Superstar Couple

After Chapter 385, I will not make such a film

Writing a novel, or writing a series of novels, mixed with the title of a best-selling author, Zhang Le just thought about it. Relatively speaking, he is far more interested in making movies than writing novels.

However, it is not impossible to write in my spare time in the future.

After staying with Bao'er at home for a while, Zhang Le and his wife gradually returned to work. And the preparations for "The Grandmaster" have been basically completed, and it will start soon.

At this time, "Tomb Raider" was drawn in China. This film continues Zhang Le's strong box office success. Although the box office performance is not as good as the previous "Xiner's Adventures in Wonderland", it has also broken through the one billion box office mark, and it seems that it is not a big problem to win the annual box office championship. . Because judging from the unreleased works of other film and television companies, it seems that there is no film that has a chance to break through the one billion box office mark. Unless there is a dark horse!

The annual box office champion, it seems that as long as Zhang Le produces a film, he must be it.

And a week later, North America and other places also released paintings one after another, and the box office statistics came out, and countless film and television companies shook their heads and sighed again. "Tomb Raider" does not have the big scene of "Xiner's Adventures in Wonderland", nor does it have the impeccable logic, brain-burning suspense and shocking visual effects of "Inception". Why is "Tomb Raider" in the Western market? Still a great success?

What is the secret of Zhang Le's success?

"Tomb Raider" was drawn in North America, with a total box office of nearly 400 million US dollars, while the box office in Europe, America and Southeast Asia reached 500 million, and the global total box office exceeded 1 billion US dollars.

Where is the success of this film? Why is it so popular with Western fans?

Many filmmakers, especially Chinese filmmakers, can't figure it out. "Tomb Raider" is not very good whether it is evaluated by the media or film critics, both at home and abroad. But why is the box office so amazing?

"Inception" achieved such a high box office, in addition to the excellence of the film itself, but also because this film is the world's first 3D film. This gimmick can earn immeasurable box office.

"Xiner's Adventures in Wonderland" achieved such a high box office because the beautiful scenery inside has attracted countless movie fans, and there are big scenes beyond imagination. That kind of visual enjoyment is enough to support the box office of this film.

But what's in Tomb Raider? After watching the movie and walking out of the theater, I even forgot what the movie was about, except for those exaggerated action scenes, I'm afraid it was Yang Xiner wearing a discreet T-shirt showing off her wild sex appeal.

Of course, in addition to these, there may be a different visual experience created with 3D technology.

Since Zhang Lezhi's debut, he has shot countless films, but he has been successful again and again. It seems that he has never failed, especially in the box office. And since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", it has gradually opened up the western film market and won the recognition of countless western movie fans. Today, among Chinese-speaking directors, Zhang Le is undoubtedly the director with the most box-office appeal in the West, and he is also the most well-known Chinese director.

A film like "Tomb Raider" can undoubtedly be easily controlled by many major directors in China, but why it has not been recognized by Western fans when it is shot by others makes many people puzzled.

What kind of magical power does Zhang Le have?

"The Great Master" is based on the background of Beiquan going south seventy or eighty years ago, and uses boxing to describe a corner of the rivers and lakes at that time. The protagonist is Ip Man, the first-generation master of Nanquan Wing Chun, and the heroine is the daughter of Gong Haneda, a master of Beiquan, a woman destined to be a tragic life. Perhaps it is this tragic color of her that makes the actress who plays her.

The preparations for "The Grandmaster" are very well prepared, whether it is the story background, costume design, or even the martial arts design in it is very sophisticated. But even so, after the film was launched, Zhang Le discovered that making such a film was far more difficult than he imagined.

The classics come first, Zhang Le used this as a reference, and vowed to go beyond, but when it was time to shoot, he realized that let alone go beyond, it is extremely difficult to shoot like in the previous life. Only now did Zhang Le understand why it took so long to shoot this film in his previous life.

Of course, there are too many factors in the reason why this film was shot so long in the previous life. Many of these factors cannot be restricted by Zhang Le. Zhang Le is a martial arts practitioner. He still has a certain understanding of the Beiquan going south seven or eighty years ago, and he also has a certain understanding of the Jianghu at that time. I also know a lot about boxing. Compared with the sunglasses of the previous king, it naturally has an inherent advantage.

But I have to admit that the use of Wang's sunglasses in the lens and the artistic sense of the picture are still not as good as Zhang Le, who is good at shooting commercial films. If you really want to achieve the ultimate in the film, it is completely beyond Zhang Le's current ability. Just like when Zhang Le filmed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", it was a bit reluctant. If the original version was not used as a reference, I am afraid that the shooting would be difficult to catch.

Zhang Le is not a perfectionist, but he is unwilling to use the original version as a reference, and the result is not as good as the original version. He seemed to think he couldn't afford to lose someone like that. So when shooting, some scenes were shot dozens or hundreds of times, which directly tossed the actors and staff to the point of collapse.

The crew almost collapsed, but Zhang Le was undoubtedly under greater pressure. He gives too much ambition in this film.

"Are you okay?" Yang Xiner said to the frowning Zhang Le.

"What can I do, I'm just a little distressed." Zhang Le said with a wry smile, "Do you think I'm asking too much?"

"You just want to be the best." Yang Xiner smiled and said, "In fact, everyone understands you. Everyone wants to make this film well."

"No matter how well this film is shot, I'm afraid it won't do much at the box office! Especially at the foreign box office. I really don't want to make such a film in the future." Zhang Le shook his head and said. The film wasn't going to hit the box office at all.

"Anyone can see that your film is not aimed at the box office." Yang Xiner said with a smile, "Why, you are afraid that when the time comes, those media will directly regard this film as your 'Waterloo' and ridicule you ?”

"If those media are really like this, I'm afraid my face will be swollen. I look forward to their cynicism. It's better to say that I'm dead in the south of the Yangtze River, and that I'm going to quit the film and television industry." Zhang Le said with a smile.

Today's media, after the release of Zhang Le's film, seems to have room for wording. That leeway is naturally left to themselves. Back then, Zhang Le slapped the faces of those media swollen. Today, Zhang Le obviously does not have that opportunity, and the media will not give Zhang Le this opportunity. Because today's Zhang Leruo slapped their faces, I'm afraid they didn't swell their faces, but smashed them to pieces.

"If those media knew that you shot a shot to the extreme and even reshot it hundreds of times, they wouldn't be cynical about this film." Yang Xiner said with a smile.

Zhang Le's films have always been known for their high box office. If suddenly there is a film that has a very poor box office (for Zhang Le), it is naturally the media's specialty to take the opportunity to hype it, and it is inevitable to take the opportunity to ridicule it.

The media made cynicism because of the big difference between the box office and Zhang Le's previous films, but when Zhang Le won awards with this film, it would naturally swell the media's face.

Zhang Le is well known for being good at commercial films. But in art films, Zhang Le also has profound attainments, which are only covered by his amazing commercial achievements. Just like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", is the artistry bad? It's just that its box office is too amazing, especially breaking the box office record of Chinese-language movies in the West. That way they forget the artistry of it.

Zhang Le is not optimistic about the box office of "The Grandmaster". However, others such as Yang Xiner have great confidence. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" can win such a high box office, why can't "The Grandmaster"? They all have a strong literary atmosphere. (to be continued ~^~)