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The bragging is a bit too much.

However, Zhang Tan really has a very high status in the director industry.

In the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine, the United States selected the "50 Greatest Film Directors of Our Time" with full gimmicks, ranking directors who are still active in front-line filmmaking.

This ranking is quite different from similar selections by other media in the past, and the selection criteria are more focused on "still active in front-line filmmaking", so some deceased or retired film masters are not in the scope of discussion. At the same time, the selection also has a clear Hollywood orientation and is too commercial.

There are two Chinese directors on the list, one is Wang Sunglasses, the director of Xiangxiang who ranks 44th, and is good at literary films.

The other person, of course, is Zhang Tan.

Zhang Tan's ranking, ranked 22nd, is the only director on the list who is less than 40 years old, and he is only 26 years old this year.

"Entertainment Weekly's comment on his list", if translated, is roughly as follows: "The world belongs to the old man, but after all, it is yours." ”

……

The world will be Tan Shen's, maybe it's a gimmick of "Entertainment Weekly", maybe there is a chance to come true, who knows.

The praise of the world made Zhang Tan almost lost in the expansion, but fortunately, they are all fathers and know how to adjust their mentality.

Sleep a little, hold your wife and shake, basically the next day you will be clear.

At the end of August 2013, Warner Bros. held a press conference to announce that DC Comics would reboot the Batman superhero movie.

"Batman's new movie will be directed by Tan Zhang, the screenwriter and director of The Matrix, and we have discussed with Director Tan Zhang, who has a shocking and wonderful idea for the new launch of Batman." Golvin was on stage, dancing and explaining, and behind him was a poster of Batman.

The poster is a retracted version, with a dim yellow sky in the background, and countless bats flying, obscuring the black silhouette of Batman's upper body.

The name of the movie. It has also been drawn up: "Batman - Begins (Beginning, Beginning of War)." ”

Zhang Tan sat next to Gorwin, with a bottle of mineral water on the table, and Gorwin was talking, and he was pretending to be expressionless.

The style of a great director still has to be put out.

"We at DC Comics have been looking for a long time. You can find the most suitable director for DC superheroes and bring them from the comics to the big screen again. Now we have found that Tan Zhang has vividly shown his great mind in "The Matrix", and he will give Batman a real new life! ”

After Golvin finished speaking impassionedly, it was Zhang Tan's turn to elaborate: "I was surprised that the Warner Brothers would ask me to shoot a superhero movie. They were very sincere, and I had some ideas for superhero movies, so I decided to work together. In DC Comics, my favorite heroes are Superman and Batman, and I finally decided to shoot Batman. ”

is different from Gorvin's nonsense, Zhang Tan is more concise, there is no need to rush to render many things now, and when the movie is made, there is no need to talk more, others will say it for him.

Then enter the reporter's question session.

For Batman's reboot. Obviously, the reporters are very excited, superhero movies have been too popular in recent years, and this year's Marvel Comics' "Iron Man 3" has earned $1.2 billion worldwide, and Iron Man's popularity in comics is far worse than Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man.

However, DC Comics guards Superman and Batman, but it is a shame to make one and lose one.

So that reporters have no way to hype up the competition between DC and Marvel, and now they finally hear that DC Comics is going to launch superheroes, how can they not be excited.

The reporter first asked: "Tan Zhang, as a Chinese." Are you familiar with superheroes? ”

Zhang Tan replied: "To be honest, I am not familiar with most superheroes, but Superman and Batman are also household names in China, and I have seen Superman and Batman movies very early on, and I am very familiar with them." That's a big reason why I chose Batman. ”

"Superman and Batman, many directors have tried to resurrect them and failed, do you think you can do it?"

"Of course it works, I never fight battles that I don't know if I'm sure of, when I take over the burden of directing Batman. It means that I already know what I need to do to make this superhero character well and accepted by the public. ”

"Will filming Batman clash with the sequel to The Matrix?"

"Yes."

Zhang Tan confessed: "I was going to enjoy a leisurely vacation before starting the filming of the two sequels to 'The Matrix', but Golvin approached me and he wanted me to take over Batman. I've thought about it, the script for the sequel to "The Matrix" has been created for a long time, and now it only needs to be filmed well, and it doesn't take much effort. ”

After taking a sip of water, Zhang Tan continued: "Batman, I also plan to shoot a trilogy, I call it the Dark Knight trilogy, there is a lot of preliminary work to prepare, and when I finish filming the sequel to "The Matrix", I will be able to start the filming of Batman smoothly, if it is a qiē shun lì." ”

has experienced the baptism of blockbusters in "The Matrix", and Zhang Tan's ability to control blockbusters has been fully developed.

When shooting a film in this commercial format, many times the director is not to schedule the crew, but to imagine the script as a movie screen, and then connect these pictures into a movie in his mind.

Only when you have the whole picture of the movie in your heart can you arrange every step.

For this point, it is precisely what Zhang Tan is best at, who let him watch the original movie, and now it is just copying and fine-tuning.

Others find it difficult, as long as he overcomes technical problems, it will not be a problem.

And as a director, he doesn't have to go down by himself, he can let the assistant director and assistant director be responsible for shooting the scene on the spot, and he can grasp the main direction.

With the help of Hollywood's mature film industry assembly line, many Hollywood commercial directors can direct and produce several movies at the same time, not to mention Zhang Tan.

"Director Tan was born in 1986, right?" A beautiful reporter asked, "When many directors are still working on the set, you have become a world-class director, do you have any greater expectations for the future?" ”

"Uh, no."

"What?" The reporter thought he had misheard.

Zhang Tan said: "I used to be a writer, now I am a director, for me, creation is a happy thing, I don't like to plan my life, I think life is you live the life you want, adapt to the identity of a son, a husband, a father, and then enjoy the surprises it brings you." ”

"Then why would you choose to direct a commercial film instead of a literary film, which is more in line with your attitude towards life." Another female reporter's sharp rhetorical question seemed to be aimed at Zhang Tan.

Zhang Tan smiled: "Do you think I'm just making a commercial film, I think a commercial film is the kind of movie where you walk into the cinema, spend a relaxing two hours eating popcorn and drinking Coke, and then forget about it quickly after leaving the cinema." I think my movies can be watched several times. ”

It's not that Zhang Tan is bragging, but the movies he made are indeed classics that can be watched repeatedly.

Who would have thought that the female reporter would pick a thorn again: "Is Batman too?" This kind of watching hilarious superhero movies? ”

Zhang Tan nodded disapprovingly: "Of course, "Batman-Begins" and its next two will be very good movies, not just a superhero movie, let's wait and see." ”

……

The next day, the news flew up.

"DC Comics and "The Matrix" director Tan Zhang have teamed up, and the new Batman is about to set off!" (To be continued.) )