Chapter 834: Ghost Li meets the real Li Kui

"Take a break, arrange for the big guy to eat first!"

On the set of "Inception", Song Zheng said with a haggard face, hearing that it was time to rest, both the Chinese and American staff present couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After Song Zheng finished speaking, he stepped aside, took the storyboard script and studied it, and everyone could see that he was really tired and hadn't slept well in the past few days.

"Inception" is filming, but the process is not smooth at all, in the past, Song Zheng filmed, because he had the memory of his previous life, he only needed to follow the steps, and then add his understanding of the movie, this unique advantage also made him a veritable fast player in the circle.

A big production, others may have to carefully carve a year or two, but he only needs a few months to complete.

But not now, even if Song Zheng watched "Inception" more than a dozen times in his previous life, it is very difficult to copy this movie perfectly.

It must be admitted that Nolan is really a genius director, and the unique logic in the narrative is too difficult for others to imitate, and Nolan's handling of details is simply outrageous.

Song Zheng thinks that he has imitated exactly the same, but after shooting a set of shots, and then thinking about it carefully, he will find that he has missed a detail that is not easy to find.

It can be said that in this movie now, Song Zheng is almost deducting frame by frame.

"Brother, why don't you eat too!?" Song Zheng looked up and saw Ren Tong standing in front of him.

Song Zheng wanted to refuse, but looking at the worry and concern in Ren Tong's eyes, he really couldn't bear to say it, so he reached out and took it.

Ren Tong also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, sat down next to Song Zheng, and said cautiously: "Brother, why don't we rest for two days!"

When Song Zheng heard this, he smiled bitterly: "Stupid words, so many people, how much does it cost to eat and live in a day, and rest for two days, if the cost is exceeded, Lionsgate will not take a dime out!"

The total investment of "Inception" reached 150 million, 1+1 company and Lionsgate respectively bear half, and wait until the distribution of benefits after the release of the movie, China's domestic box office, 1+1 company monopolized, North American market, Lionsgate accounted for 70%, 1+1 company accounted for 30%, and the box office revenue of other countries, the two companies split in half.

It seems that 1+1 has taken a big advantage, but in fact, it is not, because when the cooperation agreement was signed, both parties agreed that if the investment in the film exceeds the plan, all the excess will be borne by 14+1.

Therefore, although the progress of filming is very slow and the work is very difficult, Song Zheng can't stop, let alone rest for two days, even half a day.

"Hahahaha~~~~~~"

Song Zheng was eating, thinking about the next filming work, suddenly a burst of laughter came, Song Zheng followed the sound and looked over, and saw that not far away, Fan Bingbing, Wu Xiubo, and some domestic actors were getting together, and I don't know who said what, and Fan Bingbing laughed back and forth.

As if sensing Song Zheng's gaze, Fan Bingbing suddenly straightened his face, and deliberately said in a voice that Song Zheng could hear: "Be serious! Don't you see that the director is not in a high mood!?

Eldest sister, you were laughing alone just now, okay!

Song Zheng didn't want to deal with Fan Bingbing, but Fan Bingbing walked over by himself: "Tong Tong, give my sister a place!"

Ren Tong glanced at Song Zheng, saw that Song Zheng didn't speak, and obediently slipped away with her boxed lunch.

Fan Bingbing was not polite, and sat down directly next to Song Zheng: "What's the matter?

Song Zheng didn't look at Fan Bingbing, he took care of his own food, and said vaguely: "The scene is filmed like this, you can still laugh because of it." ”

If it is just from the director's point of view, Song Zheng is still very satisfied with Fan Bingbing's performance so far, whether it is filming or usual.

In the past, Song Zheng looked down on Fan Bingbing's acting skills, no matter what he played, he had a little Qiong Yao's sour taste, but this eldest sister is willing to work hard, and she also has a hard work, although there is still a lot of distance from the acting school, at least it is not simply a vase in front of the camera lens, it is not necessarily a little stronger than when "No Thieves in the World" was filmed, just rush to this point, it is definitely worth encouraging.

And usually, Fan Bingbing doesn't have much of a fight, he is very popular in the crew, and he can get along with anyone, even if she is a makeup assistant or field worker, she can talk about it, and she is not pretentious at all.

These days, Song Zheng felt that he had been a little prejudiced against Fan Bingbing before, but because of his preconceived impression, he couldn't get close to Fan Bingbing, and he was still a little repulsed.

"What's wrong with filming like this!? I think it's good! How can filming be smooth sailing, from the first shot to the beginning, it will not stop going over and over again, and only by meticulous craftsmanship can it come out of fine products!"

Fan Bingbing said, seeing Song Zheng looking at him in surprise, he hurriedly said: "I'm not the only one who thinks so, Maria also said so!"

