My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 899 The cult cheats for cult fans
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Cult Movie was defined very recently.

Master Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" and Jim Sharman's "Rocky Horror Show" brought a new experience to many movie fans in the 70s. This type of cult movie is usually not very commercial, but in It is highly respected in the small circle, which is what we later used to call the 'subculture'.

Of course, it is not ruled out that there are very mainstream directors who shoot the subculture of Cult movies, such as a certain foot control and the pair who changed from brothers to sisters at the beginning of the century.

"Dark Flower" is a typical cult work of Wu's madness.

Experimental and avant-garde.

theater.

When some movie fans saw the middle part of the movie, most of them felt that it was not very good-looking, so they chose to leave.

This drama is very similar to Wu Xiaozu's "The Birth of a Prefix", which was full of talent and overflowing with juice.

This is why Wu Xiaozu chose to be a supervisor.

It's someone else's business to start with others... But as the big boss of a group, he is really positioned for such a cult movie, which may affect the stock price... Yes, Director Wu is a 'money worshiper' through and through.

Didn't look, young lady who has no money, he doesn't care at all?Ahem... This is definitely not a reason for not moving the other 6 of the 5 little ones.

In short, in the movie hall, "Dark Flower" exudes a typical cult temperament.

A few ghosts in the corner watched with relish, and one of them had an afro and a short-inch Jew looked at it seriously.

One of them is called Joel Coen and the other is Ethan Coen.

This trip to Hong Kong Island happened to coincide with the staff of Fox being in Hong Kong Island.Before that, the two of them had never seen any John Woo's works.But at this time, they have to admit that there are really geniuses in Asian movies!

Although the two of them are downright geniuses.

Two years ago, the "Blood Labyrinth", which was filmed in two months, turned out, which directly made them famous in North America.

Later Lao Mouzi made a remake of "Blood Labyrinth"... that's right, it was the overturned work "Three Shots and Erren Zhuan".

The status of these two brothers among many movie fans should go without saying.

At this moment, they were amazed in their hearts that an Asian director showed them such a frightening surprise in a reckless way.

The two brothers switched legs together.

When they saw the dusty scene in the closed environment in the prison, the two brothers subconsciously lowered their legs and leaned forward——

The arbitrary behavior of the camera and light made them feel surprised and admired.

It's not that the technology is superb, but the idea is very...very brilliant!

How were these lenses designed?

Liang Chaowei walked towards the cell with heavy steps, the whole shot was straight and orderly, he wiped the sweat from time to time, and passed by the cells.

In the deepest prison, Liu Qingyun threw the bouncy ball with an evil smile.Many film critics were amazed by the changes in this set of shots.

At this moment, as if at this moment, the two people changed their identities, and it seemed that Liang Chaowei was trapped in the prison. He was struggling like a trapped animal at this moment, and then the more he struggled, he found that the surrounding area was densely covered with thorns.

In the cramped space of the prison, there are shadows on the bars, and the positioning of the characters is very clever. Under the cutting of the light, the three people are in a seemingly hostile relationship, and the top light hits the face. it came out.

In the narrow space, the white light reflects the floating objects in the air, and behind it is the black that devours everything.The floating dust is like dancing dark flowers. At this time, the floating dust is erratic, so similar to a rubber ball being played between the palms of the hands——

The fate of the floating dust is controlled by the wind, and the fate of the rubber ball is in the hands of others. Without external force, they will all be reduced to death.

In an instant, the black life and tragedy of the characters are shown, and they are destined to be like floating dust and wobbling rubber balls.

The arrangement of excessive light makes the relationship between the characters unbalanced.

Therefore, when the subordinates raised their guns and pointed at Chen played by Liang Chaowei, many people felt their hearts beating wildly.

After the questioning and confrontation, Ah Chen also knew that he was already in a quagmire.

The shot at this moment once again demonstrates the director's ability to control the shot arbitrarily.He walks in the corridor of the prison, and the hand-held camera is completely tilted, which echoes the regular camera when he enters.

The turmoil in Achen's heart, played by Liang Chaowei, has been conveyed to the audience through the camera at this moment.

Uneasy, panic, at a loss.

The contemptuous demeanor of calling out an old guy has long since disappeared, and the original firm stand and confidence are even more ups and downs.

The swaying tilt makes people feel the depression and panic in his heart.This kind of oblique lens originated from German movies in the 30s and 40s, so it is also called "German lens".

The 2001° lens in "90: A Space Odyssey" has become a classic in film history, and many films in later generations have also used this technique.

Here in the film, the tilted camera can actually easily arouse the audience's temporary sense of despair, but at the same time let the audience have a kind of luck, gasp and struggle.This is also the reason for Liang Chaowei's "life or death". 'The selection made the psychological foreshadowing of the audience.

In the movie, there is another close-up of Ah Chen's white handkerchief.

This handkerchief is actually a very important prop. The reason why Ah Chen wiped his sweat frequently was because he had been wearing bulletproof vests for many years.At the same time, it also shows that he wiped off his cold sweat and can think rationally when analyzing problems.

However, when he threw away the white handkerchief later, he had already shown his determination.

The dark, gloomy, weird and bizarre style of the whole movie makes those who like it irresistible.

"Is there a daytime scene in this movie?" Suddenly, Joel Cohen asked.

"No." Ethan thought for a moment and denied.

That's right, this is a movie that makes people see little hope and light, and the whole movie is completed at night.

The whole story condenses and happens in one night.

