Chapter 115: Reminder
Shen Xudong likes Jiang Wen a lot, the premise is... Don't work with him! Jiang Wen is probably the most unique one among domestic directors.
Generally speaking, domestic directors are divided into five categories: the first category is that they don't even go to the set much, lying in the hotel and watching the monitors, and there is still the residual heat of the supporting actresses in the quilt next to them; the second type, who has not studied or grown for many years, and still tosses around with the old methods of decades ago, intending to cover up their ignorance through so-called efforts; There is also a group of people who go to various capital bosses all day long to let out their mouths, thinking about how to deceive the upper and lower levels to engage in projects.
What these three directors are best at is to talk about artistic life in front of all kinds of laymen, and as for the effect, it must naturally be full of loopholes.
Jiang Wen is considered to be the fourth category: an acute triangle that has flown up, and if he really wants to make a commercial film, it will look unstable.
The fifth category is the doers who are far away from the boastful and lustful dogs and horses in the circle... Of course, at the beginning, there were still many directors in the fifth category, but unfortunately, with the explosion of works, many people automatically entered the first three categories!
Jiang Wen is different, you see, few people compare him with other directors... Shen Xudong can understand Jiang Wen's current state of mind... Mania!
I held it for five or six years and made a movie... Shen Xudong vaguely felt that a movie like "The Sun Also Rises", Jiang Wen had a point in his heart!
Do you know if your film is suitable for the market? It's okay, although I said a few words, but I didn't get started... I suppressed my desire to do it!
The real arrogance is after "Let the Bullets Fly"... It's completely a superior-style narcissistic self-congratulation, and it seems that he wants to play a grand narrative and put on a high posture that you can't guess Lao Tzu......... Shen Teng is probably the lowest coffee among all the actors in the crew!
A pure newcomer. Shen Xudong took care of him very much when he was shooting... The character is Hai Zhaofeng, a very righteous and cowardly policeman.
Also... The only one to die! The plot kills! One has to die. He is honest in the crew, reading the script all the time and memorizing lines... There is nothing to study about the role of Hai Zhaofeng, just perform it normally... Shen Xudong would occasionally chat with him, and most of the time, he chatted with Gong Li... Most of the actors are busy with their own work.
For example, now, Ge You and Feng Xiaogang are discussing "The Sun Also Rises" around Jiang Wen...
"How much did you spend on The Sun?"
“… More than 30 million! ”
"That's... Not much! Indeed, judging from Jiang Wen's habits, making a movie at a cost of more than 30 million is indeed not expensive!
You must know that in "Sunny Day", he dared to spend more than 5 million US dollars - a few minutes of farewell at the airport in the first few minutes of "Yangcan", the material was taken for more than three hours, and a photo of Ning Ning placed the head of the bed and took one.
"The Devil is Coming" cost more than 40 million, and the roof was specially transported from Shanxi, and in order to shoot the special effect of cutting off the head, several special cameras that can be rolled and shot were specially imported from the United States.
When it came to "The Sun", it was actually done with more than 30 million? This... Is this still Jiang Wen? Jiang Wen sighed: "In the current film environment, it's too difficult to attract some investment..." Next time you look for Xudong, this guy is rich! As he was talking, Shen Xudong came over: "What are you talking about?" ”
"In Liaojiangwen's new film..."
"Oh..., "The Sun Also Rises?" Shen Xudong joined: "I heard that the chairman of this year's Venice Film Festival is Ah Mou..."
"Ah?" Jiang Wen was a little surprised... This is stable! He felt that with his relationship with Ah Mou, he was nine out of ten!
In an interview, I said: 20 years ago, Ah Mou and I sweated like rain in the sorghum field to shoot "Red Sorghum"; 10 years ago, I participated in the filming of "Something to Say".
After filming "Something to Say", when everyone left a message to say goodbye, I wrote: 'Yimou, I will accompany you to the countryside, I will accompany you to the city......' Ten years later, I understood the words in the ellipsis: 'Ah Mou wants to wait for me in Venice'!
They are all mixed up with the big three and know what the so-called awards are all about - the chairman of the jury has the final say!
Shen Xudong... Add: "But I also heard that this year's Venice main competition unit has Liamine's "Lust and Caution"..."
"Liamine?"
"Hmm... Li Amine has a very good relationship with Ah Mou, and both of them are considered Jiang Zhiqiang to shoot blockbusters..."Jiang Wen interjected: "What is "Lust and Caution"? I always heard about it some time ago. ”
"It's just that a female student originally wanted to seduce the traitor and kill him, but she didn't expect to be physically conquered... When the last assassination moment came, he suddenly reminded the traitor to leave quickly, and the traitor ran away, and shot him mercilessly along with his partners..."
"Huh? This... Can this kind of shoot too? ”
"Zhang Ailing's original book is so virtuous..."Lust and Caution" is not bad, at least the heroine was killed, and there is another kind of heroine who fell in love with the invader... It expresses a love that transcends race, class, politics, and war..."
"Stop, stop! How can there be such a story? ”
"Go Girl", I heard that she has won a lot of awards... By the way, the author's name is Yan Ni, a BJ person... Now it seems to be a trip to France! "Travel to France... After getting a French visa, she can think about love and freedom from the perspective of all mankind, so she can write this kind of 'great love' work!
I heard that there is a prepared script, the background is to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and the main plot is also love - to express the friendship between China and the United States... Ge You interjected: "Don't talk about this, I think you should contact Ah Mou..." Jiang Wen shook his head: "No, I don't need these with him... And there is only one mainland film this year, there is no reason why he should not contribute to the only shortlisted film in the mainland! Shen Xudong said euphemistically: ""Lust and Caution" is also a domestic film... And Ah Mou admires Li Amine very much, and Li Amine's first award-winning work "The Wedding Banquet" was awarded to him by Ah Mou..."
“… So? ”
"I mean... Never mind... I'll tell you something! Shen Xudong changed the topic: "Jing Tian will come later, Hu Jun, you take her, she has a very poor acting foundation..." Then why did you come to her? ”
"Our play... People invested! ”
"Yo? The coal boss's junior? ”
"No," Shen Xudong shook his head: "It's what she invested... She loves the play..."...... Regarding the failure of "The Sun Also Rises", Jiang Wen should be very disappointed!
even filled in a song "Nian Nujiao" to respond to the defeat: Yunfei is rising, could it be that Wuliu brought news?
One generation comes, one generation goes, and the sun rises as usual. The prodigal son, the emperor and the general, went without a trace.
Qingshan is charming, and only a few dramas remain. Now my generation is singing wildly, don't pretend to be good, don't brag. Dare to ride idle clouds, catch wild cranes, and play the flute with Wuling people.
I love spring, spring seduces me, tempts me to taste fairy. The romance is like this, no matter what day he is. Don't pretend, don't brag.
It was a wake-up call he gave himself. But... Maybe it's the stimulation that "The Sun Also Rises" gave him, that's why there is "Let the Bullets Fly"...