"Are you so pessimistic about movies?"

“... It's not pessimism, it's a fact, Hollywood is trying to learn how to make movies that Chinese audiences like, and they have a huge industrial background as a foundation, once they learn, what will we Chinese filmmakers do?"

"Gravity..."

Lu Xiaoran shook his head: "60% of the behind-the-scenes team of "Gravity" are foreigners, and it is also the ability of the world to be released globally, which has little to do with us. Of course, this movie has trained more than 10,000 people! So, we can now develop a lot of sci-fi projects independently..."

After a pause, Lu Xiaoran continued: "Actually, our distribution company in the United States, Huashi, can only release Chinese films in 500 theaters at most..."

"Why?"

“... Because Chinese films are marginal themes in North America, the market is very small!"

"But I heard that this time 'The Martian' will be released simultaneously around the world?"

"The science fiction theme can be understood all over the world, the publishing company, we also found Universal..."

......

talked about the behind-the-scenes shooting of "The Martian", Lu Xiaoran told the truth: "Actually, I don't know much about technology, and I don't know much about CG, I will always force them to go in a given direction..."

"And how do they answer?"

"They often say it's too hard... But it didn't say it couldn't be, so, we're all improving. ”

"They say you shoot three films a year?"

“... No, I'm preparing three to five plays at the same time, and then I pick the most mature one to shoot first, and when this project is completed, the other one is also mature, and then I will continue to shoot..."

Lu Yu: "Aren't you tired?"

Lu Xiaoran thought for a moment, and then said, "... Sometimes I feel very tired, I don't feel the need to work so hard, I've already earned money that I can't spend all my life, why do I have to work so hard?"

"But in life, you always have to pursue a little... I can't just make money, this era is so good, I also want to leave my name in the history of movies! I'm a very boring person, I personally don't smoke or drink, so I feel very boring about a group of people going out to eat and drink, except for making movies, I don't seem to have any other hobbies, so I keep filming!"

Lu Yu suddenly changed the subject: "When did you realize that you are responsible for the movie?"

Lu Xiaoran recalled for a moment, and then said: "It should have been when I was filming "Source Code", in fact, at that time, I had another choice, to continue to make a crime theme... However, when "Source Code" was filmed, I had a feeling that I had to do this project, and if I didn't do it, no one in China would do it..."

"I thought it was Gravity?"

"Gravity was after that, when the company went public, and I had money, so I could mobilize more resources, and then I thought of a space rescue theme!"

"Gravity was a success, and we all thought you'd do it to Hollywood..."

“... In a sense, my "Gravity" can be regarded as paving the way and cultivating talents, and the original purpose is to build a domestic science fiction foundation, so it is impossible for me to go to the United States to develop!"

"How do you rate your character?"

“... It's a bit naïve, sometimes when I see something, I can't help but jump out and say a few words, it's not mature enough. So, they won't let me tweet!"

"Why?"

"Because the current Internet world is very extreme, no matter whether your original intention is good or bad, no matter how high or low your level is, on the Internet, in the end there are only two labels to choose from, either extreme left, or extreme right, for example, the last incident of China Normal University, public opinion stepped on China Normal University one-sidedly, in fact, as long as a little analysis, I know that this matter is the propagandist's own assertions, I should not participate in almost one-sided public opinion, especially to publish their own seemingly neutral remarks, if you want to publish, it is best not to wear any identity label, otherwise you will be classified！”

By the way, he added: "In the past, I felt that the more public opinion surged, the more I had to speak out, and speaking out was a right and an obligation.

"So, you're a pessimist?"

“... No, I have a sense of insecurity that when things are going well, I get upset..."

Lu Yu nodded: "Li An also said the same thing!"

"Really, be prepared for danger in times of peace..."

Lu Yu nodded, and then asked, "Do you think you're a genius in movies?"

Lu Xiaoran shook his head without hesitation: "I don't count, I may be a little talented, but it's more about hard work and study, I learned a lot about film composition from the master photographer Roger Deakins when I was filming "Operation Mekong", I only had a little bit of feeling about these before, and I didn't understand much!"

"Really?"

Here comes the quote...

"Really, I'm not a genius!"

"Then who do you think is a genius among the living and deceased film masters?"

“... Kubrick must be a genius, director Zhang Yimou is also counted, Hong Kong's Wang Jiawei and Tsui Hark are both geniuses, and Li Amine is also a genius director!"

......

Lu Yu changed the topic again: "What do you think of the current film reviews?"

Lu Xiaoran took a sip of the cup, thought for a while and said: "At present, people prefer the violent bad review mode of "negative scores", not only in China, but also on movie websites around the world. ”

"I talked to Martin Scorsese about this before, and he said that he misses the '70s, when audiences and critics could still judge a movie relatively objectively, when people would measure the results of your work by the goal of what you did, and judge it by what it should be, not what the critic wanted to see. ”

"Times have changed, and the large number of crude bad reviews you see on rating sites is often due to a gap between the film and the audience's individual expectations and life experience. ”

"So, if you make a movie now, if you are aiming at the market, you have to pay attention to the audience's empathy ability, you can't make some self-absorbed movies..."

"You value the word of mouth of your audience?"

"Of course, I mainly shoot large-scale commercial films, which are connected with the market, and if there is no audience to buy it, what other movies will I make?"

"Li An said that every time he makes a movie, he is not confident, right?"

“... I'm okay, because I've been making Chinese films, and I have a pretty accurate grasp of the audience's aesthetics. And my films, everyone will watch them with scrutiny, and the requirements are more rigorous, so I must have enough say in each film..."

"What about The Martian?"

After all, it's promoting "The Martian", so this drama will definitely be mentioned...

“... This is also a new attempt, in fact, I am still very confident in shooting space themes. ”

"How?"

"Space-themed movies have their own advantages in the picture, after you give a realistic enough alien scene, plus a qualified story, it is enough to shock most people, because we are very yearning for the universe!"