My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 186 First-line director, cheating people in the air
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Golden Princess, Lisheng Theater.

The midnight screening of "Dragon and Tiger" ended perfectly, and the audience was lively.

Lin Lingdong finally made the masculine film in the style of "realistic violence" that he wanted to shoot.The cheers of the audience are enough to explain the excitement of this movie.

Everyone understands that New Art City has developed another commercially successful product.

Mecca is firmly established with this film.Lin Lingdong also entered the ranks of first-line directors on Hong Kong Island with this "Dragon and Tiger".

In 1982, he rose to prominence with "Wrong Yang", and six years later, this film gave him a chance to rise to fame.

During this period, he immersed himself in shooting many films, and the feedback and accumulation of these films gave him a chance to gamble. Fortunately, he won the bet.

This movie is like Wu Yusen's "The True Colors of a Hero" last year, and it is also a masterpiece.

In comparison, Wu Xiaozu was one step behind.

The 2800 million of "Young and Dangerous" alone cannot send it into the door of this first-line director.Before that, Lin Lingdong also had several works that grossed tens of millions, and "Best Partner: A Thousand Miles to Rescue the poor woman" even grossed 2700 million.However, no one thought that he belonged to the first-line directors on Hong Kong Island at that time.

Wu Xiaozu is also facing such a dilemma at the moment.

Whether it is "Rainy Night Butcher" or "The Birth of a Prefix", these two films have more than enough style, but not enough commercial universality.

The credit for the announcement of these two films is greater than the commercial attributes of the film itself.

This is like "Eating Mango 3" in the previous life. To say that it is a bad movie is to open your eyes and tell lies.But the box office success of this movie, the movie announcement definitely played a big role.The announcement of this drama can be regarded as a classic case.

The short video marketing led by a certain hand and shake X can be described as a revolutionary turning point in the film marketing of the mainland entertainment industry.This is another revolutionary marketing strategy following the "water army" and "self-media marketing".

The short video APP is full of various "eating mango", "various crying videos in theaters", and "gesture dancing videos".

Huayi's marketing team has taught the whole industry a lesson.This kind of successful marketing can play a big role on the basis that the quality of the film is not too bad.

but!

The box office created by this kind of marketing will not preserve the value of "commodities", nor will it increase the value of directors.The best example is that the "Pancake Fruit Man" that Dapeng marketed back then overdrawn its reputation, which led to a decline in subsequent self-directed and self-acted films.

This kind of marketing is not easy for directors to appreciate, let alone box office appeal.

This is what Wu Xiaozu is facing now.The box office hits of the three movies can be said to be potential supernovas.But not enough to get him into the door of A-list directors.

"Young and Dangerous" is commercial enough, but its style is not so good.

……

In the corner of the Sanxun drinking party, three men were holding wine glasses, looking at each other and smiling.There is a feeling of a long drought... a thousand cups and few bosom friends.

A tall man with deep-set eyes and a friendly smile on the corner of his mouth, but still unique and domineering.

One is thin and tall, with restrained eyes, a polite expression on his face, and self-proud.

One is Zhou Runfa and the other is Liang Jiahui.

The man in front of them has calm eyes and a faint smile on his mouth. He is Wu Xiaozu.

"One is bad, the other is thief. One is crazy to the extreme, unscrupulous and unscrupulous, the other is calm to the extreme, dull and responsible. One is Tang San and the other is Han Li."

"I play Tang San?" Zhou Runfa raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile.

"Yes and no."

Wu Xiaozu filled Zhou Runfa and Liang Jiahui with whiskey, touched them lightly, drained the wine in the glass, and shook his head slightly drunk, "To be precise, you are both Tang San and Han Li."

As he said that, Wu Xiaozu took out the storyboard and the detailed script, and handed them to the two, "Before, I didn't cover the entire script. Take these two copies back and read them. This drama has a lot of dialogues and forms.

Tang San is a bandit and Han Li is a policeman.The two were at odds from the very beginning.But for some reason, the two identities were switched.Everyone has to live in the other's image.

They not only have to adapt to this identity, but also show the character of the person behind this face.In other words, the two of you not only have to deduce yourself, but also deduce each other..."

Tang San is the role played by Nicolas Cage in the previous life, and Han Li is the policeman played by Travolta in front of him.

Zhou Runfa picked up the storyboard with surprise in his eyes. The piece of paper on it was divided into two, and it turned out to be his full-body color portrait.

On the left side, the windbreaker is flying, the wine red suit, the eyes are frivolous, the whole face reveals unscrupulous rebellion and exaggeration, the lips are slightly parted, and there is a bit of sarcasm.

A cross necklace hangs on the chest, and a blood-red red gemstone is inlaid in the middle of the cross.

Holding two pistols in his hands, he is domineering, flamboyant, and coquettish.

Turning his head to look to the right, the painting style suddenly changed.

Looking straight in the eyes, with an angry face, and standing firmly on both legs, the whole person is like a heavy hammer.The two guns were drooping by the trouser legs, and the whole person revealed forbearance, anger, and fierce flames.

"Gulu!" Zhou Runfa drank a layer of whiskey from the glass and moistened his throat.

Before, he accepted Mecca's invitation mainly because of the salary and favor.But the moment he saw this painting, bursts of fire surged in his heart.Just like when he met the character "Little Ma".

This time the character span is bigger and crazier!More tyrannical!Safer!More forbearing! ——More contradictory, more tense!
Since "The True Colors of Heroes", Zhou Runfa received soft hands when he took over the role.However, this role in front of him is definitely the biggest challenge to his acting skills so far.

Turn your head away.

Liang Jiahui happened to look at him, and Chow Yun-fat smiled slightly.

He has been nominated for the Academy Award three times this year, but failed the first two times.The man in front of him is the best opponent.

