Chapter 504: Sigh
"No Man's Land" was filmed in 2009, and more than 4 and a half years have passed now, and the experience of this film is legendary for such a long time.
At the beginning, Ning Hao started the filming of this film with the identity of a domestic "new box office director of 100 million yuan", and the limelight and expectation were the same for a while, and almost everyone across the country was looking forward to whether this film could create a new domestic film box office record again.
Under such anticipation, the filming of the film was completed, and then, the news of the ban came out.
At that time, although few people had seen the movie, the general content of the movie had been more or less revealed by the "insiders", so almost everyone in the country knew that this was a black comedy, describing the darkest and worst places in human nature, and there was not even a good person in the whole film, and this is also the reason why this movie was banned.
As a result, people are looking forward to this movie more and more, they want to see what kind of movie this is, and it can be so dark that it is banned.
On the Internet, the voices for "No Man's Land" and the call for the lifting of the ban on this film are growing louder and louder.
Of course, such calls are obviously useless, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is clearly the filmmaker's exploitation of public opinion, and this approach ultimately yields the opposite result of some people's expectations.
Zhang Bufan and Ning Hao once talked about this matter, and Ning Hao also said that he felt that the person who did it was stupid, if it weren't for these superfluous actions, maybe his previous revisions would have been passed, and "No Man's Land" might have been released a long time ago.
And those people did this, and they angered the higher-ups, so they became the monkeys who made an example of the monkeys.
In the two years since, whenever someone mentions this movie, they always boast that this movie they have never seen before is "a good movie"!
Such expectations reached a climax when Ning Hao's "The Great Gold Robbery" was released, and then it fell to the bottom in an instant.
"Director Ning Hao himself has gone to make a new movie, and "No Man's Land" will definitely be out of action. ”
This is a statement that can often be seen during that time.
Then, there is forgetting.
At this point, this movie has finally been forgotten by people, even if they still remember it, like Ning Hao himself, they have put it into the depths of their memory, quietly waiting for the day when they will see the light of day again.
This day is coming, it is not too early, it is not too late.
Ning Hao couldn't have imagined that what saved the life of this movie was not his own multiple revisions, nor the efforts of domestic filmmakers, but ...... The invasion of foreign cinema.
Hollywood blockbusters led by "Avatar" have continuously grabbed the top few domestic annual box office, and the pressed domestic films can't raise their heads, so the movie "No Man's Land" is finally remembered.
"This film does have problems with political direction, and there are many problems such as the alleged deliberate smear of the people of the frontier, but I have to admit that this is a good-looking movie, at least compared to the garbage that is being released now, it has a better chance of competing with those foreign blockbusters. ”
It's not some people's words, but the meaning is pretty much the same.
So, Ning Hao saw the dawn, but this dawn hung in the sky like that, and it was another year as soon as it was hung, the reason is very simple, during this period of time, domestic movies finally broke out, and the continuous high box office and good reputation made this movie sealed in memory again.
Until now.
And this time, the reason why "No Man's Land" was released is simple, the top has been reorganized, and many approval standards have changed.
How interesting, after so much effort and all kinds of things, it was for this reason that decided to "resurrect" this movie.
Whether it is Ning Hao himself or Zhang Bufan, apart from saying "interesting", he really doesn't know what to say anymore.
............
When Zhang Bufan and Tong Liya arrived at Wanda Cinema, Ning Hao and the others had already started to perform on the stage that had been set up a long time ago, and the two of them entered the theater from the side under the leadership of the staff.
The theater is almost full, most of them don't know each other, and some of them know, celebrities, film critics, and so on.
The two sat down in the middle of the second row and waited quietly.
This location is actually not a good location in terms of viewing, the small hall is 5 or 6 rows, the hall is 7 or 8 rows, Zhang Bufan's experience is the best location for the viewing experience, but today the situation is different, the second row is similar to the VIP seat.
That is, Zhang Bufan did not participate in this movie, otherwise, his current position must be a few in the middle of the first row.
In fact, Ning Hao really wants to arrange them in the first row, see who the main creators of this movie are, Ning Hao, Huang Bo, Xu Zheng, Yu Nan...... It's all his own people, or Zhang Bufan himself felt that the impact was not good and refused.
