Coquettish Rebirth

"In the end, in the end, both of them died, or did one live?" Nolan asked Jia Hongjian very seriously. "Whatever, it's up to you. This film is mainly going to be released in the United States, so you still have to consider the senses of your white audience." Jia Hongjian said.He can be regarded as someone who understands the difference in aesthetics between whites and yellows, but although he knows there are differences, he can't grasp the key points of American aesthetics.

To use an analogy, it is like the American version of "Infernal Affairs" that was shot by director Martin Scorsese. It really doesn't catch the eyes of the Chinese.Even when Jia Hongjian heard that this film had won the Oscar for Best Picture, he even looked for it to watch, but who knew it was such a bunch of crude stuff!If the Hong Kong version is more aesthetically pleasing, more literary, and focuses on the inner struggles of the characters, then the American version seems to Jia Hongjian to be a half-finished product, something that has not been carefully considered. Not enough to improve the taste!

Just like the scene where Huang Qiusheng's character is thrown from the roof of the building, the Hong Kong version pays attention to a suddenness. It was fine a second ago, and suddenly there is a "bang", and the most familiar stranger suddenly Lying in front of me like this!The audience can definitely be brought into that sudden shock all at once, just like the character's reaction!But what about the American version?But it gave a shot slowly falling in the air, so the impact is much weaker!At least after Jia Hongjian watched the perfect version, the whole film was as light as water, without any emotional fluctuations, and then it was full of swear words...

Of course, the director himself is relatively rough in his filmmaking, and his personal style is like this, as are all the previous "Gangs of New York" and the like.If you want to make an analogy, it is the Hong Kong version of similar refined salt.The American version is similar to coarse salt.But I have to say that the American version is indeed more popular in the United States than the Hong Kong version.Moreover, Jia Hongjian remembered that when he went on a business trip to the United States in his previous life, he once introduced "Infernal Affairs" to his colleagues in the United States.Later, around 04, the Hong Kong version actually came out on DVD in the United States. His colleagues watched it and said it was very good, but they couldn't figure out why Huang Qiusheng was thrown downstairs and fell to his death.Suddenly a female voice will appear singing.He understands that this kind of scene design is to highlight the sudden impact, to show that the character is so absorbed in the sad environment in front of him that his ears can't hear the surrounding sounds at all, but this American man just doesn't understand Why should such a sad environment be matched with a slow female voice song!

The artistic conception of the same scene that the Chinese can understand may not be understood by the Americans.What they can understand may be a little more direct and superficial.It is more "masculine", less feminine, and does not involve the delicateness of the psychological level.But Jia Hongjian can only understand the differences in aesthetics between China and the United States. He has no way to figure out how Americans think they look good. After all, he is not in this industry.

Therefore, Jia Hongjian wanted to hand over the power to Nolan.He believes that Nolan is relatively in control on a large level.Besides, although the American version of "Infernal Affairs" is more popular with Americans, but after all, there are too many swear words, so it was rated as R, which means that teenagers under the age of 17 are not allowed to watch if they are not accompanied by their parents. of!And how many teenagers under the age of 17 are willing to watch movies with their parents?So even if this film is more popular and has a good reputation, the final box office is just like that—with an investment of 9000 million U.S. dollars.In the North American market, the box office is only 1.3 million US dollars, that is, it will pay back in North America!Even if there are more than 1 million box office overseas, it is only a relatively small profit, and it cannot be regarded as a box office hit!

"Can I control it?" Nolan nodded to express his understanding. "However, what I heard from your plot outline is to gradually assimilate two people into the environment? For example, a bad guy who goes undercover to the police gradually becomes assimilated by the surrounding environment and wants to be a good person? On the other hand, it's like Like "The Traitor" in 97, the undercover began to have an emotional connection with the villain?"

Ah!Jia Hongjian didn't expect this, but since Nolan thought so, Jia Hongjian felt that there was no need to deny it. It really sounds interesting!Liu Dehua in the Hong Kong version said that he wants to be a good person.From this point of view, he may indeed be affected by the environment.When I was young, I was ignorant and thought that fighting and killing was very loyal.But when I grew up and became a policeman, after almost ten years, I felt that living a normal life under the sun was the kingly way.Then in another aspect.Will the undercover agent sent by the police to the gang develop feelings for the gang?Indeed, the gangsters are a group of bad guys who shout and kill all day long, and even in the United States there are all kinds of bad guys who smuggle drugs to harm the common people.But is there some kind of loyalty between bad guys and bad guys?Could this also affect the judgment of a certain undercover, and the reason for him is that as an undercover, he will continue to betray all those who believe that he has a good relationship with him?

