Takashi Miike worked as an assistant director to Shohei Imamura and Shuji Goto, and followed the latter in his attempts at making low-budget video films. Because he started shooting videotapes, Takashi Miike made films very quickly, sometimes making seven or eight films a year, which also led to the uneven quality of his films.

Zhang Ran doesn't like too bloody and violent films, and he really has no love for Takashi Miike's films, so he hasn't seen much of his movies.

However, Miike Takashi was quite interested in Zhang Ran, and said with a smile: "I like China very much, and I even went to China the year before last to shoot a movie "Chinese Birdman"!"

Zhang Ran scolded in his heart, and when he saw that Takashi Miike was not joking, he asked, "The name is very interesting, I don't know what the movie is about?"

Miike briefly explained: "Wada, an employee of a jewelry company, went to Nanyun, China, to look for jade mines, and in a small village deep in the mountains of Nanyun, he met a mysterious and beautiful girl, and learned an ancient legend that once upon a time, people could use the wings they made to fly in the sky like birds. They are very interested in this legend and learn from the maiden, and in the process of learning they have a new understanding of life and life. ”

Zhang Ran was stunned, he didn't expect that Takashi Miike, a guy who likes bloody perverts and likes to make cult films, would make such a film full of humanistic atmosphere, and he couldn't believe it: "It sounds very interesting, I must watch it when I have the chance." ”

Takashi Miike smiled: "Let's watch my new film, it's a movie about love, and its warm and cute side can be compared with Bambi in Disney's cartoon, I believe you will like it." ”

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "I don't know what the name of your movie is?"

Miike Takashi said: "The movie is called "Killer Ah Yi". ”

Zhang Ran almost spit out a mouthful of blood. Your sister, "Killer Ah Yi" is such a perverted film. It is said that it is as cute as Bambi, which is still reasonable. Is there still a royal law?

Coming out of the bar, Zhang Jingchu was a little worried: "Director, can we win?"

Zhang Ran nodded and said: "There are seven or eight percent certainty of winning, Li Shiming's movie itself is not of good quality, and it involves a lot of historical things." European and American audiences know very little about East Asian history, and it is difficult for them to understand this story! In addition, this is a fantasy film festival, and there are more cult film lovers, so our type of film is more likely to be sought after!"

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The premiere of the Fantasy Film Festival is as simple as setting up a large poster of the movie in the lobby of the cinema. The director will give a brief introduction. Then let the reporter take a few photos, and the short interview is over.

Of course, Zhang Ran's treatment is better than that of many crews, and the crew of the movie channel "World Movie Journey" shoots the whole process, which can be regarded as a man with his own camera.

After the brief premiere, Zhang Ran took Hu Jun and Zhang Jingchu into the screening room.

A few minutes later, Takashi Miike and Hideo Tanaka arrived. It didn't take long for Park Chan-wook and Lee Si-myung to come together. Zhang Ran hurriedly walked over to say hello. Park Chan-wook was very polite to Zhang Ran, but Li Shiming was arrogant, as if Zhang Ran owed him money and didn't pay it back.

Zhang Ran didn't bother to pay attention to him. There's nothing to worry about with a small character, continue to talk to Park Chan-wook.

Li Shiming couldn't stand Zhang Ran's cold attitude, swept around the movie, and sneered: "It seems that everyone is not optimistic about Chinese science fiction films! There is no audience at all!"

Zhang Ran said lightly: "The audience is indeed small. If there is a match in the number of people, Director Li will have a chance to win. ”

Li Shiming was very depressed and talked to Zhang Ran. He really can't get a bargain.

At the same time, a group of young people dressed as if they were of the opposite sex. Step into the cinema. It's time for fantasy movie lovers from all over the world during the festival. Together, the theaters were crowded with people, some dressed as vampires, some dressed as zombies, and the demons danced wildly.

This group of people came for the movie "Ghost of Mars", which is the new work of horror master John Carpenter and is highly anticipated by fans.

After waiting in line for a quarter of an hour or so, it was finally Carpenter's fans' turn. At the top of the line was Aven, who said to the beautiful conductor, "Two tickets to the Ghost of Mars." ”

The conductor nodded, quickly punched out two tickets, and handed them to Aven.

Evan got the ticket and stood aside with his girlfriend, waiting for his friend to buy the ticket.

In third place was the fat Nash, who smiled at the conductor, "Ask for a ticket to Ghost of Mars!"

The conductor glanced at Nash and said apologetically: "Sorry, there are no tickets for "Ghost of Mars", either buy the next one, or watch the others!"

"How so? This is a Carpenter movie, why don't you open a few more halls?" Nash was rather speechless, the next one was two hours later, he didn't want to wait two hours in the hall, "What other movies?"

"Japan's horror film "Ghost Water Monster Talk", Chinese sci-fi film "Time Prisoner", which one do you want to watch?"

