Coquettish Rebirth

To be honest, at first Jia Hongjian thought that he could help Nolan come up with a complete version of "Inception" quickly, and then he "participated" in the creation, and he gave Nolan a There are many key ideas, so how can we get the exclusive investment right of this movie?Looking back, how much money can we earn from just such a movie!If Jia Hung-chien remembers correctly, this "Inception" will eventually be worth about 6 million US dollars worldwide!Although this result is not as good as blockbuster films such as "Avatar", it must be known that when this film was successfully produced and released, the film company itself did not think how powerful this film would be!

Why do you say that?Because the film company, Warner Bros., has also discovered that many of the routines in this film are actually a bit old-fashioned—even if Nolan has tried his best to get rid of the old-fashioned routines in various ways, but this kind of dream To put it bluntly, stuff like this is still picking up people's teeth, and playing this kind of stuff after "The Matrix" will not be able to stand up to the historical status of "creator monster"!

So, even if Nolan really made drastic reforms to the routine, and the reforms were really sincere and innovative, so the film is good, but because the overall concept is not to the point of creating a mountain monster, so this film If you use the 80-point system to score, it will be at the point of 90 points, and it will not reach the point where it is absolutely excellent and can become a classic movie in decades if it is above [-] points!As for Nolan's film, it made a lot of money in the end, and the main reason is that old Nuo is good at balancing—he can make a clichéd story about Wenqing, and basically everyone who shoots it can watch it. Understand.At the same time, it can be shot very intensely, that is to say, whether you watch it with your brain or not, you will feel good!

That's right!Nolan's characteristic is that it is suitable for all ages to make a literary film, and everyone can understand it. This stuff requires skill!Otherwise, if the film is made so that others can't understand it, it can be regarded as a powerful animation. Aren't those mainland art directors all so powerful?Isn't it difficult to shoot a movie so that people can't understand it?To put it bluntly, Jia Hongjian came to shoot a film, and then deliberately cut the film randomly.All kinds of random editing without logic at all.Who can understand this except him?Then add a little bit of metaphor or something, make it a little bit philosophical, or a little bit realistically critical, so how can you not fool a few young people into thinking that this film seems awesome even though they don't understand it?

If you want literature and art, then there are many unknown literary and artistic films in the world.Movies like "Mulholland Drive" that require a guide to guide the viewing of movies are even more messy! "The Biography of Shandy" is a typical novel that does not speak well.That deliberately shuffles the order of the various narratives.It can even be said that there is no order if it is done deliberately!The full name of this novel is "The Life and Opinions of the Gentleman Tristan Shandy", which is actually a "performance art", which is a concept of "resisting the novel must have an order and must tell a coherent story". Novel, so this novel looks like a hammer and a stick. There may be no relationship between the upper and lower paragraphs—the last paragraph may be about Shandy traveling to country a. Stuff, the next paragraph may become a complaint about something in country b, it has nothing to do with it!

From this perspective, this novel writing method indirectly led to the birth of the modernist literature that appeared at the end of the 19th century and flourished in the 20th century—including a series of literary works such as stream of consciousness and absurdism.As for stream-of-consciousness novels, they are even more chaotic—they are named stream-of-consciousness novels because writers of this school feel that human consciousness is inherently chaotic, just like when ordinary people start to meditate, they close their eyes and then There will be all kinds of strange and weird thoughts, thinking a little here for a while, thinking a little over there for a while, there may be no contact between the two parties, and there may be no contact at any time, such as thinking about the girl you like now, In the next second, I thought about the appointment with a certain buddy, and then I thought about the things in the past when I was in school. There may be no connection at all, and there is no timeline!

As for the absurd drama, it is even more wonderful-"Waiting for Godot".This drama, in Jia Hongjian's view, is also a model of "mental illness"-the two homeless men shouted under a tree to wait for Godot to come without any reason.Then in the process of waiting, just talking nonsense, like a drunk drunk, all kinds of nonsense, all kinds of nonsense, doing all kinds of unrelated boring actions, and finally this guy Godot Still not here!

