This is Shen Mengxi's true thoughts.

Should the road to the revival of Chinese films cater to overseas markets?

This question is really stupid!

It's nothing more than some old factions, who can't innovate, so they put the pot on others.

Shoot what you like first and improve the quality, then it is naturally not a problem abroad.

"What do you think are the specific gaps between China and Hollywood in terms of film production, from system to system?"

"There is such a country, their film industry is just starting to start, and the domestic market is occupied by foreign films, people are very tolerant of other countries' films, even bad movies, but they are very harsh on their own films. In order to prop up the domestic film industry, the government had to legislate to restrict foreign films and encourage its filmmakers to produce more and better works, but at the same time they set up various censorship committees and began to cut and ban films they deemed bad in order to ensure the box office and the 'pure' image of the films. ”

Speaking of this, Shen Mengxi smiled and asked Zhang Han rhetorically: "Which country do you guess I'm talking about?"

Zhang Han was stunned for a moment: "... I don't know. ”

"It's America! It's the America of the first half of the last century. ”

Shen Mengxi added: "In 1915, state and local governments in the United States began to set up censorship committees to delete and ban films that they thought were bad. In 1922, in order to ensure box office revenues and "pure" film images and content, the Film Censorship Board began to prepare. This body is headed by Will Hayes. In 1930, Catholic priest Daniel Lauder publicly declared that movies were corrupting people's morals and drafted a film censorship code, which was quickly accepted by the giants of the film industry and handed over to Will Hayes, president of the American Society of Producers and Distributors, so it became known as the Hayes Code. ”

"There are 12 prohibitions in the entire code, covering criminal, sexual, religious, and even kissing scenes. Of course, whether it was violated or not. It depends on the attitude of the examiners of the Committee. If you've seen "The Aviator," which tells the story of Howard Hughes's films, those details are real. ”

"However, the times are different, the standards are not the same, and now it should be more free!"

I agree with that, I completely agree that imagination can fly higher without constraints! What was forbidden by the Hays Code abounds in Hollywood movies today, and the deeper it is violated, the more box office it gets. ”

"But I'm not trying to say that with the example of the Hays Code, I'm saying that the Hays Code ruled Hollywood for nearly 40 years from the time it was officially issued to the time it ended, and in those 40 years, there were "Broken Bridge," "Wuthering Heights," "Casablanca," "Roman Holiday," "Gone with the Wind," and so many other classics! ”

"My question is, where are our Blue Bridge, Wuthering Heights, Casablanca, Roman Holiday, Gone with the Wind?"

"If a person can't make the most basic movement of stretching his wings under the rules that are not too strict, how can I believe that you can fly higher and farther after breaking free from the shackles of the rules?"

"Now, the biggest obstacle to Chinese films is the Chinese filmmakers themselves!"

"Don't always complain about the system, what really hasn't passed the censorship level now is nothing more than a pure blue with too many dew spots, or ultra-bloody or disgusting scenes that can directly cause psychological discomfort, and overly sensitive political topics. ”

"These themes are not mainstream in the world!"

Zhang Han asked directly: "What do you say about "Blind Well" and "Blind Mountain"?"

"Even if these two movies can be released, in addition to praising the director for having a conscience, can there be much market effect?"

"The core of the weakness of Chinese films is not in other things, but in the mentality and style of a large number of filmmakers, film is an art, but it is also an industry. Nowadays, many domestic movies are mixed with too many directors' personal feelings, and ignore the audience's experience. All I can say is: those who ignore the audience will inevitably be abandoned by the audience!"

......

The interview was published in June, and it has sparked a lot of discussion.

Some directors of the sixth generation protested, thinking that some of the rhetoric was suspected of insulting, but unfortunately no one cared.

Because Shen Mengxi won the Best Director at Cannes!

He is qualified to say this!

Now, who dares to say 'Shen Mengxi is just a businessman, he doesn't understand movies', believe it or not, he made a "Moonlight Boy" and won an Oscar?

As far as these directors in the mainland are concerned, they question Shen Mengxi and are not qualified.

And most netizens recognized his sentence 'The era of getting famous by winning an award abroad has passed'...

Shen Mengxi didn't care much about these things.

Moreover, the birth and abolition of the "Hays Code" is completely the decision of the eight major studios, and the relationship with us is different...

Why was it founded?

In order to maintain the rights and interests of local films;

Why was it abolished?

Because they find the "Hays Code" useless, and the audience loves to watch movies for adults.

One of the most important things about Hollywood's longevity is the positive interaction between Hollywood films and social atmospheres and social trends, and the Code hinders this interaction, which has a much greater negative impact on Hollywood than banning some irritating shots.

So, abolish it!

Of course, the abolition of the Code led to the birth of the classification system and laid the institutional foundation for Hollywood, which is another story.

......

Shanghai, the hotel where the crew of "My Little Black Dress" stayed.

Zhao Shan took over the filming of "Little Times" in Amway Yang Xiaomi:

Baidu's "Gu Li Bar" ranked eleventh among more than 4,000 literary characters Tieba, and it is the top-ranked female literary character Tieba, with more than 20,000 fans imitating Gu Li in Tieba and creating fanworks for her. ”

"This character is well played, it can make you..."

Yang Xiaomi looked up: "What can you do with me?"

Zhao Shan was stunned for a moment, what can she do?

Yang Xiaomi is now the post-85 actress second only to Liu Yifei...

Zhao Shan took out a bunch of data: "In the past 5 years, 24,437,000 people have read the book "Little Times", which is the number of genuine editions, and if piracy is added, this data will have to be expanded tenfold!"

"What is this concept? For comparison, the four books of "Twilight" have sold about 20 million copies, "The Hunger Games" has sold 15 million copies worldwide, and "Little Times" has sold more than 24 million copies..."

"We've calculated that it's a bit difficult to convert all these readers into fans, but as long as we can mobilize more than 10 million, we can have more than 400 million at the box office. ”

"You played a representative role in Gu Liduo!"

Yang Xiaomi looked at "Little Times" at this time, and then raised an objection: "This Lin Xiao is the heroine!"

"The crew is in contact with Liu Yifei!"

"Isn't it?" Yang Xiaomi became interested, and was about to continue asking, Zhao Shan said: "Of the four heroines of "Little Times", Gu Li is the easiest to shine!"

"Are you sure you're going to act?"

“... I don't know, but the filmmaker is invited!"

The filmmaker is indeed invited, but Liu Yifei's schedule is very tight, and she obviously has no interest in the series, so she directly refused: "... I have two film deals next year, so..."

"It's okay, we can wait!"