readease Chapter 736 Preliminary preparations, everything is ready (for subscription)
Chapter 736 Preliminary preparations, everything is ready (for subscription)
Chapter 736 Preliminary preparations, everything is ready (for subscription)
This time, a large family was immediately alarmed. The old man and grandma were even happier when they saw it was a boy.
Zhao Hong carefully calculated that she has five children, it's a bit unpredictable!
He's only 28 years old this year, which made him a little bit overwhelmed for a while.
After he stayed at home for a few more days, he took a plane directly to Sicily. It wasn't that he didn't want to spend more time with the children, but time simply didn't allow it!
The entire crew of "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" is waiting!
Besides, the film will be taken to Berlin to participate in the film festival after shooting. At this time, he has to apply for the film in advance, which must be done at least in January.
This time Zhao Hong went to Sicily with one person, and that was Lao Chen.
He just came out to relax.
The main reason is that his film did not get the result he wanted in Cannes, which made him very sad.
He directed the feature film "Walking and Singing", which was shortlisted for the Palme d'Or in the main competition unit of the Cannes International Film Festival, but only won the Best Film Award at the Istanbul International Film Festival.
To be honest, Zhao Hong didn't know what this award was, at most it was a consolation prize.
Before Zhao Hong asked him to directly apply for the Golden Film Festival, he still looked very unhappy, but now it can be said that he returned disappointed.
To be honest, the movie "Walking and Singing" is still good. In the film, Lao Chen adopted a narrative style that combines storytelling and popularity, and incorporated thinking about national character.
This kind of film might even get a best film at the Golden Film Festival.
It's a pity that Lao Chen doesn't like the Golden Statue Film Festival.
This year's Golden Film Festival is as prosperous as ever, and the film turnover has also increased by [-]% compared to last year.
This time, Zhao Hong did not attend, and all the main matters were handled by Xu Guanjie. This senior in the film industry handled it well, and everything was carried out according to his ideas.
"Little Four, do you think I was wrong?"
"What's wrong?"
"It's just obsessed with going to Cannes to win awards!"
"Hehe, isn't it good to have such ambition?"
"What's so good, it's almost becoming a joke for everyone."
"Who is laughing at you? Your film was shot very well, and it entered the main competition section of Cannes directly. In fact, this is a kind of affirmation. As for whether you can win an award, it depends on luck."
"It's embarrassing to run with you every time."
"What's so embarrassing? Although the awards are not very good, the film's box office in Europe is not bad. After more than a month, it also has an overseas box office of more than 1000 million US dollars, which is very good. It was only 500 million when it was filmed. Coins come, in fact, this is a success.”
"What's the point? Box office is not my pursuit. What I want is to be recognized by people in the industry, and I want to win for my motherland."
"Actually, both awards and box office are fine. At least it is successful. This box office has brought at least tens of millions of foreign exchange to the country! Isn't this great? I think this meaning is much more meaningful than winning some awards. "
"Really?"
"Of course…"
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Zhao Hong and Lao Chen were on a plane together. He was like a resentful woman who was dissatisfied with her desires. She felt very aggrieved that she had not been recognized by the grand prize.
After some enlightenment from him, Lao Chen's mentality was much better.
But the obsession with Cannes is even stronger.
This time, Lao Chen proposed to be Zhao Hong's deputy. He was also frightened and a little doubtful about life, so he came to Zhao Hong for inspiration.
He knew that among this group of old classmates, Zhao Hong had the highest professional knowledge and the highest acceptance of new knowledge. He came here to learn something different.
Another thing is that he wants to shoot an autobiography of Mei Lanfang. Zhao Hong is very experienced and well-connected in this regard. As long as Zhao Hong takes the lead, it will be easy to solve Teacher Mei, the heir of the Mei family.
At that time, he can use his brush and ink to make a movie about Peking Opera. To be honest, he doesn't like "Farewell My Concubine" filmed by Zhao Hong.
