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Chapter 827 "This Killer Is Not So Cold"!
On the Internet, the Japanese netizens who watched the live broadcast were also arguing.

"Ah! It's him!"

"Shouga! I guessed right, I've thought of it a long time ago, but I still can't believe it!"

"Genius! What a genius!"

"In fact, it should be thought that "Spirited Away" is different from most of the current Japanese animations. It is the kind of warm and pure story, with the soul of literary and artistic films, and the bones of commercial films, and those mainstream animations today. The hot-blooded animation that starts every time there is a disagreement is completely different, I think it is very difficult for Japanese animation directors today to abandon the market and make such works that advance into the unknown."

"I really underestimated him!"

"Li Zhifan, as expected! A world-class director, making any work is unattainable!"

"In contrast, I think "Zootopia" is also a very good movie."

"I didn't expect the history of Japanese animation... No, it is the number one box office of Japanese movies, and it was taken down by a Chinese!"

"You seem to have overlooked "Avatar", which has a very high box office. It won the annual championship before, but it was surpassed by "Spirited Away" so quickly."

"So, this year's champion and runner-up are likely to be Li Zhifan?"

"My God, are Japanese movies being crushed like this?"

"Where are the Japanese directors? Come out and make a movie that surpasses Li Zhifan!"

"The directors in the audience look adoring, not nervous at all."

"They don't feel a sense of crisis!"

"Isn't that Nakata Muhui? He's crying!"

"Tears of regret!"

"No, it should be tears of emotion!"

"Ah! Others won the prize, what is he moved by?"

"..."

……

The scene of the awards ceremony.

Li Zhifan returned to his seat after receiving the first award.

There will be other trophies coming one after another. Li Zhifan will not go up to collect them in person. People from Buji Island will help them collect them. This is also to give them a chance to show their faces and let them have more opportunities to meet more people in the industry. , to facilitate subsequent cooperation.

While Li Zhifan was sitting and admiring the performers on stage, several men in black suits came over, bowed to Li Zhifan, and cut straight to the point: "Wow, Kong Gang! Li Sang!"

"Oh? Hello! Who are you?"

Li Zhifan stood up, shook hands with these people and asked.

"We are members of the Image International Promotion Association, and this year's Tokyo International Film Festival Organizing Committee!"

The leader said: "We came to you because we want you to be the chairman of the jury for the main competition unit of this year's Tokyo Film Festival, and to present the final cherry blossom award at the awards ceremony!"

"Oh!"

Li Zhifan understood the meaning, "Why are you looking for me? And as the chairman, is this appropriate?"

"Of course, you are the fourth Chinese to serve as the chairman. It is an honor and blessing for us, and it is also a great honor!"

The other party was very frank, "My name is Sarakitaro, we will send you an invitation letter, if you agree, just reply to our email, we will prepare everything for you, can you give me your email address?"

Li Zhifan was still not used to talking about things with the Japanese, he didn't even exchange pleasantries at all, he just said everything when he came up, and he left right after getting it in the mailbox, without a word of extraneous words from the beginning to the end.

"Director Li, are you going to be the chairman?"

As soon as Qiu waited for the people to leave, he couldn't wait to ask, with a happy expression, he thought he was invited.

"Ok!"

Li Zhifan nodded lightly, "Okay, there's nothing to make a fuss about."

"As expected, it is Director Li, who has experienced great storms!"

Qiu Qiu gave a thumbs up, "Director Li is indeed a role model for our younger generations to learn from."

"Uh……"

Li Zhifan was taken aback, smiled wryly and shook his head, he has just turned 30 and less than two years old, why does he feel like an old senior?

He is still young!
I still want to make small fresh meat!
Unfortunately, youth is gone forever!

……

After returning from Japan, Li Zhifan devoted himself to the preparation of his next film - "This Killer Is Not So Cold".

This movie can be regarded as a very literary and artistic criminal action movie, and it is also a movie that Li Zhifan plans to use for the Olympic Games. higher.

It is not an easy task to rush to the Olympics, of course, this is for most people.

