Chapter 625 I Have Never Lost in a Pen Battle!

In fact, Xudong rarely criticizes a movie, especially a movie that is currently in theaters!

This will give people a feeling that they cannot afford to lose.

Even though "Famous" has been released, the film schedule of "Taken 2" is only in single digits, with a few sporadic screenings, but it is still a competitor of "Lust, Caution"...

Now you stand up to criticize "Lust, Caution"...

And this is under the premise that everyone in the circle praises it.

It’s easy to give people the feeling that they don’t understand movies!

Isn't this a hot topic?

If you ask, Shen Xudong will tell the truth!

Of course, what Shen Xudong said is reasonable and well-founded, and...

In fact, there are many voices criticizing "Lust, Caution".

"Give plastic surgery to traitors", "sound the alarm to the mainstream culture that maintains the national spirit", "use flesh color to confuse the major issues of right and wrong in modern China, and use flesh color to present small tributes that Western masters love"

He even directly scolded Li Min, "He said he could learn from both China and the West, but I think he was kneeling down thinking about the West!" ’

But I can’t stand the awesomeness of Li Min, an Oscar-level director, and “Lust, Caution” just won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival…

A bunch of people gathered together!

"Sanlian Life Weekly" immediately refuted Shen Xudong: "Lust, Caution" is great. This film subverted the Chinese society's historical discussion of the Anti-Japanese War, and also surpassed the framework of the original Zhang Ailing novel, so it is dazzling!

The lingering "small narrative" reveals the "big narrative" in which the destiny of the family and the country is intertwined with the destiny of the times, giving "Lust, Caution" an additional humanistic beam, illuminating the blind spots of history and the subtle corners of human nature, becoming a The power of enlightenment.

Chen Chong also responded that "Lust, Caution" does not intend to elaborate on Mr. Yi's political views and the process of his ideal death, but just wants him to meet Wang Jiazhi in this special prescribed situation. Human nature is very complex. In the mirror of "Lust, Caution", we see ourselves with flaws and dark sides. The idealized emotions we place our hopes on turn out to be stained! ’

Li Min explained himself: "The filming of "Lust, Caution" was to save a period of history that may be gradually forgotten by people, and to restore the broken mountains and rivers, the loss of land, poverty and weakness, and frequent wars that the original author Zhang Ailing personally experienced. If my generation doesn’t take pictures of the face of China’s modern history, there will be no chance for future generations to take pictures. ’

Well, everything you say makes sense.

Just like "The Woman Marrying the Mountain", I was kidnapped and fell in love with the kidnapping criminal in the end...

This is also true!

Oh, Shen Xudong was targeted by a group of ‘public intellectuals’…

There are various scoldings on him on the Internet, saying that he does not understand human nature and so on.

It's normal. After Hu Ge read "Dajiang Dahe 1949", he wrote a post-reading review and expressed some emotion, and then he was surrounded by public figures from all walks of life and scolded him, saying that actors and artists don't understand anything...

Of course, Shen Xudong will not be scolded for not knowing anything. After all, he is a first-rate screenwriter and a best-selling novelist.

Then scold him for not being able to understand Li Min and art...

…

But... Shen Xudong has a blog, don’t forget, he is a writer!

Writing pen battles is something traditional for writers!

Shen Xudong immediately drafted "To be honest, I think "Lust, Caution" should not be released in public":

Let me talk about the conclusion first: "Lust, Caution" is a gorgeous leather robe. No matter how glamorous the appearance is, its core is to tell you one thing: if a traitor can be "Pan Donkey Deng Xiaoxian", then he will Can turn Wang Jiazhi into Pan Jinlian!

Of course, this is inconsistent with history, but Zhang Ailing and Li Min think they understand human nature, history, and the world better!

Let’s talk about the domestic abridged version first. It’s baffling and meaningless. It’s about a group of young people trying to assassinate a traitor, but they failed because the heroine changed her mind.

Why did the heroine change her mind? Because she is not determined. She is not a revolutionary, she is self-righteous.

Living with traitors day and night, the blood and passion of youth and a new understanding of the meaning of life made the already shaky revolutionary will even weaker. So when you want to kill the traitor, if you soften your heart, you will lose everything.

That's it.

Then I watched the full version…

I really can't understand why it needs to be so big!

I personally feel that there is no need to leak the spot, as it eliminates the squirming and collision of the pubic bone...

Can’t express emotions in close-ups?

Then I thought of the selling point!

There is no doubt that the sex scene is the selling point.

