Berlin Premiere of "At War"!
The director Jean Jacques, the male and female protagonists Yang Ye and Irina stood at the door to greet the guests, and Yang Xi followed obediently beside her father.
Not long after, the director of the Japanese film "City Heroes" Yoji Yamada and the heroine Hiroko Yakushimaru came together!
Yang Ye smiled and shook hands with them: "Long time no see, Mr. Yamada. Hiroko, you are getting more and more beautiful!"
"Yang Sang, long time no see!"
"Yang Sang, you are still as handsome as before!"
Yakushimaru Hiroko is one of the very few female stars who has contact with Yang Ye and escaped his clutches.
Because Hiroko was too young at that time, although Yang Ye was an LSP, he was not too zombie.
When Hiroko was old enough to be picked, the two of them had nothing to do with each other.
As for Yamada Yoji, the great Japanese director, Yang Ye is actually not very familiar with him.
At that time, Baiyang Pictures created the action film "Royal Sister" series for Hui Yinghong. When the second part was filmed, Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada was invited to play the leading role, and Japanese actress Keiko Matsubata was also invited to star. .
Matsusaka Keiko is a star of Shochiku Pictures. Participating in Poplar Pictures' films can help her open up the Southeast Asian market. It happened that that year the Academy Awards awarded the best Asian film to "Far Mountain" directed by Yoji Yamada. "The Calling", so Shochiku Pictures also gave Yamada Yoji the honor to go to Hong Kong to receive the award in person.
The series "Royal Senior Sister" has now reached its fourth installment and has become Hui Yinghong's exclusive IP.
Like The Original Time and Space, it did not change the starring role because Yang Ziqiong got married and retired, so it was well developed.
The fourth film released last year had a box office of more than 13 million in Hong Kong. As an action film with a female star playing the leading role, the box office was already very good.
The "Royal Sister" series is a second-tier production at Baiyang Pictures. The investment is not very high, and each film is profitable. Baiyang Pictures plans to build it into a long-lasting brand film.
In Japan and Hollywood, many series of movies can continue to be made for decades and remain popular for decades. However, there are relatively few series of Chinese-language movies.
This is mainly because Hong Kong film companies lack long-term planning and just grab a ticket and run away.
Later, the focus of Chinese-language films shifted to the mainland... Forget it, it’s hard to describe in one sentence!
Baiyang Pictures is doing something like this now. It takes a long time, ten or even twenty years, to slowly plan and create a series of works.
The Royal Sisters series is the first series created by Poplar Pictures. Even after the fourth episode, the box office is still good, proving that this path is feasible.
The Ghost Blowing Lamp series is the second series of movies created by Baiyang Pictures. Once "The Secret of the Dragon" is successful, there will be a steady stream of investment!
There is also the future Once Upon a Time series. Because of the competition for Jet Li, the original time and space finally changed the character midway and asked Zhao Wenzhuo to play the role, but the result was that he was rejected.
Actually, the two movies played by Zhao Wenzhuo were not bad, but... the audience only recognized Jet Li, so what?
If there wasn't such a bad thing, if Jet Li continued to act, he could always make enough money to make ten or eight movies of his, wouldn't it be great?
Yang Ye already holds a golden lion and a golden palm. When he came to Berlin this time, he naturally attracted a lot of attention, and many colleagues came to watch.
Because all the people who come here are big directors and famous actors. Introductions, handshakes, and pleasantries took a long time!
"Miss Judy, after watching the movie, I want to talk to you!" Yang Ye said when shaking hands with Jodie Foster.
"Me?" Jodie Foster was surprised.
This girl's appearance is not top-notch, but she can make up for her lack of appearance with her superb acting skills.
If we want to make an analogy, she is probably similar to... Zhang Manyu in Hong Kong and Zhou Xun in mainland China.
Both of them can rely on their acting skills to play a variety of charming roles, and they can play sexier roles than those actors who are famous for their sex appeal.
"Well, I went to see your movie yesterday. Your performance was very good. I thought there was a role you might be interested in!"
"It was my pleasure, sir. ! ”
Judy debuted as a child star and later went to college. Now she is making a comeback, but because she is not very beautiful as an adult, many film companies are unwilling to use her.
So Judy was very happy when faced with Yang Ye's invitation. Yang Ye was very famous even in Hollywood. This was a good opportunity.
