Chapter 209 Scene 209 Who watches the national film
At this time, only a few people know that when "Hero" premiered in the Great Hall of the People, 200 Qin warriors roared out of the "gale" and "gale" and "hero" spirit of the tsunami, accompanied by the symphony orchestra, and when Chen Long's "Swallowtail Butterfly" and Hollywood's "Very Little Spy" were losing one after another, there was a small-cost domestic production, which braved the world's disadvantage and followed the butt of "Hero" to be released.
In addition to word-of-mouth rumors, the most impressive thing is a promotional poster he made on Sina Internet netizens PS, in which Sun Honglei is domineering holding a piece of jade stone, smiling between Liang Chaowei and Jet Li, who appeared in the famous sword and Jet Li's remnant sword and nameless, like a hilarious scene of "master of brick breaking".
In the crowded Hou Film Hall of the Dahua Theater, Li Xiaole sat under a large "Hero" poster drinking tea, not caring at all that the nameless sword tip on the poster was "poking" his head.
"Nima, what kind of movie is this, it's a landscape film, there's no story!?" "Just watch a scenery movie, it's so boring, I'm going to fall asleep." "Chen Daoming said that the highest level is peaceful, it's too funny~ These fools should play CS more, peace fucking force ~ headshots are cool~"
Listening to a few literary and artistic young people next to him, pretending to be forced to discuss together, Li Xiaole felt panicked in his heart, and he couldn't wait to go up and give this pretending young man a few punches, these idiots don't know movies at all except for knowing how to pick thorns, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" was released in North America and is the pinnacle of the film in the genre of grandfather recognition, and was even named the first best film in the world in 2004 by Time Magazine.
After "Hero", this kind of large-scale costume film has been imitated by countless domestic filmmakers to break into the international market, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, and even various big productions like "Warring States", but none of the films is close to the level of "Hero".
The film "Hero", similar to Hong Kong's most outstanding film "Infernal Affairs", is the brainchild of almost the most elite masters in the entire Chinese film industry.
As long as you know a little bit about movies, you can know how well-made this film is by looking at the cast and crew, director Zhang Yimou, producer Zhang Weiping, Hong Kong bigwig Jiang Zhiqiang, photography: Wang Jiawei's royal photographer Du Kefeng, editing is "Golden Scissors" Zhai Ru, action director: Cheng Xiaodong, composer: Tan Dun are all masters of a generation.
plus in the cast, Li Lianjie, Liang Chaowei, Chen Daoming, Zhen Zidan, Zhang Manyu, Zhang Ziyi...... Even in the next decade when Chinese films are making great strides, no one can replicate a cast of this level.
No longer dying in silence, but erupting in silence, this is a huge roar that shook the world in the cold age of the entire Chinese film.
Before "Hero", Chinese films were on the verge of dying, and as soon as "Hero" came out, Chinese films went from winter to spring, and all Chinese filmmakers who had experienced this difficult period had a high respect for "Hero", not only because of the good quality of the film itself, but also because of this epoch-making work, the era when Chinese films began to make money.
Li Xiaole felt a little helpless in his heart, because ordinary audiences like interesting stories, rather than the long-term artistic conception, when Qin Shi Huang said the sentence: "The highest state of the sword is not to kill, it is peace", the Chinese audience was laughing.
On the contrary, Americans can understand the profound meaning, how sad it is for a master like Zhang Yimou who wants to explain the artistic conception of local culture to the Chinese people......
And he once watched another ending of "Hero" filmed by Zhang Yimou, he only made up two shots, and at the end of the film, Chen Daoming waved his hand with tears in his eyes, and shot Li Lianjie to death with ten thousand arrows...... The 800 ministers dressed in black suddenly laughed: "Congratulations to the king for escaping again." Chen Daoming remained silent, "thick burial".
This only changed the picture for about 4.5 seconds, and the theme of the whole movie was subverted, from the emperor and several swordsmen for the peace of the world, to the trap of the conspirators...... It became a work of realist criticism.
Not to mention that the shooting techniques and poetic pictures of "Hero" are the best Shijie, even those well-known directors in the United States admit that even if they shoot according to Zhang Yimou's picture, they can't reach his artistic conception.
It only takes 4 or 5 seconds to change the conceptual mode of subverting the movie, and only a director of Zhang Yimou's level can do it easily, but he still didn't use this ending in the end.
Zhang Yimou knew that if he changed like this, he could gain the reputation of those literary and artistic youths, and he himself liked this subversive sense of drama, but he was useless after all, the most important reason was that he, like Spielberg, changed from a director who only wanted to express "himself" to a director who was sincere to the audience.
He doesn't want the audience to enter the movie and watch some kind of cruel and ugly conspiracy that they like, he would rather weave an ideal dream of sacrificing himself for the sake of righteousness, so that they can get positive liliang from the movie.
