Chapter 186: Find a way to stand and get the prize
"The picture is beautiful, the plot is empty, director Wu Xiang commented on "Hero"!"
"I watched the film, and the picture is very good. The storyline of "Heroes" is not recognized by famous directors!"
As soon as he returned to the capital, Wu Xiang saw such a report, do you say that people are not angry? These guys are afraid that the world will not be chaotic!
But forget it, it's useless for you to compare with them, these people live on this, let's get busy with business.
When they returned to the capital, they naturally had to be greasy and crooked with Haiqing, and the two of them had to buy a lot of things for both parents when the Chinese New Year was approaching, so they couldn't pick the door. After a very busy day, Wu Xiang finally opened the void and went to see his teacher with a bunch of gifts.
Teacher Han Xiaolei is naturally still like that, there is no change, so is Teacher Bai Han, and when she saw that Wu Xiang had taken so many things, her attitude was even more affectionate.
"You were really recruited back then, and you really went to invest in some film and television city. This is naturally a matter of conversation, and Mr. Han made a comment on Wu Xiang's recent investment.
"I thought you were old enough to scold me for being a money-seeker. ”
"Hey, what age is this now, even in the past, I wouldn't scold like this, if it can drive development, it is better than anything else. By the way, your kid has not guarded the door recently, in Venice, the scolding is enough damage!"
"Where did I curse?" Wu Xiang didn't admit it.
"Hahaha...... Don't fool me, old man, let me tell you, you scold well! It's really good! I listen to it with great energy! But as your teacher, I have to say things that you can't learn in class. ”
"You keep saying, I'm listening. ”
"Have you ever wondered about Western film critics, especially European. Why do you like things that seem strange and even disgusting to normal people?"
Wu Xiang heard that this Teacher Han was going to teach him a lesson, this is a good opportunity.
"I've thought about it, but I can't figure it out a little, could it be that they are born to be perverted@perverts?"
"Hahaha......" Wu Xiang's mouth is damaged enough, Teacher Han laughed heartily, but we have to talk about things, "The reason why they like those things." The main thing is that those things are actually alternative, extreme emotions, or extreme human emotions. You see all those movies, they are all made in an abnormal state. There are no normal people in there, but why do those film critics think it's art? It's very simple. Because from the perspective of the movie. Even from a literary and artistic point of view, Westerners, they have already filmed or written all the normal storylines!"
"Huh?" Wu Xiang's face was stunned.
Teacher Han smiled and said, "There is a saying in the West, 'There is no drama after Shakespeare'. What does this mean? That is, there are actually a lot of plot conflicts. He has already finished writing, and it is difficult for later people to surpass him, in fact, a story that begins to develop high @ tide ending. That is, these things, how many possibilities can there be? There are not many in themselves, so those movies, they are actually clever, expressing themselves in an extreme way, setting an extreme condition, such as what kind of metamorphosis @ and the like, because such people, such things, are more likely to cause extreme emotional expressions, which is naturally easy to impress the judges, in fact, it's as simple as that. ”
"Oh. Wu Xiang had a feeling of sudden realization.
"Do you know why I'm telling you this?" asked Teacher Han with a smile.
"Could it be that you want me, a student, to come back from a foreign country to win a trophy?" Wu Xiang replied with a smile, obviously he didn't think there was anything good about winning such a thing, not even a bonus.
But at this time, Mr. Han said with a serious face: "Boy, my old man really has such an idea, don't listen to it as a joke!"
"Huh?" Wu Xiang didn't expect that people were serious.
"Don't think that it's okay to make money in the West for your films, those film critics don't give it for nothing, if you don't win any awards, then people really look down on you! You must know that the box office is just a public recognition, and the awards of the film festival, that is the high ground of public opinion in the film industry, occupy here, that will make those guys respect you, understand?"
The words "......" really made Wu Xiang fall into deep thought.
Wu Xiang thinks that the film "No Thieves in the World" he is making now basically has no chance of winning awards, because from the perspective of cultural differences between the East and the West, maybe people in our country can understand some crooked kernels' humor, American humor or something, but it is difficult for crooked nuts to understand our humor, the most direct example is "Big Shot", which won 820 US dollars in North America.
From our point of view, this film is a classic, and the lines in it are very funny, which not only reflects a lot of social realities, is thought-provoking, but also funny enough. But the problem lies in the fact that the crooked nuts don't understand, what is the reason? Wu Xiang is very clear about this, and the reason is that the crooked nuts don't understand our culture at all, don't understand, and even disdain it.
If you ask a crooked nut what you think of Oriental culture, almost all of them will say, 'Is that ancient civilization in the East?' I'm very interested, I like it!'
It's basically the same tone, but if they really want to understand our culture and know the connotation of our culture, it's very unrealistic, and few people can do it. Of course, this is not about the countries of East Asia.
Why do we know their culture and they can't?
There are many reasons, such as propaganda, people are hostile to us, and people are the ideological leaders of the West, who have always been hacking us. There is also the issue of geography, after all, they are far away from us, and it is not easy to come once.
