Chapter 977
"The filming of "Hello Sun!" in Qingchi was completed. The reporter learned that the huge crew had evacuated in batches on the 1st and 2nd. Zhang Ran, Li Xuejian and other main creators will return to Lin'an on the 1st. The crew will complete the remaining part of the filming in Lin'an, and the movie is expected to be officially completed in early February."
"Hello Sun!" withdrew from the cleaning pool and reserved a dedicated person for environmental protection for 10 days!"
"Hello Sun!" turns to Lin'an, and the final show will be completed in February next year!"
The entertainment page headlines of the next day were almost all about the news that the Qingchi part of "Year, Month and Day" was completed.
Fans and netizens have always thought that Zhang Ran’s new film was a science fiction film. After reading media reports, they found out that it was a rural theme. This was beyond the expectations of many people. Fans and fans on the Internet are discussing this matter.
"Oh, Zhang Ran's new film is actually a rural theme. How could he shoot rural themes? It's really a bit unexpected. I still prefer science fiction films!"
"Even if Zhang Ran shoots rural themes, he will never be bad. He will never shoot movies like Jia Zhangke and the others!"
"That's for sure. Zhang Ran never uses national difficulties to exchange awards internationally. This is what I admire most!"
Since Zhang Ran and Li Xuejian revealed a lot of information about the movie in the interview, such as the movie is adapted from, for example, it is about the fierce battle between man and nature, such as the protagonist is an old man, etc., the fanatical movie fans quickly found "Year, Month, Day" based on clues.
Almost everyone who has finished reading it thinks that Zhang Ran’s new film must be this story. "Year, Month and Day" tells a hopeless protection and desperate waiting, but in the end, Xianye used his life to guard hope. This is what Zhang Ran’s movie always expressed; and the location where Zhang Ran and his friends filmed was the story in the mountain area.
In addition to discussing Zhang Ran’s new film, Zhang Ran’s rejection of Cannes has also become a hot topic among netizens. Because this matter is too fierce, it is simply unprecedented!
The Cannes Film Festival has a very high position in the hearts of domestic movie fans and directors. I don’t know how many domestic directors have cut their heads and want to drill into Cannes. It can be said that Cannes is the dream of countless Chinese directors!
The movies Chen Kaige has made in recent years have not been satisfactory, which has disappointed many people. However, in the hearts of many people, he is still one of the best directors in China, and is known as the three major directors in China together with Zhang Ran and Zhang Yimou. It is very important that Chen Kaige won the Palme d'Or, and he was the only Chinese director to win the Palme d'Or.
But now the artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival came to invite Zhang Ran to Cannes in person, but was rejected!
After hearing this news, almost all movie fans' first reaction was that Zhang Ran was really awesome!
However, some movie fans also feel it’s a pity: “Zhang Ran is indeed awesome! But I think it’s a pity that after "Farewell My Concubine", the Chinese director has not taken the Palme d’Or for twenty years. If Zhang Ran goes to Cannes, he has a great hope of getting the Palme d’Or!”
More fans immediately retorted: "So what if you take the Palme d'Or? What I admire most is that he never makes movies to win an award!"
Zhang Ran and the crew of "Year, Month, Day" did not respond to the media and netizens' discussions and speculations. After returning to Lin'an, Zhang Ran did not accept any interviews and devoted himself to the filming of the movie. However, the filming of the movie was slower because Li Xuejian needed to lose weight. His health was not good and he could not reduce too quickly. He could only slowly reduce the filming of the movie naturally could only be carried out slowly.
After returning to Lin'an, Li Xuejian stopped eating every day, only ate boiled meat, boiled vegetables, and a small amount of nutritional powder. Li Xuejian no longer went to the cafeteria and ate in the RV arranged for him every day. Zhang Ran gave a dead order that no one could eat snacks on the set, nor could he bring anything out. When Jing Tian, a foodie came to visit the set, carried a large bag of food. He originally thought he could please his master, but Zhang Ran scolded him fiercely. Jing Tian was so angry that he stomped his feet and announced that he would never come again!
In November, the United States entered the awards season, but in November, there were basically small prizes with little influence and little attention. After December, major film critics associations in the United States drew prizes, and domestic media and movie fans also paid attention to this year's awards season. Everyone is looking forward to the performance of "The Apocalypse of the Future" at the Oscars.
On December 3, the New York Film Critics Association Award was announced. "Assassination of Ben**" directed by Catherine Bigelow became the winner, winning two awards for Best Picture and Best Director; Zhang Ran's "The Apocalypse" won Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay.
On December 5, the National Association of Critics announced the list of winners. Zhang Ran's movie "The Future Apocalypse" became the biggest winner, winning three awards: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress, making the movie one of the hottest movies for the Oscars next year.
Just this week, "Visual and Audio" released the list of the top ten movies of 2012. The best film belongs to Zhang Ran's "The Future Apocalypse", American director Paul Thomas Anderson's "Master" ranked second, and Portuguese director Migul Gomez's "Tao" ranked third.
The authoritative French film magazine "Movie Manual" also announced the list of the top ten films of the year. Zhang Ran's "The Future Apocalypse" ranked second; French director Leo Caracus's "The Holy Car" ranked first; David Cronenberg's "The Metropolis" ranked third.
