One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Three Open the Treasure

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From "The Big Short" to "The Revenant" to "Spotlight," it's been a lot of fun picking script projects.

Although this is not the first time Renly has done this, it feels completely different, not because of the quantity, but because Renly can temporarily put aside his own considerations and just select projects with development potential, it is as if his vision is fully opened. A whole new world unfolded before our eyes.

It's like opening a treasure.

If picking out the Oscars is more or less framed and prudish, picking independent art outside of the academy is even more interesting.

For example, the temperament and style are very close to the academic department, but for various reasons, the work is ignored by the college.

The "Beast Without Borders" of African wars is presented in the form of a semi-documentary. It is like a "magic captain" who tells about the relationship between human beings and society like a utopia. It presents the "Ghostly Floating Life" of the relationship between human beings and time in a minimalist story. The whole article is formed by dialogue but explores the "travel destination" of the depth of life and art, and uses humorous methods to ridicule "Ms. Sloan" who exchanged the interests of Washington lobbyists for the truth.

The characteristics of these works are very unique. Although they are relatively mainstream and relatively academic, they have their own colors. They can be regarded as works worthy of careful consideration in the awards season series, and they can often bring unexpected surprises; but unfortunately, they are still used by Ignore it, and in the end no one cares.

For example, horror movies with excellent quality but doomed to miss the awards season, relying on excellent word of mouth can often be small and big. This is also a popular investment target for small independent film companies, as a pioneer in opening up the market - low-cost comedy movies The same is true.

The common features of horror movies such as "It's Behind", "After Turning Off the Lights", "Hold Your Breath", "Hot Nanny", and "Safe Neighborhood" are that the investment cost is very light, but the market rate of return is particularly gratifying, and the proportion of income It can reach ten times or even twenty times. Apart from the uneven word of mouth, the fanatics of horror movies are always an audience group that cannot be ignored.

The same is true for comedy films such as "Cool", "Women Spy", "Wreck of Life", "The Intern" and "Bad Mom". Although good comedy films are becoming rarer and rarer, the audience has always been relatively stable. Universal Pictures and Paramount have been producing low-cost comedies in batches for a long time.

In case, it can be as big as a "hangover", this is a lot of money.

Among them, "The Clown Returns to the Soul" is a surprise.

This thriller horror movie is undoubtedly the most popular and successful one in recent years. The investment of 35 million US dollars has been exchanged for 300 million box office in North America; and related topics have also completely detonated social networks, and the follow-up surrounding And related projects have all exploded, completely reversing the inferiority of horror movies after the new century.

However, in the preparatory stage, "The Clown's Soul" did not have much special treatment, and New Line Pictures just regarded it as another ordinary film adapted from Stephen-King, from the cast and cast to the director. From the selection of screenwriters to the control of investment costs, all aspects appear to be bland.

Although Stephen King's original works have contributed countless classics, such as "Carrie the Witch", "The Mist", "The Shining", "The Shawshank Redemption", etc., but professionals generally believe that his works can only be regarded as second-rate, and the point is still It's up to the screenwriter and director - almost every year, film companies adapt his works, but after the 1990s, classic masterpieces have disappeared.

Therefore, the title "Adapted from Stephen King" is no longer a gimmick.

No one thought that "The Clown's Soul" would explode like this. Of course, standing at a historical height, the success of this film has a complicated background of the times. If you change the time point,

It may be about to fail miserably; but that's not part of Renly's consideration right now, and most importantly, the project is in the hands of Sisyphus Pictures.

Since "The Clown's Soul" can appear on Renly's desktop, this also means that the copyright of the adaptation is not in the hands of New Line Pictures, but in the hands of the producers; at the same time, New Line Pictures obviously did not give enough to the film project. Attention, differences emerged during the negotiation process, which led the producers to start looking for other partners.

It is worth noting that the producer of "The Clown's Soul" is a Chinese named Dan-Lin, whose name can also be found in "The Departed", "The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes", "The Lego Movie" "As you can see in other works, it is clear that the partnership with Warner Bros. is very close.

