Reborn I am the second generation of stars

Chapter 886 Confidence
Xu Qian and Warner did not have a simple fate!

Because of "Ip Man", Xu Qian had cooperated with Warner before, and a strategic partnership was established between the two!
Warner took a fancy to the copyright of "Infernal Affairs", which surprised Xu Qian, but he also took it for granted!

Because in another world, Warner bought the copyright of "Infernal Affairs"!

in another world

In 2003, Richard Donner, the director of the American film "Superman", and the production company of Robert De Niro hoped to purchase the remake copyright of "Infernal Affairs".

After five companies bid, Warner Bros. Pictures was the winner with a bid of $175 million. In 2006, "Infernal Affairs" was remade into a movie, and more importantly, director Martin Scorsese won the Best Director Award for "The Departed"!

Therefore, "Infernal Affairs" and Warner are destined!
Why is "Infernal Affairs" popular in the West?

Xu Qian thinks it should be because the original creative inspiration of "Infernal Affairs" came from the movie "Face Changing" directed by Wu Baige.

Mai Dao thinks that the "swapping faces" in "Face Changing" is impossible to happen in reality, so Mai Dao asked if it is possible to tell a story and exchange the two characters, but it does not require surgery, just identity and heart exchange.

Director Mai and Director Zhuang have been communicating with each other in writing when creating the script of "Infernal Affairs". Mai Zhaohui finished writing a complete script and sent it to Director Zhuang. Director Zhuang revised the script and wrote to Director Mai again. Revise!

In Director Mai's conception of the script, initially there was only the story line of the police going undercover in the underworld.Later, Director Liu added a lot of elements to the original script, and added another line in which people from the underworld go to the police station as undercover agents.In the process of revising the script, the positioning of "Infernal Affairs" also changed accordingly. The script of the movie initially focused on cops and gangsters fighting wits, but later the elements of gangster or hero movies became stronger!
One of the reasons why it is popular in the West is that it was inspired by Wu Baige's "Face Changing"!
After all, Wu Baige was once a powerful figure in Hollywood. His film concept is close to the West, and "Infernal Affairs" inspired by his "Face Changing" naturally has some elements to cater to the West!
But this is not the main reason!
The most important reason is that this gangster film is indeed a classic!

Time flies, and more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye. When people look back again, they find that the movie "Infernal Affairs" has not only become an epoch-making work in the history of Hong Kong movies, but also a masterpiece in the genre of Hong Kong police and gangster movies. The pinnacle.

Before "Infernal Affairs", almost all the undercover images in Hong Kong gangster movies and even the world's gangster movies were police undercover. Unwavering, he finally subdued the bandit leader with his own hands, put on the police uniform again, and added glory.But "Infernal Affairs" is an alternative. What it shows us is that the underworld also has undercover agents in the police, and undercover policemen also have fragile hearts.

These things were not in the previous world movies.

Those who are familiar with Hong Kong police and gangster movies know that in those police and gangster movies in the prosperous period of Hong Kong movies, except for a few such as "Dark War", most of them are black and white. Good triumphs over evil, but in Infernal Affairs, it starts with the villain and ends with the villain.

The first person to appear in the film is Liu Jianming, a gangster in his youth. The camera gave him a long close-up, allowing the audience to see a thin boy with sparkling eyes. In his eyes, we see Its admiration, admiration and eagerness for the boss Han Chen.At the end of the film, the shot is also a close-up of Liu Jianming, but at this time he is already middle-aged, his eyes have lost light, and what he shows is confusion and contemplation.

Just from the echo of the details from the beginning to the end, we can see how different this movie is.

In addition to the unexpected plot, "Infernal Affairs" also surpassed the stereotype of ordinary Hong Kong police and gangster movies in terms of form.Just as scenes of beheading people on the street will definitely appear in the movies of Young and Dangerous, sharply contradictory Hong Kong police and gangster movies will also have fierce gunfight scenes. There are even gunfight scenes in several movies that have become classic representatives of Hong Kong movies, but in " In Infernal Affairs, the routine item of "shootout" was almost wiped out, only after Police Officer Huang fell from the building, there was a scene of police and gangster shootout, and this shootout only lasted more than thirty seconds.

It stands to reason that there are no gunfights in Hong Kong police and gangster films, just like cooking without oil, which will arouse strong disgust from the audience, but "Infernal Affairs" has blazed its own path.Changing from "martial arts" to "literary drama" not only did not make the audience not buy it, but it fit the content of the story better, making the story thrilling and allowing the audience to devote more energy to the protagonists Liu Jianming and Chen Yongren.This unique approach has also created a new way for Hong Kong police and gangster movies, that is, it does not rely on hot action scenes to attract audiences, but relies on excellent plots and character performances to attract audiences.

Because of the unique approach in form and content, "Infernal Affairs" has blazed its own path, a unique path!

This is the reason why "Infernal Affairs" is so popular in the West and even the world!

Because it is classic, because its content is good, because it is innovative, because it has blazed a path that no one else has ever traveled!
Xu Qian also expected this a long time ago. He had already prepared for it when he wrote the script of "Infernal Affairs"!

He not only wrote the script of "Infernal Affairs"!

Even wrote the script of "The Departed Walker"!

"The Departed" won an Oscar in another world. Of course, this award is largely due to the fact that its director is Martin Scorsese!
Martin Scorsese is not young, if he doesn't win the award that year, he probably won't have a chance!

But even so, the classics of this movie cannot be denied!

Although Xu Qian was not happy watching this movie, he felt that it was not as good-looking as our Chinese version of "Infernal Affairs".
But this movie is definitely suitable for Western values ​​and the value system of Western movies!
Xu Qian is going to use this script as his bargaining chip!

Although Hollywood actually has a lot of excellent scripts, and the library of scripts is even more numerous, no one can guarantee whether a movie will be a hit if it is not released!

Of course, sequel movies and superhero movies are basically impossible to hit the street!
If Xu Qian was an unknown person now, and gave Warner a script, no one would dare to ignore him!

But now Xu Qian is not what he used to be!
He is a director who has proven his creative ability!

The youth trilogy, "Ip Man" and "Infernal Affairs" have all been a big success!

And the original idea of ​​"Infernal Affairs" came from him. If Warner wants to own the copyright of "Infernal Affairs", it has to consider Xu Qian's opinion. Even if it is just pretending, it will definitely give Xu Qian some face. Must have attitude!

This is Xu Qian's current self-confidence!

He is so confident now!

(End of this chapter)