit the Best Director Award.

Last year, he brought the movie "Raw Eat" to the exhibition. Unfortunately, he was shortlisted for so many awards, but he returned empty-handed. This summer made a comeback, and he hoped that the result would not disappoint him. Otherwise, he would consider not coming to Cannes next time and try his luck at the Venice Film Festival.

The Venetian Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival are known as the three major European film festivals, and their status in the international film industry is almost on par.

Moreover, the Venice Film Festival is quite favoured by Chinese people. Hou Xiaoxian, Zhang Yimou, Cai Mingliang, Gong Li, Xia Yu, Jia Zhangke, Li An and others have won awards at this film festival. Even director Wu Yusen was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award, which is also the only film festival among the three major film festivals to award this award to Chinese people.

After arriving in Cannes in the summer, I still went to promote Hong Kong movies as usual.

This time, Hong Kong filmmakers also brought many movies to the exhibition, such as Jiahe brought "The People Who Don't Take Off Socks" directed by Chen You and starring Zhang Manyu and Lyu Liang; Tianxia Film brought "Mong Kok Carmen" directed by Wang Jiawei, starring Liu Dehua, Lan Jiemiao and Huang Zihua; Ying Zhijie brought "My Days of My Days in the Black X Club" directed by Huang Tailai and starring Wan Ziliang and Cheng Kui'an...

To Xia Tian’s surprise, Xinyi City, one of the three major film giants, did not bring any movies to the exhibition this time, but only brought a few movies to sell. From this, it can be seen that Xinyi City has indeed declined, and there is not even a work that can produce and dare to participate in the competition for awards.

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"Is this "Mong Kok Carmen" a work you filmed last year?" Xia Tian asked Wang Jiawei while watching the movie.

Last year, he spent most of his time in the United States and didn’t pay much attention to Hong Kong. Only now did he realize that Wang Jiawei filmed "Mong Kok Carmen" last year, and the actors he used also made significant changes. Zhang Manyu was replaced by Lan Jie's mother, Zhang Xueyou was replaced by Huang Zihua, and even Wan Ziliang was replaced by Wu Zhenyu, which was a major change.

But to be honest, it is acceptable to replace it like this.

Lan Jie's acting skills are actually good, and she plays Sister Ling in "The Great Era" is simply irreplaceable. In fact, she was famous for her outstanding acting skills when she first entered the entertainment industry. If she hadn't offended the company because of her stubborn personality, her career wouldn't have been so bleak.

Although Zhang Manyu is known for her good acting skills, she has won countless awards and can almost be called the number one Hong Kong actress. In fact, when she first debuted, she always starred in vases, such as "The Frog Prince", "Modern Fairy Love", "Hardcover Girls", etc. It was not until she collaborated with Wang Jiawei in "Mong Kok Carmen" that she finally got her acting skills.

So in fact, Lan Jie and Zhang Manyu have almost the same acting skills at this time, and Lan Jie is even better, so it is quite appropriate for her to star in "Mong Kok Carmen".

Zhang Xueyou's acting skills are actually very good. Although he is the only one among the four kings who has not won the Film Festival Award, his acting skills are generally recognized as surpassing the other three.

However, Huang Zihua's acting skills are also good, especially the kind of slutty little character who plays a slutty little character. There is no one more suitable for him. Wu Xiao in "Carmen, Mong Kok", is such a gangster who is unsuccessful and has to be proud of his face. Zhang Xueyou is good at playing, and Huang Zihua is also quite suitable for him. But because Zhang Xueyou is a singer of Polygon and is not an artist of Tianxia Film, this drama is given priority. It's a pity that descendants have lost an emoticon package available for future generations.

"Mr. Xia, I wrote and directed this drama. Do you think it's OK?" Wang Jiawei asked expectantly.

"I think it's pretty good." Xia Tian nodded.

Although the actors are different, the acting is still as good as the story is also as good. In summer, there is absolutely no problem with getting an eight-point score.

As for the two points deducted, in Xia Tian’s opinion, one is the story, but there is still some intentional and sensational scenes. In comparison, "Chongqing Forest", "East Evil and West Poison", "The Light of the Poison" and so on can also touch people's hearts and make people feel endless aftertaste, but they are not expressive, subtle and more high-end.

Second, when it comes to directors, Wang Jiawei's directorial skills are still a bit immature, far less than the perfect ones in his previous life, and even more than the "Chongqing Forest" he participated in the exhibition two years ago. However, this is understandable. "Chongqing Forest" is not a work he directed independently, and there is also Xia Tian helping to provide advice, so it is the common efforts of both of them.

This time, Wang Jiawei was directed alone, and it was actually very good to be able to make it like this. After all, no matter how awesome the director has a growth stage, Stephen Spielberg did not shoot "Jaws" as soon as he started. He also filmed several works before; before filming "Terminator", James Cameron also filmed films like "Pizzard 2".

Wang Jiawei was praised by Xia Tian and couldn't help laughing, "Thank you Mr. Xia for your praise. Actually, I was able to come up with this story thanks to your inspiration."

He had always wanted to film the love-hate entanglement between urban men and women, but he didn't know where to start. The movie "Chongqing Forest" written for him in Xia Tian just inspired his creative ideas.

When filming "Chongqing Forest", he was already conceiving the story of "Carmen, Mong Kok". After more than a year of polishing, he finally wrote such a story.

Although his "Mong Kok Carmen" is more popular than the summer's imaginative "Chongqing Forest", it is already a good attempt for him.

"You have to be polite." Xia Tian smiled and waved his hand, "By the way, if you are interested, you can go find Leslie. I have written seven scripts for him before, but now I have only filmed two of them. There are still five scripts left. You can see if you have any of them you like."

Previously, in order to get Zhang Guorong to join Tianxia Pictures, he devoted himself to writing seven scripts for him, namely "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Rolls", "Farewell My Concubine", "A Fei's True Story", "East Evil and West Poison", "Gun King", "Over the World", etc. Now, "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Rolls" and so on have been made into movies, and there are still five other scripts left to remain untouched.

Instead of asking Wang Jiawei to hold on for two more years to write scripts, it is better to give these scripts to him, so as not to waste his talent. You should know that a director's golden period of creation is only 10 or 20 years at most. It seems very long and is actually very short. If he can't make a few films, he will be old.

As powerful as Stephen Spielberg, he has made so many good movies in his directorial career, but he cannot escape the decline of his creative power when he gets old, and movie fans no longer buy it.

His latest work "The Dream of the Giant" was rated as the most disappointing movie of the year by the authoritative American magazine "Variety Show". In addition to the poor reputation, the total cost of this "The Dream of the Giant" is 1.40 billion US dollars, but the global box office is only about 200 million US dollars. The producers lost nearly 100 million US dollars, which is the largest box office poison of the year.

Xia Tian knew that Wang Jiawei was almost at the end of his directorial career. Although "The Grandmaster" directed by him had been preparing for thirteen years and filmed for three years, his evaluation was polarized. Those who liked it were another masterpiece that deserves good appreciation and reminiscence; the other school believed that "The Grandmaster" was not worthy of its name, the plot was incomplete, the story was dull, and the story was drowsy, and it was one of Wang Jiawei's most disappointing works.

If "The Grandmaster" is still quite praiseful and criticized, then the reputation of "The Ferryman" produced by him will completely collapse. The Douban score is only 4:1, which is undoubtedly a bad movie.

During the most energetic period of a person's life, it is usually between the ages of twenty-five and forty-five. Whether it admits it or not, the physical function is gradually declining, and the thinking ability is declining.
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