Chapter 208: Preparation for Filming
If the title of the ending song of the original "First Blood" is translated into Chinese, it should be called "It's a Long Road". Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This song is extremely classic, and when the movie was popular, this song also became popular, and throughout the next few sequels, if you talk about music songs, they are not as good as this one.
When editing the Western version, Guo Dalu naturally would not leave the song, and he was the singer of the song, Guo Dalu, who composed and sang the song himself.
It's not that he doesn't want other singers to sing, the key is that there are really few English songs in China that can sing well, and there is no one who can meet Guo Dalu's requirements.
At the same time as "First Blood" became popular, this song also became popular in the United States.
The American people have a kind of arrogance as citizens of a great power, not only looking down on other countries in military politics, but also full of contempt for other countries in popular culture.
Don't you see that the commercial films that lead the world film and television trend and sweep the global box office are all shot by American film and television companies? The export of pop culture has become the norm for Americans, and even if they occasionally import a film or television work from another country, it is generally the film and television of Europe, North and South America, and other countries, and they do not look down on Oriental works at all.
For the introduction of oriental cultural works, if there is one, it is the animation of the Wa Kingdom, and the rest are basically nothing that they look up to.
But now, because of Wang Shiquan's angry action on the streets of San Francisco, it has triggered a wave of attention to Chinese kung fu in the United States.
In the film, Guo Dalu's amazing survival ability in the wild, as well as his fierce and ruthless skills, and real and bloody actions, made the entire American people enthusiastic and enthusiastic.
They have never seen this kind of tough guy on the screen, the kind of clean and neat fighting method that hurts the enemy with one move, which is more than a step stronger than the current action movies in their country, and it is simply not a level.
Although the United States also has its own action movies, Lao Mei's fighting methods are generally boxing attacks, with few movements with knees and legs, whether it is the momentum of the fight or the sharp action, these films are not as good as the image of Lan Bo played by Guo Dalu.
Guo Dalu deliberately showed off his legs in this movie, his two feet were like two big axes, and after a windmill turned around for a week, he kicked several soldiers around him away, this scene is very similar to the scene of Wang Shiquan kicking a few gangsters, which made the audience who saw this clip exclaim in unison, and they really saw the mysterious kung fu.
When this film caused a sensation, it naturally attracted the attention of many film critics in the blink of an eye, and even the most critical Americans could hardly point out the shortcomings when they saw this action movie.
What they can accuse is that this work is too violent and bloody for minors to watch, or the film is too exaggerated for the protagonist's ability, and in the harsh environment shown in the movie, it is difficult for humans to survive, let alone fight hundreds of enemies, which is simply untenable.
For this kind of argument, the audience scoffed, if the movie is not exaggerated, then is it still called a movie?
By the time the film was finished, the box office had reached $300 million, which was also a remarkable achievement at the American box office, and no movie released that month could surpass it.
Although after a series of profit sharing, the profit of Tianxi Group is more than 100 million points, but even this 100 million US dollars has caused a huge sensation in China.
Although "First Blood" is not the first film to enter a foreign country, it is the first Chinese film to achieve great success abroad, and this alone is enough to attract the attention of the people of the whole country, which is a matter of raising eyebrows for both the Chinese film and television industry and the whole of China.
Although Guo Dalu didn't think there was anything remarkable, in the eyes of others, this was a milestone breakthrough!
In the past, it was not that there were no film and television works to be released abroad, but without exception, all of them went out with confidence, and finally came back in disgrace, and some even lost money without making money.
But Tianxi Group, a newly established film and television company, Guo Dalu, a wild film and television director, really made a film that went out, and it was a blockbuster film both in China and in the United States.
How can this not be exciting?
Think about it, some Chinese literary films have won awards at any foreign film festival, and the Chinese people have to argue for a long time and be very proud, but Guo Dalu's work directly earns foreigners' money, and it is a lot of money, which is much more than any honorary trophy, and the Chinese people are naturally excited.
In the hearts of today's Chinese people, what is the honorary trophy, or the most real money!
The films made by Guo Ye earned the money of the Yankees, and it was a lot of money, that is the ability of others!
No matter how good the film you make, no matter how many trophies you get, but as long as you don't make money, you're a fart!
This is the naked view of money that Chinese people have now!
If you make money, and you make more and more money, then it means that you have succeeded, on the contrary, no matter how good your movie is, how profound the content is, and how high your artistic achievements are, but as long as you don't win benefits, then you are a loser.
Although Guo Dalu was not used to this situation, he had no power to change it, so he could only turn a blind eye.
When the box office statistics of "First Blood" came out, all online media were boiling, but the national TV stations did not move, and there was no mention of the news of this movie.
In fact, Guo Dalu made such a big move, and many TV stations across the country have long wanted to interview him to get first-hand news, but because of the problem of face, no TV station will put down the shelf and take the initiative to go to Guo Dalu to make up, but watching these hot news slip away from the front, these TV stations say that it is false if they are not moved.
Some people inevitably have a trace of regret, "Why did you have such a stiff quarrel with Guo Dalu in the first place?"
At this time, Guo Dalu, who was the party concerned, was teaching several of his junior brothers Shaolin Kung Fu at home, and a group of people in the backyard of Guo's house were humming and jumping high and low, practicing happily, and Song Qingyun was also learning at the scene.
