Chapter 702 'The Love of Ancient and Modern Wars against Qin Terracotta Warriors'
In his previous life, Sun Dahai was very impressed by the film "Ancient and Modern War between Qin Terracotta Warriors". The subject of time travel was undoubtedly extremely novel for Sun Dahai, a native mainlander in the 1980s.
What Sun Dahai remembers the most in the film is Lao Mouzi’s face that embodies the vicissitudes of time, and Gong Li in red, in Ye Qianwen’s song "Burn the Heart with Fire", her stunning figure before throwing herself into the flames.
Look back and smile.
Due to cooperation issues between the two co-production parties, as well as limitations in shooting costs and production cycles, there were many unsatisfactory aspects in the final version of the film.
Needless to say, the various special effects are rudimentary. There are constant problems in the arrangement of props, scenes, and extras, resulting in a lot of gangster scenes in the film.
The directors and crew members here in Hong Kong are very experienced and skilled in shooting in studios, but their control over live shooting of large scenes is insufficient. In fact, the entire Hong Kong film industry is currently extremely lacking in this aspect.
Experienced director and crew.
However, no domestic personnel with relevant experience have joined the crew. The domestic participants in the co-production of "Ancient and Modern War" are mainly actors, and their opinions are often not taken seriously by the Xiangjiang crew.
Therefore, from a certain perspective, the film "Previous Life" was an unsuccessful film co-produced by Mainland China and Hong Kong.
After Sun Dahai was reborn, he unknowingly participated in the investment and filming of many movies.
"Autumn Fairy Tale" basically maintains the original flavor. "A Better Tomorrow" has slight changes. Compared with the original version, the role of the male villain is replaced by Simon Yam.
The difference in other places is not that big. The overall shooting expenses are much higher than in history, which allows the two films to be more hands-off during shooting, and the post-production effects have also been greatly improved.
Sun Dahai only participated in the investment of "A Better Tomorrow 2", which has been filmed, and "Eight Star Announcement", which is about to begin filming, and did not make any other requests.
These two movies will be more or less different from the original versions, but overall there will be no major changes.
The biggest change is in "The Last Emperor". Although the whole movie has not changed much in general, the male protagonist has been changed. The difference in the understanding and interpretation of the characters between Simon Yam and Zun Lung has resulted in many details in the film being changed.
Fine-tune accordingly.
Since such a big change has occurred, the film can be successfully completed and released, and from the current point of view, its development trend is gradually approaching the historical trajectory.
Therefore, Sun Dahai doesn't really care about investing in his favorite movies and making some appropriate changes to the movies. He just regards them as filling in the gaps in the movies.
As for the current film "Ancient and Modern War between Qin Terracotta Warriors", it was very simple for Sun Dahai to handle it.
First of all, he will ask Simon Yam to be the producer of the film to coordinate the relationship between investors and the crew, as well as the director, staff and actors in the crew.
From now until March next year, Simon Yam will have to cooperate with the crew to promote the Oscars. However, the preliminary preparation time for the movie "Ancient and Modern Battle of Qin Terracotta Warriors" will not be too short, as he has to negotiate with the mainland for co-production.
Secondly, we must select suitable locations and contact the local government to ensure that the crew can proceed smoothly during the filming period.
In addition, since Zhang Yimou is a contracted star of Youlian, he cannot just be a pure starring role in this movie like in his previous life.
It's not easy to just come and finish filming. The sinister boss Sun Dahai decided to squeeze the remaining value of Zhang Yimou and let him serve as the film's producer while starring in the film.
Filmmakers in Xiangjiang don't think highly of their mainland counterparts, but Zhang Yimou is different from other young and middle-aged mainland directors in that he has several protective halos around him.
Zhang Yimou is the main photographer of "A Better Tomorrow". Although he also has the position of director of photography before him, and the best photography award at the Bay Area Golden Horse Awards also fell to that person, as long as people in the industry ask around, they will know that Zhang Yimou is talented.
He is one of the major contributors to this movie.
For the movies "Yellow Earth" and "Old Well", he won awards at world-class film festivals for Best Cinematography and Best Actor respectively.
In "The Last Emperor", which is currently being screened in Hong Kong, Zhang Yimou is also an assistant to director Bertolucci. He appears in front of the top executives of the Hong Kong film industry, which also adds some points for him.
Therefore, as a co-production, and with the support of the investor Youlian Brokerage Company, Zhang Yimou is qualified to become the film's producer.
This is because his directorial debut "Red Sorghum" has not been released. Otherwise, when his "Red Sorghum" wins the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival next year, I am afraid that Hong Kong filmmakers who have high aspirations will not question it.
He is qualified to be a film producer.
Sun Dahai brought Cheng Xiaodong and Zhang Yimou to see Li Bihua today. Discussing the film and television adaptation rights of "Terracotta Warriors" was only one aspect. More importantly, he wanted to have a good relationship with Li Bihua so that they could continue to cooperate in the future.
In history, the film and television adaptation rights of "Farewell My Concubine" were finally obtained by Chen Kaige and made into a classic. Sun Dahai did not want to take away the honor from others, but Li Bihua's "Green Snake", "Three Kingdoms"
Sun Dahai is still very interested in works such as "Update 2: Dumplings" and "Mysterious Night".
Sun Dahai came to see Li Bihua in person today. In fact, more importantly, he wanted to establish a good relationship with her in advance. Her works are very malleable. Sun Dahai deliberately wanted to package and acquire a batch of them, and keep them in his hands for the time being, so that they can be used by the company's directors and directors in the future.
The actors practiced using it.
Many of these adaptations still need to be handled by Li Bihua, so it is better for everyone to have a clear interview first to avoid disputes over rights issues in the future.
Otherwise, Youlian can just bring in any supervisor-level staff member with relevant authority, and why would Sun Dahai personally take action?
On the other hand, Sun Dahai came to see Li Bihua in person, and also wanted to stand up for Cheng Xiaodong and Zhang Yimou. As a famous talented woman in Hong Kong, Li Bihua was proud and arrogant, so she naturally had some considerations of her own regarding the adaptation and reinterpretation of her own works.
If Cheng Xiaodong and Zhang Yimou were the only ones to take action, given their previous achievements and status in the film and television industry, they might not be able to catch the eye of Li Bihua.
Sun Dahai is different. He is not only an investor, but also a producer and producer. In other words, he is the big financier, and he is now sending money to Li Bihua on behalf of Youlian Brokerage Company.
The films that Youlian has invested in before, the "A Better Tomorrow" series are typical commercial films and are also hot spots pursued by investors. Let's not forget about "Autumn Fairy Tale" and "The Last Emperor". These two films are typical non-commercial films. Investment
A project like this would really risk losing everything.
