Chapter 340 The current situation of domestic actors
Watch "The Promise"?
Have I seen it or not?
Zhang Chen shook his head: "I haven't had time to watch it since I came back. Have you all watched it? How do you feel?"
Huang Xiaoming smiled bitterly, and Mr. Zhou next to him was also holding it in very hard.
Zu Feng, on the other hand, said quickly: "I read it, but to be honest, I didn't understand it. I didn't understand what the story was until after the show."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ning Hao immediately agreed. He stretched out his hand affectionately: "Like everyone, I didn't understand it either, and I read it twice."
Holding hands, it's like we are brothers.
Seeing someone taking the initiative, others followed suit and started to complain.
“It’s no exaggeration. After I finished watching it, I felt like I had watched it, but at the same time, I felt like I hadn’t watched anything~”
"I feel that the whole movie can only be expressed in four words - inexplicable, inexplicable plot, inexplicable lines, inexplicable characters..."
"You are right, Xie Biwang is in "The Promise" He acted like a lunatic. I will never forget the shot of his thumb..."
"What impressed me most was Zhang Baizhi, and that sentence - you want to see what I am wearing under my clothes. What? What the hell, she's still a prostitute..." Lao Cao scolded her most vigorously.
Ning Hao: “After watching it, I seriously doubted my artistic attainments because I really didn’t understand it, so I bought a ticket and watched it a second time~”
“Don’t be self-conscious Doubtful, buddy, didn’t someone on the Internet say that if "Farewell My Concubine" was filmed by Poet Chen, then "The Promise" must have been filmed by Chen Hong~"
Probably because they were drunk, the more people talked, the less scrupulous they became, and by the time they talked, they no longer cared about anything.
This is a private dinner anyway, so there is no risk of it being leaked.
Zhang Chen listened with interest.
Can’t understand?
Just don’t understand.
Most people probably can't understand it.
If you want to understand it, you have to wait until the later "Murder Case Caused by a Steamed Bun" comes out. It helps everyone clarify the logic of "The Promise".
Do you want to see what I'm wearing under my clothes?
Zhang Chen just wants to say that I will see it in a few months.
Poet Chen is really in his prime right now.
He has always had a transcendent status in the film industry, a Palme d'Or director, and everyone is looking forward to his first commercial film.
This is why "The Promise" broke records when it was released.
But in the end, the quality of a movie has to speak for itself. If it looks good, it looks good, and if it doesn’t look good, it doesn’t look good.
No matter how powerful the energy is, suppressing negative comments can only be suppressed for a short period of time. It is estimated that the producers spent a lot of money on public relations. In the end, the reputation of "The Promise" collapsed.
People had high expectations for Director Chen before, but now they are so disappointed.
Deep love, deep hatred~
So "The Promise" received negative reviews from everyone!
$35 million to shoot such a thing?
35 million US dollars is enough to make a "Twilight Saga". It does have a bad reputation, but at least it makes money.
"Seven Swords" also has a bad reputation, and there are problems with the film's structure.
But there’s just one problem, “The Promise” has no structure at all.
Zhang Chen clearly remembers that after "The Promise", a new benchmark emerged for domestic films.
Worse than "The Promise"~
As bad as "The Promise"~
There are actually many of the latter, but the former is probably only "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" 》Okay.
"Director Zhang, if you haven't watched it yet, try not to watch it. The lines are so shocking. You ruined my chance to be a good person..."
Everyone laughed.
But someone immediately asked: "Why?"
"Why?"
"I mean, Director Chen can make "Farewell My Concubine" "How can a masterpiece like "The Promise" be made? It doesn't look like the work of one person at all."
At this point, everyone looked at Zhang Chen, because among the people present, only Zhang Chen had the closest status to Director Chen.
Zhang Chen shrugged: "I heard a saying that when filming "Farewell My Concubine", although he was the director, the rest of the crew were also great people. The screenwriter was Lu Wei and the original author was Li Bihua. , both of them have a great say, even the male lead was not chosen by Chen Da.
But then "Farewell My Concubine" became a success, and the whole world focused on him alone. , he floats
And this must have something to do with the producer.
In a crew, the director is important, and the producer is also very important. When necessary. The filmmakers should stop some of the director's outrageous behaviors, but it is obviously impossible for the crew of "The Promise". Poet Chen is the director and Poet Chen's wife is the producer. Isn't this a mom-and-pop shop?
In a company, the accountant is the husband and the cashier is the wife. What kind of restraint does that have? "
"I heard that it was Mrs. Chen's first time as a producer, and she seemed to have made a lot of stupid mistakes and made a lot of jokes. "
"Well, I heard that too. I also heard that the producer, Mrs. Chen, deliberately squeezed the treatment of the extras, and fierce conflicts broke out. In the end, it seemed that all the extras were fired. , I found 400 armed policemen to act as extras to get through..."
