Dreams of the Fragrant River

This year's Christmas movies, "A Feifei" and "Truman's World" have attracted great attention. After the premiere of the two films, film critics have given them high praise and considered it to be a rare quality Hong Kong film in recent years.

The only difference is that "The True Story of A Fei" was not well received. Although film critics and peers agreed that it was a good work, most viewers who watched it thought it was a bad movie.

In the first few days of its official release, due to the box-office appeal of the leading actors such as Leslie Cheung and Andy Lau, the vigorous praise of film critics in the media, and the publicity campaign created by Deng Guangrong's ruthless spending of money, the attendance rate of "The True Story of Ah Fei" was very high, even in There were also several full-on Christmas Day events.

But after the audience who had seen the movie scolded and spontaneously carried out negative publicity to their relatives and friends, the box office of "The True Story of Ah Fei" fell by leaps and bounds in the second week of its release.

It was only released on November 11, and Xinbao Cinemas couldn't hold it any longer, and forced the release of "A Fei Zhengzhuan" ahead of schedule, with a box office of over 9 million.

The box office of more than 9 million is not too low, but the problem is that the investment of this film is more than 40 million, and the production cycle is more than a year. If you want to recover the box office from overseas markets, you have to wait a year and a half.

Deng Guangrong invested all the money he had earned in the past few years, some of which were still mortgage loans, but he had to wait nearly 3 years to recover his investment. What is the difference between this and losing everything?

What's more, it is still unknown whether "The True Story of Ah Fei" can make money from overseas markets.

After the box office statistics of "A Fei Zhengzhuan" came out, the investor Deng Guangrong spat out a mouthful of old blood and was admitted to the hospital to recuperate.

Two years ago, the low-cost "Carmen of Mong Kok" was a hit, and later won several Academy Award nominations, making director Wong Kar Wai a celebrity. Many investors rushed to throw money at him to make films.

And now, when the news of Deng Guangrong entering the hospital in The True Story of Ah Fei came out, Wong Kar-wai became like a **** of plague. Anyone who sees it avoids him.

"Isn't Ying Zhijie doing it?" Liu Zhenwei added wine to his good friend Wong Kar Wai.

Wong Kar-wai smiled bitterly and said, "Even if Boss Deng can accommodate me, I don't have the face to stay there. What's more. "The True Story of Ah Fei" is so miserable, it is estimated that Ying Zhijie is about to close..."

"It's not enough to close the door, Mr. Deng can still afford tens of millions of dollars," Liu Zhenwei advised, "don't blame yourself too much, no one can guarantee 100% of making money when filming. You and I made money for Mr. Deng a few years ago. , it adds up to tens of millions, and we don't owe him anything."

Wong Kar Wai rubbed his messy hair. He said distressedly: "Actually, "The True Story of Ah Fei" is my most satisfying work over the years, but why doesn't the audience like it? If you want to make those shit-like blockbuster movies, I will, but what's the point of making them? "

Wong Kar-Wai is really not bragging. In recent years, many of the blockbuster movies have had their scripts written by him. He knows the routine of commercial films and how to make the audience happy, but when Wong Kar-wai took the lead, he was unwilling to follow such a routine.

The same is true for a guy named Jiang Wen in the future on the mainland. He followed the good reputation of "Let the Bullets Fly" to make a sequel. The box-office sale is right. But this product is not good, and he has to come up with a "One Step Away" to express his thoughts and artistic pursuits.

You said you really wanted to make art films. Then take a good shot. But Jiang Wenming clearly wrote the outline of the story before the start of the movie, and he had to learn how to shoot without a script, and said that a script would affect the performance.

As a result, the writing team of nearly ten people was able to get the script out on the same day, and several leading actors did their makeup every time before they knew their rough lines today.

Not only that, Jiang Wen also encouraged the actors to tamper with the lines and plots, and he would accept as long as the changes were wonderful. In the end, a "One Step Away" with a chaotic rhythm and a fragmented main line was produced. Many ordinary audiences couldn't hold on for the first 30 minutes in the screening hall, or left the venue early. Or just fall asleep.