For Li Zhifan, going to the Olympic Games can't be said to be easy, but after all, he has a golden finger and a lot of reserve conditions.

Although in another world, "The Killer Is Not So Cold" didn't even have an Oscar nomination, and it was a French film, it was even considered not to be selected at all. In addition, after the film came out, it received many nominations, but it has never been nominated. None of the prizes were won.

Of course, "Killer" did not win the grand prize. Another important reason is that it did not even participate in the three major international film festivals, and after it was released in the United States at that time, the box office was not high, only less than 2000 million U.S. dollars, which can be described as rushing Flat out.

In this situation where there is no data and successful records from another world to lay the foundation, Li Zhifan still uses it to shoot, which can be regarded as a challenge.

In addition, he is also the one who has figured out the trend of the Oscars in recent years. For blockbuster films like "Avatar", it is basically impossible to win the leading actor. There may be nominations for best film and best director, but whether they can win the award depends on the judges. The taste of the old man.

So this time a new work is released, the gamble and luck are bigger.

In order to better fit the characters, Li Zhifan made some changes to the script.

The hero's name is still Leon, but the Chinese translation has become Li Ang.

And in the movie, there will be many reveals of the Chinese word "Li Ang".

Li Ang is of Chinese descent, but he left his hometown and drifted overseas. He is also a top professional killer and has been living alone in Chinatown, New York.

One day, Matilda, a 12-year-old neighbor girl, came home from outside and saw her family members being murdered. She cleverly knocked on the door of Leon's house to avoid the murder.

After Matilda was adopted by Leon, Matilda began to teach him English and even became his housekeeper.

Li Ang taught her the skills of a killer, and the two gradually developed a complex relationship like father and daughter and lovers.

The following story is still a drama of revenge, and there are inevitable twists and turns, but the final ending is not happy. The enemies of the hero Leon and Matilda died together, pointing to a potted plant raised by Matilda and Leon.

The changes in the details must of course be in line with the times. After all, this is a movie from 94. Many parts of the original drama are very old, and the most basic is the equipment at home. Simple and powerful living environment.

For example, there is only one table and a few chairs in the living room of the whole house, but the decoration style is not impoverished, so he plans to build a room full of Nordic industrial style.

When I first came up with this script, people around me who read it didn't think it was particularly good, and there were even taboo elements in it.

However, in this era, this is no longer a black spot, and there is nothing special written in the play. Having feelings is also the wishful thinking of the little heroine. As a killer, the hero is just a piece of cold stone. Whatever develops, dies.

The official version of "This Killer Is Not So Cold" is 110 minutes, but there is another 133-minute version.

The extended version is officially called the "International Edition", but it will only be released in Japan.

Why is it only released in Japan?Perhaps it has a lot to do with the added plot and story.

In the extra 23-minute segment, the relationship between Li Ang and Matilda is mainly added in the middle, especially the segment that is biased towards the description of the relationship between men and women. In the official version, these descriptions are very, very little, and there is very little ink.

Including Matilda expressing to Leon that she wants to be his lover, and Leon rejecting her dialogue, the scene of the two sleeping together in the same bed, Leon's talk about becoming a killer because of the loss of his old lover, and some of her following him to observe the murder trick shot.

The most important thing is that there is a bed scene! !

Don't think about it, it's not a naked hand-to-hand fight, but Matilda invited Li Ang to rest on the bed. Li Ang had never slept in bed before, but this time he agreed, and let Matilda sleep with his arm one night.

In fact, this scene was also very important in the process of Li Ang's transformation, but because of some taboo topics, it was finally deleted.

In addition, when two people went to the hotel to register, Matilda lied that she was 18 years old, and Leon was skeptical; Leon took Matilda to see Tony and announced that she was his partner; Leon and Matilda acted together for the first time, Matilda saw the drugs on the table and burned them up.

Matilda found out the murderer's name and address, and wanted to hire Li Ang to kill him. Li Ang expressed that he was tired of Matilda's game and didn't want to have anything to do with her anymore, so Matilda loaded three bullets into the revolver, and Leon plays Russian roulette.

