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Originally, because "Dragon Inn" was shortlisted for the screening unit, many people did not have high expectations for this movie.

There are differences in psychological expectations.

Directed by Liu Bige, written by Lu Yanhe, and starring Shang Yongzhou and Chen Bige, even with such a lineup, the fact that the film was not shortlisted for the main competition unit will lower everyone's psychological expectations for it.

This is the influence of top film festivals.

Many people who came to the premiere actually came with the idea of ​​watching a mediocre movie with a star-studded cast.

Even after the incident between Liu Biguo and Huang Tai, what everyone wanted to know more was how Liu Biguo would respond publicly to this incident.

As a result, when the movie "Dragon Inn" started showing, everyone still habitually focused their attention and eyes on the big screen in front of them.

The movie begins with a grand scene of Pegasus galloping, followed by an introductory narration. Prisoners are released one by one, put on horses, and then shot one by one. As the prisoners roar before their death, the background of the story slowly unfolds.

The pace is very fast.

It's not that the pace of a commercial film is fast, but that the background story is introduced very quickly, which is not cinematic at all.

But the picture is so movie-like.

This scene is actually the prelude and foreshadowing of the whole story, but this prelude and foreshadowing itself is very plot-based and makes people dazzled.

Then, waiting for the prisoner Yang Yuxuan to appear, the young eunuch played by Yan Liang and the supervisor played by Zhou Yuning also appeared.

There was a sudden cry of surprise from the audience.

Lu Yanhe was stunned.

Then he realized that everyone was shocked by the handsomeness of Zhou Yuning and Yan Liang's faces shown in the close-up on the big screen.

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Was amazed.

Both Zhou Yuning and Yan Liang do have handsome and heroic looks. In this movie, they have to wear eunuch makeup, which makes the effect even more visually impactful.

In fact, Donnie Yen and Lawrence Ng in the original version are also unforgettable. They have a magical temperament of both cruelty and femininity.

Many people who play eunuchs try to play them in a "feminine" and "sissy" way, but this is not the case with these two. Their femininity is more like a psychological characteristic rather than a physical one.

What they portrayed was a kind of femininity with a masculine cruelty, rather than the gentleness of a woman.

Both Zhou Yuning and Yan Liang are the type of actors who take acting very seriously. They have done a very solid job in basic skills when playing the roles of these two eunuchs, and they are unforgettable as soon as they appear on the stage.

What surprised Lu Yanhe the most was Yan Liang.

He really has been completely transformed.

Sure enough, the best way for an actor to prove himself is to completely change his acting style.

This look and this style are something Yan Liang has never had before.
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For Lu Yanhe, "Dragon Inn" is a very special existence.

Of course, he was talking about "New Dragon Inn".

However, because there is no "Dragon Inn" in this time and space, "New Dragon Inn" became "Dragon Inn".

Lu Yanhe has a standard for evaluating whether martial arts movies are good or not. Of course, it is just his standard.

Does it answer the question of what good martial arts is?

Martial arts is definitely not a narrow concept.

It also has absolutely all kinds of interpretations.

But any good martial arts story must have a touching answer to this question.

Martial arts movies are no exception.

What Lu Yanhe felt in "Dragon Inn" was the chivalrous spirit that was not afraid of power, and the loyalty and trust between people who met by chance.

This is a very Chinese kind of romance.

Lu Yanhe has always felt that martial arts novels must be outstanding representatives of Chinese romantic literature.

Of course, this is still just his personal opinion.

In the movie "Dragon Inn", people from all parties gather in this small inn in the desert. They are surrounded by dangers, and everyone has their own thoughts and tests each other. Then, a war is about to break out.

This didn't give them much time to think.

They can only choose between lightning and swords.

Of course, the protagonists in martial arts stories must choose to follow their hearts.
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In a story like this, everything is tinged with blood.

However, when Qiu Moyan, played by Chen Bige, took off Jin Xiangyu, played by Liu Zi,'s clothes in a "dazzling" way during the fight, this scene caused exclamations in the theater.

When Lu Yanhe heard the exclamations around him, he smiled knowingly.

He was also amazed by this scene while watching a movie.

The two people exchanged words with each other, and in the confrontation, in a small space, their moves became shadows.

The music of the pipa and guzheng changes speed with the characters' movements and language.

