Chapter 23: Interviews (Part II)

The history of the development of domestic literary films is accompanied by the fifth and sixth generations of directors.

The fifth generation of directors is called a master, because they can see the epic feelings in the movies they make, while the sixth generation of directors is much inferior, they pay more attention to the individual.

Wang Xiaoshuai once said: "Epics are of course important, but when an era does not recognize the importance of individual expression, it will also ignore the respect for individual life." And we are all individuals who make up this grand society. Respect for the individual is the grandest epic. ”

That's right, but if you express yourself too much, you will ignore the public.

After all, for movies, the director's aesthetics are very important, but the public aesthetics are more important, and if the public does not accept them, such a movie will be abandoned.

It's like Guo Degang said, 'You are an artist, you make art, but no one appreciates it, no one is willing to spend a penny on your art, then you deserve to starve to death!'

It's a pity that the sixth generation of directors seems to be all immersed in their own fantasy world, and they feel that people all over the world should appreciate his works.

Therefore, after the sixth generation of directors came to the stage, domestic movies were no longer good, and the people couldn't understand what they were filming.

Fortunately, there were a group of HK directors and directors from Taiwan, including Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, who supported them, and at that time, Hollywood movies had not yet fully entered China, so they finally gave some Chinese films a little buffer space.

This is also the main reason why Xu Huite hates those domestic literary film directors.

You can't shoot it specially, don't let it be said, and ask all filmmakers to shoot like this, otherwise you will be an anomaly!

Sick!

……

"No, Sister Yang Yan, you can't fool me, what we are saying is that the development of the film market should be made up of commercial films, and the film itself should be popular, not to mention who hinders the market!"

Xu Hui hurriedly denied Yang Yan.

God knows how many people he would be attacked if he nodded.

"Then you just said a literary film..."

"We must respect the facts, the fact is that there is no market for pure literary films in China, even in France, which is known as the birthplace of the New Wave films, the most popular among the people is still Hollywood commercial films, and the annual film box office in France, commercial films can account for more than 80%, and we are almost reaching this data now!"

Yang Yan decided to change directions: "But if they all make commercial films like you said, how can domestic films compete with Hollywood?"

"Play to our own strengths, we have our own history, we have our own oriental characteristics, and I believe that our audience will still appreciate our own movies more. ”

What else did Yang Yan say, Xu Hui interrupted her: "Speaking of which, I really want to thank the seniors, without the efforts of these predecessors in the first five years, it would be impossible for the audience to go to the theater to watch the movie, they have cultivated a group of audiences who are willing to go to the theater to watch the movie, what we have to do is to retain this group of audiences and attract more audiences on the basis." ”

"So, you said at the beginning that you won't make literary films for the time being, just ask to retain the audience?"

"Yes!"

"However, the market is blind, and if all the people are making commercial films, it will be difficult for our film market to develop healthily. ”

Yang Yan started talking, and she felt that she had met an opponent.

I have already put away the contempt mentality.

Originally, she thought that Xu Hui was just the kind of little director who made a money-making movie by walking shit luck.

What can a person who has never even attended college think?

"You're right, the film industry is naturally divided into commercial and artistic, our market is very young, basically watch what makes money, just swarm in, watch what type of film is popular, just follow the trend! But don't forget, the audience's tastes will change, we have to guide the audience instead of blindly catering to the audience. ”

"Now the number of domestic screens is only more than 6,000, the annual box office is less than 5 billion, and there are not many audiences who are willing to go to theaters to watch movies. ”

Xu Hui said something he didn't believe in a little against his will.

Until the end of 207 years before his rebirth, the Chinese film market was still the same B, paying attention to big data, big IP, traffic artists...

"Let's take a break!"

The two chatted for almost thirty minutes, arguing and brain-consuming.

Each episode is only about 30 minutes, and Xu Hui's recording of this episode is relatively long, and it is broadcast in two episodes.

The specific broadcast time should be at the end of April, in conjunction with the promotion of the movie.

"I interviewed Brother Chen Kai before, and he said that if the director has a work that is too famous, it will be difficult for the next work to maintain a calm mind, do you have such worries?"

"Well, I don't have a very famous work yet, so I don't have to worry about it for the time being. ”

"Don't you think it's a very famous work for you?"

“… To be honest, if I had to do it again now, I would definitely do it better than the first time, and for me, the best work will always be the next one!"

Gotcha, you're awesome, okay!

Yang Yan suddenly felt so bored, discussing the movie with a young king, and hearing all she heard was some bragging, so she decided to change the subject: "Do you know anything about some young directors in the mainland?"

"Hmm... Not much is understood. ”

"If you had to give them advice, what would it be?"

"Me?"

Xu Hui thought for a while and said: "Try to think about the market as much as possible, only by winning the market, you will have the right to shoot the next movie." ”

"But your first work was a martial arts movie!"

As we all know, martial arts movies have always been very depressed, and there is no one else in the original time and space except for the movements that Xu Lao Wei can play.

Er Dongsheng made a whole film, and the box office failed miserably...

"I think there has always been a market for martial arts movies, but there is a lack of a good form of expression, and we don't have kung fu stars who can carry the crown, I believe that my works can solve these two points, so I have the courage to shoot it, and after this one is released, I should make martial arts again!"

"Really, then we fans have to look forward to it. ”

……

After chatting for two hours, Yang Yan deserves to be a professional host, digging a pit from time to time, Xu Hui needs to maintain one hundred and two percent attention, otherwise she will really be taken into the ditch.

Maybe she will show the unique superiority of cultural people at some point, no way, people do have a level.

Walking out of the studio, Xu Hui took out his mobile phone, and when he was recording just now, he felt the vibration of the mobile phone, and he didn't click on it.

It's Liu Sisi's text message.