Everyone closed their eyes and quietly enjoyed this feeling that may be very vain, but is very practical and very passionate. They all know that if a person can get such applause just once in his life, it is already a big success.
It’s a lifelong honor.
But they are different. As long as they can do well enough, they can even get it ten times or a hundred times. As long as they don't give up and do it with all their strength. This is the dedication and seriousness that Xiao Ran often talks about. At this moment, they all have some
Understanding Xiao Ran, they were all thinking that maybe Xiao Ran still wanted to film in person even with his current status, probably just for this kind of glory.
Maybe, Xiao Ran himself doesn't know. He knows that he sincerely loves movies. But he is not sure whether he is really obsessed with the feeling of being looked up to by others, whether he is obsessed with this kind of manipulation of life and death, and manipulation.
The taste of joys and sorrows.
He thought, maybe this is true. At least even if he has a net worth of trillions, so what, all he can get is respect or admiration, not the feeling he has now. He doesn't want to be like a businessman.
Trapped by money, he hopes that he can control money instead of money controlling himself.
Nothing can be better than now. Anyone is willing to be happy for the applause and sense of accomplishment in these dozens of seconds. Xiao Ran likes this feeling and also likes this kind of work very much. He knows that this is to indulge his thoughts and let go.
A place of imagination.
On this small screen, he was able to create a perfect and real world. Everyone knows that it is false, but they are always obsessed with everything that is false. This is the charm of the movie, and it is also the creator.
Charming display...
This is another great success for Xiao Ran. No one can ignore this success. Shu Qi, a famous Hong Kong film critic and director, commented, and he also mentioned in the article. Xiao Ran once again created a new genre this time, that
It is a racing movie that sets the standard for future racing movies, and "The Legend of Cars" will also become the pioneer of this type of movie.
It is still Li Zhuotao, who still understands Xiao Ran’s creative intentions and techniques best. There is indeed a lot of praise in his articles. However, there is definitely no lack of criticism. He believes that Xiao Ran’s progress in director skills is not particularly great, because the film relies on
It is entirely Xiao Ran's own control, but the success of the entire team.
The most typical thing is that he saw Xiao Ran's original creative intention in the film, but this intention was gradually lost with the creation, and Xiao Ran's original intention was lost. This is an inevitable failure.
Of course, he is not completely criticizing the film and Xiao Ran. More of the space is praising it. He and Fang Baoluo have similar views. They both believe that this film has created a new genre, which is more historical than "The Spy".
"Change" is probably even bigger, just like "A Better Tomorrow" pioneered the hero film, and "New Dragon Inn" pioneered the new style of martial arts.
The most important thing is that he saw two advantages of Xiao Ran in the film, which may be better described as a summary. First, he believed that Xiao Ran had a genius as a director. The genius was always shining in the film. The only shortcoming was that
, this feeling of genius cannot be maintained until the end of the film.
The second is that he believes that Xiao Ran is definitely the best in Asia and even the world in adjusting the rhythm and smoothness of the film. No director can surpass Xiao Ran in this aspect. In this film, Xiao Ran's performance in smoothness is definitely the best.
It reached its peak, at least he thought that the first three minutes of the film and the few racing scenes at the end of the film were perfectly presented.
Regarding Li Zhuotao's comments, Xiao Ran learned a lesson. He has an absolutely high level of appreciation for movie fans and can judge where his own shortcomings are. As he said himself, movies will always have shortcomings, and the key lies in the director's ability to
It cannot be covered up with advantages so that others cannot discover it.
Xiao Ran did a great job, and even he admitted that he did a great job in this aspect. However, he also knew very well that his directing skills were definitely not up to the level of Wu Yusen and others. He showed everyone his ability within the scope of his ability.
Directors with advantages have all "communicated", but learning the other person's advantages does not mean that they will become a better director.
No matter how many advantages he has, they always belong to others. If Xiao Ran can't integrate them all, or figure out his own style, then he will never become a true master director. However, he does have a style now, which is smooth and comes from
More than ten years later, the smoothness is even better.
However, he is more aware of his own advantages that have not been discovered by others - business. It is indeed business. Xiao Ran himself has a very exquisite understanding of business elements and has more experience in later generations. After directing several dramas, he became more and more interested in business.
In this film, the commercial elements were explored to the limit.
What are commercial elements? What is the director's control over commercial performance? "This Killer Isn't Too Cold" can be regarded as a model. The film is essentially a literary film, but at the end it takes the opportunity to have a very standard and very exciting action scene.
This is business control.
Don't think that commercial factors are not important. Commercial factors are not only in the script, nor are they the leading ideas in film production. They also come from the control of Xiao Ran, the director, who can very accurately judge what to give to the audience at what time.
Such enjoyment.
Similarly, he knows how to choose the most appropriate opportunity to make the audience's hearts beat with the film. This is not only related to the director's technique, but also his superb understanding of business operations. This is one of the most important reasons why Xiao Ran's works are so successful.