Liu Zi had her shirt ripped off by Chen Bige, and took advantage of the situation to fall onto the rack, with one hand covering her chest. In the camera, only when she turned her back to the camera, there was shock and panic on her face. Under the butter lamp, her skin was as white as cream and her eyes were trembling.

Chen Bige smiled with a curved mouth.

Such movie scenes can be seen in many spy and agent movies, but it is rare to see them shot so hazy, poetic, and ambiguous without being blatant.

The next second, Liu Zi's frightened look suddenly disappeared, and she immediately became aggressive, with an attitude of "Do you think I'm really afraid of you?" She scolded Chen Bige a few words and took the opportunity to run away, jumping up like a swallow, but Chen Bige was quick to grab Liu Zi's dress and ripped it.

On the rooftop, it was just before dawn. Liu Zi's body curves formed a graceful silhouette.

But Liu Bige did not stay on this scene for long, just one second, and then the camera moved above Liu Zi's neck.

She began to sing without any scruples in such an exposed environment.

It is clearly a scene full of ambiguity and innuendo, but it was shot in a natural and wild way, making people have lustful thoughts without any evil intentions.
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It has the narrative rhythm of a completely commercial film, but has top-notch film aesthetics.
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Seeing this, many people became serious and solemn.

The film exceeded their expectations.

So far, the film has turned out to be nothing like what they had imagined.

Is the photo not good?
Mediocre?
After seeing this movie, they really can't say such things.

The plot became even more tense, especially when Zhou Huaian, played by Shang Yongzhou, and Zhou Yuning, Yan Liang and a group of people from the East Factory also came to Longmen Inn one after another and the conflicts intensified.
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Although foreigners don’t know much about martial arts, it’s not the first time they come into contact with this type of film.

Moreover, the style of this martial arts movie is relatively realistic, and each action is not out-of-this-world.

The most important thing is that this movie has a strong plot and strong character relationships, which makes it easier for foreign audiences to understand.

Of course, there are many things that only Chinese people can understand.

This includes Wen Shengming.

Wen Shengming is an old-school actor.

He is the kind of old-school actor who listened to storytelling and crosstalk in teahouses when he was a child, watched sketches and dramas when he grew up, and later gradually entered the era of film and television.

Everyone, more or less, will stay in his era.

This is true no matter how great the artist is.

Wen Shengming himself knows it.

However, during this one and a half hour, he actually had the illusion that he was watching movies from his own era.

That kind of very traditional martial arts and chivalry has disappeared for a long time with the decline of the martial arts film genre.

How come two young men, Liu Bige and Lu Yanhe, made such a movie?
When the last few people crawled out of the desert, swept by the wind and sand, they rode away on horseback in the sunset, and desolate and majestic music sounded.

Wen Shengming felt a sour feeling deep in his heart.

It is said that art is high-level and has a threshold. In fact, in China, since a very early time, art not only comes from the temple, but also from the underworld.

"Dragon Inn" is a martial arts story with a very traditional theme.

However, Lu Yanhe's script made several characters with different personality traits vivid and distinct. Liu Bige's filming made this story go beyond a simple story and truly tell the story with the lens.

Such a small inn was photographed with a mix of good and bad people and undercurrents.

In just one and a half hours, the past of every character is brought together here, bursting out with the most brilliant chapter, without feeling thin at all.

The ending of this movie is not so sensational as to make people cry, but the desolation of "lonely smoke rising in the desert" is present at the end of the story, along with the dust raised by the horse's hooves, and the film leaves with no words in its heart for a long time.

When the movie ended, the lights in the hall came on.

The applause that broke out from the audience was completely beyond his expectations.

There are so many foreigners here, do they understand it?
Can they understand martial arts movies?

Wen Shengming turned around and saw the excited and excited expressions on their faces after they stood up. He then felt that his previous thoughts were too arrogant.

Art has never been something that requires others to understand the creator's intentions 100%.

Art is something that everyone can read and understand and relate to.