The Maria that Fan Bingbing is talking about is the French actress Maria Cotillard who plays Cobb's wife Mel in the play, and in her previous life, in the original version of "Inception", she played this role.

Of course, Song Zheng also knows this truth, but he is not crafting it now, he just wants to perfectly copy the original work of his previous life, confined to a small circle, and his thinking cannot be expanded at all, so he is so tired to shoot.

"That's right, but time waits for no one, this drama, I'm ready to release it in the Chinese New Year, with the current filming progress, it's good to catch up with next year's summer file!"

As soon as Song Zheng finished speaking, he saw someone coming, and when he saw the person, Song Zheng suddenly became excited, it was a staff member arranged by Lionsgate Pictures this time, who was responsible for the crew contact.

Of course, when this liaison came over, Song Zheng was not excited, what made him excited was the person who came together.

Kosstorf Nolan!

The director of the original work of "Inception", a real genius, Song Zheng himself thinks that he is just a clumsy imitator compared to others.

In his previous life, Song Zheng began to like Nolan's movies because of "Inception", and he really couldn't imagine how a person could be so imaginative, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was unthinkable.

Later, Song Zheng watched all of Nolan's works again, and if I want to say that my favorite is "Memory Fragments".

Many people may think that "Memory Fragments" is a very dull movie, a person with short-term memory loss, through the fragments of memory, peel back the cocoon, and finally find the real murderer of his wife.

The plot is not complicated, it is more like a detective mystery movie, but in Song Zheng's view, "Fragments of Memory" can be called a perfectly inverted movie, not because of how complex the story structure is, but because his narrative technique is so miserable and unheard of.

Compared with the ups and downs of the plot of many suspense movies, the plot of "Fragments of Memory" is tiled and even simple, but director Nolan's boldness has created a movie that is unique in the world.

Just like saying a sentence backwards, a few simple rules, but talking about bothering and listening to difficulties, it can be seen that the more simple rules break the convention, the more confusing they are, and the more they contain the inspiration and hard work of the creative staff.

The narrative structure of a story is neatly divided into two parallel threads, which shows that Nolan is not dazzling, black and white is the main narrative, which is the first half of the story's development, and the color is the flashback, which is the second half of the story.

But this flashback cannot be equated with the simple flashback in the ordinary sense of the composition, but as if every word is said backwards, it is divided into more than two dozen paragraphs, and the end of each paragraph follows the beginning of the previous colored paragraph, and the beginning follows the end of the next paragraph, and so on and so on, and so on, from foot to end, so that it is tragic.

Many people watching "Fragments of Memory" can be driven crazy by Nolan's unique narrative technique, but Song Zheng feels that watching "Fragments of Memory" can get an unprecedented pleasure, just like the protagonist of the story, Reiner, who never knows what happened a few minutes ago, that kind of loss is more desperate than not seeing the future, because people have a spirit of tracing their roots.

Only by sorting together these misplaced memory fragments can the audience suddenly realize that the story began like this.

"Hello!

Song Zheng also hurriedly got up, greeted him, and shook hands with Nolan: "Hello, Director Nolan!"

Nolan was specially invited by Song Zheng to Lionsgate, and the reason why he wanted to invite Nolan was mainly because Song Zheng felt that if he continued to shoot like this, he would have to be driven crazy, and he needed Nolan to come over and give him some inspiration and help him open his mind.

Nolan has been taking a break since last year's "Deadly Magic", and only recently began to prepare for his next work, "The Dark Knight", when he received an invitation from Lionsgate, he was also surprised, and the other party had made it clear that he was not asked to direct the film, but to let him come to a crew and serve as a consultant for a day.

On the way here, Nolan had already learned from the staff of Lionsgate that the film being filmed was the work of Chinese director Song Zheng.

is no stranger to Song Zheng, Nolan is a double actor in Cannes and Berlin, although he has begun to devote himself to commercial films in recent years, but Song Zheng's reputation is not low in Europe, especially the two "Hurricane Rescue", Nolan also likes it very much.

The content of the work this time, Nolan is not very clear now, until Song Zheng came up with the script.

After watching it quickly, Nolan's eyes when he looked at Song Zheng changed, and Song Zheng was a little weak-hearted, because it is said that this story, Nolan has been preparing for ten years, could it be that Ghost Li met the real Li Kui and was discovered by others!?

Before Song Zheng could speak, Nolan shouted excitedly: "Song! This is a genius idea, God! How did you come up with it, dreams, I once had this idea, when people are in deep sleep, can dreams be divided into several levels, those who have fallen into a long-term coma because of brain damage, are they living in their dreams, oh my God! You actually thought of it, and wrote it into a script, it's so cool, it's so cool, it's so cool, Song! You're a genius, you're a genius!"

