Chapter 100: The Tangshan Earthquake
The Future of Chinese Cinema?
How to say this, Pao Hui rarely thinks about these particularly big topics.
'The future is bright, but the road is tortuous'?
Or 'look at the black hole in front of you'?
Forget it, I still don't want to!
It's like Guo Degang, every time he mentions the cross talk industry, he is always very pessimistic and says, 'Where does the future of our industry come from'
However, at the same time, he will say, 'I can count on a bowl of rice in this industry, and my apprentice can do it, and that's enough!'
Is that enough?
After all, Chinese movies are still different from cross talk, just the box office market, and the output value of 100 billion yuan has almost developed in later generations...
"Director Xu, you..."
"I'm sorry, I've been thinking about it for a long time..."
Hearing Yanma's reminder, Xu Hui came back to his senses and explained: "No one has asked me this type of question before, so I don't know how to answer it for a while." ”
"I am a more realistic person, the Chinese pay attention to 'not in their position, do not seek their own politics', in essence, I am just a Chinese director, and I am also a young director, the future of Chinese films and Hollywood cannot be worried by me..."
"However, I read a lot of comments from netizens, and they say that the future of Chinese films lies in you? Don't you think that your country does not have a classification system, which will cause great trouble to film creation?"
The Yanmar persevered, as if he wanted to hear the words of the cannon against censorship.
When interviewed by foreign media, many big domestic directors will always say, 'I really envy your Hollywood creative environment, because you have a rating system!'
Come on, Europe and Japan also have a rating system, and I don't see how good the overall movie is!
If you don't give it, you just don't give it, and you actually talk about so useless!
"I think it's okay, although the censorship system has some restrictions, but there will always be restrictions on film production, Hollywood movies don't also have a lot of shackles, many blockbusters have to consider the global market, they often have more issues to consider, religion, ethnicity..."
Xu Hui thinks that the movie should still be limited, if it is allowed to grow wildly, it is difficult to predict what it can look like.
The box office and scolding of Chinese films in later generations took off, and many people sighed that Chinese films were completely hopeless...
The environment sucks!
The status of film critics is getting lower and lower, and professional movie websites are becoming more and more venues for mobs to vent...
Few people dare to tell the truth!
“… Well, Xu, one last question. ”
Jenny flipped through the notebook in her hand, looked up at Xu Hui, and asked, "I heard that the director you admire the most is Kubridge, will you try other types of movies in the future?"
Kubridge, Hollywood's most famous film director, his films include horror, science fiction, war, and biographies.
The little old man is really admirable.
Even in the entire film history, his status is still unshakable!
"Will definitely try!"
……
Unfortunately, we were not able to make any further contact with the Yanmar.
In fact, Pao Hui could feel that Jenny should have some thoughts about him, her foot tentatively rested on Pao Hui's calf across the table, and before there was further contact, Tong Liya didn't know where to kill, staring at the two people who were in the stage of friendly interaction, and then, Jenny gave up!
Nima, she actually gave up!
Ay!
However, the two made an appointment, and in this year's awards season, Pao Hui may go to Lao Mei, and when the time comes, hehehe...
……
There is a scene of the White Lotus Sect at the beginning of "Men Should Be Self-Improvement", which is impressive.
The two Dharma Protectors show a series of masteries, and then the real people of the Nine Palaces appear...
Xu Hui plans to ask people from the folk acrobatic troupe to help complete these scenes.
After looking for two months, I found a few people in a remote town in Yuzhou who could do what Xu Hui wanted.
To be honest, Chinese folk acrobatics are really awesome, popular and invulnerable, these are all real kung fu of hard bridges and hard horses.
After seeing the unique skills displayed by these people, Xu Hui was shocked, he wanted to know how this thing was done, but this was people's privacy, and it was not easy to ask casually.
"Now no one wants to let children learn this, too hard, too tired, we eat carbon, don't underestimate these, although many people say that it can be explained by scientific principles, what do you say with a mouth in your mouth... A What carbon... But if you don't pay attention, your lips will burn..."
Before the gang left the crew, the leading class leader was a little depressed.
Apparently he was a little worried that the Wamen technique would be lost...
Xu Hui can't say anything, he can't say anything, I'll help you publicize it, so that more people can follow you to eat coal...
Isn't that a propagandist of superstition?
……
In late July, "Tangshan Earthquake" was released, and before the release, Wang Zhonglei said with great interest, "The box office of our film is expected to be 600 million!"
No one laughed at them for not being able to do anything about themselves.
What Xu Hui can do, it makes no sense that Feng Xiaogang can't do it!
In fact, many people still think that this target is too low, why is it only 600 million? It does not fit Feng Dacang's name at all.
It's probably a low-key character...
Many in the industry, including moviegoers in general, have recognized the enormous potential of the Chinese market.
Last year, the market was more than 600 million, but in fact, if the movie is good enough, the market already has the carrying capacity to sell more than 10 billion box office in a year!
We have more than 8,000 screens, which is only half of the number of screens in the United States, and the United States can sell for $9 billion a year, which makes no sense, we haven't even reached a third!
Therefore, a work with a box office of more than 600 million, the current domestic film market already has the strength to come up with several films!
The premise is that your movie can make everyone feel that it is worth watching!
That, Feng Xiaogang, a first-line director, "Tangshan Earthquake", the catastrophe that I remember in my heart, Huayi Brothers, the most powerful distributor in China, the three aspects together, the box office is only 600 million, that's just sorry for the audience!
Objectively speaking, Feng Xiaogang filmed such a theme, which is a bit flattering.
The name of "Tangshan Earthquake" at the beginning was "Aftershock", which is the story of "After My Mother Abandoned Me" introduced from family ethics.
The name is "Tangshan Earthquake", but the theme of the movie is a bit unclear, it is a disaster film that collectively recalls suffering and embodies warmth, why do you have to call it this name?
The two backgrounds of Tangshan and the earthquake have been severely blurred, and all that remains is a lonely family – first their house collapsed, then their wife was separated, and then their family was reunited.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with the movie itself, Feng Xiaogang is still very good at telling stories, plus the good acting skills of a group of actors, Chen Daoming, Xu Fan, Zhang Jingchu, Deng Chao (the big black bull was kicked), the box office of 36 million on the first day of release was chopped, creating a new high for Feng Xiaogang's movie...
The box office reached 110 million in the first week, and the box office is expected to be at least 600 million!
Feng Xiaogang's low-key character accumulation strategy before the release was completely successful...