54. The Filmmaker's Mentality

Sixteen-year-old action film director, still his debut......

As soon as this decision was announced, it caused a tsunami-like reaction in North America.

From ordinary movie fans to professional film critics to various media, people express their opinions on this news in different ways.

Of course, ordinary movie fans are looking forward to it, especially the large number of Caesar fans among the fans. Whether it is comic book fans, player groups or music fan groups, they have expressed great interest in Caesar's crossover again, and they have expressed that they will definitely buy tickets to support it.

The media and film critics are clearly divided into two major factions, one is the "Los Angeles Times" led by the pro-support faction, who, after Caesar's continuous cross-border growth, has reached a level of confidence in Caesar that is similar to the blind Cheng of ordinary fans.

As long as Caesar doesn't commit crimes, he says yes no matter what he does, which is the daily life of these fan media.

Of course, it's not necessarily true that I like Caesar from the bottom of my heart. It can only be said that Caesar has too many fans, and Kwakeesar will promote sales, which is the reality of the world.

As the lucky one who has been reborn through time, Caesar knows what to believe, and what to listen to only needs to be "hehe".

He had heard a famous saying in his previous life that had been spurring him on.

"It's good to live in a news broadcast, but remember, don't believe rumors, don't spread rumors."

Of course, some media and film critics will not choose radical words to question, the first few times Caesar crossed the border, they were slapped in the face twice for disobedience, and it is impossible to be like a fool again, and hand out their faces before the matter is clear.

So they just expressed their concern, because of Caesar's age, they naturally spoke about their experience and the shortcomings of experience.

At the very least, it seems to be mildly worded and noble in purpose.

Of course, there are also some big newspapers whose wording seems to be quite targeted and lethal.

For example, the headline of the Chicago Tribune ------ "Sixteen-year-old director? Is it a gimmick or is there another mystery? ”

The article uses a hypothetical tone to say that Clint Eastwood is actually an assistant director to be a "gunman" for Kaisa, and that Caesar is actually just a nominal director.

This caused an uproar, and before Caesar could respond, several newspapers with different tendencies quarreled first.

At this point, MGM and Fox's crisis PR is no longer useful, and some people in the professional Black Caesar will always use this assumption to question the film.

Once again, the advantages of Caesar's reborn were revealed, and he made the instant decision to ask the media to witness the filming of the film.

Caesar even allowed members of the media to ask law firms to send commissioners to monitor whether Caesar was receiving guidance from Eastwood 24 hours a day. Attorney fees can be fully reimbursed by Caesar.

The last one is even more exciting, Caesar allows several media people to jointly record and release a documentary about Caesar's directorial debut.

This statement was said by Caesar to the camera during the live broadcast of MTV, and nearly 10 million viewers saw it directly, and it was too late to regret it.

These questioning media people never expected Caesar to do things so desperately that he didn't leave himself a way out.

It doesn't matter how much money Caesar makes, he is actually still a stinky ** silk in his bones, and he can't be provoked at all.

Caesar was not resentful, but he was wary of all governments. In fact, this stems from his wariness of the human heart, knowing that any known government on the earth is composed of human beings, and there are no exceptions for the time being.

In his heart, as long as he is a human being, he cannot always be magnificent.

So he is wary of strangers, and he can't stand the doubts of strangers. When he was in school in his previous life, he was seen through by two teachers, and often used this to stimulate his fighting spirit, so that the class won honors in some school activities.

Overheard the professor's conversation about Caesar, which still reverberates in Caesar's mind.

"Li Kaize, that kid, how to say it, at first I thought he belonged to the kind of rammer who didn't go backwards, but later found out that if anyone said that he couldn't do it, he couldn't do it, in this case, he would be like beating chicken blood, and he must be perfect to shut up the other party.

Everything's tried, really. ”

Caesar's first few crossovers, he was questioned and didn't take it seriously, why? Because those few times are the famous works of the previous life that are directly transported, a little modification is guaranteed to be successful.

This time, "The Death of Max Payne" is directed by himself, and Caesar knows how difficult it is.

The invisible pressure made him hesitate, but some media were still questioning Caesar and singing the opposite tone to attract sales.

Caesar's stubbornness came up at once.

