Rebirth of Super Red Star

Time back to two days ago.

November [-]rd, at [-]:[-] pm, Tianhe Cinemas, Taiwan.

The huge auditorium can accommodate up to 150 spectators when it is full.But today, there are only 17 people sitting in the entire screening hall, and judging from the clothes and attitudes of these people, they don't look like ordinary audiences.

That's right, they all have a unified identity, Taiwan's No.30 judge of the Seventh Golden Horse Awards.

Among the 17 people, seven belong to the primary election and ten belong to the re-election. This afternoon will be the last time for them to watch the film.

In the two months before this, the primary selection judges watched a large number of films, and first screened out films with poor quality and no connotation.Then it will be submitted to the re-examination review, and the shortlist for this year's Golden Horse Awards will be selected.Finally, this list will be reported to the committee, and the winners of the major awards will be selected from the shortlisted films together by the review and final review.

The whole process took several months, quite long and quite boring.Since there are too many films registered for this year's Golden Horse Awards, and the quality of the entries is not uniform, most of the time the judges watch the films is simply a kind of torture.

Due to professionalism and impartiality, they can't be perfunctory and make behaviors that do not conform to their status and professionalism.So it is still comfortable to judge, and the films I watch are all carefully selected, and one is better than the other.As for the first review and review, you can only relax and relax at the last moment when nominations are selected, and watch a movie as an audience.In the past, it was impossible to deceive oneself and others to associate "enjoyment" with the process of reviewing films.

"Sorry, I lied at the beginning."

"But I... have no choice! If I don't do this, what can I do?! You die... I live, I don't want to die! So, sorry..."

boom--

There was a gunshot, and the big screen in front of the auditorium flashed.

The woman in a black windbreaker looked up at the sky and the rain fell, and her eyes were instantly fascinated, and tears flowed down the corners of her eyes, like tears but not tears.

Her eyes were empty and numb, she stared at the rainy sky for a long time, and finally lowered her head.

Watching the flow of people at the intersection, he raised the corners of his mouth to make a smile without sadness or joy, raised his feet and stepped on the red high-heeled shoes under his feet, and merged into the crowd with the sound of rain, and gradually disappeared.

'Ha, I'm not alone~

'I've been wandering in the world. '

'my dream……'

When the music sounded, the female singer's unique smoky voice fell into people's hearts and made people feel numb, and they couldn't help but recall the plots in the previous movies.

But the premise is that the audience watching this film is ordinary people, not the seventeen tried and tested film critics and related practitioners in the film industry.In the past few months, they have watched this movie called "Gunshot" no less than ten times. Although they are still touched after watching it completely, they are more or less tired of this movie.

Directed by Taiwanese director Cen Jinming, this film starring local actress Hou Xinyi and local actor Luo Yong is of high quality, and the green light went smoothly from the primary election to the re-election.

In terms of the story, although it tells the old-fashioned story of a female killer and a male policeman, under the guidance of senior director Cen Jinming, the expressiveness of the story is quite good.

There are also the acting skills of the two leading actors, whether it is the heroine Hou Xinyi or the actor Tuo Yong, their performances in the play can be described as quite wonderful.If there is no accident, with the outstanding quality of the film, it is definitely the winner of the Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Film of this year's Golden Horse Awards.

But unfortunately, strange things happen every year, especially this year.Ten days ago, when the shortlist for this year's Golden Horse Awards was initially determined, all the judges were surprised by the final result.They are not surprised that there is a movie with a higher quality than "Gunshot", but they have never heard of the director of the movie. The heroine of the movie is the first time to make a movie, and the hero is also a newcomer. Even if some of the fame is limited to mainland China, you Is it unusual to say this?

"...Old He, No. 13 times, out of ten, how would you rate the director, heroine, and actor?"

Ji Minghui, a well-known film scholar in Taiwan, holds a Ph.D. in film theory from the School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California.

In his 40s and almost 50 years old this year, he is currently an associate professor at the Department of Radio and Television, National Chengchi University. He has written many books related to the film industry and enjoys a considerable reputation in the Taiwanese film industry.

The person he called 'Old He' was a fat man, about his age, but short and fat and ugly.There is a pair of round glasses on the bridge of the collapsed nose. The lenses reflect the light on the big screen in front of them. The eyes narrowed into slits behind the lenses are so tiny that they are almost invisible in this situation.

Hearing Ji Minghui calling him, Lao He and He Yizhou took off their glasses and pressed their brows, after thinking for a moment, they finally spoke.He knew the deep meaning behind this old friend's question. Although he didn't want to admit it in his heart, he had to say that he felt the same way.

"Director 9, heroine 9. Actor... 8.5."

Reporting his own scores for Cen Jinming, Hou Xinyi, and Tuo Yong in turn, He Yizhou lowered his head and flipped through the notebook full of memories and said.

