Chapter 471: Still Has some Skills

“It is reasonable that Director Wu has such a good result.”

“Now Director Wu is the only one who has never failed, right? Didn’t Director Zhang Yimou’s film “Three Shots Surprise” also fail?”

“Don’t mention it. Director Yimou’s new film “Under the Hawthorn Tree” will be released during the National Day. I wonder if it will fail again this time.”

“This year’s National Day is really fierce. In order to avoid “Interstellar”, all the films originally scheduled for September have been moved to the National Day.”

“Starting from “Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame” on September 29, there will be Wu Yusen’s “Sword Rain”, Zhen Zidan and Su Qi’s “Fist of Fury”, and the Hollywood blockbuster “The Expendables”, plus Director Yimou’s “Under the Hawthorn Tree”. This is a big battle!”

“I don’t know who will come out on top. I am optimistic about “The Mystery of the Phantom Flame”!”

“Will it not be “Interstellar” that can still beat other films of the same period during the National Day?”

“Director Yimou may also avenge his shame.” "

Watching these netizens' discussions, Wu Yuan, holding his phone, was happy.

After entering the era of smartphones, he finally found some of the feeling of the mobile Internet era in his dreams, which is much more convenient than carrying a laptop with him before.

"Because of the appearance of "Interstellar", this year's National Day file is really bloody."

Wu Yuan said to Liu Yifei who was doing yoga with some gloating: "Sword Rain and Fist of Fury are probably going to be cannon fodder."

"The Expendables has Jet Li's appeal, so it should be stronger, but not much stronger."

"The overall market still depends on "Under the Hawthorn Tree" and "The Phantom Flame", but the premise is that by that time, they can snatch food from the mouth of "Interstellar". ”

A batch of movies that were originally scheduled to be released in mid-to-late September were all moved to the National Day. Fortunately, there were no tribute films released during this year's National Day, which was just a window period.

But with "Interstellar" giving enough pressure in front and "The Empire of Heaven" coming in the back, these movies caught in the middle are also under great pressure.

Including Zhang Yimou's "Under the Hawthorn Tree", although this time he returned to the field of literary and artistic love films that he is best at, but facing such a luxurious lineup of competitors, coupled with the decline of literary and artistic films in recent years, this movie is the least optimistic on the Internet now.

Two pure newcomers, plus Zhang Yimou, can create a miracle?

Compared with "The Empire of Heaven" which has a group of big stars such as Liu Dehua, Liu Jialin, Li Binbin, Liang Jiahui, Deng Chao, etc. Compared to the original, it is really not good enough!

However, Wu Yuan thinks that "Under the Hawthorn Tree" has the strength to fight.

In the eyes of mainland movie fans who have just experienced the double baptism of "Inception" and "Interstellar", the special effects scenes of "The Empire of Heaven and Earth" may not be able to meet the audience's expectations, and it is inevitable that it will bring some psychological gaps to mainland audiences who have just watched Hollywood science fiction blockbusters.

And this psychological gap, when put on the box office performance, will give a considerable negative reaction.

In comparison, "Under the Hawthorn Tree" is a very pure love drama, which completely relies on stories and characters to unfold the plot of the movie. For mainland movie fans who have eaten a "big meal", a fresh dessert like this will produce a good chemical reaction.

"Brother, do you prefer "Under the Hawthorn Tree"?" Liu Yifei, who was doing yoga, heard Wu Yuan's mumbling, stopped what he was doing, and asked curiously: "Brother, now the media are saying that the era of art films is over."

"Is this true? ”

In the past two years, there has been a lot of talk on the mainland Internet that the era of art films has passed.

From the mainstream media to netizens and movie fans, many people are singing the praises of art films, thinking that the glorious era of mainland art films from the 1990s to the early 21st century is gone forever.

The era of the fifth and sixth generation directors has faded. Now is the era of box office being king, the era of the seventh generation of directors (represented by Wu Yuan).

Compared to making a movie that can win awards but has low box office, people are now more willing to see blockbusters with high box office.

For this "impulsive" view, Liu Yifei didn't say it, but she was still a little unhappy in her heart.

She loves art films very much, and she is still looking forward to acting in some art films to win awards in the future.

How can art films be no longer popular?

"It's no longer popular." Wu Yuan shook his head: "The era of awards being king is over."

"Just like the economic wave set off by reform and opening up. ”

“After the thorough commercialization of mainland films, they have now been fully aligned with the economy. Everything is inferior except for the high box office.”

“In the past two years, the attention paid by the three major European films in the mainland has obviously dropped by several orders of magnitude. Mainland films participating in the three major European films are no longer so popular.”

“Thinking back then, my senior brother Wang Xiaoshuai and I went to the Berlin Film Festival. I just won the Best Newcomer Award, and major domestic media rushed to report it.”

“Now? Even if someone won the Best Director Award, it is estimated that it will only be popular for three or two days. Only if they won the Palme d'Or, the Golden Bear, or the Golden Lion will they get attention.”

“However, art films will not die. Whether it is the Chinese or global film market, art films will always be needed. The spiritual touch and soul baptism brought by art films to people cannot be replaced by commercial films.”

“I believe that there will still be excellent art films emerging in the future, and there will also be excellent art films that will receive higher attention and popularity than commercial films.”

Well, for example, "Hello Mr. Tree" and "Hidden in the Dust".

"This matter has little to do with you, so you don't have to worry about it." Wu Yuan sighed: "The general environment is not something that one or two of us can change."

"Xixi, I know you like to watch art films and want to make art films."

"Just shoot if there is a good script in the future, and you don't need to consider the market environment."

"You are qualified to do everything you want."

"I have your back."

"Yeah!" Liu Yifei smiled with satisfaction, nodded heavily, and then stuck out her tongue and said: "Hehe, it's too early to talk about this now. I'd better do the movie "Youth" first."

"Youth" has been established within the company. Li Yang, who has read the script, is also very happy to take over this movie. He is even a little ashamed. Director Wu's move is indeed extraordinary.

Li Yang is now doing the preliminary preparations for this movie and looking for actors.

Although Wu Yuan made some deletions and changes in the script, which further emphasized the shining points of the heroine, the hero of this movie is also very important.

But it is not easy to find a suitable actor for "Better Days" in the current mainland film industry.

Although Prince Qianxi's reputation in later generations is mixed, it is not easy to find an actor of the same age who can replace him in "Better Days".

This shows that Prince Qianxi is still quite capable.