Chapter 25: A Conversation with the Great Director (5/6)
In the age of the Internet, you can't make a single mistake in public conversation!
What attitude you have in China should be in the United States, and you must not say that there is no right or wrong way to transfer assets or invest overseas, only legal and illegal. ’
Yes, it is, the problem is that your money is borrowed!
Is it appropriate to pretend to be forced with other people's money?
Does Lu Xiaoran have a problem?
Of course, there are, not that he acquired or anything, but that many Americans feel that orange manufacturing makes too much money from Americans...
Nationalism and populism are on the rise, this is a worldwide wave!
However, Cameron, Spielberg and George Lucas are all white lefts, and they probably won't ask these questions...
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In fact, the North American release of "Gravity" has a huge competitor "Fury" and "Interstellar"...
On October 19, "Fury" was launched, starring Brad Pitt and directed by David Ayer, with a production cost of $78 million, fortunately, this is not the same genre as "Gravity";
But "Interstellar", which will be released on November 4, is the same genre as "Gravity"!
Not to mention Nolan fans, even Lu Xiaoran herself feels quite painful...
He even wants to push "Gravity" to December before it is released...
But in December, there will be "The Hunger Games 3", "Night at the Museum 3", "The Hobbit 3"...
There's no way to avoid it!
Let's go head-on!
Fortunately, the duration of "Gravity" is 90 minutes, which belongs to the standard theatrical movie.
And it was officially released on October 21, and now it is all on demand, and it is in the stage of accumulating energy...
Oct. 15, USC Film Archive.
"Gravity" North American promotion, Spielberg invited a bunch of bigwigs to help build momentum.
There's no theme, it's just watching movies and chatting nonsense.
The movie "Gravity" really doesn't have any story, and there are no spoilers in this type of movie itself, just like "Robinson Crusoe" and "Desert Island Aftermath" don't need to see the end to know that he will definitely be rescued.
If you look at the beginning of "Gravity", you can roughly guess that Sugar Production will definitely survive.
But she will still fluctuate for her struggles, which must be the charm of adventure films.
Lu Xiaoran has watched "Gravity" countless times, he is a little nervous, and a little expectant looking at the bunch of film school students in the audience, nervous, afraid that they will find this movie boring, looking forward to their shocked expressions...
"Gravity" theater promotion, after the movie ended, more than half of the theater owners, until the subtitles were all turned on, they were still sitting stupidly in their seats, and they had a feeling of being stupid, and their backs seemed to be nailed to the seats.
If it's the first time you watch a theme like "Gravity", especially an IMAX theater, you will really have an immersive feeling!
The gang took off their 3D eyes and sighed, 'The movie can still be made like this'...
But that's in China, who knows what will happen to Lao Mei's side?
He thought too much, and the students were directly shocked by the first thirteen minutes of continuous long shots!
How did this Nima come about?
Actually, this is really not a long shot, it was cut out in post...
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At the end of the movie, there was silence for several seconds, and all the students stood up and gave the warmest applause.
In the deafening applause, Lu Xiaoran, Cameron and George Lucas were invited to the stage by the host Spielberg.
Spielberg was satisfied, after all, Gravity and his company also invested $20 million...
"This is Lu Xiaoran, the director of "Gravity", I don't need to introduce these people!"
Lu Xiaoran hurriedly got up and bowed slightly to the group of media and students in the audience...
Another round of applause...
"Let's talk about it first, what do you think of this movie?"
"I just want to make a sky-themed self-rescue story..."
"As far as space-themed movies are concerned, there have been masterpieces such as "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Apollo 13" before, which of your previous works do you like the most?
"The most prominent of the space movies is, of course, 2001: A Space Odyssey, the ancestor of the genre and a true masterpiece. I also enjoyed Tarkovsky's The Solar System. But in the process of writing this script, we didn't really talk much about previous works on similar themes, and my own reference is most about your "Duel" and "Escape Train". One of the things I don't like about space is that a lot of sci-fi movies use the space setting as some kind of fabricated excuse. My film is more based on the science and technology that exists than science fiction. ”
How did it become an interview?
Spielberg quickly adjusted and asked Cameron, "James, what do you want to say about this film?"
"The best space movie to date, I can't imagine, how did you shoot the first shot?"
Lu Xiaoran bowed slightly, and then said: "Thank you James for the compliment you just gave me, I have always been interested in the relationship between the characters in the lens and the surrounding environment, and I always hope to create or reproduce the relationship between the two in the movie." This opening long shot is not because of the length of the shot, but because we shoot it very finely. ”
"And 3D is really good for long shots!"
Cameron continued to praise: "When it is officially released, I must go and see it again, observe the filming techniques, camera placement, including sound effects, etc., this movie has inspired me a lot, do you use a panoramic sound system?"
"Yes, panoramic sound, so that people can feel the vastness of the universe, one second it is still an explosive roar, the next second it instantly becomes dead silence, this anomaly is a true portrayal of space. ”
Lu Xiaoran was a little embarrassed...
How much did you charge?
She didn't know that in the original time and space, Cameron also had all kinds of praise for "Gravity", saying that 'his hands were always on his mouth, and he had to remind himself from time to time not to forget to breathe.' ’
He also praised 'setting a precedent in terms of visual effects and 3D technology, which perfectly used CG and live-action shooting without any flaws. ’
Of course, there are no flaws, it took four years for this project to be officially released from the beginning of the project, and the special effects team has been established since 11 years...
"George, what do you think?"
"I think of the vastness of the universe, the mystical journey of the galaxy, the spaceships passing through the air, the lightsaber shining awe-inspiringly... Imagine what a spectacular new look it would be when Star Wars returns to the screen with 3D technology? I would recommend making Star Wars in 3D!"
Uh, George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney some time ago, but he had enough influence on the Star Wars franchise...
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