However, he is not a filmmaker - at least, he will not be involved in the production of the film. He is the producer who is responsible for finding investment, that is, the producer who controls the budget, adjusts the cost, and manages the funds. . There's a reason why he sent "The Clown's Soul" to Renly.

On the title page of the project "The Clown Returns to the Soul", he wrote a paragraph in both Chinese and English:

"This is a story about childhood horror memories. Everyone hides their own fears in their childhood memories, which are hard to tell except for themselves; and those childhood friends disappeared together with the burial of their memories. . It's not a Stephen King movie, it's everyone's movie."

Obviously, Dan-Lin wanted to impress Renly, not for the role of Renly-because the protagonists of the movie were underage children, but for Renly to be an executive producer.

It has to be said that Dan Lin's strategy was very successful.

Because these words remind Renly of another Stephen King film adaptation, "Walk With Me," which is always one of Renly's favorite and most memorable films.

Renly also marked the pentagram symbol for "The Clown's Return".

Another example is art films that have nothing to do with the awards season, and independent films that have nothing to do with the box office, but they interpret the world from different perspectives and in different ways. They are an irreplaceable part in the field of artistic creation, but they will not Because it is too esoteric and too artistic, it is high and low, and it has successfully gained a group of loyal audiences with excellent reputation.

To be honest, this type of film is the most charming and characteristic work, because without the constraints of two tights, the creators can often collide with infinite artistic sparks, the Coen brothers, David Fincher, David Lin Qi, Wes Anderson, etc., etc., they can be regarded as creators in this field.

The first "Orange", which was filmed on a smartphone (iPhone-5s) and released in theaters, focused on a group of transgender/sex/body service workers in Los Angeles, reflecting their real life. Such topics are destined to do nothing in awards season and theaters, and even investment and production are avoided. However, in the Sundance and Independent Spirit Awards, they have received applause from all professionals. .

Presenting the life status of women in contemporary North America in an almost line drawing way, "A Certain Woman" consciously avoids all dramatic conflicts and records a life state in the way of life flow, but interweaves images and light. The power has brought a strong impact on the audience.

"Patterson" and "American Sweetheart", presenting different profiles of grass-roots life, burst forth in a rough and primitive state with their own poetry, because they are too real and too sharp, academic I won't like it, but the artistic creation level is fascinating. The "edge of growth" with a comical self-deprecating style can also be regarded as another form of expression.

Works that present different aspects of love in a light and easy way, "Love and Friendship", "First Love This Song", both films are immersed in their own life patterns, the kind of narrative techniques that are far from the mainstream and The bridge section has its own unique wisdom, which brings more thinking. "The Lobster" presents the dark side of society and love, and the stern narrative technique and picture style are impressive.

There is also the secret room suspense work "House of Sin", which uses a small story to reflect the complexity of human nature, and opens up the perspective in a way of advancing layer by layer and stripping cocoons. Interpreting more possibilities, it is destined to be difficult to win more attention in the theater.

"Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" is an unclassifiable film that examines the meaning of death from a teen's perspective, and is lighter and more light-hearted than the cancer-facing romance film "The Fault in the Stars." Simple, yet even more powerful through the delicate depiction of the pure friendship between the male and female protagonists.

The most interesting thing is that "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" is still a fan movie - the hero and his friends are avid movie lovers, and the greatest joy outside of high school is to make all kinds of movies. All kinds of "bad movies" have adapted those classic movies into bad movies.

Movies in this style are somewhat similar to works such as "Patterson" and "Love and Friendship". They are completely the director's stylized artistic interpretation and interpretation. Whether it is awards season or art theaters, it is really difficult to find a show. The opportunity, perhaps only at the Sundance Film Festival and the many film festivals in Europe, can carefully occupy a place, but that's all.

These films cannot be categorised simply and crudely, nor can they be summed up in a generalization, because they all have their own edges and styles.

For mainstream audiences, most of the films may not have been heard, let alone watched; but for true film lovers, or film art creators, the value of these films is far Far more than the work born under the bondage of two sets of tights.

Because they can really open the door to the world through these works, appreciate the colorful, rich and diverse content, and then experience the change and variety of the art world, which is the real essence of artistic creation.

Like a treasure!