Chapter 62: Repercussions
After the factory logo faded away, the five big characters of "Li Ping'an's works" were shown on the screen.
These five big characters are boxy traditional block letters, and there is no translation below the characters. This is what Li Ping'an specially emphasized during the post-production, and the vast majority of people in the theater did not understand what it meant, and only a small number of Chinese audiences applauded.
At the beginning of the film, the camera moves in the empty and humble room, and the names of the main actors begin to appear on the screen one after another, followed by the names of the cameramen, makeup and other behind-the-scenes personnel, among which the screenwriter marks the name of Li Ping'an, and the producer column says Shirley Lansing.
On the screen, the plot began to unfold gradually. Sam played by Li Ping'an and Meili played by Audrey Hepburn moved to a new house, and Carl, a good friend played by Willem Dafoe, helped them clean and decorate, a beautiful picture of love and friendship.
Li Ping'an's super high appearance has conquered most of the discerning European and American audiences, and in this era of racism, Li Ping'an has become an alternative who has survived with his outstanding talent in the past.
Sam and Carl pretend to be sick in the elevator room to play tricks on others, Carl helps Sam and his wife decorate their new home, everything shows that their friendship is comparable to Jin Jian, but the plot of Carl asking Sam for the password in the office has already revealed unusual information.
Veteran film critics like Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert immediately recognized that this plot should be a foreshadowing set up by Li Ping'an, otherwise such an inconsequential plot would not have happened.
Then Audrey Hepburn's Meili couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and got up to make clay pots, and Sam played by Li Ping'an also came out of the bedroom, and the two began to make love in the music of "Unrestrained Melody". Whether it was reporters, film critics, or audiences at the scene, they were all surprised, because the rejuvenated Hepburn and Li Ping'an under the lens were such a good match.
With the soulful singing, the moviegoers are completely immersed in the beautiful love atmosphere of Sam and Merry.
This beautiful intimate scene lasts for three minutes, but no one feels abrupt, and no one feels erotic, but feels that everything is so warm and happy. Whether it is Li Ping'an or Audrey Hepburn, their acting skills in "Ghost Love" have almost reached the level of truth and beauty, as if they themselves are a couple who love each other deeply.
In major movie theaters in Europe and the United States, many couples have been infected, and the sound of kissing and gasping faintly sounded in the corners of many theaters. And those viewers who are still single dogs can only slander in all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred.
Lucas said to Spielberg next to him: "This shot is very sophisticated and the colors are perfect. ”
"I can't believe the boss is not yet twenty years old. Stallone also whispered into the discussion.
"Bang!" a gunshot rang out.
The male protagonist who fought with the robbers fell, but quickly stood up.
Just when the audience is inexplicable, Sam turns to look back, only to see the heroine Merry holding a corpse and crying loudly.
The corpse looked exactly like Sam standing next to him.
Sam calls Milie's name, but Miri doesn't respond, Sam reaches out to push her, but his hand goes straight through Molly's body.
"Sam is dead!" exclaimed one of the spectators.
The audience in the cinema was amazed, because when the ghost Sam's hand passed through the heroine Milie's body just now, the picture was really realistic, but in Li Ping'an's opinion, the picture still had big flaws.
A beam of light falls from the sky, enveloping the male protagonist Sam in it, and at the same time the theater also plays a mass, Sam jumps out of the beam.
"That's the light that ascends to heaven, Amen!" a priest in the audience struck a cross on his chest.
As the plot progresses, the hero's ghost gradually adjusts to his state and discovers that the robber who killed him is stealing something while his lover is away. Sam wanted to tell Miri, but Miri didn't feel him at all.
Finally, Sam meets the psychic played by Roland.
"Hah...... Ha...... Hah!" burst into laughter in the theater again.
Since the appearance of the psychic played by Roland, every time he appears, he will cause the audience to laugh.
In addition to acting as a bridge between the hero and heroine, the psychic played by Roland adds a lot of warm and joyful elements to the film.
After the hilarious, the plot begins to become tense and depressed, and Sam discovers that his best friend Carl is the culprit in order to get the password in his hand. Carl used his position to launder money for a drug gang, but Sam inadvertently thwarted him and eventually died at the hands of the robbers.
Carl not only kills Sam, but also takes advantage of the danger to pursue Miri, who has just lost her beloved.
Seeing that Miri is about to fall into the hands of a bad guy, Sam has nothing to do, because Miri has no idea of the existence of his ghost.
In the theater, the audience begins to worry about Milie, and at the same time hates Carl.
Sam goes to find the ghost he met on the subway, because the ghost can move objects with telekinesis, and he has to learn this ability.
"Oh, that's cool!" everyone erupted in amazement when they saw the soul of the male protagonist Sam in and out of the running subway.
Not only the general audience, but even the managers of other film companies who attended the premiere were amazed by the set of shots.
Just these few seconds of footage, more than ten days were filmed before and after, and it took nearly two months for industrial light and magic to be post-processed and synthesized.
When Sam finally learns to control things with his mind and kicks the can out of the floor, the theater bursts into applause.
After Sam gained the ability, he commanded the psychic to skillfully withdraw four million dollars from the bank in advance. Carl, who finally got the password, had to hand over the money to the drug gang the next day, only to find that the money in the account was missing, which made him nearly devastated.
Seeing Carl's desperate expression, the audience felt happy.
The next plot thrills the audience, the male protagonist Sam uses the ghost's abilities to scare the robber who killed him into a ghost, and finally the panicked robber runs to the street and is hit by a car and killed, and then the hellish Grim Reaper drags his ghost away.
Although this plot is exciting, the realistic appearance of the Grim Reaper is really terrifying, and the terrible screams of the robbers' ghosts really scare many people.
After hard work. Sam finally makes his fiancée feel his presence through a coin, and Sam begins to communicate with Merry with the psychic body.
"I love you, Milie. I will love you forever. ”
"So it is with my heart. ”
Seeing that Sam and Meili, who had gone through hardships, finally recognized each other, "Unrestrained Melody" sounded again, and in the soulful singing, the hero and heroine hugged again. It seems to be like the moment at the beginning of the film, but it's a pity that now one of the two is a human and the other is a ghost!
The moving melody and love that transcends life and death finally made some sentimental viewers unable to help but burst into tears.
At the end of the film, the villain Carl finally gets the punishment he deserves, and Sam also ascends to heaven in Merry's tears after saying his request to let Miri marry and have children.
When the film was shown many years later, when Merry was dying, she vaguely saw herself dancing with Sam again, and the movie finally came to an end in tears and applause.
"Smack...... Syllable...... At the end ......of the film, the audience couldn't help but stand up and give warm applause.
In the major movie theaters in North America, the attendance rate of "Ghost Love" is very high, and it is almost full. The women who walked out of the theater cried one by one with red eyes, and they often had male companions around them to comfort them, of course, there were some men who had just finished watching the movie with red eyes and kept complaining, "Why do women give out tissues, we men also need to be good! ”