He believes that Peking Opera can also give it a deeper connotation.
Zhao Hong and Lao Chen were not bored on the plane, they spent most of their time discussing things or ideas related to movies.
To be honest, Lao Chen is still a bit good, his basic skills are really solid, there are very few directors in Xiangjiang who can stand shoulder to shoulder with him, and he is indeed a man of the year in the school.
At that time, Zhao Hong was very low-key, and he was the most eye-catching boy.
He is very optimistic about teachers and classmates.
After graduation, he also lived up to expectations. His films such as "Yellow Earth", "Kid King", and "Walking and Singing" are all good movies.
Don't look at the awards he has won now, but they are also compared with Zhao Hong and Lao Mouzi, and compared with his classmates at the same time, they are really not too good.
"This time I made this film mainly for experimental purposes. I just wanted to find a balance between Eastern and Western cultures, and I wanted to get a good understanding of the core of Western culture through this film..."
"Aren't you superfluous at the end of the script? Wouldn't it be nice to feel brutal all the time?"
"I designed such a slightly warm ending in such a cruel movie. It is the collision of good and evil in human nature. Even in adversity, there is always an eternal love that will accompany you."
"If it's all dark, it's a tragedy for the sake of tragedy. The movie still has to give some people hope and light."
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Lao Chen, the assistant director, seems to pay more attention to "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" than he, the official director, which makes him a little embarrassed sometimes.
Damn, Lao Chen's enthusiasm is really too strong!
It was already two days later when Zhao Hong and the others arrived in Sicily.
When they arrived, the crew was all there. At the beginning, Zhao Hong took everyone to a restaurant in the town to have a meal and introduce themselves to each other.
The female lead in this movie is Adjani, and the actor who plays Reynado is Leonardo DiCaprio, a little plum. This guy is so tender now.
He was born in Los Angeles, California, USA in 16. He was only [-] years old last year. He participated in the filming of the TV series "Growing Pains".
He is still a newcomer in Hollywood, so it can be said that he is very suitable for this role.
As for Nino Marlena's husband, he is an actor hired by MGM, with first-class acting skills and a handsome middle-aged man.
During the dinner, Xiao Lizi, as a newcomer, frequently toasted to the big bosses who were working. Among them, Zhao Hong toasted the most and was the most sincere. He didn't know why he was valued by the big bosses, but he just toasted vigorously.
It's not surprising that there are so many people!
He is not the superstar who can face anyone indifferently in the future. He is 17 years old, his youthful hormones are bursting, and he can still see a few pimples on his smooth face. Swallowing saliva secretly.
"Director, please take care of me. If there is anything I don't understand in the script, can I discuss the script with you at night?"
Ajani said expectantly.
"This, this won't work. We will conduct a script reading in the next few days. It will take about five or six days to study it. If you don't understand it, you can discuss it."
This number one beauty in France is so straightforward, why didn't she propose it in private, euphemistically?
I am also a man, and I also know how to eat seafood?
This time he didn't bring a single gun mount, he just wanted to have a good taste of this...
Oh no!
It is because he wants to make this movie well, and he is not interested in anything other than movies.
After the party, Zhao Hong called Lin Chaoxian to find out some information.
"Director Zhao, the scene construction is complete, and all kinds of shooting equipment are fully prepared, and the schedule left by the actors is quite sufficient. There are three full months..."
Lin Chaoxian told Zhao Hong in detail, that he was a little knotted in his speech at this time, mainly because he was too excited after seeing Zhao Hong, and he felt that everything was a dream.
Surely he would work with this big boss, it must be his blessing from his previous life.
We must know that as long as the directors who have worked with Zhao Hong take off, they will live a pretty good life.
It is rumored that Zhao Hong is a great supporter of new directors, and he is also very good at directing the assistant director's shooting techniques. As long as he exercises in his crew, earth-shaking changes will take place.
"Yeah, you have done a good job during this time, and it seems that you have learned a lot. This is very good, and you must continue to maintain it."