But Wu Xiang's thoughts are different, his opinion on this matter is.
Foreigners are too stupid!
It's very weird, it's very weird, it's theistic, but Wu Xiang still has a theoretical basis, that is, the world's IQ analysis number, the average IQ of our country is the highest, and geographically, East Asia is also the highest, and if the white race is not good, the 'black' is even worse.
Other words. In fact, these foreigners can't understand what you're trying to say.
You don't care if Wu Xiang's opinion is right or not, but he can justify himself.
Therefore, when it comes to winning awards abroad, if you don't shoot something that they can see and understand, and shoot something they like, it will be really difficult for you to win the award!
However, Wu Xiang had this idea, he felt that he should also prove himself on the artistic heights, and unconsciously, Wu Xiang thought of that movie. Snowpiercer!
That's right, it is this film that was put on the big screen by Korean directors in the history that Wu Xiang knows, and this film was highly praised by the West at that time, and a large number of Hollywood actors were used in the movie, and almost all of them were made in Hollywood.
But it's a pity. The result of this film is very sad, and it did not win an award at a Western high film festival. In the end, he only won the award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival in South Korea.
It's not a good thing to say. This is after the vigorous flattery, but the master has not paid attention to him.
Of course, you can't look at it in such a narrow sense, because after all, people have won a lot of box office.
The reason why Wu Xiang thought of this film was that he felt that he could use this film to make himself win an award in the Western art highland, because this is a Western story. Although it is science fiction, it actually reflects a lot of political reality, and more importantly, Wu Xiang does not have to cater to the tastes of those film critics. He could have made a film about international cooperation, and then used this cloak to tell the story he wanted to tell.
If you are familiar with the comic "Snowpiercer", then you must know that this comic is about the revolution and the story of the proletarian revolution, because she was born in 1982, in that era, in fact, the French people were very keen on revolution, at the end of the 70s, there was a movie that said that our country sent 500 million troops to occupy France, of course, it was actually 'self-blackening', but this can also see the psychological state of people at that time. Anyway, this comic is not like the later films, Wu Xiang has full room to play.
In other words, we don't have to kneel to have a chance to win a prize!
And this is still a commercial film, a film that can make money, as long as it is filmed well, it will kill multiple birds with one stone.
This is just a plan, it seems very small now, but it is actually very large, you must know that the Koreans invested 40 million US dollars at the time, although Wu Xiang can compress this cost, but there is no estimate of about 100 million RMB, the most important thing is that he does not have the adaptation rights of the comic in his hand now......
"Oh, what are you two talking about? Come over and eat! This dish is ready!"
At this time, Teacher Bai Han came to call someone, Wu Xiang came to visit the door, no matter what he said, he had to stay for a meal.
"You kid, think about what I just said. I'm not asking you to make that kind of film, it's a trick, not the right way. Teacher Han Xiaolei laughed, "Let's go, let's have a drink." ”
"Okay!" Of course Wu Xiang understood, even if the old man asked him to shoot him, he wouldn't shoot it.
This meal is still very happy, after all, I haven't seen each other for so long, and Mr. Bai Han's son has also come over, and everyone is like a family.
The movie "Snowpiercer" is still just a plan, Wu Xiang's first step is to buy the adaptation rights, don't underestimate this step, this is a very difficult thing, the example of "No Thieves in the World" is right in front of you, and, because of ideology, people may not sell it to themselves, yes, Wu Xiang must be cautious and take his time.
This year's Spring Festival is February 1st, Wu Xiang went home for the New Year, and it will be February 8th when he comes out again.
This time the Wu family has a theme for the Chinese New Year, and this theme is a headache for Wu Xiang, that is.
"When the hell are you going to get married?!"
The most important thing is that this question is not only asked by Wu's mother, but Wu's father did not let Wu Xiang go.
So, in the past few days when he went home for the New Year, Wu Xiang had to get by, he couldn't do this alone!
Fortunately, Wu Xiang is a busy man now, and after the New Year, he will go to filming, and the scene on the train of "No Thieves in the World" will begin! (To be continued......)
PS: Thank you Brother Xuji for your reward again, thank you very much!
There is a fly to make trouble, the black car has sealed him, seeing him jumping and scolding so badly, it hurts to want to come to the positive energy of the black car, hehehe, so to speak, right? Attacking Sister Xiaohai or something, the black car feels that it is all false, or the main person is not good at reading, the book of the black car has never said that the local movie is not good, what has always been said is, don't take Western values as a transfer, some people understand it, some people don't understand it, this, the black car has long expected it, because from the beginning, the black car knew that such a book would sting many people. However, it will also change many people's minds, of course, as long as you can watch it, the black car also hopes that everyone can go to the end with the black car, because the black car will give everyone a completely different world view, please give the black car a chance, the opportunity to shock everyone.
The chapter of the black car is about to make a movie that can conquer the Western judges without dwarfing ourselves, why can't we stand up straight in the field of art?!
Of course, it takes time, and black cars take time, thank you very much!