[US Entertainment] Hollywood reverses life

At this moment, the film industry far away in Hollywood has already been shocked by Joey's "West Coast".

Although "West Coast" was not released in North America in the end, many fans, media and filmmakers in North America gave "West Coast" a very high evaluation.

"Why didn't Joey come back in Europe? Such an excellent director, I don't want to flow from Hollywood to Europe!"

"Why is Joy obsessed with European movies? I suddenly wondered, at her level, if she shoots a commercial movie with big special effects such as "Inception" and "Alice in Wonderland" with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, what will happen? What effect does it have?"

"I think it will be very flavorful and strong!"

But movie fans also know well that Joey doesn't seem to be very interested in big-budget commercial movies.I don't know when she will be able to make a large-scale commercial film to feast the eyes of movie fans!

For Hollywood movie fans, when they saw this "West Coast" through the Internet, the biggest surprise was the 180-degree change in style from "Lola".

Joey, you can really change any style flexibly...

This time, there is no such thing as an awesome technique, but a kind of depression from beginning to end.

Second, Nicole Kidman is reborn.

It is completely different from the Nicole Kidman that Hollywood movie fans once knew. This time she is full of a kind of sad beauty.

With this role, Nicole Kidman won the British Film Guild's best actress nomination in one fell swoop!Not ambiguous at all!This is a complete turnaround!

Most importantly, she was completely cleared of the crime of box office drugs and drugs.

Why can every actor, as long as he is under Joey's camera, give the best acting skills in his life?

Presumably after this battle, the major stars in Europe and even Hollywood will definitely want to cooperate with Joey even more frantically!

She is simply a turning weapon for all the stars!

The word-of-mouth reputation of "West Coast" is still spreading...

Many authoritative professors of the film academy said, "Joy can actually publish a teaching book and write her techniques into the textbook, which will inspire many students in the directing department of the film academy."

Joey received an email early in the morning from an old man, James Cameron.

"Dear Joey:

When you went to Europe for a while, Hollywood suddenly lost its luster and became too boring.

Recently, I read your "West Coast" with nothing to do. I want to say that you have won the true biography of Polanski.

Calm but dark and majestic, restrained but rich in lens language, without exaggeration but full of stamina.

I started with "Juno" and watched you step by step until today.I watched you come out of the mud and be a miracle.

This film is not as technically European as "Lola", but its pattern and pan-European philosophy are even better.

The Venice film industry invited me to be the chairman of the jury this year. I think if you intend to hit the three major European film festivals, this time you can choose the "West Coast" Venice Film Festival.

As the chairman, I will do my best to help you. "

After Joey finished reading this email, she also typed a long paragraph of words praising Cameron, and finally declined his invitation tactfully.

"I'm sorry, Cameron. I do intend to hit the three major European film festivals, but this time my intention is the Berlin Film Festival in Germany. Wish me success, Hallelujah!"

Joey is in his suite at the Hilton, reading what fans are saying about "West Coast" on movie review sites.

At this moment, Joy received a call. She never expected that the call was from Tom's mother, Ms. Mary.

"Grant, am I bothering you?"

"No, ma'am, what can you do? Tom isn't here."

Mary took a deep breath, "I know, but he seems to be coming to you soon, I have something to tell you..."

Mary then told Joey what she wanted.

After hearing this, Joey was taken aback for a moment, then murmured: "I'm not sure if it's possible, but I'll try."

Mary pleaded, "Thank you, Joey."

Then Joey hung up the phone.

She sat alone in the suite quietly, and soon the doorbell rang.

She got up to open the door, and saw a familiar and handsome face in front of her eyes.She knew that a man's smile could not be described as sweet, but she couldn't help but sigh, Tom's smile is really sweet!

The famous American "Mr. Sweetheart" stood at the door holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand.

In the distance, the pianist could be heard flowing from the open hotel room next door. Tom was wearing a brown jacket and jeans, standing handsomely and tall at the door.

Looking at the large bouquet of roses, Joy smiled shyly. She held the flowers and opened the door to invite Tom to come in. "Come in, big star."

Then she put the bouquet in a vase and said with a satisfied smile, "Thank you for the flowers."

Tom walked in, took off his coat and hung it on the varnish hanger, and turned to look at Joey, who was lying on the sofa and browsing the tablet.

He walked over and sat beside her, "I heard that your "West Coast" is planning to apply for the competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival?"

Still looking at the tablet, Joey muttered vaguely, "Yeah, that's right."

Tom picked up the loose hair on her face with one hand, and pushed them behind her ears, with a low tone, "Have you thought it through?"

Joey glanced at him, with a slightly amused tone, "Are you telling me not to think about the Berlin Film Festival?"

Lying on the sofa, Tom pinched the bridge of his nose with one hand, "The Berlin Film Festival is already at the bottom of the three major film festivals in Europe, and the recognized artistic level is the lowest. In the past few years, the Berlin Film Festival has not produced any surprises at all." Great films to remember. And if you're in Berlin, you're not going to be in Venice or Cannes."

