tearjerker director

Chapter 1184 Rural Movies
Beijing Film Academy.

Li Yi came this time at the invitation of his mentor Li Zhanshan to participate in this small seminar.

Most of the famous directors from the director department of the film academy came here.

Of course, this gathering is not a public seminar, symposium or the like, but a more interesting exchange meeting.

It is also very interesting to say that the director department of Beijing Film Academy has produced so many graduates of the director department over the years, but the embarrassing thing is that, except for those graduates of the older generation, in recent years, On the contrary, there are not many who are really successful.

The threshold of the director's profession does not seem high, but in fact, it is much higher than that of an actor.

First of all, as an actor, if you are lucky, you can reach the sky in one step and become popular. Moreover, as an actor, you actually entered a school like the Film Academy, so you have a very high start, and you can even say that you have already entered the door.

But the director really isn't.

Few directors can direct like Li Yi, who can direct alone as soon as he comes out, and even screw up a movie to get a second chance.

Most of the students who graduated from the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy who are truly successful are not from ordinary families, but more from family backgrounds.

Under normal circumstances, it is almost difficult for fresh graduates of the directing department to direct films independently, because most of the domestic film industry is under the responsibility of the director, that is to say, it is the director who has an idea. What kind of movie do you want to make, and then look for the script, solicit investment, and only when the investment is in place can you shoot.

However, the threshold for movie shooting seems to be getting lower and lower, as if you can shoot with a camera, but in fact, the threshold for real movies is very high.

What doesn't move is the budget of millions, tens of millions.

Of course, there are also low-budget good movies, but do you really think that low-budget movies are so easy to make?
Maybe some people will say, you can make literary films, but the truth is, as a director who just graduated, can you handle literary films?

Also, literary films have really high requirements for directors.

For this reason, many directors who have just graduated, most of the time, it is better to work for some famous directors, or to be a commercial director, or to make short films, micro-films, etc., or worse, graduation may basically mean unemployment .

After all, in this year and month, the circle of actors is involved, and the circle of directors is also involved.

And a movie or TV series needs a lot of actors, but there is only one real director of a movie, even if there are only a few assistant directors, the opportunities are naturally fewer.

Most of the people who can receive invitations to this party are those who have made a name for themselves in the circle.

It's not that Li Zhanshan is snobbish, but any circle has its own rules. If you are a penniless person with no special characteristics, what will other people do here?
It sounds snobbish to say that dragons do not live with snakes, but it is the truth.

If everyone is really invited, then it is estimated that directors like Li Yi and Tang Lu will definitely give face to the mentor once or twice, but if the number of times is too many, it may not be so. After all, the more people like Li Yi and the others As a director, time is more precious, and Li Yi usually doesn't attend gatherings that don't have much meaning.

Therefore, it is said that it is a seminar, but in fact, not many people came.

And most of them are familiar faces, of course there are also unfamiliar faces, but at least they are newcomers who have excellent grades and the instructor is particularly optimistic about.

The seminar didn't set any theme, so basically, it was basically talking about recent movies.

The first thing to be discussed is of course the most popular "Yu Bai" recently. Of course, Li Yi's identity and achievements are there, so it is naturally the meaning of the question to start with "Yu Bai" as the most topical topic.

"Actually, I think the story behind "Eight Hundred" is enough to be made into a movie. Director Li, do you plan to make a sequel or something?" Tang Lu asked curiously.

"Yes, I was not familiar with this period of history before, but since "Eight Hundred" was released, after I went to visit, I always felt that the follow-up ending seemed a bit hasty, and after understanding this period of history, I also feel that, What happened after the defense of the Sixing Warehouse, that is, after crossing the bridge, was far more tragic than the defense of the Sixing Warehouse." Another director, Zhao Dongmin, also said.

Li Yi shook his head and said: "Actually, at the beginning, I considered filming the later stories, but in the end I gave up.

It is true that the subsequent plots are more tragic, the heroes cry even more tragically, and even the heroes become prisoners, etc., but how many people would want to watch such a movie?
If a movie like "Eight Hundred" takes the aftermath of the defense of the Sixing Warehouse as the main body, then this movie will appear very depressing."

"Of course, if anyone is interested, they can make a sequel. I can help with the investment." Li Yi himself has no idea, but he doesn't mind others taking over.

