Chapter 186： sci-fi movie

?Because it is not a film participating in the competition unit, the premiere of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not too large. It appeared at the Cannes Film Festival more for publicity and promotion and to find a suitable distributor.

In the past few days, Ronan learned a lot of relevant information.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a typical financing filming film. The project producer is Xu Ligong’s Zongheng International Film and Television Company. The larger investors include Anle Film Production Company, Good Machine International Film and Television, and Classic Joint Production Company. And Ang Lee himself.

Just like the films prepared by Shahai Entertainment, these small companies exist as investors, and Xu Ligong and Li Ang really play a leading role in the film.

According to media reports, Ang Lee claimed to raise money to film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in an interview.

It is impossible to tell the true from the false, but Ang Lee invested a lot of money in the project.

There are many difficulties in the financing of this film, and the nature of the martial arts film determines that it is difficult to attract investors from the Western world.

I am afraid that no one outside the crew knows better than Ronan. This martial arts movie was not filmed for Orientals at all, and Ang Lee was filmed for Westerners.

In his previous life, Ronan had read relevant news. In order for Ang Lee to make the film more in line with Western tastes, the first version of the script was written in English and then translated into Chinese.

When the film first came out, Ronan went to watch the video discs, but was drowsy. He didn't understand what such a dull film was about.

It wasn't until after graduation that he went to society and looked at it again, only to gradually understand that Li Ang was not photographed for Chinese people at all.

Ronan's goal is to get the North American distribution rights of this film as much as possible.

When he came to the entrance of the premiere venue, he happened to see Ang Lee taking a photo with Michelle Yang and International Zhang. He took a special look. The once-sophisticated International Zhang still looks innocent.

Not wanting to have too much contact with the characters over there to avoid some indescribable horror, Ronan went directly into the front hall of the theater and met Brother Xiao Ma. Although he had lost the cult psychology of his previous student days, he still played in the past. Said hello,

After all, "The True Colors of a Hero", "The Two Heroes", "Hot Detective", and "Across the World" are all movies that have been watched many times.

It is also the feeling.

Of course, Ronan was just saying hello.

This Mr. Zhou does not have much commercial value for Ronan in the future.

Then Ronan saw a few people in the front hall that he didn't want to see.

"Hi, Chris." Ronan saw it. He couldn't pretend he couldn't see it. He had to test the other person's thoughts and said hello: "I didn't expect to meet you here."

Chris smiled and said, "I didn't expect to meet you here."

"Are you interested in this film?" Ronan asked.

Chris looked at the poster in the front hall and said, "I don't know about this kind of film. Classic Pictures under Sony Entertainment has a little investment in this project. I can only come and see it." He said it all. Xiang Ronan: "Are you interested?"

Ronan didn't answer directly, saying: "This is a martial arts movie."

Chris is an American and doesn't understand at all: "Martial arts movies? Jack-Chen?"

"No." Ronan shook his head: "Jack-Chen's are called kung fu movies, and martial arts movies are another type."

"Do you know it well?" Chris said.

Ronan thought for a while and said, "I've seen some of the Dongfang, they are of this type of martial arts, what do the heroes in them say?" He couldn't find a suitable explanation for a while, and he muttered for a while before saying : "It's kind of like a cowboy who punishes evil and promotes good in Western movies."

Chris felt that he was a master of watching movies in the world, but he couldn't fully understand what Ronan said, and asked: "Can North American audiences accept this kind of film?"

Ronan certainly wouldn't tell the truth, and deliberately said with a very certain tone: "It's difficult, cultural barriers are so easy to break."

Chris nodded: "Yes."

Ronan turned to ask, "How was the talk in "Dancer in the Dark"? Have you taken it down?"

"Got it." Chris said, "It cost a lot of money."

Ronan said vaguely: "It seems that the competition is not very fierce."

Chris is a smart man. He heard the meaning of Ronan’s words and said: "Don’t worry, I’m not very interested in this kind of film, and I don’t understand martial arts films. The classic film industry just invested a small amount of money and it will not affect Sony. entertainment."

Ronan shrugged: "This kind of film has a limited audience. I will lose money if it doesn't work out. I'm very hesitant." He shook his head: "I'll talk about it after watching the film."

The crew are busy accepting interviews and doing various propaganda activities. Ronan did not look for it, and now is not the time to talk about things.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has been sold out in many countries and regions, especially East Asia and Southeast Asia. Ronan vaguely heard someone discussing in Chinese nearby, saying that the film will be released in these markets in July.

