Qianjiang Evening News hourly news reporter Lu Fang
On May 1, the "Beijing Film Festival Spring Online Film Festival" jointly sponsored by the Organizing Committee of the Beijing International Film Festival and the official online screening platform iQIYI was officially opened.
It is reported that from May 1 to May 5, 32 high-quality films will be screened on the iQIYI platform: "Wave Ashore", "Tropical Monsoon", "Female Moment", "Light and Shadow Writing" and "Sound Wave Rhapsody".
Of the 32 films in the show, Marriage Story, Judy, One Hundred and Eight, Spring Tide and Breaking News were the first new films to be screened online, and a new film was broadcast every day during the May Day holiday.
On May 1, the qianbao reporter successfully grabbed the ticket of "Marriage Story" and spent 12 yuan to watch a "Marriage Story" on the iQiyi APP.
From making an appointment to successfully grabbing tickets, generating invitation letters, to scanning the code to enter the online movie hall and watching movies... The whole process is full of rituals.
Offline film festivals have been cancelled, and the North Film Festival has launched online film festivals
Affected by the epidemic, in addition to the successful holding of the Berlin Film Festival in February this year, the South by Southwest Film Festival in the United States, the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, the San Diego Comic Con, the Annecy Animation Film Festival in France, and the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland have announced their cancellations.
There are also some film festivals that join online platforms to broadcast the films shortlisted for the film festival online for pay-per-view, bringing more viewing experiences to the audience.
The 10th Beijing Film Festival was also announced on March 4, and the 10th Beijing International Film Festival, which was scheduled to be held in Beijing from April 19 to 26, was postponed.
However, on April 28, the Organizing Committee of the Beijing International Film Festival and iQIYI, the official online screening platform, announced that they would jointly host the Spring Online Film Festival.
It is reported that in order to let fans experience the sense of viewing ceremony of the film festival as always, this online film festival has also added a lot of new ways to play.
And these are all in order to rekindle the enthusiasm of film fans who have not watched movies in the theater for a long time, feel the temperature of the film festival and the fun of watching movies.
Make an appointment, generate an invitation letter, grab a ticket, pay, scan the code to enter the online movie hall
On May 1, the qianbao reporter experienced the new gameplay of this online film festival on "iQiyi".
The film festival has retained the ticket snatching link that fans of each Beijing Film Festival are most concerned about.
The number of tickets for blockbuster films is limited, "Marriage Story" is limited to 3,000 movie tickets, and "1008" and "Spring Tide" are limited to 10,000 movie tickets each, which require online reservations.
The screening time of "Marriage Story" is 19:00 on May 1, and the money reporter made an appointment on April 29.
On the morning of May 1, after landing on the iQIYI APP and selecting the "Movie Channel", the "North Film Festival Spring Online Film Festival: Limited Edition" appeared.
After clicking on it, the main page of the film festival appeared, which had "Movie Watching Instructions, Movie Watching Records, and Film Schedule".
Strikingly, it is also possible to "generate invitations".
Pulling down the page is the "exclusive" list of films: "Judy", "Marriage Story", "One Hundred and Eight", "Spring Tide", "Breaking News".
After clicking "Marriage Story" to grab the ticket, it shows "the ticket volume is tight, the ticket price is 12 yuan, and the VIP member is 6 yuan".
After paying 12 yuan, the ticket snatching was successful, and it was told that "the exhibition time is the length of the film, can not be watched back, and cannot be cast."
It is reported that the screening time of "Marriage Story" is 19:00 on May 1, and the end time is 21:16 on May 1. Because the film is a limited live screening, it is not possible to watch back like a movie in a theater.
Subsequently, the Money Daily reporter obtained a ticket for the "Marriage Story" movie, which had a two-dimensional code on it, and scanned the code to enter the online movie hall before the screening.
Watching "Marriage Story" on the mobile phone, the side of the screen is a string of "likes"
At 18:55 that night, scan the code to enter the online movie hall.
At 19:00, "Marriage Story" began to play a trailer, and after the trailer, there was a "dragon label" before the official screening of the film, and the original "Marriage Story" had obtained a license for domestic theater release.
The "Marriage Story" played is the original version with Chinese subtitles, the picture is very clear on the mobile phone, if the bullet screen is opened, you can also see the comments and likes of netizens.
However, "Marriage Story" is a literary and artistic film, when the plot is advanced, netizens are relatively quiet, only a string of heart-shaped likes on the side of the picture continues to emerge.
The film tells a realistic and helpless story.
Scarlett Johansson plays an up-and-coming actress who wants to go to Los Angeles to develop. Adam Draper plays the New York stage director who is macho, and the two are married, neither is willing to give in for the other, and finally faces divorce.
Originally, it was said that it was "good to get together and disperse", but the two hired a lawyer, and for the division of property, especially for the custody of children, they had to fight openly and secretly, and finally both sides were bruised.
"Marriage Story" received 6 Oscar nominations, and Laura Duncan, who plays Scarlett Johnson's lawyer, won this year's Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her superb acting skills.
There are many good films in 32 exhibitions, and 6 are especially recommended
The 32 films screened online this time are divided into five major screening units: "Wave Ashore", "Tropical Monsoon", "Female Moment", "Light and Shadow Writing" and "Sound Wave Rhapsody".
There are many films that have been released in theaters, and here are 6 that are not screened in domestic theaters, but are worth watching.
The Filipino film "Mama Rosa" in the "Tropical Monsoon" section is quite good. The film was shortlisted for the main competition section in Cannes in 2016, and the Filipino actress Jacqueline Joss, who played Rosa's mother, won the best actress in Cannes that year.
"Mama Rosa" director Brilant Sadoman is a well-known Filipino director who won the Cannes Best Director in 2009 for "Boys See Blood Hell".
The film has a large number of handheld follow-up shots, showing the texture of real life at the bottom of the Philippines, and Jacqueline Joss's performance is even more insignificant and very natural.
The "Female Moments" section has two very good films, "Happy Lazzaro" and "Roma".
"Happy Lazzaro" is the best screenplay by the famous Italian female director Alice Lorvache in Cannes in 2018.
"Roma" is a poetic and emotional masterpiece, the semi-autobiographical story of the famous director Alfonso Cuarón, which won the 75th Venice Golden Lion, the 91st Academy Award for Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Cinematography. Although it has been released in domestic theaters, it is worth brushing up a few times.
"The Promise of Childhood" and "Patterson" in the "Light and Shadow Writing" unit are also good.
"The Promise of Childhood" is adapted from the autobiographical novel "I Promise" published by the French literary giant Roman Gary in 1960, describing the legendary story of Roman Gary becoming a French literary giant, and the touching memories between him and his mother.
"Patterson" is a film directed by Jarmusch, adam Dreifer plays a bus driver and an amateur poet, in addition to driving is writing poetry, his wife plays some interesting designs at home, and they also have a dog. The structure of the film is like a poem, a very fresh literary film.
"Rocket Man" in the "Rhapsody of Sound" section was premiered in Cannes last year, and the biopic by musical legend Elton John won this year's Academy Award for Best Song.