However, several directors including Tang Lu shook their heads.

It is true that the story after the Battle of the Four Lines Warehouse may be more in line with the appetite of literary film directors to a certain extent, but the film that was originally a main theme film turned out to be a literary film, and the gains outweigh the losses.

"It's a pity! But speaking of depression, Director Tang, how is your "Good Country Man"?" Another director Zhou Changqing asked curiously.

"I screwed up myself, I didn't shoot well, and the filming session didn't go well." Tang Lu sighed and said with a wry smile.

"What?" Everyone looked at Tang Lu curiously.

"Films with rural themes are not easy to make. Although "The Good Man in the Countryside" is adapted from real events, at the screening meeting, theater representatives were not optimistic about it. I also tried to send this film to the film festival, but the evaluation was the same. It's not high. It doesn't matter if you don't mention it." Tang Lu shook his head and said.

"By the way, Director Li, you don't seem to have much exposure to rural-themed movies, right? You are famous for your unique vision in movies. What do you think should be done with rural-themed movies?" Tang Lu looked at Li Yi again and asked Dao, obviously don't want to mention the movie "The Good Country Man".

Li Yi really doesn't involve much in rural-themed movies. In fact, there were quite a lot of rural-themed movies in the last century, among literary films, but since the new century, it's not that there are no rural-themed movies. But there are really not many who can be called excellent.

"I don't really have much exposure to rural-themed films." Li Yi shook his head and said.

"But I think movies always have the same goal, right? It mainly depends on which part of the content to show. In fact, it is no different from other movies. Either it is positive, such as the good side of the countryside, such as some touching rural stories, etc., Either it is the opposite, that is to reveal the dark side of some rural areas, the suffering of farmers, etc." Li Yi added.

Tang Lu nodded and said, "Hey, who's to say it's not? My "Countryside Good Man" is just short of this. I always wanted to accommodate everything, but in the end, it fell short and turned into a film with four different characters."

In fact, when it comes to rural-themed films, everyone's first reaction is to be an award-winning literary film.

The fact is also true. Most of the films that can be called excellent rural themes are almost literary.

But in the commercial field, there are very few such movies that hit the blockbusters.

No, it should be said that there are almost no rural-themed films that have truly achieved success in the commercial field.

But at this stage, Tang Lu, Zhou Changqing and other literary directors are not so friendly.

In fact, this is true for the domestic literary film market.

The reason why they say that Li Yi has a unique vision is not because he has repeatedly made achievements in commercial films, and he is sure to hit a hit, but because Li Yi has produced many literary films, not only winning awards, but also having great success at the box office. Vulgar performance.

Nowadays, many people say that Li Yi's films are not popular, and Li Yi's films will always be brought up to talk about, especially those Li Yi's award-winning films, which also performed well at the box office, which made those directors of literary films It's very embarrassing, because if you want to say that literary and artistic films naturally don't sell well, then others will always have a reason. If it's just one or two, it's fine, but the point is that Li Yi's literary and artistic films also sell a lot.

"Is Director Li interested in rural-themed films?" Tang Lu asked suddenly.

The others couldn't help but looked at Tang Lu with strange expressions. You must know that although movies are artistic creations, they are often related to the experience of the director.

Why were rural-themed films popular back then?

On the one hand, it is because of the times, and on the other hand, it is also because of those directors, who have been deeply influenced by it.

But Li Yi didn't have such experience. In other words, he is from Hong Kong Island and his family background is considered superior. In their opinion, Li Yi should have little contact with the countryside.

Therefore, in their view, even if Li Yi is interested, it may be difficult to make any good rural-themed films.

This is caused by objective conditions. It's not that Li Yi's level is not good, but that you don't understand the countryside. How can you make good movies and stories in the countryside?

As a result, Li Yi was taken aback when he heard the words.

Two completely different films came to mind.

Just like what he said before, either it is to show the beautiful and simple side of the countryside, or it is to show the negative and dark side.

As a result, this time he actually remembered two films with completely different rural themes.

One of them shows touching, truth, kindness and beauty.

But the other one is so depressing that people can't breathe and it's hard to calm down.

But both films are representative rural-themed films from another world after the new century.

