Chapter 425 Returning to China, the Sixth Princess
The Cannes Film Festival will last for 12 days, and Zhang Chen returned to China before the end.
The two videos he brought were sold, and there was really no reason to stay there.
But before leaving, he specially looked for Johnnie To and asked if there was a third part of "The Underworld".
Zhu Shukong kept saying that he wanted to shoot the third part, but he never shot it.
It seems that because the local box office of this film is too poor, Galaxy Image has been reluctant to launch a project.
Zhang Chen is of course looking forward to it.
He really feels that "The Underworld" has produced the essence of Hong Kong gangsters, which is no worse than "The Godfather".
At this year's Cannes Film Festival, there are only two Chinese films that have become popular: "The Summer Palace" and "Silent Land".
The former was shortlisted for the main competition unit and was the focus of attention, but unfortunately it did not cause any storm.
The little thing that Jia Zhangke showed in the movie seemed too pediatric to Europeans.
It's a pity that Hao Lei paid so much, but in the end he was useless.
As for "Silent Land", it is purely because of reputation.
Of course, it's not the kind of professional reputation. In fact, professional film critics are extremely fond of this drama.
The Silent Land became popular entirely due to the audience's reputation.
There are many backpackers coming to Cannes to make pilgrimage. Many of these people are art film enthusiasts, but art film enthusiasts may not hate commercial films.
The reason why commercial films can be called commercial films is that they are commercial enough and know how to capture people when shooting what audiences like.
"Silent Land" is this type of genre. It grabbed the audience's heart with the little boy's tight sternly in the first ten minutes.
Gradually, "Silent Land" has given birth to a very good reputation among ordinary audiences.
Everything is very happy whether it is Zhang Chen or Xinyi.
Why do so many people like to join in the fun of the film festival? Isn’t it just because they can help promote the movie?
Except at the beginning, the rest of the time "Silent Land" was full of scenes.
Of course Zhang Chen would not let go of such a good material. Soon, the country began to report on this grand occasion.
Other media quickly followed.
Just kidding, they are worried about what to report on Cannes~
"The Summer Palace" is a big hit, but it is not allowed to be reported, but no other Chinese-language movies are shortlisted. So what do they report in this Cannes?
You can't talk about everything abroad~
The appearance of "Silent Land" just fills this gap.
It just so happened that "Silent Land" is also making efforts during this period. It is already June, and it is the window of publicity.
A variety of interesting filming incidents have been released one after another, attracting people's attention.
People gradually learned that Zhang Chen had a movie to be played in July, and the movie caused a movie viewing frenzy in Cannes.
The last time the media also reported "Hurricane Rescue".
After the promotion process was launched, Zhang Chen took Fan Xiaopang to participate in various programs of all sizes.
Today I participated in an interview with the Movie Channel~
The Movie Channel is also known as the Sixth Princess of CCTV, and has always had a good relationship with Zhang Chen.
Every movie of Zhang Chen is sold to the Sixth Princess, and he can usually get a high price of 50,000 or 6 million.
For the movie channel, it is really a high price.
"Why is this name in "Silent Land"?"
"Because the background of the story is that the world has been invaded by alien creatures. The characteristic of these alien creatures is that they are particularly sensitive to sounds. They will kill all the objects that make sounds..."
"Oh, I heard that when the moviegoers were screened in Cannes, the audience dared not make any sounds?"
"Haha, yes, this is also an interesting place. Every time the protagonists in the movie make noise, they will attract monsters to chase them. This emotion obviously affects the audience. The behavior of drinking drinks and eating popcorn during movies is not at all in "Silent Land".
If you eat popcorn, you will find that everyone around you are watching you, haha~"
"Yes, in order to verify, I really bought tickets to secretly observe the audience's reactions. It's true. Those who took food into the theater will look like when they were taken in and when they were taken out..."
Fan Xiaopang also said with a smile.
The host also cooperated very much: "That's really exciting. I really want to see this video earlier. I also want to see what kind of movie can make people dare not even make the sound of eating..."
The Taiwanese books were communicated in advance.
Since you are here to promote the movie, of course you must have some memory.
