Coquettish Rebirth

"Mr. Jia, thank you for giving me this opportunity. You know, when I saw the plot outline of such a movie and heard the character design from you, I really felt that this movie was designed for me! After signing the contract, Nolan shook Jia Hongjian's hand and said excitedly, "So no matter how hard you put in this time, even if you ask me to sleep with you, I will definitely obey, because I really want to get The right to make this movie!" Here, Nolan made another British joke, which immediately froze the smile on Jia Hongjian's face—it was as if Jia Hongjian was gay!

However, Jia Hongjian is not someone who can't take jokes, "Forget it, I'm not interested in men. But speaking of it, why do you think such a movie is tailor-made for you?" He asked curiously , can be regarded as off topic.In his opinion, this movie is a traditional Chinese classic adapted by Jia Hongjian according to the method of "Youth School". Logically speaking, it should be more like Ang Lee's tailor-made, right?How could it somehow make Nolan feel that it was tailor-made for him, an Englishman?

At this time, I heard Nolan explain with a smile: "Mr. Jia, you don't know something. My favorite film noir is the kind of film that has a darker worldview and exposes human nature. But what about me and European filmmakers?" Literary and art directors are different. I don’t tear apart the ugliest things in human nature for ordinary people to see. What I do is point to the end. So such a second story of "Journey to the West" is actually quite in line with my aesthetics. Conceptual.

I like such a story in which the protagonist itself has flaws, just like the Nordic movie "White Night Chase" I watched before.It tells the story of two police partners who went to the extreme day area to investigate the murder of a young girl. Among them, the famous police detective was investigated internally because he intentionally framed a criminal who might not be convicted and imprisoned. However, the detective’s partner Be prepared to tell the truth and assist with internal investigations.Then, in the extremely daylight environment, on the way to track down the murderer who killed the girl, under the fog, for some reason, the famous police detective shot and killed his partner, whether it was intentional or unintentional.So from this point of view.The detective is also a bad guy.But after he killed his partner, he began to track down the criminal who killed the girl alone. He will do everything possible to bring this criminal to justice even if he cheats!This is an anti-hero story!

So I like this kind of movie very much, in my movie.Basically, the main character has to be a little flawed.It's all going to be a little bit problematic.From a certain point of view, the worst enemy of these protagonists is actually themselves... This is a bit like a spin-off series of "Batman" comics in the 80s "Batman - The Dark Knight Returns" and "Batman - Year One" , the main character is a dark knight.In fact, he is no different from the bad guy. If Batman kills the bad guy, then maybe he will slide into the abyss step by step. In the end, he will become the same as the protagonist of "White Night Chasing the Murder", judging the bad guy by himself and then framed or even Execute the criminal, and then it is likely that the good person will be wronged...

Then, I like Hitchcock's movies very much. In his "The Diary", Hitchcock made the audience completely trust the protagonist at the beginning. This kind of professional skill makes the audience subconsciously trust the protagonist as if they trust an expert, and feel that the protagonist is a good person.And such a confident, calm, professional and likable protagonist actually deceived the audience!At the end, through O'Henry's magical ending, the audience suddenly understood that they believed in the wrong person!This kind of playing with the psychology of the audience, playing with their trust!

So have you seen it, your idea is so in line with my aesthetics.The protagonist himself has a personality problem, but he misleads the audience through various appearances in the first story, making the audience think that he is a 100% good guy, or even a good guy who is a bit too rigid, but in fact? However, such a Tang monk may have blood on his hands, and he killed all the robbers who begged for mercy in order to survive! "

Whoa!This long paragraph made Jia Hongjian a little stunned after hearing it!He was even thinking, is Nolan so talkative?But well, at least based on Nolan’s words, Jia Hongjian thought of such a dark story, a story to play with the audience according to his own interests, which just fits the core of Taoism’s “nothingness” The concept was immediately practiced into a magical skill... Ah no, it was just in line with Nolan's interest all of a sudden?