"Brother Fa, I need you to lose weight for the role." Wu Xiaozu said truthfully.

"...Okay!" Zhou Runfa nodded.

"Brother Hui, you need to gain some weight and become bigger. Whether you are a policeman or a bandit, you can't be polite." Wu Xiaozu looked at Liang Jiahui again.

"No problem!" Liang Jiahui agreed with a smile.

Three unhappy men drank wine, each with their own "ambitions" in their hearts.

"Deadly Two Heroes" not only carried Wu Xiaozu's ambition, but also Liang Jiahui's thoughts, and now Zhou Runfa's sustenance has been added.

This play not only tests the acting skills of the actors, but also the skills of the director.

Needless to say, the acting skills of the actors, the change of the two identities before and after is itself the biggest attraction and gimmick of this movie.How to transform and how to shape the characters are all actors that need to be handled carefully.

Such two identities are a big challenge for Zhou Runfa and Liang Jiahui.

At the same time, this play is also a test of the director's skills.

How to complete the narrative of the story through the lens and light, and let the story be presented to the audience heartily, without making the audience too "brain-burning", this is the most important thing.

In later generations, Nolan is known as the new king of Hollywood.His greatness does not lie in how brain-burning and high-quality the film is.His films are more about the best fusion of commercial entertainment and personal style.

It not only allows people who like to burn their brains to burn their brains properly, but also allows ordinary audiences to watch it very well.The best typical representative of the combination of commerciality and personal style in Chinese-language movies is "Let the Bullets Fly".

Wu Xiaozu hoped that the drama "Deadly Two Heroes" would become his definitive work in the first-line ranks.

Looking at Lin Lingdong who was talking and laughing happily, Wu Xiaozu's eyes lit up.

Filmmakers such as Wu Yusen, Lin Lingdong, Tsui Hark, Sammo Hung, Cheng Long, Mai Dangxiong, etc., have already stepped into that door.

This is the best era of Hong Kong Island movies, and there are countless film elites standing beside and facing each other.

Wu Xiaozu himself didn't know that his thoughts had actually been slowly changing.He might not have left his own name in this era of boundless prosperity in his heart.

There is a thousand catties of treasured sword hidden in my heart, do you dare to come forward and try it?
……

Kowloon Song City.

"A Chinese Ghost Story" filming location.

"Ah-"

A certain fairy girl was holding a notebook with tears in her eyes, and sneezed on the handsome face of a handsome man who was too surprised to dodge in front of her.

"Leslie..." Looking at the pretty face in front of her who had been hit by her own level [-] typhoon, Wang Xianxian looked embarrassed.

"It's okay, it's okay."

The man waved his hands with a gentle smile, picked up the handkerchief and wiped his face, "Wait a minute—"

After finishing the sentence, she stretched out a handkerchief and wiped the corner of Wang Xianxian's mouth affectionately, looked to the left and looked again, only then was she satisfied, "Girls must know how to take good care of themselves..."

"No, no, no... I'll do it myself!"

Wang Xianxian smiled politely, grabbed the handkerchief, coughed lightly intentionally or unintentionally, and said to himself, "Leslie, I have a date, a boyfriend..."

"??"

The man looked at the solemn Wang Xianxian, and was startled for a moment, then he couldn't help laughing out loud, and then his whole body laughed backwards and forwards.

This smile, so carefree, even dimmed Wang Xianxian's beauty.

The delicacy and handsomeness of a man is nothing more than this. A man who has been beautiful all his life has done nothing wrong and is kind to others.Bring the sounds of nature and joy to people, and leave the sorrow alone to taste.

"I didn't know you were dating. You spend all day talking on the phone with your boyfriend. I'm not blind." Zhang Guoying laughed happily, "Xianxian, I just treat you as a little sister, you When I chase you?"

"Giggle..."

Wang Xianxian covered her mouth in a silly smile, smiling like a flower, "I thought... okay, okay, don't laugh. I'll call you Brother Rong... I'll call you Brother! Brother——"

"Okay, up to you."

Zhang Guoying smiled dotingly, Wang Xianxian in front of him is one of the few insiders who can make him feel at ease, this may be the fate of his previous life.

"Seeing that you are looking at it so seriously—" Zhang Guoying smiled and pointed to the notebook in Wang Xianxian's hand, "My eyes are swollen from crying, it can't be the boyfriend's breakup..."

"That's not it!" Wang Xianxian straightened her chest, proudly "slapped" the book on her chest, and proudly said, "My boyfriend wrote me a birthday present, a very, very, very, very, very, very touching love story."

"Is it true?" Zhang Guoying laughed and teased.

"Of course it is true!" Wang Xianxian hurriedly opened the notebook, "If you don't believe me, I'll read it to you..."

"OK……"

"35:[-] am, Ishigami..."

Wang Xianxian read in a low and deep voice with tears in his voice, "How far can you love someone? What kind of encounter is it that you can risk your life without regret? The lens of logic is not the utopia of reason and order, but my use of A life-giving love..."

Zhang Guoyan's eyes froze, and he stood there stupidly.

This story...was like a sharp arrow piercing his heart. Isn't the story Wang Xianxian read aloud about himself and Mr. Tang?They can also give up their lives for this love.

Before I knew it, tears rolled down my cheeks.

At this time, the assistant director who ran over looked at Wang Xianxian and Zhang Guoying who were hugging and crying together in a foolish way——

"I'm asshole to you! Director Xu will immediately start filming Ning Caichen's relaxed scenes, and now..." the assistant director wants to cry but has no tears.

Tsui Hark absolutely didn't know that the reason why he stopped working for a day was because the hero and heroine were reading "a love letter".I don't even know that I was cheated by Wu Xiaozu...

(End of this chapter)