China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

The filming of "Brokeback Mountain" is stable, and news comes from time to time from domestic sources.

On September 19, eight days after the filming of "Brokeback Mountain" started, the total box office of "Amazing Night" officially reached 360 million, breaking the box office record of "Titanic".

As soon as the news of "Wonderful Night" breaking the record spread, it unsurprisingly made headlines in domestic entertainment.

Views on the matter online are mostly positive.

After all, a country's box office record is finally no longer a foreign movie, which is something to be happy about.

In addition, this will also be a huge stimulus to the industry. It is said that many movie projects have already been approved.

I don’t know anything else, but Lu Ping’an feels that his cinema should see a big growth next year.

But there are also many people who are negative.

There are many reasons.

There is no comparison between the quality of the two movies "Night of Wonder" and "Titanic".

The film market in 2004 and 1998 is incomparable.

So in comparison, "Wonderful Night" has nothing to be proud of.

Some people even think it is "shameful".

There are radical media outlets out there claiming that a country’s box office records are largely a reflection of the country’s film quality.

It is a disgrace to the entire industry that a comedy movie with no real meaning like "Amazing Night" can become number one.

These views are only a minority in the market.

Even if they were in the majority, Lu Ping An or other insiders would basically just listen.

Not even listening.

If making movies was just about talking, domestic movies would already be number one in the world.

But this also illustrates a fact.

That means Lu Ping An will face greater pressure in the future.

In China, it is difficult to be the boss.

Fortunately, in the eyes of some people, Lu Ping'an knows how to "hide his clumsiness" and is a good boy.

For example, at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival awards ceremony on the 19th, Hu Qingquan was asked several times, "Why didn't Lu Ping'an come?"

Lu Pingan was absent from the Golden Rooster Awards this time because he had to film a movie.

Hu Qingquan came over, first to replace Lu Ping'an.

If "Wonderful Night" wins an award, or "Hungry Platform" wins an award, he will have to show up to accept it on his behalf.

Second, Hu Qingquan himself was nominated.

This time he was nominated for Best Producer.

The festival's new award.

It's very fresh, but basically impossible to get, because there is also Mr. Yang of China Film Group among the candidates.

But you still have to come.

When faced with questions from veterans, Hu Qingquan's answer was always the same: "It's a literary film shot in the United States."

"What subject matter?"

"Homosexual ethics film."

"Oh~~~"

Everyone's reaction was similar.

Homosexual ethical literary film.

There isn't much market for this kind of film.

Even if the flowers are photographed, they are of little use commercially.

However, in the "mainstream" literary and art world, this is more useful.

So most of the "old school" nodded and praised: "Lao Hu, you are doing a great job as a teacher for being able to stabilize your mentality."

Then the conversation changed: "The investment in Kai Ge and Xu Laoguai's films next year will be very high, and there will definitely be more cinemas next year than this year. How can the box office be worse? If you can get more than 300 million, they can too, so The box office is only temporary, you are right to do this, you really have to keep a low profile, literary and artistic films are great, feel free to tell me if you need anything."

Some people also said: "Now the great directors from Xiangjiang are beginning to enter the mainland, and Hu Qian, the veteran of Xiangjiang movies, also knows it. It's hard to say how high the artistry is, but they are indeed better at business than us. This is true, they were decades earlier. I started playing before, so I still need to learn more in the future. The road back is safe and clear, let’s form a game.”

Others said: "It's right to make literary films. Show them to me after they're done. It's hard to win awards from foreign countries, so let's pick up domestic ones first."

Hu Qingquan chatted with a group of people one by one with a smile.

I feel contempt in my heart and feel that these people are too self-righteous.

Of course there are worries.

Unlike Lu Pingan, he knows the future development of the industry and knows that future Hong Kong filmmakers will not be accustomed to the local conditions in the mainland.

Therefore, Hu Qingquan is indeed worried that these people will pose a great threat to Lu Ping An and mainland filmmakers.

However, he still believed in Lu Ping'an's ability.

I even believe what Lu Ping'an said that commercial movies will definitely become mainstream in the future, and compared to the box office of a single movie, the film industry is the magic weapon for winning in the future.

So Hu Qingquan didn't bother to argue with these old antiques.

After talking to the old antiques, all that was left was a group of other industry insiders who looked up to him and even wanted to squeeze him dry tonight.

As Lu Pingan's teacher, Hu Qingquan's current status in the industry is somewhat difficult to estimate.

In the eyes of the old school, Hu Qingquan, like Lu Ping'an, is still a bit of an outlier and can only be considered half of us. After all, everyone is engaged in art, and you are engaged in box office. Only when you make a difference in the "mainstream" can you truly be regarded as one. own people.