Yang Ye did not want to mess with Judy, he really wanted to make a movie with Judy.
United Artists specializes in horror films and action films. Although Yang Ye doesn't take care of much, he will pick up some IP for the company from time to time.
As soon as the novel "Silence of the Lambs" was published, Yang Ye asked Xie to buy the copyright.
Not only did the film gross $272 million at the box office, it also swept the Oscars, winning five awards.
Jodie Foster even won two Oscars for this movie.
With the copyright in hand and Judy in front of him, Yang Ye naturally invited him.
Speaking of Judy, she has no interest in men!
When Judy was 14 years old, she played a chick in the movie "Taxi Driver" by the great director Martin Scorsese.
After watching the movie, a man named John Hinckley fell madly in love with Judy. He watched the movie over and over again, constantly writing love letters to Judy, calling her, and pestering her in every possible way. .
Judy naturally ignored it and never saw this crazy fan.
This is normal. For example, in later generations, there was a crazy fan named Yang Lijuan who was crazy about Liu Hua. Liu Hua would not talk to her unless he was mentally ill.
But this John Hinckley was even crazier than Yang Lijuan. He decided to do something big to attract Judy's attention.
This big thing is...kill the President of the United States!
He wrote in a letter to Judy: "I write this letter only an hour before leaving the Hilton Hotel. Judy, I ask you to look into your heart and give me at least one chance. , use this historic action to win your love and respect! ”
It's a pity that this guy's skills were not very good. He fired six shots in a row, but only one shot hit Reagan. He also stepped on the horse and missed the vital point, allowing Reagan to survive.
Speaking of which, Japanese male guns are more awesome!
I don’t know if Judy was frightened or stimulated by this incident, or for some other reason, or because of her nature. In short, she never had a boyfriend again and became a homosexual.
......
Because there were too many guests, this event was directly reserved for guests and media and was not open to the general audience.
The theater quickly filled up, and Jacques, Yang Ye, and Irina came on stage and gave a brief introduction to the background of the film, saying that Semyon was a real person and a hero of the Soviet Union. After that, the film officially began to show.
The movie begins with a shot that is extremely legendary and symbolic.
A wolf waits in the middle of a snow-covered forest, his eyes fixed on his prey...a horse as bait.
The disguised childhood Semyon appeared in the picture holding a shotgun. He looked resolute, but could not conceal his nervousness when facing the beast.
The wolf began to rush towards the prey, gradually increasing its speed, but Semyon's gun began to tremble.
Under the constant urging of his grandfather, the young man Xie Miao finally shot.
There was a "bang" sound, and the subtitles began to appear.
Did the shot hit? No explanation!
As an adult, Xie Miao was drafted into the battlefield.
In Stalingrad, the tragic war began.
Soviet and German troops fought over every house, workshop, water tower, and railway embankment.
Fights were fought over even a wall, a basement and every pile of rubble.
The intensity of the war has never been greater. Streets are no longer measured in meters, but in corpses.
Stalingrad no longer looks like a city. It is submerged in endless smoke and fire. It is a melting pot that is reddened by the fire.
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This war scene took nearly ten minutes to unfold and was shot very tragically.
The shots and bridge sections inside have all been redesigned! In the original film, the Soviet troops crossing the river during the day were bombed indiscriminately by German aircraft.
The recruits were frightened and jumped into the river to escape, but were shot dead on the spot by the Soviet army.
After going to the battlefield, there were not enough guns, so two people had one gun. The one without a gun followed the one with a gun. When he died, he took his gun.
Unable to defeat the Germans, the new recruits began to retreat, but were shot wildly with machine guns by the supervisory team, who also rode on horseback and shouted "No mercy for traitors."
These very nonsense plots are gone now.
Yang Ye’s movie was shot in the Soviet Union. If they dared to shoot it like the original film, they might not want to leave Moscow.
In this tragic war, Semyon was not a soldier, but a civilian.
His job is to deliver supplies, carry stretchers, and move corpses.
Until one time, when all the soldiers were dead, he took the gun from the political commissar and showed off his miraculous marksmanship.
This wonderful sniper kill is directly copied from the original film.
Such an awesome sniper shot is really hard to find in the history of movies. It is at the ceiling level.
Under the camera, Semyon is confident and calm, using the sound of artillery to shoot a German.
