Chapter 403: "Along with the Gods" Tear Gas Bomb!
In the screening hall.
Wu Yuan sat in a row with the actors of Along with the Gods. On the left was Liu Yifei, and on the right was Zhang Guorong's seat and Huang Bo who had already sat down.
Speaking of which, Huang Bo should be the busiest one among the Chinese army to attend the Venice Film Festival this year.
Because he not only had to participate in the screening of Along with the Gods, but also had to take care of the screening of Bullfighting.
He was not only the leading actor of Along with the Gods, but also the leading actor of Bullfighting.
As a work shortlisted for the Horizon Unit and very likely to win an award, Bullfighting received no less attention than Along with the Gods.
And Huang Bo really came to a year of explosion this year.
If nothing unexpected happens, when these two movies are released in China, he will no longer be the third-tier actor who can only play small roles in movies.
Starting from Crazy Stone, after four or five years of hard work, Huang Bo will finally be on the mainstream path.
"Hey, Huang Bo." Thinking of Huang Bo's experience, Wu Yuan took the time to ask before the movie started: "What is Director Ning Hao busy with recently?"
Ning Hao, a new director, is still receiving much attention in China.
At the beginning of the year, his new work "Crazy Racing" was released, also starring Huang Bo, and the box office successfully exceeded 100 million, sending Ning Hao into the 100 million box office club, becoming the fifth mainland director with a single film box office of over 100 million after Zhang Yimou, Wu Yuan, Chen Kaige, and Feng Xiaogang.
Don't look at Wu Yuan's Chinese-language films that often have a box office of several hundred million, but now the mainland box office market is obviously showing a cliff-like, the top three or five directors' movies have a box office of 300 to 500 million, but below them, the box office of other directors has dropped to tens of millions.
Ning Hao was able to break through, and without counting Wu Yuan, the cheater, he can be said to be the top commercial director among the seventh generation of mainland directors.
No wonder in many novels that Wu Yuan has read, the male protagonist has to have a relationship with Ning Hao.
However, reality is not a novel.
In fact, Ning Hao has been a perfect male lead all along, and he doesn't need help or assistance from others.
At first, he was selected by Liu Dehua's Asian New Star Director Plan, and then he became famous with "Crazy Stone" with 3 million.
After becoming famous, Ning Hao was immediately spotted by Han Dong of China Film Group, who gave him money and resources, and wanted to support him to become a new generation of mainland commercial director.
Even if Wu Yuan also wanted to recruit Ning Hao, his conditions could not be better than those of China Film Group.
After all, China Film Group, as a state-owned enterprise, would not interfere too much with Ning Hao's creation and company structure. Cooperation with state-owned enterprises is most suitable for these independent directors.
And joining a private enterprise like Light and Shadow Times can easily be tied up and used as a cow and horse.
In addition, China Film Group has the strongest distribution channel in the mainland, so Wu Yuan has no way to compete with Han Dong for Ning Hao.
"Crazy Racing" is a collaboration between Ning Hao and China Film Group. China Film Group is responsible for everything from production to distribution, and Light and Shadow Times cannot intervene even if it wants to.
"Ning Hao." Huang Bo smacked his lips and said with some expectation: "Director Ning is shooting his new movie recently. I also asked for leave from the crew, so I can come to the Venice Film Festival."
Wu Yuan suddenly realized.
"No Man's Land"!
In my memory, this movie seems to have been shot in 2009, but after the shooting, it ran into political issues and could not be released. It was cut again and again, and it was finally released in 2013.
"Originally, Director Ning's movie was planned to start shooting in March, but I was shooting "Along with the Gods", so it was postponed for three months and started in June."
"It was almost finished, but Director Ning was not satisfied with the material shot, so most of it had to be reshot, and it was estimated that it would take another two months."
Huang Bo was still talking about the recent situation of Ning Hao and the "No Man's Land" crew, with a bit of pride in his expression.
He and Ning Hao are old partners. When Ning Hao made the script for "No Man's Land", he contacted him immediately. It can be said that the role of Huang Bo in the script was tailor-made for him.
He didn't have a schedule, so Ning Hao postponed the filming for him and waited!
This is a very face-saving thing for an actor.
However, Wu Yuan didn't think it was a big deal, just nodded calmly.
Well, whether it is "No Man's Land" or "The Golden Robbery" that Ning Hao later urgently made because this drama couldn't be released, it is not a very profitable project.
Wu Yuan's desire to cooperate with Ning Hao was immediately extinguished.
This chosen son of Chinese commercial films seems to be destined to have no fate with the era of light and shadow.
Let's leave it to Mr. Han as a treasure.
"I know."
"The movie is about to start, let's watch the movie."
In front of the stage, Zhang Guorong had finished his speech and hunched back to his seat.
As he sat down, the lights in the screening room dimmed, the big screen lit up, and "Along with the Gods" began to be shown.
