"Director Tang, will you feel any pressure when facing "Red Cliff" this summer?"
"Do you think Director Wu can tell this historical story well?"
"Compared to the all-star cast of "Red Cliff", what advantages does Director Tang think he has?"
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When we got off the smoky red carpet, we were greeted by a large number of reporters.
In an instant, everything within sight was deserted, and everyone crowded around Tang An.
Those little stars who finally managed to be interviewed once were still unhappy and full of resentment.
Facing these reporters rushing towards them, Tang An remained calm as if the mountain was collapsing in front of him. He just wanted to be careful about spitting stars and took two steps back without leaving any trace.
"Hello everyone, I was invited to attend the world premiere of "Red Cliff" today." He greeted the reporters with a smile.
The reporters took a good position in front of Tang An and asked the questions just now again.
"Actually, I feel a lot of pressure every time I release it. I'm always worried that the audience won't like it. This time "Now You See Me" is a new theme, so of course I'm a little nervous." Tang An remained calm.
said.
"Is Director Tang worried that the box office will not be as good as "Red Cliff"?" the reporter then asked.
"Compared with the box office, I hope to get the approval of the audience. What's the use of just having a box office but attracting a lot of criticism..."
Just talk nonsense!
The reporters were filled with exclamations.
After chatting for a long time, the topic finally returned to "Red Cliff".
"Director Tang, "Red Cliff" is the second Three Kingdoms-themed movie after "Three Kingdoms: Seeing the Dragon Disarms". The latter attracted a lot of criticism for randomly changing history. Do you think Director Wu Yusen can tell a historical story well?
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Wu Yusen has been questioned a lot during this period. There are a lot of trolls, experts, and various historical researchers who have seized on the loopholes in the trailer and complained about it. Even if it is not consistent with history, they can write a big book about it.
Thousands of words.
More importantly, Wu Yusen has always claimed that this movie is adapted from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and abandoned the "mythology" of the characters of the Three Kingdoms in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Wu Yusen emphasized that he was consistent with history, making it easier for people to catch loopholes.
If you say that this film is purely fictional, you can still justify it. Now you have sworn that it is historically accurate, which is not a bad thing.
"I haven't seen the movie yet, and I don't know exactly how it will be made, but Director Wu spent three or four years on this movie, so I think it should be ready."
"So how much box office does Director Tang think "Red Cliff" can get?"
"This will be left to the audience. I can only contribute one of my movie tickets." Tang An said with a smile.
After saying that, he ignored the reporters and walked towards the Wuhou Temple.
A three-story stage with a height of more than 3 meters and a length of more than 20 meters has been set up in the square inside.
The first floor will be used for program performances, and the last two floors are mainly used for setting up scenery. The first floor is larger than the second floor, and the third floor extends more than 10 meters.
In addition, Tang An also saw 10 eye-catching drums as the stage background placed on both sides of the highest level of the stage.
The whole stage is antique and majestic.
As soon as he came in, Lin Sheng approached him.
"Mr. Tang is here, welcome."
"Brother Lin, long time no see."
"It's all thanks to you. I've been busy traveling to theaters these days." Lin Sheng said with a wry smile.
"What Brother Lin said, naturally there will be people to do anything."
After a few words of greeting, Lin Sheng glanced around and said in a low voice, "Director Han has been very angry with you and Director Wang recently. He has a small meeting every three days and a big meeting every day. When you meet him later, you must have a good attitude."
point."
"Don't worry, Brother Lin, Director Han won't be angry about such a small thing. If the two movies are released together, they can stimulate each other's box office." Tang An said with a smile.
Lin Sheng smiled bitterly, "That's what you said last time when 'Superman' faced off against 'Superman'. I was so overwhelmed by you that you didn't even talk about stimulating the box office."
He and Tang An have known each other for four years. He is obviously a young man in his 20s who is more experienced in dealing with people than him.
"How can "Superman" be compared with "Red Cliff", otherwise Director Han would value this film so much."
Later, I followed Lin Sheng to meet Han Sanping, as well as several investors of the film, Shudu Media Group, Lion Rock Film Company of the United States, Japan Benefit Group, and Chengtian Entertainment.
These are the major investors in the film. In addition, companies such as Magic City Film Group and Forbidden City Films have invested part of the money.
The Lion Rock Film Company was founded by Wu Yusen in partnership with others, and he also had a share of the investment in "Red Cliff".
"Hello, Director Han, you look good today." Tang An said hello to Han Sanping and said hello to others.
Before Han Sanping could say anything, Wu Bo said in a nonchalant manner, "Director Tang is here. Is he here to spy on the military situation?"
Tang An looked at him in surprise, "Isn't it the invitation letter that Director Wu sent me?"
Cough cough cough!
Wu Bo choked and had nothing to say.
It was he who invited Tang An here, just because he wanted Tang An to see this majestic and epic war movie and give him a head start.
