Coquettish Rebirth

In fact, Jia Hongjian was also quite curious, how could Americans understand such a "Chinese" movie?To be honest, such a movie has not been very popular in China in history.Not even in the mainland, Hong Kong, a place where martial arts movies used to be very prosperous, is quite unfavorable.Not to mention that this film was released in Hong Kong before it won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, even afterward, the theaters in Hong Kong took advantage of the winning wind and re-released it again, but the box office was still an ugly mess!Why?

At the same time, the box office in the mainland is also ugly. If Jia Hongjian remembers correctly, it should be only about 1000 million.Why is the box office on the mainland not so satisfactory?Jia Hongjian felt that this was the reason for the story itself and the taste of the audience—to put it bluntly, the author of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" itself, Wang Dulu, was a martial arts novelist of the older generation, and this "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" ", it was written in the period between 38 and 45 years. Can this stuff be as good as Jin Yong Gulong and his generation in the 6070s?

To put it bluntly, in the 3040s, the commercialization routines of martial arts novels have not been figured out yet!Originally, the martial arts novels at that time were just babbling like babies, making them be able to speak like a lotus at once. How could this be possible?After decades of development, by Jin Yong's generation, the overall commercial structure of martial arts novels had almost matured, and a group of good martial arts novelists came out all of a sudden.At the same time, novels written by martial arts novelists of that era.The whole is also in line with the psychological characteristics of the people of that era.To put it bluntly, in an era of rapid development, in the process of people's living standards constantly improving, what everyone wants to read is of course a story in which the protagonist can continue to grow!

In the same analogy, Japanese animation and manga, in the 7080s and 90s, how passionate were the protagonists?This was true even in the 00s, but what about the 19s?As Japan's economy has been sluggish all the way, when young people find that hard work has no good results and can't get ahead, there are more and more useless protagonists of all kinds of cute private houses!When was Wang Dulu's novel written?It was written in a time when it was invaded by Japan.What kind of era was the author in those days?What kind of psychology does the author have?If you have to say it, Wang Dulu's style of writing and the artistic conception in the novel are actually more suitable for countries like Japan that are slow in economic development!Or it is suitable that at the end of the [-]th century, the capitalist countries were in dire straits and various contradictions frequently occurred.When the capitalists find private armed forces to charge the workers with submachine guns.This kind of literary criticism of social shackles can be "deafening"!

And what about the mainland?The 90s and 00s on the mainland were the era of rapid development.Even after experiencing major layoffs, the society as a whole is still progressing lightly and rapidly. At this time, everyone is busy making money.We all feel that the future has infinite possibilities!And at this time, Li An filmed such a helpless story of Li Mubai?Who likes to watch this?Even if it is a tragedy like "Titanic", at least there is an unforgettable love in it, at least you can fool young couples to watch it!But is this "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" suitable for young couples?There is only deep helplessness in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"!

How could such a thing arouse the love of mainland people?And the rhythm is still very slow, the rhythm of martial arts novels in the 3040s, how fast is the modern rhythm?Even Jin Yong's novels can only be done at a faster pace in this era, let alone novels written 70 or [-] years ago?So generally speaking, this "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is old-fashioned and slow-paced on the one hand, and on the other hand, even the core values ​​are different from those of modern people. How can it make money?

Not to mention the kind of martial arts action of hanging steel wires, which may be quite novel to foreigners, and they think it is particularly awesome.But in the eyes of the Chinese, apart from being a little taller and more chic, what else is so special about these wire hangers?In essence, what is the difference from Hong Kong martial arts films in the 70s?In the 80s, Cheng Long also created his own humorous martial arts style. He also needed to apply many modern fighting techniques and skills to the film, and also needed to use intensive fast editing to speed up the transition between shots. At intervals, you still need to make that kind of fist-to-flesh and storm-like attack, so this kind of old-fashioned fighting in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" can't meet the needs of the Chinese at all!

