Chapter 193: A first-line director, a pit man in the air
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Golden Princess, Lisheng Theatre.
The midnight test screening of "Dragon and Tiger" ended perfectly, and the audience was lively.
Lin Lingdong finally made the masculine movie he wanted to shoot in the style of "realistic violence". The cheers of the audience are enough to explain the excitement of this movie.
Everyone understands that New Arts City has developed another product with extremely successful commercial attributes.
Mecca has cemented its position with this film. Lin Lingdong also entered the ranks of first-line directors on Hong Kong Island with this "Dragon and Tiger".
In 1982, he rose to prominence with "Yin and Yang Wrong", and six years later, the film gave him the opportunity to make a name for himself.
During this period, he buried himself in filming a number of movies, and it was also the feedback and accumulation of these movies that gave him a chance to gamble, and fortunately, he won the bet.
This movie is like Wu Yusen's "The True Color of Heroes" last year, and it is also a must-have work.
In comparison, Wu Xiaozu is one step behind.
"Crazy Boy" alone is 28 million, which cannot send it into the door of this first-line director. Lin Lingdong also had a number of works with a box office of 10 million before this, and "Best Partner: A Thousand Miles to Save the Poor Woman" had a box office of 27 million. However, no one thought that he belonged to the first-line directors on Hong Kong Island at that time.
Wu Xiaozu is also facing such a dilemma at this moment.
Whether it is "The Butcher on a Rainy Night" or "The Birth of a Word", these two films have more than one style and are not commercially universal enough.
The credit for the promotion of these two films is greater than the commercial attributes of the films themselves.
This is like "Eating Mango 3" in the previous life, saying that it is a bad movie, it must be talking nonsense with your eyes open. But the box office success of this movie, the promotion of the film definitely played a big role. The publicity of this play can be called a classic case.
The short video marketing led by a certain hand and Dou X can be described as a revolutionary turning point in film marketing in the mainland entertainment industry. This is also another revolutionary marketing routine after "water army" and "self-media marketing".
The short video app is full of all kinds of "eating mangoes", "all kinds of crying videos in the theater", and "gesture dance videos".
Huayi's marketing team has taught the whole industry a lesson. This kind of successful marketing can play a big role on the basis that the quality of the film is not too bad.
But!
The box office created by this kind of marketing will not keep the value of the "commodity" or the director appreciate. The best example is that Dapeng's "Pancake Fruit Man" marketed that year overdrew word of mouth, which led to the decline of subsequent self-directed and self-starred movies.
This kind of marketing is not easy to make the director appreciate, let alone box office appeal.
This is the situation that Wu Xiaozu is facing now. The three movies were box office hits and can be said to be potential supernovas. But it wasn't enough for him to step into the door of a first-line director.
"Crazy Boy" is commercial enough, but the style is a little worse.
……
In the corner of the three rounds of drinking and pleasure, three men carried wine glasses, looked at each other, and smiled at each other. There is a long drought...... The feeling of a thousand cups of confidants.
A tall figure, with deep eyes, and an affinity smile on the corners of his mouth, but he does not lose his unique domineering.
One is thin and straight, with restrained eyes, a polite expression on his face, and self-pride.
One is called Zhou Yanfa, and the other is Liang Jiahui.
The man in front of them, his eyes were calm, and his mouth was smiling, he was Wu Xiaozu.
"One is bad, the other is a thief. One is crazy to the extreme, unscrupulous and unscrupulous, and the other is calm to the extreme, with a dull personality and a responsible back. One is called Tang San, and the other is called Han Li. ”
"I play Tang San?" Zhou Yunfa raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile.
"Yes and no. ”
Wu Xiaozu took the whiskey and filled it up to Zhou Yunfa and Liang Jiahui, touched it lightly, drained the wine in the glass, and shook his head drunkly, "To be precise, you are both Tang San and Han Li." ”
As he spoke, Wu Xiaozu took out the storyboard and the detailed script, and handed it to the two, "Before, I didn't cover the whole script. Take these two copies back and read them. This play has a lot of dialogue and form.
