Chapter 999: Why are the themes of the short films always the same?
In any case, "East and West" may be controversial, and it may not be as deep as Li Yi's comedy movies in the past, but at least this movie has indeed left a strong mark in the Chinese film industry.
As for whether "Dong Cheng Xi Jiu" has a complete martial arts world, Li Yi did not respond at all.
Even though Chen Weijie and the others asked curiously, Li Yi smiled and said nothing.
Anyway, he had no intention of continuing with this, he was too busy.
While he has to spend time with his wife and children, he also has to change the script of "Wolf Warrior". Not only that, with a status like his, many things are indispensable. Although he has turned down everything he can, there are some people and things that he can't stand.
It's hard to refuse.
Especially CCTV, they originally wanted to invite Li Yi to direct this year's Spring Festival Gala. In fact, CCTV invited Li Yi to direct the Spring Festival Gala more than once.
But Li Yi is afraid of avoiding it. To put it bluntly, directing the Spring Festival Gala may be a good stage for some directors, but for Li Yi today, it is really a thankless job.
Although the title of the Spring Festival Gala's chief director is very resounding, as long as Li Yi takes over, this year's Spring Festival Gala will definitely become the most anticipated Spring Festival Gala.
But the key point is that the Spring Festival Gala is really not something that can be played these days.
Even Li Yi is the same, and once the expectations are raised, to be honest, it will definitely end up with mixed praise and praise.
Because even if you are the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala, it is not like making a movie where you can do whatever you want and shoot whatever you want.
Today's public has experienced the baptism of countless programs. For many people, watching the Spring Festival Gala has long been just a habit, and even if it is a habit, fewer and fewer people maintain it now.
For this reason, Li Yi has absolutely no confidence in being able to direct a Spring Festival Gala that will satisfy most people and even amaze them.
The stage is big, but there aren't that many places for the chief director to paint.
Of course, there is another particularly crucial point, that is, tiredness!
Directing the Spring Festival Gala will definitely be tiring, and all aspects need to be considered. What's more, Li Yi has no experience in directing the Spring Festival Gala, so he decisively refused immediately.
But after rejecting the Spring Festival Gala director, it would be difficult for Li Yi to continue to refuse the next best thing, CCTV's other "trivial" request.
Last year's Spring Festival Gala, Li Yi's two public welfare short films are still talked about today.
For this reason, this year, Li Yi suspected that people did not really want Li Yi to direct the Spring Festival Gala at all, it was just a routine.
But knowing this, Li Yi finally thought about it and agreed.
It’s hard to refuse such kindness!
However, this time Li Yi does not plan to directly contract two short films by himself like last year.
I still have to leave some opportunities to others.
Li Yi actually had a bit of a headache as to what kind of short film to shoot. It can be said that public welfare short films during the Spring Festival Gala have always been relatively demanding.
Last year, there were two public welfare short films, one about inheriting culture, "Chopsticks", and the other, the poetic "Time Flows Back".
In fact, if Li Yi wanted to, he could completely reproduce a public welfare short film that inherits culture like "Chopsticks", such as names, Chinese characters, etc.
But to be honest, in Li Yi's mind, compared to "Chopsticks", other public welfare short films of the same type such as "Another World in Memories" are somewhat inferior.
Anyway, he doesn't particularly like it.
However, there is still time, so there is no rush.
"East to West" finally came to an end amidst all the turmoil.
The box office performance of this movie still amazes countless people.
What's interesting is that after the release of "East and West" was released, it ushered in a wave of positive reviews. In fact, the most interesting thing is that several more movies were released later, but I don't know why, but they were all...
Among the films with poor reputation, two are comedies. Of course, they are not pure comedy films.
But precisely because of this, with the comparison, it makes people feel, as if, as if, probably, maybe "East and West" is really good?
Even those idiots have to admit that "East and West" is indeed unique among the current comedy movies.
The days are passing by like that. Although the script of "Wolf Warrior" is difficult to change, it is not that urgent. After all, even if this movie is to be filmed, it will be next year.
However, Li Yi felt a little headache because he was going to shoot a public service advertisement with some theme during the Spring Festival Gala.
Logically speaking, the public service announcements aired during the Spring Festival Gala generally do not have many themes to choose from.
Either it's about family ties, or about themes like reunion, going home, etc.
But there are so many short films of this type. To be honest, Li Yi doesn’t want to make this type of film.
Although the Spring Festival and the Chinese New Year originally represent family reunion, family affection is an eternal emotion, and the culture of filial piety has a long history in China, but for some reason, Li Yi just doesn't want to shoot this type of film.
You may call him pretentious, but he just didn't think much of the public welfare short film for this year's Spring Festival Gala.
When I got together with Chen Wen and other old friends, we also talked about the topic of public welfare short films.
"You are a tear-jerking director. Isn't it natural to film family relationships? Is there anything else to think about?" Zhou Guo said with a smile.
"I don't agree with this. The Spring Festival Gala every year is the same, which makes the public feel aesthetic fatigue. To put it simply, they are a little tired of watching it. Don't they get tired of short public service announcements?" Chen Wen disagreed.
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"But it's a festival, so this kind of theme naturally fits the festive atmosphere?" Lin Yunbin said with a smile.
"But our director Li is different. He is the only Chinese film director. Why can't he do something different?" Chen Wen said with a smile.
"Then you can tell me what other subjects you can shoot?" Chen Weijie asked with a smile.
"Weijie will also attend the Spring Festival Gala this year, right?" Chen Wen asked.
"Yes, I have been invited several times, but I was embarrassed to not agree, so I agreed this year. It has been ten years since I last attended the Spring Festival Gala. Yes, exactly ten years, so it can be regarded as a little sentiment." Chen Weijie smiled.
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"Brother Jie, will you sing in the Spring Festival Gala?" Li Yi asked.
Chen Weijie nodded.
"Sing a song of "Peace of the Country and Peace of the People"!"
Chen Wen couldn't help but look at Li Yidao: "I would say you can definitely make this type of short film."
Li Yi nodded, thoughtfully, but then shook his head with a wry smile and said: "This subject is a good subject, but the problem is that this kind of subject is really difficult to shoot."
Everyone couldn't help but nod after hearing this. Indeed, the theme of "Peaceful Country and People's Peace" is indeed a good theme, and the Spring Festival Gala is also suitable. However, the problem is that this kind of theme is not so easy to present in the form of a short film.
After all, short films, especially public welfare short films inserted during the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, cannot be too long. It is not impossible to use splicing mode, such as "Chopsticks" to show it, but the problem is how to show "Guotai and Minan"