In the eyes of the new generation of companies and actors, Hu Qingquan's status is lower than that of leaders such as China Film and Shanghai Film and Television, but higher than that of many domestic film and television company CEOs.

After all, his student is Lu Pingan, and Hu Qingquan is the producer of almost all of Lu Pingan's films, including "Wonderful Night" which won the record this morning.

"Wonderful Night" ranked first at the box office, and the bonus it brought to the actors was considerable.

Taking the red carpet as an example, the creative team who came today also received different courtesy than before.

For example, Zeng Li has much more flashes than other actresses.

This is a courtesy for the protagonist, and the other minor supporting characters also benefit greatly.

Some have already begun to add personal box office achievements to their resumes.

With a personal box office of 360 million, and having participated in a lot of unknown projects, which one is more eye-catching? It's obvious.

The crew of "Wonderful Night" is like this, and the creative team of "Hungry Platform" who is here tonight is similar.

Both are projects of Lu Ping An. Compared with "Wonderful Night", "Hungry Platform" is considered to be more award-winning in the industry.

This time "Hungry Platform" received three nominations at the Hundred Flowers Awards, although this year's film festival did not announce the winners in advance.

But the "nomination" itself has high value in the industry.

In this way, Lu Pingan's movies can win awards and increase commercial value.

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As soon as Hu Qingquan appeared on the stage, the lights in the eyes of all the actors were almost brighter than the flashlights outside the red carpet.

Then soon someone came up to chat.

"Teacher Hu, I'm Bingbing, why isn't Director Lu here?"

"Teacher Hu, this is Zhang Jinchu, who just acted in a movie."

"Teacher Hu"

If Hu Qingquan is willing to keep his mouth shut tonight, he will probably be squeezed dry tonight.

Fortunately, Hu Qingquan knew what was going on.

At this time, we need to be more stable.

Even if the road is safe and sound, how can a teacher be so happy?

At the end of the awards ceremony, "Wonderful Night", as expected, only won one for Best Music.

Hu Qingquan was not surprised to lose the Best Producer Award, and Mr. Yang of China Film and Television won the award.

Also this year's blockbuster "House of Flying Daggers" only won one Best Art Award.

The rest of the awards are still very feature-based.

In fact, "Wonderful Night" could win a lot if it really wanted to win awards.

For example, best costume design and best special effects, but the Golden Rooster Awards do not have these awards.

Furthermore, as a children's film, it can also win the Best Children's Film Award.

In addition, you can actually win the best director. After all, it has broken the record. This is worth mentioning.

But the Golden Rooster Awards still carry out its glorious tradition.

However, while giving full play to tradition, the performance is very awkward.

There is actually no vacancy for Best Supporting Actress in this year's Golden Rooster Awards. Can you believe that none of the four nominees were nominated?

The threshold for participating films this year is a minimum box office of 5 million, but "Wonderful Night", which has the highest box office, can only be used as a supporting role.

This is very boring.

No wonder many media outlets said after the awards ceremony that this year’s Golden Rooster seemed to be trying to make itself unique and establish authority, but in the end it made itself very embarrassed.

At the subsequent Hundred Flowers Awards, Lu Ping'an gained a lot.

"Hungry Platform" won the Outstanding Feature Film Award, and Duan Long won the Outstanding Actor award at the same time as Li Youbin for "Hungry Platform".

These two awards are not the highest awards. There is "best" on top of "excellence".

So overall, this is probably a consolation prize.

In this regard, Lu Ping'an's expression remained unchanged after learning the news.

Lao Hu on the other end of the phone was also very disappointed that there was no buffet at Golden Rooster this time.

So in his view, the golden rooster has become more and more like a "golden chicken rib".

Hu Qingquan didn't think much about this kind of award, so after talking about his unhappiness, he then talked about happy things.

"Duan Long cried at the award ceremony and said he wanted to have a drink with you when you come back."

"Oh, you are really ready to sacrifice your life. Okay, tell him that I am also ready to sacrifice my life."

"Haha, Duan Long said we should forget about it."

The Little Hundred Flowers Award was naturally not rare for Lu Ping An to take a look at.

But it's different for actors like Duan Long.

Vanity Fair, awards are a symbol, and it’s hard for any actor to disdain them.

It is foreseeable that Ping An’s mobile phones will usher in a wave of text messages tomorrow.

So after Lu Ping'an and Hu Qingquan finished chatting, they turned off their phones and concentrated on filming.

Generally speaking, the movie "Brokeback Mountain" is much simpler than Lu Pingan's previous movies.

There are no car chases, jumping scenes, special effects scenes, or explosion scenes.

In the entire film, you can't even find a single shot of a modern movie.

This kind of movie is simply a nightmare for industrial movies.

There is no trace of industrialization, it is all original and supernatural.

So knowing the original film, the movie solves 50% of the problems.