Nolan looks polite, like an English gentleman, but when he encounters something he is interested in, he becomes very crazy, to put it bluntly, a little neurotic.

He shouted excitedly here, attracting the attention of the rest of the crew, and Song Zheng was praised by Nolan and blushed a little, others don't know, he still doesn't know what's going on, if there is no Zhuyu from Nolan in his previous life, how can he have the opportunity to read according to the script!

After the excitement, Nolan said with some regret: "It's a pity, if I could have seen this script earlier, Song, I will definitely apply to you for the position of director, even if it is free!"

Song Zheng really didn't know what to say, so he could only be polite.

Nolan smiled: "Say it, Song, what do you need me to do, this is a great work, although I can't be the director of this movie, but I also want to participate, even if it's just a little bit of it!"

It can be seen that Nolan liked this story very much.

Can you not like it?

In his previous life, "Inception" was Nolan's brainchild.

Nolan said so, Song Zheng still has something to be polite, when he sees his troubles and says it, of course, he can't say it all, he can't tell Nolan that he can't shoot it now, because it's hard to imitate exactly the same as the original.

Nolan didn't doubt it, and pondered for a while and said: "Song! This is normal, I often have such troubles when filming, obviously the stories are in my head, but I don't know how to show those stories perfectly through the camera." ”

Holy!

Is this really false!?

Modesty or pretending?

Nolan didn't notice Song Zheng's expression, and at this moment his attention was completely attracted by the script of "Inception": "Okay! I know you're busy right now, let's talk about this script first, God! These settings are simply amazing, Song, how did you come up with it!?"

Song Zheng felt a little fever on his face, he had hesitated before, whether to invite Nolan over, now that people are here, people are also boasting vigorously, but why does it sound like scolding!

Since Nolan asked, Song Zheng had no choice but to tell the story of "Inception" according to his own understanding, all he said was his feelings about the story after watching "Inception" in his previous life, and there were many film critics' analysis of the whole movie, some of which were very awesome.

But after listening to Nolan, he was a little confused, not because of how profound Song Zheng said, but because there were many differences between his thoughts after reading this script and Song Zheng, the "screenwriter".

After a moment's hesitation, Nolan said, "Song, although I know it's rude, would you like to hear my thoughts!?"

Of course, does that need to be said!?

Song Zheng went to great lengths to get Lionsgate to invite people, didn't he just want Nolan to teach him a lesson!?

"Of course, I'm open to any opinions!" Song Zheng tried to make a very humble appearance, concentrating all his attention, waiting for Nolan to teach him.

Nolan stayed in the "Inception" crew until it was dark before leaving, and the crew didn't film all afternoon, and many actors came over to listen to Nolan, a structural master, take a class.

After Nolan left, Song Zheng's most intuitive feeling was: Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years.

Nolan is really Nolan, the original author is the original author, and his understanding of "Inception" is much deeper than Song Zheng's, although he only read the script once, but in fact, the story about dreams has existed in his mind for many years.

Song Zheng also felt much more relaxed at this time, based on his own understanding, coupled with the analysis of Nolan, the original author, when he watched "Inception" in his previous life, many doubts were solved.

"Director Song, you watch this scene, are you still filming today!?"

Song Zheng wanted to continue, but he also knew that Americans were urinating, and if they really worked overtime, these people would probably be able to sue the Hollywood union immediately.

Besides, Song Zheng also needs time now to digest what Nolan said.

"Forget it today, let's do it!"

After Song Zheng finished speaking, he immediately beckoned Shang Rentong to plan to go back to the hotel, and as soon as he got into the car, suddenly the car door was opened again, and Fan Bingbing squeezed up.

"Hitchhiker!"

Shun your size!

The crew has arranged a car pick-up, okay!?

Although it's not happy, but everyone has already come up, so it's hard to catch up?

"Something!?"

Fan Bingbing didn't go around in circles, and said, "The person who came today is not Christopher Nolan?"

Although Nolan is well-known in the industry, for China, not many people know him, after all, when people watch a movie, they pay attention to those actors, and who cares who directs the movie.

"yes, what's wrong?"

"You know him well!?"

Song Zheng was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm not familiar, we met for the first time today!"

Fan Bingbing glanced at Song Zheng, obviously not believing: "There is something, I hope you can help me!"

Song Zheng listened to it, and he looked like this, but what is this woman going to do!?

Besides, is this the attitude of asking for help!?

Song Zheng didn't want to pay attention to Fan Bingbing, but he didn't know why, there was nothing he could do in the face of this woman.

"Say, what!?"

Fan Bingbing also hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I just heard Maria say that he is preparing a new film, I mean, can you ~~~~~~ can you recommend me to him, as long as there is an audition opportunity, can you help me!?"

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