Millennium director

"Pah, pah, pah, pah..."

Warm but not violent applause sounded in the small screening room.

Dozens of friends of Wu Yuan, Liu Yifei and others who were invited to watch the premiere of "Love Letter", as well as internal artists, mid-level and senior executives of Light and Shadow Times, all gave enthusiastic applause after the movie ended.

No matter how they feel about this movie, at least on this occasion, everyone is full of praise.

Wu Yuan, who was sitting in the middle, was not fooled by the obviously high-profile atmosphere. He knew in his heart that the movie "Love Letter" could only be regarded as a passing film. It was considered good, but not good enough. It's a romance film that's excellent but has some gaps.

Compared with "Hawthorn Love", a literary and artistic film that can win awards and has great depth and emotional release, the gap is not small.

But compared with ordinary romance films, it is much better, especially with Wu Yuan's mature camera control. It is a little better than the youthful "Your Name" back then.

I don’t expect awards or anything like that, but the box office performance shouldn’t be bad.

Perhaps for him, an international director with hundreds of millions or more than a billion dollars in box office, there is nothing worth mentioning.

But considering this is Wu Yuan's first truly "original" film, he is already very satisfied with it.

Thinking back on the dream, it was not until 2023 that he actually climbed to the position of chief director and raised funds to shoot his own original movie. Now that he can realize this dream more than ten years in advance, it is already very good.

"Thank you, thank you everyone."

Wu Yuan stood up, turned around, and kept bowing to everyone, with a bright smile on his face.

Liu Yifei, who was sitting next to him, was also smiling happily. It was not that the filming of this movie challenged her acting skills, but mainly because Wu Yuan acted in this movie with her.

Liu Yifei feels very happy to be able to star in a love movie with Wu Yuan, no matter what the content is.

Even happier than her winning the Golden Horse Award.

"Two souls who are hopelessly romantic, love classically and passionately, and have love words engraved on their tombstones just for him to see. The scene of meeting each other on the stairs after a lifetime is so beautiful." Chen Kun commented with a smile.

Privately, he likes to watch romance movies, and he really likes this "Love Letter", but he doesn't mean to encourage it.

Zhou Xun also smiled and nodded: "The middle part and the end are quite wonderful. The pictures, music, and historical background set off the story better, especially the two songs. I will remember them completely after listening to them once."

"It's a bit sad from a God's perspective. Although the hero and heroine reunite in the ending, everyone knows that the heroine Wei Lai met in the end is no longer Jiang Lan. The real Jiang Lan has been quietly lying in the cemetery to sleep. ”

"This should be considered Director Wu's first time filming a tragic ending, although it looks like a happy ending."

"Compared to this "Love Letter", the hero in "Your Name" reunited with the heroine at least three years later, and she was still the same person."

"But it's more romantic, isn't it?" Chen Kun interrupted Zhou Xun's emotion.

"Hey." Zhou Xun smiled, "How come you, a grown man, are more emotional than a woman like me?"

Chen Kun shrugged and did not answer.

Neither of them came to Wu Yuan to share their thoughts with him, mainly because Wu Yuan was already surrounded by a group of people.

"You really like to play with the theme of time and space." Jiang Wen frowned, put his hand on Wu Yuan's shoulder and said, "To be honest, this kind of chick movie is really boring."

"When will it be cool to make another movie like "Gravity"!"

Before Wu Yuan could reply, Zhang Yimou shook his head and said, "Romance movies are pretty good. Although the subject matter seems ordinary, there are really not many good romance movies in China."

"Most of them are old movies from the 1980s and 1990s, or from Hong Kong and Taiwan. After the millennium, good romance movies are really rare in mainland China."

"The plot, structure, and theme are all very good in general, and very thoughtful. They don't fall into clichés." Chen Kaige agreed, but Chen Kaige will never just say good things.

"However, this kind of subject is still too difficult to excel in. Although there are no romance films of this kind in mainland China, there are still many foreign films."

"'Seventy Years Back', 'Unreachable Lovers', and the Japanese version of 'Love Letter' are all movies with this theme."

"Director Wu, your inspiration comes from "The Intouchable Lover", right?"

"Unreachable Lovers" is a Korean movie in 2000. It was through this movie that Jun Ji-hyun became completely famous in Korea.

This movie tells a love story that spans time and space between a hero and heroine who live in the same house at two different time periods and communicate with each other through letters through a mysterious mailbox.

The actor moved into a new apartment in 1997, but received a letter from the next resident in 1999, and the two continued to talk through the letters.

"Yes, it was indeed these two movies that inspired me." Wu Yuan admitted it without any embarrassment.

His "Love Letter" was indeed inspired by these two movies, which is nothing to admit.

However, he only borrowed the idea that letters can connect through time and space. The specific story is completely original to him.

This is not a shameful thing. Many directors often borrow settings from some excellent previous films in their own films.

In other words, tribute.

Just like after Wu Yuan's "Your Name" became a hit, many ideas using this kind of body swapping appeared throughout Asia, and many romance movies from various countries were produced.

There is even a domestic director who dares to think about making a historical fantasy masterpiece. The general content is that Emperor Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty exchanged souls with Constantine XI, the last emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, before hanging himself on a coal mountain. .

They were both the last emperors and lived in the same century. The two people who were originally unable to have any intersection had an intersection.

The two monarchs, who both wanted to save their own empire but were unable to do so, cherished each other and saved each other's lives.

Well, that sounds outrageous.

What's even more outrageous is that this script was also submitted to the Light and Shadow Era. This director took the script and wanted to attract investment to make this epic historical magic masterpiece.

He believes that if this movie can be made, it will definitely go international. After all, the Roman Empire is very influential in the world, and Constantine XI, the last emperor, is even more famous.

Unfortunately, this project was ruthlessly killed by Li Xiaoping. She felt that such a subject would distort history too much and would be unlikely to be successfully released.

Now, this unconventional director is still soliciting investment from everywhere to make this movie.

Ahem, the topic has gone too far.

In short, after watching this movie, several directors, although they did not find it amazing, still approved of it.

After they gathered around Wu Yuan and talked a lot about their impressions, they said their final goodbyes and left.

"Director Wu, is it going to be released this Friday?"

Feng Xiaogang, the most "down-to-earth" person, said grandly before leaving: "I will book the venue to support you when the time comes!"

"At least seven games in a row!" (End of this chapter)