As an ordinary director, when he had just experienced a blow and urgently needed to prove himself, someone suddenly came to the door and invited him to make a movie, but he probably didn't even think about it, and agreed directly, and was willing to do it even without money, because he just had the opportunity to prove himself again. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

But Li An was different, when he heard Lu Deshuang's words, he pondered for a while before asking: "Mr. Lu, you should know my current situation, aren't you afraid that the movie I made will make you lose money?" You must know that the outside media, even the media on Treasure Island, are singing about him because of the failure of "Hulk", so at this time, Lu Deshuang suddenly came to the door and invited him to make a movie, Li Anxin was very surprised.

Lu Deshuang was surprised that Ang Lee could still hold his breath, and couldn't help but speak: "Director Li, do you know the book "Brokeback Mountain"? ”

"Are you talking about Anne Prox's short story Brokeback Mountain?"

On October 13, 1997, Pulitzer Prize-winning Anne Prox's short story "Brokeback Mountain" was first published in The New Yorker, and was later adapted into a screenplay by renowned writers Larry McMurtry and Diana Osana. The script went back and forth several times, including Gus Van Sant and Joel Smecher, who both refused to take on the low-budget film, and finally producer James Shams paid $3 million to take over the script for "Brokeback Mountain."

However, this life is different, the movie script of "Brokeback Mountain" was cut off by Lu Deshuang, others don't know, Lu Deshuang still doesn't know the power of this movie?

Not only did the box office break 100 million, reaching $178 million, but you must know that the production cost of this movie was only $14 million, which can be said to be a big profit.

Moreover, the film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, eight nominations at the 78th Academy Awards, and won three awards: Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Score. When the film was released, it became a cultural phenomenon that swept the world, with a wide impact on different cultural fields such as academics, fashion and country music, and also sparked a great debate on same-sex love in society.

"Yes, as you may have heard, this novel was adapted into a screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Osanna, and now that I've bought it, there's just a good director. What do you think? Are you interested in taking pictures of it? ”

It's not that Lu Deshuang really can't find anyone, although there are not many directors who can compare with Ang Lee, but there are also a lot, especially when Ang Lee has just lost because of "Hulk" and was sung down, if it weren't for the memory of the future, he would never find Ang Lee to direct.

The main reason why Lu Deshuang still chooses Ang Lee is that he still hopes that there will be more Chinese shadows in Hollywood, and it is undeniable that in Hollywood, Ang Lee is indeed the most successful Chinese director.

Now knowing that Ang Lee will rise again, even if he loses "Brokeback Mountain", Lu Deshuang still believes that Ang Lee can rise, because after six years of tempering, Lu Deshuang does not feel that a temporary defeat will make Ang Lee unable to afford it.

Therefore, the icing on the cake is not as good as charcoal in the snow, how could Lu Deshuang miss such a good opportunity.

Interested, of course interested, but Ang Lee still has a trace of hesitation, he is now because of the loss of "Hulk", coupled with the decline of the outside media, which makes him feel tired and troubled, and his mood is inevitably a little low, even before Lu Deshuang called, Ang Lee once had the idea of stopping in his mind.

Ang Lee is a responsible director, so after carefully considering his own reasons, he reluctantly rejected Lu Deshuang's invitation.

Ang Lee's unexpectedly, Lu Deshuang was caught off guard, he thought about a lot of answers, but he didn't think that Ang Lee would refuse to direct this movie, you must know that with Ang Lee's current situation, there should be no people who dare to come to the door to invite Ang Lee to shoot a movie, but there are very few, but a movie like "Brokeback Mountain" that is destined to cause controversy is definitely the most suitable for Ang Lee's current works.

"Director Li, is it a script problem, or something else, can you tell me why?"

"Mr. Lu, you misunderstood, not because of the script, but because of myself?"

Ang Lee didn't want Lu Deshuang to misunderstand, he felt that he was raising the shelf, so he told his own situation one by one, which surprised Lu Deshuang, but he didn't expect the failure of "Hulk Hulk" to really make Ang Lee want to rest the picture, Lu Deshuang heard the news in his previous life, and thought he was exaggerating, after all, he could survive six years of cooking, what is this loss.

This good man did it to the end, sending the Buddha to the west, Lu Deshuang didn't want to miss this opportunity to send charcoal to Li Anzhong, and directly persuaded: "Director Li, if it's this problem, there is no problem on my side, I can wait for you to recover at any time, and then restart this movie, in my opinion, there is no one more suitable to direct this movie than you." ”

Good words, everyone loves to listen to them, not to mention that Lu Deshuang is still so understanding, Li Anxin flashed a trace of emotion, but in this way, he couldn't hurt Lu Deshuang, and continued to refuse: "Mr. Lu, thank you very much for your attention, but I watch, this movie, let's hand it over to someone else to direct, if I come to shoot, I don't guarantee a high box office, and it may even make you lose money!" ”

The failure of "Hulk", although it did not break Ang Lee's belief, but because of the decline of the outside world, Ang Lee was confident that he would be able to shoot "Brokeback Mountain" in a normal state, but he was not confident that "Brokeback Mountain" would be able to get a high box office.

If it is replaced by someone else, it will be a loss, but who made Lu Deshuang say those words before moved Li An and put his heart into Lu Deshuang.

"Director Li, you don't have to worry about this, from beginning to end, for the movie "Brokeback Mountain", I haven't thought about making money, if I really want to shoot a commercial film that makes money, why don't I choose to shoot the sequel to "The Hunger Games", I tell you clearly, I'm rushing to win the award, so you don't need to think about the box office at all, just make the movie well."

Ang Lee was slightly stunned, the movie "The Hunger Games", he naturally watched it, and it was Lu Deshuang's invitation to him at the beginning, the North American box office of this movie exceeded 200 million, and the global box office reached a box office of nearly 500 million US dollars.

"Aren't you afraid I'll lose money?"

Lu Deshuang laughed and said: "Director Li, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I'm poor now and I only have money left, so I set a small goal for myself, so that "Brokeback Mountain" can be nominated for the Oscar, as for whether it can win the award, it depends on Director Li's ability?" ”

It's not that he brags, as long as the movie is not very bad, Lu Deshuang believes that in front of Franklin, winning the Oscar nomination is really not a big problem, you must know that he even went into the PR of "The Hunger Games" before and won five nominations, including Best Actress, but unfortunately Li Bingbing finally lost to Nicole Kidman and only won the consolation award for Best Costume Design. (To be continued.) )