Hollywood Drawing

Unknowingly, no one can deny that just because Wayne suddenly switched to Chinese, the reporters, students and professors in the entire auditorium had a great impression and recognition of him.

Although they don't admit it, everyone knows in their hearts that nowadays, everyone is rushing abroad. Now suddenly a white-skinned foreigner appears, speaks authentic Beijing movies, stands on the stage and talks, it is indeed very dreamy.

"The Romance of Fairy Wood"

Chinese is notoriously difficult to learn. Many people know this. Just looking at the way this foreigner speaks, which is completely Chinese thinking, can prove that the foreigner is definitely not a surprise training before coming to this land. He wants to learn Chinese. Speaking of reaching this level, it will definitely take a lot of time to study hard.

"To be honest, when I heard that this event was to exchange topics about movies with a group of peers who are full of ideals, I didn't prepare a so-called speech at all."

Wayne on the stage was holding a microphone in his hand. It could be seen that he was very relaxed. He moved from the center of the stage to the front of the stage in a few steps, where he could be closer to the audience in the front row. With a natural expression, he raised his other hand, ignored the media reporters in the front row, waved to the students sitting in the back row, and continued:

"I think you will also be curious about Hollywood, just like I am curious about the culture of this land. Therefore, I have no interest in giving speeches at all. I want to have some exchanges with you. So what's the problem? , you can raise your hands directly, yes, you can raise your hands directly to ask questions now.”

He was right about one thing. Wayne did not prepare any speeches. Strictly speaking, Hollywood's profit-oriented logic is definitely not suitable for public speaking here. He would rather answer some students' questions. question.

Looking under the stage, he found that not many students actually dared to raise their hands first. He smiled and shook his head slightly, then reached out and pointed at a girl at random.

"This classmate, if you want to ask anything, just say it. It's best if it's a topic related to movies."

The girl who was pointed out was stunned for a moment. She obviously didn't expect that she was so lucky. Her position also attracted the attention of more than a thousand people in the entire auditorium.

The girl was obviously very nervous. She glanced at the man on the stage. When she saw the man looking at her with a smile, she mustered up the courage to stand up, took the microphone that was passed to her, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Hello, Greenberg." Director, I am not a student of this school. I came here this time because I heard that you will come here to give a speech..."

Wayne nodded and raised his hand to signal her to continue. "It doesn't matter."

"My name is Ziyi. I am a sophomore from the Acting Department of the School of Drama." Seeing that everyone was looking at her, the girl quickly introduced herself briefly and then asked: "Director Greenberg, I am too Your fans have seen all of your works and also like all of your works. But recently, I have always had a question: why do your works in the past two years feel more and more commercialized and artistic? Well......"

In fact, the moment the girl raised her hand, Wayne had already recognized her. This girl who was dubbed "International" still looked very young, at least her face was still very young. The reason why he was the first one. When I clicked on this girl, I just got a bad taste.

Not only was this so-called "international" girl, but he also saw many familiar faces in the small auditorium where he was, including big stars who would be active on the screen in the future, as well as directors standing behind the scenes, and finally... What stood out were a few boys and girls huddled together. These few later made their class known as the 96 star class by the media.

"It's okay, I understand what you mean."

Stretching out his arm and pressing down, indicating that the girl could sit down, Wayne had a smile on his face and was not angry at all because of the sharp question asked by the girl. "I don't want to talk about lofty topics such as art. Perhaps many students and teachers here have always regarded film as the eighth art in the world, but this is not entirely the case here."

The moment his words came out, there was a buzz of low-pitched discussion. No one could have imagined that an artistic director recognized by Oscars and the world would suddenly say this.

"Attention, I'm going to start bragging. Those who don't agree with my point of view, just think that I am bragging." Wayne shrugged to everyone.

"Hahaha."

"Holy shit, this guy can even brag about x?"

"..."

After the sound in the auditorium became quieter, he tilted his head, spoke a Beijing movie into the microphone, and continued: "The North American box office of "Happy Death Day" exceeded 70 million US dollars, and the global box office was 110 million US dollars. "Get Out" North America The box office was US$176 million and the global box office was US$255 million. "Joker" was US$335 million in North America and US$1.074 billion globally. "Joker" was US$328 million in North America and US$701 million globally.

