At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 625 I have never lost a pen battle!
In fact, Xudong rarely criticizes a movie, especially a movie that is currently being screened!

This will give people a feeling that they can't afford to lose.

Even though "Rise to Fame" has already been released, the film schedule of "Taken 2" is only in the single digits, and there are a few sporadic film screenings, but it is still a competitor of "Lust, Caution"...

You stand up and criticize "Lust, Caution" at this time...

And it's under the premise that everyone in the circle praises it.

It's easy to give people a feeling that they don't understand movies!

Isn't this a hot topic.

You asked, Shen Xudong will tell the truth!

Of course, what Shen Xudong said is well-founded, and...

In fact, there are many voices criticizing "Lust, Caution".

"Plastic plastic surgery for traitors", "sounding the alarm for the mainstream culture that maintains the national spirit", "confused the big right and wrong in modern China with flesh colors, and presented small tributes loved by Western masters with flesh colors"

He even scolded Li An directly for saying that he has mastered both Chinese and Western cultures. I think he is thinking of the Western world and knelt down! '

But I can't stand Li Ani, who is awesome, an Oscar-level director, and "Lust, Caution" just won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival...

Surrounded by a bunch!

"Sanlian Life Weekly" immediately refuted Shen Xudong: "Lust, Caution" is great. This film subverted the Chinese society's historical discourse on the War of Resistance, and also surpassed the framework of the original Zhang Ailing's novel, so it is dazzling!
The lingering "small narrative" reveals the "big narrative" in which the destiny of the family and the country and the destiny of the times are intertwined, adding a beam of humanity to "Lust, Caution", illuminating the blind spots of history and revealing the subtle corners of human nature, becoming a novel The power of enlightenment.

Chen Chong also responded that "Lust, Caution" does not want to explain Mr. Yi's political views and the process of his ideal death, but just wants him to meet Wang Jiazhi in this special situation.Human nature is very complicated. In the mirror of "Lust, Caution", we see our own flaws and dark sides. The idealized emotions we place our hopes on are actually stained! '

Li Min explained: "The purpose of filming "Lust, Caution" is to rescue a piece of history that may be gradually forgotten by people. It is to restore the broken mountains and rivers, the loss of the country, the poverty and weakness, and the frequent wars that the original author Zhang Ailing personally experienced. The appearance of modern Chinese history, if my generation does not take pictures of future generations, there will be no chance to take pictures. '

Well, what you said makes sense.

Just like "The Woman Married to Dashan", she was kidnapped, and finally fell in love with the kidnapper...

This is also true!

Oh, Shen Xudong was targeted by a group of 'public intellectuals'...

All kinds of scolding him on the Internet, saying that he does not understand human nature and the like.

It's normal, Brother Hu finished reading "Dajiang Dahe 1949" back then, and wrote an article about his feelings after reading it, feeling a little bit, and then he was surrounded by public officials and scolded, actors and entertainers didn't understand anything...

Of course, Shen Xudong wouldn't be scolded for not knowing anything, after all, he is a top-notch screenwriter and best-selling novelist.

Then scold him for not being able to understand Li Amine, not understanding art...

……

But...Shen Xudong has a blog, don't forget, he is a writer!
It's a traditional thing for writers to fight with pens!

Shen Xudong immediately drafted "Let's be honest, I don't think "Lust, Caution" should be screened":
Let me talk about the conclusion first: "Lust, Caution" is a gorgeous leather robe. No matter how glamorous the appearance is, its core is to tell you one thing: if a traitor can do "Panlu Deng Xiaoxian", then he will Can turn Wang Jiazhi into Pan Jinlian!
Of course, this is not in line with history, but Eileen Chang and Li An think they understand human nature, history, and the world better!
Let’s talk about the deleted version in China first, which is inexplicable and meaningless at all. It is a group of young people who want to assassinate traitors, but because the heroine changed her mind, they failed.

Why did the heroine change her mind?Because she is not firm.She's not a revolutionary, she's self-righteous.

Getting along with the traitors day and night, the blood and passion of youth and a new understanding of the situation of life, the already unstable revolutionary will is even more lax.So when you want to kill traitors, your heart softens, and you lose everything.

That's it.

Then I watched the full version...

I really can't understand why it needs such a large scale!

I personally feel that the leakage point is completely unnecessary, without the creeping collision of the pubic bone...

Can't express emotions in close-ups?

