After the award ceremony, there were routine press conferences. When Zhang Ran walked into the press conference hall, reporters on the scene applauded collectively, and many reporters even shouted at Zhang Ran in Chinese and English: ""One person's lights and decorations" is the best!"

Even the press conference host told Zhang Ran: ""One person's lights and decoration" is the best!"

After the press conference officially started, a reporter asked directly: "One person has a light and a decorative color" is the best movie at this year's Berlin Film Festival. It is the best in all aspects, but it failed to win the Golden Bear Award. What did you think?"

Zhang Ran felt very happy in his heart with so many media support himself, but this must not be said, and he said lightly: "Maybe, this is the charm of the film festival. There will always be surprises and surprises. In fact, I don't want to compete with anyone at the film festival. There is no high or low in art. I mainly participate in the film festival to promote my own movies with this platform. Moreover, our film has two awards, so I am quite lucky and have nothing to complain about."

Unlike Zhang Ran's courtesy, at the subsequent press conference, the jury encountered collective booing from reporters and face-to-face questions. The entire press conference was simply a battlefield filled with gunpowder.

Obviously, the earth-shaking booing at the awards ceremony made the jury chairman Herzog know that the reporters at the press conference would question themselves. Before the reporter asked questions, they first gave an opening remark: "Our discussion is a very civilized process. Everyone has different tastes and preferences, and the feeling of watching movies will be different, but this is a wonderful time. We know each other and have met some new friends, and everyone has done a great job."

As soon as this was said, some media immediately opened fire: "But we think "Honey" is not worthy of the Golden Bear Award at all. May I ask, from the technical level, from the artistic level, from the aesthetic level, and from the ideological level, what is the point of "Honey" better than "One Person's Light and Decoration"?"

Herzog responded: "Honey faces the side that is difficult to express in text in the world of experience. It cares about the experience of the body and mind, so it dilutes the language and stretches the time. The camera follows the boy's eyes and sneaks into the mountains and forests. The plants and trees are heart-warming and reflects the people's hearts. The film itself is very excellent, warm and moving, and resonates with us."

A reporter immediately responded: "What is the novelty of the movie "Honey"? There are too many similar movies, and this movie is a completely replica of the Turkish movie "Time and Growth" three years ago. On the contrary, "One Person Decoration" reproduces a multi-part montage, perfectly integrating the movie with music, expanding the picture space. The movie tried many new things, and the depth and width of the movie are the best. Shouldn't the Golden Bear Award be given a movie with the most weight and a major breakthrough? Do you think it's reasonable just because you like the style of another movie and ignore its artistic value?"

The reporters at the scene all applauded, and these words expressed everyone's thoughts.

Herzog seemed a little embarrassed and defended himself: "The 20 films in the main competition unit are different. With the actor performance, we can combine various award lists, but we only have 8 award judges who work rigorously and conscientiously. There are many discussions between the judges, and there is no place to explain them clearly. We try not to listen to the opinions of the critics, but we comment on the work ourselves. We really cannot give too many details about the ownership of the award. We can only say that the specifications of "Honey" and some of its concepts are the highest in line with the Golden Bear Awards, which is a very difficult decision. Other movies are also very exciting, but most people think "Honey" is the most suitable for the Golden Bear Awards."

Just when the jury was being questioned by the media group, the Internet was already in full swing and the audience was full of criticism. Not only did "Honey" defeat "One Man's Lights and Decoration", but more importantly, the movie was too light and was completely unworthy of the Golden Bear Award.

Not only Berlin audiences are scolding, but also the media and film critics are scolding. The official fly account of the French "Movie Manual" said bluntly: "A pretty good film festival owner was ruined by a group of blind judges."

"Visual and Audio" pointed the finger at the jury chairman Herzog: "The chairman of the jury and "Honey" destroyed the film festival that could have been recorded in history with the worst results. We were originally looking forward to the classic moment when Zhang Ran was crowned the Golden Bear, but in the end, we only saw Herzog's stubbornness and the shock of the whole world."

Variety Show sighed: "There have been many unjust cases in the history of film, such as "Citizen Kane" losing to "Green Mountains and Green Valleys", such as Rossellini's "Rome, Undefensive City" losing to the Soviet film "Great Turning". Now we have witnessed the birth of an unjust case!"

As usual, on the night of the closing of the Film Festival, a celebration party will be held. At 10 o'clock in the evening, the jury members of each unit of the Film Festival and the winners appeared at the party, and some sneaked into the scene seemed enthusiastic. The Film Festival is an opportunity for filmmakers from all over the world to get to know each other and communicate with each other, and everyone is taking the last time to communicate.

After Zhang Ran entered the cocktail party, the film festival chairman Diet Cosrik hugged him and said apologetically: "One Man Decoration is the best movie at this festival and my favorite movie, but I cannot interfere with the work of the jury. Herzog is a particularly stubborn person, which is really a pity."