"Actually, I also want to see how Director Wu's historical blockbuster goes. After all, this is a genre that I have never made before and I am not good at it. I can learn from it." Tang An said with a smile.
"Director Tang is being modest. I'm afraid there's nothing you're not good at." Han Sanping replied calmly.
"Director Han is too praised. I am still young and have a lot to learn."
As soon as Tang An finished speaking, a Mandarin with a slight Xiangjiang accent came from behind him.
"This must be Director Tang. He is indeed a young hero. When I was this age, my first movie hadn't even been released yet!"
Although he, a big Hollywood director, doesn't think highly of Tang An, but coupled with his age of 28, he has to admire him.
"Director Wu, you are very polite. It is said that you used 170,000 extras for this shooting. I have never shot such a large-scale movie, and I want to ask you for some experience!" Tang An said modestly.
"Director Tang is joking, didn't you just shoot a scene with tens of thousands of people?"
"Those more than 10,000 people are sitting in the stands. They don't need to worry too much. They can't be compared with this kind of war movie." Tang An waved his hand.
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The business exchanges between the two parties were quite harmonious, and there was no expected tension, contempt or attack on each other.
We chatted for almost half an hour, and then the premiere officially began.
Tang An also found an opportunity to chat with Han Sanping for a while. Anyway, since it was too late to catch up with the summer movie, Wang Zhongjun wanted to release it in July, so he worked all night long for a month to edit the film.
Although he didn't agree with Tang An's statement, Han Sanping naturally had nothing to say.
As long as he can win this time, Tang An will still be the star of the theater circuit, a top commercial director, and Han Sanping will not be angry with Wu Yusen because he is a loser.
Losers have no human rights.
Victory is the truth.
As for losing?
Doesn’t exist! Impossible! No way! Definitely not!
The premiere ceremony began and the audience entered the venue.
Several major investors spent 10 million to renovate the square, which has thousands of seats.
On the stage, various types of soldiers wearing armor from the late Han Dynasty took turns to go into battle and practiced some military formations.
There is also a Han Dynasty song and dance featuring two actors, Lin Zhiling and Xiao Song Jia.
The performance lasted for more than half an hour. The main creators came on stage, and the host lineup was also quite strong. There were six hosts in total including Guangxian, Beijing TV Station, West Sichuan TV Station, and Movie Channel.
Wu Yusen talked about many things during filming, such as the frequent accidents during filming of complex war scenes and action scenes.
During the filming, there happened to be a month of continuous heavy rains, which destroyed the outdoor scenery, causing budget overruns and overdue filming. The insurance company once intervened in the filming.
This time in "Red Cliff" Wu Yusen also implemented a Hollywood insurance mechanism, which means that if you buy insurance, if you overtime or overspend at the agreed time, the insurance company will compensate you for any unexpected expenses.
Paul Walker passed away midway through the filming of "Fast and Furious 7", and the additional costs caused were also borne by the insurance company.
However, the insurance company also has the right to shoot in the middle of the shoot when you are about to face risks. For example, if the weather is bad, windy and rainy, and they don't let you take the shot, you take the wrong shot. As a result, the outdoor scene falls over and injures someone. They are not responsible.
It took more than half an hour for the movie to officially start.
The opening scene is above the court hall, with close-up and long-range shots switching back and forth. A large number of troops are lined up outside, and Cao Cao is preparing to conquer Sun Quan in the south.
Before the real master came, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was restless. At this time, a bird flew outside the door and landed in front of Emperor Xian.
Fortunately, it wasn't Tang An's first time watching it, otherwise he would have shouted like the confused audience behind him, "Damn it, shouldn't it be from a pigeon?"
The white pigeon has been changed to a bird, so Wu Baige may have to change his nickname.
Emperor Xian whistled at the bird and stretched out his hand to let the bird fly to his hand.
This is playing with birds.
Then Cao Cao came, walking all the way from outside, with a large number of soldiers kneeling behind him.
During his lifetime, he was married to Cao Ren, and after his death, he was Emperor Wu of Wei.
As soon as Cao Cao entered the court, the bird was startled and flew away.
Cao Cao wanted to conquer Sun Quan, but Emperor Xian said that he had just conquered Wuwan in the north and should let the soldiers take a rest.
As a result, he was rudely interrupted by Cao Cao before he finished speaking.
Ji Li Gua La Da Tong, I am going to conquer the east and the west, and tens of thousands of soldiers are marching south and north, in order to regain the Han Dynasty.
Halfway through this sentence, the bird suddenly chirped twice, interrupting Cao Cao's words.
“If not, in today’s world, I don’t know how many people would be called orphans and how many would be called kings!”
Cao Cao said this loudly, and the bird screamed and flew away.
In this boring beginning, only the bird was a bit funny, and a full 6 minutes passed.
The first few minutes are the best time to catch the audience's attention. Even a war scene would be better than this, without any highlights.
But because of this great director, the audience will continue to watch it.
Kong Rong came out to confront Cao Cao and was killed by Ji Qi.
