Chapter 239 Again Set off film reform

Wong Kar-wai looked at Wang Jing's script, but nodded again and again while listening to Lu Yan's analysis. Although when he was a screenwriter, he couldn't come up with a script for several months. But it's still easy to judge the quality of the script.

I have to say that Wang Jing's talent in shooting commercial films has long been undoubted. Whether it is the ghost horse love urban movies he shot at Shaw Brothers, or the "God of Gamblers" directed and filmed not long ago. In terms of box office value, they have all received very good returns.

And this script called "Yuan Zhenxia and Wesley" is just as Lu Yan said. If you look at this script only from the perspective of a commercial film, you can really try it. But since it is adapted from Ni Kuang's novel, the situation is different. After all, Ni Kuang has such a wide readership, and the so-called adaptation and filming naturally need a certain sense of identity. But this script is completely messed together, and the plot is there but it loses the feel of a science fiction movie

In fact, after getting Lu Yan's suggestion, Wang Jing already had his own comparison in his mind. However, most of you here are old people who have been immersed in the Yin film market for many years. Seeing Cheng Xiaodong's different faces, Wang Jing still asked with a smile: "Xiaodong, if you have any opinions, don't let Yan Zai sing a one-man show alone, we won't be able to write a screenplay."

"Hehe" Lu Yan smiled when he heard this, and also followed the words: "That's it, you also let our director Wang Da see his strength and vision."

"I think it's like Yan Zai said, we need to strengthen the special effects. If you actually make this movie at that time, try to make it suspenseful, weird, and weird......"

Cheng Xiaodong's words, although they don't sound reasonable. But in fact, if you want to make a movie like Wesley, this aspect is very important

Just like the novel "Blue Bloods", this is the first time Ni Kuang has written about aliens, although it is a little naïve, but the imagination is absolutely unprecedented.

In the 200 years on Earth, the innocent and simple blue-blooded man was deceived and persecuted by the cunning earthlings, and became a complete pitiful worm, he began to distrust any earthlings, and with the help of Wesley, he finally had the opportunity to secretly return to Mars on the earthlings' rocket, and before leaving the earth, the good-natured blue-blooded people risked being discovered by the earthlings, and then eliminated at the last moment. Polyester card is a poisonous room', which exempts the disaster of the earthlings.

Shooting such a movie is not supported by good special effects. Then you can't shoot such a feeling at all, but it will make people feel nondescript. You know, even Jin Yong commented: "The infinite universe, endless time and space, infinite possibilities, and the eternal contradiction between impermanence and life are woven out of this head." ”

"I think it's okay to play fusion, but don't give it the impression of patchwork. After all, this is ...... as an adaptation of the movie"

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Just when Liu Weiqiang and the others began to express their respective opinions, Lu Yan suddenly remembered that there were some people who attacked Ni Kuang's poor writing. In Lu Yan's opinion, this is simply nonsense. Ni Kuangke is the only person who has ever written for Jin Yong, and when Jin Yong serialized "Dragon Babu", he went abroad to attend a conference. asked Ni Kuang to write on his behalf, and as a result, "Dragon Babu" became the most 'god' of Jin Yong's fifteen martial arts novels. Until now, Lu Yan still remembers the refreshment of Ah Zi when he lost his eyes. And this paragraph is one of the plots written by Ni Kuang

In addition, Lu Yan also knew that Ni Kuang had ghostwritten for Gu Long many times. He and Jin Yong, Huang Zhan, and Cai Yan are known as the four great talents of Hong Kong, and some people even say that Ni Kuang and Huang Zhan are divided into two by the stars of the heavenly Qu Xing.

Wang Jing would have a whim to adapt his novel, which is definitely a good thing for Lu Yan. At least he put pressure on Wang Jing, and he did work very hard. The director of a bad movie, in fact, can stay away from Wang Jing completely. As long as Lu Yan is here, he will definitely take care of Wang Jing

"Yan Zai, what are you thinking about so fascinating?" Seeing an obsessed look, Liu Zhenwei suddenly asked.

