In late October, the filming of "The Undertaker" was basically over.

Su Changqing originally planned to finish filming "The Undertaker" in three months, which was relatively relaxed, but most of the shots were completed in less than two months, and some winter exterior scenes were added in the later stage.

After all, this is a plot without any big scenes, and there are no complicated props and sets, even if you take out the spirit of making a blockbuster, it is nowhere to use.

Some things are not the same as he imagined, for example, when he really filmed, he found that some of the original storyboard designs were too sensational and too showy, and the shooting effect was not good.

In addition, all the cast and crew are very hardworking, and they cherish the opportunity to cooperate with Ken Takakura to participate in big productions, and often work overtime.

Of course, it can also be understood that most of the employees are dragging their families with their families, and they can't stand working outside for a long time, and the filming must have been completed in a month before, and even the post-production is done, and they all want to go home early in a hurry.

Takeshi Kitano's "Thief Family" only started filming in mid-October, and Su Changqing went to visit the class several times.

It should be said that he went to work a few times, and as a screenwriter, he should have followed the crew, but he was too busy, so he could only show up every now and then to solve some script details, which is a special case.

"Thief Family" has a lot of indoor scenes, and Takeshi Kitano also chose the real scene, which was filmed in a remote alley in Tokyo's Edogawa district.

Every time Su Changqing goes, he looks like a devil entering the village, and someone can find him from afar, and then the figure flickers and babbles, very much like he is doing something unseemly.

"The screenwriters who dare to work like this in Japan are probably the only ones and Changqing-kun. ”

Takeshi Kitano said this more than once, and he didn't know whether he was proud or a little dissatisfied when he listened to the tone.

The heroine he chose for "Thief Family" is not bad, called Yumi Ohgi, although she is not beautiful, but she has a unique flavor and smiles charmingly.

Takeshi Kitano said: "I came from a lower class, and I know very well what such a woman is like. ”

He does understand that his understanding of the script is very good, and the temperament of Ikumi Oki is similar to that of the heroine of the original work, and Su Changqing is also very satisfied.

In addition, he informed Takeshi Kitano early on that "The Undertaker" would participate in the Cannes Film Festival, and then strive for European and American distribution.

Although it is still in the production stage, there are some things that have to be considered, the two have agreed before that "Thief Family" will be taken to Europe to participate in film festivals, and the two dramas cannot collide together.

Su Changqing wants to sweep the international awards, but that is impossible, and the Cannes, Berlin, and Venice film festivals are more particular, requiring that the participating films have not been screened at other international film festivals, and they can't even participate in the public with soy sauce.

Since he could only choose one, Su Changqing chose the Palme d'Or in Cannes, France.

"Why did Evergreen choose Cannes over the Venice Golden Lion or the Berlin Golden Bear?"

"It was just a choice because I love the Palme d'Or. ”

Su Changqing wanted to go to France for a spin, but the main choice of the Palme d'Or was not to let Kitano choose this, the best screenplay award of the Palme d'Or is very average, not as good as the other two, for example, the Berlin script award is the Silver Bear Award.

"Thief Family" is a particularly wonderful play, the reason why Takeshi Kitano was invited to direct is to shoot the flavor of Japanese society, and then reflect the wonderfulness of the script, in case he chooses the Cannes Palme d'Or with no wonderful script awards, wouldn't it be nonsense.

According to Su Changqing's plan, 97 is his award-winning year, and Japan is his ladder to the world, otherwise no matter how much money the two films make, the annual plan will be considered a failure.

"Since Changqingjun went to Cannes, then I will take "Thief Family" to Venice or Berlin. Takeshi Kitano thought for a moment: "Let's go to Berlin, I also like bears." ”

The smart man knows a little bit about it, and of course he knows that it was the Silver Bear that Berlin awarded the script.

"Then please Kitano-senpai. ”

"The production of "Thief Family" will be completed by March, just in time to apply for the Berlin Golden Bear. ”

"It's hard work Kitano-senpai. ”

"Evergreen-kun has also learned Japanese politeness, it's really boring. Takeshi Kitano put eye drops into his injured eye: "Since you are participating in the film festival, it is best not to rush the release of the new film in the local area, after all, there is only one chance." ”

Kitano Takeshi's words are exactly what Su Changqing wants to say to him, as long as the finished film meets expectations, it is difficult to say in China and South Korea, the box office of these two films released in Japan should be guaranteed, but winning the award will definitely be the icing on the cake.

"I wanted to put the premiere in Cannes and not plan to release it anywhere. ”

However, it depends on the situation if you win the award and then release it, and some awards are only awarded to works that have been screened, such as the Oscars.

The Oscars are different from Cannes, Venice and other awards, Cannes and Venice are film festivals, everyone gets together for the festival competition, and many powerful films get the premiere, and they win the award just to impact the next summer file.

The Oscar is an Academy Award, and audience reputation is also one of the elements of the award, which greatly raises the entry threshold.

Therefore, the usual route for a good film to compete internationally is to first participate in the European Film Festival and win awards, then release it in Europe and the United States, and then win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film if you have the ability, and finally return to the local country to screen it.

However, there are not many films that have won the European Award and then the Oscar in history, the Oscar is quite dark, and it needs to spend effort to lobby, and foreign films that have won the European Award are more repulsive.

Twelve years later, "The Undertaker" did not go to Europe to participate in film festivals, but only went to North America, winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and a Canadian A-category award.

In fact, the humanistic spirit shown in this film should be more novel and shocking to the audience and judges in '96, and the hope of winning the award is greater.

So Su Changqing not only wants the Oscar, but also the Palme d'Or.

According to the definition of the Oscars, "The Undertaker" will be labeled as a Chinese film, and once it wins, it will be the first Chinese award-winning work.

Su Changqing calculated that the cost of participating in and releasing the film in Europe and then North America was quite large, and it definitely exceeded the production cost, and it was really difficult to succeed in making an art film without the support of a consortium.

At the end of October, the film crew of "The Undertaker" completed the location shooting and left Izu to return to Tokyo.

The innkeeper's family was reluctant, Su Changqing got into the car and drove away, and looked back at them standing at the door looking forward.

Later, he learned that the Japanese had this habit, and they had to send it to the invisible before it was finished.

Harumi Harumi Harumi Harumi has become busier and busier after taking over the family's affairs, completely different from when Hachiman Sobe was in charge, and the family was annoyed by her decision to delay the disposal of the shrine land, and tossed her wholeheartedly, with a posture of a big deal and a big deal.

This situation is very troublesome, Su Changqing advised her to come to Izu as little as possible, she finally listened, and basically did not show up for the next month, but she always maintained telephone contact, and communicated with each other if there were problems.

In Tokyo, I spent another week filming a scene in which Ken Takakura participated, and the completion was very high.

Ken Takakura has a strong ability to learn and imitate, and after three months, he played the cello well, and he couldn't tell that he was a novice at all when he played the clips with the band.

Of course, it is also because he practiced this piece for three months, and only pulled ten seconds and eight seconds of clips each time during filming, which was not a complete performance.

Then "The Undertaker" entered the later stage, Dou Wei is still in charge of the music, and will arrive in Tokyo soon.

Huang Yang also called: "It's the beginning of winter, I'll start the machine when the first snow falls in North China." ”

It's really fast, another month of 1997 is coming, and Su Changqing is looking forward to it.