Chapter 366: Find Ang Lee
"Okay, I know about this, leave it to me to solve, don't worry!"
Regarding Xu Qiongshuang's request, Lu Deshuang did not hesitate, and agreed, because in his opinion, this matter is likely to be the second-generation self-asserted behavior, if Xu Qiongshuang can stay unsurprised after the incident, he should be able to detect it, if it is really the bigwig in the news bureau who wants to embarrass Lin Zhiling, a rookie actor, it will not pass the mouth of the judges. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Hanging up Xu Qiongshuang's phone, Lu Deshuang immediately dialed out a set of numbers, such a trivial matter, something that can be done with a phone call, not enough for Lu Deshuang to go to the treasure island in person.
"Hello, I'm Ang Lee!"
"Director Li, it's me, Lu Deshuang!"
"Oh, is that Mr. Lu? Are you looking for something with me? ā
Although he didn't see him, just listening to this voice, there was a kind of decadent atmosphere coming to his face, which made Lu Deshuang smile and said: "Director Li, it's like this, I have an entertainment company ...... Treasure Island!" Lu Deshuang didn't ink either, and directly told the ins and outs of Lin Zhiling and asked Director Li for help.
When Li An heard this, Zou frowned, if it was before, or even a few months ago, he would definitely ignore Lu Deshuang, this trivial matter, he actually found himself, isn't this a knife used to kill pigs?
However, thinking of his current bad situation, and Lu Deshuang is not the little agent who was brought by Zhang Ziyi to participate in the premiere of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" two years ago, Ang Lee knows very well what Lu Deshuang has done in the United States in the past two years, just the acquisition of Regal Cinemas, which should now be called Qiyuan Cinemas, this alone is enough for Ang Lee to attach importance to Lu Deshuang.
Maybe many people are not familiar with the Regal Cinema Line, but when it comes to the future operation of the largest theater chain in the United States, Imperial Entertainment Group, it should not be unfamiliar, right?
Founded in 1989 in Eastern Tennessee, the Regal Cinema Line has grown by annexing smaller theaters and building new modern multiplexes in just one or two decades.
In the mid-90s of the 20th century, it acquired CobbTheaters, RCTheatres, and National Theaters and other small theater chains, and in 1998 Regal completed the company's largest merger and acquisition - the merger with ActIIITheaters.
Unfortunately, in 2001, RegalCinemas filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to overexpansion.
It was at this time that Lu Deshuang snatched this cinema chain from the Imperial Entertainment Group with the money he earned in the 911 incident.
"Is there such a thing?"
Li An first exclaimed, and then assured: "Mr. Lu, don't worry, the Golden Horse Awards is definitely a fair, just and open platform, and it will definitely not be destroyed by some black sheep." In addition to wanting to befriend Lu Deshuang, there is also a part of his own voice, after all, he is also from Baodao, so naturally he can't let the Golden Horse Awards be discredited.
"Well, please ask Director Li for this matter, but looking for you today, it's more than that!"
"What else do you need from me, you say!"
Don't look at two years ago, Ang Lee was a spring breeze, with the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", it can be said that he was in the limelight for a while, won the Directors Guild of America Award, and won 4 awards including the 73rd Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the 54th British Film Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and other 4 awards, the 37th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards Best Feature Film and other 6 awards and the 20th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Film and other 9 awards.
It can be said that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" pushed him to the peak of the world, as a person who is well versed in oriental wisdom, Ang Lee's subsequent film selection should be quite cautious - this selection needs to be based on the American market to take care of the American public, and at the same time have the elements of blockbusters that can be marketed to the world, as well as broader commerciality; More importantly, it must have something to think about.
At that time, when Marvel began to shoot the superhero series, the 2002 "Spider-Man" made a lot of money, although it is not clear whether Ang Lee took over the Hulk project after or before Spider-Man, but according to the general film production rules and Ang Lee's habit of careful preparation, the two films are likely to start preparations at the same time (if it is not accurate, please correct).
And Ang Lee chose the superhero character of Hulk as a springboard for his further career because he took a fancy to the unusually complex life of the Hulk and what might be unearthed from him to provoke reverie.
It can be said that Ang Lee's ambition for the movie "Hulk" is very big.
For this movie, Director Li did not hesitate to personally wear a motion capture suit to make Hulk's movements, and the picture-in-picture storyboards that appear from time to time in the movie are the most expressive way to express the comic style I have ever seen.
In this movie, Hulk is no longer a glamorous guardian of the people, he is almost on the opposite side of justice because of the imbalance of his own power and the possible benefits that this unbalanced power may bring.
Because he can't control his power for the time being, he is a huge threat to the general public, Banner needs to control his inner desire for violence, otherwise he will tear apart everything in front of him in anger - where is this superhero! So "The Incredible Hulk" became a "superhero" movie that was difficult to accept at the time: it was lengthy (more than two hours long), serious, and there was no lot of action that people expected, and it was not comfortable after watching it, and there was no excitement of "the superhero saved us and I was full of positive energy".
What's even more terrifying is that Ang Lee changed a lot of comic content, and only filmed a "father-son line", as if to tell a modern Oedipus-style story, and when it comes to the fighting methods of the two masters, it is gone, this kind of "betrayal" has made many American comic fans furious, vying to smear the face of "Hulk".
"The Incredible Hulk" was not a good word-of-mouth box office after its final release, and if the film had been delayed for a few years, it would certainly not have been such a result.
It can only be said that Ang Lee's step is a bit too advanced, he tries to abandon the framework of a superhero movie to make a superhero movie, or Li Anxin doesn't want to make a superhero at all, he just wants to film how an unfortunate man is torn apart by his grotesque abilities, and focuses on showing this absurdity.
Because of this reckless understanding of the "mistake", Ang Lee fell a lot.
With the experience of "Hulk", later superhero films no longer dared to mess around, until 2004, "Spider-Man 2" took a path: the other side of Spider-Man is an ordinary man, he wants to be "confused" at the right time, and then overcome the confusion.
As soon as Nolan's TDK came out, the whole world was shocked: it turned out that it could still be made so unlike a superhero movie, but it really looks good! And when everyone praised these, they forgot that Ang Lee's 2003 test of the waters, "Hulk" was forgotten like this, and Marvel was not disgusting enough, so he made a "The Incredible Hulk" to muddy his own muddy water.
So Ang Lee said that he was a martyr, which was really full of bitterness.
Of course, Lu Deshuang did not mean to be upset for Ang Lee, but wanted to say that after the failure of "Hulk", Marvel fans received a flood of bad reviews, which hit Ang Lee deeply, and naturally, Ang Lee relied on the popularity of movies such as "Sense and Sensibility", "Ice Storm", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but because of "Hulk Hulk", he returned to before liberation.
Therefore, this period was the lowest ebb period of Ang Lee, and he was silent for more than a year before he successfully came out and filmed a gay movie "Brokeback Mountain", which depicts the complex relationship between two men in the American West from 1963 to 1981.
The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and won the Best Film and Best Director awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the Golden Globe Awards, the American Producers Guild, the Film Critics' Choice Award and the Independent Spirit Awards, and received the most eight nominations at the 78th Academy Awards, and finally won three awards: Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Score.
"That's right, I have a gay movie in my hand, I don't know if you're interested?" (To be continued.) )