Chapter 859 "Dear" (44)
The award-winning films have one thing in common: dramas of poverty!
The so-called poverty drama refers to putting people on trial in desperate situations, showing the absurdity, profundity, rebellion, paradox, complexity and change of human nature, etc...
Most of these dramas are realistic, and the core is that life is a torrent that rolls forward. The little characters are dragged forward, struggling hard to maintain the last bit of dignity, but the harder they struggle, the more embarrassed they are, and in the end they fail completely, without any trace of dignity or calmness. .
Most of the characters depicted are marginal characters!
This edge refers to the edge of the field of vision, the edge of resources and rights, not the edge of the number of people. If we really count the number of people, what is the edge of hundreds of millions of poor people? Only rich people with less than tens of millions are called marginal!
However, Shen Xudong really couldn't think of a good script.
——If there was a good script that was unforgettable, he would have produced it long ago.
Oh, he knows "Three Billboards" and "The Universe". The problem is that these two movies are not suitable for Chen Hao!
It's quite annoying...
But Chen Hao is obviously not in a hurry, she is more interested in Wendi Deng...
To be honest, Shen Xudong admires Wendi Deng very much. She is a legendary woman with means, ambition and luck. She is an inspirational example who climbed up from the bottom.
Step by step, when the mistress got the green card, she later poured wine on Murdoch, and then married him. The most amazing thing is that she actually artificially inseminated the property...
If this was a man, he would have been touted as an inspirational emperor long ago!
However, she really has no ability...
Apart from being able to tease people, he is useless in other fields.
Mercado built a platform for her, and she left nothing on this platform except romantic anecdotes!
As for making movies, in addition to "Snowflakes and the Secret Fan", there is also "Journey of a Thousand Miles", an adaptation of Lang Lang's autobiography.
But "Journey of a Thousand Miles" is much more difficult than "The Secret Fan of Snowflakes" - I can't find a distribution company!
Sony, which originally planned to release the film, finally gave up and directly stated that it had no plans to release the film yet.
I don’t like this movie very much!
Oh, and the movie never happened...
As for "Wolverine 2", well, how do you rate it... It may be a good action movie, but it is definitely not a good X-Men solo movie!
In addition, what did Shen Xudong think of: "According to the setting, in "The Wolverine 2", Logan's wife is about the same height as him, that is...about 1.8 meters. You are quite different!"
"I don't want to act in a superhero movie." Chen Hao waved his hand: "Joseph told me that superhero movies are also considered mainstream commercial resources in Hollywood, and many Oscar-level actors want to star in them...Foreigners like me There’s definitely no chance!”
"It mainly depends on the role requirements. What if the role is Asian..."
"...There are no Asian superheroes...even if there are, they are villains!"
"Oh, you also know Fu Manchu?"
"...Of course I know..."
After chatting for a while, Shen Xudong suddenly remembered a movie - "Dear"...
He immediately told Chen Hao about this matter. When the latter heard this, he immediately asked: "Anti-trafficking theme?"
"right!"
"I play a mother who loses her child?"
"No, you play the role of a rural woman who adopts a child..."
Shen Xudong analyzed Li Hongqin's image again.
Li Hongqin is not only a hateful wife of a trafficker, but also a great and persevering mother figure. In order to get her daughter back, she fights hard and even commits herself to fellow migrant workers...
"Her husband is a human trafficker. In her mind, her husband is heaven and her children are life. Therefore, her husband told him that he had two babies with other girls in Shenzhen and asked her to keep them. Hongqin took them away She raised the baby as her own flesh and blood...until the child's biological parents came to find the child, she still didn't want to believe that her husband had done such a thing."
"...then...according to what you say, Li Hongqin is very pitiful!"
"Well, pitiful and hateful!"
Speaking of this, Shen Xudong thought of something: "...Oh, this story has a prototype!"
"prototype?"
"The Peng Gaofeng case... You can take a look. Your character is called Gao Yongxia, but she is not pregnant... But this character is not interesting. She reported the case on her own initiative..."
"Where are you from?"
"Xuzhou..."
Chen Hao nodded: "Xuzhou..."
"What's wrong? What do you know?"
"I heard that we often buy it there..."
Shen Xudong interrupted her: "You said you heard it, but there is no confirmation!"
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The Shanghai International Film Festival is still going on, with major film press conferences, film list releases from various companies, and various cocktail parties taking turns to be held on the west side of the Huangpu River...
Shen Xudong has left!
He flew directly to the United States to participate in the casting of "The Martian"...
Accompanying us are Zhong Lifang, Fan Bingbing...
Fan Bingbing is quite capable - mainly because "The Martian" has great prospects and attracted a US$30 million investment from Evergrande Films!
It's good. Evergrande is rich anyway, so investing in movies is better than building a house!
As for Chung Lifeng, she went for distribution with "Suits", "Slay the Wolf 2" and... "Bruce Lee and Ip Man"!
In recent years, American companies have rarely purchased Chinese-language films for distribution. Golden Harvest only has the "Crime City" series that can be released in the United States - a small-scale release. The combined box office of the two films exceeded 10 million US dollars...
"Suits" sold well in Cannes, but the North American rights were not negotiated - the asking price was too low, and Golden Harvest was unwilling to sell it!
Shen Xudong introduced three companies: Lions Gate, New Line and Sony Classics...
Zhong Lifang is chatting with Fan Bingbing: ""Hunting" is also selling well in Hong Kong. It has been in theaters for two weeks and has a box office of 6 million Hong Kong dollars!"
"...a box office of 6 million Hong Kong dollars is not bad?"
"...In the past two years, it has been difficult for purely mainland films to sell well in Hong Kong..."
"Then I think "A Little Thing About First Love" is selling well?"
"...That's an exception..." After a pause, Zhong Lifang explained: "Historical themes and action movies are okay, but other genres are not. "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" only sold less than 6 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, and "Jinling Thirteen" "Chai" sold for HKD 9 million!"
Fan Bingbing immediately asked: "Which of the movies I participated in is the most popular in Hong Kong?"
""New Shaolin Temple" sold for HKD 23 million in Hong Kong..."
"Isn't it "Shinjuku Incident"?"
"The sales of "Shinjuku Incident" in the first week were pretty good, 9 million Hong Kong dollars. Everyone thought that the movie would be at least 30 million... Then the public boycott of Jackie Chan broke out, and "Shinjuku Incident" immediately collapsed..."
This is true. In the eyes of the Hong Kong media, Jackie Chan is a Hong Kong traitor!
"So which was your highest-grossing movie last year?"
""Crime City 2" has a box office of US$112 million in Asia!"
"I mean the Hong Kong market..."
Zhong Lifang thought for a while and said: "It should be "Emperor Zhao Lie of the Han Dynasty", which sold for 37 million Hong Kong dollars..."
"...so popular?"
"The theme of the Three Kingdoms has always been very popular in Hong Kong..."
After chatting for a while, Fan Bingbing looked at Shen Xudong, who was watching a video with headphones on next to him, and pushed him: "Xudong..."
"What...what happened?"
Shen Xudong took off his headphones.
"Do you want to use the bathroom?"
"I didn't." Just as he was about to shake his head, Shen Xudong noticed that Fan Xiaopang's expression seemed to mean something, and quickly changed his words: "...let's go!"