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Alberto looked at Renly with a smile on his face, more seriously than ever before, carefully observing the slight changes in Renly's expression. He was a little dazed for a moment, but it passed quickly, and then he smiled again, "You are really a person full of energy. Charming guy, you should be used to such words.？”
The corners of Renly's lips slightly raised, "Praise can make the devil dance, who can resist it?"？”
“Haha." Alberto laughed heartily again. The loud and hearty laughter made Renly's eardrums faintly vibrate. For a sixty-year-old man, it can be said to be very energetic, "Although I still I don’t fully understand what you mean by streaming media, but I can tell that this should be a breakthrough that changes the entire industry. As for whether it’s good or bad, I can’t tell. The only thing I can say is that I admire your courage..”
“Just admire it? What about joining? I thought we were ready to cooperate for a long time." Renly's tone remained light and joking. Even if he was rejected, he was not surprised at all - because he knew that all this would take time. Precipitation and brewing.
Alberto just spread his hands calmly, "You should know that some things are not that simple, just like what you just said, are you sure we need to continue to waste time on this issue?" Anti-General Yijun, Alberto is not an easy old fox to deal with either..
Renly pursed his lips and nodded in agreement, "That's fair..”
In fact, regarding the possibility of cooperation between the three major European film festivals and the Don Quixote Channel, Renly personally believes that Berlin is the most likely, followed by Cannes, and Venice is the most difficult..
Judging from the historical development process, "Roma" directed by Alfonso Cuaron and invested and produced by Netflix was rejected by Cannes and moved to Venice, and finally successfully won the Golden Lion Award. This seems to mean that Venice is more accepting of streaming media. , but this is just a superficial illusion——
France has a rigid rule that "must be screened in theaters for a certain number of weeks" for Cannes entries, while Italy does not, which leads to such a result; but judging from the acceptance and discussion of streaming media, France is systematically paying attention With the move of streaming media, Italy lacks a sufficient system framework, coupled with the complex power relations of the Venice Film Festival, all of which make the prospect of cooperation full of more variables..
As Alberto said, Renly was not surprised at all. Just like inviting Renly to serve as the chairman of the jury, the cooperation between Venice and the Don Quixote Channel is also full of difficulties. At this point in time, there is no further discussion. necessary because it is simply impossible to happen.
Furthermore, now is not the best time to cooperate with the three major European film festivals, and Renly is already mentally prepared..
However, Renly has still planted a seed now, waiting to be watered slowly in the long development process in the future, looking forward to one day in the future it will truly blossom and bear fruit. Anyway, the development plan of Don Quixote Channel is not in the short term. It can be accomplished in one go.
Although Renly expressed his understanding and did not continue to entangle, Alberto still couldn't get rid of his thoughts immediately. The more he thought about it, the more...crazy he felt. Renly's idea was really shocking, which further confirmed the relationship between Alberto and Renly's determination and desire to cooperate.
After a slight pause, Alberto continued, "Although the streaming platform may be difficult, we can still have long-term cooperation. We are always open to the movies produced by Sisyphus Films and welcome you to Venice." Only then did Alberto really get to the point, "Especially the work you starred in; we welcome it with both hands raised, and we are full of confidence. This is bound to be the beginning of a good cooperation..”
Renly chuckled lightly, "It is an honor for any film to go to Venice. It seems that we need to focus on film production, otherwise we will betray Mr. Alberto's trust, which is not good. "It's not a polite statement. Even if they don't go to Venice, Sisyphus Pictures still needs to keep the quality of their works in check, otherwise a little loss and failure may put them on the path of DreamWorks..
“Now is the chance." Alberto was taken in a big circle by Renly, and he almost forgot his original purpose, and now he finally got back on track, "'Explosion Drummer' and 'Nightwalker', are you willing to come to Venice?？”
This is the direct goal of Alberto's special trip to New Orleans.！
Everything else is a follow-up plan, and the starting point of the whole plan is the two works "Explosion Drummer" and "Nightcrawler". Alberto hopes that they can appear in the main competition unit.
For the three major European film festivals, film works are registered and applied by themselves, and then the film selection committee watches and evaluates the works suitable for each unit. On average, the film selection committee needs to watch 300 or even More works are by no means easy.