Japanese horror films are not Nash's cup of tea at all, and he is not interested in them at all, but Chinese science fiction films also seem to be very strange, is there a science fiction film in China? He thought about it for a while, and finally chose a Chinese science fiction film: "I want a ticket for "Prisoner of Time". ”

Next, several other friends came forward to buy tickets, but they all bought "Ghost Water Monster Talk". When they heard that Nash chose "Time Prisoner", they all thought he was crazy: "Chinese science fiction films? God, what are you kidding, Chinese will make science fiction movies? Chinese can only make action movies, flying around in the sky, how can they make science fiction movies!"

"Nash, you're crazy! How could you choose a Chinese sci-fi film?"

"That's right, it's a bad movie when you hear the name!"

Nash frowned and said, "Not necessarily, it's also a movie shortlisted for the competition unit, even if it's rotten, it won't be bad! Maybe it's a good movie?"

Several partners pouted: "How is it possible, do you believe this yourself?"

Nash is indeed not very confident, but now that the tickets have been bought, it is impossible to return them. He refused to admit defeat: "Whether it's good or bad, you have to see it to know!"

Towards the beginning of the movie, Nash is holding a bucket of popcorn and a glass of Coke. Walk slowly into the screening room. He looked at the screening room, where there were more than 200 seats but only forty or fifty spectators, and shook his head gently. This place is vacuum, it seems that everyone is not optimistic about this Chinese movie!

In the following time, some viewers walked in one after another, but Nash heard some people complaining that they couldn't buy tickets for "Ghost of Mars", and also heard some people questioning "Is there a science fiction film in China". It seems that everyone has no hope for this Chinese science fiction film.

After a while, the lights in the cinema gradually dimmed, and the movie officially began to play.

The audience in the cinema reacted exactly the same as the domestic audience, and the opening part was confused and didn't understand what was going on at all. It's obviously a science fiction film. But there is an eerie feeling of a horror movie. Fortunately, the pace of the movie is very fast, and one suspense after another makes these foreigners gradually enter the state. As the plot progressed, the audience, who was still a little absent-minded just now, soon couldn't take their eyes off.

As a director, Park Chan-wook pays more attention to technical things such as lenses, compositions, and lighting, which are different from ordinary audiences. Just like Wong Kar-wai's films, many domestic audiences can't understand them, but they are highly respected in Europe, can Europeans really understand them completely? In fact, compared to the story. They're more concerned with the lens, the composition, the light, and so on. In Park Chan-wook's view, Zhang Ran's lens is not muddy, the light, lens, and composition are all perfect, showing a very high level.

Takashi Miike focuses on different things. He pays more attention to the creation of tones and atmospheres. The atmosphere at the beginning of the movie is excellent, eerie, dark, and very scary movie. He felt that Zhang Ran was too wasteful to make science fiction films. Making horror movies definitely has a lot of promise.

At the beginning of the movie, there was still a lot of talk. The sounds of popcorn being eaten, but those sounds disappear as the plot of the movie unfolds. Especially when Cai Yan passed the Morse code for MP3. After reading Cao Lin's message, the audience at the scene was shocked. Everyone began to worry about Cao Lin's fate, and they all looked at the big screen intently, for fear of missing a shot.

When the 90-minute movie ended, the subtitles crossed the screen, and the audience burst into applause.

"That's cool, this director is a genius!"

"It's a good thing I bought the box office of this movie, otherwise I would have missed out on such an outstanding movie!"

"Where's my phone? I'm going to call Tommy and tell him there's a great movie here!" someone said excitedly to a friend, pulling out his phone.

All kinds of discussions were mixed with thunderous applause, and the audience was extremely excited and excited. They didn't have any hope for this movie, they came in to pass the time, but they didn't expect this movie to give them an unexpected surprise. This is simply a low-budget sci-fi film that can become a classic!

After the applause, Nash crawled out of the screening room, he was going to tell his friends that his choice was right, the movie is great, Chinese can make science fiction films, and they can shoot very well!

"Your idea is crazy, and the shooting is very good, I think you can try horror movies!" Miike Takashi looked at Zhang Ran and said seriously.

"I don't like bloody and violent things very much, I prefer light and beauty to darkness!" Zhang Ran smiled and waved his hand.

"That's a pity!" Miike Chongshi felt that Zhang Ran had a talent for making horror movies, and he was quite sorry to hear him say this.

Park Chan-wook didn't come over to say hello and walked out of the screening hall directly. Walking out of the hall of the movie theater, he stopped and looked at the dark sky, took a breath, then turned his head to look at Li Mingshi, and said sympathetically: "Prepare to run naked!"

Although Li Shiming thinks Zhang Ran's movie is good, he doesn't think he will lose: "The story of this movie is good, but the picture is too rough and there are no wonderful scenes, I believe the audience will like my movie more!"

When Park Chan-wook heard Li Shiming say this, his eyes were full of pity: "If a movie has no thoughts, no matter how wonderful the scene is, it is an empty shell." Do you think this movie is just a good story? Don't you feel the great compassion behind the story? That's the power that really touches people's hearts. (To be continued......)

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