Wen Shengming also stood up and applauded the movie with everyone else.
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"Movie Life": "When the movie ended and everyone stood up and applauded, I realized that we were all wrong. We all thought that this martial arts film, which was only shortlisted for the screening unit, must have been too mediocre and therefore not shortlisted for the main competition. In fact, after the disappointment brought to us by "Fake Death", Liu Bige's third film "Dragon Gate Inn" is a work that is enough to push his position in film history further. I find it hard to believe that such a soul-stirring martial arts work was shot by a director in his thirties, and the script came from a young man who was only twenty-five years old. Yes, we have said it many times, but even if Liu Bige is a genius director who won the Venice International Film Festival Jury Award for his first film, and Lu Yanhe is a genius screenwriter, it is still hard for us to believe that "Dragon Gate Inn" was made by them. "Dragon Gate Inn" is such a movie."

This is one of the top film magazines in China.

They commented immediately.

Afterwards, entertainment critic Guan Suchen also commented: "Almost all my friends who follow me know that I can be regarded as a die-hard fan of Lu Yanhe. I just watched his movies, whether it is the leading actor or the screenwriter, I have almost never given bad reviews - the praise rate is so high that I feel that it is easy for people to say that I have received money. But, I really haven't received a penny. Let's get back to the point. I said this because I have to admit that I am like many people. I thought that "Dragon Gate Inn" was not very good. At least it was a controversial work. Otherwise, with such a lineup, it should not have been excluded from the main competition unit. This is a movie that inherits the four words of chivalry and righteousness. This is also a movie that does not use fighting scenes as a gimmick, but the fighting scenes kill 99% of the action movies on the market in seconds. There are too many scenes in it that are impressive. I specifically went to find out who the action director of this movie was. It turned out to be Mr. Qiu Likan. People who are not familiar with him may not know that this old master was the master director of Hong Kong action movies 20 years ago. He has not been an action director since ten years ago. Unexpectedly, "Dragon Gate Inn" invited him out."

"Some time ago, the director of "Cloud Dragon Project" said that stars are not important for movies. Whether stars are important or not has always been a topic of discussion. However, the movie "Dragon Inn" is actually a good answer. Some movies cannot perform such a dramatic and bold performance without a large number of superstars. In such a small inn, there are so many characters, and each of them is so vivid. They are not just tools for decoration, and they are not real superstars. They cannot suppress the repeated "appearances" in this movie. In the end, they gather together, and after the undercurrent surges, murderous intentions appear frequently, and they survive in the chaos. I can say directly that if a different group of actors were to play in this movie, it would definitely not be as spectacular as it is now."

"From Shang Yongzhou's calm and composed hero, to Chen Bige's dashing and conflicted heroine, to Liu Zi's charming and coquettish boss lady, and Zhou Yuning, who changed his acting style and played a feminine and domineering role, making people unforgettable... Every actor performed a completely different look from before. The fact that so many top stars can 'start over' in one movie, such image differences are the cornerstone of the film's atmosphere."

"I must praise Yan Liang again. He is a young eunuch who is very good at upward management. He is handsome and has great kung fu. Among so many big names, he played the role without hesitation, and his presence is so strong that people even feel that he is also the protagonist. I heard that this role was reserved by Lu Yanhe for Yan Liang. It is said that because of the character's personality, Yan Liang's agency did not want him to play it at first. I can only say, haha. I dare say that after the release of this movie, Yan Liang's acting career will definitely be much broader. He is actually an actor who can span such a wide range of roles. He has exceeded my expectations."

"So, why wasn't this film in the main competition? It's definitely an award-winning film!"

About three hours later, more than a dozen domestic media outlets that watched the film in person published their comments.

Without exception, all the reviews were positive.

Everyone was shocked.

As many people began to translate and copy the reviews from overseas media, everyone discovered that not only domestic media, but overseas media also gave the film unanimous positive reviews.

Such rave reviews even outshined all the main competing films.

Many media outlets have mentioned the same question: Why was "Dragon Inn" only shown in the screening unit?

Lu Yanhe, who was still in Hexi, saw so many people asking this question, and he muttered softly: "Because once this movie is released in the main competition unit, you may not have the same attitude."

In the screening section, everyone's expectations are lowered, and they can see the artistic value of the film. If it were in the main competition section, would these people who are used to watching art films be able to accept this film with such a fast pace and such a strong story?
In essence, it is a story of revenge.

Lu Yanhe thought that this result was very good.

For the current "Dragon Inn", winning an award is not the best outcome, but having everyone praising it is the best outcome. (End of this chapter)