Chapter 875: Let the film return to the film

What kind of story is "The Boat" really telling?

When creating this film, someone actually proposed that if such a script were shot even more obscurely during the filming stage, even if the truth behind the appearance were unearthed in the end, those discussions would not be the film itself.

In other words, that is no longer something that belongs to the film itself.

In the preparation stage of a film, in what direction a film should go on the basis of the script, and to what extent, is a very painful thing for the creators of a film.

When Lu Yan He proposed to delete the scene where he destroyed the medicine bag, no one raised an objection on the surface, but in private, many people said that this would not work. Without this scene, there is no information in the film that can directly indicate that the father's death is related to him. For this story, without the ending of "killing the father", the bond and the atmosphere of helping each other in the first half of the family cannot be broken by a sharp knife, and the impact will disappear.

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However, Lu Yan He said this to Luo Yuzhong and Yu Mengling.

"The screenwriter of this script, Teacher Zhang Qiuping, she created this script because of her original family. She had a father who was equally hypocritical. In order to shape her image as a good father and a good husband, and for her official career, she concealed the fact that she already had another family outside, and deceived everyone.

"So, Teacher Zhang wrote such a script, just to poke through a hypocritical, kind, and deeply loving father image. And at the end of the script, she also designed such a plot of counter-killing. I think this is probably her regretful wish that she wanted to realize but did not realize.

"However, don't forget, after her father passed away, she actually had a lot of time and opportunities to shoot this script. Even if she didn't shoot it, she had many opportunities to expose the lies her father told back then. However, in order to preserve the face of the family, she also endured it all and said nothing.

"Isn't this another objective truth? We all have to silently, hard, and even humiliatingly maintain a superficial decency, even if we regret it, because people's lives must go on. Revenge is the truth, and covering up is also the truth. The ending is that the father died. What caused this ending? Every audience can have their own answer in their hearts. Even, the script writes that he poisoned it from the son's perspective, but what about the parts not mentioned? Did the sister do nothing?

"It should be full of mist, complex, everyone has their own secrets, even the closest people, you will never know what others have done, you will always only know what you have done, and you will always only see the truth from your own eyes."

Lu Yan He used these words to convince Luo Yuzhong and the others.

Every family is a Rashomon.

The score of "The Boat" in the field magazine came out, 2.9 points, a medium-to-high level.

Such a score is lower than Lu Yan He expected.

However, although the score is not high, the media's reaction and discussion are the most enthusiastic at this year's Xitu'er International Film Festival.

Many people are discussing this film.

Almost every film critic has discussed this film more than once on their social media.

Lu Yan He left Xitu'er in a hurry after the media meeting.

He had to rush back to film "The Original Father".

Media reporters who could not interview Lu Yan He scrambled for the schedules of Luo Yuzhong, Wen Shengming, and Yu Mengling.

Wen Shengming had just experienced the long public relations propaganda bombardment of the North American awards season, and it was the time when his international popularity was at its highest. Now, relying on "The Boat", he has once again received so much media bombardment. Many people can see that Wen Shengming will "solidify" his status as a performance artist internationally next.

From the beginning, Lu Yan He introduced him with such an image.

Indeed, from "Storm Calmer No. 1" to "The Boat", the acting strength he showed in the film is indeed a performance artist with superb acting skills.

Yu Mengling was even more enthusiastic by a group of media because of several shots in the film that made her look breathtakingly beautiful. Her appearance in the film, that tear under the eaves, was mentioned in many media reports, all saying that it was a shot that might be widely mentioned in the future.

Yu Mengling herself is one of China's top actresses. After winning the Best Actress award at the Bicarlo Film Festival, she also began to be noticed by international film media. It can be said that even if this film did not have Lu Yan He, and only had Wen Shengming and Yu Mengling, as long as this film entered the main competition unit of the Xitu'er International Film Festival, it would definitely be a film that attracted attention and would not be treated coldly.

In the media's prediction, although it is difficult for Yu Mengling to compete for the Best Actress award at this Xitu'er International Film Festival—the length is limited, and the focus of the film is not on her character. However, the gentleness, introversion, and implicitness of Oriental women she showed in this film, especially her own literary, cold, and clear temperament, are unforgettable. Some actors, she may not be the kind of acting-oriented, but she is the darling of the lens, and people will miss her as soon as she appears.

"The Boat" is also regarded by many media as one of the films most likely to win awards at this Xitu'er.

Even if the field magazine score is not high.

Many people say this: because some media are not smart enough, didn't understand it, and can only give a low score.

When peers are mean to each other, they are also very mean.

"Does 'The Boat' have a chance to impact the highest award of Xitu'er?" Chen Ziyan asked on the phone.

Lu Yan He said: "Maybe, but there are no Chinese filmmakers in the jury this year. I'm not sure if anyone will speak for 'The Boat'."

Chen Ziyan said: "Yes, it depends on whether any jury members like this film very much."

For a film to compete for the highest award at a film festival, it is not enough for the film to be good.

In the past, Ang Lee's "The Wedding Banquet" could win the Golden Bear in Berlin together with "Woman Sesame Oil Maker" because Zhang Yimou was on the jury.

Later, Ang Lee's "Lust, Caution" could win the Golden Lion at Venice in the second year after "Brokeback Mountain" won, also because he was lucky enough to meet Zhang Yimou as the jury president of this session.

——What, you don't understand where "Lust, Caution" is good? It's okay, let's watch it again. Zhang Yimou is very ruthless in tearing awards.

The tearing here, of course, does not mean that because they are all Chinese films, they have to tear awards, but these films—looking back after so many years, objectively, they are good films, good works. Then there are judges who can see where they are good at the moment, who can explain their historical and cultural background and details to other judges, helping other judges further understand the film.