Speaking of gossip, everyone suddenly stopped feeling sleepy, and everyone contributed the gossip they heard.
"I heard that the overseas distributor of "The Promise" regretted it. Miramax initially saw the trailer of "The Promise" and thought it was good, so it booked 20 million US dollars.
But after watching the finished film, I immediately broke the contract without even asking for a deposit. "I have also heard that "The Promise" seems to have found other distributors later, but the distributor did not dare to release it on a large scale and only conducted a small number of screenings. "The Promise" seems to have failed to box office in North America. $1 million. "
"What I'm most afraid of is that the poor sales of "The Promise" will affect our "Painted Skin" next year..."
The speaker was Dong Jianqiang.
As soon as he finished saying this, everyone stopped talking.
"No...it won't..."
Chen Xi still wanted to be tough, but as he spoke, even he felt a little nervous.
The same magical theme, the same costume blockbuster...
Not necessarily.
"Okay, take it easy, it's not that serious..."
At this time, Zhang Chen had to speak.
In fact, he was also beating a drum in his heart, because the original emptiness was indeed like this.
The door to the exit of ancient costume blockbusters opened by Zhang Yimou himself was closed by Poet Chen himself.
Strictly speaking, the first person to make a costume blockbuster was not Zhang Yimou, but Ang Lee.
Zhang Yimou decided to make a costume blockbuster after watching Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
But Li is an American, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not considered a Chinese film, so "Hero" can become an epoch-making masterpiece.
In fact, there is another saying in later generations. "House of Flying Daggers", "The Promise" and "The Banquet" are known as the perfect three hits, which successfully made people all over the world completely lose interest in Chinese costume blockbusters.
This seems to be the case. The author watched pirated versions of House of Flying Daggers and The Promise. When it came to "The Banquet", I didn't even bother to watch the pirated version.
Just by the name, you know it’s not good to watch. Even the trailer reveals a strong literary and artistic quality, which makes people unable to have the desire to watch the movie.
Zhang Chen knew that since "The Promise", it has become extremely difficult for domestic costume blockbusters to go overseas. He even considered whether to shelve the "Painted Skin" project.
But we have been preparing for such a long time, and we still have to borrow Jing Tian’s ancient strength to pass the trial. It is a pity to suddenly give up now.
After seeing the director's assurance that the "Painted Skin" project would not be affected, the atmosphere became relaxed again.
“How to distribute is what our producers need to worry about. You are actors, the only thing you have to do is to act well and use your 100% ability to interpret your roles well.
After "The Promise", the popularity of period films will definitely cool down, but this is also an opportunity for you to go global.
When the project of "Painted Skin" was first established, many people suggested to me when I was considering the roles. Choose more Hong Kong and Taiwan artists, saying they have box office appeal.
They have shitty box office appeal.
I don't believe this evil.
My previous films, which had all-mainland casts, were still good at the box office.
The male lead of "The Rescue" is Liang Jiahui, but he was not chosen because of his box office appeal. Do you know this? "
Seeing everyone nodding, Zhang Chen continued: "To be honest, some of our domestic film and television companies, including China Film, are a bit superstitious about this and feel that only Hong Kong and Taiwan stars can play the leading role.
Actresses are better off. With the CEPA agreement, they still have a chance. Male actors of your generation are really miserable. They are suppressed in various ways. The notices are all belittling and slandering... …
They say you are stupid~
They say your acting skills are not good~
They say you cannot support big productions~
I feel very unhappy every time I see reports like this.
Why can't mainland artists support the box office? Who said that mainland artists can't be in big productions?
Total nonsense!
You may not know that there is actually a common practice among Hong Kong and Taiwan filmmakers, which is to work together to suppress mainland artists.
If you don’t believe me, just go and see. For any big productions that are led by Hong Kong and Taiwan, no matter how big the mainland celebrities are, they can only act as soundtracks.
You are a first-tier actor in Mainland China, so they will use you as a voice actor for third-tier actors in Hong Kong and Taiwan. When this movie is released, the audience will subconsciously feel that the third-tier actor is above you.
After one or two dramas, people’s status will really be above yours.
This is called Li Ka!
Xiao Ming should know something about this, right? ”
Among these people, Huang Xiaoming should be regarded as the one with the most exposure to capital from Hong Kong and Taiwan. He nodded with deep sympathy.
As for Mr. Zhou, before "Painted Skin", she could only be considered a literary artist. There’s no telling about her acting skills, but no one can guarantee whether she can hold up the box office.
It wasn’t until "Painted Skin" that her status as a star was stabilized
"So I have been recommending our mainland actors. You must also strive for excellence and show your own strength. I am responsible for making them speechless at the box office. You are responsible for making them unable to find faults in their acting skills. Can you do it? ?”
Zhang Chen also drank some wine, and when he finished talking, he became a little emotional.
“Yes!”
This time everyone was surprisingly serious and no longer frivolous as before.
Everyone has a voice in their heart - we are no worse than them~
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