Chapter 70 Interview continues

"How is it possible, I choose actors to see if the actors are suitable for the movie characters, after all, if the characters are not in line with the movie itself, then the movie will not be filmed. ”

"But in your movie, there are all mainland actors, and HK and WW actors do not star, do you have any opinions. ”

"Why should I go far and far if there are suitable actors in the mainland? My movies all use my own voice, and the actors in HK and WW are still lacking in Mandarin, so I choose actors from the mainland, and many directors in HK and WW don't use mainland actors. ”

Zhang Li's tone had a hint of disdain in it, although it was said very high-sounding, but everyone knew it.

"But there are a lot of talents for young actors, and if Director Zhang is willing to give them a chance, they will definitely become the future of the film industry!"

"Well, who are you talking about?"

HK Nicholas Tse, Xiang Zuo, Liu Kaiwei and others, WW's Peng Yuyan, Soft Jingtian, Zhao Yacht, and this year's newcomer Ke Zhenxing are all very potential newcomers. ”

"I'm sorry, what you said about Nicholas Tse, if I remember Liu Kaiwei for these people correctly, they are already a little old, and people of the same grade or slightly closer age as them have better acting skills than them. As for what you said to the left, I'm sorry, I don't know this person. ”

"Xiang Zuo is the son of Mr. HK Xiang, an action actor, whose image and strength are very in line with Director Zhang's movie. ”

"I'm sorry, I don't like social people. ”

"Director Zhang, Xiang Zuo is an actor, not a social person. ”

"Huh. ”

"Then what about the WW actors?" Zhang Yun was helpless, although Xiang Lao Shi had been whitewashed, many people knew what the foundation looked like. That is, it is not in HK, otherwise Zhang Li would have been sent a bullet to the door.

"Eh, you said ww actors, I don't know who these people you are talking about except Peng Yuyan, as for Peng Yuyan?" Zhang Li paused when he said this, and then said slowly. "Compared with Peng Yuyan, I think Hu Ge, Huang Bo and others have better acting skills, and they are also cheaper. ”

"Let's talk about something else, don't always talk about actors. Every director has his own suitable actor in mind, and if I have the opportunity, I will consider HK and WW actors. ”

Zhang Li finally ended this topic, after all, now the demand is that the two sides of the strait and three places are one family, and they really can't mess around.

Although Zhang Yun was helpless, he had no choice.

Sitting opposite is Zhang Li, who is the box office holder of Chinese films, not a small director, otherwise he is really not afraid of Sina behind him.

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"Director Zhang, what kind of story is this "Super Body" about?"

"Well, it's about the concept of what happens when the human brain is 100 percent developed. ”

"Is brain domain development like Einstein's brain?"

"That's right, that's it. After all, it's not the kind of top-notch special effects blockbuster, so it needs some creativity, or rather boo. ”

"But is there a rumor that this is going to be a women's movie, and it's a story about humanity and despair and betrayal?"

"As I said, brain domain development is just a gimmick. The human nature you mentioned is in the movie, as for the movie, of course it is a women's movie, after all, so many actresses have been selected, and the leading actor is also the heroine. ”

"Okay, let's talk about the sci-fi genre. Director Zhang seems to have a soft spot for science fiction movies?"

"Yes? I don't think so. ”

"Director Zhang, since your debut, the movie has not been repeated. But your early film, This Man from Earth, was also a science fiction movie at the time, right?"

"No, "This Man is from Earth" can be said to be a drama. I'm still very casual in making movies, no matter what type of film I try, maybe I will make a killer movie, or a movie about the White Snake, or a disaster movie. ”

"What do you think of the recent statement about the rise of science fiction movies about the flower planter. As far as I know, there are at least five sci-fi movies on the record!"

"Well, I think it's still in the dormant stage, and the special effects of the flower planter are indeed improving. But there is still a gap between the real top special effects, and not only the special effects, but also the real connotation and story. ”

"In fact, many people ask us, do we have to have science fiction movies in our country? Because there are many countries in this world that do not have science fiction movies. ”

"Cinema needs to be full of flowers, and it can't just be limited to a few genres. Of course we need science fiction! We're going to soon catch up with Bald Eagle and become the world's largest film market. And judging from the movie rankings of Bald Eagle in recent years, there are always so many science fiction movies in it. That said, science fiction movies occupy a lot of the box office.

Therefore, whether it is from the perspective of market demand or driven by economic interests, we flower growers must make science fiction films. Otherwise, when foreign science fiction movies enter our market, we will not even have room to resist. We especially need blockbusters of the genre of sci-fi. It's unimaginable that there are no domestic sci-fi films in such a big film market!"

"What kind of science fiction movies do you think our country needs? Or in your opinion, where do we differ from Hollywood?"

