Chapter 231: Sweeping the World
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Everyone closes their eyes and quietly enjoys this taste that may be vain, but very practical and very passionate. www.biquge.info They all know that it is a lifelong honor for a person to receive such applause once in his life.
But they are different, as long as they can do well enough, they can even get ten times and a hundred times, as long as they don't give up, and do everything they have. This is what Xiao Ran often says about dedication and seriousness, at this moment, they all understand Xiao Ran a little, they are all thinking, maybe Xiao Ran still has to film in person when he is in today's position, it is probably for this kind of glory.
Perhaps, Xiao Ran himself doesn't know, he knows that he sincerely loves movies. But he wasn't sure if he was really obsessed with this kind of taste that everyone looked up to, whether he was obsessed with this kind of life and death, joy and sorrow.
Perhaps, he thought, this is true. At least even if he has a net worth of trillions, so what, all he can get is respect or admiration, not the feeling he has now. He doesn't want to be trapped by money like a businessman, he wants to control money by himself, not money control himself.
Nothing could be better than now, and anyone wants to be happy with those tens of seconds of applause and a sense of accomplishment. Xiao Ran likes this feeling, and he also likes this kind of work very much. He knew it was the place to let his mind run wild and his imagination run wild.
On this small screen, he is able to create a perfect and real world. Everyone knows that it is false, but they are always obsessed with everything that is false, this is the charm of the movie, and it is also the charm of the creator......
This is another great success for Xiao Ran, and no one can ignore this success. Shu Qi, a famous Hong Kong film critic and director, commented on this, and he also mentioned it in the article. Xiao Ran once again created a new genre this time, that is, racing movies, which set the standard for future racing films, and "The Legend of the Car God" will also become the first such film.
is still Li Zhuotao, he is still the one who knows Xiao Ran's creative intentions and techniques best, and there is indeed no lack of praise in his articles. However, there is no shortage of criticism. He believes that Xiao Ran's progress in directing skills is not particularly great, because the film does not rely entirely on Xiao Ran's own control, but on the success of the entire team.
The most typical thing is that he saw Xiao Ran's original creative intention in the film, and this intention gradually lost with his creation, losing Xiao Ran's original intention, which is an inevitable failure.
Of course, he wasn't exactly attacking this film and Xiao Ran. More space is praise, he and Fang Baoluo's views are similar, both believe that this film has created a new school of thought, which is probably bigger than "Spy Change" in historical sense, just as "The True Color of Heroes" created a hero film, and "New Dragon Gate Inn" created a new school of martial arts.
The most important thing is that he saw two advantages of Xiao Ran in the film, which may be more of a summary. First, he thinks that Xiao Ran has a genius as a director, and there is always a genius in the film, and the only flaw is that this feeling of genius cannot be maintained until the end of the film.
The second is that he believes that Xiao Ran is definitely the first in Asia and even the world in terms of adjusting the rhythm and smoothness of the film, and no director can surpass Xiao Ran in this regard. In this film, Xiao Ran's performance in fluency has definitely reached the pinnacle, at least he thinks that the first three minutes of the film and the few racing scenes at the end of the film are perfectly expressed.
Regarding Li Zhuotao's comment, Xiao Ran nodded a little to be taught. He has an absolutely high level of fan appreciation and can judge where his shortcomings are. As he himself said, films will always have shortcomings, and the key is whether the director can cover them up with advantages so that people can't find them.
Xiao Ran did a great job, and even he himself admitted that he did a great job in this regard. However, he also knows very well that his directing skills are definitely not up to the level of Wu Yusen and others. He has "communicated" with every director who has merit within the scope of his ability, but learning from each other's merit does not mean that he can become a better director.
No matter how many advantages there are, they are always someone else's. If Xiao Ran can't understand it thoroughly, or figure out his own style, then he will never be able to become a real grandmaster-level director. However, he does have a style now, a fluency, from more than a decade later, and even more.
However, he is more aware of his own strengths that have not yet been discovered by others - business. It is indeed business, Xiao Ran himself has a very superb understanding of business elements, and he has more experience in later generations. After directing a few plays, he even tapped the commercial component to the limit in this film.
What is the Business Element? What is the director's control over commercial performance? "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" can be seen as a model. The film is essentially a literary film, but at the end, there is a very standard and very exciting action scene, which is commercial control.
Don't think that commercial factors are not important, commercial elements are not only in the script, nor only in the production of films. And it comes from the control of Xiao Ran, the director, who can very accurately judge what kind of enjoyment to give the audience at what time.
In the same way, he knows how to choose the most appropriate opportunity to make the audience's heart beat with the film, which is not only about the director's technique, but also about the superb understanding of business operations. This is one of the most important reasons why Xiao Ran's works are so popular.