What Zhang Chen and Fan Xiaopang said just now are true. "Silent Land" is really popular in Cannes, and no one dares to make a sound when watching the movie.
This is the memory point and a way of publicity.
It's like when a romantic film in later generations was released, media reported that the theater would give every girl watching the movie tissue.
The paper towel is just saying in disguise that this movie is very touching, which arouses people's curiosity.
As for publicity, it is to try every means to attract people to the cinema, whether it is a fraud or any other method.
After chatting, I unconsciously talked about Cannes again. Cannes happened to close yesterday, and the King of Sunglasses' practice shocked the whole world.
"The King of Sunglasses is very willful. He has five actors and five actresses at one time, and has completely ruined Cannes~
There is also the Palme d'Or. In an interview afterwards, he admitted that he gave the Palme d'Or to Ken Rocky's "The Wind Blows the Rice Waves". In fact, he felt that there was no good movie, so he should pay tribute to his predecessors.
Are you willing or not?
Salute with the Palme d'Or~
"
" Then is there no one to restrain this behavior? ”
"No~"
Zhang Chen is going to give the host a popular science: "This kind of film festival uses the elite judge model, that is, a chairman of the jury, plus multiple judges, but the chairman of the jury has absolute rights.
In other words, whoever wins the award in the end is completely a one-man show of the chairman of the jury.
So the King of Sunglasses does whatever he wants. The film festival organizing committee can only accept it, and at most it will not cooperate in the future."
"In fact, this is part of the rules. There is no so-called fairness in the film festival. All the past chairmans like to award awards to their own people...
The time Polansky was the chairman, the Palme d'Or belonged to the Coen brothers.
When Lao Mouzi was the chairman, the highest award was Ang Lee. "
"You have successfully predicted Venice and the Oscar before, why didn't Cannes also predict this time? "
Zhang Chen shrugged: "Last year I was able to predict "Brokeback Mountain" was because the theme of this movie was very special, and choosing this theme was very pleasing...
But this Cannes, I can't say that the behavior of the King of Sunglasses could not be predicted at all..." Of course, he knew that this King of Sunglasses had created five actors and five actresses, but he could not predict and dared not predict.
If such a niche answer is told correctly, it is not a simple question of vision, and there is definitely something tricky.
Some people think that Zhang Chen is just reading with the answer, so he must not be arrested for slices and research.
When the host saw that he couldn't ask anything in this regard, he decisively changed the topic: "I heard that your fans on the Internet are all glad that you have finally made a horror movie again~"
"I have also noticed what you said. The fans you mentioned are mainly the group of horror fans, but I really want to explain that "Silent Land" is not actually a horror movie. If it must be classified, I think the more accurate one should be horror~"
But he knew that even if he explained, these fans would not believe it.
There has always been a saying on the Internet:
There are really no directors in China who can make horror movies except Zhang Chen.
But Zhang Chen was very fickle. After filming "Dark Invasion", he went to trick in other themes, and each time he had different themes.
You thought he was a horror film director, but he turned around and made a monster movie.
You thought he was a monster movie director, but he started to suspense again.
You just classified him as a suspense director, and he started to play the action again, followed by Oriental Magic, and then science fiction...
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
And, no matter how good or bad the results of these movies are, Zhang Chen will not make sequels.
No, this expression is inaccurate~
It's not that you don't make sequels, but that Zhang Chen never shoots the sequels by himself, and gives them all to others.
Other directors are taking advantage of the victory and immediately launch a sequel to consolidate their influence while the movie is successful. Zhang Chen is not.
The sequel to "Dark Invasion" was handed over to Ning Hao, the sequel to "Shawk Beach" was handed over to Wan Ziren, and the sequel to "Hurricane Rescue" was handed over to Lu Yang...
The place that made other film and television companies feel the most terrifying is here.
Other directors are proficient in a certain subject, but Zhang Chen is not. He is making one subject and another popular subject. His movies have never failed to make a fortune~
And without exception, he makes a lot of money~
Zhang Chen was aroused of his desire to express himself: "I want to say "The Summer Palace" is OK?"
The host looked at the director and was then instructed: "The director said it was OK. If it was not appropriate, it would be cut off later~"
"Yes~"
Zhang Chen nodded: "The Summer Palace is a standard author film, which expresses anti-system, so it has been sought after by literary and artistic youth.
