Chapter 880: The Joining of Zhang Yimou (Daily Change 12,000~)
Zhang Yimou came to Hengdian, and Gong Li was traveling with him.
The filming of "Alive" was completed last year, and now even the post-production has been completed. However, it encountered the same problem as "Farewell My Concubine", that is, it did not pass the review due to the subject matter.
Lao Mouzi came to Hengdian, firstly because he wanted to relax and see if there was anything Wu Jianye could do, one of the three famous directors who became famous in 1978.
Among Wu Jianye, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou, Zhang Yimou has always had the worst relationship with the upper class, even when he later became successful and famous.
At an award ceremony at that time, the first person among the big names who won the award to thank was Han Heping. This shows Han Heping's prestige in the country at that time.
That award ceremony brought together almost all the domestic filmmakers at that time, but Zhang Yimou was the only one missing. Although Zhang Yimou did not express his own opinions on this matter, Zhang Weiping, who always considered himself a good friend of Zhang Yimou at that time, directly started to criticize him.
That film festival was a mountain sculpture convention.
The metaphors can be imagined.
This can also be seen from another aspect. The relationship between Zhang Yimou and his superiors has always been aloof. The original "The Founding of the Nation" directed by Han Heping brought together many domestic star directors, but Zhang Yimou was missing. There is also a reason for this.
In fact, these things have nothing to do with Zhang Yimou, because at that time Zhang Weiping believed that he had the trump card of Zhang Yimou and wanted to leverage the banner of China Film, so he often competed with China Film, which also led to him not being good at handling
The relationship between Zhang Yimou and China Film Group became even colder due to this incident.
What really made Zhang Yimou ease his relationship with China Film Group was what happened after he left New Picture and Zhang Weiping.
In the early days, Zhang Yimou's relationship with China Film and Television was also somewhat mediocre because of his relationship with Xi Film Studio, and his relationship with Radio and Television was even more so.
Now if it weren't for Wu Jianye's Tangting culture, Zhang Yimou could only rely on the capital in Xiangjiang and Wanwan to make movies at this time. There are no domestic film companies that would dare him to invest in his movies, even if Zhang Yimou's reputation is at this time
It's already very loud.
"I have already discussed the movie "Alive" with Aibe. It is almost impossible to release it now. Let's take the route of Veuve Clicquot!"
Sitting in the hotel room, Wu Jianye and Zhang Yimou preached.
After arriving in Hengdian, Wu Jianye did not discuss this topic with Zhang Yimou at the beginning. After all, Wu Jianye's new movie is still in the process of filming. Wu Jianye's rule is that no one is allowed to disturb him during the filming process.
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Neither can Zhang Yimou!
Zhang Yimou also knew Wu Jianye's rules when filming movies, so when he arrived at Hengdian Film and Television City during the day, he just sat next to Wu Jianye and watched Wu Jianye directing the movie here.
In fact, Zhang Yimou has wanted to do this for a long time. The two have known each other for more than ten years. Over the years, Wu Jianye has been like a big mountain, pressing down on him, Chen Kaige and others.
After making a cameo in the movie "The Last Emperor", the two never had the chance to collaborate again.
This time Zhang Yimou also wanted to see how far Wu Jianye had grown!
At the same time, the arrival of Zhang Yimou also made the extra actors on the scene even more excited. Originally, because this was Wu Jianye's movie, everyone had already put in their best efforts to express themselves, hoping to become the second Dandan. Now,
Seeing that Zhang Yimou also came to the scene, as the film director second only to Wu Jianye in China, one can imagine how these people felt.
But it's a pity that these people's actions turned out to be useless.
The extras' eyes were on Zhang Yimou, and Zhang Yimou's eyes were on Wu Jianye.
Zhang Yimou sat there, watching Wu Jianye narrate the scene to the actors and give orders to other behind-the-scenes staff of the crew. At the same time, Zhang Yimou also looked at the shooting effects shown in the camera. Sometimes he even thought about what it would be like to direct this scene himself.
How will it be handled?
But the more this happened, the more Zhang Yimou discovered Wu Jianye's skill in dealing with these problems, because many times, even he felt fine, but Wu Jianye could still see problems somewhere.
