Chapter 300 Movie Watching Party
China Film Building.
Han Sanping organized many people to watch "Cruise of Terror" in the internal screening room.
"Isn't Wang Shu here?" someone asked.
“I’m not here. I heard I’m busy filming and can’t spare the time.” someone replied in a low voice.
"You don't come to such an important thing as watching a movie?" Someone heard this and was immediately dissatisfied.
“It seems that he is too busy and can’t spare any time. You should also have heard that the new film he is preparing is going to win the Venice Prize. In addition, he has many other tasks during this period, so he is very busy in between. "Someone explained to Wang Shu.
"Even if what you say makes sense, don't you even have time to spare a minute to watch a movie?" Someone snorted.
China Film is a leading state-owned enterprise established by several departments.
Although Han Sanping is the boss, his voice is not always the only one.
He also listened to the discussion in the venue and understood that someone was deliberately trying to squeeze in the crowd.
In response, he acted calmly and pretended not to hear.
Soon, the film screening will officially begin.
The original film of "Terror Cruise" appears on the big screen.
Wang Shu is a capable director. Even if some people have objections to Han Sanping, they will not underestimate Wang Shu.
After all, this young director is truly the director who has topped the domestic box office for a single film.
In the field of art films, it is true that it has not won any major awards.
But in the field of commercial films, it has made achievements.
"Gong Li, Liang Jiahui, Zhou Xun, Zhou Haiwei"
As the movie begins, characters emerge one by one. Even though many people have already known the cast before, there are still some Surprised.
In China, this cast is already a blockbuster configuration.
Many people can't help but turn their attention to Han Sanping. Compared with other movies in which he only participated in name, this "Terror Cruise" is a real blockbuster that Han Sanping personally directed and followed up.
If it does well at the box office after its release, Han Sanping's prestige will rise to the next level.
Some people don’t want to see this scene happen.
Time passed quietly, and the content of the movie slowly unfolded.
If they hadn't known that this was a science fiction film directed by Wang Shu, some people wouldn't want to continue after watching the beginning.
I didn’t see science fiction, but I saw a bit of horror.
“Is this a movie that’s trying to sell someone else’s meat?” someone complained in their mind.
Although Wang Shu is a great director with great achievements, he is still young after all.
Looking at the film and television circles around the world, even many senior directors have failed in filming, let alone young directors.
Some people's first reaction, ten or twenty minutes before watching "Cruise of Terror", was that Wang Shu might have overturned.
This "Terror Cruise" is not a science fiction film, but a thriller.
However, when the cruise ship appeared, many people realized that their previous guesses were wrong.
Since this movie is called "Terror Cruise", the appearance of a cruise ship at this moment should be the beginning of the story.
“It turns out to be a time loop!”
As the plot progresses, many people have understood the principles in the movie.
Time loop, the protagonist always lives in the same scene repeatedly.
This type of movie.
“Isn’t this just Groundhog Day?” someone whispered.
"Groundhog Day?" When the person next to him heard this, he turned his head and asked in a low voice in confusion.
When the man who complained just now heard this, he raised his head and glanced at Han Sanping, who was sitting in the front row, and then explained in a low voice: "'Groundhog Day' was produced by Columbia Pictures in the United States in 1993 and directed by Harold Ramis. movie released."
“The male protagonist in the movie is a character who doesn’t like his job, doesn’t like his life, doesn’t like the people around him, and doesn’t even have a good impression of himself.”
"In the movie, this character of his led him to become a person who was not liked by other people."
"Then in the American tradition of Groundhog Day (February 2) On this day, the actor went to the small town to report on the news about groundhogs, but something very magical happened. Every time he woke up in the morning, it was the same day. "
"It will always be the same day. February 2nd, Groundhog Day.”
"What happened that day was like the video tape being played over and over again, happening around the male protagonist."
"The same people will always appear, and the same thing will happen."
"Every day when he gets up, there is the same radio broadcast. Someone will strike up a conversation with him. The old lady will chat with him and ask him about his breakfast and the weather. He will meet beggars and old friends who sell insurance on the road. He will report on the program and so on."
