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Chapter 897 Dialogue
"Green Book" debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in September this year, and won the People's Choice Award No.9 in one fell swoop.

The film became a hit in Toronto and was well-received by critics.

After Toronto, Green Book officially joined awards season.

It's not the hottest time of awards season yet, but Cheng Yu'an still wants to stand for the movie.

He's going to record a talk show today.

Cheng Yu'an talks to Alfonso Cuarón.

The latter's "Roma" is also a big hit in this year's awards season.

This conversation was organized by Netflix and will be included in Netflix's Oscars season special report, which will be broadcast globally.

Cheng Yu'an went to the studio to put on makeup early, and within a few minutes Alfonso Cuaron knocked on the door of Cheng Yu'an's dressing room and came in.

"Cheng, long time no see." Alfonso Cuarón warmly greeted Cheng Yu'an, and Cheng Yu'an could understand his English with a Mexican accent.

How could the two not know each other.

"Ka Suo." Cheng Yu'an got up and hugged him, "How are you doing?"

"In your Chinese language," this half sentence is in English, followed by broken Chinese, "it's stinky."

"Hahaha." Cheng Yu'an laughed, and then teased Alfonso Cuarón with the few words of Spanish (the official language of Mexico) he only knew, saying that he wanted to teach him how to say it.

This scene was captured by cameras throughout the city, and it will be shown as a movie trailer at that time.

The two exchanged a few words, and Alfonso Cuaron said, "I'm going to prepare, and we'll talk later."

"OK."

Cheng Yu'an sat down again and let the makeup artist do her makeup, while looking down at the script given by the program group.

Both of them are well-known directors in the world. The program team did not restrict the topics they talked about too much, but intentionally created explosive points in the script.

I hope that the two can talk more about the issue of ethnic minorities in the United States during the 2 hours of recording time.

A Chinese, a Mexican, talking about this topic must have a hot spot.

After putting on her makeup, Cheng Yu'an went out to the recording site.

The site layout is very simple, just like an empty room, with two chairs, a round table, and two glasses of white water facing each other.

Alfonso Cuaron also came out after a while, and the two sat down with the microphone fixed, waiting for the on-site director's instructions to start.

The on-site director announced the start.

Both of them skipped the opening remarks of greeting and started talking directly. Cheng Yu'an asked:

"When was the last time we met?"

Alfonso Cuarón recalled: "It should be in Cannes last year. You participated in the Chinese movie night, and I also went to see it."

Cheng Yu'an smiled and said, "I watched your movie very late. It should have started with "The Same with Your Mother". At that time, I thought, shit, this story is really good."

Alfonso Cuarón is also very proud of his film, which opened up the international market for him. Five years after this film, he took out "Son of Men".

But Alfonso Calonque said: "You know my first impression of you?"

"Ok?"

"The first time I saw you, I thought this kid didn't make movies."

Cheng Yu'an laughed, this is not the first time he has been told that he doesn't look like a director: "Many people say that I don't look like a director."

The two started chatting about each other's movies, and Cheng Yu'an said that he liked Alfonso Cuaron's long shots very much: "Cover the subtitles, and look at the long shots and you will know that you shot them."

The two chatted from the long shot again, and when it came to the use of camera language, Cheng Yu'an admitted frankly that he "is not good at camera language."

"But Bergman and Akira Kurosawa are my idols forever, and I am still intoxicated by their shots."

Alfonso Cuarón laughed: "There is no one who does not like these two masters."

The two chatted for half an hour, talking about very professional issues, the management of the crew, the development and innovation of camera language, script creation and so on.

Then it was interrupted by the on-site director, who asked the two to talk about a few topics given by the script.

The two had no choice but to clean up and continue the conversation.

Cheng Yuan started with the three great Mexicans, praised the achievements of the three, and then said that Chinese directors did not develop well in Hollywood.

This is what I want.

At the beginning, the two chatted about the development of foreign filmmakers in Hollywood.

"Hollywood is open and inclusive on the surface, but it's actually very narrow." Cheng Yu'an took the lead in throwing out the news, "I made a small-budget sci-fi movie called "Time Planning Bureau" about ten years ago."

"I've seen that movie," said Alfonso Cuarón. "It's a great theme, but it's a pity that it wasn't shot well." The word "unfortunately".

Cheng Yu'an continued: "The ending of the first draft script we made was not like this, but we were dissuaded by the association during filming and asked us to modify the ending."

"Time Planning Bureau" is a typical anticlimax. The hero and heroine have mobilized the masses. According to normal logic, the hero and heroine should lead the masses to revolt—whether they succeed or not, they should give it a try.

But in the end, the two protagonists turned into male and female thieves, trying to "save the world" with a mentally retarded logic.

Cheng Yu'an pointed out: "In Hollywood, you can oppose the United States and criticize capitalism, but you cannot overthrow capitalism."

Those who make movies are more or less rebellious. Alfonso Cuarón is not shy about talking about politics. They also like to talk about politics through movies, but if they want to talk about this topic, they will talk about the new wave, and then it will become academic again. forum.

So Alfonso Cuarón didn't go into the details, but only brought two New Wave sentences and expressed his views on the social system: "Of course there are problems, but the progress of the social system is slow, and criticism and resistance are needed."

Then the two really started a discussion on the issue of film and social system, criticizing the systems of various countries, especially the United States, as shit.

The on-site director grinned from the sidelines to his ears, and this effect was what he wanted.

If you scold a few words, just scold them a few words, and there is a lot of meat.

Alfonso Cuarón offered: "But you were named by the President."

"He doesn't understand movies," Cheng Yu'an said bluntly, "Anyone who has been to a movie theater knows how ridiculous his accusations against me are.

"That's why I say it's narrow. Since he was elected by the voters as the president, to a certain extent, his remarks represent the views of the vast majority of Americans. So you see, after he came to power, various people in the United States All aspects of policy have begun to tighten.

"That's why I say he is short-sighted, he doesn't consider the long-term interests and situation, and only wants to make achievements during his tenure to please voters.

"There is a saying about his behavior: After I die, let him be flooded."

After the two chatted about the policy, they returned to the movie.

Regarding the current film market, both of them have very similar views-it seems colorful, but it is actually lifeless.

"After the end of "Reunion 4" next year, the era of super-English movies will temporarily come to an end."

"Are you not optimistic about the next decade of Marvel?"

Cheng Yu'an shook his head: "He has been famous for ten years, and it's time to step down. The next stage of Marvel will be difficult to start.

"Audiences have been fed a decade of lighting and pyrotechnics, and they're getting a little bored. They're expecting a great story next."

Cheng Yu'an's statement was agreed by Alfonso Cuaron. He also felt that whether it was Marvel or DC, they didn't pay much attention to the story.

But Alfonso Cuarón also put forward his own opinion: "If the movie that eats special effects like the super British movie will end, what will happen to the sequel of "Avatar" that Cameron is doing now?"

Cheng Yu'an said that he was not surprised: "I am not optimistic about the performance of the sequel of "Avatar". I don't think Cameron will create another miracle at the box office."

The director at the scene felt refreshed: "It's beautiful! This is what I want!"

(End of this chapter)