Chapter 186: "Painted Skin" Premiere!

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.

"Dear guests and friends, movie fans, film critics and journalists, good afternoon."

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 first row.

It's normal for Director Han to attend 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 roll on.

"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 on 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 endless 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 taken from a horizontal shot at the beginning, and then the line of sight gradually increased 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 genius than him, his talent is more terrifying, and his future is more promising.

"What kind of monster is this?" he whispered.

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 in the back, which is the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, Wu Yuan spent a lot of time and energy to shoot a lot of wallpaper-level beautiful scenery and cut it into the feature film.

Many guests and audiences couldn't help but marvel at these picturesque scenes.

These days, "blockbusters" must have pictures that are beautiful and shocking enough.

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

If your movie doesn't have some attractive scenes these days, who would be willing to spend money to go to the cinema to watch it?

In order to increase the 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 the ticket.

Of course, the special effects of the fox spirit played by Zhou Xun when she changed her skin were even more realistic and scary.

The cool fighting scenes after all the lies were exposed in the end made the audience and guests exclaim again and again.

It has been a long time since I saw Zhang Guorong playing a fighting star on the screen, not to mention that this time he was beaten up in various ways in "Painted Skin".

"Only Director Wu can invite Zhang Guorong to play such a beaten role, right?" Many film critics whispered in the back row.

In the end, Xiao Wei's desperate smile when facing Wang Sheng, who wanted to die with Peirong even if he died, was the highlight of the whole movie.

Xiao Wei, a naive, infatuated and ignorant vixen, likes a person and wants to snatch him away by any means.

She thought she was sure to win, but she failed because of the complexity of human heart.

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

It tells the story of a man who faces the choice between red roses and white roses in his life.

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

When the movie finally ended and the end credits began to roll, fierce applause resounded in the theater.

Is "Painted Skin" a good movie?

Of course!

Whether it is reporters or film critics, or guests in the circle invited by Wu Yuan, they all gave the most enthusiastic applause and smiles with excitement, satisfaction, or relief.

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

The innocent and infatuated Xiao Wei, the gentle and generous Pei Rong, 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 finally decided to die.

Of course, Pang Yong, who was always beaten and had a deep love for Pei Rong, but was emotional and polite, also had a lot of shining points.

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

"Thank you, thank you everyone."

"I received your enthusiasm."

"It seems that you are satisfied with this movie?"

There was an enthusiastic response from the audience.

"Satisfied!"

"Looks good!"

"Wonderful!"

"Shoot the second part!!"

"The second part!!"

Wu Yuan smiled, and smiled brightly.

"As long as you like it."

"In fact, besides love, this movie just wants to express a point of view, that is, no one is perfect."

"Everyone will encounter too many things in his life, and will inevitably face many temptations."

"We can't be sure that we can't be moved by these temptations, because this is our nature, but we can know how to restrain our desires, which is why we are human."

"In the movie, Wang Sheng still sticks with Peirong when she is criticized by thousands of people, and still tells her that I will always love you whether you are a human or a demon."

"Although Wang Sheng frankly admitted that he fell in love with Xiaowei, he and Peirong were one from beginning to end throughout the movie, and there was no difference between them. There is no room for a third person to intervene. "

"He did fall in love with Xiao Wei, but when Peirong died, he still stabbed Xiao Wei without hesitation. Even if he died, he would let Xiao Wei save Peirong. "

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

"It was because she found that Peirong was Wang Sheng's true love from beginning to end, so 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 it, Guangying Times and China Film have always been under the banner of the first domestic fantasy blockbuster, but the biggest selling point of "Painted Skin" is actually love.

Fantasy also needs stories as a carrier, and the carrier of "love" is obviously the most popular and the most interesting to the audience.

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

Whether it is Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Zhang Guorong, Zeng Li and others, they also saw the finished film of "Painted Skin" for the first time.

During the film watching process, they were also moved by the love in this story, and sincerely shared their feelings during the filming.

In the back row, although all kinds of electronic devices were confiscated, reporters and film critics could not stop writing on their notebooks.

After watching the film, they were 100% sure that "Painted Skin" was undoubtedly a wonderful movie and would definitely become the hottest movie in this year's Lunar New Year!

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

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

"Do the online newsletter first, "Painted Skin" will definitely be a big hit!"

"Director Wu really didn't disappoint!"

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