After listening to Lin Chaoxian's narration, Zhao Hong became more clear about the current situation of the crew. Today at the banquet, he saw many behind-the-scenes personnel, including photographers, makeup artists, lighting engineers, scene managers, prop artists, etc.
He spoke authentic American English with them, and made a thorough investigation of their abilities. He felt that they were all very good and quite professional.
The behind-the-scenes alone is the top in Hollywood, which is also due to his own status, otherwise he would not even think about it.
From the second day on, Zhao Hong led a group of actors from the crew to read the script.
During this entire period, Zhao Hong knew the general situation of all the actors in the crew. It can be said that each of them has a few brushes and can explain their own roles.
"Reynardo, a 12-and-a-half-year-old Sicilian boy. This movie is his beautiful erotic dream, about sex, adolescence, love and desire."
"The climax of the script occurs when the Allied forces land. On the one hand, the small town happily welcomes the new students, announcing the end of the dictatorship."
"On the other hand, those fierce women found out Marlena, the arrogance and glamor she used to be no longer there, she was wearing white pajamas, and let those thick women beat and kick her until her clothes were torn , until the legs were broken, until the whole body was covered with blood."
"All the men in the town are staring at this once extremely proud woman, including Renaldo who doesn't know what to do."
"He squinted his eyes and dared not face up to this cruel scene. How painful and helpless his heart must be at this moment."
"When the final punch landed on Marlena, she slowly crawled forward, this woman who was basically silent from the beginning to the end of the movie, finally broke out in silence."
"She screamed heartbreakingly, she finally paid the "price" for her beauty, how desperate she was at that moment, there is no love and tolerance for her in this world anymore."
"But time has finally abandoned our past, and what has settled will become eternal secrets in our hearts."
"Nino, Marlena's husband. He went to the front line during the war and was rumored to have died on the battlefield, but later only lost an arm. When he returned, he was not treated with any courtesy, but was despised..."
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Everyone spoke out the characters in their minds without any scruples together, and Zhao Hong discussed with them to make it consistent with the whole theme.
When discussing the script, in order to allow everyone to substitute into the script well, they all use the names of the characters in the play as code names.
Zhao Hong also made another thing, that is, each of them gave them a novel written by themselves and asked them to read it carefully. In fact, not only the actors, but also the crew also had a copy.
This book was released at the beginning of June, and the sales volume is relatively flat compared to the previous novels, only selling more than 700 million copies in almost a month.
Novels are crueler than movies, and many people abandon the book after reading it.
Although many people in Asia saw it, their sense of substitution was not too strong. The World War II in Italy had nothing to do with them.
If it weren't for a peerless beauty in the novel, fewer people would read this book.
Although the sales in Asia are not very good, the sales in Europe and the United States are very good, especially in countries such as England, France and Italy, where many people can find resonance.
Malena is also the goddess in their minds, the beautiful object of their fantasies.
This book was also reported by many media, among which the foreign media gave favorable comments, only a few were critical of it.
It's a bit polarizing in Xiangjiang. The main reason is that the writing is too explicit, which is a bit unacceptable in the East, which values subtle beauty.
"Sing Tao Daily" directly said that this is a vulgar erotic novel, and secretly said that Jiang Lang's talent is exhausted.
Zhao Hong has also read a lot of comments on this book, and he also secretly accepts reasonable and well-founded criticisms, or if he has any new ideas, if they are better, he will show them in the movie.
As for those comments that are black and black, he just ignores them.
This kind of thing can't be prevented. As long as you do something, there will always be people who don't like it, or it is blocking other people's way. In this case, why don't others be allowed to fight back?
After several days of reading the script, the effect is quite astonishing. While everyone has a deeper understanding of the script, they also become familiar with each other. In this case, the shooting can get twice the result with half the effort, and the crew can reach an optimal state before shooting starts.
Under such circumstances, on July [-]th, "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" was officially launched.
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