It didn't take long for Ning Hao to enter the theater with a group of main creators, and after a simple exchange, the movie began.
This movie, which has been silent for many years, has finally appeared on the big screen.
As the lights in the theater went out and the light on the screen turned on, Zhang Bufan vaguely heard that Ning Hao, who was sitting in front of him, let out a sigh that seemed to be nothing.
At the beginning of the movie, the dark yellow on the screen seemed to set the tone for the whole movie.
Huang Bo, who had no hair, stole and caught national protected animals, but was arrested by the public security, he bargained with the other party, hoping that the other party could let him go, but the other party ignored it completely, and Huang Bo had no choice but to speak.
"You are a good person, but a good person does not necessarily have a good reward. ”
This sentence seems to be predicting the future of the public security, and it also seems to be setting the tone for the movie.
As soon as the words fell, a car slammed into it, the car was knocked over, Huang Bo was rescued, and the public security officer died.
............
In the courtroom, Xu Zheng, who had hair, confronted the police, and helped the black boss win the lawsuit with his incorruptible tongue, and then blackmailed a car from the black boss, and then, driving the car, drove into the no-man's land of the frontier.
At this moment, the previous sigh returned.
............
The boss of the black gas station found that his wife was dead, and took his stupid son to chase Xu Zheng, but was stopped by Huang Bo's killer with a gun, at this time, the stupid son walked to Huang Bo's side and looked at him directly.
"Why are you getting a hammer?
Huang Bo, who was holding a gun in his hand, completely looked down on this fool, and didn't even want to look at him squarely.
The next moment.
"Bang!"
A hammer fell heavily on his bald head.
In the amazement of the audience, Huang Bo, who was blinded by the whole person, turned his head to look at the fool, only to see that he still didn't care, raised the hammer again, and fell.
In another exclamation of the audience, the camera turned to Yu Nan, she was already frightened, and like the audience, she didn't even dare to look at the cruel picture, she just wanted to escape from here.
In front of Zhang Bufan, the sigh sounded again, this time very clearly.
Zhang Bufan understood this time.
This shot, what Ning Hao really wants to show, is more direct and bloody than what is shown in the movie lens.
This was supposed to be a panorama, and the fool raised the hammer in his hand, hammer...... Hammer Huang Bo to death!
............
Several parties finally collided, and the black boss won all, not only killing everyone at the black gas station, but also taking Yu Nan away, and leaving Xu Zheng as a substitute for the dead.
The next day, the police who received the call arrived, but it was none other than the policeman who had a fight with Xu Zheng in the court not long ago, and was defeated by him with no evidence.
At this moment, even the police lost the justice he deserved, he only thought about avenging the shame in the court before, and wanted to arrest Xu Zheng, but he didn't listen to what Xu Zheng said at all.
In desperation, Xu Zheng suddenly pulled down the handbrake of the police car driving at high speed, the car overturned, the police fell into a coma, Xu Zheng used the walkie-talkie to call the police, and rode forward to save Yu Nan.
Ning Hao's sigh didn't know how many times it sounded.
This is no man's land, there is no good reward for the good people, and there is no good reward for the bad people.
That policeman, shouldn't live!
............
In the end, in the decisive battle, Ning Hao and the black boss died together, none of the bad guys in the film survived, and the only survivor was only one Yu Nan.
She was rescued by the police, returned to the city, and enrolled in a dance school to become a teacher.
In the voice of a group of innocent children, "Hello Teacher Li", she showed a heartfelt happy smile for the first time.
This is the end of the movie.
In the music of the ending, Ning Hao's sigh sounded for the last time.
It's his film, and it's not his film.
It had been banned for almost 5 years, and now it has finally seen the light of day.
But Ning Hao was not happy at all.
Looking at the familiar but unfamiliar picture on the big screen, the no-man's land is still the no-man's land, but it is no longer the no-man's land in his mind.
At this moment, with the end of the movie, this farce that has lasted for nearly five years has finally passed, and all that remains is this sigh.