Chapter 610 Wong Kar-wai asked Fang Minghua to help write the script
Actually, Fang Minghua did not remember it wrong.
Historically, Wong Kar-wai came to the mainland to shoot "Ashes of Time" in the autumn of 1992, but the filming progress was extremely slow, and it took more than a year to film intermittently.
A very important reason is that at the time of filming, even the most basic main movie story framework had not been finalized. For example, Leslie Cheung's role was originally to be played by Dong Xi, but later he decided to cast Leslie Cheung as Western Poison Ouyang Feng. This decision also led to the deletion of most of Wang Zuxian's scenes that had already been filmed.
Furthermore, Wong Kar-wai likes to change scripts. He often abandons the crew and goes to rewrite the script himself,
The investors are afraid of losing money, so construction has been delayed and everyone needs to eat. So the film crew invited director Liu Zhenwei, and used the original crew and actors to shoot a funny movie "East and West" in their free time. It was released in a very short time in time for the Spring Festival, and there was no rush. The box office of the filmed "Eastern and Western" was even higher than that of "Ashes of Time".
However, in this life, the situation has changed. Wong Kar-wai did not rush to the mainland to film. The problem still lies in the script of "Westward Journey" written by Fang Minghua.
It turns out that after Stephen Chow got the script last year, he found a director to prepare for a new film, and naturally he found Liu Zhenwei, who had worked with him.
The two hit it off immediately and started preparing for a new film.
Once Wong Kar-wai came to the home of his good friend Liu Zhenwei. Liu Zhenwei took out the script and handed it to Wong Kar-wai as if to show off. Wong Kar-wai was silent after seeing the script.
After Wong Kar-wai finished filming "Days of Being Wild", last year (1991), he wrote a script called "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and handed it over to directors Li Dawei and Yuen Kui to direct, starring Andy Lau, Anita Mui, Aaron Kwok and others.
Although the film is called "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", it has nothing to do with Mr. Jin's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
It tells the story of an urban mercenary who, after experiencing the departure of his friends and the destruction of his enemies, got tired of fighting and finally retired.
Wong Kar-Wai describes an unforgettable love based on his own imagination, and it also contains the tenderness of a knight. The romantic and weird world of martial arts, with ultra-modern new clothes and cartoon-like treatment, has earned the movie a good reputation after its release.
He wanted to make a real martial arts film this time, of course not martial arts in the traditional sense. He had a general framework in mind but didn't think about it well.
Now that I saw the script of "Westward Journey", I said "fuck" several times in my mind.
The outside world says that I, the King of Sunglasses, write scripts that are wild and eclectic, but when I saw this script written by Fang Minghua, it was called subverting the three views.
Is this still the "Journey to the West" from which Monk Sha, the monk of the Tang Dynasty, studied? !
But it really is "Journey to the West"!
So he decided to seriously consider his own martial arts script. At least it should be better than "Journey to the West", right?
The filming of "Ashes of Time" was postponed as a result.
Of course Fang Minghua didn't know what happened in Xiangjiang, but he couldn't ask too many questions. After all, he wasn't very familiar with Liu Zhenwei.
In addition, they were busy filming and it was not appropriate to disturb them too much, so I said goodbye to Andrew Lau and Stephen Chow and went to hang out with Zhang Xianliang.
Yinchuan is neither hot nor cold in September, so it is a good time to travel. Accompanied by Zhang Xianliang, Fang Minghua not only visited the Western Film and Television City, viewed the Xixia royal tombs, Helan Mountain rock paintings, and went to Huangsha On the ancient ferry, we visited the Ningxia Museum and competed in calligraphy skills together. We also tasted Yinchuan local specialty snacks such as mutton noodles, swallow noodles, and Yinchuan rice dumplings. We left early and came back late every day, having a great time.
This afternoon, Zhang Xianliang and several of his friends went to the famous local "Lao Mao Shou Zhu" mutton shop near the Drum Tower, drank "Xi Xia Gong", and returned to the hotel room drunkenly.
