Chapter 380 Recalling Dragon Label
Many people blame the mainland film censorship system for the double version. They feel that the mainland censorship is too strict, which forces the filmmakers to make another positive version against their will. In order to pass the review, it is not entirely its fault.
In Asia, film censorship is not only strict in the mainland, but also in Singapore and Malaysia.
Before Hong Kong movies embraced the mainland, Hong Kong filmmakers had already begun to play with dual versions.
Nothing else, in order to cope with the censorship in Singapore and Malaysia, especially Malaysia.
The most famous one is "Young and Dangerous". In the perception of Malaysian audiences, Chen Haonan is an undercover police officer. This is what Wang Jing said personally.
So the other version of "Sha Po Lang" is not so much the mainland version as it is the Malaysian version, or the censored version.
In fact, there are two versions of "Infernal Affairs":
Censored version:
Liu Jianming was hijacked by Chen Yongren and put a gun to his head.
Opposite Liu Jianming, a policeman was confronting them.
The elevator door opened behind him, and Chen Yongren pulled Liu Jianming back into the elevator. When he was not careful, a gunshot rang out.
Chen Yongren was shot to death. His legs were stretched across the floor. The elevator door opened and closed but could not be closed.
A pair of wide-open eyes, refusing to rest in peace.
The policeman who shot Chen Yongren walked into the elevator and went down. During the conversation, he learned that he was also an undercover agent sent by Han Chen.
Following the straight steel wire, the elevator slowly descended.
There is a flashback, it is Chen Yongren’s eyes widening.
Four more shots were fired.
The elevator door opened, and Liu Jianming calmly walked out of the elevator alone. Heavily armed police surrounded him.
A pair of handcuffs - Voice-over: Liu Jianming, you have been found to be an undercover gangster!
The movie ends here.
Hong Kong version:
After several gunshots, the elevator door opened, and Liu Jianming walked out holding his police officer ID card high, and said four words calmly: "I am a police officer."
The police rushed into the elevator, Liu Jianming remained calm and calmly pinned his police card to his chest.
Looking back at the unwilling expression in Chen Yongren's eyes before he could close them.
Chen Yongren's identity was finally discovered by his psychiatrist, and the funeral was solemn and grand.
Liu Jianming is dressed in the uniform of a senior police officer and looks very heroic. At this moment, who else would have thought that he was once an undercover agent of the underworld?
Facing Chen's tombstone, he stood still and saluted.
On the tombstone is a small photo of Chen Yongren, with a relaxed smile.
There was no trace of pride in Liu Jianming's eyes.
What he saw was a person who had been in the endless hell like himself. Only Chen Yongren could best understand the pain of difficulty in distinguishing right from wrong and confusion of identity.
He seemed to be a true confidant to Liu Jianming. The difference was that Chen Yongren only regained his identity after his death and gained final relief.
There was regret and emotion in Liu Jianming's eyes, but more importantly, admiration, and determination to be a good person again. Has he been liberated? Maybe his identity will not be discovered, but the shadow in his heart will always make his eyes less clear.
The end of the film returns to when Chen Yongren left the police academy:
The black and white boyhood of Chen Yongren.
The colorful Chen Yongren smiled helplessly and embarked on Infernal Affairs;
The police officer loudly lectured: "Whoever disobeys will be expelled from the school. Who is willing to change with him?!"
The black and white Liu Jianming in his boyhood,
the colorful Liu Jianming, looking at Chen Yongren’s leaving back, struggling painfully in his heart, but also unable to help himself.
Voiceover: "I am willing to trade with you."
...
Time came to the second week, just when Huang Baigao thought that "Sha Po Lang" could continue to make great progress, the theater chain suddenly received a notice, and "Sha Po Lang" was immediately removed from the shelves.
As the distributor, Oriental Film Group was stunned when it received the notice and had no idea what the situation was.
They asked the theater chain and the answer they got was - this is an order from the General Administration.
An order from the General Administration?
Sun Entertainment was also confused when it received the notice from Oriental Film Company.
Where is the violation?
Why isn’t it broadcast again?
Then they received a penalty notice from the General Administration:
After reading through it, the reason turned out to be that different versions of "Slaying the Wolf" were released in the Mainland and Hong Kong.
Dual versioning is expressly prohibited.
The CEPT agreement clearly states that dual versions are not allowed, but everyone has always done this, and I haven’t seen anyone else’s dragon logo being withdrawn.
"The Yan family shovel, why is it that everyone else is fine, but it's our turn to be in trouble?"
Huang Baigao glanced at Hong Jinbao: "Did any of you offend someone?"
Typical criticism of Sang and Huai, but it’s just that it was clearly stated that Hong Jinbao had offended someone and affected the movie.
