Popular stories, some that everyone can relate to, some that can even be said to have penetrated into the blood of Westerners. These stories are integrated into the Eastern background.
Including but not limited to Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet.
Although the story is old and the routine is old, what we want is this flavor, which is to make the judges immediately think of the ancient story when they see the movie.
A classic drama, two great directors successively moved these Western-core stories to the East and staged them in ancient palaces.
The smell is really too strong.
To be honest, although the two great directors are now very ambitious, they think they have found a new path, and there will be others who will follow in their footsteps and continue this filming routine.
However, this type of movie has encountered a cold wave at home and abroad, and it was doomed early on that it would not achieve the desired effect.
Let’s not talk about domestic dramas. Many Chinese people have actually studied those classic Western dramas and are relatively familiar with them.
But those are always foreigners’ stories. When they are put on the Chinese movie screen, they will immediately show the characteristics of being acclimatized.
How can Chinese people resonate deeply with such a story?
They would rather watch Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai become butterflies flying together than understand the love life of Romeo and Juliet.
Although they look exactly the same at first glance, the core of the story is still very different.
As a result, there is no need to count on the box office of this series of movies, although it may not be too bad in terms of total amount.
But it is impossible to make money. But for any movie with such a brand name, the investment cannot be small and the ostentation is huge.
To create such a scene, it can't be solved without spending a lot of money.
What needs to be solved more should be the film arrangement of theaters. Many times, the results that seem to be acceptable actually require more efforts behind the scenes.
If you want movie theaters to obediently hand over all scheduled movies, you can't do it without using your brains on small amounts of money.
Therefore, sometimes, some movies that can be said to have just recovered their money actually lost money when taken into account.
The theater chain has to deal with it, and the subsequent publicity has to keep up. After all the preparations are done, you will find that the publicity expenses have been greatly overrun.
This cost is almost invisible in the early stage, and people often discuss the simple cost of film production.
In other words, a movie that claims to cost 10 million to shoot may actually cost about 12 million in total.
Later publicity and dealing with theaters will cost money.
This is why many movies may seem to have decent results at first, but in the end it is the creators who go crazy.
That's all because the actual cost is much higher than the amount disclosed at the beginning. In the end, the box office is only a little bit, can you still not go crazy?
If there is no hope of box office success, then we can only turn our attention abroad to compete for prizes.
It is a pity that since the day this type of grafted product was born, almost no one has been successful in winning awards.
You may be able to get one nomination, but there are almost no official awards. If there were, the big directors would have started to boast about it long ago.
As a result, of course there is no such thing.
First of all, these combinations that you think are very innovative will only be considered ridiculous in the eyes of judges who are used to seeing the storm.
It's nondescript and looks like it's trying to please us, but in fact, we are really not happy at all when we see such works.
It seems that they respect our culture, but at the core, don’t they still want awards? We have seen too many of these stories here.
Can you Eastern directors still produce more tricks than us Western directors?
No!
You can't.
If you could, you would have won the prize long ago.
It can be seen that if you take this route, you are looking at the inside and outside, not the people, and you cannot please both sides.
Ranmasanti, who has lived in country A for many years, will naturally not turn a blind eye to the efforts of these so-called famous directors over the years.
As for the fundamental reason why they repeatedly failed to win the prize, as a bystander, she might actually know it better than they personally!
As for Lao Zhang, he may still be in a better situation. Although he failed to win the award, because the overall standard is still there, even if the movie does not reach the level of a masterpiece, it can still be watched.
At least the audience won't start cursing as soon as they walk out of the cinema.
Therefore, at least the box office performance is still good. As long as this high point is occupied, Lao Zhang still has a lot to do.
At least he still has a chance to make mistakes, and the audience will still give him a chance. Besides, even if we compare past records, Lao Zhang's blood is much thicker than that of Brother Hai.
Regardless of the level of Brother Hai's works, this matter is a matter of opinion, but one thing is unquestionable.
That is, Brother Hai’s movies are really far away from the general public.
There are only a few films that are high-brow and can even be said to be household names, which means that, except for those fans who watch movies every day, at the public level, the audience is much less interested in Haige's filter than Lao Zhang's.
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So, you see, Brother Hai, he just made a blockbuster movie, and he encountered so many bad reviews.
Although there is nothing wrong with those people's accusations, to be honest, if the same thing happened to Lao Zhang, the pressure he would receive would be much lighter than that of Brother Hai.
Of course, Lao Zhang would not make his works look like that.
Right.
Lao Zhang and Brother Hai have completely different personalities, so the works they produce have completely different temperaments.
It's not like Lao Zhang has never made unsatisfactory movies, but taking San Yan Er Pai as an example, even if it is bad, it is as bad as human beings can imagine.
It's a logical mess.
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But Brother Hai is different.
When her bad movies are combined with his innate talent, the ultimate work is steamed buns.
Many viewers walked out of the cinema, and they didn't curse at first, really, because they didn't understand the purpose of the movie Mantou yet.
They couldn't figure out what Brother Hai was photographing.
Some of them may even blame themselves. Maybe they are too ignorant and did not see the profound meaning in the movie Hai Ge.
right!
That must be the case.
The steamed buns are not bad, it's just that the filming method is a little more unique. If there are mistakes, it is also the fault of us viewers.
It must not be Brother Hai's fault.
However, the audience was still a little too naive. When they returned home and gradually woke up, they all looked up to the sky and screamed: Damn it!
It's Brother Hai's fault!
What was the thing being photographed?
Lanmasanti has also heard of Brother Hai's illustrious reputation. He was like that in the last movie.