Lu Yan, who was interrupted from his train of thought, waved his hand, looked at Wang Jing and said, "I suddenly remembered some of the feelings I felt when I read Ni Kuang's novels before, Brother Wang." In addition to Ni Kuang's imagination and writing, what I appreciate most is a common theme in his novels: exposing the dark and ugly side of human nature. Personally, I believe that for a successful writer, there must be a deep theme in his work. Just like reading Li Bihua's novels, there will definitely be such tear-jerking, mournful and tactful love stories

And Ni Kuang's portrayal of human nature has reached the point where it is more than tenacious, which includes both humorous ridicule and serious criticism. Many of the plots are sinister and cunning earthlings playing aliens one by one, which seems to be despicable, and dirty has become the nature that only earthlings have. In his writings, both madmen and villains have become funny clowns, ridiculed or reviled by others. Some of them are very classic language: a person can do this kind of thing is simply a beast, in fact, to say this is a fundamental insult to the beast, because the beast will not do such a thing, this kind of despicable, dirty things can only be done by humans, humans are inferior to beasts.

So, you must catch such a theme. And then it was well elaborated I think, although as a commercial film director. "God of Gamblers" can completely build a good foundation for you. But I also hope that you can shoot something with a background, so that it can also help our company get more gold people back, hehe"

"I don't see it, Yanzai, your hopes for me are still quite high" Wang Jing laughed when she heard this. In fact, what director doesn't want to be an all-rounder, it is precisely because of the success of shooting funny commercial films that Wang Jing has been on this road, and he is afraid that shooting a drama will make him lose his style and box office

However, that's because in Shaw Brothers, there is no box office guarantee, so there is naturally no investment, but since he came to Dongcheng Images, Wang Jing really has a breakthrough. Although the transformation may seem terrifying, it may as well give it a try if you have the backing of the East City Image

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Looking at Wang Jingle's appearance now, Lu Yan is quite emotional, once upon a time, the combination of Wang Jing and Stephen Chow was a symbol of nonsensical comedy and high box office. It's a pity that Wang Jing's works without Stephen Chow are no longer beautiful, but Stephen Chow, who is a writer and director, is still brilliant.

Many people think that Wang Jing has fulfilled Stephen Chow's status as the "king of comedy", because in the early 90s of the last century, when "Star Master" was in the limelight, he also cooperated with other directors. But when it comes to audience popularity and box office results, the works jointly concocted with Wang Jing are the most.

In addition, Wang Jing and Stephen Chow are both representatives of Hong Kong's postmodern nonsensical comedy, so it is inevitable that the two will be equated.

However, when Stephen Chow grew from a simple actor to a filmmaker in the mid-90s, the comedies he and Wang Jing made were different and different. Although there are many shortcomings and regrets in Stephen Chow's personal works, compared with Wang Jing's comedy routines as always, some aspects are much more clever and profound, and under this comparison, everyone can clearly find the limitations and serious shortcomings of Wang Jing's comedy creation.

In fact, in Lu Yan's view, an important feature of the so-called "commercial postmodernity" in the future is the subversion and deconstruction of classic texts and traditional concepts. This is vividly reflected in Stephen Chow and Wang Jing's later collaboration on "The Legend of the New Deer and Ding", which can be seen only in the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty by Wei Xiaobao to "snatch back the silver and women of our Han people". In addition, Wang Jing's "Hong Xiguan" and Stephen Chow's "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance" are also subverted and renovated classic texts, and "postmodern" techniques such as patchwork and imitation are more enthusiastic about using by the two. However, after Stephen Chow and Li Lizhi co-directed "Domestic Zero Zero Paint", although they are still engaged in nonsensical comedy, the difference between their works and Wang Jing's comedy has become increasingly obvious. The rich characteristics of "postmodernity" began to be reflected one by one, but Wang Jing's works remained in place, still staying at the most superficial level of "commercial postmodernity".