Sun Entertainment is Macau China's industry. If "Slaying the Wolf" itself is bad, forget it, then it is because of his incompetence.
But "Slaying the Wolf" is obviously in a good situation, but it was banned for such a stupid reason. It is obvious that someone fired the gun.
This is the first time that Sun Entertainment has entered the mainland market. There are no enemies in the mainland at all. So after thinking about it, it can only be because of Hong Jinbao.
Hong Jinbao also wanted to scold his mother, and was instantly possessed by Rong Xiang: "The local gang is too rude."
But scolding his mother does not solve the actual problem. Since it is caused by himself, then You have to be responsible for solving it yourself.
"I'm looking for my junior brother to see if he has any connections to help make peace..."
Hong Jinbao called Cheng Long, but Cheng Long actually didn't have any connections in this area.
He has just entered the mainland market not long ago, and this time the General Administration is trying to scare the monkeys.
……
Beijing Normal University Canteen
Yue Jun was feeding food with his girlfriend in the cafeteria, which caused a chill in the people around him.
"Baby, after dinner, how about we go watch a movie together~"
"Okay, what do you want to watch?"
"I asked about it. Recently One "Sha Po Lang" and one "Kowloon Walled City" It is said that they are all quite good. Let’s watch whichever one you want to watch.” Would you like to go see this? ”
"Okay, baby."
After the baby and the baby experienced nausea for half an hour, the classmates around them finally sent the two away.
"Bah, I curse them for not being able to buy tickets for "Slaying the Wolf"~"
Looking at the two people leaving, the single Wang who was hurt couldn't help but spat. One mouthful.
One word becomes a prophecy
Yue Jun and his girlfriend really didn't buy "Slaying the Wolf" when they arrived at the cinema.
"Hello, I want two copies of "Sha Po Lang"~"
"Sorry, "Sha Po Lang" has been released~"
"Ah, no Was it just released?"
"We don't know the specific reason. If you don't think about other movies, "Kowloon Walled City" is also very good."
His girlfriend couldn't hide her disappointment. Yue Jun looked heartbroken, but he looked back at the people lining up behind him and said immediately: "Oh~, okay then, give me two copies of "Kowloon Walled City"."
< br>I skipped class and came here. "Slaying the Wolf" was released, so I couldn't stop watching it.
There are countless situations like Yue Jun's. Donnie Yen and Hong Jinbao are still well-known, and many people make a special trip to see the movie for them.
It’s just that I’ve come here and can’t watch “The Wolf”. I have to watch it. The box office is cheaper than “Kowloon Walled City”.
……
At the same time, the crew of "Painted Skin". The crew is filming the scene before Wang Sheng goes out to exterminate the horse bandits.
The filming has just started. In order to get used to the crew, we shot some simple in-scene scenes.
Wang Sheng, played by Huang Xiaoming, stood there motionless. Beside him, two maids, Qin Lan and Li Xiaoran, were shuttling around Huang Xiaoming like butterflies, helping him put on his armor.
One covered his body with nail leaves, and the other helped tie the straps.
While wearing armor, Pei Rong, played by Mr. Zhou, came out and asked, "Where are you going, husband?"
Huang Xiaoming: "I don't know when a group of horse bandits came to the west and they have been looting for days. Our business, I went to destroy them today."
Hearing this, Mr. Zhou did not stop him, but took over Li Xiaoran's work and personally tied Huang Xiaoming's armor straps.
"The husband must be careful on the road."
"I saved it~"
"Click~"
Zhang Chen lay in front of the monitor and watched the playback for a while, then made a gesture: "OK, this is over, let's eat, and we will continue filming after eating~"
The scene in the morning was a bit slow, so it was a bit late for dinner today.
After the words fell, all the cast and crew immediately relaxed.
The food in "Painted Skin" is pretty good, including chicken drumsticks for lunch.
Mr. Zhou and Zhang Chen gathered together to chat, and their assistant brought a lunch box.
A few people took the lunch boxes and chatted while eating.
After a while, Chen Minghao, Wang Qianyuan, Zhang Yi and others also came over.
Zhang Chen doesn’t show off, and even the leading actors don’t show off. Even though these three are minor supporting roles, they all have a good relationship.
“Minghao, I’ll give you this chicken leg~”
Mr. Zhou’s lunch box is a starring lunch box, which contains six dishes. She is a vegetarian herself, so she will share meat and vegetables with others.
"Thank you, Brother Xun~" Chen Minghao said with joy on his face.
A few people were eating and chatting. Chen Xi also came over with a lunch box, and Zhang Yi quickly made room for her.
""Slaying the Wolf" has been removed from the shelves~"
After Chen Xi distributed the braised pork in the bowl to others, he took a bite of green vegetables.