"I won't talk about industrial basic special effects or anything, I know everything. These are important, but even more important is a team. Sci-fi films are not something that can be done if you want to, I don't dare to say that I am the most successful director of the flower family, but I am also one of the most successful directors, to put it mildly, even I dare not touch real sci-fi movies, and now I can only test the waters of B-level production, where is the confidence of those directors who say that they make real sci-fi movies.

This kind of thing needs to be patient, and what science fiction films need is patience. Whether it is the story structure or special effects shots, if it is the kind of movie that casually invites two people over and then finds a special effects team to do a perfunctory movie, can it be considered a science fiction movie, it can only be a bad movie. ”

"More importantly, such films have made investors lose confidence! The films of the flower planters like to follow the trend, or the film market around the world likes to follow the trend, but the flower planters are more serious. That's how zombie movies, gambling films, and gangster movies were played to death. If you want to make quick money and don't think about anything else, if you want to make a lot of money and don't think about anything else, you are likely to die before the sci-fi film matures."

"A lot of filmmakers are talking about the censorship of the flower planters, and they are all saying that if you follow the bald eagle classification system, it will definitely make the market more prosperous, what do you think?"

"Film censorship is a bit harsh! But it's like a Pandora's box, with pros and cons. Now in the eyes of many people, the films of the flower planter are restricted, and many people worship the so-called classification system. But if the classification system is really made, I can guarantee that there will be a lot of tertiary films in the name of art or restoring the truth of the film or whatever.

In addition to being violent for the sake of pornography and violence for the sake of violence, will these films really make the film market better? Moreover, our piracy market is rampant, and if these films successfully pass the censorship, they are likely to immediately appear on the Internet or be sold on discs, and if many minors or teenagers watch them, there is no need to say what impact it will cause. After all, there are so many bear children in our country, if we are imitating the scene in the movie, wouldn't it be even more lawless.

And a real director will not be limited by censorship, isn't director Jiang Wen also filming "Let the Bullets Fly" now? If you are really worried about censorship, you can go to other places to shoot, and change the background to other places, such as bald eagles, Hans cats or Siam's Chinatown. Why do you have to set the background in the flower planter's house, is it really fascinating to shoot some so-called darkness?"

"Ahem, Director Zhang, what do you think of Director Feng's recent behavior, and do you have anything to say about Director Feng's words on Weibo?" Seeing Zhang Li become more and more bold, Zhang Yun couldn't help but divert the topic.

"Director Feng is a senior, and he has made several times as many movies as mine. I admire this director very much, but maybe Director Feng is too nourished, making him forget that it is the market that chooses the director, not the director who chooses the market. As for what Director Feng said on Weibo, I don't have anything to say, just like I said earlier, I admire Director Feng very much. However, if Director Feng's movie really wants to compare, I am still willing, after all, Director Feng was the king of Chinese New Year dramas before, and I am very much looking forward to sharing the stage with Director Feng. ”

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Hearing this kind of news, Zhang Yun was a little stunned.

He didn't expect Zhang Li to openly declare war on Feng Cannon, yes, declare war. This kind of speech looks like a kind of declaration of war against Feng Cannon.

"Director Zhang, aren't you scared when you say that, after all, the other party is Director Feng Cannon?"

"Scared?" Hearing this word, a strange smile appeared on Zhang Li's face, as if he was disdainful and mocking.

"The director still has to look at the work to speak, and I am lucky to meet this era. Now in this era, the film market is developing very rapidly, and no one knows that in the past few years, when movies broke 10 million and could enter the annual box office list, it has become that only movies with more than 100 million can enter the annual box office list, and maybe there will be domestic films that break 1 billion next year. ”

"You just said that it broke 1 billion? Do you think the current film market can accommodate 1 billion Chinese films? If there is, who do you think it will be, whether it is you, Director Feng, or other directors?"

"Last year's "Avatar" broke 1 billion, this year's "Transformers 3" broke 1 billion, and my movie "Jingwu Hero" also broke 800 million at the box office, which is not far from 1 billion, which proves that the film market of the flower grower still has potential. As for which director it is, it may be. Now it's not like before, there are only a few directors, and now more and more people are becoming directors, maybe there will be a dark horse director. ”

Zhang Yun didn't believe Zhang Li's remarks. Nima, the 1 billion movies you mentioned are all foreign blockbusters, and your movies are only 800 million, although it is not far from 1 billion, but the more you are behind, the more difficult it is at the box office.

And the dark horse director? What are you kidding, if there is really a dark horse director who can break 1 billion, then this film market is too easy.

Well, Zhang Li's prediction or explanation of the situation of the Huajia film market next year is funny in Zhang Yun's opinion.

But if he didn't know what would happen in the future, he wouldn't have believed that the director who broke 1 billion turned out to be Xu Zheng, who was an actor in the past, and is now a bald director, and he is also one of the directors who carried the banner of the box office of the flower planter's movie.

