Director’s Legend

The emblem is written in wonderful handwriting, and the water-cut eyes are dotted with crimson lips. It is suspected that he peeped at Song Yu in the past. To the east, only half of the wall is exposed.

The past has been bitter and bitter, who remembers Cui Dai frowning back then. There are some embarrassing things to do. Ruthless, even if it is ruthless, it is touching.

This is a poem written by Qin Guan, a great poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, for the portrait of Cui Hui, a singing girl in Hezhong Prefecture. In "imax-3d Yupu Tuan", this poem will be written by the hero Wei Yangsheng to the heroine Tieyu Fragrance's promise of love. It is also the inscription on the theme backboard of today's press conference, on the splash-ink painting of dragons and phoenixes.

There are polarized attitudes on the Internet about Golden Harvest's investment in "imax-3d Yupu Tuan". Those who support it think that no matter what the subject matter is, as long as it is well shot, it is fine. After all, this is a Hong Kong movie, and Fengyue movies are also made in Hong Kong. a culture. Those who do not support it still insist that it is indecent. Shao Shuaijun, as a public figure and a representative of the Chinese dream, should not be involved.

Even the overwhelming news about the Olympic Games couldn't cover up this debate, and it set off a huge wave, involving people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, whether it was experts, scholars, filmmakers, or ordinary people. They are all discussing this romantic film, which claims to be the largest investment in history and is also shot with the most advanced technology.

Professor Liu, a sociologist at Renmin University of China, said on the scarf of time: "I have read the novel "Roupu Tuan" carefully. It should not be a pornographic novel, but a purely ancient sexual cultural work. First of all, "imax-3d Yupu Tuan" "Certainly can't capture its cultural connotation, so I won't watch it at all. Secondly, it is certain. It is not normal for such a controversial blockbuster not to have a few famous actors. However, in my opinion In the future, the appearance of the film will promote people's interest in the study of ancient Chinese sexual culture."

Wu Yuansi, the former chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards, said: "I think there are not many films of this type, and it cannot be regarded as the norm. In fact, in Hong Kong, there are also a small number of people who go to the cinema to watch tertiary films. Why is "Lust, Caution" so high?" The box office is because there are Chinese actors, and everyone is more curious. And this "imax-3d Yupu Tuan", you see, there are many Japanese actresses participating in the filming. This movie is mainly made for the Japanese market. Its gimmick is imax -3d. People from mainland China come to Hong Kong mainly to travel and eat. The gimmicks of the film crew will not have a good real effect.”

Wei Jian, the chief commentator of Southern Metropolis Entertainment Weekly, said: "Actually, we are not criticizing a romantic film, but how to truly look at public figures and their influence on commercial behavior. Any outstanding filmmaker The use of ** is for the service of the film. The footage of Li An in "Lust, Caution" is such a service. But the film serves the **, this is not an excellent director, an internationally famous director Director. What should be done."

Faced with the increasingly fierce debate, Shao Shuaijun couldn't sit still, and had to hold a press conference to clarify the intention of shooting. For this press conference, Shao Shuaijun also specially invited San Ji Dao, a famous scholar from the University of Hong Kong, to help out.

"Many people asked me why I invested in a romantic film, but in fact I have many shooting plans, and many movies are waiting for me to take time to shoot. Many people also said, are you Shao Shuaijun willing to do anything for money? For Boli and eyeballs? I don't bother to answer such questions."

Sitting on the rostrum, Shao Shuaijun put his hands on the table and said calmly: "When it comes to fame and wealth, I have never lacked, and I have never thought about relying on an "imax-3d Yupu Tuan" to make money. We just invested more than 100 million yuan. After giving up the mainland market, whether we can recover the cost is debatable. Then many people have to ask again, what are you doing for money? What am I doing? Experiment, that's all."

"imax-3d is a very difficult technology. I have always had great expectations for this technology. But now I don't have a suitable script to shoot the imax-3d version. I have ideas for several large-scale productions. It’s not suitable to just shoot a project. We have to accumulate technology and train a team so that we can successfully express it in future shoots. Surprisingly, director Bai Jifei found me and described the "imax" to me. -3d Jade Pu Tuan, this is a movie that is very simple to shoot, but can also verify the imax-3d effect very well, so that the project and investment of the movie can be approved.”