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After the film was released in the United States, the famous film critic Roger Ebert sharply pointed out the film's merits: "This is a film that makes everyone's body boil, and it is the best portrayal of a team's sincere cooperation.
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The film was released in Asia and even Europe and North America within ten days. It is no exaggeration to say that it won countless fame and money for Phantom. Therefore, the workers behind the scenes who participated in the production of this film have since been regarded as first-class talents, especially
In terms of audio production, Xiang Bao is praised as a top expert. It goes without saying that Xiang Bao has been promoted to the top audio designer in Hong Kong.
In fact, Xiao Ran thought a lot before directing this film. He now understands why it takes a long time for a Hollywood film to be released. Because before starting filming, he needs to determine whether the film can be produced in the West.
A hit.
At this point, the planning department gave very targeted suggestions. First of all, regarding the music in the film, if you want to please Western young audiences, the soundtrack might as well be more Westernized. Xiao Ran even considered that in order to please the black guys, it might as well be
Some black music was used in the film.
In terms of clothing styling, the suggestion put forward by the planning department is to be as close to the East as possible, but not to look weird to Westerners. In short, in one word, fashion and avant-garde, it is enough to achieve these two points.
In terms of scenery, the film also chose beautiful scenery as the background. Otherwise, why do you think the producer would move the maple trees? In short, this film not only caters to Eastern audiences, but also makes it look familiar to Western audiences.
It is the basis of box office.
However, not every director can integrate these things that are not very compatible with each other, and not every director understands these things. That's why Xiao Ran asked the directors of Phantom to go to the planning department for training before.
Train this keen control.
This is something that can be said to be simple or complex. Just try not to make Western audiences feel unreasonable. The planning department has professional screenwriters to do this. For example, Wu Yusen’s bullets can’t be fired.
This point is definitely unreasonable in the eyes of Westerners, so Wu Yusen does not have to change it, but if the film is aimed at Western audiences, then this point must be appropriately changed.
Xiao Ran also regards this work as an example to other directors and people in the industry, telling them through practical actions how to turn some restrictions into advantages in specific operations. Of course, Xiao Ran believes that such a catering situation cannot be maintained.
It takes too long, and it also tries to give other directors the opportunity to produce works with a local flavor. Otherwise, this may obliterate the genius and characteristics of the filmmakers.
Moreover, no matter how Hong Kong films are made, they will always have a certain local flavor. As long as Western audiences can accept Hong Kong films, they will have accepted the Hong Kong flavor. In the future, their status will be deeply ingrained, and Western audiences will no longer be able to choose.
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There is no doubt that Xiao Ran's new work has achieved great success at the box office and word of mouth. It is an absolutely huge success that makes people jealous. The local box office has once again exceeded the 50 million mark and stayed at 6 million, and it has naturally become a historical box office.
The runner-up still had to suffer under the absolutely stable "The Love of Ghosts".
Of course, it is difficult to break through the box office. This is mainly because the local market has reached its peak under normal circumstances. However, in foreign markets, Hong Kong films are far from reaching their peak, and there is still countless room for exploration.
In Japan, the box office unprecedentedly exceeded 100 million US dollars, reaching 800 million Hong Kong dollars. In Taiwan, it broke the record of "The Spy". In South Korea, because of the fashionable atmosphere, the box office also soared, reaching an astonishing more than 200 million, becoming South Korea.
The highest-grossing film in history.
Even in mainland China, the box office (the mainland's total box office in 1990 was said to be 2.4 billion or 4.4 billion, I will use the former) is as high as 200 million. The total box office in Asia is HK$1.7 billion, again
Refresh the record.
In Europe, the box office of this film was a bit better than "The Last Days", reaching 600 million. In North America, the box office was much better than Xiao Ran's expectation of 60 million, a lot higher.
More than double, reaching 130 million U.S. dollars, beating the 80 million U.S. dollars of "RoboWarrior" and ranking third in the top ten in the United States, slightly higher than "Silence of the Lambs".
The global box office reached a breakthrough of 3.35 billion, which is more than 400 million U.S. dollars. This unprecedented figure defeated almost all Hollywood blockbusters and became the second largest annual box office in the world, ranking only among
Under "Robin Hood".
This is really a terrible number. Even Xiao Ran had not imagined it. However, just imagine, he was relieved. In the past two years, more and more films have been released in mainstream theaters in the United States, and the quality is the best. Moreover,
This is a film where the pictures speak for themselves, and language is not a big barrier.
Just as Hollywood English-language films will achieve great results in non-English-speaking regions in the future, this is not unimaginable because people's habits are not completely different. At least when it comes to action films and other themes, they are the same.
After receiving this result, Xiao Ran was shocked but also laughed. At present, the status of Hong Kong films in North America has been gradually established. In the past three years, at least one Hong Kong film has successfully entered the global box office list every year.