But there are still some special cases. For example, if Quentin Tarantino or Woody Allen shoots a new work, then the film festival will take the initiative to send out invitations, hoping that the film can come to the exhibition; of course, the selection of films The committee still needs to watch and judge. After adding the favor points and reputation points, it can then judge whether it is suitable for the main competition unit or other units.——
Occasionally, there will be some embarrassing situations. The film festival invited a certain master director to participate in the competition. The master did rush to complete the work, but the quality of the finished product was not satisfactory. As a result, the film selection committee had no choice but to reject it, from the perspective of human feelings and face. It's all very embarrassing, but it does happen occasionally.
Just like Cannes has established its own direct lineage, Berlin and Venice also have it, but the direct lineage influence of the latter two is not perfect enough and their influence is relatively limited..
Now, Alberto himself has arrived in New Orleans for two Sisyphus Films productions.
Renly was slightly surprised when he learned of Alberto's purpose. Although from an objective point of view, this was an unexpected but reasonable answer: otherwise, there really was no connection between Renly and Alberto. How could Alberto make a special trip to visit the class?？
The reason for the surprise is mainly because of Renly himself. He has never really put himself in the position of a producer, and has never really interfered with the behind-the-scenes work of the film's production, distribution, publicity plans, etc.; now, Alberto made a special trip to ask Renly for his opinion. Even though this was the most reasonable explanation, unexpected emotions inevitably surged..
Renly paused for a moment, then asked a very basic question, "But, 'Crackling Drummer' has already participated in the Sundance Film Festival, can it continue to participate in the Venice Film Festival? I always thought that you only accept global The premiere works participate in the main competition. Only markets like the Toronto Film Festival are open for registration and accept applications for screening of all films..”
As expected, it was a primary question. Alberto laughed happily, "I have never heard of such a rule, at least not in Venice.".”
In fact, none of the three major European film festivals have such rigid rules. The reason why they prefer world premiere works is to ensure attention and attraction. After all, those works that have been officially premiered lack the "uniqueness" attributes, more or less, it still has an impact. This is just a tendency based on market considerations. In terms of regulations, there are no relevant provisions at all..
Last year's Sundance Grand Jury Prize "Fruitville Station" then went to the Cannes Film Festival. It was not in the main competition, but it also participated in the Un Certain Regard section; similarly, the 2012 Sundance Film Festival's Jury Grand Prize The work "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was also shortlisted for the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, and received a series of awards at Cannes. It finally entered the year-end awards season with great momentum, and was an upset during the Oscar nomination stage..
"God Help the Girl", which was highly acclaimed at Sundance this year, went to the Berlin Film Festival just two weeks later and participated in the screening of the Crystal Bear section..
There are countless similar situations. In the final analysis, film festival screenings are still limited to specific groups. It is completely normal to go from one film festival to another. Even the three major European film festivals are no exception, including The incredible Cannes Film Festival.
“As for other film festivals, I'm not very familiar with them." Alberto's eyes flashed with a cunning light. Although he didn't explicitly name him, the hints in his words clearly pointed to Cannes.——
This year's Cannes Film Festival did not extend an olive branch to "Crackling Drummer" and also rejected "Nightcrawler" because the styles of both works were too gloomy and dark and did not suit the style of Cannes. But now, in Alberto's Other meanings are deduced from the hints. Are they trying to set each other up?？
Renly couldn't help but remember that when he attended Cannes last year, the senior officials were also overtly and covertly trying to contain Venice. The competitive situation between the two sides was really unbearable; more importantly, Berlin seemed to be isolated in this way. , if the three film festivals are personified, the relationship between them becomes more interesting and thought-provoking, which also makes Renly reveal a big smile..
“I personally am really looking forward to you coming to Venice again. 'Blast Drummer' has received a lot of praise at Sundance, and our expectations are increasing step by step. I can't wait to see this work, and I sincerely I really hope that Italian audiences can appreciate this work as soon as possible." Alberto further added, with a sincere and bright light in his eyes..
“Of course, there's Jake Gyllenhaal.”
Just when Renly was about to speak, Alberto added this sentence, which made Renly chuckle directly, "I don't think Jack will be satisfied with such treatment. He should also be the protagonist, right?？”
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