Tang San is a bandit, and Han Li is a policeman. The two began to oppose each other from the beginning. But for some reason at one time, the two identities were reversed. Everyone has to survive by the appearance of the other.
Not only do they have to adapt to this identity, but they also have to show the character of the person behind this face. In other words, you two have to act not only yourself, but also each other......"
Tang San was the role played by Nicolas Cage in the previous life, and Han Li was the policeman played in front of Travota.
Zhou Yunfa picked up the storyboard, his eyes were surprised, a piece of paper on it was divided into two, and it turned out to be a full-body color image of him.
On the left side, a trench coat is flying, a burgundy suit, his eyes are frivolous, his whole face reveals unscrupulous and pompous, and his lips are slightly open, with a little mockery.
On his chest hangs a cross necklace, and in the middle of the cross is a blood-red red gemstone.
Holding two pistols in his hands, the whole person is domineering, exaggerated, and shocking.
Turning his head to look to the right, the style of painting suddenly changed.
His eyes were looking straight ahead, his face was angry, his legs were standing firmly, and the whole person was like a heavy hammer. The two guns hung down at the hem of his trousers, and the whole person revealed forbearance, anger, and ferocity.
"Gollum!" Zhou Yanfa drained the layer of whiskey from the glass and moistened his throat.
Previously, he accepted the invitation from Mecca, mainly because of the salary and favors. But the moment he saw this painting, his heart swelled with bursts of fire. Just like when he met the role of "Little Pony".
This time the character spans more, more crazy, more tyrannical, more secure, more forbearing—— more contradictory, and more tense!
Since "The True Color of Heroes", Zhou Runfa has received a soft hand in the play. However, the role in front of him is definitely the biggest challenge to his acting skills so far.
Skim your head.
Liang Jiahui happened to look at him, and Chow Yun-fat smiled slightly.
He was nominated for three Academy Awards this year, and the first two times were unsuccessful. The man in front of him is the best opponent.
"Brother Fa, I need you to lose weight for the character. Wu Xiaozu said truthfully.
“…… Okay!" Zhou Yunfa nodded.
"Brother Hui, you have to gain a little weight and be a little burlier, whether it is a police officer or a bandit, you can't be polite. Wu Xiaozu looked at Liang Jiahui again.
"No problem!" Liang agreed with a smile.
Three men who are not disappointed drink wine, each with their own "ambitions" in their hearts.
"The Deadly Heroes" not only carries Wu Xiaozu's ambition, but also Liang Jiahui's thoughts, and now Zhou Yanfa's sustenance has been added.
This drama not only tests the acting skills of the actors, but also tests the skills of the director.
Needless to say, the actors' acting skills, the transformation of the two identities before and after is itself the biggest attraction and gimmick of this movie. How to transform, how to shape the character, these are all actors need to be carefully handled.
Such two identities are a big challenge for Zhou Yunfa and Liang Jiahui.
At the same time, this drama also tests the director's skills very much.
How to complete the story narrative through the lens and light, and let the story be shown to the audience heartily, while not letting the audience be too "brain-burning", this is the most important thing.
In later generations, Nolan was known as the new king of Hollywood. His greatness does not lie in how brain-burning and high-scoring the film is. His films are more about the best blend of commercial entertainment and personal style.
It not only allows people who like brain-burning to burn their brains properly, but also makes ordinary audiences very cool. The best representative of the combination of commerciality and personal style in Chinese films is "Let the Bullets Fly".
In the drama "Two Heroes", Wu Xiaozu hopes to become the pinnacle of his advanced ranks.
Looking at Lin Lingdong, who was talking and laughing, Wu Xiaozu's eyes were shining.
