My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 1187 The east side sighs and the west side makes an appearance
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At the end of May, "The Lover", produced by Europa Films, co-produced by Films A2 and [-] Locomotive Films, produced by Timothy Burrill Productions Co., Ltd., and distributed by Gaumont, was officially released in major European markets.

Producer Claude Berry, starring Liang Jiahui, and Jane March participated in the film promotion together, but director Wu Xiaozu flew over from North America to attend one or two stops of promotion, and then flew back to North America to promote "Chinatown". The rest of the stops were not involved.

At the Cannes Film Festival at the beginning of the month, this film was featured as a special screening film and won the love of many European audiences.

The mystery of the East touches the Lolita of the West...it is especially loved by the French...The French people have a great say in their preference for Lolita.

In this movie, Wu Xiaozu also played "ZZ is correct", so although he didn't win in several large film festivals, he still won the praise of many European film critics!
What's more, this is the autobiographical novel of Marguerite Duras.

In front of the movie theater in the 8th arrondissement, the old revolutionary district of Paris, there are silhouette posters of Tony Leung Ka Fai and Jane March.

Many people climbed the steps and entered the cinema.

"Dr. Green, Mrs. Green—you are welcome, and I would also like to thank Dr. Green for helping me fix my teeth that have been bothering me for three weeks."

As the home court, Claude Berry relies on his own influence, and many celebrities in the circle are willing to come to join him. The novel "The Lover" won the famous Goncourt Prize for Literature in 84. Although its status in literary history is not high, it has a great literary quality.

Its own influence is aimed at the middle class and intellectuals. Of course, there are also many people in Lower Riba who use it as an enlightenment reading...

Marguerite Duras was liked by many young bourgeoisie in this era.

Let's put it this way, the French enhanced version of Aileen~
"These two little guys must be Eva and Joey, right?"

Claude Berry looked down at the two slim little girls. Their skin was white and glowing. Although they were only twelve or thirteen years old, they had already revealed their sharp horns. They looked like sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls. no difference.

"Mr. and Mrs. Green, I'm afraid this movie is not suitable for their age group to watch."

"Duras was just as young back then."

Suddenly, Eva Green, who was slim, with cold white skin and unpredictable eyes, took the initiative to defend herself. Her eyes looked at Claude Berry without knowing it.

What a maverick and weird girl!
"Mr. Berry, it's okay. Eva and Joy are more precocious than their peers. After discussing with their mother, I decided to let them get in touch earlier, especially if this kind of experience might be good for them..." Dr. Walter Green smiled Say.

"Yes, SEX should not be hidden, but a healthy point of view... They have also read Ms. Duras's autobiography.

I believe they have their own ability to think, Mr. Berry, children nowadays know a lot more than us..." Mrs. Green, named Marnie Jopott, was also an actress before she retired and became a children's novel writer .

"Besides, as Eva said, Duras was not very old back then, wasn't he?"

"Well, you are convinced by you." Claude Berry smiled.

He doesn't care if there are minors entering the movie theater~~~ It's nothing more than the habitual hypocrisy of Gallic Chicken.

Eva rolled her eyes, the whites of her big eyes revealing a little charm.

Claude Berry shrugged, not saying anything.

The auditorium was filled with darkness, and a family of four walked to their seats.

The black screen at the beginning of the movie.

Subtitles flashed.

Orchestral music and Southeast Asian tambourines are chosen for the soundtrack, which has a sense of loneliness and mystery in a foreign country.

The jingle of the piano lightly pressed sounds like a sweet spring, and the waves in people's hearts begin to wrinkle.

The sound of the rustling pen engraving on the paper slowly appeared, flickering, big and small, vaguely attracting the attention of the audience.

The accompanying piano sound is soothing and clear.

The lens shifts horizontally, and the out-of-focus large aperture makes the poppy emit a halo, which makes people unable to catch and see clearly.

Slowly retracting the camera, the close-up pen nib smoothly writes lines of French.

The soot fell, and the strokes continued.

Dust floated and floated in the light... and finally settled on the cover of the book "The Lover".

At this time, the monologue of an old voice slowly appeared.

"Early on, around my teens, I felt negative and sad about life...Although I was only a teenager at the time, I already felt very old...

I had a depressed face... I remember... it was 15 and a half years old... on the Mekong River..."

This is of course not the original sound of Duras.

The stubborn old lady cursed after waking up from her hospital bed.

The sound monologue came to an abrupt end, and the soundtrack was suddenly interrupted by the sound of a siren.

The gloomy picture was suddenly broken by sound and light.

A picture appeared on the movie screen that made many people feel as if they had read the description in the novel "The Lover".