When Guo Dalu went home to greet Wang Shiquan, he also brought Song Qingyun home, because in order to let Song Qingyun play the protagonist Xiaohu, that is, Jueyuan, Song Qingyun must know Shaolin Kung Fu, so Guo Dalu specially brought him into the house to get acquainted with his junior disciples, and also taught Shaolin Kung Fu to him.
In fact, Songyang Academy is next to Shaolin Temple, and there is a shadow of Shaolin Kung Fu in the Academy's hand-me-down exercises, but after all, it is not the same as the orthodox Shaolin Kung Fu, Guo Dalu requires the original martial arts style, and Song Qingyun naturally wants to re-learn.
"Girl, are you going to act in this movie?"
Guo Dalu held a long leather whip in his hand, sat on the stone bench in the backyard, and said to Wang Xiaolu: "There is only one female character in this movie, and she is the heroine who deserves it, which runs through this play and is extremely important." ”
"Smack!"
The long whip in his hand shook, and the tip of the whip was already drawn on the leg of Pang Bao, who was practicing Shaolin boxing, "This posture is not right, the waist should be loose rather than soft! It must be natural shaking rather than deliberately shaking!"
At this time, Pang Bao made a posture of a praying mantis fluttering cicada like a fat mantis, and his posture was extremely powerful, in the eyes of outsiders, it was already very good, but in Guo Dalu's opinion, it was still far behind.
Pang Bao practiced praying mantis boxing at this time, this type of boxing does not belong to the Shaolin lineage, but it is fierce and tricky, extremely fast, and very practical.
In the original "Shaolin Temple" movie, the monk Tanzong used mantis boxing, and the person who played the monk Tanzong was the mantis boxing king Yu Hai, and the fight between Yu Hai and Yu Chenghui at that time was also exciting, Guo Dalu wanted to keep this clip in the new movie.
Acting in a movie, especially a fight movie, it is best for the actor to have his own fighting style, and there are really not too many boxing techniques with such character as Praying Mantis Boxing, so this set of boxing techniques must be retained in the new movie.
Guo Dalu wanted Pang Baolai to play the role of Tanzong monk, and this set of mantis boxing naturally had to be taught to him.
Pang Bao was whipped by Guo Dalu, and grinned in pain, but he didn't dare to fight back, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it.
As Guo Dalu's junior brother, he has long been accustomed to Guo Dalu's boxing habits, if he does it honestly, it would be fine, if he dared to refute, it would be miserable, not to mention that he had to peel off the skin, Guo Dalu was never ambiguous when he beat them.
Wang Xiaolu saw Pang Bao's sad expression, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Brother Dalu, there are so many people, you can save some face for Fat Bao." ”
Guo Dalu said: "Keep a fart! If he doesn't learn well, how will I make a movie? This guy's role in the movie is not light, if he really can't shoot the effect, I will pick his skin!"
Pang Bao shuddered and looked at Guo Dalu with a look of grievance.
Guo Dalu's disgusting goosebumps all over his body rose, "Hey, it, this expression of the old man, are you disgusting?"
Wang Xiaolu's smile trembled, "Pang Bao, can you be a little positive?"
Pang Bao frowned and said, "What is the right shape? I want to die now! Since I practiced in the morning, my legs are going to be swollen!"
Guo Dalu scolded: "You have to practice if you are swollen, and if you want to be noble in front of others, you have to suffer from behind your back! If you want to be famous, you have to practice this set of boxing techniques for me, and it can also be used in actual combat, if you don't want to be famous, you can pick a son now!"
Pang Bao's head shrank, "I must insist on practicing! When the time comes, I will really become famous, and I will also subtly rule a beautiful girl, then it is called a cool ...... Ouch!"
Before he finished his sentence, he was whipped by Guo Dalu again.
At this time, Wang Xiaolu was lying on Guo Dalu and laughing, and said after a while: "I have read the script, the flawless image of this shepherdess girl is very good, and there are no intimate scenes, so it is okay to act it." ”
Guo Dalu saw her indifferent expression, and said with a smile: "Do you know how important the heroine of this play is? I want to let the wind out, I don't know how many actresses have to come to play, you are good, you don't take it to heart at all." ”
Wang Xiaolu said: "I'm not a movie actor, why should I compete for this role? ”
She said to Guo Dalu: "When we audition in a few days, why don't you bring Song Qian over by the way, if I am not suitable, Song Qian should be able to play this." ”
Guo Dalu shook his head and said, "Song Qian's aura is too strong and not suitable for this role." This shepherdess Bai Flawless should be a woman with a strong personality but also very gentle, Song Qian's image is too strong, not as gentle and cute as our fawn. ”
Wang Xiaolu heard Guo Dalu praise herself, and she was happy in her heart, "That's it, I'm gentle and kind!"
Guo Dalu said: "When don't pinch me, that's really called gentleness...... Oh, let me go! it hurts! it hurts! it hurts! why do you pinch it again!"
A month later, after these juniors and disciples learned the Shaolin boxing method well and could use it in actual combat, Guo Dalu waved his hand, "Little ones, rush to Shaolin!"