What Lin Zixuan said about imitation does not mean imitating Li An's style.

Every director has his own unique style. If he cannot imitate this, forced imitation can only be like four-dimensional, which makes Feng Xiaogang unrealistic to shoot such literary and artistic movies.

He refers to imitating Li Yan's approach to Western audiences.

Li An did not forcibly instill the cultural concepts of the East in Western audiences, but instead told an Eastern story in a way that Western audiences could understand.

For example, the plot on the grassland in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has the shadow of American western films.

The relationship and dialogue between Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian are in the accent of European drama. The fight in the bamboo forest looks like a ballet to foreigners.

Domestic audiences may think this is a hodgepodge that is neither Chinese nor Western, but foreigners can easily understand it.

Coupled with the oriental style and martial arts elements in the film, it brings a sense of freshness to Western audiences, which is the main reason why the movie is popular in Cannes.

There is no need for Feng Xiaogang to follow Li An's style, just grasp these elements.

For example, "Heroes" should have beautiful pictures, wonderful fights, and the plot should be simple.

It doesn’t take a lot of time to talk about history, and foreigners are not interested. Domestic audiences have known it for a long time. What they said is not helpful to the film, but it seems verbose.

Just figure out the relationship between the main characters.

To put it bluntly, an assassin wants to assassinate the emperor and develops the story around this main line. It is simple and clear. As for who the emperor is and who the assassin is, it doesn't matter.

Perhaps some people think that the plot is too thin and that is just as thin as it is complicated and cannot enter the international market.

"Hero" is positioned as a commercial film. Commercial films cannot pay too much attention to artistic quality, and have some choices.

This is the case with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". It abandons the complicated historical background and focuses on the interaction between characters. As long as the audience can see what's going on.

This is the advantage of martial arts films. You don’t have to stick to history and you can fully utilize your imagination.

Li An handled it very skillfully. He put his skills in details and restored the historical style to a certain extent the characters' costumes and living habits in the movie.

This is the combination of big history and small details.

However, the dialogue still takes care of Western audiences. When domestic audiences watch movies, they always feel that this is not what historical figures should say and are easy to get out of the drama.

There is no perfect movie, and it is difficult for Chinese-language films to take into account both Eastern and Western audiences.

In order to cater to the needs of female audiences, two actresses will be added to "Heroes".

This has been proven in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

What Mu Shanshan likes most after watching the movie is the scene where Yu Feihong and Xu Jinglei fight. She thinks it is very interesting. If two men fight, who will care about their life or death?

This is the view of female audiences.

In the past, female audiences did not like to watch martial arts movies, but "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is different. The two characters Yu Jiaolong and Yu Xiulian are quite attractive to them.

What Feng Xiaogang is going to imitate is the form of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", not Li Yan's core.

A movie can succeed, but it has its own reason. You cannot just criticize it when you see the shortcomings. More importantly, learn the reasons for its success, so that you can make progress.

This is just like looking at people, everyone has their own advantages and disadvantages.

If you only see the other person’s shortcomings, you will not be able to get along with each other. You will isolate yourself and pay more attention to other people’s strengths to make your life better.

The movie ended and applause rang out.

The applause was not enthusiastic, but more of a polite nature. Some people were talking about it during the screening.

Domestic audiences are not familiar with Li An's movies. Li An's previous movies have not been released in China, so they are not very adaptable to Li An's storytelling techniques.

Western audiences have watched Li Yan's films, and only with an audience base can they succeed in Cannes.

After the end of the scene, there is a small-scale communication in a circle.

The reactions of film critics are showing a trend of polarization.

Some film critics believe that this film is different from the Xiangjiang martial arts film. It is a literati-style martial arts. The details in the movie are very particular, and it is a work of attentiveness.

Some critics feel that the film has lost the flavor of traditional martial arts films and is too Westernized.

I also have a neutral opinion and think it's okay, it's just a good martial arts film.

This is hard to reconcile.

Li An didn't understand this very well. If it were this kind of reaction in Xiangjiang, it would be as expected.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not an authentic Hong Kong martial arts film. It uses Hong Kong's technology but does not produce the flavor of Hong Kong martial arts films. It is normal for Hong Kong's film critics and audiences to be dissatisfied.

But this reaction in mainland China was unexpected. He thought that the tastes of the mainland and the Treasure Island audience should be similar.

This is a misjudgment, which shows that he does not understand the mainland film market.

Mainland audiences are deeply influenced by Xiangjiang martial arts films.

It is no exaggeration to say that these people born in the mid-to-late 1970s and early 1980s grew up watching movie videos in Hong Kong.

Even the video halls in small towns are filled with videotapes of Xiangjiang movies.

They will subconsciously judge "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" using the standards of Hong Kong martial arts films. This is one of the reasons why mainland audiences find it difficult to accept Li An's new film, which is that it is not suitable for taste.

Li An had different ideas about the issue of film critics' Westernization.

"Whenever someone asks me about Westernization, I always feel very confused. After filming, I have to analyze those influenced by the East and those influenced by the West. Will I still shoot them?" Li Yan said inexplicably, "The movie is just about how fun it is. It is mixed together and there is no need to deliberately label it."

This involves a problem of inclusion.

The so-called tolerance is great. Only by being able to tolerate all kinds of cultures can one make one's own culture more dynamic.

Audiences can make different choices according to their own preferences, but filmmakers should have a tolerant attitude.

It’s not that this film is oriental or good, but that film is too Western and inauthentic, so it should be resisted.

This kind of criticism itself seems narrow-minded.

As a great country with a long history, China should have cultural confidence.

"I originally thought it would be a different scene." Li An sighed.

"The acceptance of new types of films requires a process. What we need to do is to let Chinese-language films go out and drive more Chinese-language films into the European and American markets." Lin Zixuan responded.

This is equivalent to the work of land reclamation. Although it is difficult, it is worth looking forward to.

Tomorrow, the audience's reputation will inevitably be controversial.

Good Dream Company has arranged personnel in major cities across the country to track movie copies to prevent pirated copies.

Doing this will undoubtedly cost a lot of manpower and financial resources, and Haomeng Company can only support it for about ten days.

When the second round of release is released, hundreds of theaters will be screened at the same time, and there will be no way to stop piracy.

Lin Zixuan is doing an experiment.
Chapter completed!