After the start of the new year, Fang Yi joined the cast as scheduled. The first scene of Jiang Wen's new film "Let the Bullets Fly" was cast here. Although there were a large number of Hong Kong and mainland staff, the entire crew did not engage in any tricks of burning incense and worshiping Buddha, but in the capital.
Wanhao, I'm sorry, the Marriott Hotel held an opening ceremony to introduce the actors.
The press release quoted by the media is from the Troika, or the Five Tiger Generals, or the 11 Arhats.
The Troika refers to Fa Ge, Jiang Wen and Ge Guangtou. The Five Tiger Generals include Fang Yi and Chen Kun. All the main characters are called the 11 Arhats.
Chen Kun used to be the one with the best stardom among mainland students. Whether it was appearance, acting skills, or even height, compared to his classmate Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun basically had no shortcomings, and he was also good at acting. Successful interpretation
After starring in "Painted Skin", Chen Kun is recognized as the number one actor in mainland China.
Of course, that was before.
Due to the rise of Fang Yi, Chen Kun's star fortune has been dimmed. The track for top male stars is so narrow that it cannot accommodate the second person.
What's more, it's the later generations who are stronger in every aspect.
There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Jiang Wen was worried that Fang Yi and Chen Kun were not getting along well, so he acted as a peacemaker. When the crew all flew to the filming location in Yanbian and had their first mutton hot pot meal, Jiang Wen raised his glass of wine and said to them
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"Fang Yi, Chen Kun, resolve the movie issues, don't have any personal grudges, be a man."
"Me first."
He drank it all in one gulp. The other two couldn't help but give Jiang Wen some face, so they both smiled and had a drink.
After a short rest, the shooting of the first scene officially started. "Let the Bullets Fly" is adapted from "The Thief of Officials". The original author once engaged in struggles in the old red areas. It was originally interesting, and the adapted movie script is even more meaningful.
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Some of the lines and imagery in the scenes are worth pondering.
There is a train running across the White River Gorge, with ten horses pulling it forward, while the train is also smoking strangely. It can be understood as pure absurdity and comic effect, or it can be considered as being on this broad road.
, the locomotive did not really play its role, but was driven by animal power from the agricultural era.
Or combining the two names would be more straightforward: in short, there are too many coincidences in this movie to be a coincidence.
The DJ's drone was suspended in the sky, replacing the bird's-eye view. The subject in the picture was very stable, and the picture did not shake. Jiang Wen was surprised at first glance, "Not bad."
He asked Fang Yi, "How did you come up with the idea of doing this?"
"It just comes to mind, no need for a reason."
Jiang Wen looked at the scene again and said, "I want to shoot a scene from right to left. It was difficult to shoot originally, but now it's easier to do it from the sky. This feeling is so cool."
Fang Yi: "Does the ending go from left to right?"
Jiang Wen and he had already put on makeup and costumes. Jiang Wen laughed and touched his beard, "It seems you really understand... But at the end, I won't shoot it so clearly, it's too vulgar.
It’s too shallow, I want to make plans based on the surrounding scenery.”
He focused his attention on both sides of the canyon, "For example, the crooked-neck tree or the big rocks passing by, allowing the attentive audience to guess what the composition is at the end."
"If they can't see anything... which is definitely the majority, it doesn't matter. If they think about it five or ten years later and can still recall it, I will be worthy of their ticket price."
China Film Academy learned that Fang Yi intended to direct and act on his own, and Jiang Wen often gave his junior a few words of advice. Jiang Wen himself did not graduate from the directing department, but like Fang Yi, graduated from the acting department.
The investors of "Let the Bullets Fly" include China Film, Yinghuang, and Jiang Wen's 50%-owned partnership company "Bu Yi Shuo Hu" Pictures, whose partner is the well-known producer Mark.
The emergence of Mark brought Jiang Wen a free creative environment, not creative freedom, which is impossible, but financial freedom.
In his original words, "The funds are quite normal for him."
Nowadays, there is a rising investment group - coal bosses. They wave their money and want to wash away their old-fashioned image. They have taken a fancy to movies. Except for occasionally praising Xiaomi, they do not interfere in film creation, and because the project funding is too large,
Big, second- and third-tier directors are more or less affected.
Jiang Wen is not a second-tier director, but the box office of his films is not as good as that of a second-tier director. Anyone who expects to make money from movies will not bet on him.
"Let the Bullets Fly" is Jiang Wen's fourth film. The first three films all had the experience of running out of money halfway through filming. They patched things together, and sometimes they couldn't care whether the money they earned was clear.
As embarrassed as him, there is also the King of Sunglasses. Although he is very famous, it is difficult to get investment, so he has to find a solution to the underworld. The King of Sunglasses is also a person with a very strong backbone. Even if he almost gets chopped off, he still has to stick to his literary and artistic style.
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All the funding for Jiang Wen's movie came from a well-known source.
This also made him quite proud. Riding on the horse made this feeling even more serious. He looked at Fang Yi's face and nodded, "Liuzi is an imagery character. You are so smart, you must know
Why am I looking for you... I want to be very kind, very pure, and die very miserably in the end, so that the audience will instinctively feel pity and heartache! And then react to it and let them think about it and remember it."
"This is also my clever trick. I didn't say anything, but I said everything."
Fang Yi raised his eyebrows and stroked the horse's mane. The mare under his crotch was very smooth and motionless. Because it was a mare, its body was smaller than other horses. As the owner of the horse, Fang Yi's appearance was also similar to that of other horses.
Others don't fit in.
The makeup artist specially smoothed his eyebrows to make his temperament softer. He did not deliberately darken him, but retained his fair appearance. This is a robbery scene. The newly appointed Magistrate Ma takes his master to eat hot pot.
Drink red wine, sing and take office; the gangsters led by Jiang Wen on both sides of the road want to grab a handful.
As a member of the bandits, and even the "son" of the leader of the bandits, Fang Yi is like a college student from the capital who traveled through time in Peking.
When making a movie, it's important to take care of the situation before and after. Since he is dressed like this, it either implies that he is not suitable for survival in the world, or that he will undergo a big change in the future.
Jiang Wen suddenly recited a poem and said, "Why return the corpse wrapped in horse leather?"
Obviously, that is the first "either".
"How is Fang Yi's appearance? He is my junior brother. Although he is a junior brother, he is many years older. Such a talented young man originally had great expectations for him, but in this film, he has to play a
A situation of certain death... Do you think he deserves to die? Why should he die?"
Everyone didn't know what Jiang Wen wanted to express for a while, and looked at him blankly.
Jiang Wen shook his head dissatisfied, "Let's start shooting."