Chapter 1901： strike follow-up

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The heat of midsummer can always lead to countless topics, and in the summer of 2008, in addition to vacations and the sea, the rush of the Olympics and eavesdropping scandals made the summer unbearable. When the 29th Olympic Games finally came to an end and the Olympic flag was handed over from the hands of Beijing and Beijing to London, people finally saw the figure of autumn appearing on the horizon.

Only three days after the curtain of the Olympic Games fell, the distant Mediterranean coast ushered in the curtain of the 65th Venice Film Festival. 2008 does not seem to be a good year for the three major film festivals, and can even be described as a disaster. The writers' strike in Hollywood at the end of 2007 caused American films to fall into a depression in the first half of 2008. In other words, the three major film festivals inevitably encountered a film selection crisis. Whether it is Huina, who has been closest to Hollywood in previous years, Venice, which is seeking a balance between Hollywood and Europe, or Berlin, which has always been deserted, the decline in the quality of participating films is a fact that cannot be ignored.

At the beginning of the year, the Berlin Film Festival finally relied on "Blood is Coming" and "Elite Forces" to support the scene, and the shackles of film selection can already be seen, and the crisis encountered by the Berlin Film Festival, which entered the old age ahead of schedule, is not only the decline of the quality of the participating films. The whole business promotion is also a very serious focus. Coupled with the fact that the Oscars, which are also held in February, steal the limelight, the living space of the Berlin Film Festival is indeed gradually shrinking. If the Berlin Film Festival is more of a cumulative outbreak of historical problems, then the Huiner Film Festival is the biggest victim of the Hollywood screenwriters strike. The festival seemed a little reluctant.

Especially during the Huina Film Festival, a natural disaster that shocked the world occurred in Wen, which made the atmosphere of the film festival bleak a lot.

In the end, the chairman of the jury, Sean Penn, chose the French film "Between the Walls" to award the Palme d'Or, and Clint Eastwood's "Changing the Clouds" returned empty-handed. Wood was just one Palme d'Or to complete his Grand Slam, which brought the Huiner Film Festival to the forefront. On the contrary, the jury led by Sean Pan awarded the Best Director Award to the Turkish work "Three Monkeys", which won a lot of praise, but unfortunately it is not as lively as in previous years.

From Berlin's deserted and conservative, to Huiner's bravado, the year 200 was indeed a disaster for the three major art film festivals. Now at the Venice Film Festival, the difficulty in film selection continued from February in the beginning of the year to September in the second half of the year. The impact of the screenwriter's strike still seriously affected the film festival process in the year of the vinifera. Of course, it is also conceivable that after the Toronto Film Festival, the works prepared for this year's awards season will usher in a collective explosion, which will also make the overall trend of the film market in 2008 show a serious lack of art films in the first three seasons. A full-blown pomp of the fourth season. It's not just the U.S. film market that is unlucky, but the three major film festivals.

Among the works list of the 65th Venice Film Festival, the opening film is undoubtedly the most eye-catching. The Coen brothers attended the Oscar for best picture at the beginning of the year with "No Country for Old Men". Clooney concocted "Burn after reading." This work was widely considered to be another strong opponent for this year's awards season before it was released. However, it is really regrettable that "Burning After Reading" did not participate in the competition unit.

In the competition unit, a total of five works represented the United States.

Darren-Aronofsky, who won the Sundance Film Festival Director Award for his debut film "Pi", teamed up with Mickey-Rock, a tough guy who swept the film industry in the 1980s, to launch "The Wrestler." Works that have generally won attention.

Guillermo Arriga, who wrote "Love Is a Bitch" and "Babel," makes his directorial debut, "Burning Plains." Starring two Oscar winners, Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger , which also joined the rookie actress Jennifer Lawrence, who was signed by Eleven Studios soon.

Catherine Bigelow, who has filmed works such as "Last Century Storm" and "Devil's Game", is indeed the ex-wife of "King of the World" James Cameron. This time she brought her new work "Demolition". "Bomb troops" came to Shuicheng to participate in the exhibition in a low-key manner.

Jonathan Chemi, director of "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Philadelphia Story", this time, together with Anne-Hatherby, appeared at the Venice Film Festival again after four years with "Rachel's Wedding".

The last representative of the United States to land in Watertown is also the most watched one, Evan Bell's new work "Juno". All rookie actors, but it doesn't matter, because this is the first work released by Evan Bell after completing his own directing grand slam, and it is actually his original script! "Juno" undoubtedly took the conversation to a whole new level.

