"Happy Times" is a simple story, about the life of ordinary little people in society, and the flatness of the plot will make people feel that this is not like Zhang Yi's work.

In terms of directing ability, Zhang Yi is not very good at storytelling, his strength lies in photographic composition, which is also a common problem of other directors with photography background.

In order to fit the story theme of "Happy Times", Zhang Yimou's composition is not too shown in this film, except for a top-down shot in the container, which can be seen to be his style, most of the time the photography is very plain.

It can be seen that "Happy Times" is Zhang Yimou's affirmation of those inconspicuous little people in the urban crowd, and this intention is undoubtedly good.

"Happy Times" was selected to be released on December 31, it must have wanted to make a difference in the Chinese New Year, and when the film started filming, the news of the "Happy Girl Draft" was copied and attracted the attention of many people.

Overall, "Happy Times" is a very good movie, taking the literary route from warmth to human nature, and the plot is suitable for all ages, which is very moving.

But from a commercial point of view, there is nothing appealing about this movie, and although the stories of ordinary little people are touching, they are not commercially entertaining.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

After the screening of "Happy Times", there was warm applause at the scene.

"Director Zhang, congratulations!"

Fang Yan applauded and said to Zhang Yi: "This is a very good movie, and I have gained a lot after watching it." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yi shook his head with a smile: "You kid, don't just say good things, give some advice." ”

Fang Yan scratched his head and said with a chicken thief face: "I don't have any opinions for the time being, I need to buy tickets to watch it a few more times, and then I can give my opinion." ”

Zhang Yi couldn't cry or laugh: "You kid is really a monkey spirit, don't offend people at all." ”

The conversation between the two ended here, and Zhang Yi took the crew on the stage to express his gratitude to the audience.

"It's worthy of Zhang Yi, the level is high."

"Well, especially this ending, I really like it."

Hearing the discussion of the people around him, Fang Yan felt some emotion in his heart.

In fact, there is a very interesting thing, there are two endings of "Happy Times" in the original time and space, and the ending of the screening just now is the first: the factory was demolished, Lao Zhao took the blind girl to sit on the ruins together, and in the roar of the machine, Lao Zhao read "Father's Letter" to the blind girl, and the story came to an abrupt end.

This scene is very artistic, the "beautiful lie" is ruthlessly pierced under the impact of reality, and then there is false hope in the desperate environment, this ending pierces the hearts of many viewers.

However, when "Happy Times" was released later, overseas distributors who bought the rights to the film believed that this ending was too ordinary and not conducive to the market box office.

Art and money are two issues that many directors can't balance, in order to be recognized by overseas distributors, Zhang Yi had to modify the ending and make up for the second ending: Lao Zhao accidentally had a car accident, and the blind girl left without saying goodbye in order not to drag people down after knowing the truth.

At the end of the revision of "Happy Times", in order to sensational the audience, a car accident was forced to happen, which also caused controversy among many fans about the film. At the end of the revised version, the quality of the movie also dropped a lot.

Under the pressure of the same type of film works, this "Happy Times", which was deleted at the end, finally sank in the long river of mainland films.

Among the film works directed by Zhang Yi, this film should be the least well-known, and most people don't know that there is such a movie.

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After the premiere of "Happy Times", Zhang Yi deliberately left Fang Yan behind and found a quiet place to start chatting.

"Come, Director Fang, please sit down, I'll make you a pot of tea!"

What Fang Yan didn't expect was that Zhang Weiping also stayed with him as a companion, which was a bit surprising.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Yi suddenly asked, "Xiao Fang, what do you think of the Oscars in the past two days?" ”

Just a few days ago, the 73rd Academy Awards announced the list of nominees, which was originally just a very ordinary thing for Chinese filmmakers, after all, it has little to do with everyone.

But no one expected that a huge surprise happened, the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Li Press was nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film and other heavyweight awards.

After learning the news, the entire Chinese film industry was boiling, and everyone began to discuss "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" hotly.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was nominated for an Oscar, which must be a good thing!"

Fang Yan took a sip of tea and said with a slight smile: "To put it bluntly, this movie is made according to the taste of Westerners, and I believe it will achieve good results in the Oscars." ”

Zhang Yi continued to ask: "Oh...... How many prizes do you think it can win? ”

"Well...... this"

Fang Yan pretended to think about it and replied: "I think the best picture is unlikely, but the best foreign language film should be no problem." ”

"In addition, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" may also win several technical awards, which is also in line with the style of the Oscars to divide the cake."

Historically, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has won a total of four awards, namely Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Original Soundtrack, and Best Cinematography.

Zhang Yimou nodded slightly, he himself thought so.

"Xiao Fang, how do you feel about filming "No Thieves in the World" this time and cooperating with Liu Dehua and Guan Zhilin, two Xiangjiang stars?"

"It's good, both of them are excellent actors."

Fang Yan touched his chin, thought about it and said: "Especially Liu Dehua, he is very dedicated, he has no star shelf at all, and the two of us have a very happy cooperation." ”

After hearing Fang Yan's answer, Zhang Yi was silent, he held his head with his hand, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

At this time, Zhang Weiping, who was next to him, suddenly said: "Director Fang, can you introduce Liu Dehua to us?" ”

Wait, what does that mean?

Fang Yan frowned in confusion, and the topic he said before came to mind: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Oscar, Xiangjiang star......

Thinking of this, he instantly had an answer in his heart.

Seeing Fang Yan's confused look, Zhang Yi explained with a smile: "That's the case, I plan to make a martial arts movie, and the main actors want to invite stars from Xiangjiang." ”

Yes, I guessed right!

Fang Yan immediately understood that the martial arts movie Zhang Yi said was the first real domestic commercial blockbuster - "Hero".

"Hero" is the first commercial film shot by Zhang Yi since he became a director, and its appearance also represents the Chinese film industry, which has entered the "blockbuster" era of big directors, big stars, big scenes, and big investment.

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