Chapter 479 The literati's pen is the murderer's pen (4000+ chapters~)
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The launch of "The Last Emperor" caused quite a stir in Yanjing.
This is the film with the largest investment in China's history. The preliminary preparation alone took more than a year, which is not lax.
Wu Jianye's version of the movie is not like Bertolucci's, which is a drama where young Puyi is summoned by Cixi and enters. Instead, it will show how Puyi sat on the throne of the emperor.
In Yangxin, Cixi, played by Lu Nu, is sitting on a throne, with eunuchs and maids standing next to her, and Cixi's favorite eunuch Li Lianying is standing under her.
No one expected the actor who played Li Lianying.
Wu Jianye actually found his old classmate Zhang Yimou to play the role. In fact, it was a coincidence that the crew originally hired an actor from Yanying Studio to play the role of Li Lianying. However, the actor was accidentally hit when filming started.
My leg is broken and I can't come.
A classic movie was released in China in September this year, "Yellow Earth" directed by Chen Kaige and photographed by Zhang Yimou.
With this film, Zhang Yimou also began to make a name for himself in the domestic film industry, winning the Best Cinematography Award at the 5th Golden Rooster Awards and the Photography Award at the 7th Nantes Three Continents Film Festival in France.
He became the second person in Class 78 to win the Golden Rooster Award after Zhao Fei. For a while, some people called Zhao Fei and Zhang Yimou the two major photographers of the new generation in China!
However, what this movie really established was Chen Kaige's status. With this movie, he won the Silver Leopard Award at the 38th Locarno International Film Festival and the Akira Kurosawa Award at the 21st Tokyo Film Festival...
.and a series of awards.
Nowadays, the term China's fifth generation of directors has emerged. After winning many awards, Chen Kaige, together with Wu Jianye, has been called the leader of the fifth generation of directors by the domestic media.
Zhang Zhidong, played by Liao Bingyan, stood opposite Cixi.
While the movie is playing, there will be a voice-over that introduces the background of the beginning of the story.
In November 19o8, the lives of Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi had come to an end...
In the movie, there will also be a scene where Guangxu heard in Yingtai that the Empress Dowager Cixi was in poor health and wrote the words "Kill the Biao" with his own hands. There will also be a scene where Yuan Datou and Li Lianying conspired to get rid of Guangxu.
But these will be photographed later.
Now the entire crew will first shoot scenes in the Forbidden City. Although the upper management has negotiated with the Forbidden City Museum about the use of this place, Wu Jianye is not allowed to borrow it without restriction. Naturally, the sooner the better.
Not only that, the Palace Museum will also send special personnel to supervise the filming, lest the crew damage something here during filming.
Cixi, played by Lu Jue, is sitting on the throne. The dim scene reflects Cixi's slightly pale face. Of course, this paleness is not the zombie face in Bertolucci's version.
But even so, the domineering look between Cixi's brows was still perfectly interpreted by Lu Rui.
Zhang Zhidong stood upright, his respectful attitude clearly evident. When Lao Mouzi was electrocuted for the first time, he seemed a little nervous and lost his temper for a while.
In desperation, Wu Jianye had no choice but to call Zhang Yimou aside and analyze Li Lianying's mentality for him.
In fact, there is no need for Wu Jianye to tell these things. Zhang Yimou himself knows it, but he knows that it is still difficult to perform in such a state.
After repeating several shots in this way, Zhang Yimou finally found his state and the shooting was able to continue.
"Old Wu, these machines of yours are so beautiful. They are all brand new imported. I have never heard of any domestic studio adding new equipment?"
During the shooting break, Zhang Yimou was playing with the shooting equipment and said enviously.
"These are imported machines ordered by Lao Wu from abroad!" Zhao Fei said with a big smile.
"Damn it, you actually bought new equipment to shoot a movie?" Zhang Yimou couldn't help but said in surprise: "All these equipment cost hundreds of thousands of dollars!"
Wu Jianye sat on the horse and said with a smile: "Tangting Culture, there will be several movies to shoot next year, and we can't always borrow the studio's money."
"You added these equipments, it's up to the studio to borrow them for you!" Zhang Yimou said with a smile.
"How about it? Are you interested in working part-time in our company? Then you can play with the equipment as you wish." Wu Jianye said confused.
It would be great if Zhang Yimou could be fooled into Tangting Culture.
