"Director Ma, Director Ma, what do you think about what Director Li said about you consuming suffering to fill your own pocket?"
"As a film that reflects the suffering of the nation, Director Ma thinks how can "1942" earn a box office of one billion?"
"A year ago, Director Ma and Director Li made an appointment on Weibo for a Lunar New Year show. "1942" is about to be released. Facing the explosive popularity of "The Truman Show," does Director Ma regret it?"
"I would like to ask if "1942" will be withdrawn to temporarily avoid the spotlight?"
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At an offline fan meeting, the atmosphere was quite lively. Ma Xiaogang, who was being chased by reporters, was distracted and looked at the ugly faces in the audience with a cold face.
Ma Xiaogang had already experienced the same situation yesterday, and just like today, he walked away.
Now, there is really no way to quarrel with Li Qian, even a brainless person knows that.
Li Qian himself was almost praised to the sky last year. This time, "The Truman Show" is no worse than "I'm Not a Medicine God" in terms of word-of-mouth and box office. It's even more popular, and it has almost reached dozens of domestic movies.
The pinnacle of directors in recent years.
Returning disappointed, he returned to the business car and saw that his assistant had just hung up the phone. Ma Xiaogang asked coldly, "Have they come up with any solution?"
The assistant hurriedly said, "Director Ma, what Mr. Huang means is that there is no way to avoid it. Let's just respond directly. Our movie has a great cause anyway. The theater chain has given up two or three points of profit, and we will ensure that
We are arranging the film, and trying to get some agency bookings in the early stage. The box office is about 800 million, and the outside world can't say anything."
Ma Xiaogang's face immediately darkened. It was the Huang brothers who had done this, but he was left to clean up the mess.
However, there is really no other way. He has a great reputation and others cannot hold him to the standards of commercial films.
"Um, Director Ma, Mr. Huang said to call him back when you are free," the assistant said again.
"Tell him I'm not free!"
Ma Xiaogang yelled angrily, and now he didn't want to talk to the two pig teammates, the Huang brothers, at all.
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Continue to promote in Zhengzhou and hold meetings. After all, "1942" is about the drought in southern Henan, and southern Henan is also a focus.
We also need to strive for reservations for the provincial government agencies, just like the "Tangshan Earthquake".
Even if he has decided on how to deal with it, Ma Xiaogang will no longer hide at the next stop.
"How ridiculous!"
Ma Xiaogang loudly refuted Li Qian's slander about his consumption disaster and filling his own pockets, and complained with a look of sadness and indignation.
""1942" took eighteen years of preparation and is the film I have put the most effort into. This kind of work is actually asking for trouble. Every shooting requires a lot of hardship and cost. It is very painful to shoot.
It's very complicated, including the amount of physical effort, but I still had to shoot it because I loved it and was moved by it.
In order to shoot this movie and to flesh out the story and characters, the main creator and I went on the road to escape twice, traveling to southern Henan, western Shanxi, northern Shaanxi, and Chongqing.
The filming was also very difficult. Every time there was an explosion, hot gravel hit Xu Fan, Feng Yuanzheng's face and neck, and Zhang Mo staged train jumping in the severe cold of minus 20 degrees Celsius. Everyone endured physical and physiological stress.
The double suffering..."
He focused on the difficulties of filming and gave various examples, and then emphasized the significance of making this film, to the Chinese nation, to today's society, and to all audiences.
After talking a lot, he began to criticize Li Qianlai, "Yes, that's right, "1942" may not be as box-office as "The Truman Show" for a genre like "1942". After all, it is an entertainment film, which has inherent advantages. Compared with
On the other hand, "1942" is too heavy and not an entertainment movie, so it will suffer at the box office.
Even if the box office is not as good as others, I have thought about it since I made this movie, but I will not allow someone to make an entertainment movie by themselves and entertain the audience, and then use it to slander other people. This is not only for me.
, it is even more harmful to the thousands of crew members who have devoted all their efforts to "1942", and it is also harmful to the history of the Chinese nation..."
Jiliguala was talking so fast that the reporters in the audience were stunned for a moment. This was the first time I saw Ma Xiaogang refuting someone in this way. He should have been the one being refuted before.
However, despite being stunned, the reporters did not forget their responsibilities at all.
"Well, Director Ma, you said before that the minimum expectation is a box office of one billion. Since you want to make such a movie, why do you pay so much attention to the box office?"
Ma Xiaogang said sincerely, "I hope the box office will be high, not for myself, but for all those who have contributed to the film. I want to prove to them that their hard work is worth it. At the same time, I also want to tell the directors that investing in
Guys, don’t be afraid of losing money and be brave enough to try more types!”
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In subsequent interviews with reporters, Ma Xiaogang followed suit, describing himself as a representative of conscientious directors, and admitted that "1942" was not as good as the entertainment film "The Truman Show" at the box office.
At the same time, he said in a roundabout way that Li Qian was unyielding and made an entertainment film to take advantage of the box office and show off his superiority.