With such a mind, this is worthy of being called a real great director, Li Xiaole looked at the poster with great admiration, and in the near future, he must also hang up the poster of his work and become the top brand of Chinese films.
was thinking about it with great ambition, at this time the mobile phone rang, Li Xiaole hurried to the door to pick up people, Sun Li had already brought Li's father, Li's mother and other thirty relatives and friends to come, a group of mothers-in-law and mothers around Li Xiaole excitedly screamed.
"Oops~Xiaole~You've grown so tall~Auntie has come to cheer you on~" "The longer you get, the more handsome you get, do you want to talk about friends, do you want your aunt to introduce you to someone." "Come and see you, uncle, I haven't seen you for a few years."
Li Xiaole let his tender face be ravaged by the seven aunts and eight aunts, and looked strangely at Sun Li, who was wearing a neat little suit and combing her hair into a bun, beautiful and extraordinary, and said in surprise: "Why are you here too?" ”
"What do you say......" Sun Li's eyes turned to Mother Li extremely helplessly, and Mother Li smiled and grabbed Sun Li's hand: "I asked Miss Sun to come, I heard Miss Rong say that you are good in the crew, why don't you mention it to us, and you want me to call in person." ”
"Yes......" Li Xiaole said speechlessly, pulling Sun Li aside and asking, "She wants you to come, so you can come?" ”
"Then what should I do, she said that it was your mother who was the director, and I thought you wanted me to cooperate with the publicity......" Sun Li also seemed very innocent, and she was also a victim.
This group of three aunts and six mothers-in-law, it seems that Jiashi is not coming to watch a movie, but it seems that they are coming to the wedding, and a group of people are laughing and chatting loudly while eating melon seeds in the rest area.
"Lao Li, your children are promising, and they are all making movies~"
"No, our family is counting on Xiaole to fight."
Only the old Wang with a big belly and a nouveau riche look, and his son who went to a key high school looked unhappy, and the little fat child with curly hair of the old Wang family smiled and said: "Who has watched the recent domestic films, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" stinks, not to mention this "Crazy Stone", if Uncle Li didn't have to let us stand up, I wouldn't have come." ”
"Eh Ding Ding~ What are you talking about, kid! Xiao Li kindly rented such a luxurious bus to pick us up, why is it not good to watch the movie, your father's fund company is so busy, it's not here to cheer, what if you sacrifice your personal time for your Uncle Li? ”
All the relatives are also smiling, and they actually think about it with Lao Wang, they are all people who have not been in the cinema for more than ten years, where will they spend money to buy tickets.
Father Li was tingling when he heard this, but he hoped that if his son didn't mix well, he would go to Lao Wang's fund company, so he could only lower his eyebrows and smile in a smile:
"Lao Wang, the movie is about to start, let's stop talking, let's go in."
"Let's go, let's go in, Lao Li, are you sure you have reserved seats, don't be kicked out by the people in the theater." Lao Wang has a big belly, and he is joking with a big brother.
Li Xiaole and Sun Li didn't bother to pay attention to him, and accompanied Li's father and Li mother into the venue, and everyone sat down in the front seats, at this time, there were not many people in the movie theater, not even half.
"How many more spectators? Isn't this Xiaole's friend or classmate? Lao Wang asked with a big grin, and before Father Li could answer, he saw that people kept coming in at the door, and there were more and more people in the cinema. Because it is the premiere, many students of Beijing Film and Chinese Opera come here.
Li Xiaole looked at the staff of several theaters, began to add temporary seats next to them, frowned and asked his military security guards:
"What's going on, isn't the theater allowed to add seats?"
Director Li ...... I'm really sorry, there is something wrong with the theater ticketing system, these seats you booked have been bought by some audiences, and we have refunded the tickets as promised, but those people are unwilling, saying that they have to see the extra seats, which is not ...... way," the military security guard explained.
Li Xiaole can't say anything more about this situation, the cinema system has just been promoted, and it is understandable that it is not perfect.
"Why are there so many people?" Sun Li smacked her tongue and sighed, she always thought that Li Xiaole was a third-rate director, and she didn't understand how there were so many audiences to support him.
"Miss Sun, how did you say Xiaole's film was filmed?" Father Li asked Sun Li quietly with some concern.
Sun Li felt that she had lost her words just now, and hurriedly smiled to ease the atmosphere: "Uncle Li, in fact, it is the first time I have watched a film......
"Domestic movies still need to be so mysterious, I haven't seen pirated discs, who would be interested in coming~" Ding Ding, the bear child of the old Wang family, hummed and said.
Seeing Father Li, Mother Li was a little nervous when she heard the words of this bear child, and a gentle and kind Sun Li immediately glared at Ding Ding fiercely, and the bear child turned his head back in fright.
Everyone laughed and chatted a few more words, and the buzzing conversation in the theater was replaced by a burst of thunderous applause, and the students of the Chinese opera who were seated next to them were applauding vigorously, and "Crazy Stone" was about to begin.
These neighbors all think it's a little strange, why do young people still applaud when they watch movies?