Chapter 356 The Scenery of Chinese Movies Chapter 357 Meeting Hitchcock(1/2)
I do!" In the hall, except for the few areas in which Xiaoshan Xiuzhi had collected money, almost everyone shouted slogans and walked under the screen in the Chinese area.
The two movies were screened at the same time, with people crowded and deserted at the same time.
Zhang Shichuan looked at the dejected Japanese opposite and smiled at me, "Mr. Corleon, I'm so relieved today! I've seen these Japanese dogs usually look arrogant and domineering, but I really haven't appreciated this bear look."
Zheng Zhengqiu, who looked calm, continued: "Brother Ishikawa, if we can win the Golden Feather Award, then they will look better."
The group nodded and said yes.
"One Valley Orchid" repackaged by Yamariga's third factory, although the content is still the original content, it completely follows the fashion of Hollywood in form. The factory logo at the beginning is the towering Great Wall hovering among the mountains and ridges, and it is hand-painted with color. The newly equipped English subtitles greatly attracted the attention of the audience. In contrast, Japan's "Crazy Page" pales in comparison. The opening is the factory logo of the dim pine bamboo film. In order to highlight their Japanese culture, the factory logo also added a gray Mount Fuji, which is really inappropriate. Although the subtitles were made in English, they were indeed italic letters that Hollywood had long abandoned, so they were at a disadvantage from the beginning.
To be honest, Sadaosuke Ika is very skilled, and "Crazy Page" is also a good movie, but Zhang Ishikawa's "Hoyakura" is not a vegetarian, and its quality is comparable to "Crazy Page". Both movies reflect both Eastern culture, so in this case, it is of course crucial to build momentum. The audience likes to gather together and have a herd mentality. In addition, I came out to build momentum, "Hoyakura" is packaged so well with the aesthetic views of Hollywood people, so the screening effect suddenly overwhelmed the Japanese.
During the screening, people came to support the show. Famous Hollywood people from five major associations, including John Ford, came to the scene to send blessings. The arrival of big bosses of Hollywood film companies such as Lemmer, Bessie Lov, Marskolov, Adolf Chuck, Sam Warner, etc. made Zhang Shichuan flatter.
After half an hour of the screening, the Japanese were so excited by the lively sound in China that they could not stand it. Xiaoshan Hidehiro walked around the screen like a boar in heat. Although there were more than a dozen reporters who had collected his money in front of him, the eyes of these reporters were already in Cao's camp. They didn't look at their movies at all, but turned their faces and stared at our screens with relish.
An hour later, the first half of "The Empty Valley Orchid" was played. Warm applause came from the audience, and many people who had disagreed with Chinese movies now became extremely serious. They couldn't help but be attracted by the unique Chinese culture in the movie and the outstanding artistic nature of the movie itself.
On the opposite side, "Crazy Page" is about to finish the screening. Hearing the warm applause in the Chinese region, Sadaosuke Ikata did not let the movie finish, but instead ordered his subordinates to finish the work hastily.
Xiaoyama Hideshi felt extremely humiliated. He was inculcated by the Bushido spirit since childhood, and brought his two tall subordinates around him to Zhang Shikawa, who was changing films with an angry look on his face and demanded a duel.
"Oriental Dog! Come on, I'm afraid you won't succeed!" Zhang Shichuan, who was tall and strong, took off his coat and walked outside the court.
"Boss, things are getting big, and there is a duel. Do you want to stop it?" Gans asked me while looking at me with his head raised.
"Stop it! Let them beat them, anyway, it was the Japanese who picked them up. If you say hello to the reporters, you will say that the Japanese are causing trouble at the party!" I said smirk.
Although Hidehiro Koyama was 60 years old, he knew he had some skills at a glance, but he.: He had a knife. So he and Zhang Shichuan could only give it a try without any fists.
"Brother Masaki, Brother Ishikawa won't have any problems, right?" I couldn't help but feel a little upset when I saw Hiroshi Koyama standing opposite Zhang Shikawa with a proud look on his face.
Zheng Zhengqiu smiled and said, "What's the problem with him? He made a name for himself on Nanjing Road when he was a young man in Shanghai ten years ago. Although he is not a kung fu master, he can still fight."
After Zheng Zhengqiu said this, a stone fell to the ground in my heart.
After Zhang Shichuan and Xiaoshan Hideshi set up their posture, they were in a stalemate for a while. In the end, Zhang Shichuan couldn't help it and yelled and rushed forward. Xiaoshan Hideshi's face was heavy, but each move was stable but not chaotic.
