Millennium director

Inside the China People's Grand Theater.

More than a thousand reporters, film critics, guests and lucky viewers from all over the country have all taken their seats in Hall 1.

The large stage that was originally used for drama performances has been transformed into a movie screening room by a large screen.

Amid a burst of discussion and commotion, Wu Yuan and the creative crew of "Painted Skin" walked out of the side door and stood on the stage.

"Good afternoon to all guests, friends, movie fans, film critics and journalists."

Holding the microphone, Wu Yuan still maintained his habit of not being sensational and speaking concisely, and simply said: "I am very happy that everyone can come to the premiere of "Painted Skin"."

"The movie "Painted Skin" can be said to be a new attempt for our Chinese-language films and the first costume fantasy blockbuster in China."

"As a pioneer, I am very proud and proud. I can confidently say that the movie "Painted Skin" will definitely bring the domestic audience a fantasy journey that is no less than "Pirates of the Caribbean"!"

"I hope everyone will like this movie, and I also hope that our Chinese movies will have more new themes and new styles of movies!"

""Painted Skin" is just a pioneer, a pathfinder. It may not be perfect, but it is already an answer that our entire crew has tried their best to deliver."

"Then, without further ado, let's enter the mysterious fantasy world of "Painted Skin" together."

After a brief speech, Wu Yuan led the actors back to the first row to take their seats.

China Film's Director Han, Gong Li, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou were also seated in the front row.

It's normal for Director Han to come to the premiere of "Painted Skin", as China Film Group is one of the producers.

Gong Li was invited by Wu Yuan, and he also planned to discuss something with Gong Li after the premiere today.

Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou came uninvited.

Chen Kaige's "The Promise" is in the post-production stage. Naturally, he is very curious about Wu Yuan's "Painted Skin" and wants to see the difference between Wu Yuan's fantasy film and "The Promise".

I also want to see if this movie that "wades through water" for him can be accepted and recognized by the market.

As for director Zhang Yimou, he just likes to be exposed to and understand film styles that he has never tried before.

He is a director who is still trying to make monster movies like "The Great Wall" when he is in his 60s, and who is still challenging "e-sports movies" when he is in his 70s.

Full of curiosity and desire to explore, he was naturally very curious about the so-called China's first fantasy blockbuster and wanted to see the finished product as soon as possible.

After Wu Yuan came off the stage, he looked at each other and the most important guests, nodded to each other, and then sat in the middle of the first row.

The lights in the grand theater fell and the big screen began to light up.

"Adapted from the Chinese classic "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio"."

"Production company: Light and Shadow Times Film Production Co., Ltd., China Film Group."

The scrolling subtitles quickly disappeared, and a burst of majestic pure music sounded.

Along with the music, a yellow sunset appeared on the big screen.

A picture of a desert with solitary smoke and a long river with a setting sun was reflected in the eyes of all the viewers.

Desert, sunset, yellow sand all over the sky.

From the close-up of the ground to the panoramic view, the overall dark yellow tone, accompanied by the warm sunshine and the wind and sand in the sky, an invisible army slowly appeared from the horizon.

Zhang Yimou looked at the screen seriously, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

The color aesthetics at the beginning of "Painted Skin" and Da Jun's "silhouette" shooting technique are somewhat borrowed from "Hero".

The magnificent scene of the Han Dynasty's army marching was shot from a horizontal position at the beginning, and then gradually lifted up to look down.

The yellow desert gives people a hot feeling, but the black army gives people a cold feeling.

The contrast between hot and cold caused by color expression brought a visual "power" to all the guests watching the movie!

This is contrary to the impression that Wu Yuan has always given the audience that he can tell stories but the pictures are not stunning.

From "The Night the Comet Came" to "Painted Skin", Wu Yuan has been making continuous progress in his mastery of picture art, lens language, and color language, and is constantly making up for his shortcomings.

Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou looked at each other and saw a bit of solemnity in each other's eyes.

Wu Yuan is only in his twenties. For a director, he is still in a stage of rapid growth and learning.

None of them dared to imagine how far Wu Yuan's directing skills would have grown in ten or twenty years.

What is genius?

Chen Kaige used to think that he was one of the top talented directors in China.

Now, in front of Wu Yuan, even as arrogant as he is, he has to admit that Wu Yuan is more talented than him, his talent is more terrifying, and his future is more promising.

"What kind of monster is this?" he murmured softly.

Wu Yuan's version of "Painted Skin" does not change much in terms of story structure and overall plot.

Because the story of the original "Painted Skin" is good enough, has a great reputation, and can be considered a classic movie, there is no need for him to do anything superfluous.

During the filming of "Painted Skin", Wu Yuan tried to add some lens art and took more pictures of big scenes.

From the march in the desert at the beginning, to the ancient city of the Han Dynasty in the middle, and then to Jiangdu, the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, Wu Yuan spent a lot of time and energy, shooting a lot of wallpaper-level beautiful scenery, and cut it into the feature film.