In the past few years, the films of the Berlin Film Festival have basically been lacklustre. Now the three major film festivals, Cannes is the highest, basically covering the best art film resources in Europe, and snatching all the resources of Venice, which was once No. 1.

Originally, Cannes was first, and Berlin and Venice were tied for the second. However, the Berlin Film Festival has made another big death in recent years. In order to avoid hand-to-hand combat with Venice, the awards in the warm summer of June were advanced to the cold and windy February. In July, this weird time point, even earlier than the Oscar time, has caused the quality of the works exhibited at the Berlin Film Festival to be lower and lower, because people are more willing to wait three months to send their works to Venice.

Because of the unspoken rules of the three major European film festivals, if a film is exhibited at a certain film festival, it will not be selected by another film festival.

Cannes is currently the European film festival with the best resources and the best works. The quality of works in its attention section even exceeds the quality of works in competition sections in Venice and Berlin.

But the centipede is dead but not stiff. The Berlin Film Festival is famous there, and it is still one of the three major film festivals in Europe.

There have also been good movies in recent years, such as "There Will Be Blood" and "Boyhood", and later "A Farewell" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" are all excellent works.

Joey still stared at the screen, "My film would be more suitable in Berlin. The tastes of the three major film festivals are different. Cannes focuses on artistry, Venice focuses on innovation and avant-garde, and Berlin has always been based on politics. , governance as the keynote. My World War II anti-war film is just right for the Berlin Film Festival."

Later, Joy added: "And the Berlin Film Festival is not in decline. It has always been like this, focusing on politics. Unlike Venice, which focuses on avant-garde, it has created so many murders. Every time it is upset, it will cause trouble. directors of the world."

Tom looked at her with raised eyebrows, with a slight smile on his lips, "So, you have made up your mind to go to the Berlin Film Festival? It may not get as much attention as Yingao."

Joey nodded, then stretched his waist in a relaxed manner, "Yeah~ I'm planning to apply for the exhibition."

Tom put one hand on the wooden coffee table and tapped it a few times, "The judges of this Berlin Film Festival have been announced, including the director of "Black Swan", Dalenovsky, and I I don’t know him, or I’ll make an appointment for you.”

Joey's fingers spun around along the rim of the glass, "It's okay, it's all about strength."

The selection mechanisms of the three major European film festivals and the Oscars are completely different.

The Oscars are selected by more than 5000 members of the Academy. Each of the three major European film festivals has a special selection committee. They select excellent films and submit them. In the end, there will be a jury and the chairman of the jury. Decide on the award.

The judges of each of the three major European film festivals are different people. They find seven outstanding filmmakers from all over the world as judges to select those film awards, and the chairman of the jury has absolute rights. His votes The largest proportion.

For example, one year, the chairman of the jury at the Venice Film Festival was Quentin Tarantino. He directly gave all the tickets to his own people, causing even the American media to criticize his protection.

That year, under his "control", ex-girlfriend Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere" won the Golden Lion Award, and his old friend Monte Helman won the rare award, only in a specific year. There will be a special Golden Lion Award.Many other awards were also awarded to his "own people".

Therefore, the chairman's personal preferences are very important in the three major European film awards, because the chairman has great power, and of course the preferences of the remaining judges are also very important, because the judges of the three major European film festivals have always been seven. personal.

For example, this year's Berlin Film Festival judges, Italian actor Francesca Komanziny, Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah, German actress Elia Froboess, Spanish producer Jose Maria Morales and Hollywood actress Rui Ni Zweig, and the Chinese director Wang Quanan.

Of course, from the lineup of judges, you can probably see that the Berlin Film Festival is indeed the bottom of the three major film festivals in Europe.Many big directors don't even bother to agree to the invitation of the Berlin Film Festival. For example, Ang Lee once rejected the Berlin Film Festival twice.If you look at the jury lineup of the Cannes Film Festival, the top three European film festivals, you will definitely see a lot of famous names.

So Tom was right to say that he looked down on the Berlin Film Festival. He hoped that since Joey had come up with such an excellent movie, why not go to Cannes.

But Joy thinks that if she really did that, isn't it just a sign of her own lack of confidence?

Since this film was shot in Germany, and it is a film with a strong political meaning, it is about Israeli politics.For the Berlin Film Festival where governance is the key link, she definitely has a unique advantage. Why did she give up?

As for Venice and Cannes, she can definitely shoot other excellent movies in the future to make an impact.She should be confident that she can make a movie that is as good as "West Coast" or even better than "West Coast".

She is in no rush to hit Cannes or Venice.She thought she would have another chance later.

Today, "West Coast" has finally ushered in a super god word-of-mouth that broke out of the cocoon throughout Europe.

She decided to set a small goal first.

This time, her goal: to become a god in Berlin!

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