The premiere of Interstellar in Los Angeles ended perfectly, followed by a banquet.
Anne Hathaway was wearing a suspender deep V evening dress, holding a glass of champagne in his right hand, and walked to Wang Shu and smiled and said, "Tree, is it good?"
To be honest, this dress is not very good-looking and does not meet his aesthetic taste, but he still praised, "It's very good-looking."
Wang Shu's praise satisfies Anne Hathaway's emotional value. She smiles like a flower and is very happy.
The two chatted for a while, and the model worker came over and asked with a smile: "What are you talking about?"
"It's nothing." Before Wang Shu could answer, Anne Hathaway took the lead in answering.
After hearing the words, the model worker just smiled and did not ask questions.
The three of them chatted for a while, and someone came over and started chatting with each other.
As time passed, the banquet after the premiere ended successfully.
Anne Hathaway was very tired because her itinerary was very tight these days, so she went home to rest after the cocktail party.
The model worker sister is different. She did not go to China to promote the film with the crew, and was relatively not that tired. She came to Wang Shu’s apartment now.
"Shu, I haven't seen you for a few days, and I always feel like I'm thinking of you in my heart." Jessica Chastain just walked into Wang Shu's apartment, and hugged Wang Shu from behind, while saying love words.
Wang Shu heard it in his ears and would not believe it foolishly.
All of them are people in the entertainment industry. If he says something that provides emotional value, female artists will do the same.
Be serious, that is naive.
The normal answer to ask about your well-being must be "I miss you too."
But Wang Shu just asked back: "Do you think in your heart or something else?"
"Hate~" Jessica Chastain pretended to be shy. "Hehe." Wang Shu laughed.
Jessica Chastain took the initiative to stretch out her mouth and kiss Wang Shu's side face, saying, "I'll go take a shower first."
"Yes." Wang Shu responded.
Seeing Jessica Chastain's back as she walked towards the bathroom, Wang Shu felt that the bathroom was so big, it was too troublesome to be together, and it was not impossible for two people to do it together.
Immediately...
In fact, the question he just asked was intentionally done.
He knew very well that Jessica Chastain might have a good impression of him, but he couldn't say he was in love.
So, even if Jessica Chastain says love words, it is false.
And he doesn't like Jessica Chastain.
Since that's the case, I'm too lazy to play roles with each other.
Only talking about the kidneys, not the heart, there is no need to make things complicated.
All adults, so they should look like adults.
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The next day, Wang Shu, as the director of "Interstellar", accepted an exclusive interview with the American media.
Reporter: "Did you watch movies when you were a child? Did you have any movies or moviemakers that you particularly liked at that time?"
Wang Shu: "Look, when I was a child, there were often movies in our country, and everyone gathered to watch them together. The movie I particularly liked was "Qing Run and Escape", which contained a song of cotton, which was very classic."
In fact, his answer was nonsense.
In his hometown, the electricity was only launched in 1993, and in the next few years, someone gradually had a TV.
Although there are movies in the countryside, they are not often there.
The reporter asked in confusion: ""Clever Running and Escape"?"
Wang Shu smiled and said, "You may have never heard of a Chinese film."
The reporter did not ask again, but instead asked in a process: "When was the first time you tried to make a movie? When did you feel like you want to keep making a movie?"
Wang Shu: "When I first started watching movies, I thought the movie was cool and I had the idea of making a movie. However, because my family was limited, I kept burying my ideas in my heart until I arrived in the capital. I gradually had the opportunity. The creativity of the movie is indescribable and is crucial. I have to rely on my own feelings. Because when I started, no one would give you a script, so in order to direct a movie, I wrote the script myself."
Reporter: "If you want to be a filmmaker, how will your parents react? This dream It seems out of reach, and many young filmmakers have been worried about it. "
Wang Shu: "Uh... they didn't know that I wanted to be a filmmaker, they just thought I was working in the capital to earn money. It was not until I became a filmmaker that they learned about it."
"After knowing, they were not only happy, but also support me."
Reporter: "How did you make the first feature film "Burning Live"? What prompted you to come to Hollywood?"
Wang Shu: "I have to thank one of my friends for "Buried Live". Without his help, I wouldn't have made this movie successfully."
"I still remember the first time I contacted him. I told him that I was from the University of Southern California and was an international student director."
Reporter: "Southern California?"
Wang Shu replied with a smile: "Yes, I lied to him that I was a student at the University of Southern California."
Reporter nodded: "So he was cheated by you?" "Yes!" Wang Shu replied, "I was still a newcomer at the time. If I didn't pretend to be a student from a prestigious university, no one would believe it."
"In order to successfully fool my friend and to make the movie, I had to pretend to be an international student."
The reporter nodded and continued to follow the process: "When was the first time others became interested in you? What do you think about future success? What is your greatest ambition next?"
Wang Shu: "It's hard for me to remember, maybe before "Burning Live" or after "Burning Live". As for the future... I don't have any ideas at the moment, taking one step is one step."
"And the greatest ambition..."
Speaking of this, Wang Shu smiled softly, "I am a Chinese film director, and I hope that the future can push Chinese films to the world."
The reporter continued with a smile: "I hope there will be that day."
Immediately, he said: "Shu, after you finished filming "Buried Live", you filmed "Tunner" again, and then you will have the opportunity to take on a big budget movie. Do you think this is a test for you?"
Wang Shu: "Well, a large-scale movie is for me It's a very logical next step - I don't think you'll call it large scale, you'll call it medium scale, but, in my opinion, it's a big movie. I can work with big movie stars and my budget is a hundred times that of "Burning Live". It's a step up or forward for me." "
"In scale, I took one step up, which is a very useful experience for me. I think few filmmakers now have this opportunity."