"Cen Jinming's standard is the same as before, Hou Xinyi's acting skills have improved, Tuo Yong... is above the standard, there is no problem getting nominated, but winning...hehehe, who knows?"

He took out the mirror cloth from his jacket pocket, wiped the glasses and put them on again, looked up at Ji Minghui and smiled mysteriously.

"The quality of the films shortlisted this year is almost the same. Who can guarantee which one is the dark horse until the last moment? Out of the idea of ​​protecting local filmmakers, I really want to say that "Gunshot" won the final award with [-]% certainty, but that film "Gone" "Who dares to say that there is no chance?"

Yeah, who's to say that movie didn't stand a chance.

After hearing He Yizhou's comment, Ji Minghui smiled helplessly, shook his head and sighed.

This year's Golden Horse Awards primary selection ended, and when the re-selection began, he and the ten re-selection judges saw the movie "Cubicle" with only one thought in mind.Even though he was born in Southern California, the level of directors in Hollywood is not the same. The first work has reached this level. Returning to Asia and developing, will you let the senior directors in the circle live?

And Lin Fengyi, with her acting skills on the small screen, they must have imagined her performance before watching "Cubicle".But who can tell him that the woman in the movie who is conservative on the one hand and slutty on the other, who smiles when she doesn't speak lines is just a joke, and who is different in front of every client is really her? !

Obviously she is only making a movie for the first time, how can she interpret the characters so wonderfully, without any pain from the small screen to the big screen.

The ending song of "Gunshot" and the end of the subtitles, Ji Minghui stood up from his seat, ready to go to the bathroom before the next movie screening, to clean up his mood.

There are not a few judges who think the same as him. They greeted each other along the way, chatted about the few films they had watched before, and listened to the female judges passing by them, discussing each other with each other. He glanced at him, shook his head and laughed, and walked into the bathroom.

After solving his physical needs, when Ji Minghui came to the sink to wash his hands, he pursed his lips and frowned in front of the mirror.In the mirror, a short hair in a suit and leather shoes, with the reflection of a scholar's unique book atmosphere, faithfully echoed his every movement.

Although he is about to be 50 years old, he still looks very interesting.

Although the youthful and handsome man is gone and will never be chased back, but mature men are uniquely calm and heavy, how can young and handsome men have it?

After washing his hands and grooming himself, Ji Minghui returned to his seat and asked the staff in the projection hall to bring a cup of black coffee, which he poured into his stomach to refresh himself.

Today is the last film. After watching the nomination of this year's Golden Horse Awards, the nomination will be finally confirmed. He has to concentrate his [-]% attention and find a reason not to support the next film to win the award.

Although he doesn't want to admit it, he still wants to say that it's rare to see a good movie "Gunshot" when Taiwan's local movies are weak.If possible, he really hopes that the award can be awarded to his own people, so as to encourage local directors and actors to continue their efforts and jointly create Taiwan's film industry and enter the spring after the new millennium.

5 minutes later.

The lights in the projection hall dimmed, and the picture on the big screen flashed, and the stars twinkled and converged, and finally reflected each other into a brilliance, forming a Milky Way.

'Galaxy Films', these four large characters shining with starlight, plus a reduced version of the Galaxy logo appeared on the screen, Ji Minghui laughed twice.Shaking his head, he lamented in his heart that the little son of the Jiang family, the one named Ah Shui is too noisy, because of the lack of water in the five elements, from a small name to a big name, including the business he runs when he grows up, any name must be related to water.

Ah Shui, Jiang Weihan, Tianhe Studios, Galaxy Films...

Who is the master who gave him the horoscope? This one is so energetic to replenish water, but he doesn't know how to control it.Haven't you heard the phrase 'too much is too late', and you are not afraid of causing new disasters if you overdo it.

After sighing in his heart for more than ten seconds, after the opening title, when the word "cubicle" appeared on the big screen, Ji Minghui collected his mood and concentrated on it.

Not only him, but also the other [-] judges who have expressed their opinions on the selected films.

Although the shortlist for this year's Golden Horse Awards has been confirmed, today's screening is just a routine, but as filmmakers, none of them is willing to miss a good movie.

Even if the movie has been watched more than ten times, a good movie is like a good wine, the more taste the better.

Especially when a movie, from the performance of the director to the actors, everything exceeds your expectations.When you watch a film, you naturally want to study the essence of the main creator through the film.

You can't help but think that through this movie called "Cubicle", you can see the true level of director Xia Tong.See if Lin Fengyi's performance in the film is flawless.

You will still think, seeing clearly that a young actor named Cheng Le, who is only 24 years old this year, can unexpectedly transcend the boundaries of age, body, and spirit, with a young and excessive face, acting live A mature soul, played another man.

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