"The Wind Listener" is actually quite sincere!

If there is no sincerity, Mak Zhaohui and Zhuang Wenqiang will not use Liang Chaowei.

After "The Wind", spy movies have become a new trend.

And then..."East Storm" ran into problems again after that - review!

Because of the United Front issue, there are many things that can't be done...

It's obviously a revolutionary historical theme, and the language is unknown all the way...

Therefore, "The Wind Listener" directly abandons faith and only talks about 'part-time jobs', which is very likely to blur the political background of the civil war, leaving only a very vague framework of confrontation between friend and foe.

"Everyone is looking for something to eat", "Everyone is the master of his own affairs, but he just works part-time." ”

Therefore, putting aside ideology and political beliefs, "Listener to the Wind" is still the police and gangster film model that Mai Zhuang and the others are good at...

They really worked hard to make the most of the story of "The Wind Listener" for their own use. But the more you try, the more you prove in the climactic passage that these efforts are always in vain.

It is very much in line with the public's perception of Hong Kong films: beautiful environments, ever-changing costumes, and touching love scenes...

But it's useless, "Listener to the Wind" is a spy war!

The original book was originally very good, but the movie made was not the slightest moving. When the character of Zhou Xun died, he didn't feel it at all...

proves that Hong Kong directors are not good at this theme!

Pulling it back, there was naturally an interview in the interview area, mentioning "Painted Skin 2", Shen Xudong explained: ""Painted Skin 2" continues the theme of painted skin, and at the same time expands the world view of Liaozhai..."

"We will definitely continue to do the "Liao Zhai" series of movies, Hollywood can make series, we can make movie universes, there is no reason why we can't do Chinese films!"

"Of course I hope the higher the box office, the better..."

After a brief chat, Shen Xudong left the interview area - he still has to participate in the industry forum!

……

In fact, the discussion about "Hunting" in the circle mainly focused on Shen Xudong, Shen Xudong is the producer, screenwriter, and producer, and even in the early days of the film, it was Shen Xudong's name that was mainly promoted...

It took a while to be released before it was replaced by Wen Muye + Chen Daoming.

This is normal, because Shen Xudong = quality + box office!

The theater chain bought it, and many fans are willing to believe it.

Therefore, many insiders have summarized Wen Muye as a lucky one...

When he arrived at the forum, the host He Ping asked this question at the beginning, and Shen Xudong shook his head: "Wen Muye, like me, grew up watching Hong Kong films, European movies, and American movies.

But we have taken commercial genre films as our creative direction, because we firmly believe that movies are made for people to watch. ”

"Therefore, I am very relieved that the movie "Hunting" was handed over to him, because he told the story from a head-up perspective, not from a top-down perspective, let alone from an upward perspective, and many of our directors told the story from a top-down perspective!"

"Wen Muye and I both like "The White-Haired Girl" very much, and we think this movie is good because of the empathy, so "The White-Haired Girl" was performed in the liberated area that year, and it was welcomed by the People's Liberation Army and the masses, which can make the soldiers so excited that they want to shoot the actors... We also like "Ma Dashuai"... Nowadays, many so-called movies that reflect the poverty of the people, the people don't watch them at all, and in their bones they look down on them, just like the attitude of Western society towards third world countries..."

"I'm obviously a spectator, but I still have to say that I am speaking for the bottom..."

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong glanced at Jia Zhangke, who was sitting next to him: "Director Jia, does what I said make sense?" ”

Jia Zhangke was a little embarrassed: "... But we filmmakers should always leave something behind..."

"I think if you leave something, it's better to see what Hong Kong movies are leaving now, I want to say "Caged People", "Spring Dawn in a Dangerous Building", guess how many people know about these movies?"

"Okay, without talking about that, our topic today is when the New Wave Meets Hollywood! Who starts first? Let's be handsome! ”

Then Wang Xiaoshuai talked about the problems encountered in "Me 11".

"Me 11" is actually a Sino-French co-production, and the filming funds are mainly provided by France, ARTE France - French art channel.

By the way, Lou Ye and Zhang Jian have both received their sponsorship.

"Me 11" is distributed by Fujian Hengye, Fujian Hengye started as a horror film and thriller, and has experience and channels for film distribution, and it is entirely possible for "Me 11" to spread out to cinemas across the country...

There is no problem here, and then Wang Xiaoshuai began to complain about the poor results on the first day, the theater did not schedule films and there was online piracy...

He Bing interrupted him: "Xudong is also a theater line, how is the theater film schedule arranged?" ”

Shen Xudong thought for a while and said: "Before the release of the film, the film distributor and the theater will negotiate the amount of films. But in screenings, if the film sells well, it will increase the number of films scheduled. Note that it's the sales of the film, not the word of mouth, and of course, the scheduling of films can sometimes be affected by politics..."

"Then why is there a three-day tour?"

"Generally speaking, regardless of whether there is publicity or not, there will basically be a schedule in the theater for the first three days of a new film's release, but there are many new films released every week, and the number of screening rooms in the theater is limited, so only which movie can be screened with high attendance. In fact, there are many movies now known as "three-day tours in the theater", basically not for one day, so they will not be scheduled..."

"Do you think it's fair?"

“… It's not fair or unfair, the theater model at this stage is actually a real estate model, basically where there is a shopping mall, where there is a theater, but the rent of the shopping mall is very expensive, taking the five Golden Harvest Cinemas in Shanghai as an example, the highest rent is 9 million a year, and the lowest is 6 million... Moreover, they want to continue to rise next year, plus water and electricity, employee salary expenses, equipment updates... Spend at least 15 million a year...

We have to line up movies that can make money, otherwise, there is no way to survive at all! ”

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong spread his hands: "Even survival can't be solved, who has the leisure time to care about the so-called art?" This is a very real problem! ”

"Then let the art film disappear?"

"Art films will not disappear, there is a word called one and the other, there will be highs and lows, and now literature and art are replaced by popularity, and it must be the development of literature and art that has reached a bottleneck, which has caused the same aesthetic fatigue, resulting in the new, strange, special, and fast of popular becoming an advantage. When the crowd wants to see a deeper message, and it happens that the culturally rich art has also found a breakthrough, the right time, place and people work together, and a new round of Renaissance will come..."

The host He Ping hurriedly said: "Speaking of Hollywood, does Xudong think that the increase in Hollywood movies is a good thing or a bad thing for Chinese films?" ”

"Good thing!"