Originally, Xiao Ran had been worried that other companies in the film industry would be overwhelmed by the current status of Hong Kong films, leading to crazy and shoddy production. However, now it seems that all companies are very calm, and even Lei Kaitai has begun to calm down.
Invested.
Films that are not of a certain level cannot be shown in theaters at all. The only way to make a lot of money is to sell audio and video copyrights. Therefore, the number of films that can be released in the first round in Hong Kong is slightly less than in the past two years.
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The subsequent "Spy 2" was also released in the United States. In fact, this film did not criticize the United States. Xiao Ran made a clever move and turned the American villain in the film into a conspirator with ulterior motives in the CIA. In terms of the plot,
It basically followed the model of a Hollywood blockbuster, except that the focus of the film was not there. As a result, the film was successfully released in the United States.
Through Guan Xin, the mainland government expressed to Xiao Ran that it attached great importance to the release of "Spy 2" because in a sense, this film can actually indirectly change the views of some overseas countries on China.
The box office of "Espionage 2" was not as strong as the first one, and it was even less than 400 million yuan away. In terms of action scenes, it was a bit more intense than the first one, but it was a bit inferior in terms of magnanimity. However, the most important thing is
Unfortunately, there is a certain gap between the literary drama and the action drama, and the reputation is obviously not as good as the first one. It seems that Liu Mei and Liang Jun have not reached a sufficient tacit understanding.
There is no doubt that the summer vacation is dominated by "The Spy 2" and "The Legend of Cars". Interestingly, these two films are sequels, which means that Phantom can continue to make money from these two films. In Xiao Ran
In my mind, there are only three parts in the "Spy" series, and "The Legend of Cars" can be made into at least three more parts. This is a money-spinner.
However, Xiao Ran doesn't want to make a sequel immediately to make money like "Infernal Affairs" became popular, but it can't take too long. There is an unwritten law of sequels in Hollywood. If the original cast can't be found to film within five years,
Then, there is no need to make this sequel, because it will be difficult to make money again.
Of course, "Star Wars" and "Terminator" are completely exceptions, and there is no comparison at all. However, at least Xiao Ran firmly believes that even if "God of Gamblers" is filmed again ten years later, it will still have a very strong box office. That's right.
To exaggerate a little, Phantom now has a lot of brand series in its hands, and it is enough to make money even if it eats these brands.
With so many films having box office success, Xiao Ran always felt that he was heading in the direction of Spielberg, which was not necessarily a good thing. What Xiao Ran wanted to do was to find himself and make a very personal film.
This is a personal work that can thoroughly express the director's technique like "PTU".
What's extremely funny is that "Days of Wild", which cost Hong Kong 2,000 yuan and Phantom 40 million yuan, has finally been released. This film has a lot of big stars, and the star salary alone cost more than 1,000 yuan.
10,000. As a result, the box office revenue in Hong Kong was not overwhelming, but it still managed to break through the 10,000,000 mark due to its strong star appeal.
This surprised Xiao Ran. He thought that this movie would only have a box office of five million at most. However, think about the history when Liu Hua and the others acted in this movie, it was far from having much box office appeal, but now it has
She is an absolutely well-deserved first-line star in the Hong Kong film industry, which is understandable.
The only good thing is that the overseas box office of this film barely made up for some of the investment. However, as far as investment is concerned, in addition to the income from movie theaters and other income that should not be included in the investment, it means that Phantom lost money on this deal.
Ten million, this is because the 20 million invested by Mo Huaien was not included. This shows that it is absolutely true that the film's box office failure made investor Deng Guangrong so angry that he vomited blood.
However, Xiao Ran doesn't care about this. This film has already won many awards for Phantom overseas. Wang Jiawei's mission is to win awards, which is Xiao Ran's positioning for him. After experiencing the mini stock market crash caused by the Gulf crisis, Wei Jiahui did not even
Xiao Ran needed to be reminded, so he thought of this subject and quickly started the production of "The Big Era", the king of Hong Kong dramas.
This series will become ATV's most powerful weapon in attacking other countries' TV stations. For this reason, ATV specially gave the dubbing of this series to Si Si, hoping to make it perfect. Xiao Ran followed his own example and came to guest star in this drama.
After the performance set an example, almost more than half of Hong Kong's first-line stars took the time to guest star in the drama, trying to achieve the supreme classic status of the King of Hong Kong Drama.
When Wei Jiahui started writing this drama, Xiao Ran reminded him to leave the tail of the sequel to facilitate future production. The subsequent sequel was indeed much more reasonable than the original one. The most interesting thing is that among Wei Jiahui's team,
Xiao Ran was shocked to see Situ Jinyuan and other Galaxy Image screenwriters.
Needless to say, Xiao Ran naturally tried every means to get it over. Just kidding, who among Situ and the others will not be the top screenwriters in Hong Kong in the next ten years? It’s just because their glory was all taken by Adu alone, so they are not known.