"This can be put in, but let's get the script out first. Then we will see if there is enough time for the plot, otherwise, if it is too long, we will have to remove some things." Jia Hongjian said.The American version of "Infernal Affairs" in the previous life was not as fast-paced as the Hong Kong version, but it took 150 minutes to complete a set of plots, which is two and a half hours.If more psychological descriptions and the like are added, will this time be further increased?Is it going to be three hours?So Jia Hongjian's view is to write the script first.We can stuff everything we think of first, and then go back and make choices according to time.It's impossible to express all aspects of things in a movie, right?There is always something to focus on, and there is always something to give up.

After the two people here have talked about such an idea, they will start to write the script together.Nolan called his younger brother over as a "cobbler", and then he added Jia Hongjian, and then he could make up a combination of three cobblers and one Zhuge Liang.Jia Hongjian definitely wanted to join in the writing of the script, because many details in the original Hong Kong version were indeed very good, and Jia Hongjian felt that they could be used. "The overall design is such a good policeman. In his early 20s, he was about to graduate from the police academy, but because of his good qualities, he was sent to work as an undercover agent..." Jia Hongjian began to roughly talk about such a person he knew. The core of the story.Such a general process.However, he did not adopt the setting in "Infernal Affairs 2" that "Liang Chaowei"'s family is full of gangsters. This setting looks interesting, but it is easy to conflict with the setting of the first part.After all, it is impossible to hide the fact that you have been to the police academy. Even if the police academy deletes the information, will the neighbors around the previous residence not know?If you inquire a little bit, you can find out!

Therefore, Jia Hung-chien did not mention the fact that the policeman had a family of criminals, but roughly narrated a story according to the first part of the most classic Hong Kong version.In this story, a lot of details are missing, such as meeting on the rooftop, sending a watch, etc., and there is no such thing as "one will succeed and all will die".It's just a brief description of the plot, but the effect is very good.What Nolan knew before was only a core idea, a double undercover structure, but the two sides discovered that each other might exist, and then fought all kinds of wits and bravery. He didn't know much about the "skin" of the other stories.When listening to Jia Hongjian narrating such a story, Nolan was surprised. He didn't expect Jia Hongjian to be so powerful—how long has it been since he talked about the core idea?a couple of hours?Then Jia Hongjian could conceive a similar story in his mind?Is this a fairy?Or did this story already exist in Jia Hongjian's mind?

But at this time, Nolan's younger brother Jonathan suddenly proposed an idea-"Say we add a little...background? For example, the policeman who is going to be an undercover policeman actually has other relatives in the family who are members of gangsters." Is this the feeling of betraying someone who is close to you? Maybe he hated those relatives before, but after getting along slowly, he found that these relatives are still quite good? This is the feeling of conflict, right? ? Even dying in the end, can it be considered a kind of atonement for the sins of the family?"

Hey!Is this Jonathan also a reborn?Can't it?How could he suddenly mention something that Jia Hongjian deliberately ignored?This is amazing! "Or we can add a similar setting to another person? This person may be the son of a policeman, but for various reasons, he rebelliously likes to play with bad guys? Then he thought he was chosen by the gang boss and became a A member of the gang, but was sent back to the police family he hated, to take the police test to be a policeman he hates?" Nolan suddenly followed his brother's words.

I wipe!Isn't this a combination of "New Police Story" and "Infernal Affairs"? Isn't the villain in "New Police Story" just a bunch of children of police executives who hate their family and their father, so they become villains?If this is combined with "Infernal Affairs", then the "son" of the gangster hates the gangster and wants to be a policeman, but is sent back to the gangster as an undercover agent, while the son of the policeman hates the police and wants to be a gangster, but ends up being Was sent by the gang to the police academy as an undercover agent?Then gradually, the undercover agents on both sides were somewhat assimilated by the environment, adapting their previous perceptions.But a person still remembers that he is a policeman, and he wants to sell everyone around him.And the other person began to wonder why he wanted to be a gangster back then!Then there is a series of tragedies?

"Wait... Doesn't this setting a bit in line with the original sin of your Christianity? Everyone is born with a sin, right? Life is about redemption, right? Both of these people have original sin for various reasons. Undercover The police had the original sin because of the harm done to the society by the family, but the gangster went undercover to the police because of a wrong choice back then, which planted the root of the disaster and made him want to become a normal person in the future. You can't even become a middle-class man, you can only cooperate with criminals?" Jia Hongjian suddenly thought of something.