Finding Hao Yuanyuan, the movie solved another 40% of the problems.

The last 10% is the scenery and other uncontrollable elements in the rest of the shot.

Such as the color of the sky, the clouds in the sky, today's air visibility, wind strength, weather, and those sheep that never get together.

Many times, people have to follow these uncontrollable factors.

For example, the weather forecast says it will snow in three days.

The entire crew can only try their best to solve the current scene within three days, otherwise they will get involved.

Fortunately, the actors are very dedicated and the two protagonists are strong enough.

So although the next filming required overtime work, everyone was still very happy.

Of course, as well as being happy, there is also shyness.

Such as tonight's scene.

According to Lu Ping'an, this is the most difficult scene in the entire movie.

The two protagonists will be in the tent, completing the first.

There are some scenes and shots where desire flows in "Brokeback Mountain", such as the intimate contact between Jack and Ennis in the tent in the mountain.

Li An revealed that she was actually very shy when filming this sex scene.

Therefore, he decided to make the shooting very technical, such as setting up a complicated one-step shooting agreement with 13 points for attention, so that the actors would not think about things other than filming.

He said that the first shot of this scene was very difficult, and it was not until 13 takes that the final version was produced.

I took so many shots in the hope of making this scene realistic and convincing.

This time it was Lu Ping'an's turn to take the photo.

for this kind of scene.

To be honest, this was also the first time I encountered Lu Pingping.

Lu Ping'an has never filmed sex scenes, let alone same-sex or opposite-sex sex scenes.

The sex scene in the short film "The Tuner" is just a joke, it doesn't count.

So at first, he was also very shy.

But who made him the director?

Director, in this case is the time to take charge.

Therefore, Lu Ping'an's expression did not change, and he remained calm, calm, and calm.

It's all for art!

"Get ready!"

With an order, the crew started filming.

Then after 18 times, I finally passed.

The two protagonists walked out of the tent, their cheeks slightly red, not sure whether they were shy or tired.

Jack asked: "Director, how is it?"

Lu Ping'an smiled and expressed the same emotion as Li An in the original time and space: "So gay!"

Everyone laughed, but Lu Pingan was complaining about Goldfinger in his heart.

This time TM must give me an interesting reward to make up for it!

The artistic shots are successfully completed, and the scene under "Brokeback Mountain" is coming to an end.

Lu Ping'an continued to work overtime, and then filmed the protagonist's several meetings after "Brokeback Mountain".

The two protagonists still performed bravely, and their performances were smooth from young to middle-aged.

The crew also rushed to end the battle before it really snowed.

Fortunately, the weather is kind and there will be no snow for the next three days. The scenery under the entire Rocky Mountains still shows the beauty of autumn.

It was not until the crew packed up everything and prepared to leave after work that the snowflakes fell quietly. This also made everyone in the crew sigh "God bless". Lu Ping'an was also very emotional. Most of the scenes that were "like divine help" can give The film brings some different colors, and I hope this celestial phenomenon like a divine blessing can continue.

. . . . . . .

After finishing filming in Canada, the crew of "Brokeback Mountain" moved to the United States and New Australia.

The two protagonists’ families also join the story.

Among them, the one who plays Jack's wife is the widowed sister.

The character was originally played by Anne Hathaway.

Paramount initially wanted her, too.

But unfortunately, because it was filmed two months later than the original time and space, Anne Hathaway did not have a schedule.

This is Lu Ping'an's invitation to her twice without success.

Lu Ping'an didn't think anything of it. This was the norm in the industry.

Anne Hathaway is quite good at being a good person. She called Lu Ping'an and said she would do it next time.

No matter what her true thoughts are, her attitude is fine.

Anne Hathaway couldn't come, so the widowed sister succeeded in filling in. She took the initiative to call.

But Lu Pingan asked: "The person starring opposite you is Jake Gyllenhaal."

Something needs to be explained.

In Lu Ping'an's impression, the two of them had a relationship.

However, the widowed sister said that it didn't matter, saying that it was just a chance meeting and there was no relationship. The two were together last year because of the promotion of the agency.

This statement is similar to what Jake Gyllenhaal said.

Lu Ping'an suddenly felt how much the image of a widowed sister and a tough boss really held.

These sisters have had 11 boyfriends in the past 13 years. To be precise, they have had 3 marriages and 8 rumored boyfriends in the 13 years from 2004 to 2017. They can be regarded as truly able to form "ex-boyfriends" (Ex-husband) The tough boss of the football team.

But now it seems that it feels a bit watery.

But he didn't think too much about it. In the entertainment industry, it's too normal to be true or false.

When the widowed sister arrived, she was very enthusiastic when she saw Lu Ping'an, and she didn't have much embarrassment when she saw Jake Gyllenhaal, like an old friend.

Then enter the state.

