Chapter 307 Comedy Suspense, Twists and Turns
Chapter 307 Comedy + suspense, reversal and reversal
Coincidentally, laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the doorway. The audience at the premiere laughed loudly, and the film critics were brushing their notebooks to do reading comprehension.
[…This scene is about everyone being ordinary people, small people]
[It can be clearly seen that each character has a certain degree of reference to the prototype. The director of the bad movie is Wang Pangzi himself, Mengdie is Ruan Lingyu, or it may be Liu Tao, and Xiaoda and Teacher Guan have a wider range...]
[In addition to the prototype, it also satirizes some phenomena in the industry, such as finding gimmicks to make movies, female stars marrying rich people, and big stars beating people...]
[The most powerful one is Xiaoda, who talks about those stars who go to Hollywood, who are glorious on the surface, but actually play supporting roles and Japanese. There are too many satires, international Zhang? Bruce Lee? ………]
[Good guy, he is really not afraid of offending people...]
If Wei Yang could see the comments written by these reporters, he would definitely refute them immediately. Sometimes you don’t have to associate too much.
Including when the original movie was released, many people interpreted the movie in an exaggerated way. Some satires were fine, but many entertainment industry scandals were also put on it, forcing the main creators to come out and say that the outside world over-interpreted it.
Some satire is very normal in the entertainment industry. Many directors have played it. In the early Hong Kong movies, it was very exciting. There were not many people who were really angry.
Even if there were people who were really angry, Wei Yang didn't care much, after all, he was not a small fry.
But he was not afraid of some people, and some people he really couldn't afford to provoke, and there was no need to provoke, such as Bruce Lee.
Regardless of whether this person is controversial or not, his supporters and fans are very exaggerated, and his popularity is also very good.
If he satirizes Director Chen and Zhang Ziyi, maybe someone will praise him, but if he is associated with this person, even Wei Yang will be embarrassed for a while.
So for the role of Wu Jing, Wei Yang meant to tie it to himself. When he went back to promote it, he also fanned the fact that he was not welcomed in Hong Kong. It is acceptable to satirize some phenomena, but don't link it with Bruce Lee.
Countless people have taught Wei Yang with bloody lessons that it is easy to get into trouble if you don't mess with those who have passed away.
So Wei Yang can ignore other problems, but if someone leads the rhythm in this direction, Wei Yang will definitely intervene.
Back to the plot, after the tycoon's speech, although everyone was embarrassed, they also recognized the reality. This is indeed their reliance for turning over, and they can only hold on to it.
At this time, the plot has completely moved towards the rhythm of investigating the case and seeking the truth. While the main creators are bickering and playing, they have indeed dug up a lot of clues.
Compared with the previous part, the plot in the middle is slightly suppressed, and a lot of suspense elements are added, but there are still a lot of baggage.
This combination of comedy + suspense is not complicated in terms of structure, and there have been many similar examples in the past.
Many themes are so easy to learn but difficult to master. The suspense + comedy model is not difficult to imitate. The key is how to ensure that the two themes play their own advantages and combine them excellently.
Whether it is suspense or comedy, it seems easy, but in fact the threshold is not low.
If you want to make a good suspect, you have to have a tight logic and be linked together. If you want a comedy to be outstanding, you have to be funny and natural, and you can't force the jokes. If it is a theater movie, you have to consider the commercial attributes.
In Wei Yang's opinion, the best combination in this regard is undoubtedly "Detective Chinatown", which directly promotes the suspense + comedy model.
And "Famous" is also a masterpiece of this model.
There are no big loopholes in the suspense aspect, it unfolds slowly, with reason and evidence, and the rhythm is also good.
The comedy is not particularly funny, but the baggage is continuous, the point is stopped, and it is harmonious and natural. Even because it is closely related to the real theme, there is a bit of Jiang Wen's humor in "Let the Bullets Fly".
Many film critics feel that Jiang Wen's shadow is there when they see this movie.
This is not a misunderstanding. The original creators personally admitted that there was more or less some influence when creating the movie.
After all, "Let the Bullets Fly" at that time was the "Internet Bible". Both movies also have elements such as fighting wits, group portraits, fighting against the powerful, and the Republic of China. Jiang Wen's Beiyang Trilogy is so classic that it is hard not to imitate it.
Wei Yang himself did not deny this, and he publicly admitted it in a program before.
He likes "Let the Bullets Fly" very much. The movie has borrowed and imitated Jiang Wen's style, and even found Ge Da Ye and Jiang Wu, and there are also related selfish motives.
However, imitation is imitation, but more of the lines and baggage, the essence of the two movies is still very different.
As the plot unfolds, the truth of the Sanlao case also begins to slowly appear in front of everyone.
The murderer played by Duan Long is a soldier. Later, he came to the Magic City with his comrade/superior's daughter Nightingale. The latter likes to sing, so she competes in a nightclub. Unexpectedly, she was spotted by the three elders and invited to the box to humiliate them wantonly.
When the murderer found out, it was too late. In grief and anger, he killed the three elders and everyone.