After the film's release in the United States, the famous film critic Roger #8226 and Ebert pointed out the merits of the film to the point: "This is a film that makes everyone's body hot, and it is the best portrayal of the team's cooperation." ”
The film was released in Asia as well as Europe and North America within ten days, and it is no exaggeration to say that it won the Phantom countless fame and money. Therefore, the behind-the-scenes workers involved in the production of this film have since been regarded as first-class talents, especially in sound production, and they have been praised as the top masters, and it is natural that Xiang Bao has been promoted to the top sound design in Hong Kong.
In fact, Xiao Ran thought a lot about it before directing this film, and he now understands why it takes a long time for a Hollywood drama to go from preparation to release. Because before filming begins, he needs to determine whether the film will be a blockbuster in the West.
At this point, the planning department gave advice on the surname. First of all, the music in the film, if you want to please young Western audiences, this soundtrack may as well be Westernized. Xiao Ran even considered that in order to please the black buddies, it was better to use some black music in the film.
In terms of costume styling, the planning department suggested that we should get as close to the East as possible, but not make Westerners look weird. In short, one word, fashion and avant-garde, it is enough to do these two points.
In terms of scenery, the film also chose beautiful scenery as the background, otherwise why do you think the producer specially moved the maple tree? In short, the film caters to both Eastern audiences and makes Western audiences feel familiar, which is the basis of the box office.
It's just that not every director is able to integrate these things that are not very compatible with each other, and not every director understands these things. That's why Xiao Ran asked the director of Phantom to go to the planning department for training before, just to train this keen control.
It's simple and simple, and complex and complicated. As long as you try not to make Western audiences feel that there are unreasonable places, there are professional screenwriters in the planning department to do this. For example, Wu Yusen's bullets can't be fired, which is definitely unreasonable in the eyes of Westerners, so Wu Yusen doesn't have to change it, but if the film is aimed at Western audiences, then this point must be appropriately changed.
Xiao Ran also took this work as an example for other directors and insiders, telling them with practical actions how to turn some restrictions into advantages in specific works. Of course, Xiao Ran thinks that this kind of pandering situation still can't last too long, and tries to give other directors the opportunity to produce works with a local flavor. Otherwise, this may be possible to erase the genius and special surname of the filmmaker.
Moreover, no matter how Hong Kong films are made, they always have a bit of local flavor. As long as Western audiences can accept Hong Kong-made films, it is equivalent to accepting the atmosphere of Hong Kong products, and their status will be deeply rooted in the future, and it will be up to Western audiences to choose at that time.
There is no doubt that Xiao Ran's new work has been a huge success at the box office and word of mouth, and it is definitely a huge success that makes people jealous. The local box office once again crossed the 50 million level and stayed at 6 million, naturally becoming the runner-up in the historical box office, but still had to be aggrieved under the absolutely stable "People and Ghosts Are Not Over".
Of course, it is difficult to break through this box office, mainly because the local market has reached the peak of ordinary circumstances. In the foreign market, Hong Kong films are far from reaching the peak, and there is still countless room for excavation.
In Yueben, the box office exceeded 100 million US dollars unprecedentedly, reaching 800 million Hong Kong dollars. In Taiwan, breaking the record of "Spy Change". In South Korea, because of the fashionable atmosphere, the box office is also high, reaching an astonishing more than 200 million, becoming the highest-grossing film in Korean history.
Even in the mainland, the box office (the total box office in the mainland in 1990 is said to be 2.4 billion, and the former is 4.4 billion, I take the former to extrapolate) is as high as 200 million. The total box office in Asia was HK$1.7 billion, setting a new record again.
In Europe, the box office of this film is a few points stronger than that of "Ghost Love", reaching 600 million. In North America, the box office performance was much stronger than Xiao Ran's expected $60 million, more than doubled to $130 million, beating the $80 million of "Robo-Warrior" and ranking third in the top 10 of the year in the United States, slightly higher than "The Silence of the Lambs".
The global box office has exceeded 3.35 billion surnames, which is more than 400 million US dollars. This unprecedented number beat almost all Hollywood blockbusters to become the second highest grossing film of the year in the world, behind Robin Hood.
This is really a terrible number, even Xiao Ran didn't imagine it. However, just think about it, he was relieved. In the past two years, more and more films have been released in mainstream theaters in the United States, and the quality is the best, and this is a film that speaks by the picture, and the language is not too much of a barrier.
It's not inconceivable that future Hollywood English-language films will achieve the same tremendous results in non-English-speaking regions, because people's habits are not entirely different. At least in terms of action movies and other themes, it is consistent.
After getting this result, Xiao Ran was startled and smiled. At present, the status of Hong Kong films in North America has been gradually determined, and in the past three years, at least one Hong Kong-made film has been able to successfully squeeze into the global box office list every year.
