Tokyo Literature and Art Times

"Are you ready for this screening?"

"No problem at all."

"The opponent is Universal."

"That company is so rigid."

After the two brothers finished speaking, they looked at each other and smiled.

……

On April 4th, Los Angeles, a small auditorium in a Chinese community.

There are many luxury cars.

This scene attracted many local Chinese onlookers.

They had never seen this scene before.

I heard that it seems to be a movie made by a Japanese. What is going on?

What is your name?

"Fast & Furious"?

Sounds weird...

……

Chapter 236 Takeshi Iwata is racing in the United States with the movie!

At night, the machinery of the harbor is still in operation.

A little bit of starlight, mixed with lights, makes people unable to tell the sky from the earth.

A large truck drove out from the harbor, with a huge body and a roaring engine, the speed was getting faster and faster.

The road at night seems to be particularly empty, even such a large truck does not seem cramped.

But it didn't take long for him to have a few more partners.

Three black Toyotas showed up, all three clearly modified.

At the beginning, the three cars were still very ordinary, but they changed quickly.

The three vehicles cooperated very well to form an encirclement circle around the big truck, that is, front, rear, and left. In this position, the big truck was tightly controlled.

This big truck is like a giant beast that has been shackled. It wants to rush out, but it is blocked by these three small cars.

Unless the monster really let go of its claws and wants to kill the three cars, otherwise, it can only slow down.

In the end, the behemoth succumbed.

The big truck slowed down, as if begging to be let off.

Suddenly, there was a bang!

A grappling hook shot out from the car in front, directly smashing the windshield of the large truck.

Immediately afterwards, someone climbed onto the big truck along the steel cable behind the grapple, entered the cab, and kicked the driver out of the truck.

All these changes are extremely fast, dangerous and exciting.

Until the big truck and three cars disappeared into the night, as if nothing happened on the highway.

"Fack! Another van has been robbed! This is the fourth incident this month!"

An elderly black policeman, slapping the desk in the office.

Obviously, he was talking about what just happened.

And what can they do?

"The opponent is very powerful."

"It's clearly a professional speeding party."

"We probably don't have a police car to go after them."

"Unless you stick to it day and night, but this...seriously, there is no good way, we can only let the truck driver figure out a way."

Obviously, people who rob big trucks are really hard to deal with.

They come and go like the wind, those cars have all been modified, and their crime methods are very sophisticated.

How to do?

At this time, a young police officer spoke.

"Maybe, we can try to join them."

What does it mean?

However, this young police officer is really a mess of handsome.

……

To be honest, although he was optimistic about Takeshi Iwata, Martin, a great director, did not expect that this young Japanese director could do this.

Generally, this kind of film viewing is to go to the film company to do a screening in front of the producers or even the executives.

It's like other companies market their own products.

In America, it's really no different.

But this time, Takeshi Iwata would definitely not go to Universal to screen his film, but he actually found such a small auditorium.

Although there is a small character, it is also an auditorium. This place cannot be said to be small.

And since such a place is needed, many people should come to watch the movie.

That's right, a lot of people really came.

I've heard about the Weinstein Brothers before. These two guys are very capable people. Maybe they are not strong now, but if they are given enough strength, these two guys may turn Hollywood upside down.

Now, even if their strength is not very good, they should not be underestimated.

Their two brothers are Miramax, and Miramax is their two brothers.

Naturally, it couldn't just be Miramax, but also the producers of Bowei.

Dixon, who is also the producer of many Disney movies, Martin also recognizes.

In addition, there are people from Paramount and Warner.

The two brothers knew quite a few people.

What's interesting, though, are the two Europeans.

Martin still considered himself a European at heart, and though he was indeed born in the United States, he was of Italian descent.

Ever since, I still have a good impression of Thierry and Marco.

These two fellows from Europe seem to be a bit powerful.

They found Columbia, and Universal itself was contacted by the two of them.

Therefore, as far as the current balance of power is concerned, the two sides can be said to be on par.

Martin is still very confident, because his reputation as a great director is definitely the most prominent one in this small auditorium.

However, Martin Scorsese, a great director, was still taken aback.

"Fast and Furious", it really is 'Fast and Furious'!

It was just the beginning, and it perfectly interpreted the name of this movie.

Martin is a great director. He is indeed not very good at flying car movies, but he can also see it.

There has never been such a wonderful and exciting drag racing scene in any Hollywood movie before!

Three cars robbed a large truck.

This idea is really genius enough, according to common sense, it is difficult to do.

But after watching the movie, these three cars are like three people, and they cooperate very delicately.

You know, this is in the state of high-speed driving, and the whole lens uses...

By the way, it is the lens!

Martin couldn't help but think of Kurosawa.

Akira Kurosawa, a film master, has many fans in Europe and the United States. The reason for this is actually entirely because of the use of Akira Kurosawa's lens.

His shots are so good at telling stories, the more people look at it, the more interesting it is.

Just like the well-known "Rashomon".

The battle between the ronin played by Toshiro Mifune and the samurai traveling with his wife is just this one, which appears repeatedly in the movie, but it also gives many shots.

Among them, the samurai was shot from the angle of Toshiro Mifune's crotch. What does this mean?

It is clearly implying that the samurai is a villain.

Now, Takeshi Iwata's lens may not be so changeable, but it also gave Martin a great surprise.

Shooting a flying car scene, it definitely has to make the camera shake.

This kind of shaking is actually intentional, in order to highlight the sense of speed, and also create tension and excitement.

After all, when people's vision shakes, they will feel uneasy.

but!

When the three small cars cooperated seamlessly, they seemed to be hitting every stitch, cutting in with extreme precision to prevent the big truck from rushing out.

In this kind of place, it is a very stable lens.

From jitter to stability, the change can be said to be very small, but it gives people a strong sense of refreshment.

It's like robbing a big truck, which is very exciting and interesting.

So, will there be any surprises for you next?

……

Unlike Martin, the Weinsteins are going big this time.

They really used their connections and recruited people from Paramount and Warner.

As for Bowei, this is his old club, so naturally there is no problem.

And such a big fight is naturally to win over Takeshi Iwata.

However, what they wanted was to use this Japanese director.

Get Golden Harvest's videotape resources, and do some cooperation with Japan.

Besides, maybe this movie can catch fire?

That's right, The Fast and the Furious was actually the least of their two brothers' considerations.

But now, they were really taken aback.

In the opening scene of robbing a truck, the Weinstein brothers swore they had never seen anything like it before.

There are movies about big trucks in the United States, which are also of the flying car type, but the small car subdues a big truck so fast and brilliantly.

It is beyond imagination.

Then, the appearance of the handsome Keanu Reeves brought a brand new concept.

Undercover!

Want to break into the criminal gang and find clues?

It seems that the American police rarely do this.

But, after all, the two brothers are prepared, they have a certain amount of research on Takeshi Iwata.

"Infernal Affairs" and its sequels are all about undercover stories.

In this way, "Fast and Furious" is director Iwata's undercover film he shot in Japan and brought it to the United States? !

The American version of "Infernal Affairs"?