But he didn't want Nightingale's innocent reputation to be affected, so he tried to move Nightingale's body and pretended to be a robber.
In this way, no one knew that a girl had been insulted and there was only a gangster who killed the three elders for money.
Unexpectedly, this case was noticed by Lu Daheng, who wanted to adapt it into a movie and even brought the murderer and the crime scene.
It just so happened that the murderer felt that some places were not perfect, so he took this opportunity to fill in all the loopholes. As a result, he met the male lead screenwriter who had a precise vision and unraveled the case from various details.
The truth of this case made all the audience feel sad.
Through various details before, many people have realized that this case is not as simple as it seems. They have considered it as a wrongful case, a vendetta or a factional struggle, but they didn't expect it to be such a situation.
There is nothing wrong with the motive for committing the crime. Any man who has the ability will kill.
The motive for surrendering after the incident seems a bit outrageous, but it can be understood when you think about it carefully.
The murderer is alone and has died. It doesn't matter whether he escapes or not. It is more important to keep Nightingale's innocent reputation.
Anyway, the three elders are dead and the revenge has been avenged. In this society and era, if the murder case turns into a love murder case, then the discussion about Nightingale is not a new round of harm. Even if she dies, she will not be at peace.
Especially think about the excitement of the crew discussing the case before. If it is made into a movie and randomly adapted, it will hurt Nightingale even more.
Everything the murderer did just formed a logical closed loop with the faces of the crew's creators before, which is full of irony.
What's even more ironic is that when all the truth came out, the military control came to the door after hearing the news.
It's not just the three elders who did evil. If this case is dug up, it will easily affect other people, so the big guys above sent people to silence them.
The ugliness exposed is just the tip of the iceberg, which is the most terrifying thing.
Zhang Songwen, who plays the head of the military control, performed very well.
He was pale, panting and weak, and spoke softly, but his words and deeds did not take human life seriously. Killing people to silence them was like punching in for work. He looked kind, but he was actually terrible.
In the end, the police died tragically, and the murderer suddenly subdued the head of the military control, and then let others leave, and died together with the military control.
After the others escaped, some wanted to remain anonymous, while others insisted on filming the Sanlao case to expose the ugliness of the Republic of China government and to save other "nightingales".
Everyone had a big quarrel and seemed to be divided, but in the end they made a movie together and released it overseas.
It's a pity that not many people paid attention to this movie. Compared with the movie, the audience and film critics who came were more concerned about whether they could eat or not.
The audience was a little disappointed. They didn't expect that the work that the protagonists worked so hard to make was not popular.
And at this moment, as the male protagonist looked at a girl wiping tears in a corner, the biggest reversal of the whole movie appeared.
As the male protagonist chased the girl, the previous clips kept flashing back, the original truth gradually blurred, and with various hidden details, it became a new truth.
The first half of the story is true. Two people came to the Magic City, the nightingale was insulted, and the murderer killed people.
But what everyone misunderstood was that the nightingale did not die, but escaped under the cover of the murderer.
The murderer confessed his crime and was executed, not for the reputation and innocence of the nightingale, but to cover the nightingale's escape and shift all his attention to himself.
Everything he did at the crime scene afterwards was not to destroy the evidence of Nightingale's existence, but to divert the protagonists' attention and make them think that Nightingale was dead.
In this way, even if the movie is released, everyone will think that Nightingale is dead, and the body was not found because the murderer did it on purpose to preserve his reputation.
In this way, everyone knows that Nightingale is dead, and the real Nightingale who escaped is safe.
This sudden reversal made all the audience scream "Fuck!" and got goose bumps.
Duan Long was half lying on the sofa with blood all over his body, holding a cigarette and looking up at Nightingale in the ventilation duct, which made people sad and tearful.
The murderer, who was already the most outstanding character, has a deeper sublimation. Many emotional female audiences couldn't help crying when they saw this scene.
Fan Xiaopang was also a little into the play, but after calming down a little, his first reaction was.
"It's a pity to give this role to someone else. You should play it yourself."
"I don't need this role. The movie is important."
Wei Yang is very calm. He is not only an actor, but also the person in charge of a project. Therefore, he should consider the overall situation and not think about himself in everything.
What's more, the role of the male protagonist is not without its highlights.
After realizing the real purpose of the murderer, the whole movie is struggling to find the truth. The serious and stubborn male protagonist chooses to let go when he is about to catch the nightingale and let the nightingale leave.
Chasing out is the instinct to pursue the truth, and stopping is the glory and tenderness of human nature.
The role of the murderer is sublimated after the reversal, and the role of the male protagonist chooses to let go at the last moment, which is also a sublimation.
The movie is almost over here, and there are still a few open details, leaving the audience to imagine and guess.
The last easter egg also explains the finished product of the movie in the movie.
As the male protagonist screenwriter said, the vase actress's acting skills are exaggerated, and the director of the bad movie king is extremely poor, which once again proves what the old drama bone said-Xiao Li's words are unpleasant to hear, but he never lies.
At this point, the movie "Famous" ended.
Wei Yang and other main creators stood up and went on stage to greet, and the audience applauded loudly...