The air tickets to and from Huayi were booked by Huayi. A group of more than a dozen people were all sitting on the plane. After a night of trouble last night and little sleep, everyone was a little sleepy and slept blindfolded on the plane. Shao Shuaijun, however, did not feel sleepy.
He held a newspaper in his hand, a copy of "Kyoto Entertainment News".
After flipping through two pages, I arrived at the film and television resources section, where there was a big headline that read "Post-85s director, 20 million box office".
According to this newspaper, the movie "Buried Alive" which was released yesterday, as an ultra-low-cost movie with an investment of no more than 100,000 yuan, has successfully achieved a box office miracle of 23.5 million yuan, second only to "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and "Cold Cold".
"Mountain", ranked third in the annual box office. As the film's starring, screenwriter and director Shao Shuaijun, was born in 1986 and just turned 18 this year, setting a record for the youngest director with a box office of over 10 million.
The movie "Buried Alive" tells the story of a man who drove a truck in Iraq who was attacked by kidnappers and buried in a coffin. When he woke up, he made phone calls to save himself. There was only one actor in the whole movie, who kept calling him.
When outsiders asked for help, the camera was limited to a wooden coffin.
It's hard to pinpoint what kind of movie "Buried Alive" is. It's not a horror movie, it doesn't have blood and horror, it's not a literary film, it doesn't have lengthy love, family and friendship, and it's not even a blockbuster. I'm afraid there's nothing in history with a lower cost.
movie. It only has one actor, tossing and turning in a coffin for 90 minutes.
But Shao Shuaijun, who was directing a film for the first time, used his outstanding talent to give this film life. One person's film only needs a phone call to extend a vast world. This world is not pale.
Rather, it is colorful, full of social allusions, full of humanistic torture, and intuitive to the deepest part of human nature.
"It's hard to imagine that this is a movie made by an eighteen-year-old director. It has subverted my view of Chinese-language movies. In the past, we would only pile up literary films with pretentiousness, or spend a lot of money in exchange for shit.
Through this movie, I learned that we Chinese can also make good movies and support the rise of Chinese-language movies!"
This is what an audience member said in an interview with this newspaper after watching the movie. After watching the movie, most of the audience said it was a very outstanding film, and the box office of 23.5 million is the best proof.
Of course, everyone has their own preferences for radish greens, and some people don’t like them.
"Oh, you're asking me what I think of "Buried Alive"? Sorry, I don't have an opinion! Why? Because it successfully hypnotized me in the first three minutes."
Obviously this viewer did not understand the essence of the movie. Feedback from the film's distributor Fang Hua stated that the taste of "Buried Alive" belongs to a niche audience. A large part of the reason why it has such a high box office is the profound connotation shown in the film.
, allowing some viewers to choose to watch it again, or even watch it twice.
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"The "Kingto Entertainment News" is not a newspaper invested by Huayi Brothers, is it? Why did it turn me into a flower?" Shao Shuaijun poked Zhao Cheng who was about to go to bed. The two of them were sitting next to each other.
Zhao Cheng yawned: "Isn't this strange? Didn't "Buried Alive" apply for the Shanghai Film Festival? In order to shine at the film festival, the public relations department spent a lot of time touting it, not just the "Kyoto Entertainment News",
There are also more than a dozen newspapers that pay people to write good reviews. There are also online forums, as long as they are related to movies, they all ask people to post praises, and they are exhausted."
"As for that? Even if I win an award at the Shanghai Film Festival, what will happen?"
"How could it be different?" Zhao Cheng simply didn't intend to sleep anymore. "Only by winning an award at the Shanghai Film Festival can we attract the attention of Americans and Americans. Otherwise, why would "Buried Alive" participate in the Sundance Film Festival?"
"Are you really planning to participate?"
"Why not? Anyway, you have already made a lot of money by burying it alive. If you sell the rest for one million, you will still make a profit. It can also improve the company's reputation. Why not do it."
"If you go and participate, the chance of winning is not very good."
"Weren't you very confident at the beginning? You told Mr. Wang that "Buried Alive" was specially made for the Sundance Film Festival."
"I did that to raise the price..."
"No matter, anyway, we are very optimistic about the quality of the live burial. The gimmick here is really enough. The US market is completely a pioneer for us. So what if we fail. If we really find a buyer, we can set up a line.
Lay the foundation for future movies to be sold in the United States."
Shao Shuaijun nodded, feeling that "Buried Alive" should still have a market, after all, the results of the original version were there: "It's fine, if you build your reputation, I can still benefit from it, and maybe I can go to the United States to make blockbusters in the future."
Shao Shuaijun did not pretend to be aloof and disdainful of this kind of publicity method. He spent an extra penny on publicity to make the movie earn an extra dollar. This is what everyone would choose to do.
The entertainment industry is like this, you can't change anything, you can only make sure you don't do it. Shao Shuaijun is responsible for making movies, others are responsible for publicity, the two have nothing to do with each other.
After getting off the plane, everyone separated. Shao Shuaijun and others rushed back to the crew, while Zhao Cheng went to the county government to complete the procedures. Zhao Cheng is now a trapeze artist, flying back and forth from Kyoto Mountain City. He is busy with the company's affairs and the crew's affairs.
.Of course, when he signed the agreement, he had the incentive to earn a share of the box office.
When he arrived on the set, Shao Shuaijun once again devoted himself wholeheartedly to the filming of the movie. Without trivial matters to delay, the progress of the movie was rapid.
I compared it with the original work in my mind. Shao Shuaijun was very good at shooting, and everything was going on in an orderly manner.
Soon, a month passed, and two-thirds of the movie was shot.
During this period, many media came to visit the team. Most of them wanted to interview Shao Shuaijun, but Shao Shuaijun refused because he was busy with work, and then pushed out the leading actors. With Huayi's promotion and the confidence of "Buried Alive", the media also
We are paying close attention to "Crazy Stone". The movie hasn't been finished yet, and the leading actors are all familiar in major newspapers and entertainment news.
Only Shao Shuaijun lives in seclusion and hides from reporters. When reporters want to write news about him, they only have two photos, one taken at the launch ceremony and one taken at the celebration banquet. There is not even a single photo.
Time flies, this day's shooting is a set of outdoor shots. The location of this set of outdoor shots is a bit special. It needs to be shot on the spiral bridge of Rongqiao Peninsula. This is the last set of shots in the film. Heipi (who has been hungry for three days)
According to his style, Huang Bo (played by Huang Bo) robbed the bread from the bakery, and the boss chased him on a motorcycle with a rolling pin.
"Huang Bo, Brother Xi, just try it once or twice and pass." Shao Shuaijun sat in the pickup truck and talked to the two of them. Liu Sanxi played the bakery owner.
Because this side of the Spiral Bridge is elevated and the traffic flow is relatively large, the permit to apply for filming has never been obtained. Zhao Cheng personally went to the Yuzhong County Government and ran more than a dozen times before it was approved and took one hour to submit.
~The police team is guarding the entrance below the bridge, and reminds every car driver on the bridge to slow down.