Chapter 473： determine (1/2)
Time rushed, ”ia3” finally won the North American Week Championship from March 31 to April 6 at the opening box office of 85.36 million. The average performance of 22,062 in a single hall is very gratifying (3869); and it will be the next week 4 On January 7-13, 46.77 million (-45.2%) were swept away, but this proud result failed to make it the crown of the championship.
The first week of ”Ghost Record 4” received 52.7 million box offices, and the average single museum was 16,869 (3124). It must be known that its production cost is only 5 million! This made the generals of the Lions Gate so happy that they almost cried with their heads. It was great, great! Last year, ”Ghost 3” was 55.13 million in the first week! After making a huge mistake, they kept the miraculous fruit that was lost and recovered, but the response of the masses of the media fell sharply, which also made the Lion Gate a little frightened.
The three indicators of ”Ghost 3” 's rotten tomatoes are 55% / 50% / 85%, and eventually 108 million North American box office and 100 million global box offices; the freshness of ”Ghost 4” fell to 45% / 35%, but the most terrifying The audience likes it only 54%!
”Yawn, if you are watching” Ghost ”for the first time, you may feel ok, but you should really go to” Ghost Record ”and be careful to be frightened.” Clarence-e said; ” Without Miracle Yang, everything became worse, terrible dull and ruthless sleep Mori-s said; ”It did n’t scare me, the **** was exactly what I expected, I ’ve had enough of these stupid sequels when you Without Wang Yang, you should stop. ”Andy-c said; Calvin-r said:” Oh, my dear, it is terrible, sloppy and stupid, it is not as good as the old ”milk” ”milk” ghost story. ”...
For a genre movie that needs to be operated and supported by the ”ghost” group, this is a near-destructive blow. If you don't do ”ghost 5” game-over!
Faced with the criticism of the fans, the Lion Gate was really miserable. If it was said that there was still a chance to be emotional, then it was reasonable to impress Wang Yang to continue shooting ”Ghost Shadow”. Is it possible now? He is willing to supervise the production of ”Ghost Shadow 3” has given the face of Lion Gate!
Of course, I can't just watch the ”Ghost” series go into the mire again, but Lion Gate wants to take pictures of 8, 9, and 10. Jon Fildimer quickly called and asked Magic Yang for help: ”I have seen” Ghost ” Has 4 ”gone? What's wrong? How to shoot” Ghost 5 ”?” Wang Yang has been busy scoring recently. How can he have so much time to deal with him? And he had not seen ”Ghost Shadow 4” in the theater, he said some official answers: ”Pay attention to strengthening suspense, don't be simple ...”
Jon Filtimel was so successful that he wrote down all the words of Miracle Yang, preparing to serve as an important reference for the production of ”Ghost 5” by Lion Gate.
The casting of ”Infernal Affairs” these days is one of the media's focuses of attention. The two supporting actresses are even more lively, because a small actor's shock of Hollywood is only a magical movie. It is also because this movie will be released soon and will be released at the end of the year to form this effect. Although the public is very concerned about the audition, there is not much gossip news, just according to some actress ’s friends. To sum up, no matter Emily Blunt, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Bell ... they all said they need to think about Magic Yang's suggestions.
The four most-watched big names, Hathaway, Scarlett, Knightley, and Natalie, all kept silently without any news. Wang Yang, who was interviewed by ”The Hollywood Reporter”, said: ”Everyone's performance is good, but we must make the most suitable selection.” At the same time, his starring lineup of ”Infernal Affairs” will be fully released at the end of April.
The US version of Infernal Affairs has been finalized as the-departed.
After a period of consideration and choice, Wang Yang eliminated the-nameless (the nameless), the-fatal-ret (the secret to determine fate), and the-rtal-r (the reputation of life and death) that others suggested and thought. , Ng (fatal, unbearable) and other names, determine the US version of ”Infernal Affairs” ”still” is named the-departed (dead).
The title of this title is very broad, and the effect is very lucky. What is more important is that the phrase ”lost identity is the dead” is the common point between the Hong Kong version and the wb American version. It is a good interpretation of this undercover story. Wb ” ”Infernal Affairs” focuses on the theme to talk about the importance of identity, the changes in life brought by different identities, and the pain caused by the life that runs counter to ideals. However, ”Infernal Affairs” also includes these emotional connotations. Chen Yongren said: ” I need only one identity, I just want to be an ordinary person. ”Liu Jianming said:” I want to change with him. ”
The difference is that the Hong Kong version of Chen Yongren and Liu Jianming are affected by their respective environments, encounters and insights, and they doubt their original beliefs and are in pain. In particular, Liu Jianming wants to be a real police officer; and the wb version of Billy He's a blind good guy, he doesn't have any real feelings for the gang, this is the reason why the original version of ”stupid” does not appear, Colin is a pure bad guy, he does not have the idea of ”I want to be a good guy”, he will not be guilty And pain, it is a complete ”two five.”
So ”Infernal Affairs” takes two undercover confrontations as the core of the narrative, slowly discusses the good and evil of people, finds more emotions to support the story, and it has more emphasis on ”the pain caused by the loss of identity”.
No one is missing in the world of the violent ”Infernal Affairs”, Colin wants to do everything possible to maintain the police identity, just like a shield; Billy, who always thinks of getting rid of the gang, is like a spear, and the conflict is formed Great drama conflict, which also directly led to the film not so many people ng good and evil thinking, relatively enhanced the real sense of life and drama conflict, in other words, commercial ng is stronger, a commercial art under the Hollywood system sheet.
This naturally involves the differences between Eastern and Western social culture, film culture, etc., so that two films with the same core but completely different styles and connotations have appeared.
All in all, every character confrontation play in Infernal Affairs is full of exquisite and elegant lens use and editing, the sense of proportionality in the actor ’s performance, that is, the control and mastery of the fire, as well as refined and hidden mysterious lines, dark crow and Contrary emotional tension and delicate soundtracks that add to the emotions; in Infernal Affairs, it is a solid méng singularity and editing, but the composition of light and shadow, props and other composition techniques enrich the metaphor behind the lens, and the actors who are out of control We, hot lines and actions, are more in the external body rather than the internal conflict.
Wang Yang thought that he would have a choice, about identity, about people's good and evil, about emotions ... all told the story according to his favorite interpretation, ”the-departed” with a polite taste is just right.
But at the end of the year, it will be released in the Asian Chinese-speaking area. From the perspective of future data, will it be translated into ”Infernal Affairs” and ”Infernal Walker”? Wang Yang didn't like these two titles at all, because they didn't show anything interesting at all.
By reviewing Hong Kong gangster films such as ”Margin Man” these days, Wang Yang felt the charm of Hong Kong films more deeply and knew something more.