Chapter 721. "Martial Arts"
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On the plane seat, after talking about the relevant historical and cultural topics, Chen Xiaotang and Wang Zuxian discussed the topic of performance. In this regard www.biquge.info Chen Xiaotang can be said to have rich experience, especially rich screen experience, but he has given Wang Zuxian a lot of rare hints, and has a deeper understanding of how to behave in the shooting.
Such a situation seems to be a good sign, but in the hearts of Chen Xiaotang and Wang Zuxian, they feel that although the two people are becoming more and more familiar and understanding, behind this superficial speculation, the distance between the two people as "lovers" is getting closer and closer.
"Actually, Zu'er is also a pretty good girl." Chen Xiaotang thought.
As soon as this kind of thought is there, even if Chen Xiaotang is liberated, the previous embarrassment disappears, and then there is a trace of subtle tenderness.
Chen Xiaotang's subtle changes are not visible to others, but Wang Zuxian, who is beside him, feels it, and his heart is suddenly as sweet as drinking honey, his cheeks are rosy, like a girl in love for the first time, and he is lovely.
The fat man Wang Jing is a natural living treasure, and this guy is also quite bold, daring to talk nonsense with the two big guys, Shangge Yundun and Longer, and tease them from time to time; Like great gods, Shange Yunton and Longer were still holding a shelf before, trying to distinguish their noble "Hollywood superstar" status from these average "Hong Kong stars".
But with the fat man's unscrupulous ridicule of them, this kind of fortress was quickly attacked, the specific reason is that after listening to your funny words, you can't move your fists, only to ridicule each other, but their skills on the lips are obviously very frustrated, and in the end, they are canceled by everyone like a clown.
In this way, the two big guys broke out on the rude side of men, and as for the reserved "superstar" demeanor of Hollywood, the exhaust of the plane that had long followed it disappeared with the wind, like bullshit, worthless.
It is precisely because of the "gags" of these men on the plane that they are not lonely along the way. The plane finally landed at Cairo airport. However, as soon as they got out of the airport, the crew encountered an unexpected blockage. The reason for this blockage is unknown, but the scene is extremely immense, first of all, just looking at the lively crowd is a sea of people, and in addition, there are a large number of police officers who are facing the enemy to maintain order. And the most striking thing in the middle is the huge fleet of luxury vehicles.
From this scene, it can be seen that something extraordinary has happened. If you want to leave for a while, I'm afraid you can't do it, and the members of the crew simply joined in watching the excitement.
After watching it for a long time, everyone was still puzzled and didn't know what was going on.
The fat man Wang Jing is the most active. volunteered to find out the news, and after some investigation, although the result made everyone feel a little surprised, it was actually reasonable.
According to the news obtained by the fat man, it turned out that such a large-scale event was due to the birthday of an Egyptian princess. Many Arab sheikhs came to congratulate them in person. These Arab sheikhs happened to arrive at about the same time as Chen Xiaotang and them, so they happened to be blocked at the airport and couldn't get out.
After knowing what was going on, everyone understood that this matter was in a hurry, and such a scene was also rare, so they simply continued to watch the excitement.
Chiefs dressed in Arabic costumes and their entourage came and went proudly at the airport, followed by a cloud of bodyguards, and the scene was spectacular. Coming to a completely unfamiliar place is full of novelty, and it is a great pleasure to have this lively view.
The movie hasn't started filming yet. The crew members first saw a realistic drama.
After a long period of commotion, the road began to open to ordinary people when the representatives appointed by the various ethnic groups had left safely. It was only then that the crew members were finally able to leave the airport.
Along the way, Chen Xiaotang did not see any white robes wrapped in Arabs riding on camels, and the whole city was very prosperous. More magnificent than Hong Kong, this is Cairo, Egypt, a tourist destination.
There is no such quaint, windy sand. The scorching sun feels hot, but some are fashionable and modern.
The hotel is by appointment. As soon as the crew got out of the airport, they went straight to the hotel they had booked. Coincidentally, when the crew members rushed to the hotel, they found that many chiefs who came to congratulate the princess on her birthday were also staying here. Not to mention anything else, the long queue of luxury cars in front of the hotel is already a big scene---- oil is really profitable. In addition, there are a large number of bodyguards patrolling the vicinity of the hotel, and anyone who wants to enter the hotel must be questioned by them first. This situation immediately reminded Chen Xiaotang of the footage of the Hong Kong gang~ gang film.
The crew of "Assassin's Creed" did not escape the fate of being interrogated, but fortunately, Chen Xiaotang and others identified themselves as filmmakers from Hong Kong, and after some words, they were finally released.
This accident was definitely not expected in advance, and after the toss was completed and the crew members finally moved in safely, everyone couldn't help laughing when they thought of the experience just now. Chen Xiaotang didn't care much about this situation, but the thought of living with wealthy Arab tycoons always made him feel weird.
