Chapter 180 Hong Kong Filmmakers (44)
I have been in frequent contact with Liu Yifei recently...
Basically, she took the initiative to find Shen Xudong. In addition to Zhao Ling'er's character in "Sword and Fairy", she would also ask some questions, such as 'Do you have a girlfriend?', 'Why don't you find a girlfriend?', 'What kind of women do men like? 'some type of…
Shen Xudong... loves to ignore people.
Except for professional issues, for those who follow random questions, just reply when you remember it, forget it if you can't remember it...
For now, he's only interested in thighs.
But sometimes, if I suddenly want to be clever or something, I will send it to her.
In the era before Weibo, no one would appreciate your clever tricks!
After sending this picture, Liu Yifei called her on the phone a short while later. She angrily explained, ‘I put on makeup like this to look mature’, ‘My upper lip is turned outward’…
After she finished venting, Shen Xudong said: "She is indeed much prettier than Bai Xiuzhu!"
"Have you ever watched "The Golden Family"?"
"Of course, Zhang Henshui's masterpiece!"
"I thought you would say you went to see it because of me..."
"You're overthinking...Most of the audience is following the show because of Dong Jie!"
“…”
She hung up...
How rude!
Shen Xudong simply continued watching the drama...
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In fact, "New Police Story" does not meet the requirements for co-productions!
There are regulations for co-productions: the number of mainland actors and actresses must be guaranteed.
But at this time, neither the Emperor nor Media Asia, including Long Wu, looked down upon the mainland...
Emperor feels that if the mainland wants to develop co-productions, the policy must be loose.
You can’t resist a big star!
Therefore, projects such as "New Police Story", "Gemini", "The King of Love", etc. are mainly composed of Hong Kong actors or Taiwanese actors. As for mainland actors, there are also some, but they are all small supporting roles...
Sun Chun, who plays Daniel Wu's father in "New Police Story", as well as Yu Rongguang and Jiang Yi - these two don't know whether they are Hong Kong citizens or not.
The key is that there are few scenes, and it doesn’t meet the requirements for “starring” at all…
Just this China Film and Television Company even rushed over to cooperate...
Speechless, why don’t you follow the rules set by the government?
But Han Shanping wants to make a blockbuster movie...
It should be 2009 when "Crazy Racing" is released and Ning Hao joins the billion-dollar director club...
Hanshanping has confidence...
Back to the subject, in fact, it is normal for Hong Kong filmmakers not to think highly of these people from the Mainland. After all, when they swept across Southeast Asia, the Mainland was still dominated by a bunch of art films...
However, last year's "Heroes" really scared them!
250 million box office!
It seems that the mainland market does have potential...
Chen Musheng is more pragmatic. He comes from a typical red pants background (starting from the grassroots level). He entered the industry in the 1980s. He joined a TV station and started as an assistant director. In the 1990s, he got involved in movies...
In 2003, I went north to schedule a movie, "Two Heroes"!
It is claimed that the box office will "easily exceed" 40 million yuan.
Unfortunately, it failed to break 15 million and ended up with 13 million...
In fact, it’s not bad. You must know that there were only eight Chinese-language films that exceeded 10 million in box office in 2003!
In the original time and space, Chen Musheng has been lost for several years and tried to mix many new elements into the commercial action films he is good at, such as the comedy-type "Baby Project" and "A Better Man" starring young idols, adding magic Element's "City Alert"... but personally, I think they are all failures.
It wasn't until "Anti-Drug" including "City in Danger" that my personal style was aroused...
"City in Danger" is quite good. It borrows the outline of Fred Zinnemann's "High Noon" and incorporates anti-power political metaphors. In addition to shaping heroism, it also focuses on the lashing of human nature after everyone is in danger. .
It's a pity that the years when Xiao Xianrou was at his peak were released at the same time as "A Little Smile" and "Tomb Raiders" were wreaking havoc...
Until "Rage: Serious Case", but that is a posthumous work...
Summary: A typical craftsman director, compared with Johnnie To and Tsui Hark, his personal style is not outstanding and he has bigger problems when filming some emotional scenes.
However, when the script is in place, especially when filming stories that take place in Hong Kong, the performance is relatively stable.
So, he loved "Hold the Call"...
When we met, he first praised Shen Xudong's "Screening Room" for doing well, and also praised "Zhu Xian" for its good sales in Hong Kong. Then they talked about "Hold the Call" and asked him about the source of his creativity...
Shen Xudong replied: "I watched "Cell Phone" directed by Feng Xiaogang, and then I thought about how I usually receive a strange call. What if a strange call is asking for help..."
Chen Musheng lamented: "...It's really amazing. When we watch movies, we mostly look at the story, the actors' performances, and the director's level, but you can come up with new stories... much better than the young people in Hong Kong!"
Shen Xudong smiled: "I originally wanted to write about a murder case... but I didn't think it was appropriate..."
"Why is it inappropriate?"
"It's easy to step on the red line..."
Zhuang Liqi, who was standing next to her, explained: "The biggest fear when working in film and television in the Mainland is censorship. Once you fail to pass the censorship..."
"I understand..." Chen Musheng glanced at Shen Xudong and suddenly said: "We watch every episode of your "Screening Room" program... You don't seem to have mentioned me!"
“…”
How should I put it? In the inventory of Hong Kong movies done by "Screening Room", the directors mentioned are basically those big directors...
No matter what kind of inventory, Chen Musheng is not in the selection of the top ten directors in Hong Kong...
"I want to know what level of director I belong to in the Mainland?"
Zhuang Liqi smiled and interjected: "Of course you are the best batch. You are a director who has worked with Jackie Chan..."
Chen Musheng waved his hand: "Mr. Zhuang, I want to hear what young people think!"
Shen Xudong thought for a while and said: "...Excellent Hong Kong film director with mature style...Your style is very commercial, with car chases, explosion scenes, close combat, and yes, especially the explosion with flying glass...My favorite It's "Stormtroopers: Streets of Rage"..."
"That one is my favorite too..." Smiling, Chen Musheng said: "No wonder you asked me to do "Hold the Call"...I accepted this film..."
This was an unsurprising result. If he didn't want to accept it, why did he come to BJ to meet Shen Xudong?
"Actually, I came here this time to book another script..."
"ah?"
Shen Xudong was a little surprised, "Hold the Call" can't satisfy you?
Chen Musheng explained: "It's not for me, it's for Jackie Chan to find a suitable book for him. I should cooperate with Jackie Chan in the future, but I don't have any good ideas..."
The idea for "Baby Project" was provided by Jackie Chan...
Shen Xudong was a little confused, not because he didn't expect it, but because...it was too much!
Hong Kong action movies, including most action movies around the world, are the same. This is a martial arts movie with a modern appearance. It is still about those who use force to break the law, evil will not suppress the good, love and justice are in the heart, and people can't help themselves in the world. The story emphasizes the characters but not the plot, and emphasizes the action but not the emotion.
All excellent Hong Kong-style action movies can present more information and attitude after the refreshing action scenes...
Thinking of this, Shen Xudong thought of two movies - "Hurricane Rescue" and "The Evil Dead"...