How long has it been before you want to come back again?
It's not impossible if you want to start over, but please, can you choose a subject that you are good at?
If you want the audience to recognize you again, you have to show some real skills.
If you continue to shoot such nondescript subjects, no matter how much Brother Hai brags, Lanmasanti will not give him a chance.
There is no doubt that I will invest in this kind of movie. I still want my sister to invest in this kind of movie. Isn’t this a pure fraud?
Who can bear this?
It would be strange not to be scolded.
However, now, Lanmasanti was told that Brother Hai, who had just stood up from a pit, actually continued to wallow in the pit.
How could senior investor Ms. Lan agree?
However, even if Ms. Lan does not agree, will all this be solved?
After hanging up the phone, Wu Di was still worried. He always felt that the matter would never be solved so easily.
In any case, Lanmasanti chose not to cooperate out of her own mind, which made Wu Di completely relieved.
As for what Brother Hai will think when he learns the news, that is not Wu Di's concern.
Everything was ready. In fact, Wu Di was not very prepared. Xiao Qi was the one who was really prepared. He was just the one responsible for answering the phone.
He still answered all his own phone calls, but even so, his trip to Water City was about to officially begin.
As the only domestic entertainment feature film selected this year, the crew of Labyrinth naturally received great attention. When they just got off the plane from Shuicheng, they found that there were already media waiting there.
He was actually waiting to interview the crew of Labyrinth!
Of course, the reporters' main targets are still Xiao Qi and Wu Di, and it is normal for them to be interested in Xiao Qi.
After all, he is the main director, and this film is also shortlisted for the Director Award. Once he wins the award, it will naturally be Xiao Qi who gets the biggest bonus.
As for Wu Di, he originally thought that he was just a backdrop, responsible for holding the microphone for Xiao Qi, and he did indeed do so.
Unexpectedly, with the microphone in hand, all kinds of questions came flooding in, but the form of the questions was somewhat different.
They were all questions, but when it came to Xiao Qi, they were all professional-related and very targeted. When it came to Wu Di, everything turned into gossip.
What about the wedding date with Zhang Feng, why is he directing movies even though he is an actor, what are the special feelings about crossing the line?
Didn't they see that he also had the director's label hanging on his head?
I can also answer professional questions!
I'm all ready!
Unfortunately, there is no such problem. The reporters are focusing on the gossip surrounding Wu Di.
Damn it, I'll pay you back.
In order to cope with these interviews, Wu Di specially summoned the system while on the plane and purchased a director's Q&A gift package!
Although the system cannot provide support to Director Wu Di or help him make movies, he can still sell some gift packages.
Although this amount of money is not unaffordable for Wu Di today, after all, he is indeed rich now.
This cost is nothing.
However, it’s still not a good feeling to buy it after all the hard work but not use it at all.
Although Wu Di is not greedy for money, he is stingy.
No matter how small the money is, it is still money!
I can't get back the money after I spend it, and I still buy a bunch of useless things. Can Boss Wu not be so angry?
The most important thing is that this money was also made by that cheating system, which is even more intolerable!
And now, Wu Di, who has overcome many difficulties, is finally standing on the stage in Shuicheng!
Has his time finally arrived?
ah……
not yet.
It's far from time to see who will win the award. Like many people from all walks of life who come to the film festival, Wu Di is also very nervous and looking forward to it.
Although some internal information was received, it was only Lao Zhang's words after all, not to mention that he did not disclose specific information.
The only thing that can be determined accurately is the nomination. As for whether he can win the grand prize in the end, Lao Zhang has never given an accurate answer.
Even if Lao Zhang really knew the inside story, given his identity and status, he would not tell Wu Di in advance.
We can only guess a few things from his various performances.
It’s not just Wu Di who’s curious, it’s not just the Maze crew, those in the industry who came to attend the event are also looking forward to it!
However, if you want to reveal this answer, you must pay some price.
Otherwise, how can it be called a high-profile movie event? There will always be some shelves.
Before the official awards ceremony, there are many related activities to participate in and some movies to be screened.
This time, although the only domestic entertainment feature film shortlisted was Labyrinth, there were still many colleagues participating in the event.
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, it is also exciting enough for many in the industry.
First of all, the first activity of the Maze crew is to have a collective appearance. Well, Wu Di is not nervous at all.
Isn't it just a matter of walking on the red carpet and then standing on the stage for reporters to take pictures?
There is no need to wait for the results of the awards, and there is no need to go on stage to speak. Even if there are questions, they will be allocated to Xiao Qi.
The two of them had long ago agreed that in Shuicheng, the opportunity for external publicity would be given to Xiao Qi. After all, compared to Wu Di, he needed to establish his presence internationally.
As for Wu Di, he only wants awards.
It doesn't matter how generous Wu Di is, it's just about everyone getting what they need.
Xiao Qi is a new director, and he is in the directing field. He needs to win this director's award and gain recognition in the industry.
This will make it easier for him to seek investment and continue making movies next time.
Maybe, if it performs well, we can attract a few international investors to inject capital into him.
And what about Wu Di?
Although his future goal is definitely to move behind the scenes as soon as possible, that is a matter of the future after all. At least, now he still has multiple tracks to choose from.
Being an actor, of course, this is not possible.
Now this is still Wu Di's main business, and he has a foundation, so he can't give up easily. As for the director, of course he can also choose, and even Wu Di will not be short of scripts.
Even if no one takes the initiative to deliver it to him, he can still go back to Qinqin's wife and see if Zhang Feng has any scrapped books.