Rebirth Enchanted Xiangjiang

On February 23rd after the Spring Festival, after some competitions in the main competition section at the Berlin International Film Festival in Europe, it finally reached the exciting moment of awards.

During the competition period, each screening of Red Sorghum attracted a considerable number of filmmakers, and the audience came to watch it. Both Western audiences and Western critics highly praised "Red Sorghum".The German "People's Page" commented: "This is a rough and colorful film with a rich life.

After voting by the chairman of the jury, Alan Bostin, and the judges Eberhard Junkersdorf, Tom Rudy, Andre Smirnov, Tilda Swinton and others Selected the best film, best director and other main competition unit awards.

The movie "Red Sorghum" directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li and Jiang Wen won the Golden Bear Award for Best Picture.

This is the first time that a Chinese filmmaker has won the highest award at the European Junior Film Festival, and it is also the first truly significant world-class award for a Chinese film.

Zhang Yimou, in a gray suit and a bright red tie, gave his acceptance speech excitedly: "Thank you Berlin Film Festival, thank you all the judges, thank you for choosing the red sorghum, thank you. This award is for me and my young friends. It means that we are likely to make better Chinese movies. Movies are a bridge to communicate with mankind. People from different countries and nationalities understand and appreciate each other through movies. We love movies so much because it is a communication of human emotions. The Berlin International Film Festival is the most important pillar of this bridge. We Chinese call it the mainstay. I wish the mainstay of the Berlin Film Festival better and better, thank you."

Before Qiao Feng appeared, except for Hollywood movies, movies from any other country in the world lacked the ability to sell to the world.Movies in some places have strong penetration in the regional market. For example, Hong Kong movies are in the Southeast Asian market, and even discs can be sold everywhere in Europe and America, but they are absolutely incapable of distribution in theaters.

Therefore, film festivals play a very important role. Film festivals all over the world are like relay stations and loudspeakers, helping films from unknown countries to spread all over the world.

Chinese films in the 1980s were one of those participants who needed to be spread to other countries.

Before 1988, Chinese films were unknown in the world. No one knew what Chinese films were like. Even the Yellow Earth won awards before, but the awards were not enough.

But this year, during the Chinese New Year, the Berlin Film Festival helped Chinese films break the ice and became famous.

Last year, the last emperor also won several Oscar awards. Although there are also mainland co-production companies there, others only think that the last emperor is the success of Hong Kong movies, not the success of Chinese movies. Hong Kong returned after many years. , This may be counted in Chinese movies, but for now, others don’t think so.

Therefore, the Berlin International Film Festival awarded the highest bonus bear award to a red sorghum. This is a real Chinese film success. This result shocked the entire West, and of course, it shocked the country that is still celebrating the Spring Festival.

For the general public in China, no one knows that such a film has won the election in Germany, and for filmmakers, everyone does not think that this film can win an award.

Yes, no one thinks they will win prizes.

The fate between China and the Berlin Film Festival began in 1981, when the Shanghai Film Studio's "Swallows Return" was fortunate to be a finalist for China.Before 1988, Chinese films such as "Nostalgia", "Blood, Always Hot", "Yamaha Fish File", "Stranger Friends" and other films also participated in the Berlin Film Festival. At that time, judges and film festival audiences generally believed that: China The film has a heavy political color.

Political color is heavy, so it’s not easy to win prizes, especially China’s ideology is different from that of the West, so even the Berlin Film Festival with the strongest political color among the three major European film festivals, Chinese films want to win prizes. Very difficult.

Not to mention that domestic filmmakers who are well-informed know that red sorghum is actually just a substitute. At the end of last year, the Film Bureau had confirmed that the "King of the Child" directed by Cheng Kaige would compete in Berlin.

Just because of Cheng Kaige's wanton release of pigeons, Harder also criticized Ms. Yu Yuxi, the first Chinese authorized to select films.

It was already the end of the year, and the registration for the Berlin Film Festival actually ended at the end of November. Ms. Yu Yuxi and the others had to seek urgent assistance from film studios across the country. Director Yang Fengliang from the West Film Studio recommended to her the newly completed "Red Sorghum" by Zhang Yimou. In fact, Zhang Yimou had signed up for the election with red sorghum before, but his first film made by a new director was not seen by the Film Bureau and was not eligible to be promoted to Berlin.

Yu Yuxi didn't know Zhang Yimou, so after listening to Yang Fengliang's recommendation, Zhang Yimou quickly sent her registration materials and photos.Time was very tight, and soon I prepared a copy and sent it to Berlin. Chairman Hader saw the film after the Christmas holidays. He liked it very much and said excitedly: "This is the film for the Berlin Film Festival!"

Red Sorghum participated in the Berlin Film Festival by mistake. However, although the chairman of the festival was very optimistic about Red Sorghum and said that it was exactly the film needed by the Berlin Film Festival, in fact Zhang Yimou knew this kind of evaluation. , Because there have been too many lessons learned from the failure.

As a result, the red sorghum that caused a sensation in Berlin during the competition finally became famous overnight on the evening of February 23, 1988.

"So tired, I really want to go back now."

In the evening, Qiao Feng received a movie played by Gong Li from Germany. This is the first sentence that followed.

"Is it tiring to attend the awards ceremony? How about winning, the Golden Bear Award, you should be happy." Qiao Feng asked funny.

"It’s because I won the prize, that’s why I’m tired." Gong Li didn’t even ask Qiao Feng why he didn’t say anything, but he already knew that the red sorghum had won the award, and he also won the Golden Bear Award. Gong Li ignored this. The deputy spoke in a listless tone.

"How to say?" Qiao Feng asked.

"After the awards ceremony, when I left the venue, I was surrounded by a group of reporters for interviews for a long time. Then I returned to the hotel and was surrounded for interviews for a long time. After the interview, I thought I could finally rest. The branch of Xinhua News Agency came to do an interview again. You said that the winner was the director, Zhang Yimou, and I was just an actor. What does this have to do with me? Why do I have to interview me again and again? It’s really annoying. ."

"After a good night's sleep, I will leave for China tomorrow."

"I miss you, I want to sleep with you."

"I miss you too, I want to sleep with you."

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