"When people watch "The Tuner" I filmed, they might say, 'This guy made a small independent film first, and then made this film.'"
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one bar, one bar!
"I will definitely be under great pressure to shoot a medium-sized studio film, but it is better than taking a well-known series of films, so I have a good time. I can establish relationships with big companies through this film and learn how to deal with the pressure of making big budget films."
"This is a very lucky and valuable experience. In this sense, the timing helped me."
"After the completion of "Burning Live", we went to the Berlin Film Festival. Fortunately, we were lucky and won the Alfred Ball Silver Bear Award, which made the film favored by many film manufacturers. We not only recovered the cost, but also made a fortune. It is precisely this achievement that made us favored by big film and television companies after returning to China."
"It was also "Buried Live" that I won some recognition, and then I collaborated with China Film to shoot "The Tuner", which is a good thing."
"I have had a lot of lucky things happening to me, and this is the luckiest thing."
"My starting point is not high enough, and not everyone will believe me, and even say more of it is doubt."
"China Film believed me and threw an olive branch to me."
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"China Film Group believed me and threw an olive branch to me."
...
Reporter: "It's amazing that after filming "Interstellar", you then filmed a musical and dance film. Have you wanted to do this project for a long time?"
Wang Shu: "Yes. If you really want to grow and cultivate those series that are already known, I think it will be a bit difficult to find a studio to develop after the project is launched, because they are time pressured, but this does not mean that you need to invest all your time. Because you also need to throw out ideas, discuss, do other things, think about everything, and find the right feeling, it all takes time."
< br>Reporter: "How did you participate in Interstellar? What do you want to convey through it?"
Wang Shu: "This project was originally developed by Linda Obst, who was very good friends with Kip Thorne, an astrophysicist at Caltech. They wanted to make a science fiction movie that originated from real-world science."
"Initially they planned a movie with Stephen Spielberg in Paramount, and later Stephen left Paramount, and then Paramount found me."
"This movie can tell the intimate connection between people and contrast people with the universe. As soon as I heard that I had the opportunity to participate, I did not hesitate to join in. This opportunity is too rare. You not only have to balance the emotion and the scale of the story, but also pay attention to the huge scale of the whole story." Reporter: "Although your movie is very popular in both commercial and commentary, some people think that the emotions in the film are overwhelmed by the big scenes. Do you think this is right? Is Interstellar a rebuttal to this?"
Wang Shu: "No, it's not right at all. I try not to do what I do. React. It is not as difficult as you think. Bad reviews or specific criticisms will make you angry, and praise or love will make you happy - but every movie will have praise and criticism, and the movie is still the same movie! "
"So, for others, this reaction is very natural, and it is their very subjective reaction. The same is true when I watch other movies. So, it is better not to react to your own movies." "
"Our reactions have always been very emotional, which can be traced back to "Burning Live". "
"I think the performance of the male protagonist in the film is extremely moving, and my work is also very technical and precise, but the characters in the film are the emotional center to touch others. If there are no excellent actors involved, the film will not be successful." Reporter: "You can't please everyone." Wang Shu: "As a filmmaker, you must know that no matter how positive things seem, you will always see bad comments. You will always notice that some people like what they hate, so you cannot take corresponding measures. I think it's good to do what you believe."
Reporter: "The actors in your movies - "The Tuner", "Wolf of Wall Street", "Pacific Rim", "Pi Fantasy Drifting", and "Interstellar" are all excellent. You have worked with some actors more than once. How do you work with actors?"
Wang Shu: "I like working with actors, I like to develop relationships with actors so that I can work with them many times. I have worked with different actors, such as Anne Hathaway and Matthew McConaughey. I learned from Matthew McConaughey that the performance of actors contains magic - sometimes they will surpass excellent technical performances."
"I appreciate this very much, so even if I don't understand, I can't do it myself. I'm not an actor and I'm not very good at acting, but I can still feel this, observe and understand how to create conditions for such moments to happen. I think the actor's performance is very mysterious and very eye-catching. The best thing I can do is to make these moments happen." Reporter: "Shu, it seems that except for your movies, other films launched by the studio are sequels, remakes or adaptations. Why is it difficult to shoot original movies?"
Wang Shu: "Because of electric power" Film is business, and someone has to pay for it—they are expensive collective efforts. "
"Inevitably, the film industry will go through a cycle that tends toward specific entertainment types, sometimes toward originality, sometimes to series." "
"I think it has always been a challenge to make original movies, and we are in such a business era - I don't want to personalize studios because it's not anyone's fault - the concept of big movies, or blockbusters, is increasingly keen toward known intellectual property, such as books or comic characters, that are already known."
"This trend will change with time and fend for itself, but now it attracts the most investment."
"I found that studios always accept innovation and novelty. They have the responsibility to reach a wider audience and pay for the movie. No one understands more people want to see new and original entertainment in movies than studio managers. They have a very full understanding of this. They need to find the right things that can be combined at the right time."
Since coming to Hollywood, Wang Shu has made several movies here, but the American version of "The Tuner" is a remake of his Chinese version of "The Tuner", "Wolf of Wall Street" is an autobiography of the character, and "The Fantasy Drift of Pi" is adapted from the best-selling American novel.
Combined with Marvel and DC movies.
In fact, many movie concepts tend toward known intellectual property rights.
In the film industry, this is inevitable.
Because investors will inevitably evaluate the risks before investing, and known intellectual property rights often have a group of fans to guarantee, which is relatively reduced.
That is... known intellectual property rights are more popular among investors.
It is often easier to be made into blockbusters! (This chapter ends)