Coquettish Rebirth

Under Nolan's modification, such a script gradually became more and more artistic.Although this kind of literary taste may not be as strong as Ang Lee's, there is just a layer of something worth aftertaste and pondering under the commercial plot, unlike Ang Lee's films, which are full of literary flavor throughout, and then faintly It gives people a rush that hides the meaning of commercial films.

Nolan's modification made Jia Hongjian feel quite comfortable, although it can be said that Jia Hongjian made drastic modifications to the plots that Jia Hongjian had come up with.But Jia Hongjian didn't feel bad either—to be honest, most of the plots he imagined were in the original novel!So it doesn’t matter if it’s deleted or modified, and it’s not something he came up with to create something original, so we don’t feel bad!Even speaking, Jia Hongjian's greatest creation should be the idea of ​​such a movie, so as long as the overall idea remains the same, as long as there is a huge reversal at the end, this is what Jia Hongjian created. !He never thought that every detail of the whole movie would be created by himself, how tiring it would be!

After the general plot here is determined, Nolan will start to quickly code words.He locked himself in the hotel room, did not come out all day, and then made some strange noises in the room from time to time, making it seem like Flaubert wrote "Madame Bovary" or who wrote which masterpiece The story of the time-I shut myself in the study all day to write, and then yelled in pain while writing the tragic experience of the characters.Listening to it outside the door will definitely make people panic!Fortunately, Nolan won't howl here.What he usually does is to bang his head against the wall or something like that. This kind of behavior is not very careful to the people around him, but it just makes Jia Hongjian worry that he will knock himself stupid one day or something.

There is a very important reason why Lehman has to determine the direction of the plot and finish the script so quickly, that is, the three main actors have been found here, and there is also a foreign actor who is going to find somewhere in the United States. But there are still a lot of actors that haven't been booked yet!How to find these actors?Doesn't the script have to be finalized before we can find it?Like Li Shimin or something, although I said I was looking for it, but now there is Li Shimin in the plot outline, what if the script is changed later?When Jia Hongjian planned to let Tang Xuanzang enter the customs, he was questioned by officials.The emperor was completely absent.It was later changed to the appearance of the emperor.If the emperor's actor is now settled, and the script changes later, the actor will not appear, will this mean that he will lose money?Because people will return other movies!If you shake the house a little bit, others will not go to the front of the village or the back of the store.There is absolutely no money to be made!

Except for the emperor.There are still many actors to choose.For example, various actresses - like the bone spirit, the king of the daughter country, and the mouse spirit.All of these need to be found?After all, even if these are supporting roles, they are relatively important supporting roles, and they also have more lines, not extras, nor special actors, not the kind of one or two lines at most, and then you can find them casually!Moreover, the three main actors have already been settled, so they always have to give people a script for them to think about the plot and characters roughly?Although it is said that the script can be changed at any time, but the script has not been given to others, and they are not allowed to think about it. How can they act well in the future?Although we do things at a fast pace, we can't fail to do it because we are fast!

Here, after Nolan hurriedly wrote out the script that probably passed the test, he hurriedly sent it to the three actors, and then began to discuss with Jia Hongjian about the setting of other supporting roles.In Nolan's script, there is no mention of Monkey King's troubles in the Heavenly Palace before, and even the previous events are not mentioned much, even in the version of the video tape, a second version of the story is going to be re-edited , but for this story, it doesn't mean that various special effects are required to film how Monkey King learned his skills and how he made a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace-to be honest, if it was shot like that, the investment would be too big!These things are all very demanding on the screen. If all these things are filmed, the small investment is no less than investing in a full-length movie!

Therefore, in order to save money, Nolan, in his setting, even if the videotape version of the second story is filmed, it will be edited out of the mature film version of the shot-for example, it takes more time to shoot. Shoot the scene of Tang Seng walking alone, and then, let Tang Seng talk to himself more, let him perform a one-man show alone!The fantasies that let him talk to himself include the appearance of Monkey King, and a little bit of fantasies about Monkey King's life experience.At this time, the camera does not turn into a scene of Monkey King as soon as it is blurred like in the usual movies, but just stares at Tang Seng to shoot, to shoot Tang Seng's distorted expression, and to shoot him like a neurotic who talks to himself and makes himself Talk about a happy state!How much money does this save?If it is like this, there is no need to give Chen Daoming extra salary!It can be said that with basically no additional cost, a new story has been recreated!Then, this story is particularly shocking!Maybe it can become the best psychological horror film of the year-sometimes, some pictures are not scary for people to see, just like those horror movies in the United States are not scary but disgusting people, real horror movies, That is, there is no need to do various special effects, no need to do all kinds of bloody things, it is a normal scene, which makes people feel horrified through the psychological level!