Compared to the other actors who were skeptical at the beginning, the widowed sister was quite confident about Lu Pingan filming "Brokeback Mountain".

After all, the two have known each other for a long time. In the words of the widowed sister:

"I watched you create miracles along the way."

Regarding "Brokeback Mountain", the widowed sister also gave her blessing: "I hope you can create miracles again."

Can talk!

I'll give her more shots later and let the goddess of literature and art show off her full potential.

Her character is lacking in the film.

Lu Ping An, who is extremely professional, has a professional attitude and will naturally not fool around.

Of course, this first requires the film to be artistic enough.

Otherwise, in any movie, you just want to make people miss something. It would be strange if people don't scream to death.

And "Brokeback Mountain" obviously hit the widow's G-spot.

The goddess of literature and art loves it so much if she devotes herself to this kind of pure love art film.

Therefore, the widowed sister also showed great professionalism in this regard.

But then she couldn't help but sigh: "It would be great if you were my boyfriend. This would give you a bigger scope."

"It's a pity that you don't officially date men under 30 years old."

Lu Ping'an answered with a smile.

This is the bold statement that the widowed sister made in front of the media this year.

After shouting these words, she became the talk queen of Hollywood.

This will indeed help her career a lot.

It is said that she quickly received a lot of resources, including "A Love Song for Bobby Long", through which she successfully won her second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress nomination.

There is also another big production, Michael Bay's "Escape from Clone Island", which will start filming in October.

After hearing this, the widowed sister looked at Lu Pingan and responded with an affectionate smile: "I do have this idea, but I will not refuse a good man."

Lu Pingan immediately replied: "But a good man may reject you."

"Oh, so sad!"

The widowed sister looked regretful.

Lu Ping'an smiled and threatened: "If you joke again, your pay will be deducted."

The widowed sister immediately responded with a serious look: "You have no such right."

"Then the bonus will be deducted."

"And there's a bonus?"

"Of course, but not anymore."

"No, I'm not kidding anymore, I want to stay professional."

The little joke is over.

The two also quickly eliminated the slight feeling of strangeness after not seeing each other for a long time.

This will be very useful for later shooting.

There was no ambiguity in the atmosphere, only familiarity.

All the talk revolves around movies.

The entire set is also full of artistic atmosphere.

This allows actors to be more immersed in their performances when facing the director and the camera.

It also allows the director to communicate better with the actors.

So in the next sex scene.

The widowed sister who missed something, under the command of Lu Pingan, completed a pretty good performance in front of the camera.

"How about it?"

After the performance, the widowed sister, wrapped in a big blanket, watched the replay with Lu Pingan.

Lu Pingan nodded, big enough, no, dedicated enough.

“It’s pretty good, but it could be better.”

Not really close.

Only 96%.

Now he is not just satisfied with passing the test.

What he wants is to be infinitely close to transcendence, and then strive for transcendence.

Jake Gyllenhaal on the side touched his nose and said nothing.

The car shaking scene just now was really exciting.

However, the widowed sister glanced sideways at Lu Pingan and felt that Lu Pingan was doing it on purpose.

But Lu Ping'an's reason is very strong: "You know the emotional transformation is not intense enough. Look here, the light in your eyes is still a little less."

The heroine was in the car. The heroine got on top and stepped on the brakes before starting. She asked the hero if everything was going too fast and if he should step on the brakes.

The male protagonist replied: It doesn’t matter how fast or slow it is, as long as it’s in the right direction.

So the virgin heroine finally broke through the constraints of family dogma and took the initiative to take off her clothes and throw herself into her arms.

Lu Ping'an looked serious and professional: "Jack is doing very well, you are almost there, your eyes should be more pure, you know, you are a virgin now."

The widowed sister was a little embarrassed: "Am I not pure enough?"

Lu Ping'an continued: "Pure enough, but it can be purer. The eyes should be full of mindless fantasies about love, and less of the sophistication of seeing the end of feelings at a glance. Do you understand what I mean?"

The widowed sister nodded thoughtfully, then hooked her fingers at Jack: "I understand, Jack, come again!"

When Jack was summoned by the boss, as if he remembered the fear of being dominated before, he immediately stood up and obeyed.

Then the car shaking scene continued. After three more times, Lu Pingan was finally satisfied:

"Now come and see, how do you feel?"

The widowed sister wrapped herself in a blanket and looked at her performance.

Sure enough, there are subtle differences.

The widowed sister smiled and praised: "You will be a good director."

Lu Ping'an: "Thank you, you will also be a good actor."

The widowed sister asked again: "Will this paragraph be kept?"

"Yes, why, aren't you mentally prepared?"

"It's done, but it still feels a little weird."

"Be more open-minded."

"..."

6000 words, the state is still not quite right, I will finish it tomorrow.