The two of them fought, Zhang Shichuan was strong and powerful, while Xiaoshan Hideshi was tricky, so the two of them fought for more than ten minutes but still did not decide the winner. The longer the delay, the worse the situation was against Zhang Shichuan. He was sweating profusely, but Xiaoshan Hideshi was calm and calm.
"Your Chinese friend is a little bad." Holkina looked at the two people in the fight and whispered to me.
Before she finished speaking, she heard Zhang Shichuan screaming and being seen by Xiaoshan Xiuzhi, and punched her face and lay on the ground on her back.
"Yaoxi!" The two subordinates behind Xiaoshan Hideshi were very proud.
Zhang Shichuan got his punch very hard and got up from the ground. His right eye could no longer be opened. The guy took a breath, pulled his tie away and threw it away, cursing: "*** Little Japanese, it seems that if you don't have any real things, you won't know who your grandfather is!"
Zhang Shichuan roared loudly, and regardless of any moves or no moves, he rushed towards Xiaoshan Xiuzhi like a vicious wolf.
It seems that he is ready to fight his best. He doesn't hide from the fist that Xiaoshan Xiuzhi hits, and he is determined to catch him.
The scene before me reminds me of the scene when Holgina fought with the bodyguard of Paveni Akado in the Imperial Hotel.
Xiaoshan Hideshiki did not expect that Zhang Shichuan would use such a desperate scoundrel, and he couldn't help but get in a mess. After a while, Zhang Shichuan was forced to the base of the wall. Zhang Shichuan lowered his head and pushed Xiaoshan Hideshiki's fist, but he didn't relax. Then he seized the opportunity and finally pulled Xiaoshan Hideshi's belt.
With a sniff, Xiaoshan Hideshidi's belt was instantly pulled down by Zhang Shichuan. A burst of laughter broke out in the hall.
The kimono was loose, and this belt was the only place to bind. As soon as the belt was torn off, Xiaoshan Hideshi was suddenly in full bloom. Zhang Shichuan did not do it, and pulled Xiaoshan Hideshi's kimono down again. Xiaoshan Hideshi was shirtless and squeezed into the corner, which was a mess.
The Chinese in the crowd began to cheer. Xiaoshan Hideshi had been fighting for the rest of her life, probably like Shinji
This is the first time I encountered a situation, I was squeezed into the corner, anxious and angry.
But Zhang Shichuan didn't give him any room to escape, stripped his kimono, grabbed Xiaoshan Hideshidi's belt and lifted him up, then shouted angrily, and threw Xiaoshan Hideshi with both arms and forcefully.
The floor in the hall was covered with polished marble. With a bang, Xiaoshan Hideshi hit the ground hard and slid far away and passed out on the spot.
"Baga!" Xiaoshan Hideshi's two vicious subordinates were unhappy and rushed over with their teeth and claws.
"Dear, Zhang Shichuan is no match for others, I'll leave these two people to you." I fired a little electricity to Holkina.
When Holgina saw someone else fighting, she was impatient. After being shot like this, she suddenly rushed up like a red face as if she was injected with chicken blood.
The two Japanese people saw Holkina and a woman coming up, and they didn't care. Looking at Holkina's lewd smile on their faces, one of them walked over and wanted to grab Holkina's shoulders, but Holkina turned around and picked it up and threw it aside. The other one realized that Holkina had some kung fu, so she rushed up with a scream. Compared with Holkina, the Japanese did not have the advantage in size. They had the advantage of their moves, but Holkina was not a good meal, and she still had a little understanding of the Japanese kung fu, so when they met with the Japanese head-on, in less than five minutes, the remaining subordinates of Hina Koyama were thrown out and fell in a row.
The entire screening party was pushed to a climax in this duel.
The screening of "The Valley of the Valley" has made a big sensation. Both ordinary people and the owner of the film company praised the movie. Marskolov even proposed to try to show the movie in 3,000 cinemas under MGM: _Let's go down.
The Wan brothers' "The Big Story Studio" made Americans shout out a miracle. They highly appreciate this new form of cooperation between live and virtual animation characters. During the ten-minute screening, applause kept ringing.
Americans were dissatisfied with cartoons before, thinking that this was something for children, but since Disney's "Lucky Bunny" Oswald" was screened, they have gained a new understanding of cartoons, believing that this artistic style is an important part of the film, and not only suitable for children, but also can explain some truths.
For this reason, Americans seem to be more willing to see animated films that have innovative technically in content. In their opinion, "The Big Way Studio" belongs to the kind of thing they long to see. Therefore, during the screening, although it only took about ten minutes, many people couldn't help but applaud.
