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Chapter 724 This film has Chinese subtitles
After the news that "Midnight's Confusion" beat Li Yi's "Life is Beautiful" to become the opening film of the Berlin International Film Festival came out.

There were even more mourning in the country.

Although the opening film may not necessarily win an award, it is actually a kind of weathervane most of the time if it can become the opening film.

And more importantly, Li Yi's films have all become opening films and won awards before.

This time, he didn't compete with "Midnight's Confused", so it's easy to think of it.

Does it also mean that the competitiveness of Li Yi's "Life is Beautiful" has plummeted?

Of course, the three major European film festivals are very good at playing, and they usually don't let people guess the result.

So, although pessimistic, there must still be hope, and isn't there He Shuhua?

In any case, this year's Berlin Film Festival is indeed very "Huaguo".

Because among the [-] films shortlisted for the main competition unit, including Li Yi's "Life is Beautiful", there are a total of six films.

In addition, the chairman of the jury is a Chinese actress like He Shuhua, so this year's Berlin Film Festival is also the one that has attracted the most attention from domestic movie fans in recent years.

However, for fans who come to the Berlin Film Festival, the time of the Berlin Film Festival is actually very unfriendly.

It's winter, and the weather is very cold. This is actually the reason why Hollywood goes to Cannes and Venice, and rarely comes to Berlin. The red carpet is too cold!

Berlin in February is really frustratingly cold!

This is also the main reason why many big-name actresses refuse to participate in the Berlin Film Festival.

Just imagine walking on the red carpet in a dress with off-the-shoulder or thigh-high in minus ten degrees.

Who wants to put on the aura of a goddess?I'm going to freeze to death, okay!Why do a bunch of actors put the main battlefield of the red carpet in Cannes?
Hey, the weather is just right in May!

Speaking of the three major film festivals in Europe, Cannes can be said to be the most thorough initiative to move closer to business.

Although the Berlin Film Festival was held the earliest, it chose the "cold" season, and could not attract big-name actresses, which naturally made the film festival look deserted.

After all, for many ordinary fans of the film festival, the opening red carpet show is really a key point to watch.

However, the weather could not stop the enthusiasm of Huaguo movie fans at all.

Even in the coldest February, this year's Berlin Film Festival still has a large number of tourists from China.

The historic signs of Zhengzhi can be easily found on the streets of Berlin, such as the US-Soviet Charlie Checkpoint, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews in Europe, the Berlin Wall, etc., which are world-famous tourist attractions.

Therefore, in such a city, the political nature of the Berlin Film Festival is deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and the Berlin Film Festival is therefore also the film festival with the most obvious appearance of political governance among the three major European film festivals.

Of course, "Life is Beautiful" also has its political appearance. After all, no matter what the content of this kind of film is, the background of the story is very suitable for the Berlin Film Festival.

柏林电影节2月7日开幕，2月17日闭幕，而蛋疼的是《美丽人生》的展映时间居然是2月14日情人节当天。

Well, whether it's Valentine's Day or not is actually not the point. The point is that the screening time of "Life is Beautiful" is only three fucking days before the closing ceremony.

Although it is said that public relations have actually started before the opening of the film festival.

However, such a screening date still casts a shadow over "Life is Beautiful"'s trip to Berlin.

After the domestic movie fans heard the news, their expectations for "Life is Beautiful" to win the award also dropped again and again.

"Life is Beautiful" is arguably the movie that domestic movie fans pay the most attention to this year, mainly not because of this movie, but because of whether Li Yi can complete the grand slam feat.

So for the troubles of "Life is Beautiful", this time, the level of domestic media business has been demonstrated very well.

Like showtimes.

"There are only three days until the closing ceremony, which is not even enough time for PR marketing?"

"It's cold, didn't you say that He Shuhua is the chairman of the jury? Why is there no preferential treatment in "Life is Beautiful"?"

"Is Director Dog so shameless? It was shown on Valentine's Day. It's a good day, but it seems a bit late for the Berlin Film Festival, right?"

"I've been looking forward to it for a long time, won't I be tricked in the end?"

However, in fact, Li Yi didn't pay much attention to the screening schedule of "Life is Beautiful".

Many knowledgeable insiders actually know that this is not a bad thing.

Because, the film screening time of the Berlin Film Festival is also particular, but with domestic movie fans, it feels that the later the film screening time is, the less time there will be for public relations marketing, and the lower the probability of winning the award is, it is completely different. The opposite of.