So in this way, there is no need to consider characters like Jade Emperor.And in this way, to a certain extent, the number of characters on the stage is reduced, and it can also minimize the difficulty for European and American audiences to accept this story-to be honest, when Europeans and Americans read novels with Chinese cultural background, they should read them like Chinese people It’s like a novel with an African cultural background. It’s troublesome enough to remember people’s names, but then you see a lot of unique religious concepts and a lot of messy gods. How can foreigners remember this?

Having said that, if you want to decide on a supporting role, you have to choose a lot of people. All in all, there are five or six important supporting roles.Even adding some special actors needed in the movie—that is, the kind of "dragons" who may only have one or two lines of lines but need a little acting skills, the total number will rise to about 20!How are these people selected?For example, who will the bones choose, who will the mother of the bones choose and who will the father choose?Is this bone spirit Chinese or Central Asian?

The king of the daughter country is better. The so-called daughter country must be outside of China, so foreigners can be chosen - at least that's what Nolan suggested.When Jia Hongjian didn't say anything about it, Nolan said it on his own. In his heart, he thought he was the right candidate for the king of the Daughter Kingdom, "Mr. Jia, what do you think of Sophie Marceau?" "Sophie Marceau So?" Jia Hongjian was taken aback.

He often hears the name of Sophie Marceau. In later generations, it seems that this mature woman will come to China to participate in the Spring Festival Gala?But no matter what, this woman doesn't seem to be from Jia Hongjian's generation—anyway, he felt that when he started to pay attention to the beauty of actresses, he seemed to have heard the name of Sophie Marceau, but he didn't How have you seen what she looks like!When Jia Hongjian was thinking about Sophie Marceau, Nolan probably thought that Jia Hongjian was really hesitant, so he began to persuade Jia Hongjian, "Indeed, this French actress Sophie Marceau may be too old A little bit, if I remember correctly, she should have been born in 66, four years older than me, and she is 34 now, but she is an actress, well maintained, and looks like she is in her 20s. At the same time Well, although she is French, she is of medium height, 173 centimeters tall. If she wears high heels, she will match Chen Daoming or even Fei Xiang.

I think Chen Daoming is around 178?If he wears shoes with a slight heel, he will be 180 tall. If Sophie Marceau wears six or seven centimeter high heels, the two of them will be about the same height, which will look good in the camera.At the same time, when I was with Fei Xiang, the difference between the two was only 10 centimeters, so it would not be too abrupt, and it would not mean that when I photographed one person, I could not photograph the other.At the same time, while this Sophie Marceau is beautiful, she also has a very restrained and artistic temperament. I think it would be better for her to be a queen. There will be that kind of feeling, a closed heart, for State affairs are busy, but at the same time, like a young virgin, she yearns for a wonderful first love in her heart.Such a queen must be a smart person, and she must be extremely authoritative in state affairs, but when she is in front of the man she likes, wouldn't she be smart to keep a low profile and play a restrained, gentle, intelligent female image?

On the contrary, a character like the mouse spirit needs to be more rebellious. She may be the illegitimate daughter or goddaughter of a noble official in the heavenly court, but she should have a kind of fearlessness when she wanders outside alone. The bravery of modern women should be to pursue the man they love actively and bravely. It is a rebellious image, which is definitely not suitable for Sophie Marceau. "

Hearing what the talkative Nolan said, Jia Hongjian felt that this was indeed the case.Although generally speaking, some strong women are used to being strong outside, and when they return home, they will subconsciously want to give orders or something.But it's not like Jia Hongjian has never seen that kind of really smart strong woman - when she comes home, she will be a good wife and mother, who is smart enough to know what role she should play and how to protect her family!That's really gentle as water when you should be gentle, innocent and messy when you should be pretending to be stupid, and nothing to say when you should be shrewd!

If such a character came to become the king of the Daughter Kingdom... well, at least there shouldn't be any awkwardness in the feeling?On the contrary, the king of this kind of daughter country didn't force Tang Seng to get married so carelessly, which made people feel more tempting!One who is obedient, smart, and gentle as water can handle state affairs in the court without saying a word... Isn't this the object of a man's highest dream of eating soft food? (To be continued..)