Back of the movie.

In the dim light, in the cold alley, the shot of Liang Chaowei and Liu Qingyun driving two cars side by side on two parallel roads is even more thrilling to watch.

Although, the audience knew that what was waiting ahead was a contest of life and death.But this beautiful shot still makes them feel curious and want to explore together with these two cars...

"The director is controlling our heartbeat with the lens." Some film critics sighed in a low voice.

When everyone thought it was a classic 'Hong Kong style' fire tie scene.

Wu Xiaozu took out his forte - the mirror! !

"Oh Maiga!" Ethan Coen couldn't help but marvel.

"This reminds me of Jean-Luc Godard..." Joel Cohen beside him couldn't help but straighten his body.

"I remember Godard said: there is something between water and sky that is most attractive, but as more and more films are made, the real beauty is between green and blue. This woo... just..."

The layman watched the excitement.

The fighting in the mirror room makes the scalp tingle, and the adrenal glands are lifted, vividly.

But the insider can see the director's fiddling with the camera and the light. He makes the light and shadow change between blue and green, and the light dances between the mirrors, like dark flowers blooming one by one.

"The fight between the mirrors, the blues and the greens, it's really beautiful.

In the middle of the theater, Old Freak Xu, wearing a peaked cap, stared at the screen with a refreshing attitude.

Yes.

Tsui Hark doubled up again to secretly support the new movie of his old friends.He dared to be sure that this was definitely Azu's handwriting.

Neither Ye Wei Sip nor Mai Zhaohui had such skill!

This movie is full of Wu Xiaozu holding a paintbrush to act recklessly, daring to scribble graffiti in the hearts of the audience, swaying his rich talent that is about to overflow.

Talent condenses into white dew, surging on everyone's face.

He is indeed the man Tsui Hark values.

This talent - he, Tsui Hark, is convinced!
In the screen, Wu Zhagou ingeniously covered the weapon fight with light and shadow effects, and the constantly refracted light made the two seem to shuttle and dodge between blue and green, shooting the weapon fight, which is really beautiful.

In particular, the multi-dimensional space created by this makes the two people have become fateful symbols in his brush, which can echo the dust and bouncy balls before.At this time, Liang Chaowei was naturally pretending to be Liu Qingyun, and the mirror projected the opponent's figure from time to time. The opponent they saw in the mirror was actually seeing themselves.

Under the gunpoint, the mirror shattered, isn't it the fate that was destined for each other? ? ?

The movie is an over-interpretation of human nature, but at this moment, everyone with a heart feels that the hand of fate is provoking the two 'bald heads' on the screen.

In the end, they themselves pushed themselves into the abyss.In response to that sentence, when you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

Eventually, the mirror shatters.

A pawn stood up.

Ah Chen beat Yaodong.

Of course, in the end he didn't win fate either.

boom! ! ! ! !
When all the audience breathed a sigh of relief, a gunshot that was unexpected by everyone directly ended the life of the 'winner' Ah Chen.

Even the bulletproof vest he had worn for decades could not escape the fate of being headshot.

Just as Brother Hua's head rolled out of the cabinet, he also fell to the ground unprepared.

"Fuck!"

"屮!!!!!!!!!"

"My God! What the hell???"

"God!"

"I'll blow your lungs! The main character died right away???"

In the theater, everyone was shocked and there was an uproar.

The Coen brothers covered their heads and jumped up in disbelief! ! !
When everyone thought it was the end, fate shot them all in the heart, smashing all their delusions and luck to pieces in the cruelest way...

The darkness and despair are suffocating.

Tsui Hark also looked at the incredible hammer in front of him in astonishment, hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth, and sighed: "It's so cruel!!!"

"Wu Xiaozu is the first one in Hong Kong Island to shoot the main character to death with such originality!"

The protagonist of "True Tomorrow" is not dead.

This also shows that this drama is really not aimed at the box office...it is not commercial at all.

Considering the immersion of watching the movie and the commercial nature of the film's rhythm, the sudden death of the protagonist with a single shot really offended the audience.

In particular, this is not the kind of heart-touching tragedy, that kind of tragic movie is to sublimate emotions, but in fact it also arouses the most primitive emotional resonance of human beings.

Can……

This is so pure black.

Even Tsui Hark doesn't doubt whether there will be audiences who are not so long in the movie and will feel a sense of anger and loss after being teased? ?

At the last moment of loneliness, Wu Xiaozu's guest star "Mr. Hong" showed up.

The theater hall gradually brightened up, but the audience who stayed in their seats were completely silent, as if they hadn't walked out of the movie yet.

Fans like Luo Zhiyu and Gu Dezhao were all immersed in it.

"I don't understand this movie." Some fans muttered.

"The ending is too weird...is it cruel? I feel out of breath...too depressing. Reminds me of the first half of "The Birth of a Prefix"..."

"Yes, yes, yes... I bet, Sir Wu is definitely directing this drama himself!"

"Brilliant (broken voice)!"

"Let's go back and look at it again. I always feel that many details are worth recalling."

Discussions continued in the theater for a while.

Outside the door, there was also a group of people leaving cursing, and they were the audience who left the stage halfway.

Obviously, the audience of the drama "Dark Flower" is clearly divided, those who love it to death, and those who hate it are really not interested.

In the corner, the staff of the North American Film Company took the initiative to ask the Coen brothers how they felt about watching movies.

"John Woo, not bad!"

The Coen brothers looked at each other and sighed.

(End of this chapter)