Even according to what Nolan said just now, it seems that this guy's interest is really like this-in his "Batman" trilogy, Batman exists as the Dark Knight of Gotham City of.In the movie, the clown's lines just said what Nolan just said. In fact, for the public, Batman and the clown are actually the same thing, both are monsters, but Batman is useful to the public .Even in fact, if Batman let go of his commandment not to kill, it is very likely that he will become another clown!From this point of view, isn't this just in line with Nolan's so-called noir film style?

In fact, if you put it this way, then a movie like "Youth Pi" is actually quite in line with Nolan's style?It's just that Ang Lee took the picture?Hey, what would happen if Nolan was allowed to shoot this "Youth of Pi"?There may not be so many computer special effects, and there may be more teenagers who are rescued and reported by various media. They suddenly become heroes, and then such a teenager goes around giving speeches and becomes a The idol of everyone, inspired thousands of people not to give up in the face of difficulties... Then a reporter went to interview, and at the end of the interview, this Yan Ran became a middle-aged hero like a hero, and said that the truth was that he was not outside at all The content of the speech, the fact that the Youth Pi survived by all kinds of cannibalism and murder?In this way, it is an absolute anti-hero and absolutely shocks the audience!It is estimated that he would not arrange any obvious hints before, just to let the youth pie deceive the audience, so that the audience will trust the youth pie?Hiss... If you think about it this way, it's quite touching!

At this time, Jia Hongjian realized a little bit. Compared with Nolan, although this Li An is also young, but Li An's youth is more displayed in a kind of rush like a girl's feelings, a kind of light Yes, the conflict is not that strong, and it's a bit rushed.As for Nolan, he is more "manly", more able to match with business, and more able to deceive and play with the feelings of the audience!

"But Mr. Jia, I may need a while, and I may not be able to write the script quickly for the time being. I have a habit of writing scripts, that is, I must find a very strong relationship between me and the character. Emotional connection, I need to make the character come alive and find his mental journey... so that I can keep the passion of creation as much as possible in the process of creation, so that I can always keep such a story with high quality... so... Maybe I need to find a temple or something first, and learn something about Buddhism for a while..." Nolan said to Jia Hongjian with a little excitement at this time.

ha?Want to experience the life of a monk?As for what?At that time, Jia Hongjian was a little stunned - he had been acting like Nolan before, and his style of handling things was similar to his!Also, as soon as Nolan signs the contract, he will quickly get the script done!As a result, looking at it this way, why is this literary youth a bit procrastinating? How can he be so slow in doing things?Is it really the reason why he, Jia Hongjian, was not born to eat movies?

Immediately, Jia Hongjian also understood a little bit of the possible reason—he, although he has a bit of literary and artistic background, is still a commercial youth on the whole.So his style of doing things is all commercial style. In short, he first reaches a qualified standard in the fastest time, and then thinks about excellence if he has time!This is simply the most standard practice in the market!For example, a factory makes mobile phones for others. For the factory, Party A pays according to the quality of the mobile phone, so if the factory produces a defective product, it makes less money.So for factories, the yield rate is basically linked to the profit margin!But when making mobile phones for others, we can't say that in order to maximize the profit margin, we don't start the production line, but just study how to improve the yield rate every day?After all, there is still a contract time limit!It is more reasonable to start with the good product rate that can complete the contract and make some money at the same time, and then study how to improve the good product rate while starting work.And can not delay delivery, but also can relatively improve the rate of good products.

As for literary youths, they do things differently. When they do things, they may aim at the best from the beginning. In order to achieve the best, they can prepare for several years, and they can find several years to "catch their feet". If they can't reach the best pace, they would rather try again and again, and would rather delay and skip tickets!But this is a little unacceptable to Jia Hongjian. If Jia Hongjian is to take the film, he will definitely set a timetable for himself first. No matter what happens, he will first prepare according to the most basic and passing qualities. Let's talk after shooting, and then the shooting is almost done. If there is enough time, he will start to think about how to improve the quality of the product!

From this point of view, maybe he is really unlikely to become a top literary youth like Nolan or Ang Lee in his whole life... (to be continued...)