"When I first saw this script, I also struggled. To be honest, as a director from mainland China, I also lost my temper on the topic of sex. I directed others to shoot sex scenes and kiss scenes, but they were all superficial. , but a director, an excellent director, you can’t completely abandon the part of sex. Sex and love are things that accompany human life and persist. Many excellent, classic movies, or other art forms, There have been descriptions of sex and love. This is the category of art. I must try to make myself understand more and understand more deeply so that I can make better movies in the future. I hope this time "imax- 3D Yupu Tuan" can make me gain not only technology, but also art."

After Shao Shuaijun finished what he wanted to say, he handed the microphone to Bai Jifei.

He has always believed that sex should not be excluded. Since the ancient worship of sexual organs, sex has been accompanied by art, and it has been circulating and never stopped.

Movies are a kind of art, and should inherit this art form. Many great directors have deeply analyzed sex and love. This is very common in foreign countries. Only in China, people are more closed and resistant to sex and love. We used to be too embarrassed to say "I love you" out loud, let alone kiss in public.

Now, freedom and openness are advocated, and you can hold hands, hug and kiss. Only the liberation of sex is still not enough, and it seems to be very repulsive. In this regard, radio and television can be deleted without mercy. The moon cake of "Lust, Caution", which won the Palme d'Or, was almost deleted and turned into a crescent moon...

With the microphone in Bai Jifei's hands, it was the first time he faced such a huge lineup. He took a deep breath for more than a minute before speaking: ""imax-3d Yupu Tuan" originated from the novel "Roupu Tuan" by the ancient Li Yu. A lot of film and television works about "Jade Pu Tuan" appeared. Because "jade" and "meat" have the same pronunciation in Cantonese, most Hong Kong movies will be called "Jade Pu Tuan". This movie of mine is a Hong Kong movie, and it also continues got that name."

"Before talking about the movie, let's discuss the original work first. The story of "Roupu Tuan" is very simple..."

"The protagonist, Wei Yangsheng, is a flirtatious talent who pretended to be the first in the Yuan Dynasty. He made a great wish to be the first talented person in the world and marry the first beautiful woman in the world. After marrying the beautiful woman Yuxiang, he was dissatisfied with the Taoist father-in-law and went out to study. .In order to seduce women. He asked Youfang Taoist to use dog stuff to carry out xenotransplantation. He transformed his original "sightless and worrying" thing into a huge one. Relying on this "capital" and outstanding talent and appearance, he hooked up successively. Married women Yanfang, Xiangyun, Ruizhu, Ruiyu and widow Huachen. Yanfang's ex-husband ran to Weiyangsheng's hometown to seduce Yuxiang in order to avenge his wife's loss, and abducted her to sell her in the capital. Entered the kiln. After Yuxiang became a famous prostitute in the capital, Wei Yangsheng went to whoring because of her reputation. Yuxiang committed suicide in shame. And Weiyangsheng was enlightened from then on. Escaping into Buddhism, for the sake of "fighting privately in a flash", he did not hesitate to swing his sword and commit suicide Gong cut off the roots of afflictions. After twenty years of painstaking practice, the fruit will finally be achieved."

"It is not difficult to see from this that Li Yu has followed the karma that Buddhists often say, and the way of realizing the empty door. In the novel, he boldly stated that sex is a normal activity, and one should not be afraid of it to cover it up, let alone cover it up. Excessive promotion of sex is ugly and harmful. In Taoism, it is critical, and in Chinese medicine, there is also a saying of "possessing essence". It seems that the Chinese want to hide sex, which cannot be revealed."

"In ancient times, there were many cases of arranged marriages. The couple had never even met each other before Yuanfang. It was even more impossible to go to the hospital for a physical examination to see if they were suitable for marriage. This led to many tragedies of fate. This is the code of ethics. Cannibalism, especially after the establishment of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, the strictness of etiquette has reached a heinous level."

"During the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties, the folk customs were still very simple and open. It was completely okay for women to remarry or show their faces. Men and women were equal, and many stories of bold pursuit of love were widely circulated. But why did the social atmosphere change after the Song and Ming Dynasties? It tends to be conservative and pathological again and again? It has to be said that Cheng Zhu's Confucianism harms people, and women's three obediences and four virtues are tied to the chariot of ethics, which has suppressed us Chinese for hundreds of years."

"When it comes to sex, even if you don't talk about it, you are ashamed to talk about it. Is this normal? We say that the sages paid attention to virtue, so they became a model from one to the next. It seems that the promotion of sex now violates this virtue. It is a very obscene And shameless betrayal is depraved and unhealthy."

