Time flies, "Grandma's Home" has been released. Although this movie has triggered collective memories, it is still a small-budget movie after all.
No matter how popular a movie is, there is a time when it cools down, and this kind of movie is actually not that eye-catching among all Li Yi's movies.
Li Yi finally decided to make "Grave of the Fireflies" into an animated film. Of course, the company is still in the process of preparation, but a lot of the work that Li Yi wanted to complete has been completed.
So, time flies and the end of the year has come.
Festivals like Christmas are imported, and Chinese people don’t actually care about the origin of this festival. Of course, there are different opinions on the origin of this festival, and there are many different versions.
But in fact, no matter what version it is, it has little relevance to the Chinese people.
It's just a marketing tool used by businesses to attract customers. Commercialization has covered all aspects. Except for things like festivals in recent years, everyone has begun to pay attention to some traditional festivals. Otherwise, most of the time, it depends on the business.
Are the marketing and publicity methods intensive and strong enough?
At this moment, Li Yi is in Los Angeles. Unlike in China, the atmosphere of Christmas here is still very strong. You can hear the sound of Christmas music in the streets and alleys, and you can see that the decorations are particularly ceremonial.
Christmas tree etc.
Christmas here is almost equivalent to the Spring Festival in China, so there is no need to say much about the festive atmosphere.
As the Romans do in the country, Xu Nannan and her son have stayed here for a long time, and are naturally affected by the living environment here. Li Yilai spending Christmas with his mother and daughter can be regarded as a kind of helpless compensation.
In fact, in Hong Kong Island, the atmosphere of Christmas is also very strong. Of course, it is also different from European and American countries, and it is also very localized.
For Li Yi, it actually doesn't matter whether it's Christmas or not. Anyway, he just wants to spend time with Xu Nannan and his son.
It's quite harmonious. Li Yi still feels a little guilty towards Xu Nannan and her son, but he is not the kind of person who likes to get into trouble.
Xu Nannan and her son were very happy about their arrival, so the whole family spent an exotic Christmas on this winter night.
However, for some people, Christmas is a good holiday, but some people feel very uncomfortable on such days.
This is the case with Carlos, the assistant director who has worked with Li Yi many times.
In fact, Li Yi didn't know much about Carlos. He only knew that he had been divorced three times, but this was really nothing to people here in the United States.
Li Yi heard that Carlos had independently directed two films in the past two years, and she could be considered a mother-in-law for many years. Although it was not a big production, it was already very good for Carlos, who had been serving as an assistant director.
has made progress.
Although he didn't become famous, he still achieved good results. Li Yi even called him to congratulate him.
What Li Yi didn't expect was that Carlos would encounter the biggest turning point in his life this Christmas.
He was diagnosed with cancer and it was already in the advanced stage.
When Li Yi learned the news, he could only lament the impermanence of fate.
As a friend, Li Yi naturally wanted to visit the hospital. However, he did not expect that as soon as he walked to the door of the ward, he heard a burst of laughter coming from inside.
Li Yi walked in and saw Carlos chatting happily with a black patient in the same ward. The laughter came from Carlos.
"Hi, Carlos, it seems you are in a good mood!" Li Yi greeted with a smile.
"Hey, my friend, Li, thank you for coming to see me!" Carlos looked very happy when he saw Li Yi.
"Li, do you mind if I introduce you to my new friend?" Carlos looked at Li Yi and asked with a smile.
"Of course!" Li Yi smiled and nodded.
"This is my new friend, Carter Carl. Carter, this is my friend, Li, a miracle director from China!" Carlos introduced Li Yi and Carter with a smile.
"Oh~MY GOD, it's nice to meet you. I know you. "The Truman Show" is my favorite. I once thought that my life was controlled by a pair of hands. I even returned it after watching the movie.
I asked my wife and son if they were real! Hahaha! That movie is really great!" Carter is obviously a very talkative person, he said extremely happily and exaggeratedly.
"Maybe we are all just performing on the same big stage? Life is like a play, isn't it?" Li Yi shrugged.
"Yes, I like this sentence, life is like a play! We are just acting, right, Carlos!" Carter didn't seem to be laughing too much, and suddenly laughed again.
"Hey, friend, I have to go for a walk, see you later!" Carter stood up again and said with a smile.
"see you later!"
After Carter walked out, Li Yi said with a smile: "It seems that your fellow patient is a very good person."
"Yes, actually, I originally wanted to live in a single room, but I suddenly felt that if I lived in a single room, I would have no one to accompany me in the last period of my life. That would be terrible." Carlos
As he spoke, his mood seemed a little low.
"Where is your family?..." Li Yi was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help but ask.
Carlos suddenly fell silent.
"Sorry!" Li Yi said quickly, knowing that he had asked a question that he shouldn't have asked.
"It's nothing, I just suddenly feel that my life is a failure. I have been married three times and divorced three times. I used to have many family members, but now... I can only wait for death here alone.
s arrival.
Do you know what it feels like to know the time of your death in advance?
I didn’t know it before, but I know it now!”
This time it was Li Yi's turn to be silent. He really didn't know, or he didn't want to know.
Probably not many people can predict their exact time of death in advance!
Death is really a grand and mysterious topic. Everyone knows it, everyone has seen it, everyone is familiar with it, but no one understands it. There is only one chance to truly understand it, and only one chance to experience it personally, but
After such an experience, you can never go back. What is left to the living is still mystery and unknown.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have said this, but I have no one to talk to." Carlos raised his head from the silence and said.
"Where is your new friend Carter?" Li Yi asked.
"He, we never bring up this topic, you know!" Carlos said with a smile.