The journey was tiring, and this unexpected thing happened, except for Chen Xiaotang, the rest of the crew was tired. After dinner, everyone went to rest.
Chen Xiaotang discussed the script with the fat man Wang Jing and director Cheng Xiaodong, as well as the upcoming filming work.
The fat man proposed to go to the filming site first to see if he could collect some shooting materials, but director Cheng Xiaodong had a lot of suggestions for the action of this play, in his opinion, it is necessary to choose one as the focus between hanging Weiya and the real fists and feet.
In the past, Chen Xiaotang filmed "Jingwu Hero" and "Uncle", and they all went through the hard bridge and hard horse kung fu school, but this time "Assassin's Creed" is different, if he continues to work hard and hard horse, it will inevitably affect the "beauty" of this play, so he suggested that the shooting should be romantic, and it is best to be "martial arts" in terms of moves.
Chen Xiaotang doesn't agree with Cheng Xiaodong's point of view, although he understands that Cheng Xiaodong means that he wants to shoot this drama into the model of "Undefeated in the East" in his previous life, but this drama takes the Hollywood route, as we all know, Hollywood science fiction films are very good, but kung fu movies are very white!
If you let a little white taste such a "deep" martial arts movie, I am afraid that with their ability to understand, they will see this drama as the Chinese version of "Superman", to put it more bluntly, the Yankees now have a very scientific mindset, and they have to find excuses for any unreasonable existence. For example, Superman is from Helium, Spider-Man was bitten and mutated, and even Popeye is strong because he eats spinach, and you make them suddenly see a group of people flying around in the sky, waving their palms, it is a stormy wave, with their scientific intelligence, it is difficult to understand the mystery of Chinese martial arts stories. It's just an absurd movie.
In fact, Chen Xiaotang is very correct in thinking this way. Americans like to watch movies, they like to fly around in a sci-fi style, but they don't like to fly around for no reason, you tell them what internal strength is, that's playing the piano to the cow, and then they may ask what are the eight meridians, what acupoints, what are the ...... It's a mess for you, and he's even more confused.
It wasn't until 20 years later, with Americans' understanding of Chinese martial arts films, that the great director Ang Lee filmed the classic "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in a timely manner. Even so, director Ang Lee did not dare to take the "undefeated in the East" route of Cheng Xiaodong during filming, but took the very traditional Shaw Brothers martial arts route in the seventies and eighties, so it made many Chinese audiences seem that this drama was filmed as a bird, and the fight scenes were too child's play, not good at all.
But in fact, it is this kind of "low-level" fighting design that seems to us to be in line with the aesthetic requirements of the old beauties for Chinese-style martial arts at this stage.
Looking back, let's take a look at Hollywood kung fu movies, "Black Hawk" starring Shange Winton, "The King of Fighting", as well as "Thunder Killing" starring Longer, "Dragon Fist and Tiger Might", as well as Steven Siege's "Violent Hidden Dragon", "Devil Warrior", etc., these so-called kung fu movies are almost all tributes to Bruce Lee's kung fu school, and they are purely fighting grappling and boxing, Sanda routes, without the slightest shadow of "martial arts films".
Therefore, the movie model of martial arts only belongs to the Chinese market, and Hollywood only has western cowboys and ring fighting.
Chen Xiaotang told the director Cheng Xiaodong and the fat man Wang Jing about the results of his analysis, and explained to them that it is impossible to take the martial arts route now, and the Yankees will not buy it, and they will ask people why they can fly, why they can beat stones to pieces with a slap, what is "sword energy", and what is "internal strength"......
Cheng Xiaodong is also an understanding person, listening to Chen Xiaotang say this, he pondered in his heart, and he said this reason, he can't forget those ghosts' very low-level kung fu movie appetite in order to make the scene too fancy.
"Ah Tang, there is some truth in what you said, but if we don't shoot like this, how can we shoot to show the essence of our Hong Kong martial arts?" Cheng Xiaodong then asked.
"yes, it seems a little difficult to get those ghosts to buy it." The fat man was also chattering on the side.
Seeing that they were so worried, Chen Xiaotang smiled and said: "I have also considered this, we must control ourselves, don't shoot this drama into a real martial arts drama, on the contrary, we can learn from the material of Japanese ninjas, and portray the assassins in the movie as a master mode that comes and goes without a trace......
Chen Xiaotang had already said it very implicitly, but the fat men Wang Jing and Cheng Xiaodong still understood it immediately, but they immediately retorted: "No, how can we label our movies as Japanese ninjas?!" ”
Yes, how can Chinese kung fu movies help the Japanese public?!
Anyone who listens to it will have such a big reaction.