Ronan's goal is to distribute copyright in North America, and he doesn't care much about overseas situations.

In his memory, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a martial arts movie, but the real revenue is in North America.

Of course, being able to get a high income in North America is also related to a series of operations including Oscars.

"Let's go." Chris greeted Ronan: "Let's enter the cinema."

Ronan followed him forward, but from the corner of his eye he saw a big fat man, his eyebrows were raised unconsciously, why did this fat man also come?

Chris noticed Ronan, looked over there, and said, "Harvey Weinstein, a regular at the Cannes Film Festival."

Ronan looked indifferent and said, "Let's go in."

This fat man is looking for films to be released in North America all over the world.

There have been problems between Miramax and its parent company Disney, especially the sharp contradictions between the Weinstein brothers and Michael Eisner.

Under this kind of internal friction, the attractiveness of Miramax may not be so strong.

Entering the theater, Ronan and Chris sat in the third row under the arrangement of the staff. When the crew finally entered, they stood up and applauded like the other audience.

This is also a routine procedure of some film festivals, including Cannes, and the main creators of the premiere will enter the venue in applause.

Before the screening, there was a brief media event. Xu Ligong and International Zhang were not very famous in the West. The main targets of media reporters were Li Ang, Michelle Yang, and Xiao Ma.

Ronan looked at the flying country Zhang, who was born with a small face that the camera likes.

I vaguely remember that at the awards ceremony of the previous Berlin Film Festival, the national teacher specially asked her not to go on stage together, but she did not listen, and immediately followed the national teacher to accept the award, which made the national teacher quite unhappy and surprised the scene.

Because there are default rules in the world, in all major international film festivals, when a film wins an award, the director is on stage, and there are few actors on stage.

Perhaps it is this courage to seize every opportunity to show up, as well as that great ambition, which has brought international reputation.

Ang Lee began to accept the interview, Ronan recovered and listened carefully.

"I want to make martial arts movies. Apart from my childhood dream, it is actually a fascination for classical China. The biggest attraction of the martial arts world to me is that it is an abstract world. I can play many emotional dramas in my heart. Expressively and concretely, the action scenes are like dance designs, which is a very free and unrestrained form of film expression."

Li An talked freely: "What I yearn for is the chivalrous world of scholars, beauties..., a world where Chinese people once entrusted their emotions and dreams. I think it is of bourgeois taste."

Chris asked Ronan in confusion: "What is this martial arts? Why can't I understand?"

Ronan couldn't explain, and said, "I don't understand either."

The media event was very short and ended very quickly, and the film began to be screened immediately.

Ronan watched it for a while. Perhaps it was the increase in life experience or other reasons. He could clearly feel that it was not the same movie he saw when he was young in his previous life.

It's not that the story of the movie has changed, but that the people watching the movie have changed.

At that time, he had only Yu Jiaolong and Luo Xiaohu in his eyes, and only self-relieving self-relaxation. Regarding Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian’s conversation, it was really an off-the-spot look, and he was quite impatient with Xiao Ma’s substandard Mandarin. Hurry up and finish those blunt lines.

This movie is full of all kinds of cold under the beautiful scenery.

Ronan has seen many films of Ang Lee and knows that this is the consistent background color of Ang Lee’s films. He adds a variety of warmth, tenderness, abrupt eroticism and **** projections to the movie, but he can't stop everyone. Eternal sadness under long-term self-repression.

For example, Li Mubai was depressed. He carefully suppressed the awakening of his **** due to Yujiaolong, and he could finally be released through a calm confession before he died.

For example, Yu Xiulian is depressed She can only glance at Li Mubai, who is chasing Yu Jiaolong and must accept his apprentice, in shock, but she cannot ask him "What do you mean by that?" like a silly American drama.

As a result, the secret jealousy and resentment towards Yujiaolong bloomed vividly in that play-only through legitimate reasons can it be possible to release the surging power under the rocks.

Although he was young in appearance and middle-aged in his psychology, Ronan watched this movie, although it was very similar to the previous life, but it gave him completely different senses.

Perhaps this film is Lee Ang's reason and emotion.

"This is a sci-fi movie?" Chris couldn't help but asked Ronan in a low voice: "People can fly around in the sky. This setting is too sci-fi."

Ronan smiled and said, "In a sense, it's a science fiction movie."

Isn’t the light work of flying around enough science fiction?

At the end of the film, the producer also had a reception, and Ronan would naturally not miss it.