Watching Ma Xiaogang speak again and again, Li Qian suddenly had the illusion that this Ma Xiaogang was really the same Ma Xiaogang who beat other directors at the box office every day?
In the past, just like Ma Xiaogang said about Li Qian, this is what other people said about Ma Xiaogang. In terms of box office, the audience likes to watch it. Movies with high box office are better than those movies that don't care about anything.
Now, it's completely reversed. It can't compare to the box office. It's just that the words that other people scolded him back then are still being scolded at Li Qian.
Li Qian secretly shook his head, looking at how hard this man was forced.
However, the audience cannot understand what kind of influence Ma Xiaogang has had in the past. Only a few people really think that he is a conscientious director. In the audience's impression, he is still the same Ma Xiaogang who is full of copper odor and intolerable to vulgarity.
"Oh my god, I'm laughing so hard. If I hadn't been paying attention to movies every year and knowing Ma Xiaogang so well, I almost thought he was the conscience of the Chinese film industry. After the box office hit, he started talking about connotation, connotation, and meaning again.
, Ma Xiaogang used to despise this the most!"
"If the "Tangshan Earthquake" hadn't been vomited by the philistine faces of Ma Xiaogang and the Huayang Huang brothers, I would have been convinced by Ma Xiaogang."
"Do you remember that when "Tangshan Earthquake" was released, every time the box office came out, on the first day, in the first week, there were still 2,345,600 million. At each stage, Ma Xiaogang's face was filled with joy, and he was afraid that
Others don’t know how much money he made, but he broke records of hundreds of millions throughout the day.”
"I have the nerve to talk about Li Qian. It turns out that in Director Ma's heart, "The Truman Show" is just an entertainment film. Director Ma has really high vision. I hope your level can keep up with it."
"I was thinking, hadn't Ma Xiaogang been making comedies before? How could he have the nerve to say that he was making entertainment films? Besides, the connotation of "The Truman Show" is much stronger than most literary films!"
"Just wait for the movie to be released. Ma Xiaogang has even held up the mirror of the Chinese nation. If the movie is just mediocre, I really won't watch his movies in the future."
"It's too much. It's even better than Xinwen Network. If you do it a few more times, your reputation will be ruined!"
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The Internet was very lively. Anyway, Ma Xiaogang firmly adhered to the principle of his own film genre, insisting that "The Truman Show" is a comedy and entertainment film with no connotation.
Stick to these two points and never let go, no matter what others say, you won’t let go.
Not to mention, the audience really can't do anything with him. Ma Xiaogang won't even talk to you about the various connotations and metaphors of "The Truman Show".
"1942" does have a great meaning. After all, the drought in southern Henan was a once-in-a-century disaster. The movie reflects that era, and it is difficult to criticize it before it is released.
Then, miraculously, the stalemate came to an end, which made the Huang brothers and Ma Xiaogang overjoyed.
It also cheered them up, and they followed the idea of propaganda. Anyway, if you don't watch "1942", you don't deserve to be Chinese, you don't respect history, you don't respect the dead.
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Just when the movie market continues to be hot, Wu Xi, Zhang Yimou, after having breakfast with his wife and several children in the Huguangshan Villa District in the morning, wrapped himself tightly and drove to the nearest cinema.
After "The Thirteen Hairpins", he became idle and left New Picture, which was in chaos and didn't look like a regular film and television company at all.
He hasn't decided which company to join yet, but he is not in a hurry. He will take a good rest while slowly polishing the script for the new film, and then spend time with Wu Xi's wife and children.
Previously, Li Qian's new movie "The Truman Show" had a box office of over 100 million on its first day. In addition, various online audiences were talking about the content of the movie, which made him very curious and planned to watch it on Friday.
However, there are many children at home and there are many things to do. I originally wanted to come last night, but there were no tickets at all. Even the corner was full, and only the 11:30 pm show was left.
It was too late and I had to go back to tell stories to the children, so I didn’t go.
As a result, there were many children and many things to do at home, so it was not until the second Saturday that I had time to go to the cinema, otherwise a week would have passed again.
I thought it had been released for a week, and it was early morning, so there wouldn't be too many people.
But after parking the car and arriving at the cinema, Zhang Yimou realized that he had thought wrong.
It was 9:10, five minutes before the movie started, and when I bought the tickets, all the good seats in the middle were gone.
Moreover, there were quite a lot of people in the cinema.
Zhang Yimou was filled with emotion when he saw young people getting up early to watch movies instead of sleeping in.
The last time one of his movies caused such a sensation was "A City of Golden Armor", but during the day, especially early in the morning, there were definitely not so many people.
There are many talented people in the country.
After a few sighs, the movie started. Zhang Yimou followed the crowd and walked into the cinema.
I originally had a small screening room at home. In the past, I could just ask someone for a copy and watch it at home.
But now, after leaving New Picture and not joining another company for the time being, I decided to come to the cinema to watch it.
When the movie opens, Zhou Xingchi appears first.