Song Tangtang was in the room, operating something on his laptop, with a pile of account books next to him.
The notebook was given to Fang Minghua by Stephen Chow. After the Chinese Literature Award evaluation, Fang Minghua took it home and gave it to his wife.
Shengshi Film and Television Company began to promote computerization and bought genuine UFIDA. Song Tangtang also installed UFIDA in this notebook to facilitate his own use.
When she saw Fang Minghua coming back, she raised her head and said, "You are living a happy life now."
"That's right." Fang Minghua chuckled: "It's just filming, Liu Zhenwei and the others. It's going well. If you don't understand, don't get involved. As for the company, you, Manager Song, are at the helm. Why should I worry about it? I'm just playing around."
Song Tangtang snorted and said, "Liu Zhenwei is looking for you now."
"Why are you looking for me? To revise the script?"
"No, I seem to be asking you to help write the script. "
"What script should I write?" Fang Minghua was stunned.
"I don't know. He will probably come to see you after the crew finishes work tonight." Song Tangtang said. "Oh, okay." Fang Minghua said and fell on the bed.
"Did you drink too much? I'll make you tea." Seeing this, Song Tangtang stood up.
Fang Minghua brought his own tea. Now he brings his own tea with him when he travels far away. He is used to the taste and feels comfortable.
Song Tangtang made a cup of strong tea and helped Fang Minghua up.
Leaning against the bedside, Fang Minghua took a few sips and suddenly felt much more comfortable.
The Xiangjiang crew finished work late. At almost nine o'clock, Fang Minghua heard noise coming from the corridor outside. It was probably that the crew had returned.
After a while, someone knocked on the door. Song Tangtang went over to open the door, and Liu Zhenwei stood at the door.
"Mr. Fang is back?"
"He is back, Director Liu, please come in."
Fang Minghua was lying down when he heard the conversation at the door and climbed up He got up and went over to say hello to Liu Zhenwei, and the two sat on the sofa and chatted.
"Director Liu, I heard from my lover, what script do you want me to write?" Fang Minghua asked.
"Yes, Mr. Fang, that's why I'm looking for you now. It's not me, but my friend."
"Who?"
"Wong Kar-wai ."
"Wong Kar-Wai asked me to help write the script?" Fang Minghua was very surprised: "Director Wang is a master of screenwriting, how could he think of asking me to write the script for him?"
Liu Zhenwei talked about the origin of the matter.
It turns out that just last night, Liu Zhenwei received a call from Wong Kar-wai from Hong Kong about the company.
Just this year, the two jointly opened a film production company called Zedong Film Company. During this period, Liu Zhenwei talked about his filming of "Westward Journey" and also mentioned that Fang Minghua, who wrote the script, was in Yinchuan and was visiting the surrounding area at the invitation of a friend.
Wong Kar-wai suddenly made a request: Let Liu Zhenwei tell Fang Minghua and ask him to help him write a martial arts script.
"Mr. Fang, Kar Wai has bought the film adaptation rights of Mr. Jin Yong's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and has been thinking about how to adapt it. I have written several scripts but I always feel dissatisfied. When I saw you write He admires your wild ideas very much for the script of "Westward Journey", so he wants to ask you to help him write a script."
Oops
Write "Ashes of Time"?
Interesting.
"Okay." Fang Minghua agreed.
Liu Zhenwei did not expect Fang Minghua to agree so happily, but he felt a little embarrassed.
Could it be that you tricked him?
It turns out that Wong Kar-Wai is notoriously difficult to maintain and has extremely high demands on scripts. What's even more annoying is that by the time the movie is finished filming, the script has been changed beyond recognition.
This is a nightmare for the screenwriter.
Liu Zhenwei had a good impression of Fang Minghua. He was a very famous writer in the mainland. It was said that he was very rich and treated people politely.
It is also a pleasure to cooperate with his wife’s Shengshi Film and Television.
If Fang Minghua was tortured by his friends because of the script, then he would feel bad about it.
But the other party has already agreed, so it’s hard to say anything more.
(End of this chapter)