"However, blind concealment is unhealthy. Many countries have started sex education courses. Let children see the sexes correctly, which will help to establish correct interpersonal relationships and lifestyles in the future. People are resistant, The more you suppress, the more rebellious you are, the more you prohibit puppy love, the more they want to try puppy love."

"..."

At first he was very nervous and stuttered, but after that, Bai Jifei seemed to have opened up.

He couldn't stop chattering as soon as he opened his mouth, explaining the topic of sex from all aspects, from ancient to modern times, from all over the world. It is definitely more exciting than the experts and scholars on TV, and the classics are even more readily available.

Not only the reporters in the audience were dizzy by him, even Shao Shuaijun also opened his mouth, as if he didn't know this old man anymore.

In my memory, Laobai has no special features except saltiness and dampness.

Now it seems that in addition to salty dampness, Lao Bai has the momentum to develop salty dampness into a science. Judging from this posture, it is definitely a deep study of this issue. Shao Shuaijun couldn't help feeling that people still have to show their talents in areas they are interested in.

""Roupu Tuan" has little literary value. Although the language is vivid and humorous, the plot is simple and the characters are vague. It is actually a literary treatise on sexology. Its value lies not in literature but in thought. "Jin Ping Mei" The ** part only objectively describes the sexual activities of Ximen senior officials, and does not clearly express the author's general understanding of sexual issues, but "Roupu Tuan" has played a clear banner of anti-Taoism, loudly shouting about sex. From this point of view, it represents the rebellion of non-mainstream scholars against mainstream Taoism and the return to primitive Confucianism, and it can be called a masterpiece in the history of Chinese thought.”

Lao Bai’s spitting star seems to have splashed down the stage: "So, our filming of "imax-3d Yupu Tuan" is a great exploration of art, which is worthy of encouragement and admiration. Here I would like to thank director Shao Shuaijun, Believe in me, although I have made several ineffective films in the directing industry, but this is the first time to be a film director with such a huge investment. Art films!"

In the end, Lao Bai directly raised the film from the level of romantic films to literary films. It wasn't until Lao Bai stopped for a long time that everyone clapped their hands, what they said was so wonderful.

After Bai Jifei, several assistant directors and the production team had a chat. In the end, San Jidao, a scholar of the University of Hong Kong, concluded: "According to common sense, romantic movies are shot casually, and adults are free to watch them. Hong Kong should be a carnal and morally corrupt society. The place is just right. On the contrary, it seems to be a place of civility and etiquette. The citizens are polite and abide by public morals, and the civil servants are clean and efficient?

This probably shows that human beings are rational, civilized, and so-called vulgar animals mixed together. As long as they are properly adjusted, they may be an outlet for venting vulgarity. Legislation is reasonable so that the media will be held accountable and will not harm young people.

When we watched the Hong Kong version of "Jin Ping Mei", we didn't feel sluggish. We saw lewdness, but we were still good citizens, and we didn't become lewd. . When "imax-3d Yupu Tuan" is released, wearing tinted glasses is said to be the same as watching a movie in front of the bed. There is nothing embarrassing about it. In the words of the cross talk "Anti-Three Vulgarities": We are talking about watching It's just watching, serious people, they don't say it, they just do it.

Therefore, an open society, of course, should not talk about sexual discoloration, and as an audience, perhaps only after truly understanding "The Meat Tuan" will they not feel mysterious and thus correctly view pornographic movies. As Director Bai said, it has nothing to do with Fengyue, it's art. "

After a group of directors, producers, producers and scholars deeply analyzed "imax-3d Yupu Tuan", half an hour was left in the press conference for reporters to ask questions.

A reporter from Hong Kong Ming Pao first raised his hand and asked: "Director Shao, you have repeatedly reiterated that this movie is invested and shot by Golden Harvest as a Hong Kong movie. Is it a contempt for Hong Kong movies to impose the theme of romance on Hong Kong movies? We know that , In April this year, you have already rejected the judges of the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards, do you still despise Hong Kong films?"

Shao Shuaijun shook his head: "I have never underestimated Hong Kong movies. In fact, we all grew up watching Hong Kong movies. A large number of stars such as Cheng Long, Zhou Xingxing, Zhou Runfa, etc. were also my idols when I was young. The reason why I declined The judges of the Academy Award, because I was going to shoot "500 Days with Summer" and I didn't have time to carefully evaluate each film, which would inevitably unbalance the participating films. At the same time, I also had some concerns. After all, I am a Mainland directors, rashly serving as judges for the Hong Kong Film Awards, may arouse the resentment of many Hong Kong people. After thinking twice, I declined." (To be continued..)