Zhang Yimou and Zhou Xingchi are still acquainted. This performance is very different from his previous movies, but it is a bit similar to himself, except that he is more confident, the kind of confidence that exudes from the bones, but there are no expressions or smiles.
Read on slowly, because after reading the reviews online, you probably know what's going on.
However, when I saw the later stages of the movie talking about the show "The Truman Show", it was still a little difficult to understand.
The entire city is a studio, more than 100,000 people are actors, a live reality show?
Zhang Yimou, who was born in the 1950s, obviously could not fully accept such a novel thing.
However, it does not prevent him from understanding the movie.
Deng Chao's comedy, no, this is not based on comedy, he plays a cheerful and enthusiastic 30-year-old boy, which is a great breakthrough.
In the end, Truman still maintained his true feelings and was still the same Truman. When he walked through the door, Zhang Yimou was filled with emotion.
Four words, "imaginative and unconstrained" are enough to describe the creativity of this movie, which an old man like him would never have come up with.
"By telling life in such an entertaining way, both connotation and commerciality are emphasized. The connotation is more popular and closer to daily social life."
After watching it, Zhang Yimou knew the factors that made this movie a hit, Li Qian's consistent characteristics, and this somewhat frustrating story, told in such a ridiculous way, which does not make people feel sad at all.
Just like "I'm Not the God of Medicine", the pharmaceutical industry, leukemia patients, such a heavy topic, was surprisingly not so heavy when Li Qian talked about it. On the contrary, after reading it, I felt more moved and hopeful.
This Li Qian always makes everything look so beautiful.
Or maybe this is the movie that the current audience needs.
Walking out of the screening room with the crowd, the audience around them were all talking excitedly about the film's amazing creativity and the excitement of Truman walking out of the door for the last time.
No one was depressed, everyone looked happy. When we were waiting for the movie to be shown in the screening room, we were just happier and more excited.
Maybe, I really can’t keep up with the times?
With a sigh, Zhang Yimou left the cinema.
At the same time, I also made a decision in my mind regarding my whereabouts.
He still has a large family to support, and Zhang Weiping hasn't settled such a sum of money for him yet, so it's just when he needs money.
Among the major companies, Jia Leting offered the best conditions, and the key was the shares, which would be worth at least hundreds of millions upon listing.
Although Lay's Pictures has just been established, there is a big figure behind Jia Leting and he has abundant capital, so the subsequent development will definitely be good.
For money, Zhang Yimou wanted to join Lay's.
However, even though he saw Li Qian's films catering to the audience's appetites and becoming hits many times, Zhang Yimou did not want to imitate him and cater to the audience.
He has his own persistence, the persistence of an artist for more than 20 years.
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Coincidentally, it has been more than half a month since "Life of Pi" was released, and Mr. Lee was finally able to take a break from various activities and interviews to watch "The Truman Show."
As a half-Hollywood director, Li Bian admired this movie and Li Qian more and more in his heart.
A tragedy and a sad story will not make the audience feel a little aggrieved from beginning to end. This skill is something that only a few commercial directors in Hollywood can do.
Although Li Qian and the Golden Horse Awards were somewhat unhappy, Li Bian still wanted to mediate the situation. After all, without Li Qian and the Golden Horse Awards, there would always be something missing.
Therefore, in an exclusive interview to promote the movie, Li Bian talked about "The Truman Show".
"Although I have never met Director Li Qian, he is definitely the most talented young director I have ever seen, especially in the commercial field. Any subject, any story, no matter sad or happy, can always be captured in his hands.
nice.
Moreover, it is not only beautiful to watch, but also gives the audience a lot of thinking, entertainment and art, and the two are perfectly combined."
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Ning Hao was a guest on a talk show and when talking about the new film he was preparing, he also mentioned "The Truman Show."
"In terms of comedy, I still need to learn from Director Li. The script I am currently preparing is essentially a sad story about how to get rid of sadness, and at the same time tell the sad process in a comedic way, "The Truman Show"
” gave me a lot of inspiration.”
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After watching "The Truman Show", Brother Cheng Kai had to admit that Li Qian, a latecomer, has conquered his generation and become the mainstream of the film industry. In an exclusive interview about serving as the chairman of the jury of the East Economic Film Festival next year, he also expressed
The surprise and affirmation of "The Truman Show".
If they all said good things about "The Truman Show" by coincidence, then Xu Zheng, Wu Jing, Su Lun, Han Yan and others did it on purpose.
Several people were interviewed one after another and talked about their feelings about "The Truman Show", saying that it is not just a movie for people's entertainment, but it is also particularly important for the movie to bring people thinking about life.
However, none of them tried to criticize Ma Xiaogang, not even Xu Zheng, his comedy colleague who was most looking forward to Ma Xiaogang's success.
Huang Jianxin, the top domestic producer, vice chairman of the Film Association, and CEO of the three major companies China Film, China Film and Movie, also praised "The Truman Show" one after another.
However, one after another well-known directors came forward to praise "The Truman Show", which suddenly made Ma Xiaogang's claim that it was just an entertainment film untenable.