Generally speaking, apart from the opening film, the works shortlisted in the other main competition units have always been screened at the front, the less the show, the more important things are at the back!

Of course, for a movie that is aiming to win an award, the show time is actually not a problem at all.

After all, the off-site media can't influence the jury at all.

And these films, in fact, are at least the works of the main competition unit, and the judges can't really wait until the screening to see them.

So, everything is just a gimmick.

Film festivals need various topics and attention, so naturally, we are happy to let everyone discuss the little secrets of these film festivals.

Such little secrets are also popularized by some domestic movie fans.

In fact, in the past, who would pay special attention to the screening time of any movie?

This is where Li Yi's influence lies. In fact, since Li Yi decided to compete for this year's Berlin Golden Bear Award, "Life is Beautiful" has been regarded as the number one enemy by other films shortlisted in the main competition unit.

Do you really think Director Dog has no reputation?

If "Life Is Beautiful" wasn't because of time, even James Dean and the others would want to win this year's Oscars for this movie, but it's obviously too late this year, so it can only be put next year.

It's not that the Berlin Film Festival is more influential than the Oscars, but for Li Yi currently, the Berlin Golden Bear Award is really more important than the Oscars.

The same overseas media also listed "Life is Beautiful" as the number one favorite for the Berlin Golden Bear Awards.

If not the number one hit, it must be!
Because in this way they have more material to report.

In fact, there was no need for Li Yi and the others to come so early, but after all, they wanted to give He Shuhua face and the Berlin Film Festival face, so Li Yi also participated in the opening ceremony.

I have to say that there is really a reason why the Berlin Film Festival is not as popular as Cannes.

The red carpet show at the opening ceremony was a dismal one.

What's quite interesting is that some female stars who want grace but not warmth can be seen shivering from time to time on the red carpet.

I have to say, don't underestimate the female stars who rub the red carpet. Walking the red carpet in such a temperature is definitely a big challenge for female stars who like to travel less and less!
Li Yi also went to watch the opening film "Midnight's Confusion" with the cast and crew.

This movie, frankly, is nearly three hours long.

Moreover, it even made Li Yi feel like he was in the wrong place.

why?
Because, the movie "Midnight's Confusion" is really big, almost making Li Yi think that he came to Dongjing!

After all, although the weather is very cold, the heat inside the theater is very high.

There are quite a few people watching "Midnight's Confusion", after all, the point of view is very clear, isn't it?

During this period, Li Yi also watched many domestic directors, actors, and movie fans.

This year's Berlin Film Festival said that it ushered in a year of Huaguo, it is really not casual talk.

This can be seen from the obvious sponsor billboards with a Chinese flavor that can be seen everywhere at the Berlin Film Festival.

And the Chinese tourists who can be seen everywhere on the streets can also be seen, as if Berlin has become the home of the Chinese country.

From the chairman of the jury, to the participating Chinese films, to the sponsors, and to the tourists who came to Berlin, there are a large number of Chinese faces.

More than that, you must know that the films screened at the Berlin Film Festival in the past came from all over the world. Most of the time, basically don't think about having Chinese subtitles.

So many Huaguo fans watch movies, most of the time, they just watch them lonely.

Unless it is a large-scale movie with a clear point of view like "Midnight's Confusion", otherwise, many people really watch movies for fun, or for loneliness?
But this year is different.

There are only [-] films that can enter the main competition unit, but there are many films screened at the Berlin Film Festival. Naturally, it is impossible for all these films to come here for awards.

More to sell films.

And Huaguo has been known all over the world for these years, that is, it is rich!
Therefore, there are many movies with conspicuous roll-up posters placed in front of the screening hall, and Chinese movie titles are specially added on them. Not only that, but even more, they directly put "with Chinese subtitles" typeface.

This is obviously more attractive to Chinese movie fans who come to the Berlin Film Festival.

For Huaguo movie fans who can come here to participate in the film festival, who is short of the money for a movie ticket?

However, many movies are indeed very unfriendly, without Chinese subtitles. In many cases, it is really difficult to get Huaguo movie fans to pay.

At the same time, although the trading market of the Berlin Film Festival is not as good as that of Cannes, it is easier to miss. Therefore, you can see that there are also many Chinese filmmakers at this year's Berlin Film Festival!
Therefore, these can keep pace with the times, even if there are no Chinese subtitles, at least let the movie have a Chinese name.

Selling films, not shabby!
Art also needs money to create!
Many domestic media found that this highlight at the film festival was as if it had been beaten with chicken blood. After all, this was the first time it had happened!

(End of this chapter)