Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Mr. Lin, although I'm far behind you compared to you, in this place like Xiangjiang, I can shoot better gunfight movies than I do. I probably don't even have a hand."

McDonald has his own pride and confidence. In his opinion, in the film and television industry in Hong Kong at this time, there are only a handful of directors who can make shootout movies well.

Among them, apart from Lin Daoqiu, McDonald's has really never impressed anyone in the shootout movie.

As for McDonald, Lin Daoqiu actually admires him very much. Unlike Wu Zhenyu's violent aesthetics, McDonald's films are more prominent on a deeper level.

Although "The Provincial Flag Soldier" looks like a hot gunfight movie, there are actually a lot of deep things in it, but most people won't pay attention to them at all.

Before filming "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers", it took several months from selecting actors to tailoring scripts for them.

If it were just an ordinary gunfight movie, there would be no need to spend so much energy. Just follow the script and find a few stars to film it.

But McDonald insisted on doing this, which had to make him look at him differently.

It's just that this time Lin Daoqiu is going to make a movie with Baodao, and he doesn't really want to show anything deep in it.

Lin Daoqiu's idea for this drama is very simple, just have fun without thinking. If he wanted to film that kind of deep humanities, Lin Daoqiu would not choose to go to Treasure Island.

"What I need for that movie is a simple gunfight movie. I don't need to consider other things. It just needs to show a shocking visual impact. Do you think you can do it?"

Lin Daoqiu didn't mind giving McDonald's a chance, but the premise was that he would not mess up the film and film it according to the script.

Hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, McDonald suddenly fell silent.

Lin Daoqiu's meaning has been made very clear, that is, this drama is very simple, and it only needs to be filmed according to the script.

Of course, there should be no doubt that McDonald can design the action and gun battle scenes by himself.

But apart from these, there should be no room for me to intervene in the plot and script, which made McDonald very uncomfortable.

You must know that from the time Li started filming TV series to leaving the TV station and setting up a film company, he would participate in the creation of scripts for the movies produced by McDonald's.

This time it was rare to get such a good opportunity, but he could only film according to the script given by Lin Daoqiu, which made McDonald very embarrassed.

"Actually, I think you can change your mind."

After seeing McDonald lost in thought, Lin Daoqiu planned to relieve him.

Raising his head and looking at Lin Daoqiu with a confused look on his face, McDonald didn't know what he was going to say.

"Distinguish between making your own movies and making other people's movies. When making your own movies, you can make them however you want, but if you make them for others, you have to give up some of your own principles."

Lin Daoqiu's proposal sounded like something that McDonald didn't agree with very much.

"I don't quite agree with what Mr. Lin said. If someone asks me to make a movie, isn't it because of my characteristics? But without these characteristics, am I still me?"

Lin Daoqiu didn't want to argue with the other party about these things, but today he had to spend some time to convince McDonald.

After all, based on McDonald's ability, he will still need to shoot many movies in the future, and in the field of gunfight movies, biopics and other types of movies, McDonald is a good player.

"There is a saying that goes, take the essence and discard the dross. You have a lot of shining points, but there are still some things that make people unable to compliment you. You should be able to realize it yourself, right?"

What Lin Daoqiu was talking about was of course McDonald's chaotic shooting methods in pursuit of real scenes. I'm afraid no one would like this except himself.

McDonald did not deny this, but in his opinion, only movies made under such circumstances can present the most realistic side to the audience, and he did not think he had done anything wrong.

"The difference between documentaries and movies is that documentaries can restore an event to the greatest extent, but movies present it through artistic techniques, which requires some modification."

Lin Daoqiu doesn't think there is anything wrong with McDonald's pursuit of this kind of real reaction, but when he does so, it will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble to others.

In such a situation, one can only choose the lesser of two evils, but McDonald's made another choice.

"I undoubtedly criticize your approach to film creation, but if you want to direct my film, or cooperate with me, then I'm afraid you have to go back and think about what I just said."

Of course it would be best if McDonald's is willing to accept it. If he still insists, I'm afraid Lin Daoqiu will have to consider other candidates.

After all, although there are not many directors in the Hong Kong film industry who can make shootout films, it does not mean that there cannot be a more suitable person than McDonald.

"Thank you, Mr. Lin. I will go back and consider carefully what you just said."

One look at McDonald's face and you can tell that he hasn't been able to accept it yet, otherwise he wouldn't have answered this way.

I originally came to see Lin Daoqiu and McDonald's with great expectations, but when I finally left, I looked very worried.

When Lin Daoqiu turned his head to the stage, the interview session with the main creator on the stage had ended. He had just been concentrating on chatting with McDonald, but did not pay attention to what was going on on stage.

And just after the interview session ended, the surrounding lights slowly dimmed, and when the big screen glowed, "Meeting of Heroes" officially met the audience.

For a movie that includes most of Hong Kong's stars, the biggest selling point of this drama is naturally not the plot, but the stars who appear.

Although Lin Daoqiu tried his best to let the moviegoers focus on the plot, this idea can be said to be a bit wishful thinking.

After all, piling up stars is definitely not a good thing for a movie, because it will damage the creation of the plot to a great extent, causing the plot to be too scattered and fragmented.

Often the protagonist is talking, and the guest stars will pass by or talk to him from time to time.

Although the audience was quite happy watching it, after all, a star would pass by from time to time, which is almost impossible to happen in other movies.

But for Lin Daoqiu, he was not very satisfied with the creation of the drama "The Club of Heroes", which also led him to make up his mind that when making such movies in the future, the number of actors must be controlled.

Although Lin Daoqiu was not satisfied, the audience's laughter and exclamations could be heard from time to time. It seemed that everyone was still very satisfied with the drama "The Meeting of Heroes".