Perhaps the deep-seated expression of connotation may be reluctant for Wang Jing, who is accustomed to creating superficial comedy films. In Lu Yan's view, Wang Jing may not be able to shoot a "postmodern classic" that can rise to the cultural category of "Journey to the West". The collage-style funny plots and subversive character relationships can't help but make Wang Jing's chaotic time-space narrative structure and deconstruction of classic texts just make him think hard.

What really makes this fat man embarrassed may be that Stephen Chow and Liu Zhenwei can create a deep black multi-theme with a "postmodern" game attitude, after all, this is contrary to his commercial wholesale production principles. Similarly, the romantic drama that uses comedy to interpret heroes and love can still produce unforgettable sorrows and joys, and it is also something that director Wang Da, who is accustomed to filming vulgar bubble comedies, may give up after calculating.

Strictly speaking, compared with Stephen Chow's self-established comedies, Wang Jing's comedy films have become more and more mass-produced fast food. There is no other reason, but it lacks the "seriousness" and "sincerity" that Stephen Chow insists on when making movies.

It is precisely because of all kinds of judgments and analyses that Lu Yan is very supportive of Wang Jing to make some changes. That's exactly the case, Wang Jing at this time came up with a script like "Yuan Zhenxia and Wesley", which is very much in line with Lu Yan's appetite.

Dongcheng Image is about to become bigger immediately, which is really a rare talent. Looking at Wang Jing's smiling look, Lu Yan looked around at everyone and said seriously: "I hope everyone can make changes and slowly shoot different styles of movies to try it Of course, I don't mean to change the style continuously, I just think that everyone can occasionally contact or shoot other types of movies, even if it fails, the company will support everyone in the back, so you can also find what you are best at, however, being good doesn't mean that you don't have to worry about making comedies for a lifetime, We have to be careful about every movie, after all, whoever is labeled as a 'bad movie director' at that time will be uncomfortable."

Originally, there was Cheng Xiaodong, who was talking and laughing, but when they heard this, they all fell silent. Even Wong Kar-wai and the others also looked thoughtful

"A box office failure of a movie doesn't really mean anything. Especially for movies that change style, it is very normal for there to be a gap in the box office. Speaking of this, Lu Yan paused and looked at the crowd: "So you can completely let it go, and if you have a script, you can take it." As long as you think you can, the company must be filmed, our Hong Kong film market is so big, if you don't make changes, you will be left to be beaten by the time to engage in this area of talents, I think no one wants to be filmed dead on the beach, let's all use our brains, shoot a different style of movies, for Hong Kong films is also a great contribution, make movies, not just to make money, to a large extent, is our ambition, since we can combine income and dreams, then I hope we Dongcheng Imaging can do the best"

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"Bang Bang Bang ......"

There was a sudden silence in the conference room, which was originally talking and laughing, followed by Cheng Xiaodong and the others applauding one after another

Once upon a time, they also had many dreams. The current Wong Kar-wai and Liu Zhenwei have just entered the ranks of directors. And Wang Jing and the others have even been somewhat ground to the edges and corners. But when I heard Lu Yan's words, I finally sighed again.

Perhaps by now, it is not difficult for them to understand why Lu Yan dared to take risks at such a young age. Every time a new movie comes out, it is definitely a different style. Even, it is a big change. But every movie, the box office and word-of-mouth after it comes out are very good. In addition to novel ideas, it is sincere and attentive

Yi Shouyi, who was sitting on the side, stared at Lu Yan's figure with his eyes firmly fixed, and he may have understood why the boss could be called a 'ghost director' by the outside media. Why can the boss get a different look from "Film Fortnightly", and why so many film critics and film magazines say that the boss can drive the second wave of "new (wave) tide" of Hong Kong films.

Look at Wang Jing, Wong Kar-wai, Liu Zhenwei, and Liu Weiqiang who are sitting now...... They may all be the heroes of the first battle to follow Lu Yan to set off the second new (wave) wave of Hong Kong films