Chapter 131: Feng Xiaogang (Fourth Update)

Zha Lang interviewed Shen Lin, who was released three days ago.

Shen Lin was interviewed by Za Lang just to explain the intensifying trend of Shen Shen.

The effect is very good, the box office of "Touching the Golden Captain" has risen for three consecutive days, and in the second week of release, the box office reported 1.2 billion, and as of December 4th, the cumulative box office of "The Golden Captain" that has been released for two weeks has reached 3.14 billion, which is only one step away from breaking the box office record of "The Mermaid".

At the same time, the overseas box office continued to be popular, with North America winning $270 million in two weeks.

At this time, the whole people are praising "Touching the Golden Captain", praising it is no longer news, and it is necessary to find a new news breaking point, and criticizing "The Golden Captain" is definitely a good news point.

But the key is that the person who criticizes must be a person of high moral standing or a certain status in the circle.

Feng Xiaogang is a very suitable candidate, he gives people the feeling that he can speak sour words.

So, regardless of whether he has commented on "Touching the Golden Captain" in public, under the reports of irresponsible media, Feng Xiaogang has become a model representative of jealousy of his juniors.

Fortunately, everyone has Weibo now, Feng Xiaogang came forward to clarify that he had never commented on "Touching the Golden Captain" on any occasion, and Shen Lin also posted a short video of Feng Xiaogang congratulating himself.

It stands to reason that such an ending should be a happy ending praised by the whole people.

It's a pity that the masses are not satisfied, the media is not satisfied!

There are also many people who have come up with evidence, saying that Shen Lin believes that Feng Xiaogang is not a film master.

Yes, he said this, but his original words were, 'Feng Xiaogang is infinitely close to a master of film!'

Although the meaning is almost the same, the effect of expression is different.

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Many people compare Feng Xiaogang with Zhang Yimou, and this argument should be advocated by a bunch of media after the release of "Assembly Number" in 07.

When the filming of "Tangshan Earthquake" was first promoted, the media would always mention Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou together, "the best Chinese director" Yunyun.

At that time, the national teacher had just finished the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, and there was only one work in 2006's "The City Full of Golden Armor", which also had mixed reputations. And "The Legend of the Three-Gun Shooting" released in 2009 has become a "stain" of the national teacher.

Zhang Yimou's reputation in the hearts of the audience is declining, while Feng Xiaogang's success with "Assembly Number" is rising, and he has finally become the "best Chinese director" alongside Zhang Yimou in media releases.

I wonder why Feng Xiaogang went from a Chinese New Year comedy director to "China's best director" overnight?

Huayi's publicity team is really powerful!

Feng Dao was born in 1958, and people of their age have an active attitude towards the country and society.

Director Feng is a literary and artistic worker: worried about the country and the people, confused and worried about the younger generation.

Therefore, he filmed "1942", Feng Xiaogang, as a father, said to us: See, how much did you suffer back then?

But "1942" ultimately failed, and lost to a comedy "Thai Embarrassment".

It seems that overnight, the people that Director Feng is very familiar with make him feel strange. What kind of stories does his audience really like?

"The films I shoot casually ("If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb") are big sellers, and the films I shoot with my heart ("1942") lose money. ”

After saying this, he went to shoot "Private Custom", as if to fight for breath: You stupid audiences, don't you × like comedy?

In order to ensure an overwhelming box office, he did not hesitate to use the setting of his most proud work "Party A and Party B". The box office is indeed good, but the evaluation is still polarized.

It has the "Feng's humor" that Director Feng is familiar with and is good at, and the Chinese New Year-style "humor", as well as the ironic and small jokes that have been used in "Big Names" and "Mobile Phone", and some political and current things are hidden in the corners.

While saying that "there are bad people among the masses", he implicitly expressed his spiritual pursuit, and at the same time wanted to earn the money of these stupid × masses. is what Jiang Wen said in "Let the Bullets Fly", "How can I stand and earn money again." ”

It is precisely because of this ambivalence that "Private Order" seems nondescript.

Of course, it was not favored by the audience.

In fact, this kind of contradiction often happens to literary and artistic workers, which is the so-called bottleneck.

Do I want my work to come from my heart, or do I have to think about the audience?

This is a difficult balance to grasp, and how to break through comes from the improvement of one's own ability.

That's why people often say: When your talent can't support your ambitions, then dive down and practice hard.

But Director Feng doesn't seem to have... He went the other way, complaining and bombarding everywhere.

"1942" failed miserably at the box office, and he tore the audience, saying that the audience didn't know what a good movie was.

"Private Custom" has a good reputation, and he tears up the film critics, saying that he is incompatible with the film critics.

"Lao Paoer" has a good reputation, and the box office is bumper, and he tears up his peers.

The reason is that the first 20% of the film schedule of "Lao Paoer" is not as good as other films released at the same time.

He was the producer of "Destined" was released, protecting the heroine Tang Wei and tearing Ang Lee, when Tang Wei was banned 8 years ago, he didn't stand up, but the new film was released but used this to hype, Director Feng is really well-intentioned!

This time "I Am Not Pan Jinlian" was released, and looking around, he set his sights on the theater again!

As if only by doing this could his work get noticed!

He completely deviated from the creation of film itself - after all, movies still rely on the audience to speak!

In the latest "I Am Not Pan Jinlian", the situation has still not improved.

Director Feng still has this kind of contradiction in his heart. His talent is still stuck in the past, and his ambition can no longer be restrained.

Maybe it's Huayi's advocacy, or maybe the big guys who can suppress him have gone away, and he feels that he has come out!

However, his talent can't support his ambition and his long-cherished desire to become a master!

The simplest example, "I Am Not Pan Jinlian" Director Feng played a gimmick and made a breakthrough: digging a circle.

Is a round format good?

Good looking, very beautifully composed.

But how does it help to move the plot of this story forward?

Actually, no.

The biggest effect may be to cover up the embarrassment of Fan's acting skills. Others, such as the sense of voyeurism, the haze of holding the pipa, and the allusion to current politics, I believe are all reasons to make the decision to "shoot in a circular format".

Director Feng's previous films were not known for photography, or his films were not like Zhang Yimou ("The Red Lantern Hangs High", "Three Guns") and Wang Jiawei's "East Evil and West Poison" and "In the Mood for Love", which have more requirements for photography. His films have always focused on the story, that is, the plot level.

How to tell you a great story at a fixed time. This is Director Feng's appeal and his strength.

Unfortunately, in recent years, his work has deviated from this option.