Tang Wei, who was shortlisted for Cannes in a certain year with "Decision to Break Up", was almost "expected" both at home and abroad. That role was tailor-made for her, and it complemented her "elementary school student style" acting, which was great. But because there were no Chinese in the jury, on the contrary, there was a judge who was an old acquaintance with another popular candidate. After the media interview, the person also frankly admitted his attitude. In the end, the Cannes Best Actress award fell to another actress.

There is really no way. In a film festival with a jury system, the ownership of awards cannot be truly fair. Film is a matter of opinion.

Chen Ziyan said: "If 'The Boat' can win the highest award, the awards season at the end of this year can still be rushed."

"Even if it doesn't win the highest award, it can still be rushed, right?" Lu Yan He said, "Judging from the response of international media, it is very popular."

Chen Ziyan: "Of course, I'm just saying, if it wins the highest award, then it's a nail in the coffin. After all, 'Storm Calmer No. 1' dropped its nomination at the last minute last year, which was shocking. If 'The Boat' goes to impact the Oscars this year, many judges will vote for 'The Boat' compensatorily for this reason. It would be a pity if such an advantage cannot be utilized."

What Chen Ziyan said actually makes a lot of sense.

Indeed.

"Storm Calmer No. 1" dropped its nomination for Best Foreign Language Film last year, which triggered a lot of discussion. Everyone knows what the core reason is, but no one will say it publicly, just expressing regret and confusion. If "The Boat" goes to sprint for Best Foreign Language Film this year, it can really get a lot of compensatory votes.

Lu Yan He asked: "Has anyone contacted you yet?"

"Not yet, but a leader of the Film Bureau asked me before who the distributor of the film 'The Boat' is in the United States this year, whether it has been sold, and whether it will be released on a large scale or what."

That means they are indeed considering this film.

Lu Yan He said: "The film 'The Boat' is still distributed by Green Valley. Schmidt is in Xitu'er."

"Green Valley has almost become the fixed distributor for all your art films."

"Whether it's Parameter or Solun, their cooperation with me is direct cooperation on Hollywood films. They are not uninterested in non-Hollywood films I star in, but on the one hand, they are not like Green Valley, which has been deeply cultivating international film festivals to find films for North American distribution, and on the other hand, their energy in the awards season is not as great as Green Valley's," Lu Yan He said, "Back when we were doing 'Road to Glory', we cooperated with Green Valley. Now that I think about it, Schmidt is really amazing."

"Of course he is amazing. He bought shares early, and how many of your films have been taken by him," Chen Ziyan said, "At that time, Hollywood hadn't noticed you yet, and he started contacting you in advance."

"Yes," Lu Yan He nodded.

"This year's 'The Boat', next year's 'The Original Father', the awards-rushing films for the next two years are all there," Chen Ziyan said, "However, it's a pity that 'The Boat' is probably unable to bring you acting awards. Except for Teacher Wen, the performances of you and Yu Mengling are too weakened and have not been presented at all."

"It doesn't matter," Lu Yan He said, "The film 'The Original Father' highlights my performance, but to be honest, I don't think that according to the current filming idea, this film has a higher artistic completion than 'The Boat' in the end."

Chen Ziyan: "Okay, indeed, people still need to have some different works. Not every work can be very highlighting your acting skills. If it highlights too much, others won't cherish it."

Lu Yan He was between laughter and tears.

"I didn't mean that. I think film is the most important thing," Lu Yan He said, "And, even if 'The Boat' highlights my acting skills very much, I just won an award for 'Tropical Rainforest'. Under such a small jury system, even if the whole world thinks my performance should win an award, they won't give me the Best Actor trophy again in such a short time."

"That's true," Chen Ziyan nodded, "How did you film 'The Original Father'? The crew contacted me again, saying they wanted to postpone it and applied for ten more days of schedule from us."

"Yes, the filming is actually very smooth, but you know Huang Tianlin's nitpicking requirements for the lens. If he is not satisfied, he will reshoot it back and forth. I am also willing to shoot a scene a few more times. This feeling is very cool, especially this play. To be honest, the more I act, the more I feel narcissistic. I always sit behind the monitor and look back at my performance, and then I feel that I acted really well and want to come again for a better one."

"Okay, then what about 'Men in Black'?" Chen Ziyan asked.

"It doesn't matter, it can start filming normally. It originally has many scenes without my shots, so I can join the crew a bit later," Lu Yan He said, "This film can't be filmed for a long time a day. Their union has all kinds of regulations, which makes us have to do it in 130 days when we could have finished it in 90 days under normal circumstances."

The most important of these is the working hours of the other male lead, including makeup and other time, the working hours cannot exceed eight hours a day. Of course, this was negotiated by the other party's agent and written into the contract. They are not specifically targeting this film. He made such a request when he signed the contract ten years ago.

Big-name actors, making such a request, there is no way, Lu Yan He can only agree. After all, when he signs a contract with a film crew, his agent will also make such a request, so as not to have a film crew let him shoot for more than ten hours on the scene.

But Lu Yan He usually says the ugly words first, but in the actual filming process, he will relax the requirements of his contract according to the actual filming situation. And in the film "Men in Black", the agent of this male actor requires strict implementation of the 8-hour working system, not even a minute more.

Fortunately, the whole Hollywood working environment is like this, and the entire production management is done by Solun's people. Lu Yan He only needs to control the filming quality and the final color of the film, as well as do his own actor's things. If the filming period is extended, it is extended, which is also convenient for him—

Isn't it, "The Original Father" needs to be postponed, and he can also calmly coordinate the filming time of the two films without falling into a dilemma. ===== CHAPTER 876 =====