"Batman Begins," which brought the DC Cinematic Universe to the public, "The Departed," which won me an Oscar, and "The Dark Knight," which will be released on a large scale here in two days. "..."

As he counted his works on the stage with his fingers, the audience fell into silence and shock. Everyone knew more or less that this man on the stage had How successful it was, but when the works over the years were listed one by one, the horrific box office results still shocked everyone.

Each box office figure is a level that everyone at the scene has never dared to imagine. What is scary is that this young man named Wayne Greenberg is not yet thirty years old. The media, audiences and even the film industry The mainstream understanding of him is that he is an art film master who is good at shooting dark-style films.

"Around the world, my work has very different opinions." Wayne ignored the shocked eyes of the crowd and continued to pace on the stage in a relaxed and natural tone.

"Some authoritative film media have summarized it. They described my film as having plots and theme settings that are both absurd and uninhibited based on real issues. It has protagonists who are both good and evil, and boldly exposes and discusses issues in corners of society. There are also essential The dark and twisted core of the story always likes to draw the ending with death or destruction.

These are all correct, but there are also European entertainment media and film colleagues. Whenever my film is released, they will say that I am using a dark and large scale to win eyeballs, and using violent scenes to continuously sharpen the nerves of movie fans around the world. !

After bragging so much, I just want to tell you, don’t focus on the art in the movie. If I did that, I would never be able to be sought after by so many fans and achieve such high box office results. I When I graduated from the film and video major at Southern California, my mentor Professor Andreessen Horowitz gave me a piece of advice, that is, in movies, the first thing to consider is the audience.

Therefore, as far as I am concerned, movies are first and foremost popular entertainment. They originated from the revolving door. Fundamentally, they are entertainment for the common people. What we need to do is to make it understandable to most ordinary people before they consider adding it to the director. My own artistic ideas, of course, these are just some of my personal ideas, I hope they can be of some help to you. "

There was a burst of warm applause. Regardless of whether they agreed with the idea or not, the media reporters, teachers and students at the scene all clapped their hands. In fact, his rhetoric has already diverged from the mainstream concept here. This is a campus, a campus full of artistic atmosphere, and there are countless young people who are full of pursuit of art.

So, when the applause had just ended, a young man stood up from his seat without waiting for him to continue calling his name, and shouted loudly: "Director Greenberg, what about art? Film is the eighth most important art in the world. It is recognized by the whole world. If we only focus on pleasing the audience, won’t art disappear completely?”

Obviously, the behavior of this old-looking boy with small eyes made some teachers and leaders sitting in the front row nervous. Some nervously wanted to wave to call security, while others nervously looked at the man on the stage.

"You're right. So, I just said it in advance. If you don't agree with my point of view, just think that I am bragging. Angry at violating the rules, he tilted his head and spread his hands, the smile on his face not diminishing at all.

"Painting, this is definitely art in everyone's eyes, right? Any painting by a famous artist can sell for tens of millions, but please note that starting from decades ago, the Mona Lisa has been loaded into printers , began to make crazy copies and sell them. Such paintings often only cost a few dollars, but painting has always been one of the most important among the eight major arts in the world.

Looking back at movies, even the most ordinary feature film takes at least more than a thousand frames to watch, but you only need one ticket to watch it. Whether you admit it or not, for ordinary people, movies are one of the cheap and common forms of entertainment. But this does not prevent some literary and artistic films from always having an audience.

My main point is that you must first consider the audience for your work, and then consider the so-called humanistic sentiments and other artistic discussions. Otherwise, no matter how high the artistic content of a work that no one is willing to sit down and watch, it is of any use. What to use? "

Wayne knows that these words have no effect at all on those who cling to the so-called art. For example, the boy with small eyes who just asked the question is famous for his artistic films, but almost none of them are in the theaters. It has been released on a large scale, which is, to some extent, sad.

"I thought there was something different about him, but I didn't expect that he is still the same as Hollywood..."

A middle-aged teacher in the audience frowned and mumbled softly.

That's the thing. Some people's ideas are deeply ingrained, but there are also many young people who, after hearing these words, had a look of thinking flashing in their eyes, and they were obviously affected to some extent.