"Cold Heart" was filmed in a small town below Seattle, which not only made it easy to shoot because of the cheap rental fee, but also made it easier to create that bleak and terrifying atmosphere.

However, after the first shot, the actor pushed open a door, it was a lively and well-served bar, which suddenly diluted the tense atmosphere at the beginning, and the audience was able to relax, and what was even funnier was that the actor confided in a stranger in the bar that he had broken up with Shamo, and that his 500-day relationship was over at once, and these lines were added after confirming that the actor was Joseph, and those who are familiar with Joseph know where the joke is.

Next, another actor in the film, Wood, appeared, saying that he was making an appearance, but in fact, the camera stayed on him for a few seconds, and then returned to Joseph who vomited bitterness, this time they did not intersect, and they were not actually filmed together when filming. The reason why movies are different from literature is because of the existence of lens language, although He Mu's first appearance did not say a word, but his smooth bartending actions, charming and slightly evil smile, and the eyes that point directly at people's hearts all show that he is a person with a story, and he will still appear.

After that, the male protagonist Luthor met the beautiful Vivian (Scarlett. Johnson's play), Zhang Yuqi looked at the big screen with interest, the front part looked a little unfamiliar, but since the hero and heroine met, they began to be a little familiar, this part of the plot is closer to "Glass Heart", the hero is completely infatuated with the heroine, and in his eyes she is the perfect lover. They date, kiss, make love. had a good time, but this time was much shorter than "Glass Heart", and the director obviously didn't want to tell a warm and romantic and enlightening love story, and soon Luthor discovered the strange place in Vivien's body, and He Mu also appeared again.

Vivien is set as a vampire in the film, and a vampire who has just discovered that she is a vampire, and she loves Luther. But she can't resist the temptation of blood, she has abilities beyond ordinary people, and the casual display of these abilities makes Luthor feel intimidated. Sometimes the girlfriend is stranger as if he doesn't know him.

And Wood's identity is a Taoist, or to be precise, a demon hunter, and the setting of this character is somewhat similar to the classic character Van Helsing, but Wood is a Chinese. In the process of eliminating demons, he mainly relied on his own fists and feet, or those strange Chinese magic weapons. When he officially entered the main story. That is, when he appeared for the second time, he was tearing with a big white man, as if he was having a small fight, and then suddenly burst out and flattened the head of the white man with a punch, it was really flattened, not an exaggeration, and the big man was not dead. When the makeup artist makes the effect during the shoot. Everyone was terrified, a deformed head was probably more terrible than a severed limb.

Tsui Hark really deserves to be an old monster. A poster can guess the relationship between the characters and the plot synopsis of the movie, the relationship between Joseph, Scarlett, and He Mu is indeed somewhat similar to Ning Caichen, Xiaoqian, and Yan Chixia in "A Chinese Ghost Story", and they are all men and women who love each other, but the ghosts (shemales?) In different ways, the second male responds to the first female and helps the first male because of his profession.

But if Tsui Hark really thinks that this is an American version of "A Chinese Ghost Story", it would be too underestimated. Werner, continue to watch, he will find that in addition to the similar relationship between the characters, the style and theme of "Cold Heart" are completely new and independent, if it is really an imitation of "A Chinese Ghost Story" as he thought before, and it takes place in the United States, and the main character is a young Chinese Taoist, then whether it is from the perspective of American audiences or the identity of a senior Chinese filmmaker, he will feel very awkward, it is a very boring mash-up, but he doesn't have this feeling all the way, there is no emotional entanglement, There is only the smoothness of watching the movie and the unique horror.

Although "Cold Heart" has added fantasy elements, as well as the hottest vampire love story at the moment, horror and thriller are still the foundation of this film, Vivian because of the pressure brought by the special dark creature identity, and from time to time a few deep expressions make it difficult to breathe, this is psychological fear, Wood, as a demon hunter, often comes into contact with dark creatures, and the situation of flattening people's heads like the above often happens, which is a visual fear.

Wen Ziren never thought of filming "Van Helsing" or "A Chinese Ghost Story", at least now, he is only thinking about making the audience scream more frightened, not embarrassed or enthusiastic, judging from the feedback on the scene, he has achieved his goal, those foreigners watch it with relish, this story is too fresh, and it is very scary, those Chinese stars invited by He Mu, especially a few girls, have obvious discomfort, He Mu looked at their reactions and secretly said badly, it seems that "Cold Heart" 's domestic journey is difficult to escape the scissorhands of radio and television, because the requirements of horror films released in China cannot be too terrifying.

