Chapter Forty-Eight: Mastering Destiny
The main reason for going to Xinyi City today is to send the script of "The True Color of Heroes" to Tsui Hark, and now that Tsui Hark has passed the customs, most of the rest of the things don't need Lu Yan to worry about.
And in the past few days, Tsui Hark has given Lu Yan the task of watching movies repeatedly. You can pick a few European and American movies to watch, mainly some of the more classic productions in Hong Kong before. After all, in terms of regional and cultural differences, Tsui Hark suggested that Lu Yan first thoroughly understand Hong Kong film culture.
Of course, Lu Yan understands that if you want to be a good director, there is a very important job. That is to watch other classic films repeatedly, even if you think it is boring, but persevere. Of course, it's not for you to watch those plots. Instead, through film, I learned the processing of some shots and the shooting of scenes.
In fact, like most Hong Kong films, the genre boundaries of "True Colors" are blurred. Gangster movies, ethics movies, action movies? But what is really in its bones is actually Chinese martial arts films. Masculine and hot-blooded! Affection is one of the important elements that support the whole film.
Lu Yan deeply remembers that director John Woo himself once said: If the guns in "The True Color of Heroes" are replaced with swords, this is a Zhang Che movie.
In fact, the world of "The True Color of Heroes" is the down-and-down rivers and lakes in Zhang Che's "One-armed Knife", full of desolate emotion, but spiritually there is a kind of heroic spirit. Fang Gang's broken arm is like a pony lame, but he vows to "take back what belongs to him with his own hands!" "Don't hesitate to splatter five steps of blood in the dark alley under the neon color.
Look at the lines of "The True Color of Heroes" - "Do you believe in God? ”
"Faith! I am God! God is also a man, and he who can control his own destiny is God! It was as if a man was fighting with his hands and talking wildly.
Back then, John Woo had no choice but to be sent to Taiwan to make second-tier movies. And Chow Yun-fat is known as the "box office poison", Dillon is an outdated actor, and Leslie Cheung is purely a vase. In the future, this dream-like, mythical combination is nothing more than a group of depressed "salted fish gangs".
Therefore, "The True Color of Heroes" is a victory with anger, which really pins on the creator's anger, and uses the wine glass of the movie to pour the blocks in his heart.
Lu Yan believes that the immortality of "The True Color of Heroes" lies in the fact that you and I have this anger in the world of clay and thunder.
It is precisely because he understands many of these factors that he has been locked in his room for the past few days and has been watching movies all night. Most of the martial arts movies watched over and over again are Zhang Che and Hu Jinquan, and "One-Armed Knife" has been watched more than a dozen times with pauses and pauses.
Slowly, he finally realized the meaning of John Woo's words. If it is replaced, then the gun in Xiao Ma's hand is the knife and sword in "One-armed Knife". Double guns are double knives and double swords, and as for the chic flying and gliding during the shootout, it is the light skill in "One-armed Knife"!
But before that, no one thought that the confrontation of modern weapons could be combined with the spirit of traditional Chinese martial arts so seamlessly, and no one thought that the morality and brotherhood advocated in costume kung fu films could be so sublimated in fashion police and gangster films. There is no wind and snow, shallow singing and crooning, and there is just a romance full of masculinity in blood and gunfire. The "aesthetics of violence" created by the great director Zhang Che has been raised to a new level in "The True Color of Heroes", which is more violent and more aesthetic, and more in line with the pulse of the times and society;
Lu Yan here studied carefully and pondered repeatedly. And Tsui Hark on the other end finally picked an opportunity to step into the 'struggle room' again.
Speaking of which, the box office of "Shanghai Night" has been blowing out recently, and it is fighting to the death with Shaw Brothers' newly released "The Frog Prince". The box office of the two is like a long-distance chase battle, you come and go.
It is precisely because of this confidence that Tsui Hark can finally step into the 'struggle room' again with his head held high.
At that time, everyone was very accustomed to talking about the script from 12 o'clock at night to dawn, because no one would disturb them at that time, so everyone was a "night ghost".
And the small room they discussed night was the 'struggle room'.
Everyone was discussing the box office situation of "Happy Ghost", "Shanghai Night" and several other films at this time, and no one except Shi Nansheng expected Tsui Hark to come over in the middle of the night. In fact, Tsui Hark hasn't set foot in the 'struggle room' for several months since the last time he was unhappy about the release time of "Best Partner: The Queen's Secret".
Although a lot of time has passed, it is obvious that the pimple in Shi Tian's heart is still there. On the contrary, Mai Jia, Huang Baiming and Teddy Robin all greeted him with a smile, but to everyone's surprise, Tsui Hark actually took the initiative to say hello to Shi Tian.
"Old Monster Xu, we were still talking about your "Shanghai Night" just now! Judging from the recent situation, there is absolutely no problem with the box office breaking 10 million! This time, before the Spring Festival, you and Huang Baiming can each get their own hands, you can really do it! As the largest shareholder of New Arts City, Mai Jia is already as happy as a flower.
Tsui Hark laughed, and unceremoniously sent a copy of the script of "The True Color of Heroes". Although everyone is considered a 'half-divided family', after all, the friendship is still there.
"Look at this script, do you think you're interested?"
Huang Baiming glanced at Xu Hark suspiciously, and he had already guessed something in his heart. Compared with several other people, he is naturally closer to Tsui Hark. What's more, he is not unclear about Tsui Hark's style, and now that the new film has just been released, how can he come up with the script so quickly.
But doubts are doubts, and everyone looked at the script carefully.
For a while, the originally noisy 'struggle room' gradually quieted down.
After everyone finished reading the script, everyone looked at each other.
"The script is indeed a good script, very beautifully written! It's just that the subject matter is relatively niche, but you Xu Lao Wei have always wanted to try different styles! I think it's okay, what do you say? As the big brother, Mai Jia was the first to express his opinion.
In fact, everyone didn't think much about it, so they expressed their support. Only Shi Nansheng covered her mouth and smiled secretly, she naturally knew everything about this script. Tsui Hark also discussed with herself many times when she went home, and she also expressed her opinion: support Yan Zai!
Seeing that everyone agreed, Tsui Hark smiled and said: "This film is not what I want to make!" ”
Hearing this, everyone was stunned: "Then who are you going to shoot for?" ”
The corners of Huang Baiming's mouth involuntarily curled. When Tsui Hark said this, his doubts were completely solved.
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