"The Pianist at Sea" tells the legendary story of an abandoned baby named "1900" who fell in love with the piano on an ocean liner and eventually became a piano master.
In 1900, an orphan was abandoned in the first class cabin on the luxury cruise ship Virginia. He was raised by the sailors on the ship and named 1900.
Time flies by, and 1900 slowly grows up, showing his extraordinary talent for playing the piano without a teacher, and performs piano in the band on the ship.
Everyone who heard him play was deeply moved.
Johnny, the originator of jazz, heard about 1900's superb skills and went on the boat to compete with him. However, in the end he felt ashamed and left sadly.
Everyone thinks that when 1900 sets foot on land, his piano sound will amaze the world and he will become the greatest pianist in the world.
But it is a pity that all this glory happened at sea, and 1900 never wanted to set foot on land.
Until one day, he fell in love with a girl, and his feelings flowed on the piano keys. Between love and ideal choice, he fell into a dilemma...
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In the previous life, "The Pianist on the Sea" had a surprisingly high Douban score, reaching a peak of 9.5. It was rated by nearly a million people, and even the average score was 9.2.
From the perspective of future generations, this movie is ahead of its time.
The philosophy expressed in the film conforms to the aesthetics of the Chinese people, but in the eyes of American film critics of that era, the film as a whole showed strong nihilism, escaping reality, and was not in line with the mainstream values of Europeans and Americans at the time. Therefore, the film was not popular.
People like it.
For this reason, no matter how good other parts of the film are, it will be difficult for the judges to vote. Therefore, on the North American Rotten Tomatoes film review website, the satisfaction rating of "The Pianist" is only less than 45%.
But in fact, the soundtrack and scenery of "The Pianist" are very outstanding, and it should be nominated for any Oscar now.
To sum up, this movie is equivalent to the foreign version of "House of Flying Daggers"
The Chinese thought its plot was childish and the pictures were artificial, but Europeans and Americans thought it was very romantic and beautiful, and it won many foreign language film awards abroad and was even nominated for an Oscar.
The reason why Liao Yuan chose this film to take the lead instead of making a great war film like "The Pianist" is firstly due to cost issues, and secondly because the content of "The Pianist" is too tragic and sensitive, even if the background is moved
In China, various political factors are also quite sensitive and do not conform to the current values of the people.
Therefore, "The Pianist on the Sea" is the best choice at present, and it can be regarded as echoing "The Secret". After all, there is also a classic piano battle in the "Secret" movie.
The overall story of "The Pianist on the Sea" is dull, but the piano fighting scene in it is cited as a classic and has influenced countless movie scenes in later generations.
However, it is undeniable that although "The Pianist" is a film that harvests "leeks", the basic public may not necessarily buy it, so it has a certain degree of rejection factor.
Fortunately, the production cost of this movie is relatively low, just renting an old luxury cruise ship. As for the actors, of course Liao Yuan still needs to be nepotistic, and is ready to move the original cast of the previous movie "The Secret That Cannot Be Telled".
If we invite a few veterans from the entertainment industry, everything will be ready.
Just do it, Liao Yuan immediately asked Chen Muen to prepare for the plenary meeting.
At the meeting, after Liao Yuan revealed the plan, Tian Xingde was the first to express his approval. Of course, others had no objections. After all, there had been precedents before:
"The Untold Secret" has been a huge success at home and abroad, with a domestic box office of 730 million yuan. It is an unparalleled hit in the field of literary and artistic films. In addition, "The Untold Secret" has also been popular in overseas countries.
It has been released one after another and has received great acclaim throughout Asia, especially in Japan and South Korea. It has been screened continuously. The number of movie viewers in Japan has exceeded 700,000, making it the most popular foreign language film of the year in Japan and South Korea. Liao Yuan also relied on this
The film made a big appearance in Southeast Asia, and its appearance rate among civilians is quite high.
It can be said that Liao Yuan is now at the forefront among artists in Southeast Asia.
Therefore, with this precedent, everyone will not have too many worries about this new literary film, so they immediately started to establish the project and recruit people. The total investment plan is about 50 million yuan, with Singapore dollars
The film and television production company fully undertakes all projects.
Since Xinyuan merged into the Liu Group, they have been hungry and want to shine in the group. Therefore, when they heard that this film was starring the original cast of "The Secret", they immediately became active.
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Soon, Xinyuan Production started recruiting actors based on the character script written by the big boss.
It took nearly a month to recruit the actors.
There are a total of 45 formal actors, large and small, and 75 staff members.
At this time, the coordinator discovered a serious problem. If the film was produced according to the boss's request, in addition to the hundreds of actors and staff, the crew would not only have a 165-meter-long Russian retired boat,
It is also necessary to recruit more than 10,000 extras and nearly 2,500 sets of actor costumes.
This is a huge project, more than ten times more complicated than "The Secret That Cannot Be Told".
In addition, according to the requirements of the script, the crew also had to set up exterior scenes in coastal ports in various countries near China.
After such calculations, the total investment for the entire film is estimated to be over 100 million yuan, or even much higher.
This left the Xin Yuan production coordinator stunned. This was far from the total investment of 50 million requested by the boss!
For a moment, the coordinator felt troubled, and he immediately informed his superiors of the situation. Chang Houjian, the current manager of Xinyuan, realized the seriousness of the situation and hurriedly sent the statistics sheet to Liao Yuan.
Liao Yuan also fell silent when he saw the dense numbers on the form.
Chang Houjian smiled and said: "Mr. Liao, I personally think that we should shoot the second part of "The Secret That Cannot Be Telled", which is the sequel. You know, now the entire Southeast Asia is looking forward to this, especially in South Korea.
, "The Secret That Cannot Be Told" has a very high status in the hearts of young people, so the sequel of this movie is still very marketable, and the investment is very small, but the return rate is extremely high..."
"As for "The Pianist on the Sea," I roughly read the script. Although I think it's good, the investment is a bit high. Xinyuan has never been exposed to many large-scale productions with investment of hundreds of millions before. I'm worried that the people below will not be as good as others.
Let them practice their skills first, make some small-budget movies first, and slowly accumulate experience."
Liao Yuan frowned, and after a long time he said: ""The Secret That Cannot Be Tellable" is over. It is a perfect ending. Any supplements would be superfluous, so let's not mention the sequel. As for "The Pianist on the Sea"
, since the project has been approved, it must start filming. It is not surprising that the estimated investment amount is doubled. Is it possible that we have been struggling for so many years and we still can’t attract investment at this time?”
Chang Houjian scratched his head. He looked like a helpless child in front of Liao Yuan even though he was in his forties. He chuckled and said, "I feel relieved because of your words. I will arrange for people to adapt to the reality of the script."
Conduct advertising tenders.”
Naturally, the purpose of making movies is to make money, and Liao Yuan is not opposed to advertising placement. Of course, in addition to advertising placement, Liao Yuan is also planning to bring in some local tycoons to invest together to jointly produce the film and diversify investment risks.
But what Liao Yuan didn't expect was that as soon as the news appeared to the outside world, it would cause a sensation in the market.
Not only the entertainment industry, the advertising industry, but also the big guys in finance and other fields have asked people to contact them. The most surprising thing is that when the news spread overseas, the entire Asian investment circle took action.
Lu Shenxian waved their checks one after another, crossed the mountains and the sea, and came to the gate of Liao Group. ——
Thank you Shan Qingying, Brother Shu for your reward for cultivating your life.