As a producer, I know these things very well, what art, what history, what exploration of human nature...the selling point, do you understand?

You can do sex scenes, you can also do long sex scenes, but you don’t have to show off!

What do you mean by exposure point?

Do you also need to add close-ups of special parts of the actor’s body?

You can do whatever you want with the facial expressions and movements, and you can do whatever you want with the general outline of the body.

Why does it affect the progress of the plot?

Here is a response to why I think the sex scene is unnecessary: ​​before the sex scene, you can immerse yourself in the whole story. The characters in your eyes are Mr. Yi, the spy, and Ms. Wang, the spy, fighting each other...

After the sex scene started, you immediately became involved and subconsciously felt that Liang Chaowei and Tang Wei were...

The character image immediately fell from Mr. Yi and Ms. Wang to the actors!

Movies are too real, which is sometimes not a good thing.

We are all adults. I don’t believe that you really have such ‘artistic taste’ that you can instantly feel the psychological emotions of Yi and Wang in the three sex scenes...

They were all made up after the fact. At that time, the face was hot and the heartbeat was warm. This is a normal physiological reaction that a living person should have.

When you have this shocking thought of "I am a fool, Liang Caowei", it is difficult to bring the plot into Mr. Yi and Miss Wang again, and you will not care much about what the movie tells...

If what the movie wants to express cannot be captured without these large-scale lenses, then can I think that Li Min is too incompetent and can only rely on these things to express the core of his thoughts?

I envy Li Min very much. In fact, many directors want to shoot like this, with real guns and live ammunition, but they can't do it. For example, the lead actors don't agree - after all, they are all big names. How can they behave if word spreads about it? How to maintain your positive image?

Even the stand-in didn't agree. Not everyone dared to do this due to the pressure of public opinion and so on - director Li Min dared to do this, but of course he never admitted it directly.

I am so proud of myself that I don't care if others look down upon me.

But I don't like "Lust, Caution". It is not a mainstream commercial film and is not suitable for release in the mainland. The reason is its portrayal of traitors!

Yes, of course we know that human nature is very complicated, and traitors may also have reasons for betraying the country. For example, Wang Zhaoming also once "brought a sword together and lived up to his youthful reputation"...

But...this is not, and should not be, what mainstream films should portray.

The protagonists of mainstream films can have evil views, and they can be thieves and thieves, but the bottom line is that evil can never prevail!

I read a lot of comments, and Ms. Chen Chong's comment disgusted me the most. Human nature is very complex. In the mirror of "Lust, Caution", we see ourselves with flaws and dark sides. We place our hopes and ideals on them. Emotions turn out to be stained...'

Why do you have so much empathy with traitors?

What you mean by this is like a movie about the humanity of murderers!

As long as a murderer deliberately kills someone for a moment, he has committed a heinous crime and is a murderer!

Should we say that this murderer only killed two or three people? Consider that he did not kill anyone most of the time...

Therefore, we must avenge him and cannot sentence him to death?

Do traitors have humanity?

Then why don't you say that the people killed by traitors are more humane? Why don't you say that the traitor has some humanity when he is killing tens of thousands of people?

I have always felt that movies are not magical, their meaning is how they make you feel.

After watching "Lust, Caution" this time, I have a new thought: If the audience generally feels that the film glorifies traitors, then it means there is something wrong with the director's ideology, or the film has deviated from the main purpose.

In other words, the movie was not made well.

But it didn’t work well, so how did it win the Venice Golden Lion?

Film art is not about writing a diary at home, but about making it for others to see.

Why do you want to show it to others?

That’s meant to have an impact on others!

Therefore, film directors must have a sense of responsibility as an artist...

I believe that as a popular art, film must first serve the public and shoulder corresponding social responsibilities. At the same time, the highest state of art is not straightforward and exposed.

Especially the unclassified mainland market.

From this point of view, I am very angry. This plot is like pointing at my nose and saying: A woman fell in love with a traitor and betrayed the revolution. This kind of thing happened!

Yes, of course it happened, but should it have been recorded?

I don’t want to exaggerate, but I feel that movies like “Lust, Caution” should never have been released in the mainland from the beginning!

If "Lust, Caution" can be released, then... can I make a similar movie, called "After doing it three times, I fell in love with the traitor" or "Although he is a traitor, I love him"...

If the movie I made is not allowed to be released, why should "Lust, Caution" be released?

Just because it’s a movie made by Li Min?

unfair!

Recommend this book: "This movie king doesn't care about martial arts"...

Very interesting!