The former is well-received and well-received, and it is a relatively rare commercial film with rural themes, while the latter, although it is a literary film with a very depressing content, has also won a good box office, and of course it is even more controversial. .

"Director Li?" Seeing that Li Yi had lost his mind, everyone couldn't help being a little surprised.

"Sorry, I thought of something." Li Yi said apologetically.

"Just now Director Tang asked me if I was interested in rural-themed films. In fact, I really thought of the two stories I heard before. The two stories can be said to be diametrically opposed. Are you interested in hearing it?" Li Yi asked with a smile.

"Oh?" Everyone couldn't help being curious.

"There are dozens of families living in a remote mountain village, and they live an ordinary life.

One day, Ergou, the son of the village chief, picked up a girl who fainted at the entrance of the village, breaking the silence of the village for many years.The villagers discussed around the girl, some said that if it was a boy, they would take it back, and some said that if the baby was brought up, it would be useless to raise the baby if someone took it away...The village head had no choice but to promise that whoever would accept Xiaohua would give him more rations when the village harvest was ready, and everyone watched indifferently.

The elderly Baozhu father hobbled forward, carried the surviving girl on his back and walked towards home.Everyone who knew Baozhu's father's situation looked on in surprise.

Baozhu's daughter-in-law, Xiangcao, has not given birth to a baby for many years. When she learned that Baozhu's father had picked up a wild baby, she thought he wanted to make her ugly in public, so that everyone in the village would know that she couldn't have a baby.Baozhu also blamed his father for picking someone to eat.After the kind-hearted Bao Zhu father learned that Xiao Hua was a homeless orphan, he left the miserable Xiao Hua behind under the pressure of his son and daughter-in-law.

Xiaohua is very sensible and loves her grandpa very much. Even though Baozhu sighs more and Xiangcao's face is so dark that water drips out, it doesn't affect the joy of being together. There is laughter in the adobe house, and Xiangcao is very jealous , decided to send Xiaohua away.

Under her mother's careful arrangement, Vanilla deceived the innocent Xiao Hua time and time again, but in the end she failed...

This made Vanilla annoyed, and took advantage of the meal to spread her resentment on Xiao Hua. Bao Zhu's father couldn't stand Vanilla's face, and took Xiao Hua to start a new stove.From now on, the seven-year-old Xiaohua cooks for her grandfather every day, and her life is very bitter and happy.

The kind-hearted Xiaohua never hates her uncle and aunt, and approaches them time and time again with sincerity and tenderness.One time, she sent homemade pancakes. Baozhu and Xiangcao looked at the steamed buns in their hands, and their hearts were touched.The next day, Bao Zhu accidentally talked to Xiao Hua. After Xiao Hua confirmed that her uncle was talking to her, she threw down the corn cobs in her hand and ran out of the hospital. Go to the field and tell grandpa the news, grandpa
Seeing Xiaohua's excited little face and bleeding little hands, Grandpa couldn't stop the tears of distress.

The studious little flower carved all the characters she had learned secretly into the soil with wooden sticks. Grandpa looked at the large piece of characters carved in the soil and was very sad. Grandpa's body temperature was woven into a basket.Xiaohua finally went to school. She knew that the grandpa would laugh when she got the first place in the exam, so she went back to take the first place in the exam.

Days passed, and Vanilla's stomach still didn't move.Vanilla Mother heard that eating grasshoppers could cure her disease, Baozhu ignored her.After Xiao Hua heard about it, she secretly grabbed the grasshoppers on the road one by one into the bottle.Baozhu and Xiangcao looked at the 10 large bottles of grasshoppers on the kang, and were deeply shocked...

Xiaohua finally influenced Baozhu and Vanilla with her tolerance and kindness, and Vanilla shed tears of repentance...

Grandpa and Xiaohua were invited back to the main room. They put on the new clothes made by Vanilla, looked at the sumptuous meals on the table, choked with sobs, and Xiaohua threw herself into Vanilla's arms and yelled for the first time in her life mother……"

The story of the movie "Warm Spring" is actually very plain, but it is extremely warm. It can be said that this movie is a typical commercial film with rural themes.

The story is actually very simple, but it wins with emotion, and it shows more of a good side.

It is also relatively common, with a truly emotional ending.

(End of this chapter)