Then I thought of the selling point!
There is no doubt that sex scenes are the selling point.

As a producer, I know these things too well, what art, what history, what exploration of human nature... selling point, you understand?
You can do sex scenes, and you can do sex scenes for a long time, but you don't have to show!
What do you mean by dew point?
Do you want to add close-ups to the actors' special body parts?
You can do whatever you want with facial expressions and rough body contours.

How did it affect the progress of the plot?

Here is a response to why I think the sex scene is unnecessary: ​​Before the sex scene, you can immerse yourself in the whole story, and the characters in your eyes are the spy Mr. Yi and the spy Ms. Wang fighting each other...

After the sex scene starts, you immediately start acting, and subconsciously feel that Liang Chaowei and Tang Wei are in...

The characters immediately fell from Mr. Yi and Ms. Wang to the actors!

Movies, too real, are sometimes not a good thing.

We are all adults, I don't believe that you really have such an 'artistic taste' that you can instantly feel the psychological and emotional blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah for Yi and Wang in the three sex scenes...

It was all forced after the fact. At that time, the face was hot and the heart was beating. This is a normal physiological reaction that a living person should have.

When you have the shocking thought of "I am grass, Liang Caowei", it is difficult to bring the plot to Mr. Yi and Ms. Wang again, and you don't care much about what the movie tells...

If there is no way to express what the movie wants to express without these large-scale lenses, then can I think that Li Ani is too incompetent and can only express his core of thought by relying on these things?

I am very envious of Li Min. In fact, many directors want to shoot like this, to shoot real guns, but they can’t do it. For example, the lead actor disagrees—after all, they are big names.How do you maintain a positive image of yourself?
Even the stand-in did not agree, not everyone would dare to do this due to the pressure of public opinion. Director Li Amin dared to do this. Of course, he never admitted it positively.

I am self-satisfied, regardless of other people's eyes.

But I don't like "Lust, Caution". This is not a mainstream commercial film, and it is not suitable for release in the mainland because of his portrayal of traitors!
Yes, of course we know that human nature is very complicated, traitors may also have reasons for betraying the country, for example, Wang Zhaoming once "drawing swords into one piece, worthy of the youth's head"...

But... that's not, and shouldn't be, what mainstream films should portray.

The protagonists of mainstream movies can be wrong, they can be thieves and thieves, but evil is the bottom line!

I read a lot of comments, and Ms. Chen Chong's comment disgusted me the most. Human nature is very complicated. In the mirror of "Lust, Caution", we see ourselves with flaws and dark sides. My emotions turned out to be stained...'

How do you empathize so much with traitors?

You mean like a movie about the humanity of murderers!
As long as a murderer deliberately kills someone for a moment, he is a heinous crime and a murderer!

Do we have to say that this murderer only killed two or three people, considering that he didn't kill people most of the time...

Therefore, to complain for him, can't he be sentenced to death?
Do traitors have humanity?
Then why don't you say that people killed by traitors are more humane?Why don't you say that traitors have humanity when they kill tens of thousands of people?

I used to think that movies are not magical, its meaning is the feeling it brings to you.

After watching "Lust, Caution" this time, I have a new feeling: If the audience generally feels that traitors are beautified, then it means that the director has a problem with his ideology, or the film deviates from the main purpose.

That is, the movie was not made well.

But it didn’t go well, how did you get the Venice Golden Lion?
The art of film is not to write a diary at home, but to show it to others.

Why do it for others to see?
That is to have an impact on others!
Therefore, a film director must have the sense of responsibility of an artist...

In my opinion, as a popular art, film should first serve the public and shoulder corresponding social responsibilities. At the same time, the highest state of art is not straightforward and exposed.

Especially the inland market without classification.

From this point of view, I am very angry. This plot is like pointing my nose and saying: A woman fell in love with a traitor and betrayed the revolution. This kind of thing happened!
Yes, of course it happened, but should it be documented?
I also don't want to expand, but I feel that a film like "Lust, Caution" should not have been shown in the mainland from the very beginning!

If "Lust, Caution" can be released, then... can I make a film of similar type, called "After I Did It Three Times, I Fall in Love with a Traitor" or "Although he is a traitor, I love him"...

If the movie I made is not allowed to be released, why should "Lust, Caution" be released?
Just because it is a movie made by Li Amine?

unfair!
　Push this book: "This actor doesn't talk about martial arts"...

　　Very interesting!

　　
　
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