Coquettish Rebirth

It is really hard to find such a place in the United States where you can see the entire city skyline from the roof at once.Although the movie that Jia Hongjian and the others are going to make is actually different from the Hong Kong version, Jia Hongjian thinks that such a scene in the Hong Kong version is very beautiful—when the undercover agents all meet on the roof, In fact, if you look carefully, you will find that what is displayed behind the characters is the skyline of the entire city!So the whole picture looks quite beautiful.Even in the American version of the movie, the design of such a lens was borrowed.It's just that there really isn't such a good location in Boston in the United States, so after searching for a long time, they only found a dilapidated grass-roots building, and on the roof, you can vaguely see the towering buildings of the city in the distance. That's all.But such a picture is really not beautiful, it is really not as beautiful as the Hong Kong version, and even the sky looks gray, making it look like it was taken in a smoggy city in the mainland.

To be honest, the skyline of Los Angeles is not a good choice.First of all, this Los Angeles does not have a dedicated Huangpu River like Shanghai does, and then there are all kinds of high-rise buildings on the other side of the Huangpu River.In Los Angeles, there are a total of seven or eight skyscrapers in the city center of the city center, and the rest are flat!Except for the building of a few hundred meters, the other dozen or so floors are considered high!Under such circumstances, how would Jia Hongjian and the others choose?You must know that the seven or eight tall buildings are gathered very close together.If you shoot on the top of such a building, you will definitely not see anything in other buildings.If you want to shoot the distant view, you can't shoot anything.And I chose the roofs of other ten-story buildings to shoot. Those buildings are basically old and look like the American version of Infernal Affairs. Even if the distant view is set off by a few beautiful skyscrapers, but The overall environment is not very beautiful - after all, the roof here looks dilapidated!

But in the end, Jia Hongjian and the others chose another way to complete the shooting of such a scene - a Hollywood landmark, and then a "Hollywood" sign erected on the top of the hill to shoot such an undercover agent meeting with the police boss how's the scene?You must know that a few years ago, it was said that this Hollywood landmark letter could really be seen by everyone!No one is blocking.Ordinary people can walk all the way to the side of this sign through the small path at the foot of the mountain to take pictures and touch it. As a result, a few years ago, there was a dissatisfied actress who didn't know what she was thinking, and ran to this landmark in the middle of the night beside.It took a lot of effort.Climb to the top of the last letter "d" and jump off to kill himself.

Later, because of various reasons, now such a Hollywood Peugeot is actually surrounded by barbed wire to prevent it from approaching.However.Jia Hongjian and the others did not actually choose to be at the foot of such a landmark.It's another hill not far from the landmark.If you shoot on that hill.It happens that a sign like "hollywood" can appear in the picture, and from a farther angle, you can still vaguely see the entire Los Angeles skyline, and you can see the distant view of seven or eight skyscrapers.It can be said that it is really beautiful!

I came to this mountain to film a movie. Fortunately, the air here in Los Angeles is good, so I chose to come to shoot in the evening. The scenes are really beautiful!When the sun was setting, the golden light sprinkled on the Hollywood sign, and the seven or eight skyscrapers in the distance were also glowing golden, which looked beautiful!Apart from the fact that there are not too many trees around the hill, which makes the surrounding ground bare, it can be said that at least Jia Hongjian thinks this picture is impeccable!

After finishing the filming here in the evening, the scene that will be filmed that night is the scene where "Liang Chaowei" goes to trade with "Zeng Zhiwei", that is, the scene where the plaster cast on "Liang Chaowei" is smashed by "Zeng Zhiwei" play.In Jia Hongjian's version of the scene, the plot is arranged to take place not far from the border between the United States and Mexico, in a house similar to an exclusive cabin.This is true in the plot, but in fact, when the shooting was actually done, it was not really at the border between the United States and Mexico, but in California, or even in Los Angeles County not far outside the city of Los Angeles.