Li Yi nodded!
After that, the two stopped talking about such heavy topics. Carlos talked about his past. Perhaps because he knew that he didn't have much time left, he became particularly talkative.
The two chatted a lot, and Carlos had a lot of experience. What Li Yi didn't expect was that he had very bad living habits in his daily life.
Because of this, he almost became a loner after his divorce.
After leaving the hospital, Li Yi was naturally not in such a good mood. Who could escape from birth, old age, illness and death?
Suddenly, a movie appeared in Li Yi's mind, the same story about the countdown to death.
Li Yi also saw a subway interview trailer. Someone conducted a survey among 1,000 people and asked if you would like to know the exact time of your death in advance. 96% of the answers said no.
In fact, this is not difficult to understand. After all, people always have a reverence for death, at least most people do.
This topic is quite heavy, but what’s interesting is that this movie is overall very heartwarming, and it’s even funny at the beginning.
In fact, when he was in the hospital, Carlos also mentioned his unfulfilled wish, and he decided to use the remaining time to complete it.
One of them is that he hopes to be recognized by his family. Of course, he knows this is difficult, but he still hopes to be accompanied by his family in the last period of his life.
Because he found that every time he saw Carter's family visiting him, he felt very uncomfortable.
The name of the movie that Li Yi remembered was "Bucket List". To be honest, the plot of the movie was not that good, and so was the script.
But this movie, the topic it talks about, the way it is presented, and the two actor-level actors in the movie make the original clichéd plot interesting and lively.
The bucket list in the film is actually a wish list in a special scene and at a special time.
And this is the interesting part of the movie. In fact, many times, it is easy for people to recognize the problem, but it is not so simple to do it. People always give themselves various excuses to delay what they should do most.
Until the last moment of life, I found that all I had done for a long time were unimportant or secondary important things, while the most important things that I wanted to accomplish had been forgotten or delayed.
Just like "The Necklace" in that short novel!
If that woman could have inquired, perhaps her life would have been completely different.
But in the end she didn't do it.
It also reminded Li Yi of a little story. It was said that once upon a time, there was a noble lady who spent a lot of money to buy a very beautiful necklace and couldn't put it down. Then she thought she would wait until an important and special day to wear it to make herself stand out in the crowd.
It shines brightly in it. But it is a pity that until the day she died, she never found such a special day to wear it. In fact, we can't always think about waiting until I have money, time, or whatever.
After other conditions are mature, let's do some things we have wanted to do for a long time, because you never know whether you will be able to see the sunshine tomorrow morning.
It is not that simple to make this "Bucket List". First of all, this movie needs two actors with truly superb acting skills.
However, this is not a big problem. Li Yi's movies, although his status in Hollywood cannot be compared with that in China, are still at the level of great directors.
If you think about it, Dean Pictures will definitely be willing to help you get this done. In fact, it doesn't mean that Li Yi can't make movies on his own after leaving the local Hollywood company. It's just that Li Yi always believes that if you follow the locals, no matter how good the movies he makes,
This is always a place for people.
It's not that easy to live alone. Another thing is that Li Yi actually doesn't value the box office revenue of movies that much now.
So if he wants to film, he will definitely find a local Hollywood company to cooperate with.
Even though a movie like "The Bucket List" doesn't require that much investment, Xuanfa doesn't want to be too tired. Making movies is what he should do, and let them do the rest.
For example, Li Yi has thought about the original trailer, which is actually a very good idea. Similarly, he can also ask people from Dean Films to do interviews and do questionnaires on the street. These can all be used as promotions for the movie.
Gimmick.
As for localizing the movie, Li Yi has never thought about it, because this movie in his memory has deep Hollywood elements. If it is to be adapted locally, there are too many things to change, and the key is
Pointless.
Although it is said that everyone is equal before death, in fact, different countries, different cultures, different environments, people's attitudes towards death, awe, etc. are often different.
For example, there is a saying in China called happiness and mourning, red and white things are joyful. Red things are understandable, but why are white things also said to be happy things?
Because the Chinese people pay attention to the old age, if a person can die of old age naturally, in the Chinese people's concept, it is a happy event.
In this regard, foreign people's concepts are definitely different, and because of issues of religious belief, there are actually big differences in many aspects.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, for a movie like this, there is no need to worry about creating a threshold for the movie-watching group, because the movie does not delve into other issues, including death.
The story is told more through the things in the "Bucket List".
To put it bluntly, the plot is very simple, it is about one person helping another person fulfill the last wish on his bucket list.
The key lies in how this process is presented.
Li Yi likes some of the attitudes and lines in this movie very much.
For example, at the end of the movie, the film's voice-over said: "What is the meaning of life? I still can't come to a conclusion. But I can at least say this: I know that Edward closed his eyes when he died, but opened his heart."
What is the meaning of life? No one can come to a conclusion, so life is rich, interesting and worth looking forward to.
What is death? We have no way of knowing. One day, the mystery will be solved.
So, don’t wait until the end, open your heart as early as possible on the journey of life and death. Perhaps, this is the only thing we can do.
Li Yi decided to make this movie, of course, not only because of Carlos. In fact, he and Carlos did not really have a deep relationship to that extent, but in any case, this movie was indeed inspired by Carlos.
Therefore, Li Yi will also invite Carlos for the last cooperation. Of course, Carlos will definitely not be able to be his assistant director this time, but he can cooperate in other aspects, which can be regarded as helping him fulfill a wish?
Because he joked earlier that he wanted to make another movie with Li Yi.
Although it is just a joke, it may not be taken seriously!