The enemy didn't notice it at all and was still lighting a cigarette with his head down.
Xie Miao killed four people in a row. The last one found that all his comrades were dead, so he panicked and ran away.
Xie Miao stood up suddenly, pulled the trigger, flicked the camera, and the enemy rushed into the street.
This series of shots is so clean and so cool that the audience in the theater was dumbfounded.
You have all seen a lot of World War II movies, but it is unprecedented to see a sniper battle filmed in such a stunning way.
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Semyon began to be promoted as a hero. Suddenly, he became famous and became the hope of saving the Soviet Union and the idol of young people.
As for the heroine of the movie, Tanya, her parents were killed by the Germans, and her heart was filled with the flames of hatred.
When she saw the heroic Xie Miao, she couldn't help but feel admiration in her heart.
Semyon, of course, also loves the charming Tanya.
Love begins to grow in the smoke!
At this time, in order to kill the magical sniper Semyon, Germany sent a major, and the two sides launched a wonderful and cruel contest.
The political commissar who has been committed to promoting Semyon also admires Tanya in his heart.
Faced with friendship, love, and the fate of the country, he began to make difficult choices.
In this movie, there is both the cruelty of war, the romance of love, and the portrayal of complex human nature.
In addition, some racist things are added. For example, although Semyon is famous for his miraculous marksmanship.
But in fact, there are still people who look down on this Tungus man and secretly tease him that he is a pig farmer.
The Tungus people, translated into Chinese, are pig raisers, because this nation raises pigs.
Speaking of which, there is nothing wrong with calling him that. It is not a derogatory name.
For example, Nurhachi means wild boar skin, which shows that they do not dislike pigs, but rather admire and like this animal.
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After the Germans brutally killed the child, the political commissar and Tanya decided to send the child's mother away from the battlefield.
On the way, Tanya was hit by a shell.
The political commissar returned to the battlefield. He asked Semyon, where is the major?
Xie Miao said it was right in front, but he was not sure of the location!
The political commissar was disheartened and said: "I am a fool, we have worked so hard to create an equal society. There, you don't have to envy others.
But there is always something to envy, a smile, a friendship, something you don’t have but want. In this world, even if they are united into one country, there will always be rich and poor, those with talent, those without talent, those with love, and those without love...
Tani Ya wasn't coming back, she was dead, she was hit by a shrapnel, it was all so sudden, I don't think she even had time to see how it happened.
She wanted to come back to you. As soon as she saw Mrs. Filipov getting on the boat, she turned around and came back to you. She is right, you are a good person! ”
When Semyon heard the news of his lover’s death, he cried silently.
But the political commissar lied. Tanya was killed on the way to send Mrs. Filippov to the ship, and He was not killed on the way back.
Of course, it makes no difference, because she will definitely return.
The political commissar continued: "I want to help you, Semyon, I want to do something, something useful that can change the situation."
He took off his helmet and put it on He made the sign of the cross, "Let me show you where the major is!"
"Don't do this, don't!"
The political commissar stuck his head out and a bullet hit him Ajna, dead!
It’s hard to tell whether his behavior is a sudden realization or despair!
It’s unclear whether he died heroically or because he didn’t want to live anymore!
Anyway, because of his death, the German major's position was exposed.
The sniper whose position was exposed would definitely die when faced with a master of the same level. Semyon shot him in the head.
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The war is over!
The Soviet army won.
The German prisoners of war were escorted away from the battlefield.
In every corner of Stalingrad, people cheered, hugged, waved red flags, danced, sang songs, and celebrated the victory happily!
Unlike the American-style happy ending in the original film where Tanya did not die but was saved and the two finally met, this film has a Russian-style tragic ending.
Carrying his Mosin Nagant sniper rifle, Semyon left the noisy crowd and came to the Volga River alone. At the place where Tanya died, he silently paid homage to his lover!
Sad music sounded, and the sad ending song "The Loved One" sang softly:
On the river bank full of flowers, the soldiers pursued her flower-scented eyes.
Mountains and rivers are broken, and love grows solemnly in the smoke of gunpowder.
Come on girl, hug the one you love the most.
A promise, a river, an endless fragrance.
Beautiful birch forest, please sing your wind.
How can wind and clouds thousands of miles away stop the one you love on the road.
Time flows silently, the years are beautiful because of love, my pain, your eyes, your heart... (End of this chapter)