The audience generally feels that this story is very innovative, Wen Ziren has created a wide variety of orderly dark creatures in the world, especially the vampires in this movie subverted the audience's previous stereotype of vampires, Scarlett's role is impressive, in the case of the male protagonist is slightly weak, Scarlett's performance is very prominent, since then, a sentence "Vampires with brains are the most terrifying" has become a mockery of other vampire-themed movies by cold-hearted fans.

Since 1922's "Nosfarato", vampires have existed as a screen image for nearly 90 years, and the initial appearance of vampires is indeed quite scary, but after decades of screen evolution and the influence of literary works, vampires are no longer often used by directors as horror elements to scary, such as the classic "400 Years of Horror", "Interview with the Vampire", the blockbuster "Twilight", "Tales of the Night", the screen image of vampires has a deeper visual meaning and symbolic symbolism. And Wen Ziren can be regarded as returning to the basics to a certain extent, returning to the true colors of vampires as the protagonists of horror films, and on this basis, there is a new breakthrough, through the heroine's transformation from a normal person to an irrepressible desire for blood and to the final hysteria, increasing the psychological hints to the audience, as if there is this kind of lurking terrible creature around you and me, maybe one day it will suddenly bite our necks.

When the most reluctant, under the complicated gaze of the male protagonist, He Mu pierced Scarlett's heart with a peachwood sword, ending her life of sin, no blood flowed out of one end of the wooden sword, only a drop of water slid through, like a tear of regret, frozen into a small ice pick when the drip did not drop. The movie is over, and the audience has mixed tastes, some people feel more comfortable, as if they are temporarily out of the shroud of fear, and some people are embarrassed and sigh, after all, she is so beautiful, after all, she once loved her, and died like this, it's a pity, these people are estimated to be somewhat influenced by "Twilight", and there are some objections to "Cold Heart" being so cold-blooded and ruthless, but it is undeniable that as a horror film, "Cold Heart" succeeded, and many people still feel cold and shaking after watching it.

After the movie ended, there was a wave of applause in the venue, if they were all sincere, then "Cold Heart" must have been a success, Jeff and the vice president of Touchstone all laughed, originally worried that "Cold Heart" was too alternative and innovative, I am afraid that the audience will not buy it, but now it seems that there will be no such worry, they are still very happy, including the guests invited by He Mu, the actors focus on He Mu's performance in the film, The director mainly looked at how Wen Ziren told a story that could have been very sensational and ruthless, and Wen Ziren did not disappoint them after watching it.

Although Wen Ziren is a well-known Hollywood director, but he has also seen classic Chinese movies such as "Once Upon a Time" and "Infernal Affairs", for Tsui Hark and Liu Weiqiang to participate in his film premiere, he expressed his heartfelt thanks in broken Chinese, and humbly listened to their views on "Cold Heart", but the views of several directors are basically praised, even Jia Zhangke and Wang Meng, who specialize in literary films, are also full of praise, although there is no artistic value, but this movie is really good, as a professional filmmaker, There are countless directors who have read Chinese and foreign films, and they still have this vision and insight.

In addition to film colleagues and audiences, there were many media personalities and film critics who came to the scene, and Jeff talked to them one by one to make sure that there would be no hostile reports to them, even if their reports were not flattering, as long as they wrote truthfully about the audience's reactions, it was enough.

In the next two days, the evaluation of the films participating in the Toronto Film Festival came out one after another, and "Cold Heart" has also become a film that has been mentioned more frequently by the media. And He Mu's English name Wood has also appeared in foreign media many times, especially in Canadian local media, after all, He Mu is also an international actor who came out of Canada, because of the screenwriter's preference, but also to make the plot more attractive, He Mu's Wood is absolutely eye-catching, stealing the limelight of many male protagonists, and Jeff, who has been paying attention to media trends, also knows something, and now he has begun to invite Ray. Werner wrote "Cold Heart 2", as long as the movie is popular and He Mu is popular, the "Cold Heart" series, which really belongs to Rubik's Cube Pictures, can give full play to the maximum benefits.

…… (To be continued......)

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