From this point of view, Jia Hongjian's future is similar to that of martial arts movies in the new century.In fact, after Cheng Long and others are getting old, the kung fu movies and martial arts movies in Hong Kong are also gradually declining.On the one hand, it is due to the fact that talents are getting more and more withered. After all, fewer and fewer new actors have the same foundation in martial arts or related hard training as previous actors, and on the other hand, it is martial arts movies. The fighting routines are a bit tiresome to watch.

Originally, Jia Hongjian thought that if this kind of martial arts films were to continue, they would either have to follow the path of mixed martial arts like Zhen Zidan's "real style" plus "mixed style", that is, to put more emphasis on punching to the flesh, and more It’s like fighting in the arena, all in all, it needs to change the tricks to make it more modern and fashionable, or on the other hand, this martial arts movie has to rely on the old routines to find the right ones. The story of the modern mood.Just like the "Ip Man" movies, the reason why the box office is good, isn't it because the routine of "beating foreigners" in the movies has always been in line with Chinese aesthetics?Isn't it always in line with the potential "volcano" in the hearts of Chinese people?

Therefore, no matter from the psychological level or the technical level of martial arts movements, Ang Lee's filming is not likely to attract the interest of audiences in mainland China and Hong Kong.And what kind of traditional feudal ethics kill people, what arranged marriages are unhappy, what this and that, these things have been basically abolished since the founding of the mainland, okay? Mainland China has long said Women can also hold up half the sky. The status of women here can basically be said to be the top in the world, okay?In Europe, America and Japan, wives still have to take their husband’s surname when they get married. Hong Kong and Hong Kong did not abolish the polygamy system until the 70s, so how can this kind of entanglement between Li Mubai and his confidante in Li An’s film be attractive? What about people?To put it bluntly, if you look at it from the mainland, it feels like an old-fashioned social criticism film!

However, for Americans to watch such a film, it is quite exotic. Relatively speaking, for Chinese people to watch, it is a bit similar to the Western film - a story about capitalism in the West How lawless the world is, how murderous people are, and how good people will be turned into villains... Does this sound similar to the genre?Americans may find this kind of film boring, but Chinese people may find it quite interesting, right?

In fact, when thinking of this, Jia Hongjian thought, there is no need for this film to be screened in Hong Kong and mainland China, because the box office is not high when it is screened, and it is a bit of effort to catch up without making money.Although mosquito legs are also meat from some angles, the problem is that we give up this schedule to other films—such as Nolan’s films, what will happen?Maybe you can make more money!

And this time the film was invested by him, Jia Hongjian, using funds from the mainland, to be precise, Jia Hongjian's own funds.So if this film is to be honest, it is really a co-production film. Although it is said that the staff are dull and Hong Kong, the funds are from the mainland, and there are many actors from the mainland, and the grassroots staff are from the mainland. There are also many.So if you calculate it like this, it can be regarded as a co-production film in the mainland, and from the perspective of the academy on the Oscar side, this film can only be regarded as a film that is eligible to be submitted in the mainland-anyway, if you want to submit it, you can submit it. It is very unlikely, even if it is submitted to the society, it will be rejected.

But speaking of it, this "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" seems to be able to participate in the Oscars in February next year?Just when Jia Hongjian was thinking this way, he suddenly thought of something - that is, is he going to be named as a producer in this film?If it's a producer, when the time comes for the Oscar awards ceremony...does he want to go?You know, generally speaking, it's like the best film, and the producers should go up to accept the award?Only the best director is awarded by the director himself?So, for awards like Best Foreign Language Film, will he, Jia Hongjian, or Ang Lee be the one to receive it?

If it was him, Jia Hongjian, who went up to get it... that would be quite interesting, wouldn't it?At that time, maybe you can take Ye Jing to play around!Does this count as joining the Hollywood circle?This can be regarded as a little famous in the Hollywood circle in the future?Thinking of this, Jia Hongjian quickly approached Katzenberg and started asking about Oscar registration.As a result, I found out that the best film needs to be registered, first of all, it must have been screened in the United States, and then it will be "selected and sent" by other countries and regions around the world!That is to say, if the mainland does not choose to send "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Jia Hongjian and the others will not be able to sign up by themselves! (To be continued..)