Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 814 - Purgatory
After spending the Lantern Festival with his family, Chen Yu set off for New York to join the crew of "Person of Interest Season 6".

The first three episodes of the show were directed by Fred Toye, who is extremely good at creating suspense and tension.

He has collaborated many times with international directors such as Spielberg, the Nolan brothers, Cameron, and Luc Besson.

In addition, he also had some interactions with Zhang Yimou and Ang Lee.

When the imperial master was preparing to shoot "The Great Wall", he hoped that Frederick Toye would join the crew as a foreign consultant and artistic director.

The guy read the script carefully twice and decisively refused.

Frei Toy felt that this work had no clear positioning. To put it bluntly, it was trying to have it all right, but ended up being neither Chinese nor Western.

Moreover, the setting and foreshadowing were too extensive, and the ending couldn't make sense.

The national teacher must be aware of all the problems that Frey Toy could find. As for why the latter still insisted on pushing forward, that involves other issues.

After Matt Damon took on this film for the huge salary, he was ridiculed by Hollywood critics for a whole year.

Even the Oscars ceremony the following year did not spare Matt Damon.

The work he invested in, "Manchester by the Sea", swept major mainstream film festivals in Europe and the United States and won a total of 115 awards, shocking the world.

Originally he wanted to produce and sell the products himself, and had even taken the final photos, but the check for "The Great Wall" was too tempting.

Those Hollywood film critics ridiculed him not because they were greedy for money.

Instead, he laughed at his lack of vision.

The combined revenue of Manchester by the Sea ultimately exceeded the huge salary paid to Matt Damon for The Great Wall.

Of course, it can also be said that Matt Damon sacrificed his own reputation to make double the money, since all the money went into his pocket anyway.

But this buddy reminded Chen Yu that similar operations can only be done quietly once, otherwise he will be secretly excluded by his peers. Word of mouth is a very elusive and mysterious thing.

On the day Chen Yu returned to the crew, the director did not urge him to participate in the filming immediately, but asked him to watch the movie "Purgatory" in the hotel screening room.

"Purgatory" is a Russian film that reflects the attack and defense of a hospital in Grozny during the First Chechen War.

What can I say about this work? It subverts many traditional techniques in describing street fighting. After its release, it has influenced a large number of European and American directors and screenwriters.

Spielberg once lamented that if this film had the support of Hollywood, it would definitely create a box office miracle.

"Saving Private Ryan" was released in the same year as this work, and the latter received sincere respect from the director of the former, which shows the status of "Purgatory" in the film industry.

Nolan privately said that the film’s greatest fortune was that it was produced in Russia, and its greatest sorrow was also that it was produced in Russia.

The United States and Western Europe are unable to produce the bloody street fighting in "Purgatory".

For example, there are Chechen female snipers who specialize in shooting at the genitals of Russian officers and soldiers; and foreign mercenaries who chop off the heads of Russian officers and soldiers and hang them on individual rockets to return fire to the enemy.

In the film, Russian officers and soldiers nailed Chechen women and children to crosses and erected them as a revenge against a group of Chechen thugs.

Russian armored units were also ordered to crush the bodies of their comrades to prevent the fallen officers and soldiers from being insulted by Chechen mobs.

"Purgatory" uses a very straightforward shooting method to tell the audience:

There is no right or wrong in war for the lower-level participants. They are just tools consumed by the big guys and will eventually fight for their lives and property.

To be honest, Chen Yu felt a little upset after reading it carefully.

Although "Purgatory" mainly narrates the story line from the perspective of Russian officers and soldiers, it does not glorify the former as a royal army. The Russian officers and soldiers in the film are also perverted and brutal.

Anyway, Chen Yu felt that he could save a lunch or even dinner.

If it was Dilraba Dilmurat, I guarantee she would vomit after watching it, and would probably surrender halfway through.

Previously, Di Lieba forced Chen Yu to accompany her to watch "Alien", but Chen Yu felt so nauseous that her stomach was boiling, and she retreated after the progress bar had just passed one-third.

Chen Yuzhen couldn't stand the sticky and stringy monsters.

Dilraba Dilraba cannot bear to see bloody scenes on battlefields. Chen Yu thought about it again and again and didn't have the guts to push "Purgatory" to his pregnant wife, fearing that Dilraba Dilraba would fly to the Big Apple and chop him up and feed him to the dogs.

Frey Toy asked Chen Yu to appreciate this classic work carefully in order to understand the character of his co-star.

The content to be filmed in the near future is a series of battles of wits and courage between the male protagonist played by Chen Yu and the former Chechen veteran.

The United States and the European Union would definitely call that group of people Chechen veterans.

Russia calls them insurgents and terrorists.

When writing the script for Person of Interest Season 6, the show chose to use the views of the United States and the European Union on the first Chechen War.

There are certainly a lot of biased and even extreme fallacies among them, and screenwriter Nolan is naturally aware of this.

Therefore, the male protagonist played by Chen Yu will stand on the side of those who do not know the truth, while the former Chechen veteran will be the one who wants to atone for his crime.

The Russian agents in the play are among those who have abandoned the ability to think, like tools being manipulated at will by big men.

In the first five seasons of "Person of Interest", Nolan mainly discussed the dialectic and integration between machines and human nature.

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In "Person of Interest Season 6", he directly substitutes the perspective of the Cold War period, preparing to play a drama of sanctions and redemption, completely breaking through the shackles of the first five seasons.

In fact, Nolan has no choice, after all, the first five seasons are too classic.

The only way to make the "Person of Interest" series achieve greater success is to start a new chapter, but the risks involved are huge.

"Knives Out" achieved both box office success and good reputation with its retro style, and it is undoubtedly the dark horse of the year.

Nolan was deeply inspired and read a large amount of information.

We are preparing to reopen the Cold War elements in the drama circle which have been neglected for many years.

Lionsgate and Netflix both chose to believe in Nolan.

I am willing to join him in a big gamble. After all, it's a dog eating turtle game. If he succeeds, it will be the first time in the world. If he loses, he will just keep his head down and continue to accumulate strength for the future.

Lionsgate is now financially secure and can weather the storm.

To take a step back, Lionsgate can also team up with Netflix to make some money in the Korean and Southeast Asian markets. Lionsgate has high-quality resources at hand, so it is naturally not worried.

Unfortunately, the Chinese market remains closed to outsiders.

Chen Yu crossed his legs and wanted to read it again from the beginning to fill in some details, but when he picked up the freshly squeezed peach juice, his mouth suddenly felt sour and astringent.

Certain scenes from "Purgatory" appeared directly before his eyes.

Chen Yu slowly put down the peach juice and took a deep breath.

This type of work may seem very disgusting when watching it, but it is actually extremely fun to make it on the set.

For example, when shooting horror thrillers, the biggest difficulty is how to prevent the actors from laughing.

Chen Yu got up and walked out of the screening room to get some fresh air, just as he was about to have a video chat with Dilraba Dilmurat when he received an email from Emanuel.

The Golden Globe Awards for American Film and Television, which had its date adjusted due to the Hollywood strike, invited Chen Yu to attend.

"Knives Out" was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director in the Drama category.

Chen Yu was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Film Drama.

But the competitors were so fierce that I basically just had to run alongside them.

In addition, "Fifty Shades Darker", which Chen Yu invested alone, was successfully nominated for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Film Drama.

Dakota Johnson, the female lead of "Fifty Shades Darker", will face Nicole Kidman.

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