Although many people in later generations have some criticisms of Zhang Yimou, one cannot deny Zhang Yimou's achievements in movies, both in terms of art and box office.
Of course, at the time when Wu Jianye was reborn, whether it was Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, or Feng Pants, they all had their own struggles.
On the one hand, I want my reputation to be consistent with the box office at that time, and on the other hand, I want to pursue my own ideas. Therefore, many times, the films produced are completely different, unable to impress the hearts of the main moviegoers at the time, and
He has lost the characteristics he should have had.
But it cannot be denied that a director like Zhang Yimou will definitely make a mark in the history of Chinese films a hundred years from now.
Zhang Yimou smiled bitterly and said: "It's useless even if I sign the contract. After I finish my guest appearance on your side, I will go to Chang'an Film Studio to participate in "Old Well" directed by Wu Tianming."
"Photography?" Zhao Fei asked curiously. His current working relationship is with Xiying Film Studio, so he naturally knows what Wu Tianming's status is in Xiying Film Studio.
"That's right. Director Wu likes to promote new people very much. Being able to do photography under him is also a good thing for you. Maybe Director Wu can transfer you to Xiying Film Studio. Then we will
Colleague!"
In 1983, Wu Tianming had been appointed as the director of Xiying Studio. At that time, the Shaanxi Provincial Government sent people to Xiying Studio to conduct public opinion surveys. At that time, Wu Tianming was not only outstanding in ability but also popular in Xiying Studio.
He was very good and was eventually appointed as the director of Xiying Film Studio.
When he was appointed, Wu Tianming was not even at the West Film Studio. Instead, he was in Phoenix with the crew of "Life". Lu Yao was also there. Wu Tianming asked Lu Yao, how can he be the director of the West Film Studio?
There are 1,780 people in the factory, plus 6,000 to 7,000 family members. What can we do? Lu Yao told him that he would not speak for a month after returning, sleep in the morning, hold meetings in the afternoon, let them report on their work, and continue filming in the evening.
Zhang Yimou looked at Zhao Fei with a smile and said: "Director Wu said, it's not just about photography..."
Zhao Fei asked incomprehensively: "What else can it be if it's not photography? I can't let you be the assistant director, right?"
"Starring!" Zhang Yimou looked at Zhao Fei proudly, and then said: "When I go back this time, I am going to experience life!"
Our national teacher, Lao Mouzi, made his debut not only in photography, but also as a male lead. Not only did he do it, he also succeeded in it.
The movie "Old Well" won Zhang Yimou the Best Actor at the 11th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award, the Best Actor at the 8th Golden Rooster Award, and the Best Actor at the 2nd Tokyo International Film Festival.
Three movie kings nearby!
Later, in order to avoid the scandal between him and Gong Li, he even went to Xiangjiang to co-produce a movie "The Ancient and Modern Battle of Qin Terracotta Warriors" with Gong Li!
Proper acting and excellent directing....
"Fuck, that's unjust!" Zhao Fei couldn't help but cursed.
Zhang Yimou laughed proudly.
"By the way, how did you meet Director Wu?" Zhao Fei asked.
Zhang Yimou, a man from northern Shaanxi, showed a hint of embarrassment on his face, and complained: "It wasn't because of Chen Kaige. At that time, we went to the Loess Plateau to select locations, but Chen Kaige told me that he had no money, and I had no money.
The car broke down again, and we had no other choice, so we had to go to Factory Manager Wu for help. It was Factory Manager Wu who was so generous that he directly gave us 2,000 yuan, arranged food and lodging, and stayed in the factory.
We coordinated and arranged a jeep for us, and then we chose the right scene."
In fact, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige didn't know at the time that Director Wu Tianming had already begun to attract young directors all over China. As graduates of Yanjing Film Academy, they had their own reputations, so naturally they
The two of them are his own, and this is just to win people's hearts in advance.
Buying people's hearts here is not a derogatory term!
It has the same meaning as unsatisfactory, but it's not a derogatory term anyway...
It was precisely because of Director Wu Tianming's knowledge and good use of people that Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige became famous early.
"Director Wu is making quite a fuss at Xiying Studio!" Wu Jianye knew Wu Tianming very well, who would later be called the godfather of fifth-generation directors.
After Wu Tianming became the director of Xiying Film Factory, he persisted for a month according to Lu Yao's statement. He came to the conclusion that the average age of the middle-level cadres was too old and the management was too old-fashioned. So he held a meeting and boldly announced that all middle-level cadres would be replaced.
