The air tickets to and from Huayi were booked, and a group of more than a dozen people all sat on the plane, and they slept less last night, and everyone was a little sleepy and slept blindfolded on the plane. Shao Shuaijun didn't feel sleepy, and asked for a newspaper in his hand, which was a copy of "Kyoto Entertainment Letter".

After turning two pages, I arrived at the section of film and television resources, on which there was a big headline, which read "Post-85 directors, 20 million box office".

According to this newspaper, the movie "Buried Alive" painted yesterday, as an ultra-low-budget film with an investment of no more than 100,000 yuan, successfully set a box office miracle of 23.5 million, second only to "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and "Cold Mountain", ranking third at the annual box office. As the starring, screenwriter and director of this film, Shao Shuaijun, born in 86, has just turned 18 years old this year, setting a record for the youngest director at the box office of 10 million.

The movie "Buried Alive" tells the story of a man who drives a truck in Iraq who is attacked by kidnappers, buried in a coffin, and calls to save himself after waking up. There is only one actor in the whole film, who keeps calling the outside world for help, and the camera is only limited to a wooden coffin.

It is difficult to determine what kind of movie "Buried Alive" is, it is not a horror film, there is no blood and thriller, it is not a literary film, there is no lengthy love, family and friendship, and it is not a blockbuster, I am afraid there is no movie with a lower cost than it in history. It has only one actor and tosses and turns in a coffin for 90 minutes.

But Shao Shuaijun, who directed the film for the first time, gave life to the film with his outstanding talent. A person's movie, with just a phone call, can extend a vast world, which is not pale, but colorful, full of social innuendo, full of humanistic torture, and the deepest part of intuitive human surnames.

"It's hard to imagine that this is a film made by an 18-year-old director, and it has subverted my view of Chinese films, where we used to only use pretentiousness to pile up literary films, or big investments in exchange for all and pee. Through this movie, I know that we Chinese can also make good movies and support the rise of Chinese films! ”

This is what an audience member who has watched the movie said in an interview with this newspaper. After watching the movie, most of the audience said that this is a very outstanding film, and the box office of 23.5 million is the best proof of this. Of course, turnip greens have their own favorites, and some people don't like it.

"Oh, you ask me what I think of 'Buried Alive'? Sorry, I don't have an opinion! Why? Because it succeeded in hypnotizing me in the first three minutes. ”

Obviously, this audience did not understand the essence of the movie, and the news from the film's distributor Hua said that the taste of "Buried Alive" belongs to the niche, and a large part of the reason why it has such a high box office is the profound connotation shown by the movie, so that some viewers choose to watch it again, or even watch it twice.

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"Kyoto Entertainment News will not be a newspaper invested by Huayi Brothers, why did it turn me into a flower?" Shao Shuaijun stabbed Zhao Cheng, who was about to sleep, and the two sat next to each other.

Zhao Cheng yawned: "What's so strange about this, isn't "Buried Alive" registered for the Magic Capital Film Festival, in order to shine at the film festival, the public relations department has spent a lot of effort to tout, not only "Kyoto Entertainment News", but also more than a dozen newspapers, all of which have spent money to hire people to write praise. There are also online forums, as long as it is about movies, please post praise, fatigue bombardment. ”

"As for it? Even if you win an award at the Magic City Film Festival, what can you do? ”

"How could it not be good." Zhao Chengsuo's surname is not going to sleep anymore, "Only when you win an award at the Magic Capital Film Festival can you attract the attention of Lao Mei, otherwise why would "Buried Alive" participate in the Sundance Film Festival." ”

"Are you really going to participate?"

"Why not, it's already a lot of money to be buried alive anyway, and the rest is to sell a million to make money, and it can also improve the company's reputation by the way, why not."

"If I go to participate, I don't have much chance of winning."

"At the beginning, weren't you very confident that you told Mr. Wang that "Buried Alive" was specially filmed for the Sundance Film Festival."

"I'm here to raise the price......"

"No matter, anyway, we are quite optimistic about the quality of the live burial, there are too many gimmicks in this. The rice market is completely pioneering for us, what if it fails, if we really find a buyer, we can set up a line and lay the foundation for future movies to be sold to the United States. ”

Shao Shuaijun nodded, feeling that "Buried Alive" should still have a market, after all, the results of the original version are there: "It's okay, you are famous, I can still get my hands dirty, and maybe I can go to the United States to make blockbusters in the future." For this kind of propaganda, Shao Shuaijun did not pretend to be disdainful, and spent an extra penny on propaganda to make the movie earn an extra dollar, which is what everyone would choose to do.

The entertainment industry is like this, you can't change anything, you can only guarantee that you don't do it. Shao Shuaijun is responsible for making movies, and others are responsible for publicity, and the two have nothing to do with each other.

After getting off the plane, everyone separated, Shao Shuaijun and others rushed back to the crew, and Zhao Cheng went to the county government to run the procedures. Zhao Cheng is now a trapeze, Kyoto Mountain City flies back and forth, the company's affairs are busy, and the crew's affairs are also busy. Of course, when he signed the agreement, he had a box office share as motivation.

When he arrived at the crew, Shao Shuaijun once again devoted himself to the filming of the movie, without trivial delays, and the progress of the movie was thousands of miles.

With the original version in mind for comparison, Shao Shuaijun was handy to shoot, and everything was in order.

Soon, a month passed, and two-thirds of the footage of the film was completed.

During this period, many media came to visit the class, and most of them wanted to interview Shao Shuaijun, but Shao Shuaijun refused on the grounds that he was busy with work, and then pushed out the leading actors. has Huayi's publicity, has the confidence of "Buried Alive", and the media is also highly concerned about "Crazy Stone", the movie has not yet been filmed, and the leading actors are familiar with each other in major newspapers and entertainment news.

Only Shao Shuaijun lived in seclusion and avoided reporters. If the reporter wants to write his news, there are only two photos over and over again, one taken at the opening ceremony and the other at the celebration banquet. Not even a single photo.

Time flies, this day's shooting is a set of exterior shots, and the location of this set of exterior shots is a bit special, and it needs to be shot on the spiral bridge of the Rongqiao Peninsula. This is the last set of shots in the film, Heipi (played by Huang Bo), who has been hungry for three days, grabs the bread from the bakery according to his style, and the boss rides a motorcycle with a rolling pin to chase after him.

"Huang Bo, Brother Xi, just try it once or twice." Shao Shuaijun sat in the pickup truck and played with the two. Liu Sanxi plays the bakery owner.

Because the spiral bridge is elevated, the traffic flow is relatively large, and the permission to apply for filming has not been obtained, Zhao Cheng personally came forward to go to Yuzhong ~ county government ~ government to run, ran more than a dozen times, and only approved an hour's time. The traffic ~ police force is guarding the entrance under the bridge, and every driver of the car on the bridge is reminded to slow down.

"Attention units, get ready to shoot!"

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