What the hell is the point of such a bad show?The only meaning is to rebel against the form of drama itself, which is equivalent to saying "who the hell stipulates that drama must tell a good story?" To say that everyone has various "waiting for Godot" behaviors in life, and to say that everyone is absurd at a certain time, Jia Hongjian thinks that is completely contrived!That's all because of too rich imagination and various associations!Of course, this is just Jia Hongjian’s own opinion, because he is an ordinary person, and he is not very good at appreciating modernist art, including Impressionist paintings, and he does not find them attractive, so I really want to say this He really couldn't see any profound truths in the drama.

From this point of view, is it really difficult to make a story that no one can understand, or that is "artistic" on the surface?So Nolan is awesome, then he was able to make a movie like "Memory Fragments" in history and made a lot of money!You have to know that if any other director comes here, it is very likely that this film will be shot by a small audience, and few people will be able to understand it!

So in this case, is it really good for Nolan to further "deepen" the plot?Although Jia Hongjian was watching "Inception", he thought it was fake that there were some guards in the dream and there was a shootout, but I have to say that at least the scene looks very lively!At least you can entertain for a while without carrying your head!If you make it more complicated, although you will feel challenged intellectually, you will feel very refreshed, but you also need to concentrate, and it will be tiring to watch!

So now, after being reborn, Jia Hongjian has never been worried about disturbing history, and sometimes even deliberately destroys history, and deliberately does not work according to the direction of history. He has decided for the first time to maintain the original direction of history. He actually decided to persuade Nolan to write in the original direction and give up all kinds of whimsical new ideas now!

"Chris... your idea is very good, I appreciate it very much, to be honest, I can't think of such a good idea! But I have a little addition, that is, if you shoot like this, will it be Some people in the audience have not been able to see it through? When you say that some audiences in the United States watch movies, they should not take their brains with them? It should be regarded as a kind of entertainment? Add some cars to them when necessary Gun ball... no, it's a scene like gun battle and speeding, which makes them hooked and achieves a pure physical stimulation. I think this is a better way to balance, what do you think?"

Jia Hongjian started his practice of stuffing a sweet date and slapping his face again. As expected, Nolan calmed down after a while—"Is that so? Hiss, it seems to be the same, so, I'll think about it later, and see how to balance it..." This buddy is quite listening to Jia Hongjian's words now!So when Jia Hongjian said it, he immediately listened.Of course, there is another aspect, that is, Nolan is indeed a master of balance, he is very good at balancing the relationship between literature and business!

You know, when such an "Inception" was released in North America, the box office reached about 2.92 million U.S. dollars. What kind of concept is this?This is even higher than the highest-grossing part of the "Matrix" trilogy, which is the second part of "Reloaded"!Even if it is the "Matrix" trilogy of the mountain monster level, the single highest North American box office is only 2.81 million US dollars!At the same time, don't forget that there is only one "Inception"!Without the word-of-mouth effect of the previous film as a foreshadowing, such an original first film, even if it encounters things like the depreciation of the dollar, the results are really good!At least in Jia Hongjian's view, such a good result is largely due to Nolan's good balance!If such a film were replaced by some other director to shoot, then it is really uncertain what the film will look like!

That's right!Which part of a film is more and which part is less, and which aspect it is biased towards, these are actually all controlled by the director!For a film to be well-received and well-received, it definitely needs the director's control and balanced skills!After all, a film like "Inception" and "Avatar" have caught up with the trend of 3D movies and made gimmicks. It is really difficult to create a super high box office!

After Jia Hongjian "corrected" in this way, Nolan hung up the phone and began to think about various balance matters-he now trusts Jia Hongjian very much, since Jia Hongjian said that there may be problems with the balance , then of course he has to check it out! (To be continued..)