Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1349 Principles
"Mr. Lin, although I'm not as good as you, but in Xiangjiang, the gunfight movies are better than mine. I guess I don't even have one hand."

Mai Dangxiong has his own pride and confidence. In his opinion, there are only a handful of directors in Xiangjiang's film and television industry who can make good shootout movies.

In addition to Lin Daoqiu, Mai Dangxiong really has never convinced anyone in the gunfight movie.

For McDangxiong, Lin Daoqiu actually admires him very much. Different from Wu Zhenyu's violent aesthetics, McDonald's films are more prominent in depth.

Although "Province and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" seems to be a hot gunfight movie, in fact, there are many deep-seated things in it, but most people don't pay attention to them at all.

Before filming "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers", it took several months from selecting actors to tailoring the script for them.

If it's just an ordinary shootout film, you don't need to spend so much energy at all. It's almost enough to find a few stars to shoot according to the script.

But McDonald insisted on doing this, which had to make him look at him differently.

It's just that this time Lin Daoqiu is going to shoot this movie in cooperation with Baodao, he doesn't really want to show anything deep in it.

Lin Daoqiu's idea for this film is very simple, as long as he has no brains, if he wanted to shoot that kind of deep humanities, Lin Daoqiu would not choose to go to Baodao.

"What I need for that movie is a simple shootout movie, without having to think about other things, it's enough to show a shocking visual impact, do you think you can do it?"

Lin Daoqiu didn't mind giving Mai Dangxiong a chance, but the premise was that he had to be honest and not make trouble in this movie, and shoot according to the script.

Hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, Mai Dangxiong suddenly fell silent.

Lin Daoqiu's meaning has been made very clear, that is, this film is very simple, and it only needs to be filmed according to the script.

Of course, in the action and gun battle scenes, McDonald can design by himself, there should be no doubt about this.

But apart from these, there should be no room for me to intervene in the plot and script, which made McDonald very uncomfortable.

You must know that from Li's filming of TV series to leaving the TV station to start a film company, he will participate in the script creation of the films produced by McDonald.

This time it is rare to get such a good opportunity, but it can only be filmed according to the script given by Lin Daoqiu, which makes Mai Dangxiong very embarrassed.

"Actually, I think you can change your mind."

After seeing Mai Dangxiong lost in thought, Lin Daoqiu planned to release him.

Raising his head and looking at Lin Daoqiu in confusion, Mai Dangxiong didn't know what the other party was going to say.

"Distinguish between making your own movies and making other people's movies. When making your own movies, you can make whatever you want, but if you are helping others, you have to give up part of your principles."

Lin Daoqiu's proposal sounded like Mai Dangxiong didn't agree very much.

"I don't really agree with Mr. Lin's words. If someone asks me to make a movie, it's because of my qualities, but am I still me without these qualities?"

Lin Daoqiu didn't really want to argue with the other party about these things, but today he had to spend some time to convince Mai Dangxiong.

After all, in terms of McDangxiong's ability, I still need him to make many movies in the future, and in the field of gunfight movies, as well as biopics and other types of movies, McDonald is a good player.

"There is a saying that is good, it is called taking the essence and discarding the dross. You have a lot of shining points, but some places are still unsatisfactory. You should be able to realize it yourself, right?"

What Lin Daoqiu was talking about was of course McDonald's chaotic shooting method in pursuit of real scenes. I'm afraid no one would like it except himself.

McDangxiong did not deny this, but in his opinion, only movies made under such circumstances can present the most authentic side to the audience, and he does not think he did anything wrong.

"The difference between a documentary and a movie is that a documentary can restore one thing to the greatest extent, but a movie is presented through an artistic technique, which has to be somewhat modified."

Lin Daoqiu doesn't think there is anything wrong with Mai Dangxiong's pursuit of this kind of real reaction, but when he does this, it will bring a lot of unnecessary trouble to others.

Under such circumstances, it can only be the lesser of two evils, but McDonald made another choice.

"I undoubtedly criticize your approach to film creation, but if you want to direct my film, or cooperate with me, then I'm afraid you have to go back and think about what I just said."

It would be best if Mai Dangxiong was willing to accept it. If he still insisted, Lin Daoqiu might have to consider other candidates.

After all, although there are not many directors in Xiangjiang's film circle who can shoot shootouts, it doesn't mean that there is no one who is more suitable than McDonald.

"Thank you Mr. Lin, I will go back and think about what you said just now."

Looking at McDonald's appearance, he knew that he still had no way to accept it, otherwise he wouldn't be answering like this now.

Originally came to see Lin Daoqiu Mai Dangxiong with expectations, but when he finally left, he looked worried.

When Lin Daoqiu turned his head to the stage, the interview session of the main creators on the stage had ended. He just concentrated on chatting with McDonald, but he didn't pay attention to the situation on stage.

And just after the interview session ended, the surrounding lights slowly dimmed, and when the big screen shone brightly, "The Meeting of Heroes" officially met with the audience.

For a movie that includes most of Xiangjiang's stars, the biggest selling point of this movie is naturally not the plot, but the stars who appear on the stage.

Although Lin Daoqiu tried his best to let the viewers focus on the plot, but this kind of thinking can be said to be a bit wishful thinking.

After all, the practice of stacking stars is definitely not a good thing for a movie, because it will greatly damage the creation of the plot, causing the plot to be too scattered and fragmented.

Often the protagonist is talking, and those guest stars pass by or talk to him from time to time.

Although the audience is very happy to watch, after all, a star will pass by from time to time, which is almost impossible in other movies.

But for Lin Daoqiu, he was not very satisfied with the creation of "The Meeting of Heroes", which also led him to make up his mind that when making this kind of movie in the future, the number of actors must be controlled.

Although Lin Daoqiu was not very satisfied, the audience laughed and exclaimed from time to time. It seemed that everyone was still very satisfied with the drama "The Meeting of Heroes".

(End of this chapter)