Originally, Xiao Ran was worried that other companies in the film industry would be dizzy for the current status of Hong Kong films, which led to the start of crazy shoddy production. However, now that we look at it, all companies are very calm, and even Lei Kaitai has begun to invest calmly.
Films that are not of a certain grade cannot be released in the theater at all, and the only way to do this is to sell the audio-visual rights and make a lot of money on it. Therefore, at present, there are slightly fewer films in Hong Kong that can achieve the first round of releases than in the previous two years.
And the subsequent "Spy 2" was also released in the United States, in fact, there is nothing to criticize the United States in this film, Xiao Ran's skillful move made the American villain in this film become a conspirator with ulterior motives in the CIA. This basically follows the pattern of Hollywood blockbusters in terms of plot, but the focus of the film is not there. As a result, the film was successfully released in the United States.
Through Guan Xin, the mainland political axe expressed to Xiao Ran that he attaches great importance to the release of "Spy 2", because in a sense, this film can actually indirectly change the views of some overseas countries on China.
The box office of "Spy Change 2" is not as strong as the first part, and it is even 400 million away. is a little more fiery than the first part in the action scenes, but it is a little inferior in temperament. However, the most important thing is that there is a certain break between literary drama and action drama, and the reputation is obviously far inferior to the first part, it seems that Liu Mei and Liang Jun have not reached enough tacit understanding.
There is no doubt that summer vacation is the world of "Spy 2" and "Legend of the Car God". Interestingly, both films are sequel films, which means that the Phantom can fully use these two films to continue making money. In Xiao Ran's thoughts, there are only three parts in the "Spy Change" series, and "The Legend of the Car God" can be filmed at least three more, which is a cash cow.
However, Xiao Ran doesn't want to make a sequel to make money immediately after "Infernal Affairs" becomes popular, but it can't be too long. There's an unwritten law in Hollywood that if you can't find the original cast to shoot it within five years, then you don't need to make a sequel, because it's hard to make any more money.
Of course, Star Wars and Terminator are the complete exceptions, and this is completely incomparable. However, at least Xiao Ran firmly believes that even if "God of Gamblers" starts filming again in ten years, it will still have a very strong box office. To put it mildly, the Phantom now has a lot of brand collections in his hands, and even eating these brands is enough to make money.
With so many box office successes of films, Xiao Ran always feels as if he is moving in the direction of Spielberg, which is not necessarily a good thing. What Xiao Ran wants to do is to find himself and make a film with a very personal surname, a personal work similar to "PTU" that can thoroughly express the director's technique.
What is extremely funny is that "The True Story of A Fei", which cost Hongguo 2,000 and then 40 million Phantoms, was finally released. This film, which has gathered quite a lot of big stars, has paid more than 10 million yuan in terms of star remuneration alone, and the box office in Hong Kong is not considered to be vomiting blood, but it only barely breaks through the 10 million level with its strong star appeal.
This made Xiao Ran extremely surprised, and he thought that this film would only have a box office of five million at most. However, if you think about Liu Hua in history, when they acted in this play, they were actually far from having any box office appeal, but now they are absolutely well-deserved first-line stars in the Hong Kong film industry, which is understandable.
The only fortunate thing is that the film's overseas box office barely made up for some of the investment. However, as far as investment is concerned, except for the income that should not be included in the investment, such as the movie theater, it means that the phantom lost 10 million on this transaction, and this is because the 20 million invested by Mo Huaien is not counted. This shows that it is absolutely true that the box office of this film made investor Deng Guangrong vomit blood in anger.
However, Xiao Ran doesn't care about this, this film has already won a lot of awards for Phantoms overseas. Wang Jiawei's mission is to win awards, which is the positioning given to him by Xiao Ran. After experiencing the mini-stock market crash caused by the Gulf crisis, Wei Jiahui didn't even need Xiao Ran to remind him, he thought of this theme, and quickly started the production of "The Great Era", the king of Hong Kong dramas.
This series will become ATV's most powerful weapon to attack other national TV stations, and for this reason, ATV specially gave the dubbing of this series to Siwei, hoping to achieve perfection. After Xiao Ran took himself as an example to make a cameo appearance in this play, almost more than half of the first-line stars in Hong Kong took time to make cameo appearances in the play, trying to achieve the supreme classic status of the king of Hong Kong dramas.
When Wei Jiahui began to create this play, Xiao Ran reminded him to leave the tail of the sequel to facilitate future production, and the later sequel was really much more reasonable than the original. The most interesting thing is that in Wei Jiahui's team, Xiao Ran suddenly saw the screenwriter team of Situ Jinyuan and other Galaxy Images.
Needless to say, Xiao Ran naturally tried his best to get it. Just kidding, Situ and they will not be the top screenwriters in Hong Kong in the next ten years? It's just that because all their glory was picked by Adu alone, they are not known.