Film festival directors are often besieged by journalists, and at the Berlin Film Festival, Minghella, the director of the opening film "Cold Mountain", was bombarded by many American journalists. Journalists accused him, an Englishman, of plagiarizing American work, and that the film did not really deal with the essence of the Civil War. Minghella shot back: "Why can't the Americans be filmed by the British?" Otherwise, cultural exchanges lose their meaning. ”

Similarly, after the opening ceremony of the Venice Film Festival, Spielberg's "Happiness Terminal" was also attacked by many Italian journalists.

Generally speaking, it is often big directors and popular movies that are bombarded, and Cheng Peng didn't expect that his newcomer director would be treated so politely, which made him a little flattered.

He replied with a smile: "The structure of "Forrest Gump" and "Alive" are also the same, "Alive" came out a few months ago, do you think that "Forrest Gump" is imitating "Alive", and Robert Zemeckis is imitating Zhang Yimou?" ”

The Chinese reporters in the audience were dumbfounded when they heard this, this is too blind, where is "Forrest Gump" and "Alive" the same? If this foreigner asks you to tell you what the two movies are the same, it will be a shame!

The fat reporter said disapprerovingly: "I'm sorry, I haven't watched what you said about "Alive", and I can't make a judgment!" ”

Cheng Peng was a little regretful, he really wanted to see the face of the fat reporter when he analyzed that the structure of "Alive" and "Forrest Gump" was consistent, but there was no way that "Alive" was very famous in China, and foreign audiences had seen it very little, so he sighed for a while and said: "Then in other words, have you watched "Saving Private Ryan" and "11 Arhats"? The genre and structure of these two films are very, almost identical, do you think "Ocean's Eleven" is a botched parody of "Saving Private Ryan"? ”

The fat reporter showed a mocking smile on his face: ""Saving Private Ryan" is a war movie, and "Ocean's 11" is an action movie, you said that the type and structure of these two movies are similar, God, your mind is still clear, right?" ”

Cheng Peng said lightly: "Action movies, war movies, this distinction between movies is very amateurish, and professionals will not distinguish movies like this." "Saving Private Ryan" and "Ocean's Eleven" are very similar insely, and I call this kind of movie a prize movie, and this kind of movie has three basic elements in the story, there is a team, there is a prize, and there is a road full of hardships. team, "Saving Private Ryan" is a group of soldiers, and "Ocean's 11" is a group of thieves; The prizes, "Saving Private Ryan" is to find Ryan and go home, "11 Arhats" is the money in the safe; The Hard Road "Saving Private Ryan" has a lot of Germans on the way to find Ryan, and the road to the safe in "Ocean's 11" is full of security, do you say the two movies are very similar? ”

The fat reporter was dumbfounded when he heard this, as if the two movies were really similar.

At this time, another reporter stood up: "Sir, you said that it is the elements of the movie, and it is not surprising that there are similar elements in the movie, but this is not the structure, and your statement that these two film institutions are consistent is untenable!" ”

"No, I can say with absolute certainty that the structure of the two films is almost identical, with Private Ryan Saving and Ocean's 11 both taking a three-act structure. Tom Hanks in the first act of "Saving Private Ryan" They received the task of finding Ryan, and in the first act of "11 Arhans", a treasure thief team was set up to prepare for the treasure theft; The second act of "Saving Private Ryan" is the process of finding Ryan, the second act of "Arhat Eleven" is the process of stealing treasure, the third act of "Saving Private Ryan" is about the battle with the Germans, and "Arhat Eleven" is about how to steal the vault. You see that they are all three acts, if you want to subdivide, these three acts can be divided into fifteen nodes, opening scenes, theme presentation, foreshadowing, promotion, disputes, etc., if you want, I can analyze it in detail for you, I dare to guarantee, when I finish the analysis, you will find that the structure of these two movies is exactly the same! ”

The reporters present naturally didn't believe it, the three-act structure is normal, just like any movie has an opening, to be entered, to develop, **, and to end, but you can't say that the structure of the film is the same just because there are these five links, they took turns asking questions, wanting to teach this ignorant young man a lesson, so the press conference became a debate.

Cheng Peng did not refuse, and seized the fifteen nodes of the movie to analyze them one by one.

After some debate, the arguments put forward by the reporters were completely refuted by Cheng Peng, and they were surprised to find that the structure of the two seemingly unrelated films was really the same.

In fact, Cheng Peng used Blake Snyder's node theory to analyze, Blake Snyder is a well-known screenwriter in Hollywood, he published a book about screenwriting in 2006 "Save the Cat", which caused a huge response after the book was launched, and was reprinted 14 times in the United States, known as a screenwriter's treasure.

In this book, Blake Snyder proposes an important concept that any film should have fifteen nodes, or plot points, according to which the screenwriter should shoot when creating. It may not work to analyze the films of European literary masters in this way, but it is definitely a criterion for analyzing commercial films, especially Hollywood commercial films.

The last reporter was also persuaded by Cheng Peng, and sighed: "Okay, I admit that "Saving Private Ryan" and "Ocean's 11" are almost identical in structure, but I don't think it's a parody. ”

""Invasion of Darkness" adopts the same structure, it is also three acts, and it is also fifteen nodes, this structure is used by everyone whether it is an oriental film or a Western movie, so why say that "Invasion of Darkness" is a poor imitation, is this discrimination?"

