Chapter 114: Daily Life (Final Wave 3/4)
If you are a fan of Jiang Wen, please keep your opinion - if you like it, there is no need to expose metaphors or anything...
Movies can have private goods, but they can't be all about...
"Evil does not suppress the good", it cannot be said that Jiang Wen has no commercial pursuits, otherwise, he would not have to use Peng Yuyan.
It won't appear in "Round Table Pie" and "Creation 101"...
But at the same time, he has no scruples about the appreciation ability of mainstream audiences, in fact, many of the stalks in "Evil Does Not Prevail" are not known to most people, such as Pamela's death in 1937;
Many people don't know that the people who like to engage in assassinations and terror at the time were mostly members of the North Korean government-in-exile;
Not many people have heard Shi Gulan's story and can combine it with Guan Qiaohong in the play.
At best, you can see the nod to "The Silence of the Lambs" at the beginning, the dualistic city above and below the rooftop, and of course, the meme of Bruce Lee.
If you Jiang Wen want to make art films and don't want to make money, then there is nothing to say, but the overwhelming publicity of "Evil Does Not Suppress Justice" has not yet been released, it doesn't look like you don't want to make money.
Director Jiang wants to kneel and stand to make a movie, we don't care about the audience, but if Director Jiang wants to make money, don't let the audience not understand, this is not a high requirement, right?
Of course, when Lu Xiaoran said that Jiang Wen is old, it does not mean that his movies are not good, but that the propaganda methods are clumsy...
"In the past, "One Step Away" was released, and the marketing played, all kinds of six, and now, it can only be all over the world's variety shows desperately promoted..."
“… Then how much box office do you think "Evil Does Not Prevail" can get?"
"5-700 million, you also know when you look at the trailer and promotional keywords, the whole article is 'Peng Yuyan's ass', 'Peng Yuyan's chest muscles'... Generally speaking, those who promote it like this usually don't have much confidence in their own works!"
Chinese directors have a common problem, they can't do it at their peak, and without exception, the works at their peak are narrative-based works, and in the later stage, you really let you make genre films, but you can't do anything well...
By the way, "Evil Does Not Prevail Over Justice" just premiered the week after the release of "I Am Not the God of Medicine"...
It's pretty miserable!
……
It's really miserable, sandwiched between "I Am Not the God of Medicine" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City"...
The total cost of "Evil Does Not Prevail Over Justice" is between 300 million and 400 million. The final box office is at most 550 million, and the income from network copyrights is unknown, and it is very likely that it will still be a loss, and the estimated loss will range from tens of millions to hundreds of millions.
At the beginning of "Round Table Pie", Jiang Wen said domineeringly: "What is a budget?"
And then praised by a bunch of people for being awesome, real filmmakers...
There is only one Jiang Wen, and what is 'you don't understand Jiang Wen'!
Hold the audience's ears and say: Stupid, do you understand?
Why should I understand Jiang Wen, it's just a movie, Lao Tzu is watching movies, not watching Jiang Wen!
So why do you want to buy a ticket?
Day...
However, "Evil Does Not Prevail Over Justice" was still killed by "I Am Not the God of Medicine" on the first day when 39% of the films were scheduled...
The next day, the latter box office simply doubled "Evil Does Not Suppress Justice"...
At least from the market, "Evil Does Not Prevail" is a failure!
Of course, no matter how much it fails, Jiang Wen is Jiang Wen after all, the basic market of 500 million is still stable, and the worst thing is "Asura" - known as an investment of 750 million yuan, which was released for four days and was urgently withdrawn.
One operation is as fierce as a tiger, left and right, and then suddenly turn around sharply...
The filmmaker is very aggrieved: condemning a large number of black fans and water army malicious Douban bad reviews only give 1 point, and the extremely poor word-of-mouth score has brought a bad market impact...
In order to defend the fairness and justice of the Chinese film market and the healthy development of the film industry, we would rather be broken than destroyed, and the screening has been withdrawn and suspended.
Ahem, two days after the release of "Asura", it almost confirmed the biggest bad movie of the year, Douban Maoyan and other low-scoring bottom reviews.
It really sucks, it's almost useless!
……
At home, Tangtang put her feet in her husband's arms, and the whole Ren lay on the sofa...
Lu Xiaoran gave her a massage while watching TV - "Yanxi Raiders".
Although the plot is very, it can't stand it and watch it...
Tangtang sighed: "Yu Zheng is still smart... the tone of "Yanxi Raiders" looks comfortable!"
"He used this color as early as "Palace Lock Agarwood", but the market didn't accept it..."
"Really?"
"Of course, you think he's only going to do macarons?"
Lu Xiaoran then added: "Now to make a TV series that can be popular, at least two conditions must be met, well-made, the plot plot is tight, and the characters are fully portrayed; ”
Lao Lu Zheng was analyzing "Yanxi Raiders" with great interest, and Tangtang suddenly changed the topic: "Is this "Asura" the play that Yang Zhenjian asked you to invest in back then?"
"Huh?"
"Asura, Yang Zhenjian..."
I'll go, after Tangtang is pregnant, my thinking is very jumpy!
Lu Xiaoran: "... Do you even remember that?"
"Of course I remember, we went to the Maldives together, and he came over to talk to you all afternoon..."
"Well, he was full of confidence in Asura at the time..."
Lao Yang single-handedly created "Painted Skin" back then, and felt that he had found the right way to open a Chinese-style fantasy blockbuster - just smash the special effects!
Ignoring the story...
And then failed!
Sometimes I really don't understand many filmmakers in China, you say that you play special effects, can you play Hollywood?
There must be special effects plus a story, otherwise, how can the audience accept it?
You said that you have been filming for six years and have spent a lot of money, so the audience must buy it?
Doesn't make sense, does it?
When making a movie, don't get caught up in your own hard work, and don't expect the audience to praise your hard work.
Your sincerity is in the work, the audience can feel it, that's your ability, if you can't feel it, it means that you don't work hard enough.
Glass heart complains about the audience?
We live by the work, not by the audience's understanding and tolerance.
Lu Xiaoran was about to continue, when Tangtang suddenly said 'oops'...
"What's wrong?"
"The baby just moved!"
“… He probably wanted to get out quickly..."
"Won't you touch it?"
“… Okay, touch!"
Go to the movie of stepping on a horse, Lao Tzu is now waiting for the birth of the child with peace of mind!
It's a pity, after a while, Xiao Liu came together, carrying two big bags in his hands, changed his shoes and entered the house, and smiled: "I brought you something delicious, hey, brother-in-law didn't go to work?"
Lu Xiaoran rolled her eyes: "You two are quite leisurely!"
Liu Shishi: "... I'm about to promote "The Richest Man in Xihong City", so come and say goodbye to my godson!"
"The Richest Man in Xihong City", Liu Shishi plays the heroine Shi Shi, a tool heroine...