"Well, they deserve it. The General Administration has wanted to rectify this aspect for a long time, but they were caught in the crossfire." Zhang Chen was minding his own food.
"If you don't want to eat vegetables, give them to me~"
Zhang Chen obediently gave all the vegetables to Chen Xi, who took a bite and then said:
"Boss Yang won an Academy Award for "Taken" Invitation quota, the organizer wants to invite you to participate. As a presenter in one of the sessions, what do you mean? "
One of the conditions for participating in the Hong Kong Film Awards is that the producer of the film must be a Hong Kong film company, " "Hurricane Rescue" actually doesn't qualify.
But there are Hong Kong actors participating in it, so a special invitation quota has been set up.
Hong Kong actor is of course not referring to Tony Leung, but twins.
Twins is really Boss Yang’s daughter, and he spares no effort to pave the way for them.
If "Taken" wins an award, the twins will be actors who have participated in award-winning works, and their net worth will naturally rise accordingly.
Even if they don’t win, it’s just a nomination, which will bring a lot of benefits to the two of them.
The reason why I went out of my way to say hello to Zhang Chen is that everyone knows that Zhang Chen is not interested in awards. If he loses his temper, he really won’t go~
Zhang Chen thought for a moment: “The Academy Awards are In what month?”
“April.”
“Well, answer them, I will go there then.”
Of course I have to give it to Boss Yang. Another reason is because of Brother Xun and Liang Jiahui.
If he remembered correctly, at this year's Academy Awards, Tony Leung won the Best Actor for "Underworld" and Mr. Zhou won the Best Actress for "If Love".
Both of them have a good relationship with him now, so there is no reason for him not to show up at such an important moment.
On the other side, Chen Zhangjin was whispering to Yang Xiaomi:
Yang Xiaomi: "What happened to "Slaying the Wolf" being removed from the shelves?"
Zhang Chen: "I read the news and it seems that the General Administration discovered that "Slaying the Wolf" had double endings in the mainland and Hong Kong, and then the dragon label was withdrawn."
"Are double endings not allowed?"
"Of course not. Last year the General Administration issued a statement that Hong Kong co-productions enjoy the same treatment as mainland films, and one of the conditions is that double endings are not allowed."
"Oh, then their It really deserves it.
After "Slaying the Wolf" is removed from the shelves, won't the audience have to watch our "Kowloon Walled City"? Isn't that guy Lu Yang making a fortune? "< br>
Yang Xiaomi stuck out her tongue, looking cute.
Zhang Chen is very satisfied with her as 'us'.
It is actually foreseeable that Ye Weixin will have a double ending.
This person likes dark endings very much, the kind where good people get no reward.
In "Slaying the Wolf", Zhen Zidan defeated Hong Jinbao, but was attacked by the latter, threw him downstairs, and killed his wife and children.
In the sequel "Slaying the Wolf: Greedy Wolf", it happened again. Tony Jia, the best fighter, had obviously defeated the enemy, but in order to save others, he fell from the building and died.
Maybe he thinks it's more shocking.
It is indeed more shocking.
It’s just not easy to pass the review.
If you want to pass the review, you can only shoot another ending.
In fact, if Wilson Yip was a Korean director, he might have achieved greater success, because his style is more respected there.
"How are you going to practice for the martial arts scene in the next two days?" Zhang Chen asked while eating.
Huang Xiaoming raised his hand: "I have almost practiced horse riding, and I have also mastered martial arts scenes. I can do it at any time~"
Zhang Chen nodded, "What about the others?"
Zhang Jin smiled and said nothing. He was born in Wushu, and these were the easiest for him.
Yang Xiaomi and Fan Xiaopang on the other side also nodded: "We are all practiced and ready to go~"
Among these people, only Zhou Xun looked satisfied.
She plays Mrs. Wang, dignified and elegant, without any action scenes.
Others had to practice horse riding and tricks these past two days, but she was the only one who was so idle.
She wandered around while others were practicing and visited almost all of Western Cinema.
It’s just that the wind and sand here were dry, drying her face.
"I'm so envious of Brother Xun~"
Fan Xiaopang looked at Young Master Zhou with eyes full of envy.
“Why do you envy me?”
“I envy you for being able to play tricks. We all have a hard time doing tricks, but you can play everywhere~”
Master Zhou is cunning. Yixiao: "Okay, let's just swap. I'll play the fox demon and you'll play Peirong~"
Fan Xiaopang immediately refused: "Hehe, you have a beautiful idea, I would rather be in pain and happy~"
Mr. Zhou is really good-tempered, and he doesn't even use scheming when interacting with other people. Everyone is There is no need to be cautious about what you say.
Plus there is no airs, the overall atmosphere of the "Painted Skin" crew is very good.
(End of this chapter)