Probably finished talking about the movie - there is nothing to talk about, Xiaobai's first movie created a box office miracle, and then went all the way...

"I am very grateful that the market still has an era, this is the best era for Chinese films, and if you push forward ten years, it is impossible for me to be a director!"

"A student who graduated from the directing major needs to be with the group for at least three to four years, and then work as an assistant director for five or six years before you have the opportunity to direct a film of your own!"

"I had the opportunity to direct films at the age of twenty-three, and if it weren't for the booming market, it wouldn't have been possible!"

Thomas nodded approvingly: "In the United States, the youngest director also needs to go through the tempering of independent films before he has the opportunity to direct commercial films!" ”

"yes, so, I'm lucky."

"What about your acting style? Many people say that you are Jim Carrey of the East, what do you think? ”

Xiaobai waved his hand: "... I didn't deliberately imitate any one of them when I was acting, I was going to direct a movie starring Mr. Jim Carrey, and I found him to be very rhythmic when he acted, probably because he was a stand-up comedian! ”

"But my comedy style is a bit like 'Fight the Condor'!"

"'Retort Condor'?"

"Yes, director Jim Abrams is amazing, a comedy like "Toy Condor" is hard for me to shoot in my life!"

Jim Abrams, "Bald Detective", "Retort Condor", "Laughing Through the Iron Curtain", even the first part of "Screaming Laughter" written by him, directly swiped $150 million at the North American box office!

Comedy is such a thing, it really knows no borders!

Of course, what he's best at is spoofing a lot of movies, and this stuff doesn't work in China, and if you spoof it in China, you'll be scolded for 'people can't be shameless to this extent', and then, in the whole industry, there's no place for you...

"My movies are nonsensical comedy!"

"Nonsensical?"

It means that a person's words and deeds are meaningless and inexplicable. Nonsensical contains at least three meanings: exaggeration, irony and self-deprecation, like Charlie Sheen in "Fighting the Condor", his behavior is completely illogical, but it is just funny! ”

Thomas was noncommittal.

The 1980 movie "Unprecedented Flying in the Sky" created a precedent for Hollywood's nonsensical comedy, and there were three directors who directed this movie, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrams, all three of whom are lovers of Hollywood R-rated comedy!

I must say that "Unprecedented Flying in the Sky", this movie created a miracle, not at the box office, of course, in 1980, "Unprecedented and Absolutely Flying in the Sky" directly won 83 million box office and ranked fourth at the annual box office - the first place is "Star Wars"...

Not to mention the box office for the time being, many of the episodes in this movie have been 'borrowed' by latecomers, and it may be a bit too much to say 'borrowing', for example, the actor Ted told the passengers sitting next to him on the plane about his love history, and the people next to him really couldn't stand his endless talk, the first old lady hanged, the second Japanese seppuku, and the third person set himself on fire... Especially the first one to hang, the subordinate of the Bull Demon King who couldn't stand Tang Seng's verbosity and hanged himself in "Journey to the West" is exactly the same as this...

It can be concluded that the origin of nonsensical movies is Hollywood movies!

Of course, R-rated comedies are certainly not up to the mark, at least in the eyes of an elite like Thomas!

Thomas digressed the subject: "Will you go to Hollywood?" ”

“… Probably not, the future film market must be in China, you are in the United States, you should also see that Hollywood is becoming more and more dependent on the Chinese market, and Hollywood films must abide by our rules if they want to enter China, because it is impossible for them to give up such a large market, so I stay in China, which is no different from the development in Hollywood, we are considering the Chinese market! ”

"But I heard you have two planned English films?"

"Yes, "Man on the Moon" and "One Flew Over the Asylum"!"

After a pause, Xiaobai said: "These two movies are stories rooted in North American culture, and it is impossible for me to adapt them into Chinese stories!" ”

“… You just mentioned the market, as a director, do you think the audience is important or is the film itself important? ”

Xiaobai didn't think about it and answered directly: "It's all very important, without an audience, the movie will lose the soil, creation is like a castle in the air, but the movie itself is also very important, in a sense, the movie is the continuation of the director's thoughts!" ”

"So how do you balance the two?"

“… I don't need to be balanced, my aesthetic is on the same line as the public! ”

……

After chatting for more than two hours, drinking two pots of tea, both of them were a little hungry.

"Let's have some snacks!"

Xiaobai took out biscuits, cakes, apples, and bananas from the refrigerator.

Placed on the coffee table in front of them, the two chatted while eating.

Thomas then asked, "Do you have any other directors besides Jim Abrams?" ”

"Of course, I love Cameron, Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino!"

Then, as if adding, he continued: "My favorite movie is 'Once Upon a Time in America,' and to be honest, I haven't seen that kind of movie in a long time!" ”

"Once Upon a Time in America?"

Thomas was a little surprised, not that he was surprised by "Once Upon a Time in America", but by the judges Bai Xiaofei, who admired Jim Abrams so much, and then actually said that he liked Sergio Leone...

For example, if you say that my goddess is Song Daofeng, my favorite work is "In the Mood for Love"...

Is this Nima comparable?

"But his movies are completely different from your aesthetic..."

"I think you have to see something different when you enjoy movies, although I make comedies, I like to watch some movies of different styles, such as "The Godfather" that I never get tired of watching, for example, David Fincher's movies, there are too many..."

……

Thomas's interviews basically revolve around the two cores of Bai Xiaofei and movies.

He wrote down a lot of things in his notes, he didn't ask Bai Xiaofei's family background, these materials can be found on the Internet, after all, it is the Internet era.

Back at the hotel, Thomas began to edit the content.

After writing down the content of today's interview word for word, he began to summarize his personal views on Bai Xiaofei.

"This is a very confident young man, he has his own aesthetic for movies, and his films have begun to influence Hollywood, "Truman's World" is almost booked for this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film!"

"We noticed him because of "Truman's World", and then Google looked it up, and his personal assets were close to $3 billion, which is a very staggering number, and even more surprising, these assets were accumulated by him in just five years!"

"He's different from a lot of Chinese film companies with deep assets, in North America, he only has a small company that he just started to use to make money..."

Last year, Fan Ye appeared on the cover of "Time", but she was only used as a representative of Chinese films as an introduction to introduce the current situation of the Chinese film market and the process of Chinese companies going to Hollywood to "buy, buy, buy".

More pages mention companies such as Ahri and Wanda.

Bai Xiaofei is different, more space is devoted to introducing himself!