Cao Cao led his army on an expedition. There were several small-scale war scenes. The location was not specified. The participating parties did not even see a flag of the other side.
If Zhao Yun, played by Hu Jun, hadn't appeared, who knows who he would have been fighting with.
Then came the battle of Changbanpo. Zhao Yun saved Adou by riding alone.
Although Hu Jun can't be said to be very handsome, at least he is more suitable than Nie Yuan and Lin Gengxin.
There is no record of his appearance in "Three Kingdoms", but it is mentioned in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
He has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a broad face and a dignified appearance, majestic and extremely majestic.
Yi means cheek and chin.
Judging from these descriptions, Hu Jun's appearance can be considered consistent.
But in people's eyes, Zhao Yun is a handsome guy, regardless of whether he conforms to history or not.
A historical film does not matter whether it conforms to history or not; the most important thing is that it conforms to the impression of most viewers.
The handsome and handsome Zhao Zilong has turned into the wild Qiao Feng. Who can agree?
Zhao Yun was fighting fiercely there, and the army over there was already killing Zhang Fei who was behind.
What followed was a very dramatic scene. Facing the charge of Cao Cao's cavalry, Zhang Fei remained motionless until the opponent was about to approach before ordering the sword and shield soldiers in the front row to turn over their shields.
"Fuck!"
Tang An could vaguely hear someone shouting from the audience. The back of the shield was made of copper, and the golden light was so bright that it blinded people.
The sun happened to shine on the rows of shields, and the golden light was dazzling. Cao's troops who were charging all stumbled and fell in front of the formation.
Golden shield, defense +10086!
There are too many nonsense plots that are neither historical nor consistent with people’s impressions.
Guan Yu was captured alive by Cao Cao and then released.
Everyone's lines lacked any momentum, and the war scenes were not as good as the TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", or even a little worse than "Three Kingdoms: Seeing the Dragon Disarm".
Later, Gan Xing came out, because his soldiers robbed an old man's cow, and he knelt down to the old man.
Kneeling for the sake of kneeling is too far-fetched and is deliberately trying to elevate his image.
Including Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu at the scene, their acting skills were not as good as that of the cow. At least it would suddenly retreat in fear when the group of soldiers knelt down.
Below, Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang, and Xiao Qiao are delivering a baby to a horse.
Zhuge Liang almost pulled the colt out by its back.
I stopped watching, I couldn’t stand it any longer. When Zhou Yu was playing the piano, his head kept shaking. It was a very fast and frequent rhythm, with his head stretching back and forth.
Like the head of some kind of shelled creature.
This is still Mizhouro!
Sure enough, a turtle appeared in the middle of the performance. Could it be the wandering turtle?
And the Bagua array at the back is really speechless.
A large group of cavalry just rushed into the formation along the road vacated by the opponent without attacking.
Brother, those are cavalry. In the movie, they are cavalry that can charge head-on. Wouldn’t it be suicide to walk into a dense military formation on your own initiative?
Losing speed and maneuverability, he becomes a living target on horseback.
It would be better to dig in directly in one direction than to die.
The subsequent war scene in the Bagua Formation is even more stupid. At first, Guan Yu KOs a large group of Cao soldiers, and then Zhao Yun faces hundreds of Cao soldiers alone. The surrounding Sun and Liu coalition forces are watching the show, motionless.
Finally, there was a scene where a rope was tied with a slip knot to tie up the enemy on horseback and drag him down.
Tang An almost hummed, the man roping the horse was mighty and majestic.
Wu Yusen played too many new tricks. The shield formation formed by Cao Jun in a circle was able to withstand the high-speed charge of the horses, but it was knocked away by the Sun and Liu coalition forces with something like an iron chain.
A dozen or so people grabbed the two ends and pulled them backwards, and they were able to knock the shield wall down.
Then Zhou Yu charged forward with his horse in the formation, and within two seconds, he blocked an arrow for Zhao Yun.
Pulling out the arrow from his shoulder, Zhou Yu jumped up, turned around 360 degrees and stuck the arrow directly into the opponent's neck.
Not to mention, after killing the opponent's general, he killed several soldiers in a row, took away Cao's army flag with his bare hands, and faced the siege of hundreds of soldiers with ease.
Zhou Yu was fighting life and death, and there were always five or six Cao soldiers around him. After five or six people died, five or six more came up.
The Sun-Liu coalition forces and Cao Jun who were fighting around them seemed to be playing house, pacing in small steps and tapping each other's weapons gently.
This kind of war scene is not even qualified for TV dramas. I really don’t know how it was filmed.
Finally, Cao Cao watched his soldiers playing football, and Tong Dawei showed off his skills to his heart's content.
Zhou Yu set a fire on the sand table and burned all the warships. The flames shot into the sky and eight characters appeared inside.
"The Battle of Chibi will be decomposed next time!"
After watching it together for more than 140 minutes, Wu Baige, did you tell the audience that this was the opening sequence?