"Visual and Audio" and "Movie Manual" have a high status in film critics and film circles. Their high praise for "The Apocalypse" undoubtedly gave the film a wave of assists.
On December 9, the Los Angeles, Boston, and New York Online Critics Association Awards were awarded at the same time. "The Future Apocalypse" exploded in full swing, winning the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor from the Los Angeles and Boston Film Critics Association, becoming the top seed player in the awards season. "Hunting Ben**" is still in a hot spot, winning the New York Online Critics Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress.
On December 16, the Chicago Film Critics Association Award announced its annual winners. "Assassination" once again reproduced the glory of the Film Critics Association Awards in the previous regions, and finally won four awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing; and "The Apocalypse" won three awards: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Photography.
Although the Golden Globes and the nominations for several major unions have not yet been released, the outpost battle has brought the popularity of the Oscars this year to the surface. The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and other mainstream American media all said that this year's Oscars are the civil war of Peak Entertainment. The two films invested by Peak Entertainment, "The Future Apocalypse" and "Hunting Ben**" are popular. The only one that can impact them is Ben Affleck's "Escape from Tehran".
Domestic media are also paying unprecedented attention to this year's awards season. Portals such as Sohu and Tencent have opened special topics for awards seasons, focusing on reporting on the competition in awards seasons.
Sister Bi Bi Chenggong publishes articles predicting Oscars every year. His predictions are always issued after nominations for each guild award and the form of each award is clear. This way, the hit rate is relatively high, so that his predictions can be praised for how accurate he is. However, Sister Bi announced the prediction results early this time. He believes that "The Apocalypse" has a particularly high possibility of winning the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Visual Effects.
While praising "The Future Apocalypse", Sister Bi said that the most unfavorable factor in "The Future Apocalypse"'s run into the Olympics is public relations. Zhang Ran has been busy with his new film recently and has no time to speak public relations. The biggest taboo in the Olympics is to be highly regarded and show his amiable and humble side throughout the process, so that he can win the favor of the members of the college.
"The Apocalypse" is not without public relations, but Zhang Ran did not conduct public relations. The film's starring Matt Damon, Scarlett Johnson and Robert De Niro all stopped their work and worked hard to conduct public relations. In particular, Scarlett Johnson worked very hard on various programs, talking about and selling "The Apocalypse" and explaining various questions about the movie.
Dingfeng Entertainment has put a lot of effort into the Olympics of "The Future Apocalypse", and all the means that should be used. In the review materials sent to the academy members, Dingfeng Entertainment not only prepared DVDs and exquisite picture albums, but also prepared a set of models of combat robots in "The Future Apocalypse". Of course, not only "The Future Apocalypse" does this, but Lincoln has an exquisite plate in the review materials sent to the academy members. This public relations method is suspected of violations, but if someone checks it, it can be argued that it is a tool to understand the relevant information of the movie, and the academy has no choice.
However, all this has nothing to do with Zhang Ran. He is all about filming "Year, Month and Day" and has no intention of considering the issue of Olympics. In fact, the reason why various film companies and actors are keen on Olympics is not only because this is a huge honor, but more importantly, nominations or even winning Oscars can bring great economic returns. However, for popular movies like "The Future Apocalypse", the benefits brought by Oscars are negligible, and whether to win an Oscar is of little significance to "The Future Apocalypse".
In the virtual studio in Lin'an, the art team arranged a piece of land and there was a shed in the center of the ground. This was built by Xianye to protect the corn seedlings. At this time, a full bag of food fell under the shed and sprinkled all over the ground. Three robot arms hanging from the air aimed at Li Xuejian in the performance area from three different cameras, as well as the actor who played the blind dog.
Among the two monitors in front of Zhang Ran, in the monitor on the left, there were only Li Xuejian and the actors who played the blind dog, but in the monitor on the right, there were a large group of gray and black rats around Li Xuejian and the others, with three or four hundred possible. Some mice were competing for corn kernels under the trellis, and two were gnawing corn seedlings.
What is being filmed is now a battle between Xianye, the blind dog and the rat. In "Year, Month and Day", Xianye and the rat only fought one battle. In Zhang Ran's movie, Xianye, the blind dog and the rat fought two battles, and this is the first one.
In the monitor, Li Xuejian was like an angry lion. He first stepped on the ground with his feet, then picked up a hoe, and smashed the mice on the ground. The rats were flying with their hair flying, and the plasma on the ground. The mice were frightened, screamed, fled around, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
When Li Xuejian saw the mice running away, he stood there with a hoe and panted heavily. Gasping was not a show, but was really panting. In the past half month, Li Xuejian has been losing weight. He ate very little food every day and his physical strength became very poor. When he filmed such a violent action scene, he was a little exhausted and panting severely.
Zhang Ran picked up the phone and shouted, "Stop! Teacher Li, take a break!" He turned his head and began to communicate with the person in charge of the recording, photography, special effects and other teams, confirming that there was something wrong with the villa.
At this moment, Guo Fan ran over: "Director, Mr. Gao, and artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival, Fu Mao, are here!"
Zhang Ran was stunned. Gao Jun and Fu Mao came together. Why did they come together? He said, "Let them come in!"
Chapter completed!