Many guest viewers couldn't help but marvel when they saw these picturesque pictures.

These days, a "blockbuster" must be beautiful and shocking enough.

This is the sequelae of "Heroes" and "House of Flying Daggers".

These days, if your movies don’t have any attractive scenes, who would be willing to spend money to go to the cinema to watch them?

For the sake of box office, Wu Yuan naturally had to add some picturesque scenes to the movie to make the audience feel that it was worth the price of admission.

Of course, the special effects when the vixen played by Zhou Xun changes skin is even more realistic and scary.

In the end, the cool fighting scene after all the lies were exposed made the audience and guests exclaim.

It's been a long time since I've seen Zhang Guorong perform on the screen as a star, not to mention that this time he was beaten all the time in "Painted Skin".

"Director Wu is the only one who can ask Zhang Guorong to play such a beaten character, right?" Many film critics sighed in whispers in the back row.

In the final ending, when Xiao Wei faces Wang Sheng, who will die with Pei Rong even if he dies, his desperate smile is the highlight of the entire movie.

Xiao Wei, a vixen who is innocent, infatuated and ignorant of the world, likes someone and wants to snatch him away by any means necessary.

She thought she was sure of victory, but she failed due to the complexity of human hearts.

The story of "Painted Skin 1" is actually very simple. It tells about the love-hate entanglement between Wang Sheng, Pei Rong and Xiao Wei.

It tells about a man's mental decision when faced with the choice between red roses and white roses in his life.

It tells how a vixen learned how to love someone through her admiration for Wang Sheng.

When the movie finally came to an end and the credits began to roll, fierce applause resounded throughout the theater.

Is "Painted Skin" a good movie?

certainly!

Whether it was reporters, film critics, or guests from the industry invited by Wu Yuan, they all gave the warmest applause and smiles with excitement, satisfaction, or relief.

The four main characters in the movie "Painted Skin" left a deep impression on them.

The innocent and infatuated Xiao Wei, the gentle and generous Pei Rong who advances and retreats appropriately, and Wang Sheng, who was once lost in Xiao Wei's beauty and his responsibility to his wife and didn't know how to choose, but in the end decided to die.

Of course, Pang Yong, who is constantly being beaten and has a deep love for Pei Rong, but is more passionate than polite, is also very bright.

Under the cheers and applause of the audience, Wu Yuan took the microphone and walked to the stage again.

"Thank you, thank you everyone."

"I receive your enthusiasm."

"It seems like you are quite satisfied with this movie?"

The audience immediately responded enthusiastically.

"satisfy!"

"nice!"

"Wonderful!"

"Make the second part!!"

"Part 2!!"

Wu Yuan smiled brightly.

"As long as you like it."

"Actually, besides love, this movie just wants to express one point of view, that is, no one is a saint, and no one can make mistakes."

"Everyone will encounter too many things in life, and it is inevitable that they will face many temptations."

"We are not sure that we can avoid being tempted by these temptations, because this is our nature, but we can know how to restrain our desires. This is what makes people human."

"In the movie, Wang Sheng never left Peirong when she was accused by thousands of people. He still said to her, no matter whether you are a human or a demon, I will always love you."

"Although Wang Sheng frankly admitted that he fell in love with Xiao Wei, from beginning to end of the whole movie, he and Pei Rong were one, and there was no room for a third person to intervene between them."

"He did fall in love with Xiao Wei, but when Pei Rong died, he still stabbed Xiao Wei with a knife without hesitation. Even if he died, he would let Xiao Wei rescue Pei Rong."

"Why did Xiao Wei give up at the end, and why was she so desperate?"

"It was because she discovered that Pei Rong was Wang Sheng's true love from the beginning to the end that she chose to fulfill her wish."

"Love is always an eternal topic for mankind."

"I hope you will like the love story in "Painted Skin"."

Yes, when promoting, Light and Shadow Times and China Film Group have always promoted it as the first domestic fantasy blockbuster, but the biggest selling point of "Painted Skin" is actually love.

Fantasy also needs a story as a carrier, and the carrier of "love" is obviously the one with the widest audience and the most interesting one.

The applause rang out again, and the leading actors of "Painted Skin" came on stage one by one to express their feelings about filming this drama.

Whether it is Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Zhang Guorong, Zeng Li and others, this is the first time for them to see the finished film of "Painted Skin".

While watching the movie, they were also moved by the love in this story, and each of them sincerely shared their feelings during the filming.

In the back row, reporters and film critics, although various electronic devices were confiscated, could not stop writing in their notebooks.

After watching the finished film, they were 100% sure that "Painted Skin" is undoubtedly a wonderful movie and will definitely become the most popular movie during the Lunar New Year this year!

After today, everything about "Painted Skin" will become the hottest topic!

"Quick, write the manuscript and send it back to the agency immediately!"

"First do the online newsletter, "Painted Skin" will definitely be a hit!"

"Director Wu really did not disappoint!"

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