< br>"The male protagonist was a little confused at the beginning and could not accept everything that happened unexpectedly. However, after a while, the male protagonist found that having everything he had in Groundhog Day would bring him a lot of convenience."
"Because he can do whatever he wants without worrying about what punishment he will be punished tomorrow. The next morning, he lies comfortably in his bed and starts another sunny Groundhog Day."
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"Later, it didn't take long for him to start to get tired of this kind of life again."
"Because when everything went as he wished, he found that the only thing he couldn't do was to win the hearts of his colleagues. Although He spent a lot of effort to please her, but all failed."
"At this point in the film, the hero began to lose confidence in life again and began to live negatively."
"No. What's even more terrifying is that he can't kill himself. Even if he commits suicide, he will be lying in bed waiting for the morning to come. "
"That's how people are, in the morning. After experiencing many juxtapositions of death, you will have some insights. ”
"As the plot progresses, the male protagonist finally realizes something."
"Since there is no way to escape all this, it is better to live a good day."
"So, he began to improve his interpersonal relationships and go to Try to learn everything, not just for any purpose, and enjoy life to the fullest."
"Finally, after experiencing countless February 2nd, he found that his life was completely different. He got to know everyone in a small town, and had various stories with them, and became a popular and good person. "
"At the end of the movie, the changed man. The protagonist finally touches the heroine’s heart in one day and spend the night together.”
"And after getting up the next day, the hero discovered that the heroine had not disappeared, but was still beside him, and the time had changed to February 3rd."
"The endless groundhog The day has finally passed."
"The story ends here."
Although his voice was very low, there were several people around him who heard it.
They compared the "Terror Cruise" being shown on the big screen and said in surprise: "Isn't this the "Terror Cruise"?"
"Although the plots are different, the settings of the two movies are the same."
"They both cycle repeatedly within the same period of time."
"The same goes for "Terror Cruise". This kind of cyclical pattern.”
When someone heard this, they couldn’t help but exclaimed: “Have you not heard Wang Shu say it before? There are movies all over the world. Watch more and think more, and learn from each other’s strengths.” Forgot this sentence? ”
Several people around him heard the words, and even though they could hear the mockery in his tone, they fell silent one after another.
Admittedly, this same setting seems to be suspected of plagiarism at first glance.
But if this standard is followed in the film and television industry, plagiarized works abound.
After all, there are only those movie routines, either this or that. There are countless film and television works with similar settings.
So, this can only be regarded as a reference, not plagiarism.
It can be characterized as a reference, so Wang Shu’s previous interview not only undoubtedly slapped many people in the face, but also shows that the works created by Wang Shu have traces to follow.
At the same time, it also proves once again from the side that if you read more, think more, and learn from each other's strengths.
For example, "Groundhog Day", the 1993 movie was already toying with the time loop setting.
Wang Shu’s "Terror Cruise" was released 14 years later.
Many people think that maybe Wang Shu came up with the script of "Terror Cruise" after watching "Groundhog Day".
Nowadays, online piracy is rampant, and there are many overseas film and television resources.
Wang Shu does not need genuine CDs, he only needs to be able to surf the Internet to obtain many overseas film resources.
The fact that the origin of this script can be traced makes some people who do not want to see the scenery of Han Sanping feel panicked.
If there is no trace, and Wang Shu is young, it can be attributed to the fact that the script was not written by Wang Shu himself, but that there is another hidden story.
Nowadays, there are traces of script creation, and what Wang Shu said in a previous interview is further evidence.
It gives people the feeling of despair.
"Ha." Someone chuckled, "Now it seems that Wang Shu is right. Movies from all over the world are there, and if you follow them for reference, you can come up with good scripts."
< br>“But it’s such a simple thing, but those people in our country are either making things worse or making things worse.”
“Now, a 20-year-old young director like Wang Shu has come to the stage!”
This was a bit heart-wrenching, and the people around who heard the sound continued to remain silent.
