"Titanic" was released in Hong Kong on December 18, and a few days later, pirated CDs arrived in the mainland. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Pirate vendors are selling around, the VCD version is six yuan, the DVD version is eight to ten yuan, relatively speaking, the DVD version is of higher quality, there is no watermark, and the picture and sound are clearer.

DVD players gradually emerged from the second half of '96 and became the standard for ordinary families in big cities in '97.

DVD discs have a larger storage capacity, and several movies can be stored in one disc, and pirates will make collections, such as a movie collection of a certain star or a collection of martial arts films, etc.

This kind of pirated disc is more attractive to everyone to buy, it is more cost-effective, and you can watch several movies for ten yuan.

Video parlors have sprung up around the capital's universities, and every night, the boss will erect a board at the door of the video hall with the film to be shown tonight.

Generally, it is an all-night screening, and about eight movies can be screened in one night, and the fee is about three to five yuan.

If you enter the video hall after 12 o'clock in the evening, you will only be charged a dollar or two, and sometimes a beautiful movie will be played.

In the era when Internet cafes were not everywhere, video halls were a relatively cheap pastime and entertainment place for college students.

It can be seen from this that to what extent piracy is rampant in China, no one cares at all, the hawkers are blatant, and some people directly open shops to sell pirated CDs, not only movies and television, but also games.

Hollywood studios are well aware of piracy in China.

They have taken some anti-theft measures, such as watermarking the copies of movies that are presented to the General Administration for review, or deliberately destroying them, so that even if they are pirated, they are only gun copies.

A certain leader of the General Administration said that I can't see your video clearly, is there anything clearer.

Hollywood studios directly refused, mainly because they couldn't think of a better way to prevent piracy, and piracy in China has reached the point where it is pervasive.

"Titanic" was first pirated in China.

Interestingly, at the beginning, the people of China were not very interested in this film, thinking that it was a Western vulgar love movie, with the male and female protagonists pretentious, and the whole film was lackluster and had no new ideas.

Everyone doesn't like to watch it very much, even professionals in the film and television industry have this opinion.

They criticized the acting skills of the male and female protagonists in the film for nothing, and the only thing that interested everyone was the nudity of the heroine, and many people watched this film because of this.

This is mainly influenced by the American media, and "Titanic" received rave reviews when it was released in the United States.

The domestic media directly copied the reports of the American media, which affected everyone's judgment.

At this time, the Hollywood film company was promoting the film to Huaying and wanted to release it in China.

Cameron's "True Lies" grossed 100 million yuan at the box office in China, and they wanted to replicate that success.

Huaying Company intends to introduce "Titanic", and the two sides are negotiating, and there are two focuses of negotiation, one is the proportion of the box office, and the other is the deletion of exposed scenes in the movie.

For imported Hollywood blockbusters, according to convention, the box office share ratio is 13 percent, and if the box office exceeds 5 million, the share ratio will be gradually increased, with a maximum of 17 percent.

In the case of "True Lies", Hollywood studios can only take 17 million from the box office of 100 million yuan.

They felt that this percentage was too low and suggested raising it to 20 percent.

Regarding the exposed scenes in the film, it is also the focus of contention between the two sides.

According to the regulations of the Film Bureau, such footage is not allowed in films released in China, and representatives of Hollywood studios believe that cutting them will destroy the integrity of the plot and the artistry of the film.

At this time, both the official and the private people in China were not enthusiastic about this Hollywood blockbuster.

The turn of public opinion began with "Titanic" being nominated for 14 Oscars, and "Titanic", which blessed the Oscar halo, began to be sought after by domestic media.

In the Beijing Women's Prison, Lin Xiaoling took the crew members and actors into the filming.

Although he got permission to shoot in prison, it was not indefinite, and the prison only gave the crew fifteen days.

Scenes in the prison include the daily life of the inmates, the female inmate Tao Lan is notified that she can be released from prison and reunited with her family after being notified of her parole, and Tao Lan leaves the prison.

Through these scenes, the character of the female prisoner Tao Lan was created.

What was her life like in prison, what she was like when she was notified, and what was her expression when she left prison.

Seventeen years of prison life have made Tao Lan familiar with everything in prison, and she has a sense of security in this environment.

When she was suddenly notified to leave the prison, the first thing she felt was not joy, but panic, and the outside world was stranger and helplesser than the prison.

But while she was afraid, she also had a little bit of anticipation, looking forward to being reunited with her family.

This subtle change in the heart should be shown through the actors' expressions and eyes, and it can be said that in this film, Liu Lin's performance is extremely important.

Although Xu Jinglei also has a lot of scenes, it is not difficult to perform.

She is a young policeman, so enthusiastic because she is young, seeing that no one came to pick up Tao Lan from prison, she offered to send Tao Lan home and participate in the process of family reunion.

Due to the documentary style of shooting, the actors should try not to perform and maintain a state of life.

The scenes in the prison were filmed very slowly, and Lin Xiaoling wanted to truly show the prison life of female prisoners and the impact of prison on prisoners.

At the end of the day's shooting, the crew called it a day.

Lin Xiaoling and Xu Jinglei drove on the road, and the atmosphere of the New Year in the capital was getting stronger and stronger, and they discussed the follow-up plans.

"You don't really plan to shoot on Chinese New Year's Eve, do you? Xu Jinglei said depressedly.

"True, take pictures of what happened on Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole capital is the background of the film, and then the two of you will always act, don't care about the camera, don't care about the people around you." Lin Xiaoling said, "Let's try not to stop this paragraph, go over it again." ”

In the script, there are long scenes in the process from coming out of prison to returning home, showing Tao Lan's discomfort with the outside world, which is a stretched journey home.

"You said lightweight, how can it be possible to pass it all over again, there will definitely be accidents. Xu Jinglei shook her head.

"It's good if there is an accident, you play on the spot, I don't stop shouting, you just go on. Lin Xiaoling said, "Besides, you are wearing a police uniform, who dares to provoke you, and the masses don't know whether it's true or not." ”

The two returned to their rented apartment, and in a few days they were going to move back home. (To be continued.) )