"It's an international film. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info We not only have actors from Hong Kong/Hong Kong, but also actors from Taiwan/Bay and Hollywood. There are even superstars like Michael Jackson joining to help. It's not that Hong Kong actors alone can't make good films, but we also need to cater to the wider market. This is Tsui Hark's own statement.

"Miss Lin plays Xiaoqian in the film, and the heroine plays a very heavy role, what are Miss Lin's expectations for this film?" Tsui Hark's answer shifted the reporter's attention to Lin Chiling, and although she had said her own opinion on the film many times in front of the media before, some reporters still took the trouble to throw this question out.

"This is the first time I have played a classic role like Xiaoqian in a movie, I feel quite pressured, after all, there are already very good actors in front of me to create a classic image, which is not only my role model, but also my motivation, so my biggest wish now is to act in this movie wholeheartedly, in other aspects, I really didn't think much about Lin Chiling answered this reporter's question with a smile, her attitude was as humble and polite as ever, and her tone was as gentle as a spring breeze, which made people feel good.

"You used to be a Taoist, but now you have become a monk, does this change make you feel uncomfortable?" The microphone was handed to the afternoon horse.

"At the beginning, Director Xu found me, and I thought I would still let me play Yan Chixia, but when we met, I found that Brother Jinbao was also there, but I felt that the role might change this time.

Director Xu said that it is boring to always play a Taoist, so that the future drama will be narrower. Then he asked me if I was interested in playing a monk this time and playing against Brother Jinbao. Because Brother Jinbao has already agreed to play Yan Chixia, Brother Jinbao and I are old partners, and there should be no problem in cooperation, I thought about it and finally agreed. ”

Wuma has been Hong Jinbao's assistant for a long time, and the two of them naturally talked and laughed when they got together. asked about Wu Ma, how could the reporter let go of Hong Jinbao sitting next to him, this is a big brother in the Hong Kong/Hong Kong film industry, the reporter is very curious, how did Tsui Hark invite this great god.

"The main thing is that I feel that this opportunity is rare, and when Tsui Hark found me, he didn't say anything else, but told me that this movie was invested and shot by Paramount, not an ordinary big deal, and he also asked me to be a martial arts instructor. I'm not very familiar with Hollywood's production model, and the Internet has this opportunity. So I agreed. Hong Jinbao's answer was very direct.

Not only did the music superstar bring him and ILM's special effects troupe what they thought was an elaborate dance interlude for the film "Ghost Story, A Secret Story", but he was also preparing to make Hong Kong the first stop on his global tour. Before Michael Jackson's plane landed, media reporters and fans were already waiting outside the airport early, and in order to maintain order at the scene, the Hong Kong police had to dispatch a large number of police forces to maintain order at the scene.

A team of bodyguards firmly surrounded Michael and Jackson in the middle, but even so, enthusiastic fans were still unwilling to give up this opportunity to get close to the idol. Michael Jackson, who was wearing sunglasses, kept waving to the audience, because there were too many fans who came to the scene, the convoy that came to greet him was surrounded by congested fans, and finally under the escort of the police car dispatched by the Hong Kong/Hong Kong police, Michael Jackson's car was able to leave the airport smoothly.

Due to the delay on the road, when Michael Jackson arrived at the hotel, Lin Mu and Tsui Hark had been waiting here for a while. Despite the fatigue of the journey, after the two parties got to know each other, Michael Jackson couldn't wait to introduce them to the creative concept of the ghost town concert choreographed by him in the film.

Michael Jackson's idea was bold. But with the technical support of Industrial Light & Magic, all this can be realized, and the only problem now is that Michael Jackson's idea is far beyond the budget of Lin Mu, less than a minute of film footage. The proposal he proposed would cost $40,000. As soon as this figure was proposed, Tsui Hark looked at Lin Mu with great embarrassment, if the budget investment was not increased, nearly one-eighth of the total investment would be spent on such a play. What about the lenses that require a lot of computer effects?

$40,000 is not a small amount, and even the total investment of Hong Kong films that can be called big productions is so much, which makes Lin Mu have to carefully consider the pros and cons of it, if you want to continue to invest more, then the final production cost of the film is likely to be similar to Paramount's other film "Titanic" that is being filmed. Ke Linmu knew that he was so confident in investing in "Titanic" because this film would bring him $100 million in box office revenue. And the film they are discussing now is still unknown how much box office it will be able to get in the end.

Lin Mu did not immediately give Michael Jackson and Tsui Hark an accurate answer, and he needed some time to think about it, and the matter needed to be further consulted with Paramount's board of directors. At the same time, the financial situation in Southeast Asia deteriorated further, and at the beginning of the Butterfly, Malaysia abandoned its efforts to defend the ringgit. The Singapore dollar, which has always been strong, has also taken a hit. The woods in Hong Kong already faintly felt the smell of gunpowder before the war.

Paramount's board of directors quickly fed back to Hong Kong, and the board of directors rarely had some disagreements on this matter, and to Lin Mu's surprise, the always conservative president Brad Gray actually publicly expressed his support for him this time.

Brad Gray's attitude was a key factor in the Board's final resolution. The Board of Directors finally decided whether to make additional investments. The decision is in the hands of the woods.

Afterwards, Lin Mu and Brad Gray had a phone call, in which Brad Gray only asked Lin Mu three questions. "If the board of directors refuses to make additional investment, will it affect the filming of the entire film?"

"Yes!"

"If it affects the filming of the film, will you put pressure on the board?"

"Yes!"

"So do you have faith in the film?"

"Yes!"

