Now that the copyright that the Japanese side wants to get hold of has arrived, Levy has nothing to do with it. At the following Tokyo Film Festival, he only showed his face, and showing his face at the film festival as a special guest can be regarded as completing his work.

Of course, although the film festival is not an important thing, he still has to do other things at the festival. He has not forgotten the other things he wants to do: first of all, he asked people to start contacting the South Korean side, and is ready to make some investment in South Korea in the film field: saying that it is an investment, in fact, it is more about wanting to transfer his special effects company to South Korea and use the lower price in South Korea to reduce the cost of the film.

The South Koreans are quite happy about his investment: their policies have been gradually adapted in recent years, and they are trying to vigorously introduce capital and technology to develop their own film industry. Although they know very well that other countries take a fancy to them and invest in them because their market is narrow, it is impossible to compete with real big countries, and they can only be a link in the industrial chain, but it is better to be a link than to be outside the main force.

While doing this, on the other hand, he also asked people to contact Hong Fatzi, and also gave some suggestions to Hong Fatzi, if Hong Fatzi really made a good movie, then he would also help them distribute it abroad.

For Hong Kong films, Levy has nothing more to help with. If the people of Hong Kong themselves are willing to work hard, they have a strong foundation to catch up. But if you don't want to save yourself, just count on others to help...... Then wait until you die. Levy knows a lot about Hong Kong people in the future, and for them, Levy does not have much hope.

In addition to these, at the film festival, he also had some exchanges with mainland filmmakers: because he had filmed eavesdropping storms before, the mainland's impression of Levy was not very good. But Mr. Levi is all too familiar with the mainland authorities: just apologize. Nothing is left. Levy himself felt that he couldn't afford to be honest with those sick guys, and it wasn't a big deal to apologize - his company's big-budget movie was about to be released, and he couldn't afford to fight them.

It's just that, considering that the impact I caused before is still there, this time I won't go to China first, I will say hello to the people I met at the film festival first, and it will not be too late to have the opportunity to go again in the future.

And in the end, before leaving, Levy did not forget what he promised to take away the Japanese director: he took it with him. It's Takashi Shimizu, who has just recently become a director - this director has just finished his career as an assistant director in 97, but in the last year, he has been praised by many insiders, and he has also been valued by Ichinose, the producer of Midnight Bell, and now the short film he produced has just been released, and he is also expected to become a master of horror films in the future, and there are even TV stations that have contacted him to shoot TV movies, and Levy immediately chose him after hearing that the TV movie he was shooting was a curse.

As for why Levy chose him. The reason is also very simple: since he bought the rights to the works of Midnight Bell and Junji Ito, it is also necessary to find someone to make horror films: the Japanese are more unique in horror films, and it is better for Japanese directors to shoot them.

And, Levy also believes. It's not a bad thing to let Shimizu go to the United States earlier: Asian horror films are strong in atmosphere, but they are a little weak in terms of narrative, and American film narratives are fair and smooth, which is an advantage. But the terrifying atmosphere is all about plasma, which is a weakness. Shimizu Chong himself can be said to be a master of creating atmosphere and shaping horror. However, in terms of narrative, there is also a consistent weakness of Japanese filmmakers, which seems to be a little confusing, and it is also good for him to let him go to the United States to study. Now he hasn't made a movie yet, so it's not a bad thing if he learns more and then does it.

Moreover, the TV movie he is preparing now, Levy also knows very well, that is the earliest curse. It would be a shame if the film had been made into a TV version, and Levy wanted to have its movie version out as soon as possible.

With that done, Levy was ready to go back to the United States. It's been almost half a year since his last film was completed, and he's rested enough. It's time to go back to the U.S. and get down to business.

And, now on the Canadian side, the X-Men filming has also ended, and now the editing has begun. Even if the preparation time for a movie with more special effects may take longer, the movie will definitely be released in the first half of next year. Now, Levy has to rush back to see what the movie is like.

Of course, he doesn't have to worry too much about these, there are people from the company watching over there anyway, Nolan's level is aside, the editing room in the company has always been managed by Clark, and he can absolutely trust Clark.

It's just that, to Levy's surprise, after returning to the United States, Clark also found him immediately, and there was some excitement in his expression that was difficult to hide.

