Li Zhiye looked confused. He looked like he was only 24 or 25 years old. He became a director and made movies at such a young age?
The key is that the film he made was also shortlisted for the grand prize at the International Category A Film Festival!
Before he could confirm again, Tang An smiled at him and said, "Hello, I'm Tang An!"
Damn it!
Li Zhiye reopened the movie guide and found that the director of the movie "Shark Beach" was none other than Tang An.
It was really taken by him.
There was no time to think so much, Li Zhiye immediately put aside Xu Jinglei and Jiang Wen and put the microphone up.
"Hello Director Tang, is this your first time directing a film alone? Why haven't I heard of your films before?"
"Yes, this is my maiden work!" Tang An nodded and replied.
"Can you tell me your age? It seems like you should be around 25 years old?"
"I'm only 24 years old, I'm almost 25."
"You should have just graduated from film school at this age. Which school did you graduate from? Why are you able to direct a film alone at such a young age?"
Li Zhiye spoke so fast that Tang An was a little out of rhythm. He thought about it for a while and said truthfully, "Actually, I have not studied professional directing. I have only served as assistant director and other positions in many production crews. This
This time can be regarded as my first step in life and a bold attempt!"
Now Li Zhiye was even more shocked. He did not come from a professional background, but he directed a movie by himself at the age of 23. If you look at the whole history of Chinese film, you would not be able to find another one.
Even in Hollywood, where talent abounds, and in continental Europe, the birthplace of film, there has never been a 23-year-old genuine film director.
Next, Tang An answered a few more questions for him, and Yang Mi, as the heroine, naturally also accepted the interview.
However, compared to Tang An, although Yang Mi is younger, he is an actor and a child star since he was a child, so it doesn't seem so strange.
After being delayed by reporters for so long, and seeing that the time was almost up, Tang An and the others quickened their pace and entered the venue directly.
After finding a seat and sitting down, Tang An smiled at Xu Jinglei and said, "I also shot some scenes for this movie. This is the first time I've seen the finished film!"
"To be honest, I haven't watched it either. All the plot is in my head, and I don't know what it was like in the final cut by Lao Xu!" Jiang Wen nodded.
"You two will check it for me later. If there are any problems, go back and I will cut it again!" Xu Jinglei said with a smile.
"You'd better let Brother Wen say this, he has always had a good sense!"
"I can't stand his venomous tongue!" Xu Jinglei shook her head and smiled.
The movie starts immediately. The movie uses flashback to tell the story of the writer Mr. Xu who received a thick letter on the night of his 41st birthday. This letter was written by a dying woman and contained her feelings for him for nearly 20 years.
Love, but he knows nothing about it.
For such a special love story, using this method as the entry point of the film can indeed make it easier for the audience to quickly integrate into the plot and atmosphere of the film.
It is still a very clichéd story. 18 years ago, a 13-year-old girl fell in love with the writer who lived next door. After the family moved to another place due to family changes, the girl did not forget her love for the writer.
A few years later, the girl turned into a female student and returned to her original residence. She got in touch with the writer as she wished, but the writer had no impression of the female student who lived next door to him.
The writer left for something and has not been heard from since. The female student gave birth to her child with the writer in desperate wait, and in order to let the child live a superior life, she became a social butterfly dependent on a rich man.
A few years later, the female student turned into a woman, and when she met the writer she had loved for many years, he still didn't recognize her.
In this era, there is only a market for tragic love, such as "Sweet Honey".
Unlike more than ten years later, most of the best-selling movies have happy endings, where you are good, I am good, and everyone is together.
"Actually, Brother Wen is not handsome enough and does not have the charming temperament. Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung are the most suitable for this kind of film!"
At the end of the film, Tang An expressed his opinion.
Jiang Wen nodded and agreed, "Look, I just said it's inappropriate, and you have to drag me here!"
To be honest, Tang An couldn't understand what Xu Jinglei was thinking. Just look at the original description of the male protagonist: "How young, how beautiful, how slender and straight, how handsome and unrestrained."
Look at Jiang Wen again, with his rough face, bloated figure, signature ruffian smell, and a yellow clay jar full of pickles.
The reaction of the few spectators around also fully illustrates this point.
An Eastern European woman with exquisite facial features in the back row made an incredible voice, "Oh, my God, how does this Eastern actor look like a romantic writer when he appears on the stage wearing a leather hat, leather jacket, and riding a three-wheeled motorcycle?
He is clearly a rude American soldier!"
"Actually, Lao Jiang is still very charming!" Xu Jinglei shook her head noncommittally, obviously not thinking there was anything wrong with herself.
Lu Chuan, who was sitting a few rows in front, felt annoyed listening to their voices.
If there is anyone in the entertainment industry who hates Jiang Wen the most, it is Lu Chuan.
When filming "Hunter", I acted as an actor and had a hand in editing.
Do you really think that since you, a director, don’t know how to film or edit films, you have to teach me?
Look what's going on here, a romantic writer!
The next movie seems to be "Shark Beach" by Tang An. He wants to see what kind of movie it is and dare to compete with him for the National Day slot.
In fact, Lu Chuan had already learned from Zhou Tao that "Shark Beach" was scheduled to be released on September 30, but he didn't take it to heart and didn't think that a new director could bring any obstacles to him.
If he knew that Zhou Tao had concealed that the overseas copyright of "Shark Beach" had been sold for 1.4 million yuan, I don't know how he would feel.
There is a 20-minute interval between each movie, during which people come and go. By the time the movie is about to start, there are still more viewers than before.
After all, European people don’t just watch literary films. The three-point oriental beauty surrounded by sharks on the poster attracted the attention of some male viewers.
People came in one after another, and as expected, most of them were men, with only a few women.
The movie opens with the same flashback technique, starting with a little boy seeing a hat with a camera on the beach.
Click on the camera and a huge shark appears on the big screen.
It had just started and the audience had not yet fully entered the mood, so they were shocked.
"Wow, what a big shark head!"
"Those two rows of teeth look so scary!"
"God, it's so pitiful to be eaten by a shark like that!"
"It's so lifelike. I didn't expect Orientals to be able to create such perfect special effects!"
As the audience screamed, the shark suddenly appeared and dragged the two men into the water with lightning speed.
Not long after, the water was immediately stained scarlet with blood, and those watching felt numb in their hearts. Only then did they remember that this movie was labeled as thriller, suspense, and horror.
However, Lu Chuan was full of disdain, "If you're just showing off special effects, why should a director do it?"