Chapter 127 Cannes Main Competition
In the next few days, what awaited Cao Yang were symposiums of all sizes, whether held by the film bureau or the association. The purpose was to let the big director make a commercial film to see if the market was really picking up. .
In fact, this matter is still very important to the above.
The new "Film Management Regulations" promulgated by the State Council will be officially implemented on February 1, 2002. It will only be ten months until "Hero" is released. If the market really picks up, it will prove that the implementation of the "Film Management Regulations" is correct. sex.
Ten months is a short time for a policy to be implemented and take effect.
Therefore, the higher authorities are not sure what the current situation is and whether they should increase support.
This requires a big director to explore the market again so that he can understand the situation more accurately and take corresponding measures.
"Director Cao, are you back from Hollywood?"
At a meeting, I met Xiaogangpao, who was also attending the meeting. The other person grinned at Cao Yang and asked.
"Hello Director Feng, long time no see. I've just been back for two days."
"I was watching the news a while ago, and there was quite a big fuss about your movie. It seems that the actor who was scheduled to break the news before filming even started? Are you saying that the biographies are fabricated?"
The little steel cannon was smiling and grinning, and it could be seen that he was a bit gloating about his misfortune.
He comforted Cao Yang and said: "Although Sean Penn's acting skills are okay, he is a famous bad boy. You are still too young to control such an old guy. If you ask me, you shouldn't Choose him as the leading actor.”
Well, it's not like comfort, but more like a reminder from an old senior to a younger generation.
Cao Yang could tell that Xiaogangpao was really worried about the last time Sony Classics eliminated him, otherwise he wouldn't be able to do such a trivial thing as paying attention to the other side of the ocean.
"Hey, Director Feng, you don't know everything yet. Not only Sean Penn, but also Tim Robbins, another alternative protagonist that I valued, also followed closely behind. Not only did he fail to fulfill his privately negotiated role as the protagonist, This incident followed Sean Penn’s release of a large amount of information that was detrimental to the movie.”
Cao Yang replied with a smile, but he was not as frustrated and angry as Xiaogangpao imagined.
Just pretend.
Xiaogangpao thought to himself, a positive person was revealed to be a scumbag, all the preparations in the early stage were in vain, and everything had to be started all over again. How could it be so easy?
The movie didn't stall, and a hasty U-turn would certainly not be any better.
According to Xiaogangpao's estimation, Cao Yang's path to Hollywood is probably similar to that of the great poet Kai Ge, whose future was ruined after just one movie.
However, Xiaogangpao still sympathizes with Cao Yang a little bit. If something like this happened during the film's preparation period, he deserves it!
"Director Cao is still young. If you fail, just fail. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. Let this be a lesson. Young people can enrich their life experience by experiencing more of this kind of thing."
Cao Yang nodded, still smiling and complimenting: "What Director Feng said is that you know so many principles, and you have a lot of life experience at first glance."
Then the two shook hands and turned around, walking to their respective positions.
"Bah, you have sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. You deserve to fail."
As the little steel cannon walked, he thought to himself, "Fortunately, Sony Classics didn't choose me. I was stabbed in the back by two male protagonists who were interested in him, and the characters were completely overthrown. This is a complete disaster. Damn it if a movie made in a hurry can be good." Well deserved!”
On the other hand, director Kai Ge, the great poet, patted Cao Yang on the shoulder after meeting him at another meeting and sighed, feeling that he was in the same boat.
"Don't worry, you are still young. The Americans are different from us. Even if you make a movie seriously, there is nothing they can do if they don't approve it. In the end, it will be cut to pieces for you. A good movie will become It’s baffling.”
Cao Yang was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Brother is right, I'm fine. Thank you for your concern."
Everyone thinks their movie is a failure, right?
That's right, after such a big turmoil, what was originally an old American "hero" turned into a shameless politician that everyone wanted to beat. According to general thinking, this movie must be finished.
Cao Yang was a little surprised. No wonder Lao Situ and Lao Tian barely mentioned this movie. Maybe they thought that this movie that they "bitten the bullet" to continue making would not be successful.
"Those people in Hollywood only care about profits and don't keep their word. You have to learn a lesson and don't make the same mistake next time. Don't believe the promises made by any of them. As long as they are not true to their words, they will All the promises are worthless.”
Brother Kai comforted him again, and this was a sincere consolation. After this Hollywood failure, Lao Chen probably felt deeply, and what he said was from the bottom of his heart.
"Senior brother is right. I remember it and I will definitely learn from it." Cao Yang responded with a smile.
Lao Chen no longer mentioned such disappointing things, but took Cao Yang to a corner where no one was paying attention and whispered.
"You must have promised the teacher, right? It's about the above request to make a movie."
"Well, the teacher has already spoken. I must agree. I'm going to try making a commercial film."
Cao Yang knew that it was about making a commercial movie, Lao Situ told him, and Lao Chen also promised to make a commercial blockbuster with a large investment.