The participation of "Juno" in Watertown can definitely be said to be the result of Mark Muller's efforts to deal with it. Mark Muller had to consider the prospect of Venice today after Berlin and Huiner were successively complained by film critics. But what is worrying is that most of the works choose to be released after November, not to mention the Venice Film Festival, it is estimated that even the Toronto Film Festival will not be too lively, so Mark-Mueller can mediate the part Not much at all.

However, when Mark Muller learned that "Juno" had finished post-production, he held his own straw and relied on the always friendly relationship between Venice and Evan Bell to bring "Juno" to Watertown . This will be the third time Evan Bell has come to Venice. Before that, "Mysterious Skin" and "Brokeback Mountain" have left very good memories. This is also Mark Muller's last trump card.

Compared with the depression of American movies this year, Japanese movies have ushered in a big explosion! Director Hayao Miyazaki came to Venice with his new work "Ponyo on the Cliff" in person. Takeshi Kitano's new work "Achilles and the Turtle" is also highly anticipated, plus Mamoru Oshii's "Aerial Killer." Three works The strength cannot be underestimated.

Judging from the 21 works in the competition unit, this year's Venice is indeed a bit embarrassing. In the analysis before the film festival, the works of Hayao Miyazaki and Takeshi Kitano were the ones who won the Golden Lion Award. Other works generally considered uncompetitive include Evan Bell.

Although it is said that Evan Bell is the biggest name in the competition entry, "Juno" sees the problems of unmarried early pregnancy and abortion from a sunny and brisk perspective. Film critics obviously think that this is a cliché. choose. Thinking that Evan-Bell has successively launched works such as "Perfume" and "Blood is Coming" in the past four years, which consumes countless energy. After all, Evan-Bell is only twenty-five years old now, even if Jiang Lang is exhausted, Film critics also generally believe that Evan-Bell needs to rest his brain for a period of time. The choice of "Juno" is to shoot with a relaxed attitude, and the completely original script is also regarded as Evan-Bell's experimental one. try.

Therefore, after the list of entries for the 65th Venice Film Festival came out, everyone shook their heads and sighed. It seems that this year's three major film festivals have fallen into a catastrophic dilemma. This can also be seen from the side of Hollywood's influence on the direction of the world film industry.

Although the literary quality of European films has always been highly respected, and the works of Asia and Latin America have repeatedly made amazing works, no one will deny that Hollywood, which was synonymous with commercial films ten years ago, is now gradually becoming more artistically showed his strength. Therefore, at the end of last year, the Hollywood screenwriters went on strike, which not only seriously affected American films, but also inevitably affected the three major European film festivals. It is really "Hollywood caught a cold, and Europe will have to cough a few times."

The three major European film festivals across the Atlantic Ocean are so tragic, so the situation in the United States, which is at the center of the strike, is naturally even more difficult.

Don't watch the 2008 summer movies such as "Iron Man", "Indiana Jones 4," "Batman Prequel: The Dark Knight" and other movies are very lively, and set off a wave of box office climax, but in fact, such as Xi European three Like the big film festivals, the Golden Globes and Oscars are having a headache for this year's awards season -- not even the Grammys.

Whether it is a film festival or an awards ceremony excellent works are indispensable. Now, due to the 100-day screenwriter strike at the end of last year, the connection of countless works has been disconnected. In fact, the Hollywood film industry is like an assembly line operation. Every year, plans are made for the next year, or even the next three years. Once a link stops in the middle, the future influence wavelength is bound to continue for a long time. time.

For a simple example, the films originally planned to be released at this year's Huina Film Festival and Venice Film Festival had to be postponed after being affected by the writers' strike, so it was inevitable to miss the film festival, especially in the nineteenth century. In Venice this month, the works originally scheduled to be released in Venice should still be filming at the end of last year, and there are naturally more works that are absent.

The same is true for the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars. The list of good works that have entered their sights is not optimistic. In the face of declining ratings and more and more critical audiences, if the awards ceremonies do not change, then what awaits them is perish. Now even the Berlin Film Festival, which is reputed to be stubborn, has realized the need for reform, not to mention the Golden Globes and Oscars.

Therefore, it is only the end of August. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have already begun to worry about the awards ceremony early next year. The gossip and rumors are also fiercely fermented under the heat of summer.

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