The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 515: A one-shot movie
When Lee Sheng-yew was negotiating with the top management of Gaumont Pictures, De Niro and Jude Law were sitting together in the cinema, discussing in low voices.

Jude Law is the male protagonist of "At the Gate". Before he lost his hair, he was a world-famous handsome man.

Unfortunately, there are signs of baldness now, so he doesn’t look so happy.

Jude Law is also one of the judges at this time's Cannes Film Festival.

He and De Niro are both actors, so they naturally chatted.

The two people entered the cinema together and naturally sat together.

"I heard that this movie is shot to the end, which is really exciting."

Jude Law is young after all, and he really thinks there is a movie that can be shot to the end.

De Niro shook his head, looked around, and then whispered: "Unless it's a documentary, there can't be a full-length movie with one shot to the end. This is just a gimmick. I'm a little worried now, what if the movie doesn't have one shot to the end?" The effect will make the audience feel that they have been deceived."

Jude Law was stunned when he heard this. It took him a moment to react. Thinking about it carefully, it seems that it is indeed impossible to have a movie with one scene to the end.

After all, how is it possible for an actor to perform for around a hundred minutes without making a single mistake?

Even if the lead actor makes no mistakes, the supporting actors will.

So the one shot to the end is just a gimmick. This movie is a fake one shot to the end, it just looks like it is one shot to the end.

But even if it looks like it, it’s very difficult, right?
Jude Law has not had much contact with Lee Sung-Yew. He is a British actor, and their actors are more arrogant. Even when facing big directors, they remain reserved like a young lady.

"Wow, in this case... the current situation of "1937" is not very good. They must show enough skills, otherwise, with so many professionals, so many reporters, and fans full of expectations, a bad It will overturn.”

De Niro nodded, "Yeah, like Midnight in Paris."

Before "Midnight in Paris" was screened, it could be said that it was highly anticipated. However, after the screening, Woody Allen was criticized by many media, who felt that he had not made a breakthrough and that he had made a Paris tourism promotional film that won the hearts of Chinese people.

When Jude Law heard this, he was inexplicably worried for Li Shengyao.

He hopes there will be a good and innovative film, otherwise this film festival will be too boring.

If "1937" can be successful, then he will have a lot of money to talk about when he goes to Great Britain and the beautiful country.

Just as Jude Law and De Niro were talking quietly, the movie officially started.

Right from the beginning, the camera was focused on the first and second male leads.

During the Battle of Songhu, our side encountered a dangerous situation. One of the troops we had deployed before needed to be withdrawn, otherwise the enemy might be completely hit.

Because the telephone lines were bombed, arrangements had to be made for soldiers to deliver orders in person.

Male number one and number two are messengers. They are ordered to pass through the battlefield within one day and convey orders to friendly forces fourteen miles away.

The subsequent shots followed the first and second male leads, sometimes from the side, and sometimes from behind.

The camera occasionally pans to other directions on the battlefield, revealing ruins, gunfire, and countless soldiers charging and fighting on the battlefield.

The overall rhythm is very tight, just around this task, the male lead is arranged, and the male lead [-] keeps moving forward.

Among them, the first male lead is Bing Youzi, and the second male lead is a passionate young man.

De Niro soon became involved. He was worried and anxious about the fate of the two messengers.It wasn't until the movie lasted 10 minutes that he remembered the publicity stunt of the movie, which was to take one shot.

He froze suddenly, his old brain running wildly, recalling the previous scenes in the movie.

"It seems that there is really no editing, it is really one shot to the end!"

When Jude Law heard this, he came to his senses and nodded sharply, "There are no editing points, it's really one shot to the end. Oh, is it so crazy? They made a 110-minute movie, one shot to the end."

This thing sounds incredible.

De Niro heard this and was about to refute, but then he came back to his senses and looked at the other filmmakers aside.

Seeing that everyone was watching it seriously, he whispered: "You can't say that now. I don't think there is a movie with one shot to the end. Li should have used some method to hide the editing points."

"What you said makes sense. Let's try to find the splicing point."

De Niro nodded, and then he stared at the big screen carefully, not missing a single detail.

After 5 minutes, he finally found a very hidden editing point. The camera was blocked by a soldier's uniform, and it seemed that the camera was motionless.

But based on De Niro's experience, there should have been a splicing point just now.

As the movie continued, De Niro gradually discovered several other cutting points, such as entering the night and a dark scene. There were also cutting points at this time.

The more De Niro searched, the more frightened he became. In fact, he found not many splicing points, only five that he could identify.

He knew there was a splice point in the movie, but he just couldn't find it.

He then realized that if he had to work so hard to find five cut points, what about the average viewer?Can they discover that the movie has been edited?
De Niro then turned his head and secretly observed the expressions of the nearby audience. He found that many people had their mouths slightly open, with shocked faces and eyes full of surprise.

Naturally, this movie is not a real one-shot, but it can be done so well, can create the effect of a single shot, and can scare so many people, it is already very successful.

It is already an innovative work in the history of film.

No movie had ever attempted this before.

Robert De Niro is a well-known and experienced actor in Hollywood. At this time, he was also shocked by Lee Sheng Yew's innovation.

"A very bold idea, and it actually worked."

Jude Law heard this and nodded, "Li is indeed not an ordinary director. His innovation this time is even more powerful than "Sicario". This movie is by far the best movie I have seen at this film festival." .”

"I never knew about the Battle of Songhu before. I didn't expect the Japanese people in the island country to be so ferocious. This movie told me a lot of different things. I will watch the second scene and carefully count how many editing points there are. , and then talk to Li."

De Niro nodded, "We should talk to him. He is a person with ideas and someone who can make the movie progress."

I was originally worried that "1937" would be like "Midnight in Paris". The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

Unexpectedly, Li Shengyao could withstand the pressure and the quality was excellent.

De Niro serves as the official judge of this year's film festival, so he naturally hopes that the festival will have as many excellent films as possible.

He now wanted to have a good chat with Li Shengyao and express his concern and admiration.

(End of this chapter)