Throughout the day, Zhang Yimou didn't say much, just watching where Wu Jianye was directing the play.
Even during the lunch break, Zhang Yimou didn't say much. He just watched Wu Jianye discussing with Zhao Fei and others how to shoot the next scene.
At this time, Zhang Yimou may not even notice that his mentality has changed from competing at the beginning to learning.
Of course, this does not mean that Zhang Yimou admits that he is not as good as Wu Jianye. In fact, every director has what he is best at.
For example, Zhang Yimou has always been top-notch in his use of color in movies, so during the filming process, Wu Jianye would also consult Zhang Yimou for his opinions.
Zhang Yimou explained his thoughts seriously.
Jiang Kui and Ni Dahong, who had no part in the scene, also came over to say hello to Zhang Yimou.
Both of them participated in the filming of "Alive" last year.
Jiang Kui plays Fengxia's husband Erxi, the daughter of Fugui played by Ge You, while Ni Dahong plays the role of Long Wu, the leader of the shadow puppet show who defrauds Fugui's property.
It was precisely because of filming the role of Erxi that Jiang Kui gave Wu Jianye a period of leave.
Zhang Yimou encouraged the two of them to learn from Wu Jianye and said that being able to participate in the filming of Wu Jianye's movie was a very precious opportunity for them.
At this time, Zhang Yimou was sitting in Wu Jianye's room, his expression not showing much regret. After all, before "Alive", he had the movie "Farewell My Concubine" as a vanguard.
What's more, this novel was written by Wu Jianye himself. Wu Jianye definitely hopes that the movie adapted from this novel will be released!
"Then which film festival would be more appropriate for you to apply for this movie?" Zhang Yimou is now used to asking Wu Jianye for his opinion after problems arise.
"Let's go to the Cannes Film Festival just like Kaige's movie. Fengge Pictures has already sent the movie "Alive" to Jacob!" Wu Jianye said.
In fact, in another time and space, this movie did bring a lot of honors to Zhang Yimou. First of all, although this movie did not win the Palme d'Or, it did win the Jury Prize. At the same time, Ge You also became a famous actor with this movie.
The first Chinese actor to win the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival, but unfortunately, this honor was obtained in advance by Leslie Cheung.
However, Wu Jianye also knew that in another time and space, this movie did not receive the same treatment as "Farewell My Concubine" and was released in China. When Wu Jianye was reborn, this movie was still not allowed to be released in China.
Whether it can be released or not is still open to question, but there is no need to create any obstacles for Zhang Yimou at this time.
When Zhang Yimou heard what Wu Jianye said, he had no objection. The three most famous directors in China are Wu Jianye, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou.
Only Chen Kaige won the Palme d'Or, which made Zhang Yimou want to do something in this regard. She had already won the Golden Bear before. If she could win the Palme d'Or before Wu Jianye, for
It is also a kind of expectation for Zhang Yimou.
No matter whether Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige want to admit it or not, Wu Jianye has always been the target of their pursuit.
"By the way, are there any plans for the new movie?" Wu Jianye asked.
Any director does not only have one project in hand, but has many projects in hand, and will eventually choose a movie that is most suitable for him at this time.
Everyone knows that Feng Pants' "A World Without Thieves" was filmed after filming "Cell Phone", but in fact, before the "Cell Phone" project was established, Feng Pants already had the story of "A World Without Thieves".
But later, due to policy reasons, the movie "Mobile Phone" was filmed first. Later, as the policy was relaxed and the script was changed, "A World Without Thieves" was filmed.
Sometimes, the truth is so amazing.
If it hadn't been for the postponement of filming of "A World Without Thieves", there probably wouldn't have been the actor Wang Baoqiang, and the following events might not have happened.
Zhang Yimou smiled and said: "There is a story, but I haven't decided whether to shoot it yet. I spent too much energy on the movie "Alive" before. I want to take a rest before deciding whether to shoot this movie."
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The movie "Alive" can be regarded as one of Zhang Yimou's peak works. He has indeed poured a lot of passion into it. It is natural for him to want to take a rest now!
In fact, every creator will encounter this problem. For example, later generations of Internet article authors, after a peak work, will often have some gaps with the previous one. It is not that they don’t want to write well.