The golden river rushes towards our faces, and the dirty river water is rushing under the setting sun.The clouds were low and the sky was gray, as if it had been painted with dye by the Mekong River.

The large wide-angle lens makes this picture less realistic.

Black smoke rose from the chimney on the ferry, which seemed to be a symbol of the colonists' civilization on this land.

Wu Xiaozu's shots are very characteristic. Since he uses blank space, he doesn't consider symmetry at all. On the right side of the picture, the ferry boat is emitting black smoke, floating continuously, occupying the most important line of sight composition... This kind of asymmetrical communication, but It looks very harmonious.

Civilization sticks, cars, steel cables, and servants shook one by one.

Under the blurred light focus behind the blank background on the left, many stooped farmers are farming in the fields, their dirty faces are even dirtier than the Mekong River.

However, the smoke from the stove next to them, which was dirty, seemed light, while thick black smoke rose from the boats of those people in clean suits.

If you don't express your emotions when making a film, why bother?

However, any expression should not be a kind of preaching, but the inertial display of the lens language.

The camera zooms in, a large hearse-like car bumps and wobbles onto the ferry, and people wearing straw hats bend over and work hard.The camera moves horizontally to the roller, but remains horizontal.

Cages with piglets, shoulders carrying sacks, people with wooden trays on their heads, women with baskets on their shoulders, and a mixture of voices are presented one by one.

Creak, the door opens.

Eva's eyes lit up. She was familiar with "The Lover" and she had naturally read this scene. "When the car drove to the boat, I always got out of the car, even at night, because I was afraid, afraid that the cable would break..."

On the screen, a pair of worn-out high-heeled shoes inlaid with gold strips came into view, and the slender pale legs on them seemed to be out of place with the whole environment.

Eva smiled, and she seemed to hear Duras's original text read aloud.

A little girl in those shoes, and a flat-brimmed man's hat, a rosewood-colored fedora with a wide black lace, and she's wearing that kind of hat, which seems ambiguous and ambiguous, with two little braids.

Leaning on the side of the boat and stepping on the railing, the tea-brown silk dress was so worn that it was even transparent in the sun, with a belt around the waist, fluttering gently in the wind.

Powdered, with a cherry red on the lips.

"It's great." Eva raised the corner of her mouth. This picture is indeed very original, even more realistic than what was written in the book.

Cooperating with the light, there is a sense of alienation, either real or real.

In the auditorium, many film critics and colleagues have already confirmed that no matter how the subsequent shooting is, if this level is maintained, this is definitely a rare and successful film adaptation.

Wu Xiaozu's capture of color and handling of blank space really made them feel like they were in a foreign country.

Especially with the appearance of the Happy Together scene, the atmosphere created by him like the beauty of Paris at night really made everyone feel short of breath and shocked!
"This man's ass is so sexy!"

Under the stage, the ladies in Paris watched Liang Jiahui's performance intently, and couldn't help sighing.

Tonight, Liang Jiahui really used his butt to perform a show better than Xiao Xianrou!
According to a movie theater in Los Angeles, which is 9 hours behind the French Revolutionary Old Quarter.

Many people were excited by the intense plot of chasing and fighting on the screen. Everyone stared at the big screen intently, feeling the dazzling visual effects.

One after another, the whole process of "Chinatown" without peeing made countless people forget the skin color of the protagonist, but were surprised by this "Jack Cheng" performance.

Sitting in the crowd, the staff of other companies' investigations looked at each other.

I have to say that the films of my own company seem to have encountered a strong enemy.

The movie was screened on 2300 screens across the United States at the same time. After so many days of word-of-mouth publicity and road shows, it did attract many people into the cinema to watch this action comedy.

Although it is not the best schedule, the attendance rate is still satisfactory!

At this time, Harvey had long forgotten yesterday's complaint.

The good news that kept coming in made him feel like he was betting on the right thing again!

"Awesome! I will definitely recommend friends and classmates to watch this movie! It's the best action movie I've seen this year! I love Jack Cheng!!"

After the show ended, a young Caucasian man under investigation kept stealing the spotlight from reporters.

The whole person looked very excited, and even wished that he could become Jack Cheng and slide down the elevator...

As soon as he thought of this, he was eager to try.

But it has been discovered that many young people who have been inspired have already taken the lead in imitating Jack Cheng's elevator——

cool!
In later generations, anti-skid protrusions are often placed in the middle of the elevator. It is hard to say whether Brother Long has a bad idea...

In short, Harvey is very satisfied with the box office and attendance rate of "Chinatown" on the first day.

Although there is no way to compare with Ron Howard's "Ambition of Fire", it has exceeded Harvey's expectations!
It can only be said that the road show of this movie was not in vain!
(End of this chapter)