As the dragon mark of Huaxia Film passed the review and the company logo of Light and Shadow Times lit up one after another, this long-awaited Chinese fantasy and magic movie slowly unfolded in front of 500 viewers.
Everyone looked at the big screen attentively, and Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei also watched it very seriously.
Although the script was still restored by Wu Yuan based on the movie in his dream, the shooting style of different directors is completely different.
Zhang Guorong's version of "Along with the Gods" is obviously much more delicate than the Korean original, especially in the rendering of emotions.
Although this movie is under the banner of magic and fantasy movies, in fact, the core of this movie is still an emotional blockbuster.
On the surface, this movie tells the story of the male protagonist Jin Zihong and the messenger of the underworld accepting 7 trials in 49 days after his death.
But in fact, this trial is a tear-jerking journey of family affection.
The movie successfully portrays the character of Jin Zihong by subjecting Jin Zihong to seven trials of murder, laziness, lies, injustice, betrayal, violence, and family.
He is kind. He risked his life to save eight people in a fire and was called a hero by people. He has many deeds of sacrificing himself to save people.
He is hardworking. He has multiple jobs. He is a firefighter during the day and works in a restaurant at night. He also has to clean the bathhouse and stay up late to drive... He never rested for a day during his lifetime, and he was finally relieved after his death.
And the reason why he worked so hard was that he had an old mother who was sick and needed treatment, and a younger brother who was still in school. If he hadn't worked hard to make money, his family wouldn't be alive today.
He was warm-hearted. After his firefighter colleague died, in order not to make his colleague's child Jiyeon sad, he often pretended to be a colleague and wrote to Jiyeon: Dad will always be by your side, don't get sick, live a good life...
Although Jiyeon knew that Jin Zihong was lying to her, she was very encouraged and rekindled her hope. She not only listened to her teacher's words, but also got along well with her classmates. Even though her father died, she believed that her father was always by her side.
Jin Zihong even wrote lies to his mother, such as when he was bitten by a wild boar, he lied that it was caused by playing with his son; for example, in order to let his sick mother insist on living, he told his mother in the letter that he was married and had children and lived a very happy life.
It was because of these lies that his mother was able to fight off the disease and live a happy life.
If Jin Zihong told his mother the truth, saying that he worked several jobs and worked day and night for his mother's medical expenses, his mother's illness might not have been cured.
But when he was a child, he fought with his brother and even tried to smother his mother with a pillow, which made the judge furious and vowed to punish him severely.
The messenger who helped Jin Dahong repeatedly could no longer bear it and thought that there was no possibility of his beating his brother and trying to kill his mother being forgiven.
However, the truth of the matter was far from as simple as imagined, full of touching and tearful moments.
When the movie was shown to the second half, it was full of touching and tearful moments, causing countless viewers to cry bitterly and tears could not stop.
Not only did the audience not blame Jin Dahong, but they felt the same and shed tears.
Jin Dahong's experience hit the heart directly and was a true portrayal of countless people.
There are no truly good people in reality. The struggle of humanity in the face of the mother's terminal illness and the anger and hesitation in the face of the brother's "growth crooked" are real flesh and blood people.
"Along with the Gods" seems to be a suspense film, full of reversals and surprises. You can guess the beginning, but not the ending; you can guess the ending, but you can't guess the process. It is exciting and climaxes.
At the same time, the movie is also very close to life and has profound practical significance.
Although the whole movie is a description of hell and ghosts, it is essentially a ubiquitous portrayal of family affection and family, with boundless love and strong human touch everywhere, which makes people cry and feel very healed at the same time.
Especially the portrayal of the mother in the second half of the movie is even more tear-jerking.
On the surface, she is just a supporting role in the movie, but you will find that she is the real protagonist in the end.
The god in the movie title "Along with the Gods" is not the hell messenger who takes Jin Zihong to accept the trial, nor is it the king of hell who rules hell, but the mother of the two children.
At the end of the movie, Jin Dahong met his mother and son in a dream through a dream. All the confusions in the first half of the movie were solved, and the tear-jerking explosion points were sent continuously, pushing the whole movie to a climax.
Even after reading the script and even watching the original version several times, Wu Yuan was still infected by Zhang Guorong's delicate directing style and the lens portrayal full of Wong Kar-wai's flavor, and his eyes were red.
Liu Yifei, who was standing next to him, couldn't help crying.
As someone who lives with her mother, she can better understand the greatness of Jin Dahong's mother in this movie. The person who plays this "mother" is Wu Yanshu, a co-star of Light and Shadow Times, which makes Liu Yifei familiar and full of substitution.
When the movie came to an end, she had already cried red eyes, and she still felt that all the tissues were not enough.
"Brother, this movie is really well made."
"Jin Dahong's mother, like all mothers in the world, is dedicated, hardworking, selfless and great!"