, but because he poured too much passion into the previous work, and when writing the next one, he will be a little unable to do it...
"Since you don't have anything to do next, then stay here. It just so happens that in the context of the movie "Eternal Night", I need you to provide some opinions!" Wu Jianye directly asked Zhang Yimou to stay.
As mentioned before, every director has what he is best at, and what Zhang Yimou is best at is the use of color in movies.
The pinnacle of them all is the movie "Heroes". Every frame of that movie can be used as a computer wallpaper.
If Zhang Yimou can participate in the movie "Eternal Night", it will definitely be a good addition to the new movie's color palette.
Zhang Yimou didn't think much, nodded and said: "Since you have already spoken, there is no problem!"
Wu Jianye then asked someone to book rooms for Zhang Yimou and Gong Li in the hotel. As for whether it was two rooms or one room, there was no need to introduce them...
The next day, Wu Jianye announced in front of everyone on the crew that Zhang Yimou would serve as the film's artistic director and participate in the filming of the film "Eternal Night".
For Wu Jianye and Zhang Yimou, this kind of thing was just a matter of one sentence, but for these actors, it became shocking news.
No one thought that Wu Jianye and Zhang Yimou would collaborate in this way, and when Zhang Yimou also participated in this movie, everyone became more optimistic about the prospects of this movie.
Soon, outsiders also knew that Zhang Yimou served as the artistic director of "Eternal Night".
"Zhang Yimou has kindly joined Wu Jianye's latest film "Eternal Night"!"
"There is no king without a king. In order to present the best work to the audience, Wu Jianye invited his college classmate Zhang Yimou, who is also the most famous director in the country!"
"What kind of combination is this? Wu Jianye plus Zhang Yimou, Wu Jianye's new movie has been designated as the best Chinese movie next year!"
The news about Zhang Yimou joining "Eternal Night" was reported by major domestic newspapers and media, once again adding countless topics to the movie.
At this time, everyone discovered that Wu Jianye's new movie "Eternal Night" had already become the focus of domestic news since its preparation.
It started with nationwide casting, then a huge investment of 130 million, then the protagonist was changed, and then it was revealed that the investment in this movie was actually 380 million, until Zhang Yimou joined now!
It seems that this movie, which has not yet appeared in front of the audience, has already been deeply implanted in the hearts of the audience.
Wu Jianye also saw these reports at this time. Regarding Zhang Yimou's joining, he did have a temporary idea, but other things were actually done intentionally by Wu Jianye.
If future generations are put down, such behavior will definitely let all audiences know that this is actually a propaganda method. Many filmmakers do this and start building momentum for their movies at the beginning of preparations.
It's just that in the current domestic film industry, although it has experienced the baptism of Wu Jianye, studios and companies in the film industry have already known some publicity methods, but when it comes to controlling the curiosity of the audience, they and Wu Jianye
The difference between night and day is nearly thirty years!
The reporters came to Hengdian again and began to think of ways to interview Wu Jianye or Zhang Yimou.
Wu Jianye did not come forward to be interviewed. Instead, Zhang Yimou was caught by reporters.
"Director Zhang, what is the reason that made you choose to join Director Wu's new film as the art director this time?" A reporter from Popular Cinema approached Zhang Yimou and asked directly.
Zhang Yimou thought for a moment, showed a helpless expression, and said: "I actually came to Hengdian to discuss other matters with Director Wu, but I chatted with Director Wu for a while, and then I became the director of the movie "Eternal Night" in a confused way.
Art Direction!"
The reporter of "Popular Cinema" was confused, are all of you great directors so casual?
Shouldn't it be that Wu Jianye visited the thatched cottage three times at night, and Zhang Yimou came to help out of friendship between classmates?
Why does it sound like Zhang Yimou sent it to his door now?
"Then can we ask, how much will Director Wu pay you if he asks you to be the artistic director of the film this time?" In this era, everything in China will be linked to money, which is the same as in the early 1980s.
Two completely opposite situations.
Zhang Yimou smiled bitterly and said: "I was given a place to live and took care of three meals a day. There shouldn't be any other compensation, right?"