The reporter waved his hand again and again, and said: "No, no, sir, I didn't say that "Invasion of Darkness" is a parody, I like this movie very much, and I think your analysis of the structure of the film is very valuable, it is a pioneering surname, it is very good, I have never seen this kind of analysis of the structure of the film!" ”

The most shocking thing is that when they put the familiar movies inside, they found that they could make sense, and at this moment they have been completely persuaded by Cheng Peng's theory and convinced of this young director.

The next day, major media around the world reported on Cheng Peng's theory of fifteen nodes, and at the same time, the comments of "Dark Invasion" were also released.

"There are not many surprises in the plot of the movie, but the unexpected ending can make us think deeply about how far an individual can go without a partner. Without the adherence to the bottom line of personality, whether a human state, which was once equivalent to animal instinct, can return to the state of civilization after the social connection is repaired. The ending of the movie is pessimistic, when the last roar of the monster sounds, it means that no matter whether Chen Ran can leave the cave or not, she will not be able to return to civilized society. ”

- "Variety"

"The most terrifying thing is not the monsters in the cave, but the slow disappearance of human surnames. A black hole that seems to never find an exit, a never-ending fear and struggle. Darkness and light, friendship and betrayal, everything is plausible. ”

- "Empire"

"The storyline was a little deliberately designed and quite clichéd, but the director's grasp of the pacing saved the film. However, as a horror movie, this movie is quite scary, and it is a good choice to watch it for leisure and entertainment. ”

- "Movie Handbook"

Basically, the film critics and reporters present basically gave "Invasion of Darkness" a good review, and only a small number of media thought that the film was not too new, and the performance was a little deliberate.

By noon, the official venue of the Venice Film Festival was released, and ten film critics gave an average score of 3. Unlike Cannes and Berlin, Venice uses a 5-point scale, with a score of 3 being above average. For a horror film, this score is already precious.

And the venue magazine devoted the largest space to a review of "Dark Invasion", with a very eye-catching title "The Six Deadly Sins of "Dark Invasion".

"There are six main characters in the film, each with a prominent surname, and each one represents an obstacle to the collective or individual progress of human beings in life. Because of the flaws in the surnames shown by each person, everyone cannot be united, and finally they are devoured by humanoid monsters, when in fact it is themselves who devour them, and it is their own surname defects that devour them. The film's deliberate use of humanoid monsters rather than other monsters is also intended to reflect this.

Chen Ran's crime is suspicion, although Zhu Zhu has an affair with her husband, also conceals the truth of the cave, and accidentally injures Li Weiran, but her feelings for everyone are sincere, for the safety of her friends and the monster fight, obviously found the sign to go to the exit, in order not to discard Chen Ran still ventured back to find her, but Chen Ran's suspicion not only killed Zhu Zhu, but also lost the possibility of escaping from the cave.

Zhu Zhu's crime is to conceal, from the affair with Chen Ran's husband to the exploration of a cave that has never been explored by everyone, and later the concealment of the fact that Li Weiran was accidentally injured, Zhu Zhu has highlighted the lie of concealing this inferior human surname. Zhu Zhu's concealment caused everyone to fall into a desperate situation, and finally killed himself.

Li Weiran's crime is a rumor, Li Weiran is Chen Ran's best friend, and the two are closer than others, no matter whether Li Weiran told Chen Ran about Zhu Zhu out of hatred or concern for Chen Ran, but her remarks still caused distrust between Chen Ran and Zhu Zhu, so that they finally killed each other, not only killing Zhu Zhu, but also killing their best friend Chen Ran.

Zhao Xue's crime is selfishness, in order to let Zhu Zhu lead away the monster and remain silent, after meeting with Zhu Zhu, he hoped to leave Chen Ran and run for his life, when the monster came, he desperately wanted to climb the wall to escape, and finally killed himself.

Zhao Fei's crime is cowardice, Zhao Fei will only cry and hide, accept the protection of her sister, and when her sister died, she broke out in a desperate situation and seriously injured a monster, but it was too late and died in the mouth of the monster.

Su Su's crime is to be reckless, because Su Su's recklessness caused a broken thigh to cause resistance to the team's ability to get out of the predicament, and he was also the first to suffer a fatal blow, and the person who was reckless in life often got the first bad results.

At the end of the movie, it can make people have a lot of ideas. This kind of repeated practice of giving the audience hope, but extinguishing the flame of hope, is very tormenting in people's hearts. You keep asking yourself, if they could be more united, if they could be braver, if they could trust each other a little more, would the ending be rewritten? ”

"Invasion of Darkness" was already very much anticipated by the audience, and even horror fans lined up with sleeping bags to buy tickets, and now the media has received rave reviews, and the number of people queuing up to buy tickets has immediately doubled, for which the theater and the film festival organizing committee have negotiated two more shows.

Even so, it can't satisfy everyone's request, and there are too many people who want to see this movie. Many audience members who did not buy tickets stood at the door of the cinema holding signs and begging for tickets, and some beautiful girls even wrote "one ticket for one kiss" on the sign.