They all know why domestic directors, producers, and investors like to speculate.
Because it is a familiar track, not only is the risk low, but you can still make money.
Innovation is not only risky, but even if it is an excellent film, its box office may not be higher than a fried rice.
Even if it is high, it is not that high.
In this case, it is better to fry the cold rice.
To put it another way, the environment in the mainland film industry is too comfortable for producers, investors, and directors, allowing these people to make a lot of money even if they are doing nothing.
After the silence, no one spoke again, and they all continued to watch the movie.
Time passed by minute by second, and the movie finally came to the end.
Seeing this, the first thought of many people is that the heroine played by Gong Li has finally stepped out of the time cycle.
Unexpectedly, when the camera turned, a scene that surprised everyone appeared.
The final shot shows that Gong Li did not get out of reincarnation, but started reincarnation again.
And, it has been reincarnation since the beginning of the movie.
Before watching the end, in everyone’s eyes, the first half of the movie was normal. The protagonist and his group only started to fall into a strange reincarnation after entering the cruise ship.
This view is now directly rejected.
The protagonist was already in reincarnation when he was at home!
The opening shot of the movie is also part of the cycle of reincarnation.
This is different from "Groundhog Day"!
In "Groundhog Day", the protagonist changes through daily reincarnation, thereby gaining love, and at the end breaks the reincarnation and returns to normal.
"Terror Cruise" not only failed to break the reincarnation, but also entered a larger reincarnation at the end of the movie.
The previous reincarnations were only on cruise ships, but now the reincarnations have begun even at home.
This.
“What a stroke of genius!” Someone exclaimed, “The twist at the end instantly made the whole story terrifying to think about.”
“It is indeed a masterpiece of "The Tuner" Director, this reversal always comes all the time."
"It is indeed a stroke of genius!" When Han Sanping heard this, he responded with a smile on his face, "I thought it would be the ending of breaking the reincarnation and returning to normal. I thought it had such a reversal and an open ending."
He had read the script of "Terror Cruise", but the script did not specify the reversal at the end.
In addition, Wang Shu's script was not written in detail, and many contents were briefly mentioned. This made it possible to only have a preliminary understanding after reading the script, and not to have a clear understanding of the content of the entire drama.
This kind of incomplete script is very common in the film and television industry.
Because filming often requires improvisation in order to capture high-quality shots, if the filming is strictly based on the content in the script, it will lose "spirituality".
And an excellent movie will be talked about precisely because of its "spirituality".
For example, when Zhou Xingxing makes a movie or acts in a movie, he basically does not follow the script, but relies on improvisation.
It is this kind of on-the-spot performance that not only created many classic images, but also created many classic supporting roles.
Looking at other movies where actors perform strictly according to the script, except for the protagonist who may be outstanding, the supporting roles are rarely outstanding.
Of course, Wang Shu did not write the script in detail, but he was too lazy to write it in detail, rather than wanting the actors to perform on the spot to achieve better results.
For him, the content of the original film is already in his mind, and he does not need actors to improvise.
He needs more, the actor performs exactly what he says.
At this moment, Han Sanping took the lead in applauding.
He is the boss, and under his leadership, everyone else applauds.
In an instant, warm applause erupted in the screening hall of China Film Group Corporation.
The applause died down, and Han Sanping said with a smile: "I heard someone say that Wang Shu's "Terror Cruise" is similar to "Groundhog Day" and seems to be a plagiarism."
< br>"As far as I know, although "Groundhog Day" also tells the story of the protagonist being trapped in reincarnation, except for the concept of reincarnation, everything else is different."
"For example, in "Groundhog Day", the protagonist is trapped on the same day, and then the story develops according to the protagonist's wishes during this day."
"This is not the case with "Terror Cruise", it is suspenseful , there is also tension and excitement, and the way of reincarnation and the direction of the story are completely different."
"The only thing it has in common with "Groundhog Day" is the concept of reincarnation in science fiction films. Setting. ”
“There are many science fiction films with this concept and setting. Is it possible that they are all plagiarism?”
(End of this chapter)