Cadres are dismissed and young people are promoted first.
In this big move, Zou Renti was promoted to director of the special effects workshop, while 35-year-old Bai Hugo was promoted from the director of the Publicity Department to the director of the newly established Publicity Department.
Wu Tianming also eliminated all deputy directors and promoted only four assistant directors from each department, responsible for publicity, external media, domestic and international settlement, agreement negotiation, daily management, script screening, and production. These four
He is personally known as the "Four Tiger Generals" by the people of Xiying Film Studio. Hugo Bai is one of them.
However, it was Wu Tianming's drastic reforms that touched the hearts of many people, so since he became the director of Xiying Film Studio, he has been reported frequently...
The reason why Wu Tianming is called the godfather of the fifth generation of directors is because the success of Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige is inseparable from Wu Tianming's help.
As for
As the spiritual mentor of Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and others, Wu Tianming criticized their subsequent films many times.
After Zhang Yimou started the era of Chinese blockbusters, he did not dare to show his movies to Wu Tianming. Later, when filming "The Return", he once said that it would be like letting Brother Wu watch this movie. Unfortunately, Wu Tianming
I didn't see it in the end...
"Yeah, I heard that many old people in the factory are dissatisfied with Director Wu's approach." Zhao Fei is from Xiying Film Factory, so he naturally knows about the internal strife in Xiying Film Factory.
Wu Tianming wanted to praise the newcomers, and the old people were naturally dissatisfied, because many people made trouble with him because of this matter.
"By the way, Lao Wu, director Wu Tianming has high regard for you and has been saying that he has the opportunity to work with you!" Zhang Yimou said.
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "There is a chance!"
It's not that Wu Jianye meant it. If possible, he really wanted to meet director Wu Tianming, but his work schedule in the past two years was full. The first must be the filming of "The Last Emperor". This movie
The estimated filming time will be as long as eight months.
Coupled with the post-production, it is estimated that next year will be spent on this movie, and then the movie "New Dragon Inn" cannot be delayed any longer. Wu Jianye has already written the basic story framework.
After resting enough, Wu Jianye gave the order and the crew continued filming.
In the following days, almost the entire crew spent time at the Forbidden City to meet the filming schedule, but some minor problems still occurred.
For example, Lin Shen's performance, although the child Lin Shen is not afraid of the camera, it is still very troublesome to perform like that. Sometimes no one knows why, he will cry, which is really a headache, but fortunately he
His mother, Li Xiaowan, was following him, going up to coax him at any time, and then he finished filming his scene.
Then when little Puyi ascended the throne, not all the more than 2,000 extras were bald.
Wu Jianye found almost all the "Tonys" in the city and shaved the heads of more than 2,000 extras. For a while, the entire Forbidden City looked like a monk's temple.
There were also monks who were hired. Because monks were not allowed to be touched by women, the crew specially hired male costume assistants to help them dress.
However, these were minor problems, and everyone gradually overcame them during the filming process.
During this period, leaders from the hospital, China Film, and the Ministry of Culture all came over to inspect the filming of Wu Jianye and others.
Seeing so many extras in Zicheng, even the top leaders were a little surprised.
"These actors need a lot of money for food every day, right?"
"Each person gets a food subsidy of almost 50 yuan per day. When the crew is at its largest, it can reach 10,000 people. This does not include the scene where Pu Yi is expelled later. By the time of that scene, the number of extras on the crew can reach 20,000.
People!" Wu Jianye said.
"In other words, the food expenses alone cost 10,000 yuan per day?" The big leader clicked his tongue.
He was not surprised by the simple number of ten thousand, but because of the cost in this scenario, he was surprised.
If calculated based on this amount, the food expenses for the crew alone would be enough for a domestic studio to shoot a movie!
"We can't let everyone starve for filming." Wu Jianye said with a smile.
He hasn't told the boss yet about the subsidies for these extras.
According to calculations by the crew, the money spent on extras for this drama alone will be close to 700,000!
When the big boss finally left, he patted Wu Jianye on the shoulder and said, "Do a good job and let foreigners see the level of our domestic movies!"
“Thank you for your leadership’s support!”
After the big boss left, Wu Jianye started scratching his head, not because of the boss's attention, but because the crew was about to bring in a special actor.