Under Gans' operation, the next day, major media in Los Angeles spent a lot of writing on the top of the list to introduce Chinese movies. They called Zhang Shichuan's "The Valley Orchid" in China "People Who Called for Help", and gave the movie a high evaluation, and the cartoons of the Wan brothers were also featured in capitals.
The Los Angeles Times, the largest newspaper in Los Angeles, wrote at the beginning of the column: "Among the Americans today, only 90% of them know nothing about China. These two Chinese films have made us wonder about this ancient country with five thousand years of civilization. We see that their culture has this fundamental difference from our American culture, but the tolerance of this culture is incomparable to American culture. If we cannot understand this great country well, it will definitely be a huge loss."
In addition to recommending these two movies to the public, the Los Angeles Times also spent a lot of pages to introduce China's history and culture and the development of films.
Compared with Chinese movies, Japanese movies also appear in newspapers, but their appearance is completely opposite to the glorious image of Chinese movies. The Los Angeles Times only uses one page to introduce the "Crazy Page" by Sadasuke Ikata. The photo placed in the article is a pig-headed image of Hietsushi Koyama being thrown to the ground with naked body. The title is even more unique: the Japanese are wild in Hollywood, and after being frustrated, they take off their clothes and demonstrate.
The reporter who wrote this article wrote in an extremely ironic style: "Japan, the number one power in Asia, is a very strange country. This short-sized nation has two souls that are completely opposite. On the one hand, they are polite, humble and peaceful. But on the other hand, they can immediately become fierce devils. At yesterday's Asian movie screening party, their performance was speechless." Then the reporter said
The incident happened in the hall was added with excitement, saying how the Japanese bowed their heads and bowed to the Americans but yelled at the peaceful and humble Chinese and then fled by the Chinese. They suddenly described Hiroshi Koyama as a thug who was ungrateful and uncultured and bullied the weak and feared the strong. They wrote very little words about "Crazy Page", saying that although this movie expresses Japanese culture, Hiroshi Koyama's performance is more representative of the Japanese spirit than it is.
Other newspapers are basically similar to the Los Angeles Times, and spent a lot of time and high-profile praises to Chinese movies, which were used in a single photo of Hiechi Koyama's naked body.
Looking at these newspapers, I could almost see what expressions Xiaoshan Hideshi would have when facing these glorious pictures of himself.
Six radio stations in Los Angeles also began to focus on promoting "Empty Valley Lan" and "The Big Way Studio" under the operation of Dreamworks. At the same time, they also introduced China's history and culture, introduced the development of Chinese films, and even famous places, which caused a "Chinese craze" among the people of Los Angeles.
But what really made the general public decide to see these two movies with their own eyes was the third issue of "Movie Manual" magazine published immediately.
Although the major media in Los Angeles have reported on these two movies, they are not professional media after all. They have only a little understanding of Chinese history and culture and Chinese films, and they can’t write them in depth. However, the third issue of "Movie Manual" is very different. Under my instruction, Bizer prepared for a long time, consulted a lot of materials, and did his homework.
In this issue of magazine, the relevant reports of Chinese films occupy more space than the total of all newspapers in Los Angeles report Chinese films. All pages are divided into four parts. The first part introduces China's cultural traditions in detail. It introduces Americans in a high-profile manner from various aspects such as history, geography, literature, ethnicity, etc.
The profound and profound culture of the second part sorted out the birth of the Chinese "Dingjun Mountain" in 1905. Until 1926, these important movies were introduced and included related stills. At the same time, some outstanding Chinese filmmakers, such as Zhang Shichuan, Zheng Zhengqiu, Bao Xiaotian and some movie stars, all showed their faces one by one. The famous Chinese film companies formed a separate column, which not only introduced their business conditions, but also included them in Hollywood film companies.
After comparing, the third part is to introduce Zhang Shichuan's celebrity film company, his "Empty Valley Lan" and the Wan brothers' "The Big Way Studio". From their filming before and after, to the brilliant achievements of the film in China, to the specific content of the film and the excellent cultural traditions reflected, to the extent they won the audience during the screening in Los Angeles, the last part is the comments made by many Hollywood filmmakers invited by Bizer to these two movies.
John Ford, King Victor, Griffith, Stevenberg, Stiller, Adam Bernstein and others wrote praiseworthy articles.
But what excites all readers is that I have also written a review article for this movie.