Caesar said to himself, since you suspect that I am looking for a gunman, I still have to just start a wave of front-on, absolutely "stubborn to the end"!

Caesar not only agreed to Eastwood's offer as an assistant director, but also made a special appointment with Stallone.

The two super big names served as assistant directors to give him the scene, and it became a good story in the circle for a while.

To the surprise of the media, Stallone actually said in public that he was here to learn from Caesar's directing style.

In fact, not only Stallone, but even Eastwood thinks so.

They are all experts in action movies and have a deep understanding of Hollywood's realistic style of action movies, so they are the most qualified to speak in the current state of action movies.

From Eastwood's "Golden Three" to "Dirty Harry", from Stallone's "Rocky" to "First Blood", from Schwarzenegger's "Conan the Barbarian" to "The Terminator", Hollywood's seemingly fist-to-flesh but actually lukewarm fights and slow-paced, uninspired gunfights have almost come to an end.

The end result is that you have to rely on special effects and the equipment of the protagonist to decorate the tedium of the animated film.

For example, the thriller appearance of the machine qì in "The Terminator" masks the stiffness and cliché of the action part.

For example, in "First Blood", Rambo went from M60 to compound bow to M2 heavy machine gun, and used various weapons in different ways to surprise the audience's attention. However, if you look at it from the perspective of an action producer and director, you will find that the action and the camera go back and forth and are still those things.

Caesar remembers "Die Hard" in his previous life, and he just changed the stage from one place to another, from skyscrapers to airports, to the whole of New York and even abroad. The essence of the action is really not much different from "First Blood".

It wasn't until Wu Baige, Yuan Heping, Quentin, Rodriguez and other directors and martial arts instructors that Hollywood's action movie genre was enriched by the influence of films such as "Broken Arrow", "Changing Face", "Kill Bill", and "Hacker Empire".

Then came the traditional action movies like "The Hunt (Keanu Reeves)," "The Avenger (Denzel Washington)," "The Revenge (Dwayne Johnson)," "Hurricane Rescue (Liam Neeson)" and "The Executioner (Norman Dureth)."

In Caesar's mind, the level and speed at which Hollywood filmmakers absorb foreign cultures and styles and then integrate them into themselves is simply unprecedented.

However, before absorbing the action style from Japan and Xiangjiang, these rough guys can't even pose at the most basic level.

Even the cowboy duel, which was supposed to be closest to the ancient dragon style, was forcibly filmed without beauty.

Violence is indeed brutal, but this is not a documentary!

This is preaching, punishing evil, and promoting good! This is the positive energy of the victory of good over evil! Why can't it be aesthetically pleasing?

The first time Caesar watched Eastwood's Red Dead Redemption duel scene, he couldn't help but vomit in his heart------

"Duel scenes? Xiao Li's flying knife was replaced with a gun! But what about the freehand that is good? What about the silhouettes? What about the sunset and the remnant clouds? What about falling leaves? The duel is such an important scene, why is it just that the two sides simply spread their legs and stand alone? What about Jojo Stand? What about aesthetics? What about the slow motion at the moment of pulling out the gun? ”

Of course, this is just Caesar's personal teasing spit.

Jokes aside, if 2020 is filmed as Caesar thinks, it may really be a road to revival of the denim genre.

In the 60s and 90s, if it was made as Caesar said, it is estimated that the cowboy movie will end ahead of schedule.

In the eyes of Caesar, a time-traveler who is accustomed to watching all kinds of action movies, Hollywood's current action movie environment is barren. But he forgot about it, and it would be unfair to look at Hollywood in the eighties with the eyes of thirty years later.

So he tried to produce the animated trailer for Sin City.

I didn't think about why Hollywood is Hollywood, because of a large group of hungry filmmakers like Eastwood and Stallone.

These two action experts immediately spotted the maverick, absolutely personal stylization and absolute coolness of Sin City.

It's just an animated trailer, and there's really nothing systematic about it, they just were completely amazed by some shots, and they felt that this style was worth studying.

It's a pity that Caesar has been immersed in games and music since this trailer, and they are too busy to contact Caesar in the end.

Just when they thought that they would never see Caesar produce again, and that they could no longer learn and study this style of action, Caesar actually put himself on the shelf......

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