But just from the perspective of the film structure, "The Summer Palace" is not outstanding.
This is also a common problem for many author movies. They do not focus on telling stories, but put a lot of effort into metaphors and shooting techniques. In my opinion, they are a bit mysterious~"
"It seems that you are very repulsive to author movies~"
"Yes, at least this kind of movie is impossible in my company. Why do I always emphasize that I hate author movies? It is because this type of movie is often a stream of consciousness and does not tell stories well~"
"What do you think is your role in Star Entertainment? "
"Producer. ”
"Is Xingchen Entertainment a producer-centered system?"
"Sure, I am the producer.
What is a producer?
Producer is the general manager of a film and television project!
His role is crucial.
He is responsible for formulating all strategies, shooting schedules, coordinating public resources, coordinating relationships between directors, actors and investors.
A producer, the producer is the boss, director, actor, and the funds are all for him. "
After a pause, Zhang Chen continued: "In our company, all projects are initiated by me, the funds I contacted, the directors and actors I ordered, so I said that our company is a producer-centered production..."
"So aren't other companies? ”
”Not counted. ”
Seeing that the host didn't understand, Zhang Chen explained: "In our domestic film circle, there are almost no producers who can organize a bureau alone. If you want to do a movie project, you usually have to tie a big director.
Huayi has bound Feng Xiaogang, and the new scene has bound Zhang Yimou~
These companies, although they themselves also act as producers, undoubtedly the role of directors is more important.
A large part of those funds are for directors. Famous directors may be willing to pay 20 million yuan. If they change to an ordinary director, it may be too much.
So for the time being, it is unlikely that it is worth promoting the producer center in China."
"I heard that "Silent Land" was not only released simultaneously in July, but also applied for the Best Foreign Language Film for Oscars to compete for Olympics?"
Zhang Chen nodded: "Yes."
"Culturally, the theme of "Silent Land" has less barriers to the West and is easier to gain recognition."
"But "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is also a Chinese blockbuster, and it still won the Best Foreign Language Film for Oscars~"
Zhang Chen shook his head: "The times are different. In the past, costume blockbusters were attractive to foreign countries, and all costume blockbusters were easy to sell.
But now it’s different. After "The Promise", costume blockbusters have subsided and have long since disappeared. Of course, Oscar is no exception. Its commercial attributes are the strongest. "
"Actually, I wanted to apply for the Olympics in "Hurricane Rescue" last year, but unfortunately I failed..."
The host was uncertain: "The one who bid for Olympics last year seemed to be "Wuji"..."
"Yes, it was "Wuji". ”
He got angry when he thought of "The Promise". What kind of thing was filming? It was really useless except for the picture.
The special effects are bad, the story logic is chaotic, and the character setting is also very uncomfortable~
"If I had chosen "Hurricane Rescue" last year, I might have won the second Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film."
Zhang Chen was arrogant. No matter whether he was bragging or not, he really felt that he should not choose "Wuji" no matter what movie he chose.
Even Chinese people can’t understand it themselves. Do you expect those foreigners to understand it?
Zhang Chen was surprised that the film bureau gave the election of "The Promise" ~
What is the filming of "The Promise"? Do these people really have no idea about it?
There are a lot of curses in China, and the goods were returned abroad~
This is the first time that Zhang Chen thought that Harvey Wienstein might be the victim.
Everyone was scolded by Cheng Xiang, but even so, the one who was sent to the election was still the one who was sent to the election. Others didn't even have a chance to compete for. I can only say that their connections are really strong~
Zhang Chen always felt that even if you choose "A Thousand Miles to Ride" would be better than "The Wild"~
"Sorry, I was a little excited today, as if I had said a lot of things that shouldn't be said~"
"It's okay, if there is something inappropriate, we will cut it off later~"
The Sixth Princess has always been very brave. If the content of today's interview is posted to other TV stations, it may not be dared to broadcast it.
But the Sixth Princess, it's really hard to say~
After the exclusive interview, the Sixth Princess also specially invited Zhang Chen and Fan Xiaopang to have a meal, and everyone's relationship has always been very good.
(This chapter ends)