Su Ze finally met Chow Yun-fat, who was still charming at the age of sixty, especially his familiar signature smile, which instantly made people feel youthful again.
"Hello." Chow Yun-fat held Su Ze's hand and said enthusiastically: "I have seen many of your works and I look forward to this cooperation."
Su Ze was very excited. Wasn't the reason why he opened up Hong Kong Island just to fight alongside his childhood idol?
"Hello." Zhang Jingchu also came over, stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "Please take care of me."
Su Ze responded politely. He was a famous person whom he had admired for a long time. Not to mention his acting skills, he was quite capable. The main reason was Kong Xue's various scandals.
Known as the public enemy of the director’s wife?
After a brief contact, I have to say that Zhuang Wenqiang's vicious eyes, whether it is Fa Ge or Zhang Jingchu, are simply tailor-made for the characters.
As for Liao Qizhi, he is an old acquaintance of the Demon Police. After two works, Su Ze has already become accustomed to the work style of the Hong Kong Island team and quickly integrated into it.
After really getting deep into the Hong Kong film industry, Su Ze discovered that anyone who works hard at creating is well protected.
For example, Zhuang Wenqiang, after writing Infernal Affairs, wanted to write an economic crime theme, namely Eavesdropping, but he encountered an economic crisis and could not find investment at all.
I had no choice but to find my good friend Er Dongsheng, hoping that he would give me some suggestions for revision. Unexpectedly, not only did he not provide any suggestions for revision, he also praised the script. In the end, Er Dongsheng helped find investment and negotiate for distribution, while Zhuang Wenqiang concentrated on writing.
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What proves the most is the script of Wushuang, which took a full ten years to polish. In the meantime, Zhuang Wenqiang also made many movies, Initial D, and Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Zhou Xun's The Listener...
But Wushuang was never given up. On the contrary, ten years later, he was able to see the light of day again.
After spending ten years studying counterfeit banknotes, in Zhuang Wenqiang's eyes, the glory and ruin of the counterfeit banknote makers have extraordinary dramatic tension.
Making counterfeit money is just like making a movie, you are doing something that everyone knows is fake.
But the interesting thing about it is that in order to make fake things look like real things, it is best to make fake things look like real things.
Su Ze thought so!
As the cooperation continued to deepen, Su Ze felt a craftsman spirit, and the team atmosphere easily cultivated professional and multi-level behind-the-scenes workers.
They are still working hard to make original works, and the subject matter is deeper and more partial than the previous one. Mainland screenwriters rarely touch upon it, or even complete it.
In fact, in film and television works around the world, directors and screenwriters have the most say, and they can take the lead in ensuring the quality of dramas.
For example, Korean screenwriters Park Hye-ryun of "I Hear Your Voice" and "Pinocchio" and Lee Soo-yeon of "Secret Forest" have a higher status than actors and can directly attract the audience.
In this era, no matter what changes and efforts are made, film and television works that revolve around content are actually the ones that can win the most praise.
Many mainland screenwriters will be interfered by investors and actors, and will also accept official opinions. Sometimes actors will bring their own screenwriters into the group to specially modify their own roles, disrupting the rhythm of the entire crew.
Although Su Ze has never seen this kind of thing, he has heard about it a lot. Maybe it’s because he works with directors who are persistent, but...
Living between cracks and struggling to breathe, how can we talk about creation?
On the contrary, the creative environment in Hong Kong is very pure. Creators like Zhuang Wenqiang and Mak Siu-fai can create with peace of mind, while the turnover and circulation of funds are left to the producers and producers. Each type of work is divided very carefully to ensure relative independence.
It is precisely because of the clear division of labor that local film directors, actors and screenwriters completely trust each other.
The acting can be left to the actors, the script can be polished by the screenwriter, and the director is responsible for strategizing.
Why are people so fast?
That’s why!
I have talked a lot with Zhuang Wenqiang. The Hong Kong market is declining, and many filmmakers dream of opening up the mainland market. In order to pass the review, Zhuang Wenqiang has to make compromises, so the eavesdropping scam is not thorough enough to form a strong dramatic contrast and the contradiction of human nature.
Since there is no persistent greed, the meaning of salvation will naturally be reduced, and the teachings it hopes to convey to the audience will also become weaker.
Throughout the entire movie, the compact narrative always lacks a spice?
Not enough flavor!
Therefore, Overheard was only nominated for multiple awards, but did not win heavyweight awards like Infernal Affairs.
The audience's eyes are sharp.
"What do you think the painter I played is useful?" Chow Yun-fat asked Su Zedao: "How would you play the painter?"
"The first function is that Li Wen used it to deceive the police, promote the development of the story, and ultimately lead to the reversal of the story."
Su Ze analyzed: "The second function is that through him, Li Wen expressed his psychological process of making counterfeit money and his views on love. All the words spoken through the painter's mouth are actually a large part of his own past.
What I said to myself."
"As for the third function..." Su Ze said with a half-smile, "Look cool!"
Chow Yun-fat listened very carefully and didn't react until the end. Zhang Jingchu next to him couldn't help laughing.
Seeing Brother Fa being stunned, Su Ze joked: "To be honest, only you, Brother Fa, can play the image of an old man hiding a knife in his smile so convincingly. No one else can do that!"
Everyone burst into laughter, and Fa Ge also laughed happily. This is how actors work together, and it is fun to work together.
Don't look at the young man in front of you, but his acting skills are definitely excellent!
Not only did the actors perform well, but Zhuang Wenqiang, as the director, also did not forget his original intention. For a long time, the narrative center did not focus on the wise and heroic spirit of the crime investigators, nor did it settle on the social problems and gloomy reflections on human nature behind the crime.
Rather, it uses a large number of lenses to restore the unfolding plan and implementation process of the crime itself in detail. In Su Ze's view, this obsession with the crime itself, and even the psychological penetration of the perpetrators, is
It's like upgrading a game, giving the audience a huge sense of accomplishment every time they pass a level.
The gray area between good and evil, gangsters who are more impressive than the police or at least have more stories to tell, the Yakuza duo mode, the anxious family inheritance after identity misplacement...
Strict rules, a business that never fails, some political sayings that are above good and evil, and are more universal than moral dogma...
To achieve perfection in any industry is art!
Of course, many bugs were also discovered during the filming process. For example, except for Uncle Xin, the faces, temperaments, motivations and task shares of the rest of the team were very similar.
There is also the alternate appearance of the painter's scheming and neurosis. This complexity lacks the support of the previous text.
A father's early death and an inherited gene cannot explain this moodiness.
Every time Zhuang Wenqiang put forward opinions, he accepted them seriously and tried his best to make up for it. Su Ze also realized more and more deeply the charm of the so-called Hong Kong flavor:
We are obviously in an international metropolis, but there is a sense of chaos everywhere! This chapter has been completed!