This script alone made Liu Weiqiang a little moved, and the list of actors that had been finalized. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info made him understand where Lin Mu's confidence came from. The combination of the four major actors, three divas and two youth idols can be said to be the most luxurious cast in the history of Hong Kong films, no wonder Lin Mu opened a production cost of 20 million Hong Kong dollars. Such a big deal is really exciting.

After some consideration, Liu Weiqiang finally agreed to co-direct this unique gangster movie with screenwriter Mak Siu-fai, and Golden Harvest Company immediately announced to the media the news of filming the movie "Infernal Affairs". Classic Hong Kong film themes, big-name directors who are in the limelight, unprecedented casts, and exciting production investment. The start of filming of "Infernal Affairs" is like a bombshell, which has caused a lot of shock in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry.

The scene of the film's launch conference was surrounded by reporters, and people have too many topics of interest in this gangster movie in Xiangjiang at the end of the century. Although they knew that the press conference would be very hot, the organizers still underestimated the enthusiasm of the Xiangjiang media, and originally arranged 200 catties. It turned out that there were not enough seats. The organizer did not coordinate with the hotel where the press conference is now located, and temporarily transferred the blade seats, which barely met the needs of the on-site media reporters.

"Mr. Lin, the first film invested by Golden Harvest after the reorganization chose a movie with a gangster theme, many people think this is an adventure, do you agree with this point of view?. Although Lin Mu is not a figure in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry. He sat at the front desk with the big stars of Xiangjiang, but the media reporters were no less interested in him than the rest of the people present. At the press conference, he was first asked by reporters.

"Indeed, in the preparation stage of the film, I heard a lot of such remarks, and what everyone was most worried about was the current recession of the Hong Kong film market, and I could feel the prevalence of this pessimism in the film industry in Xiangjiang."

"I grew up in the United States, and although I didn't grow up watching Xiangjiang movies, I used to look up to the glory of that era. In Hollywood, there are many Hong Kong filmmakers who are trying to prove the value of Hong Kong films, including successful directors, action directors and of course well-known action stars. While they have achieved achievements and accolades in Hollywood, they have also scattered the seeds of a culture in foreign lands. Perhaps in the near future, Hong Kong Films will also be able to enter Hollywood. To become a favorite film of American audiences, I think this is the future of Hong Kong Cinema." Liu Weiqiang, Liu Weiqiang

"Many people think that the glory of Hong Kong movies is difficult to regain. But I personally think that the depression is just the throes of the transformation of the Xiangjiang film industry, the most difficult period of Xiangjiang films has passed, the so-called phoenix nirvana, reborn from the ashes, I believe that the future of Xiangjiang films will have a qualitative leap.

Waiting will never solve the problem, and Hong Kong filmmakers should show their sincerity to save this sluggish market situation. Golden Harvest invested in the film, preferring to risk failure. I also want to prove to everyone the value of the existence of Hong Kong films! ”

Lin Mu showed Golden Harvest's confidence at the launch conference of the film "Infernal Affairs", and under his drive, the other main creators of the film also expressed their confidence in the film. Compared with the harmony in the starring scenes of other films, and the situation of open and secret battles outside the play, the film "Infernal Affairs" has an unprecedentedly large cast. But all of them showed unprecedented unity.

The filming started smoothly, but Lin Mu had to start busy with another thing at this time. The film "A Chinese Ghost Story: A Strange Love" has completed all post-production in Hollywood. This $100 million, long-term production cycle, and a Chinese-language blockbuster produced by Hollywood and Hong Kong filmmakers was finally premiered in Hong Kong. Except for Michael and Jackson, who were unable to attend the premiere due to schedule problems, the other main swords of the film came to Xiangjiang one after another before the premiere. The producers specially prepared a grand celebration and invited entertainment media from all over the world to make the premiere of the film an international entertainment festival.

The overwhelming publicity companies are launched simultaneously around the world, and people seem to have returned to the time before the release of "Titanic" in a few years. Huge promotional posters for the film appear prominently on the streets of major cities, entertainment newspapers often see many topics about the film, and on the television, Viacom's television network and radio stations across the United States broadcast promotional videos on a rolling roll for hours. The producers have done a lot of work in publicity this time.

For fans around the world, this film has many highlights, and Tsui Hark has sharpened his sword in two years to be comparable to Cameron. The production cycle of the film "A Chinese Ghost Story: A Distant Love" is two years, which is comparable to the time it took James Cameron to produce "Titanic". At a young age, Lin Mu accidentally saw the animated film "Xiao Qian" written and produced by Tsui Hark, and then came up with the idea of making this movie. This time, Tsui Hark filled the old wine in new bottles, changed all the decoctions, judged the play, and the fierce was still the same, and the rivalry between Hong Jinbao and Wu Ma was wonderful. The literary drama also followed the path of how to instigate it, and Tom Cruise and Lin Chiling re-acted the poignant love story on the screen. It's a lot of anticipation.

If Cameron's "Titanic" is a revolution in film history, then the film "A Chinese Ghost Story: The Romance of the World" can also be called the pioneering work of Chinese special effects kung fu movies.

In this film, the most cutting-edge computer special effects technology in Hollywood is condensed, and the fierce fight in the night sky of Xiangjiang is a new realm of visual effects. The person in charge of the special effects of the film Industrial Light & Magic even publicly declared in Hollywood that the visual carnival of the new technology brought to the audience by this film has surpassed the technical level of the special effects of "Titanic" 2 years ago.

The plot of the film is easy to understand, although it is a film that shows the classical love story of the East, it also reflects the core values of Chinese culture. Considering the limited understanding of Chinese culture by foreign audiences, this film does not have the kind of wind and sword spirit that Western audiences cannot understand like in "The Heroes of the Storm".