This Los Angeles County is much larger than the city of Los Angeles, and has a much larger population-according to statistics, there are a total of 900 million people living in this Los Angeles County, while the total population of Los Angeles City is more than 300 million.So according to the domestic understanding, it is equivalent to the concept of Los Angeles County outside the third ring road of the capital and the suburbs, and the city of Los Angeles is only within the third ring road.Because Los Angeles County is in a desert-like area in the west, the wilderness is really desolate, just like the northwest desert in China, with very few trees and grass.In such a county, I found a small town without too many people, and then borrowed them a "holiday house" in the wild, so I was able to shoot!

Around the hut, not to mention that there are no houses at a glance, but at least there are no lights at a glance!Under the moonlight, this hut is really lonely in the wild. Does it sound like a coyote howling? It sounds quite scary.For this shoot, a group of security company security guards were specially hired, and they were all armed with guns!

When this was actually filmed, a series of things such as cranes were used to shoot. During the filming process, Nolan's talent for shooting police and criminal films was immediately revealed!Speaking of which, although Nolan is not very good at filming big scenes, but in very specific scenes like police and gangster movies, he is very good that day!Just like the "Batman-Dark Knight" filmed by him in history, which is the beginning of his second Batman film, the scene where a clown leads a few people to rob a bank is really good!And Nolan also knew that he was good at making police movies, so he took the initiative to apply with Jia Hongjian to make such an "Infernal Affairs" to practice his skills!

In such a film, of course Nolan also used a film camera, but of course he used a relatively modern film camera, that is, a film camera with an electronic viewfinder, so that the viewfinder can synchronize the shooting. The signal captured by the teacher was transmitted to the monitor for Jia Hongjian and Nolan to see.What I have to say is that in such a filming process, Nolan and his old partner "Wall-E" cooperated really well!Although the light and shadow colors of the topic are not as bright and beautiful as Lao Mouzi's, but such an "ordinary" influence produces a temperament that is different from the Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs". fierce!

In the Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs", such a scene was filmed in a residential area, and the atmosphere during the filming was actually more Hong Kong films. After there was a ghost, the whole atmosphere was a little tense.But in such a film shot by Nolan, from the first minute, the lens feels like a blade!That's really fierce!Everyone basically doesn't talk too much nonsense, they all look so professional and unsmiling!The process of such a transaction is like a group of racers competing, which is amazing to watch!

Just seeing this, Jia Hongjian felt that the taste of Nolan's "Infernal Affairs" was definitely different from the Hong Kong version or even the American version in history!It even gave Jia Hongjian a feeling that even if the plot is the same, the things Nolan shoots can be very different from other people's!It's a bit like Japanese manga artists each have their own style of painting. If one person draws the protagonist in another man's manga, the feeling of drawing is completely different.Compared with the Hong Kong version of Nolan, the film produced by Nolan is absolutely sharp and real.Although the plot itself may not have much realistic elements, but when filmed by Nolan, they can give people such a feeling.

It's like saying that the previous Hong Kong version of Infernal Affairs was like a gentleman, polite, gentle, respectful and frugal at the ball.And the old horse, that is, Martin Scorsese, is a dock worker, who is very rude all day long, cursing and swearing while drinking-the American version of "Infernal Affairs" and "Gangs of New York" filmed by this old horse even In 2012, it was rumored that Lao Ma would cooperate with Xiao Lizi again to film "The Wolf of Wall Street", which was filled with all kinds of swear words, and even the whole plot could be said to be a bit empty or out of control, because that's the style of Lao Ma. !He just has no bad words, no manhood, no rough and no stories!What people pursue is a rough beauty similar to a scruffy beard!

As for the Hong Kong version of Infernal Affairs, it is a bit similar to the feeling of a gentleman in the eyes of Chinese people, so gentle, courteous and frugal, so particular about sentimentality, and then clean-shaven, with countless hair gels on his head, no matter how you look at it Has an "opera" feel to it.This is a pursuit of refinement, the pursuit of that kind of tall beauty, and the style of the old horse can be said to be two extremes.As for Nolan, he has formed his own unique style between the two of them, like an agent or a killer, not overly refined or rough, but with a sudden Such a murderous aura was revealed, which inadvertently cheered people up!

So after seeing this, Jia Hongjian understood that Nolan didn't need to supervise the work any more. At most, when he went back and edited, Jia Hongjian would just come over and pay attention. Relatively speaking, he needed his attention and supervision more. , it is "Hero" on the mainland... (to be continued...)