The title of my article is: "Epoch-making Chinese Realism". In this article, I analyzed the wonderful aspects of "Empty Valley Orchid" in detail: "As we all know, realism is one of the two major paths of film. This tradition started with the Lumiere brothers and has been well inherited and developed in three countries! One is in France, the birthplace of the movie, but the French have almost discarded this tradition. The second is in Hollywood, the United States, which is the emergence of a large number of movies represented by "People Who Seek Help". The third place is the distant China."
"Compared with France and the United States, the Chinese people's understanding and application of realism are even better. Mr. Zhang Shichuan's "On Valley Orchid" is one of the best and typical representatives. It highlights the realism principle. When they see the real problems, they resolutely record them with the camera. What they record is a real society. The whole movie is based on the profound Chinese culture. It has profound philosophical thinking on the relationship between people and society. The problems reflected in the movie are the most typical and prominent personality principles, moral conscience and humanitarian spirit with Chinese characteristics! Such realism is unique to China and will definitely have a significant impact on world movies."
"I am very happy to see that this movie perfectly reflects the overall aesthetic principle that I described most in "Long Lens Theory", and perfectly explains the 'image ontology'. Whether it is the editing of montage lenses or the tension inside the long lens, even in Hollywood, only a few people can complete it. The whole movie is full of tension caused by the tension between people and reality, leaving people with deep thoughts after facing reality for a long time!"
"I am very happy to see. This representative work of Chinese-style realism is dedicated to Hollywood and in the competition unit of the first Harvey Awards. I am very sure that with the value of this movie itself, we can win the Golden Feather Award. If Hollywood ignores this movie, it will be a great loss for us!"
Subsequently, the Movie Manual announced that DreamWorks will join forces with MGM, Warner Bros. Film Company, and in the next two days, ticket prices at more than 8,000 cinemas will be one-half of the average ticket price.
Chinese movies are now full of glory.
In the next two days, "Empty Valley Lan" was screened in 8,000 cinemas. The Wan brothers' "The Big Way Studio" was tied to the Altitude Studio for free for viewers to enjoy. Because of the media's hype and the cheap ticket price, it immediately set off a climax among the people. Many viewers happily walked into the cinema to watch the movie. After coming out, they praised the movie, and more people were also in a hurry to queue up to buy tickets under the influence of others.
"Empty Valley Orchid" was deeply loved by the audience when it was screened in China, and the box office was very popular. In the United States, although the cultures of the two peoples are different, people like this movie no less than that of the Chinese. They also wiped away tears of the couple's experience in the movie and gave deep sympathy for the tragic social reality reflected in it. When many viewers finally called this movie, they did not call it "Empty Valley Orchid" but liked to call it "China's "People Who Called for Help".
Compared to the smooth sailing of "The Legend of the Sky Valley", Sadaosuke's "Crazy Page" is much dimmer. Hidehiro Koyama struggled to reach an agreement with First National Film Company. Charles Rey let the film be released in 1,000 theaters under First National Film Company for one day, and the profits earned will be obtained by First National Film Company.
In order to promote this movie, Hidehiko Koyama racked his brains and almost used all the methods they could use. They even made an extremely explicit poster. On this poster, a Japanese woman in a kimono occupied most of the time. The kimono was wide open, and the Japanese woman had a soft breast and a lewd look, with her naked thighs separated from the audience. The name of the movie was right between her legs, and the word "crazy" was set to bright red to tease the audience's eyes.
This trick did attract some lustful American men, but it inadvertently ruined the original artistically good movie by Sadatsusuke Uika, so that when it comes to this movie, the audience will sneer at it as a "Japanese movie like a prostitute" and "a movie made by Japanese people with their bodies."
From December 8 to 9, the first Harvey Awards were judged: |. The first round of voting for the Jia Foreign Language Film Awards was shortlisted. More than 20 movies selected by more than 20 countries were collectively released in the past two days. A large number of mass judges appreciated the more than 20 movies one by one, and then the final vote began on the afternoon of the 9th. The final result was that six of the original 20 movies were shortlisted, and these six movies were completely consistent with the list of movies marked with red lines in the note Grant once gave me.
Zhang Shichuan, who represented China in the competition, successfully reached the final with the first place, which made me feel relieved.
The one behind "The Valley of the Valley" is "Nana" representing France's Jean Renoir. Americans have a natural favor and respect for French films, and Jean Renoir's movie is perfect.
With the outstanding artistic achievements of this film master, many picky mass judges just opened during the screening, and should be Zhang Shichuan's biggest competitor to "Ox Valley Orchid".