The whole plot is plain and simple, from a foreign tourist who lost his luggage and accidentally broke into the world of ghosts, accompanied by the emotional changes between him and the heroine from acquaintance to love, and finally the dissipation of Yiren's incense, a typical tragic ending, all the plots are presented at a glance in the plot points and the expressions of the characters, so Tom Cruise has also become the key character in the whole film. Using Hollywood's commercial methods to package China's classical culture is a bold attempt by the producers in this film.

Of course, the most attractive thing about this film is the enthusiastic joining of the king Michael and Jackson, who plays the villain Black Mountain in the film, and only has two appearances in the film, but every scene he appears in is the best in the film, and his personal performance alone occupies two-thirds of the bridge, the scenes are laid out, and the special effects are gorgeous, especially the set of shots in the film where Xiaoqian stands in his palm and dances. It's a classic. But in order to shoot the footage of this ghost city concert, the producer invested 40 million US dollars in production costs. Hundreds of dancers were mobilized to assist in the filming. Michael Jackson sang the song "Xu Xin Kaixu" in the film, and after the film is released, this set of shots will be included in the commemorative version.

The premiere ceremony was star-studded, and under repeated questions from reporters, director Tsui Hark talked about the two classic rival scenes in the film with great interest. "The emotional drama between Miss Lin and Mr. Tom Cruises is the main thread that runs through the whole play, and Miss Lin has the experience of studying abroad. So there is no problem with her communication with Mr. Tom Cruise. Sometimes Cruise doesn't understand the requirements of me and the photographer very well, and Miss Lin will take the initiative to act as a turner for us. ”

Tsui Hark also affirmed Lin Chiling's performance in the play, "Miss Lin's biggest advantage is that she is willing to endure hardships, and among all the actors, her performance is the hardest, because she plays a female ghost." She floats in the air in all the shots at will, and during the filming period, she has to hang on the tightrope for four or five hours a day, and I think it is very valuable for an actress to have this kind of persistence! ”

"Although Miss Lin is not from a professional background. But the foundation of acting is very good, and she herself also has that serious and studious attitude, which is her second point. She was able to grasp some of the details of the performance I told her in every play. Every time she finished a set of shots, she always walked up to me and the assistant director to ask how she was acting. What is not enough. A lot of the scenes are just a few small flaws, but she still asks for reshoots. In every scene, everyone in the crew can feel her progress. By the end of the film, in fact, I don't need to say anything more, she can already show her understanding of the plot very well, I think she is a very spiritual and perceptive actor

Later, Tsui Hark also took the initiative to break the inside information, at the end of the film, Xiaoqian sacrificed herself to expose herself to the sun in order to save the actor who fell off the reincarnation train, and finally dissipated in the hero's arms in a kiss. Most people would think that this was Lin Chiling's first kiss on the screen, but Tsui Hark shook his head and denied this statement. He said that this set of shots was completely composed of pure computer special effects, and the scenes of the two were separated in the studio. In the end, the computer is perfectly integrated, and the combined footage is almost to the point of being fake.

Compared with the cooperation of Lin Chiling and Tom Cruise, the rivalry between Hong Jinbao and Wu Ma is more realistic, in Hong Jinbao's own words, the two of them are basically still fighting in the film, but they are not as ruthless as in the previous films.

"I was with the two of them discussing how to play the action scenes in this film, but the plan we had initially discussed went wrong with the special effects production team, and the technical staff in charge of special effects production of Industrial Light & Magic couldn't understand our thoughts, like some sword qi that appeared in the cartoon or something, they couldn't understand what it was all about, let alone make that effect."

"Then the producer also gave us some suggestions, and they still hope that we can fight with real guns, and foreign audiences will understand this. In the end, we came up with a compromise plan, the two of them still only had to fight on the reincarnation train, it was a real duel of several peaks, although the shooting was in the studio, but in the end the audience may have seen a wonderful fight at a height of several thousand meters! ”

"It's hard for Western audiences to understand the fantasy, but they believe in science. So in this film, there are really not many special effects applied to the two of them, but in the "mount" of the two of them, the special effects production team has spent a lot of effort. In the film, Yan Chixia rides on the Taoist Shinto, and in the cartoon it is a Chinese Taoist version of the robot. In the movie, we further strengthened the robot's capabilities, it is equipped with a laser cannon, and it can also fire missiles, of course, those missiles are quite Chinese-like. There are even some hilarious episodes. It's all derived from the capabilities of this robot. ”

"Then the lotus platform flying machine that Monk Baiyun is riding, in the film you will find that this prop will have a huge change, and even its powerful function is no less than the huge Dao Shinto. It can be said that the two people have major differences in the concept of subduing demons and eliminating demons, whether it is their "mounts or the means of casting spells, they are endowed with technological elements." As Yan Chixia's lines in the film said, now monks have to look at a diploma, and of course high-tech is also needed to eliminate demons, I think this is the biggest highlight of the two rivalry in the film! ”

Then a reporter asked about the difference between Tsui Hark's original cartoon and the current movie, "The main change is the setting of the finale, although it is a tragic ending, but this does not affect the main tone of the whole film is lighthearted." Audiences who have not watched the original cartoon will not have any difficulty in understanding the plot; And viewers who have watched the original movie will find a lot of new things in this movie. Especially in cartoons, the emotional scenes of the male and female protagonists are relatively weak, and now in this movie, the relationship between the male and female protagonists has always been the main line of the film. From love at first sight to parting with life and death, the emotional drama is full of tension. In a word, if I give this movie a full score, then I give the emotional drama in the play a score of ninety-nine! ”