Wu Yusen, Lin Lingdong, Xu Yi, Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long, Mai Dangxiong and other filmmakers, they have already stepped into that door.
This is the best era of Hong Kong Island films, with countless film elites standing beside and opposite them.
Wu Xiaozu himself didn't know that his mind had actually been slowly changing. He did not leave his own name in this era of infinite scenery.
I have a thousand catties of treasure knives hidden in my heart, do you dare to come forward and give it a try?
……
Kowloon Song City.
The filming location of "A Chinese Ghost Story".
"Ahh
A certain fairy girl was holding a notebook and tears in her robe, and a sneeze hit the handsome face of the handsome man in front of her who had no time to dodge.
"Leslie......" looked at the pretty face in front of him who had suffered from his level 10 typhoon, Wang Xianxian looked embarrassed.
"Nothing, nothing. ”
The man smiled softly and waved his hand, picked up the handkerchief and wiped his face, "Wait a minute—"
The voice fell, stretched out a handkerchief and affectionately wiped the corner of Wang Xianxian's mouth, looked left and left, and then was happily satisfied, "Girls must know how to take care of themselves......"
"No, no...... I'll do it myself!"
Wang Xianxian smiled falsely politely, snatched the handkerchief, coughed lightly intentionally or unintentionally, and said to himself, "Leslie, I have a ...... of patting and having a boyfriend."
“??”
The man looked at the serious Wang Xianxian, and was stunned at first, but he couldn't help but laugh out loud, and then the whole person laughed back and forth.
This smile was so carefree that Wang Xianxian's beauty dimmed its color.
The delicacy and handsomeness of a man is nothing more than this, a man who has been beautiful all his life, has never done anything wrong in his life, and is kind to others. It brings nature and joy to people, and leaves sorrow alone to taste itself.
"I don't know if you're procrastinating, you hold the phone all day long, and talk on the phone with your boyfriend, and I'm not blind. Zhang Guoxuan laughed happily, "Xianxian, I just treat you as a little sister, you chase you when I do?"
"Giggle......
Wang Xianxian covered her mouth and smiled, "I thought...... Okay, okay, don't laugh. I'll call you Brother Rong...... I'll call you brother!
"Okay, whatever you want. ”
Zhang Guoyan smiled dotingly, Wang Xianxian in front of him was one of the few insiders who could let him put down his heart, this may be the fate of his previous life.
"Seeing that you look so seriously-" Zhang Guoxuan smiled and pointed to the notebook in Wang Xianxian's hand, "My eyes are swollen from crying, it won't be my boyfriend's breakup......"
"It's not!" Wang Xianxian straightened his chest, proudly "snapped" the book on his chest, and said proudly, "The birthday gift that my boyfriend wrote to me is a special and special special and touching love story. ”
"Is it true?" Zhang Guoxuan smiled and amused.
"Of course it's true!" Wang Xianxian hurriedly opened the notebook, "I don't believe it, I'll read it to you......
"Okay......"
"At 7:35 a.m., Ishigami ......"
Wang Xianxian read in a low and deep voice with a crying voice, "How much can I do to love someone? What kind of encounter can I sacrifice my life without regrets? The lens of logic is not the ideal country of reason and order, but the love ...... that I dedicate my life to."
Zhang Guoxuan's eyes were stunned, and the whole person stood stupidly in place.
The story...... Like a sharp arrow piercing his heart, isn't the story read by Wang Xianxian himself and Mr. Tang that they can give up their lives for each other's love.
Before I knew it, tears rolled down my cheeks.
At this time, the assistant director who ran over looked stupidly at Wang Xianxian and Zhang Guoxuan, who were crying in a ball-
Director Xu immediately started filming Ning Caichen's relaxed scene, and now ...... "The assistant director wants to cry without tears."
Xu Yu absolutely didn't know that the reason why he stopped working for a day was because the hero and heroine read "a love letter". I wouldn't know that I was cheated by Wu Xiaozu......