Entertainment: God-level director

“Lin Ran, first of all, congratulations on your”The Wandering Earth” for setting a new box office record.”

“Thanks.”

Lin Ran responded with a smile.

After greetings, the reporter began to ask questions:””The Wandering Earth” has achieved such a good box office, are you surprised?”

“Actually there is no big surprise. Lin

Ran shook his head and said truthfully:”Because”The Wandering Earth” started from writing the script, I have done the most solid job in every link. I have always emphasized that there are only garbage movies without garbage audiences. When the movie is good enough, The audience will take the initiative to pay”

“Movies are full of all kinds of surprises, and there are often situations where they get great reviews but fail to do so at the box office.”

“This is true, but this usually occurs in feature films, because these subjects have a limited audience and there is a ceiling.

And”The Wandering Earth” is a heavy industry blockbuster. As long as its reputation explodes, the box office will definitely follow suit.”

Lin Ran explained.

The reporter nodded and continued to ask:”Before”The Wandering Earth”, it was said that there was no soil for science fiction in China, so no director dared to get involved in science fiction themes easily, not to mention the investment is so huge, why would you? Choose to make science fiction movies?”

“From beginning to end, I disagree with the statement that there is no soil for science fiction in China. Lin

Ran smiled and said,”Look, Hollywood science fiction blockbusters can easily earn hundreds of millions, or even more than ten or two billion, at the domestic box office. How can we say that there is no soil for science fiction in China?”

No major domestic director has dared to touch upon science fiction themes before. Firstly, if science fiction films are to be made well, the investment is too high, and domestic films have not yet gone global, so it is difficult to recover the cost by relying solely on domestic box office.

Second, there is no complete film industry in China. Even if I dare to invest such a large amount, I have no experience and no confidence that I can make a good film.”

“So how did you film”The Wandering Earth”? How do you overcome the difficulties encountered during filming?”

The reporter asked

“Please tell me a lot. Before filming”The Wandering Earth”, I went to Hollywood many times. I visited the filming of Hollywood science fiction blockbusters and learned a lot. Lin

Ran said half-truthfully.

When he invited Weta Digital to do special effects, he did fly to the United States many times, but he never visited the filming of Hollywood blockbusters.

After all, Lin Ran could directly enter the system while sleeping at night In the teaching class, I personally observed the filming of the top special effects blockbuster directors such as Explosive Shell and Truck Driver.

I even served as their assistant director and tried it myself. I learned a lot more than visiting in reality.

You know, in reality, , Lin Ran didn’t have the opportunity to observe and learn from the crew of Truck Driver

“I see.”

The reporter had no doubts and suddenly realized

“《”The Wandering Earth” is known as China’s first hard science fiction blockbuster, which is a good start. What experience do you have that you would recommend to other directors?”

“After I finish this busy period, I will compile a shooting manual, which will introduce in detail the process of shooting such heavy industrial movies, possible problems encountered, and how to solve them, etc.

After sorting it out, I will publish it directly and provide it as a reference for colleagues across the country when they shoot science fiction movies in the future. Lin

Ran smiled and said

“Director Lin, you are so generous.”

After listening to Lin Ran’s words, the reporter was in awe of Lin Ran.

“As a filmmaker, I very much hope that there will be as many domestic heavy industry films as possible. Many viewers complain that our domestic films cannot go abroad and can only win box office at home.

I think if a movie of the quality of”The Wandering Earth” could be released every month, or even every week, domestic movies would definitely become Hollywood blockbusters and go global.

I have gained some experience now, and I am very happy to pass it on to other directors. I also hope that they can make a heavy industry blockbuster with better quality than”The Wandering Earth”!”

Lin Ran said.

After the reporter heard this, he felt awe again.

She thought to herself that if other domestic directors had Lin Ran’s mind and awareness, domestic films would have risen long ago.

After the interview, Lin Then rushed to the film office without stopping

《”The Wandering Earth” was so popular that the film bureau held another special seminar as usual.

The so-called seminar is to invite film creators and some experts to share and summarize why this film is so successful.

When Lin Ran arrived, he found that many people had already arrived, including Fu Ruoqing from China Film Group, the original author Da Liu, and others. Lin Ran even saw a film theory expert from Nortel, his alma mater.

“Director Lin.”

Seeing that Lin Ran, the real owner, had arrived, Wang Xiaohui, the head of the film bureau, personally greeted him.

He held Lin Ran’s hand tightly and said with a smile on his face:”Director Lin, you are giving me a big satellite. Ah, although I thought”The Wandering Earth” would be successful at the last internal preview screening, I didn’t expect it to be this successful.”

“Wang Ju deserves the award.”The Wandering Earth” can achieve such good results thanks to Wang Ju’s support.”

Lin Ran said with a smile.

This is not flattering, because under Wang Xiaohui’s intervention, the film was submitted for review very smoothly, without any cuts.

Even during the film arrangement, he verbally asked domestic theaters to support him in private.

This is not just related to Wang Ziwen. In fact, the government has always strongly supported such blockbusters, which are rare in China.

For example,”The Return of the Great Sage” invested by Lin Ran, in the previous life, the film was originally scheduled for March and April. However, the leaders of Radio and Television thought the samples were very good after seeing them, so they suggested that Tian Xiaopeng set the schedule for the summer vacation, and also asked the theaters under China Film Group to give more support in scheduling the films.

In the end,”The Return of the Great Sage” lived up to expectations and became a hit 15 years ago. With a box office of nearly 1 billion, it became the biggest dark horse of the year.

Without the personal intervention of the leaders of radio and television, if it were released in March and April, the off-season for movies, the box office would definitely not reach that high.

“Director Lin, now I know why you dared to invest so much in the first place. If I had known this, we at China Film should have invested more.”

After Wang Xiaohui and Lin Ran finished their greetings, Fu Ruoqing came over to say hello to Lin Ran.

After a while of greetings, Lin Ran sat down in his seat.

This seminar was not just an internal seminar, there were also CCTV reporters on site. It will be filmed and will be broadcast on CCTV News Channel later.

Therefore, everyone will speak seriously next

“《The success of”The Wandering Earth” is first of all due to the value benchmark it has set. The film demonstrates the collectivism and feelings of family and country in the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and demonstrates the spiritual realm of the Chinese people who do not care about utilitarianism, strive for world unity, and overcome difficulties together. It interprets Chinese traditional and contemporary values, promotes the concept of a”community with a shared future for mankind”, and provides a Chinese approach that is different from the West in overcoming the disasters that mankind may face. It is a breakthrough work in domestic science fiction films in recent years.”

The head of the film bureau spoke first and gave high praise from the core of the film.

Later, an industry expert said:””The Wandering Earth” shows the courage and courage of contemporary Chinese filmmakers to innovate in the fierce competition with Hollywood films. The ability to practice, boldly innovate film expression techniques, and use rich imagination to create gorgeous and shocking audio-visual effects, refreshing the audience. What is very gratifying is that 80% of the special effects of the film were completed by a domestic team. There may be a certain gap between it and American blockbusters, but overall it has reached a world-class level, which also reflects the remarkable achievements of our country’s film industry and film technology innovation in recent years. Achievement.”

Subsequently, Da Liu also spoke from the standpoint of the author as the author of the original work.

Lin Ran, the director, naturally also had to speak. He shared some of the difficulties he encountered during filming and how he solved them. Finally, He once again expressed that he would share his experience with his peers for free and publicly.

This was highly praised by Wang Xiaohui and warm applause from the audience.

Later that day, the seminar and the clips of Lin Ran’s exclusive interview in the morning were on the news Channel, broadcast in the form of a special topic.