Lao Chen looked around and whispered: "I agree, but in this kind of meeting, if you can fool me, do it. Don't promise anything on the spot. There are schools and teachers behind you, so you must give more support. You don’t have to show up for any of this.”
"Okay, senior brother, I remember." Cao Yang nodded and said.
Although Old Chen was a bit arrogant, he really regarded Cao Yang as one of his own. Well, he needs his care in all aspects.
"Well, remember one thing, just listen more, read more, and agree, express less opinions, try less unique insights, and just go with the flow."
Before leaving, Lao Chen still remembered his advice.
In the following period, this kind of meeting disappeared after being opened. The disease hit the capital, and measures began to be taken.
Cao Yang is staying in the community with Dong Xuan and is not going anywhere. It is only mid-February and he may stay here until May.
So I took advantage of this period to write all five scripts registered in Hollywood as short stories. Once they are published, others will not be able to make similar movies even if they want to.
Cao Yang thought about it, so he named the book "Cao Yang's Fantasy Journey" and made it into a collection, divided into one, two, and three... At that time, all the better movies that appeared in Hollywood would be written in advance as short novels and released. into this collection.
It is estimated that the sales volume will not be too bad. When a movie is selected and made, as long as the box office is good, the sales volume of the novel will definitely increase sharply.
What a blessing.
In addition, after this period of thinking and the above requirements, he also had new ideas about which commercial film to make.
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In fact, if you think about it, this is a bit like a propositional composition. A simple summary is that the time is short and the tasks are heavy.
First of all, the preparation period for this film cannot be too long. If it is too long, the purpose of testing the market will be lost. What is required above is timely feedback.
Secondly, film investment cannot be too small, otherwise it will lose its meaning.
However, due to the short preparation period and the need to complete filming and release within a short period of time, there is no way to make special effects and props that take too long. This limits the investment and makes it impossible to invest too much. 50 million to 100 million is about the same.
Finally, the easiest way to achieve the goal is for a big director to add stars.
In fact, this is also the model of Lao Mouzi's second commercial blockbuster "House of Flying Daggers".
The story of "House of Flying Daggers" is actually quite simple and quite nonsense. The female protagonist originally liked Captor Liu, but as the plot developed, she also developed feelings for Captor Jin, and finally found that she loved Captor Jin the most.
Liu Captou grew hatred out of love and wanted to kill Jin Captou...
A typical love triangle, interspersed with a flying knife gate that rebels against the imperial court.
I have to say that Lao Mouzi’s storytelling ability is really weak.
But I have to say that the colors in Lao Mouzi's paintings are really beautiful.
The movie uses a lot of bright colors such as green, yellow, and red, which gives people a strong visual sensory impact.
The essence of the great rivers and mountains has been moved to the screen, including the beautiful dancing postures of cheongsam beauties, the green bamboo sea, Chinese drums, and galloping horses...
The fusion of these carefully crafted Chinese-style background music is simply a feast of beauty. The beautiful scenery, beauties, and beautiful music are a feast for the eyes.
During this period, Cao Yang wrote novels during the day and perfected the script before going to bed at night. The rest was spent interacting with Dong Xuan. The great director demonstrated in person and deepened his understanding in simple terms so that he could better coach the other party's acting skills.
Dong Xuan learned quickly, especially after knowing that the literary geek Depp performed very well in Cao Yang's new movie and interacted well with the heroine in several scenes, so he decided to learn new knowledge.
So Cao Yang also gave some guidance on new actions and new knowledge.
Everything else was fine, and Dong Xuan liked it very much, except for the very angry part. Dong Xuan said that it was not fun, it was too long, she felt like vomiting and couldn't breathe.
Cao Yang didn't force her. He had always despised this perverted approach. This thing was not as fun as twin ponytails.
Until April, news suddenly spread on the Internet that the Cannes Film Festival announced the films that had entered the main competition.
At first, everyone focused on Chinese-language films, and saw that Lou Ye's "Purple Butterfly" entered the main competition. After further checking the information, it turned out that this film starred International Zhang and Liu Ye, as well as the acting Feng Yuanzheng.
Moreover, "Purple Butterfly" is the only Chinese-language film to enter the main competition section of Cannes.
I can't help but have great expectations for this movie.
Then, someone suddenly posted: There is an old American movie called "Despicable Milk", directed by Cao Yang, and it was also selected for the main competition in Cannes.
Although everyone who saw it was surprised, the impact was just that. Now is a critical moment. People outside are panicked, so how can they be in the mood to pay attention to the Cannes Film Festival.
There was a heated discussion among a few people on the Internet, and then someone mentioned that this was not the same as the director selection incident that made a lot of noise last year. In the end, Cao Yang was chosen to go to Hollywood to shoot a biographical movie?
No one now doubts Cao Yang's ability, so everyone is looking forward to the film's success in Cannes.
(End of chapter)