"You're going to come back - you should have seen our movie when you have time, it's pretty good. I didn't expect that the idea of digging Magneto and the Demonic Girl would be so good: I didn't think much of it when I was shooting, but now that it's edited, it feels very different. ”

Clark's happiness is not unreasonable: all along, superhero movies inevitably give people a shallow impression: because the images of the protagonists in hero movies are relatively tall and comprehensive, superheroes are not allowed to have too much dark side, and it is naturally difficult for characters to be plump, and characters who are not plump enough are naturally not good-looking.

But this kind of movie can also find a breakthrough: the excavation of the villain can make up for these. Heroes don't need to have a dark side, but villains must, their humanity is more complex, their images are fuller, and as movie characters, they are also more charismatic.

In addition to superheroes in the comics, supercriminals are an attractive place, and DC Comics realized this early on, and they created a lot of classic villains, Joker, Lex. Characters such as Luthor are extremely popular. Like superheroes, these antagonists have their own fans and can even drive sales.

In contrast, Marvel has not done a particularly good job in this regard, and they have taken their classic villains a little lightly and handled them a little sloppily. In fact, the Manchurians, Magneto, and Jin Ju in their comics are also quite attractive villains. But they didn't dig it themselves, and sometimes, they could even let these people be cannon fodder - Magneto in the comics could actually give Cyclops a hand, this kind of thing is really speechless.

Since you want to make a movie, you must pay attention to all the resources that can be used, and the villain is also a resource, so you can't ignore it. Whether or not to pay attention to the villain also has a great impact. The most successful example of focusing on the villain is naturally the Joker in the Batman prequel. That role was quite successful. And the best example of ignoring the villain is Iron Man 3 - portraying the Manchurian as a comic, which made the audience extremely indignant, and also made Marvel have to launch another short film to announce that it is a fake Manchurian......

These are mentioned by Levy and Nolan, but they didn't expect that after Nolan filmed it, he would have gained a fan so quickly.

"It seems that you have some opinions on superhero movies now...... If you have an idea of your own. It can be reflected in the clip. ”

Levy is still very satisfied with Clark's changes, and he also hopes that Clark can change more.

"Clips of films. It's also very good. I didn't interfere much, and Director Nolan is a guy who knows a lot about the art of editing, and his films are very well cut. ”

"You didn't interfere much?" Levy was a little surprised by this.

"Of course. Every director has his own opinion on his own film, and the editing of the film should reflect the director's will. I can cut your movie. It's because I know what you think, if I cut someone else's movie, it may not be able to cut it well. ”

There is some truth to this, but no matter how you say it, this is just a commercial film, and it still surprised Levy to get Clark's evaluation, "I thought you didn't attach so much importance to commercial films." ”

"Some people can make literary films popular, and naturally some people can make commercial films contain profound truths, aren't these things still what you told me? Director Nolan can get your attention, and I also pay attention to the characteristics of his film shooting: he likes to rub some ideas into commercial films: although shallow, but after all, it is a little better than ordinary commercial films. Since he is willing to do this, I naturally have to respect him. ”

Clarke's statement stunned Levy for a moment. I didn't think Clark remembered his words quite clearly. Moreover, he said very well about the characteristics of Nolan's films, although those ideas are very few and not very profound, but compared with ordinary commercial films, it is indeed an improvement.

"So, I can wait for the movie to come out?"

Levy also trusted Noro's editing level, and he laughed when he heard Clark say this.

"It can't be said that Alexander and FOX are promoting the movie, and they hope that the film will be promoted enough to make the movie have a better box office. You also know that the investment of this movie is 70 million, plus the publicity cost will be hundreds of millions, if there is no box office of 300 million, it will be a failure - if you want a high box office, publicity is indispensable. You'll come back at the right time, and you can help Alexander with publicity. ”

This aspect is also true - publicity is also an essential part of a movie, especially if you want to be a high-grossing film, publicity is extremely important.

It's just that this job is not what Levy wants to do right now.

"Originally, I also said that if you don't have anything to do here, the two of us can discuss the preparation of our new movie......

Halfway through Levy's words, Clark interrupted him, "You're ready to make a new movie?" When? Is there a script? Can I take a look? ”

"I was going to discuss it with you, and of course I'll show you. But didn't you say that we still have to prepare for the propaganda now? ”

"It's not that difficult to promote the movie, and FOX can do it well." Clark immediately put what he had just said behind him, "There are some jobs that anyone can do, and some jobs that only you and I can do, and now, I prefer to do those jobs that only you and I can do!" (To be continued......)