Alfred Hitchcock, who represents the United Kingdom, ranks third. This movie shows Hitchcock's genius control over the audience's psychology. The whole movie story is linked and fascinating. Hitchcock is good at telling stories and showing the suffocating tension of the movie. Facing his movie, the audience has only one ending, that is, being captured. The most important point is that this movie focuses on exploring the inner world of people. This theme is relatively rare in Hollywood, and American audiences have a personal experience of the spiritual degeneration of people in the materialistic society that the movie wants to criticize, so they have a good impression of this movie.
The fourth place was Pudov's Golden Land "Mother" representing the Soviet Union. When the film was screened, the opening caused a great commotion among the masses. At the beginning of the film, the film was super thick subtitled: "I would like to dedicate this film to the great Mr. Andrei Corleon, his montage theory. It is the Bible of all Soviet film workers!" Then, for more than ten minutes, the screening was a completely unrelated thing to the film. Eisenstein, Kurisov, and Du Furenko faced the camera and said hello to me on behalf of the Soviet workers.
"Great Mr. Andre Corleon, for all reasons, we cannot go to the United States to meet you. This is the saddest news for us, but we are also lucky because we can convey our greetings to you through movies. You are the spiritual mentor of all our Soviet film workers, now and in the future! Your genius discussion of the theory of montage makes movies truly art in the ultimate sense! No matter when, we will unswervingly follow the route you set, and no matter when, you will always be a banner behind us! Great Mr. Andre Corleon, we represent film workers in the whole Soviet Union. Dedicate this movie to you!"
When I saw this short film of more than ten minutes, the calmness could not be expressed in words. But it can be made into a very similar metaphor. It is like you admire Jacky Cheung, and suddenly one day Jacky Cheung told you that you are his mentor and his idol, and he dedicated his songs to you.
I originally attended with many directors as observational directors, sitting behind the judges of the masses, and planned to watch the movie well. Suddenly, I saw such a short film and was stunned on the spot.
The audience judges were no less surprised than me, but they quickly returned to normal and stood up to applaud me.
Although American audiences have a very good impression of the Soviet Union, Pudovkin's movie is also one of the classics in the history of film. It is impeccable in artistic quality, and with such an opening, it has won the favor of many audience judges at once, so it was successfully selected.
Sadaosuke Igata's "Crazy Page" ranked fifth. Before the movie was screened, many of the judges present booed because the previous movie left a clumsy impression on them, which made Sadaosuke Igata very embarrassed. However, after the movie started, the audience became more peaceful. Sadaosuke Igata's "Crazy Page" thanked the audience for the screening of "Crazy Page" that morning, the audience judges watched bad movies. When they suddenly saw his movie, many people felt that they were lit. Although they had prejudices on this movie before, they still felt that it was good. They were more skillful than those bad movies, so they voted for this movie.
The sixth place is German director Arnold Frank's "Holy Mountain". The reason why this movie was shortlisted was Arnold Frank thanked three people, one of which was a photographer. A large part of the success of this movie was the mysterious light and the rendering of the scene atmosphere. Without the contribution of the photographer, this movie with a typical German mystic atmosphere would not have been so successful. The second person Arnold Frank wanted to thank was the screenwriter. The topic of a mysterious ghost movie was easy to catch and be happy to find.
The hearts of American audiences who are seeking spiritual stimulation, and this editor edited the whole story into a magnificent and magnificent magnificent story, which is really a master of screenwriters. The person Arnold Frank thanks the most is the heroine of the movie Lenny Rifenstale, the woman who later became the official filmmaker of Hitler's Nazi Party, made the classic promotional film "Victory of Will". Her beauty in the movie broke all the audience's hearts. That kind of beauty is the unique beauty of German women. Health, firmness, and purity, like a gorgeous sunshine spreading in front of the audience.
As for the Spanish director Bettoni Perojo's "Male Servant" who was valued by Grant, it was not selected in front of these movies, and the audience gave a good review of the movie. However, most people complained that the movie was a bit lengthy, and the role performances in it were too exaggerated, with a clear Spanish style, and a single theme. Except for Xiaoxiao, there is no profound artistic nature.
I was naturally very happy that "The Valley Orchid" was shortlisted for the first place, and then I asked Gans to accompany Zhang Shichuan, Zheng Zhengqiu and the Wan brothers to attend various cocktail parties to promote their movies and Chinese movies. As for myself, I seized the time to edit "Hollywood Story", in addition to that. I directed Dunar and Heidi and others to edit "The End of Flowers".
The Christmas season has begun, and everyone is in the same state: busy.
To be continued...