Heads Up Hollywood

From the 1980s to the 1990s, the Hong Kong government ushered in the golden age of the entertainment industry.

However, the Hong Kong government is a cultural desert, where can there be so many outstanding creators?

A batch of smuggled immigrants from the mainland passed, and Baodao recruited a batch, but it still could not meet the market demand of the Hong Kong government. The transformation of imported products has become the main source of Hong Kong government's film and television music works.

The songs are mainly adapted from Japanese songs, and the movies are copied from Hollywood.

The Hong Kong government created the concept of "saving movies". To collect movies is to quote from many sources, draw materials from all directions, take the essence for your own use, and integrate it with localized styles to become a unique Hong Kong movie.

Among them, the masters are Wang Jing, Zhou Xingchi, Zhuang Wenqiang and others.

The "Infernal Affairs" trilogy doesn't draw enough elements. A more typical example is "Happy Events at Home". The film is a mix of many Hollywood movies such as "Pretty Woman", "Edward Scissorhands", "Terminator", "The Shining", "Ghost Love", etc. Collect the classic fragments and localize them, and it becomes a big-selling Hong Kong film.

It's no wonder that this kind of filmmaking mode lasts forever!

Especially after the opening of the mainland market and more and more Hong Kong government filmmakers went north to survive, Hong Kong government films plummeted and completely lost their creative ability. More blatant plagiarism.

For example, "The Manhunt" copied the Japanese movie "The Devotion of Suspect X", "The Murderer" copied the Hollywood movie "Orphan", and the best-selling "Wu Shuang" copied "The Usual Suspect" to the fullest.

Tang En didn't want to intervene in this matter. After all, the audience of Hong Kong movies is getting smaller and smaller, the market is getting smaller and smaller, and the money they make is negligible. Even if you win a copyright lawsuit, you won’t make much money, maybe not even enough for lawyers’ fees.

However, now the Hong Kong government filmmakers have taken the initiative to bring up this issue, and even slandered that "The Departed" is a plagiarism of "Infernal Affairs". This is too intolerable!

With Tang En's current international influence and status in the world's entertainment industry, what's the difference between accusing him of plagiarism and slapping him in the face in public?

"Boss Lin from Media Asia Pictures is on the scene. You can go and ask if "The Departed" is a plagiarism! When it comes to plagiarism, you really provided me with an idea. If I remember correctly, the past There are a lot of plagiarism in many of the Hong Kong movies. When I go back, I will definitely communicate with the MPAA to resolve this series of copyright disputes."

The corner of Tang En's mouth curled up, revealing a bit of sarcasm.

Okay, you say I plagiarized?

Then have fun!

Using legal means, let's play with real knives and guns, and I want to see who copied who!

New Universal has two major studios, Universal Pictures and MGM, with a stock of more than 6,000 films. At least thirty or forty films have been stolen by Hong Kong films.

After debating with so many people for so long, Tang En seemed to have figured it out.

Today's big drama is probably not as simple as the difference between "Infernal Affairs" and "Infernal Affairs", it may be a rebellion against the New Universal Group by the Hong Kong government filmmakers!

Tang En has high hopes for Netflix and plans ahead for the future streaming media platform. In order to avoid Netflix having to pay a large amount of copyright dividends after the rise of streaming media platforms in the future, Twain started planning ahead of time, buying a large number of film copyrights around the world in an attempt to get it done once and for all.

Hong Kong films are naturally the highlight.

One or two is fine, but Netflix is ​​going to buy hundreds of film copyrights, which is tantamount to hollowing out the Hong Kong government's film industry. This is worse for the already bleak Hong Kong government film market.

I am afraid that this is also a major reason for today's farce.

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"Twain, I didn't expect you to have such a good temper!"

This premiere ended in a hurry and broke up unhappy.

It is conceivable that "The Departed Walker" will come to Hong Kong for publicity this time, and it will inevitably end in failure.

However, the entire "The Departed" crew didn't care much, and they didn't do anything wrong. Even if it really offends the Hong Kong government filmmakers, it's no big deal.

The Hong Kong government is such a big market that it can be ignored.

Leonardo was even very surprised, thinking that Tang En would be furious and flip the table with those rude Hong Kong government filmmakers. Unexpectedly, from the beginning to the end, Tang En did not show too excited.

Tang En glared at him angrily, "You know what!"

"What do you mean by taking your anger out on me?" Leonardo said angrily.

"Angry?" Tang En smiled, "When did I get angry?"

"Um?"

"Look at Martin!"

Leonardo went back to look for Martin Scorsese, only to find that he was ruddy and beaming, as if it was a holiday.

"The Departed Walker" has been questioned so much, and even ridiculed as plagiarizing Hong Kong movies. As a film director, he is quite happy? This is too unreasonable, right?

"Don't you understand?" Under the escort of bodyguards, Tang En got into the car with Leonardo and looked at him with a smile.

Leonardo frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "What's going on?"

Tang En said: "The Oscars are not only the highest award for American films, but also a platform for American cultural exports to the outside world. In order to win the Oscar for the best film, artistry is actually second, and the most important thing is actually politics. We must maintain the values ​​of the American left , Advocating the universal values ​​of freedom, equality, and democracy. Films with obvious value disputes like "Pulp" and "Saving Private Ryan" are difficult to become the final best film."

"The Silence of the Lambs also has value controversy?"

"Is there? Think again! The two sequels are controversial. The movie "The Silence of the Lambs" is relatively restrained. Hannibal is helping the police find criminals, and finally successfully killed Buffalo Bill. Overall, , this is also a work that revolves around the theme of punishing evil and promoting good."

Leonardo nodded thoughtfully.

In order to win an Oscar, the values ​​of the film should not be too controversial, and must conform to the universal ideology of "everyone is equal" and "democracy and freedom".

As soon as "Hero" came out, it shocked the entire United States, and it was shocking. The voice is high, far surpassing any other film of the era.

As a result, "Hero" still lost the Oscar.

The reason is simple, there is a problem with the value!

In the same way, Lao Mouzi's later "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" also had such regrets. The filming was pretty good, but the tendency to discriminate against prostitutes was too obvious.

Are female students more noble than prostitutes?

This kind of movie, no matter how good it is, can't win an award.

Tang En said: "Martin is a recognized film master. After Francis Coppola retired, he was the number one person in film language art! It stands to reason that with his level, he should have won an Oscar long ago."

Leonardo nodded and said, "It's because his films are too paranoid, wandering on the edge of universal values, and cannot be promoted to the world as a representative of American democracy."

Tang En laughed and said: "That's the reason! His movies are not conducive to promoting the mainstream values ​​of the United States."

"But "The Departed" is not orthodox enough, right? As long as it is more mainstream, it will not be so controversial by Hong Kong government filmmakers."

"yes."

"Um?"

"There are advantages and disadvantages. The public questioning of filmmakers from the Hong Kong government is a big gift for us!"

. Nine Heavens Emperor