Zhang Ran was indeed a little unhappy when presenting the awards, but he had already let it go and said lightly: "Bergman once told me that if the movie world was a house, he would knock on the door at the door all his life, and rarely slip into it, and most of his efforts ended in failure. Only Tarkovsky, Fellini, Kurosawa Akira and Bunuel could walk freely in it. Most people could enter the yard, but they just wandered in the yard for the rest of their lives. After filming "One Man's Lights and Decoration", I saw the door. What I want now is the key to the door, and the others are really not that important."

Kosrik didn't know what the key was about Zhang Ran, but he knew that once Zhang Ran found that key, he would complete the final transformation and become a top movie master who stood shoulder to shoulder with Tarkovsky, Fellini and Kurosawa Aki. Kosrik didn't know how long it would take for Zhang Ran to find that key, but he clearly felt that the day would come soon.

After chatting with Zhang Ran for a few words, Kosrik invited other guests. After Zhang Ran greeted the guests, he sat with Yoji Yamada and chatted.

Yamada Yoji held the wine glass and looked at Zhang Ran and asked, "Zhang Ran, how are your new film ready?"

Zhang Ran replied with a smile: "It's almost done. After the Oscars are over, they will take the crew actors to Ireland. After training for a month, the filming will officially start!"

When Yamada Yoji heard Oscar, he couldn't help asking: "Why, has "One Man Decoration" participated in the Oscar competition?"

"No." Zhang Ran smiled and explained, "This year, the one who represented China in the Oscars was "Love" directed by Zhang Yimou. The screenwriter of the movie was me. This movie won four nominations at the Oscars, including the Best Original Script Award. In addition, "The Ninth District", which I produced, won the Best Picture nomination, and I will definitely have to go there."

Yoji Yamada was not very concerned about Oscars, so he said: "The experiment of "A Man with Lights and Colors" on multi-part montage is very successful. I believe that the experiment of "Apocalypse of the Future" on the overall scene scheduling will be successful. But what I am curious is that after the filming of "Apocalypse of the Future", will you continue to experiment with different things in the next movie?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Yes, I will continue to try new things!"

Yamada Yoji asked curiously: "What to try?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Now there is only a little idea, and I haven't made sure yet!"

Yamada Yoji didn't ask again, holding up his wine glass and said, "I wish you a smooth shooting of your new movie here!"

Zhang Ran and Yamada Yoji clinked glasses: "Thank you, I wish you a smooth shooting of your new movie!"

The next day, except for Turkey who completely ignored "One Man's Lights and Decoration" and cheered for "Honey", other media were complaining about "One Man's Lights and Decoration" and said that they could not accept the ownership of the Golden Bear Award.

"Honey" is a very beautiful movie, but it doesn't seem worth a Golden Bear Award to most people. Not to mention "One Man's Lights and Decoration", "How to End This Summer", "On the Road", and "Whistle" are more convincing than it.

There is a competitive relationship between the three major film festivals. As the home country of the Cannes Film Festival, the French media naturally will not miss the opportunity to step on the Berlin Film Festival. Le Figaro mocked the Berlin Film Festival: "In the past three years, the Berlin Film Festival has been criticized for the continuous shrinking of the selection range and the decline in the quality of film sources. Since last year, the Berlin Film Festival seems to have shown its determination to reform. When the list of shortlists for this year's Berlin Film Festival was announced, people did look forward to the 60-year-old Berlin Film Festival because they saw several interesting faces, such as Zhang Ran and Winterberg. Behind these names, it means a dynamic film. But the final award has made the Berlin Film Festival still adhere to its previous political priority and film priority in small countries. I believe that filmmakers with exploration spirit like "One Person Decoration" will find it difficult to come to Berlin again!"

The British "Guardian" loudly called out for "One Man's Lights" and believed that the film was a masterpiece full of creativity and artistic atmosphere, while "Honey" was just a mediocre work showing off the style of a foreign country: "This kind of simple country story from the Third World can easily hit the judges. Herzog, who has filmed a large number of documentaries, obviously prefers this calm lifestyle. "One Man's Lights" is too modern for them, and they cannot accept a modern oriental story."

The British Daily Telegraph said bluntly: "The loss of "One Man's Lights and Decoration" has made today's Berlin Film Festival the biggest joke. A work that can be recorded in the history of films is really incomprehensible. It is really unreasonable to receive the rewards it deserves here."

Many American media including the Boston Post admitted: "Although the grand prize was lost at the Berlin Film Festival, "One Man Decoration" has fully demonstrated its charm in Berlin. If the movie can represent China in the Oscars next year, it will be the most powerful competitor for Oscars."

The Los Angeles Times slammed the jury: "Judge Chairman Herzog and his partners are determined to do their own thing, challenging the bottom line of audiences and critics without compromise. Honey is just another self-repeat of Semi Capranoglu. It is a dull, boring and puzzling film that is not very prominent in the entire main competition film this year. Such a work defeated the extremely breakthrough, almost perfect "One Man Decoration", which completely made this film festival a joke."

Among all the comments, the New York Times comments expressed the voice of many people: "One Man's Lights and Decoration" lost the Golden Bear, but won the world!"

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