Liu Zhenwei knew Wang Jiawei's ability very well, so he comforted: "I understand what you mean. I also know that you are talented, but you have no money to earn which boss is willing to invest? You also watched "The Truman World" yesterday. Compromising with the box office, I also made significant changes to the script. Some originally good ideas and plots were all discarded during filming and editing because they might affect the audience’s viewing experience.”

"That's why he's the big boss, and I'm just a little art director." Wong Kar-wai laughed at himself. His views on Kang Jianfei are very contradictory. He understands Kang Jianfei's actions for the box office, and he despises Kang Jianfei's lack of artistic pursuits. Because "The Truman World" can obviously be made better, but in order to cater to the commercial market, many vulgar and funny plots are added, which reduces the artistic quality of the film.

Liu Zhenwei said, "I'm afraid you won't have the chance to direct the movie any time soon. What are your plans in the future?"

"I've become a street rat now. I don't think anyone wants me to be a screenwriter. What do you think I can do?" Wong Kar-wai said helplessly, "I want to teach at the Academy of Performing Arts."

Liu Zhenwei said, "Aren't you teaching at the Academy of Performing Arts now?"

"I mean full-time lecturer." Wong Kar Wai said.

"It's just a throw in the street, there's no need for it." Liu Zhenwei said.

Wong Kar-wai said with a smile, "I just want to adjust and change my mind, maybe one day I'll come out and make movies again."

Liu Zhenwei thought about it and said, "If you have a good idea, you can tell me, and then I will help you pull investment from Mr. Kang."

"He is willing to vote?" Wong Kar Wai asked with a smile.

Liu Zhenwei said with a smile: "He is sometimes generous, and his vision is very accurate."

Mr. Kang Jianfei, who has an extraordinary vision, has been praised by film critics every day during this period.

"The Truman World" has an absurd plot and a style like Kafka's novel, which is naturally easy to be favored by professional film critics. But what is rare is that most ordinary audiences can also understand and resonate strongly with this film.

Not only Lu Xinsheng who spoke up at the bottom, rich businessmen, officials, traders, students, housewives... Who is not bound by life?

The same plot will produce different changes in the eyes of different audiences. Everyone feels that the film is a metaphor for their own life. At the moment when the protagonist seizes the boat and sails to the other shore, the audience unconsciously substitutes themselves into the role, brewing infinite recognition and emotion in their hearts, imagining that one day they can break through the **** like the protagonist and regain freedom.

Except for the audience with low cultural literacy, the vast majority of young people, especially intellectuals and white-collar workers, simply regard "The Truman World" as a classic.

The famous female writer Li Bihua wrote a prose-like afterthought: "The World of Truman, in a style similar to a fairy tale, through absurd and uninhibited plots, metaphors the oppression and restraint of modern life...

How many people, like marionettes, live a monotonous and repetitive life day in and day out. How many people have tried to make changes and have the courage to break free from the predetermined track...

Maybe you and I have had a momentary urge to drive a sailboat like the protagonist and try to break through all this.

At that moment, life is shining.

And how many such moments in one's life can be so glorious, drifting in a boat on the boundless blue shore...

After going through all the hardships and sailing to the end of the world, I heard a clanging sound against the wall.

Broken fantasy~www.wuxiaspot.com~return to reality! "

"Movie Biweekly" is much more rational. From the idea, script to light, and lens, it analyzes the entire film little by little, and praises "The Truman World" together with its director and starring from head to toe.

What surprised Kang Jianfei the most was that some people actually thought that "The World of Truman" contained profound political implications.

The film related to Kang Jianfei's background and experience, and believed that the Truman in the film was Kang Jianfei himself, the closed studio was a metaphor for socialism, the program director was the incarnation of the central dictator, and the Taoyuan Island where the protagonist was imprisoned alluded to the mainland , The reality TV program is satirizing the catastrophe of the decade, the hypocrisy of the protagonist's wife and friends, referring to the ten-year movement when people denounced and criticized each other, even husband and wife turned against each other and killed each other, and in the end the protagonist escaped in a boat, that is Refers to Kang Jian smuggling across the sea to Hong Kong, the border of the studio symbolizes the border blockade...

After Kang Jianfei read this film review, there was only one feeling in his heart: this Nima can really be a nonsense!

It turns out that "The Truman World" is not only an inspirational film, but also a political satire. (To be continued)

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