"Very well, that's exactly what I had answered. I think you must be very curious why I support you unreservedly in this matter, for a simple reason: first of all, in the game between the board of directors of the company and you, the head office is without exception biased in favor of you, and the resolution of the board of directors is really just a formality for you. Of course, I'm a bit direct about that, but that's the truth. Secondly, a huge amount of money has been invested in this film, which is a cost that has already been paid. The company now has only two options: either make additional investment and then make a masterpiece; I believe that the film can also be completed on the basis of the original budget, but I doubt that such a film will be made to satisfy the audience. Sniper, please don't be surprised by my sudden change of attitude, at Paramount, our fundamental interests are aligned.

"Please don't make me regret this choice, I'm sure you can do it". Before hanging up the phone, Brad Gray said softly, he said such a thing at this time, which can be regarded as a kind of support for Lin Mu.

With the support from Paramount, Xiao Bian decided to add $10,000 to the original shooting budget, which made Michael and Jackson and Tsui Hark very satisfied. With financial security, the filming of the film "A Chinese Ghost Story: A Lost World" began to get on track. In order to take care of Michael and Jackson's schedule, the film first started filming with two scenes in which the old demon of Montenegro appeared, one was the concert of the old demon of Montenegro in the ghost town, and the other was the fierce battle before the reincarnation train to the door of reincarnation. These two scenes. are the highlights of the whole film.

Just as the film "A Chinese Ghost Story: The Love of Another World" began to enter the intense shooting, a heavyweight blockbuster in the United States also opened the gorgeous curtain of Hollywood movies in the summer. The dinosaur frenzy that Lin Mu and Spielberg teamed up to bring to the audience once again shocked the stage. Compared with "Jurassic Park" five years ago, the sequel "The Lost World" directed by Spielberg has been greatly improved in terms of special effects technology, and in terms of visual impact, Spielberg has put a lot of effort into it this time.

The huge success of "Schindler's List" pushed Spielberg's prestige in the film industry to the extreme. In the two years since he took a break from the tube, Spielberg has been carefully selecting his next works. The box office myth of the year left a deep and fond memory for Universal, and the success of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series of films gave them a taste of the sweetness of big-budget films. With Paramount leaving Universal alone, Universal is also preparing his own big-budget film, and shooting the sequel to "Body Raji Park" is their first choice.

Accepting Lin Mu's proposal that year, Universal kept the exterior of "Jurassic Park" during the filming, and then opened a dinosaur park on that small island, and the proceeds of these could have already made up for the investment in the entire film at that time. With ready-made filming conditions, the sequel to "Jurassic Park" was naturally put on Universal's schedule. Universal's executives soon began discussing a sequel with Spielberg with promising commercial prospects.

But Spielberg was still a little hesitant, because Lin Mu declined the invitation to create a sequel, and in Spielberg's opinion, in addition to the huge success of the film that year, Lin Mu's script conception also contributed to it. Knowing that Michael Clayton was going to create a sequel to "Sister Rocky Park" and named it "The Lost World", Spielberg finally made up his mind.

He once explained his idea for a sequel at a press conference: "I'm a big fan of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel 'The Lost World,' and I peck at the novel idea of incorporating the prehistoric world into it, because it's a pre-event world that exists in the pre-present world, not a fenced landscape, not a theme park, but a world that has no human invention." For me. Without a great story, Jurassic Park can only be a good memory. ”

"It's the audience that counts." Spielberg hopes that this sequel film will give the audience pure fun. With this creative idea in mind, the film looks familiar and different, pushing imagination and technology to the extreme in the midst of breathtaking image strangeness.

Xu Qian's "Jurassic Park" ushered in a new era of visual effects with the perfect fusion of exquisite four technologies and advanced mechanical and electronic models. And after many years, audiences who have long been accustomed to computer special effects want to see more than just live dinosaurs, so Spielberg insists that the sequel's starting point should be story, not technology.

At the time of writing Jurassic Park, Lin Mu raised the question of how humans managed to control nature. Michael Clayton digs further into this topic. So this film not only continues the game between man and nature in the first film, but also further explores the ethics of cloning. Coincidentally, during the post-production stage of the film, the world's first cloned sheep was born in the United Kingdom.

At the release of the film's new film, Spielberg expressed regret that the sequel could not continue to work with Lin Mu, saying that Michael Clayton is also an excellent screenwriter, but he did not compare Clayton and Lin Mu in the same position, perhaps in his eyes. There is still a gap between Clayton and the woods.

Although the promotion of the film continued the high profile of the first part, Spielberg's box office estimate of the film was very conservative at the press conference. Because if you really want to say transcendence, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, or several new Paramount films that are being filmed, are the real benchmark for Hollywood commercial films! ”

The film "Jurassic Park" The Lost World" despite being in the premiere week! But the final box office results were somewhat unsatisfactory, and the global box office revenue of the film stopped at $800 million within a month of its release. Critics also commented on the film, "Compared to Jurassic Park, the dinosaurs in this film are more realistic. But other aspects are overshadowed, Spielberg made this film only to scare and please the audience! ”

Whether it is Universal or Spielberg himself, he is not very satisfied with this result, compared with the filming of the previous film, the return on investment of "Jurassic Park: The Lost World" is obviously greatly discounted, at this time Spielberg began to miss the days when he worked with Lin Mu, sometimes he even envied James Cameron, his cooperation with Lin Mu again and again, the box office results of the movie have also hit new highs, maybe in a few years, when people mention Hollywood movies, the first thing that comes to mind is no longer him, It's James Cameron. (To be continued.) )