"Director Zhang, what do you think of literary films?"

"Domestic literary films?"

Zhang Li showed a disdainful smile on his face, this time he didn't wait for Zhang Yun to speak, he asked rhetorically: "Reporter Zhang, when do you think the most prosperous time period for domestic literary films?"

"It should be the eighties and nineties of the last century, when many excellent directors made a lot of excellent movies. ”

"Yes, it was that time, and now many people say that the peak of the flower planter's film was at that time, when a group of masters and a group of excellent movies were born, and I agree with this point of view. However, at that time, the film market was very depressed, and audiences were not even willing to enter the cinema. If the audience doesn't buy it if they don't enter the cinema, it will be difficult for the movie to return to its original cost, and if it weren't for the support of the state, I'm afraid those movies wouldn't have been able to appear. Although movies are said to be art, it costs money to shoot movies, after all, whether it is equipment, actors or props, it costs money, if the film can't even get back the cost, then what kind of creation and movie are you talking about?"

"Therefore, what we want is to use commercial films to let the audience enter the cinema, rather than making dull literary films that the audience doesn't like to watch at all, so that the audience doesn't even want to enter the door of the cinema. In the past, when the domestic market was depressed, was it true that the audience didn't like movies? No, they just didn't like domestic literary films. At that time, what was the situation of "Shaolin Temple", I don't think I need to say it. Now Hollywood movies have now opened the viewing market of flower growers, which is a fact that no one can deny. What I want to say now is that the movies that come in Hollywood are all commercial films, and it is these commercial films that eat the biggest cake at the box office.

If there is really no need for commercial films, then the country will not support the film industry, and if it really only relies on literary films, then those literary directors will not be sour everywhere. ”

Zhang Yun couldn't have imagined that a mainland director could see it so thoroughly, or that the goal was so clear from the beginning. After all, the commercial movies of the flower growers have really gotten better in recent years. It's just that when he thought of WW's film market, Zhang Yun's mood was depressed.

"So, Director Zhang, what you mean now is that those directors who shoot domestic literary films are tumors that hinder the development of Huajia films, so who do you think these directors are?"

"No, you didn't understand what I meant. ”

"The real film masters of the flower planters should be the fifth-generation directors, that is, the old Mouzi.

After 10 years of catastrophe, it is also in the era of reform and opening up. Their minds are sharp, they are in touch with the masses of the people, and they listen to the voices of the people at the lowest level, so their films have life and tension, and they have a strong desire to explore the history of national culture and the structure of national psychology through films. In terms of material selection, narrative, character building, lens language, picture processing, etc., they not only follow tradition, but also innovate. The works of the "fifth generation of directors" are particularly subjective, symbolic, and allegorical.

After returning to school, the fifth generation of "young filmmakers" systematically learned film professional knowledge, accepted the popular Western philosophy and aesthetic trends at that time, and formed new values and aesthetic views - these anti-normative spiritual qualities were compatible with the strong subjective consciousness and reflective trend of thought in the entire literary and artistic field at that time. has a deep life accumulation, and their films are like tender grass after winter, fresh and unique. As Chen Wou-Ki said, "Everything is inseparable from the experience and feelings of the creator." Ten years of grief, four years of study, and then poured out, can you not make 'Liugong Fandai have no color'?" "Feeling in the first and then in the form, there is no difference between the ancient and modern masterpieces"

Like the fifth generation in mainland China, the HK New Wave did not have a manifesto or program, nor did it co-organize, and as Anhua Hui said, the directors of the New Wave did not have a coherent ideology. But we can find a vision in their films that tears away the flashy surface of modern HK and presents the truth nakedly. This kind of vision of reality has not been found in the past. In the face of the boom of urban culture, these post-war filmmakers have the courage to express their feelings under the influence of local traditions and foreign influences.

As for compared with the fifth-generation directors, the sixth-generation directors are much worse and inferior, and they pay more attention to the individual.

Most of them were born in the 60~70s of the 20th century, basically not affected by 10 years, even if they were subjected to some, they were only impressionistic memories of childhood, and there was no pain of being suppressed; The occurrence and establishment of concepts accompanied them as they grew up, which determined that they were accustomed to standing on the position of skepticism and scrutiny of tradition and all old things; they encountered the severe pain brought by the economic transformation to the society in the 80~90s, and at the same time experienced the helplessness of film from the so-called sacred art into daily life, and reduced to a cultural consumer product.

Generally speaking, most of these people are a group of people who have had a good education, and they did not experience much suffering in that era. Or they don't empathize with their predecessors, so they always look for the darkness they think in the films they make, and they think that a single individual is the whole flower planter.

The films shot are also more focused on the individual, and as a result, the public is neglected.