They celebrated the success of their first cooperative operation in a restaurant. Matilda wanted to kiss Leon, but Leon insisted not to. Matilda drank a whole glass of wine and laughed hysterically, which made Leon very embarrassed.

There was also a certain attack that failed, and Li Ang threw a grenade into the room to blow up people. He pointed to the hosel in his hand and said that it was a game of pulling the ring. At the end of the film, he used the same trick to solve the enemy.

And a certain time when Leon was going to kill people and Matilda was not allowed to follow, there was an important conversation here, which was very important for the understanding of the difference between Leon and Matilda's actual age and mental age.

The international version is more ideological and enjoyable than the 110-minute version.

But Li Zhifan didn't plan to shoot these, some things, it's better to leave some suspense and regret.

In fact, these extra plots represent some ideological factors of the original director.

However, these thoughts are not active in Li Zhifan's thinking. From his point of view, it is possible to remove them, or even better.

It's like a Chinese ink painting, the emphasis is on leaving blank space, leaving room for people to imagine.

European paintings are different, especially French oil paintings. Everywhere must be painted slowly, and the sky must be painted golden yellow, or there are a few white clouds floating in the blue, which are definitely not on the prescribed canvas. , leaving a gap.

As a Chinese, Li Zhifan still likes the feeling of "he can't speak clearly, but everyone who understands will understand" from the bottom of his heart.

There is a lot of preparatory work in the early stage, the most important thing is the scene selection.

The entire location selection work will be done in Chinatown in New York's Chinatown, and there is a professional film cooperation company in the local area, which is to receive the Chinese crews who come here to choose locations.

William Entertainment itself does not need to use a cooperative company, but Li Zhifan still uses it. After all, strong dragons do not overwhelm local leaders, and these cooperative companies are all run by Chinese. With their help, it is very beneficial for Li Zhifan and the Chinese team. Great benefit.

In addition to the scene selection, it is the casting.

There are not many characters in the play, and this movie is also a small-budget work, not a big deal.

But the role of little girl is difficult to choose. Although European and American little girls are very cute, but Li Zhifan wants to break some habits, so from the beginning, he took aim at mixed-race children.

If you want to be of mixed race, it is natural to be of Chinese and Western origin. No matter which parent is Chinese, the child will be very beautiful.

Of course, there is another major premise here, that is, the yellow race and the white race are mixed.

There are many American boys who marry Chinese girls, and Li Zhifan started from this aspect.

But to be honest, after reading all the way, I found that there is still a big gap between the aesthetics of foreigners and the aesthetics of Chinese people. These married Chinese girls are not very good-looking. Although there are many good-looking children, most of them are They were all boys, and the girls didn't know where they were hidden. Anyway, Li Zhifan looked at many photos, but couldn't choose a suitable candidate.

Li Zhifan simply put down the work of choosing the heroine, and began to select other supporting roles.

I heard that Li Zhifan is going to cast a role, basically half of Hollywood stars have come.

Moreover, the prices they offered were very low, not at all the attitude they had when filming "Avatar" before, and even some actors who had already become famous came to audition, hoping to get a role.

When making movies in the United States, there is one thing that is necessary-there must be black actors among the actors, and they must act decently.

This one has stuck many film directors. From the beginning of creation, they must first consider the arrangement of these roles.

But Li Zhifan does not take this path, he intends to break this rule.

In the movie, he used a large number of foreign-American actors, and even many of them were pure foreigners.

Most of them are Chinese, and then there are Latinos, but among so many actors, there are only blacks passing by on the street, and there is no official black actor.

It can be said that this is an extreme challenge, and Li Zhifan will not make this idea public beforehand, and will not make people aware of it. After all, there are Latinos, and they all have obvious Indian blood, with red skin and hair. Brown and beauty are not like the Europeans. They are mixed together, making many crew members completely forget the need for black actors.

It wasn't until a week before the official start of filming that Li Zhifan finally decided to cast another heroine. If he didn't have one yet, he could only choose from the young actors who looked good.

(End of this chapter)