China Entertainment Eunuch

Chapter 85 Films Controlled by Capital
The iron triangle of "Soul Ferry": the innocent Xiao Yin, Liu Zhiyang who looks a lot like Zhang Wei, and the soul ferryman Yu Yi.

There are and it can only be them, if it is played by other people, it will really lack flavor.

The reason why this show became popular is that apart from the many elements of horror and horror, it is also because of its warmth. You can refer to articles such as "Pink Rabbit" and "Sunset Fried Rice", as well as quotes from ancient books and classics. ", "Ghost Going to Bed", "The Story of the Weaver Girl", etc., the family, country and historical feelings in the last play are even more thought-provoking, especially "BJ One Night" and "Waiting for the King".

It is not like those overseas horror films, which simply create horror for the sake of horror, and add elements that can only be understood by active Chinese people.

After laughing and crying, it will trigger unique thinking.

Although this show is good, it also has many shortcomings.

First, the budget was tight, but many actors used it repeatedly. Even the director personally participated in the battle, and even publicly sought investment in the play.

Secondly, because of the prohibition of becoming a master after the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were too many deletions, especially at the end of the second part, the editor could only write himself as a lunatic.

Third, due to the tight budget, the special effects were somewhat flawed, and even Zhao Li's big jeep was hard to appear again.

But even so, this drama is still Zhou Zun's favorite.

The reason is very simple, just two words: Eunuch!
That's right, this show is a eunuch, and it hasn't quit the fourth season for a long time, but it has expanded a lot of peripherals, such as stage plays and movies.

In a word, "Soul Ferry" fits Zhou Zun's temperament very well.

"Leave a contact information. If you have any suitable resources in the future, you can find me." Zhou Zun took the initiative to invite.

After Xiao Yin and Zhou Zun added their contact information to each other, they suddenly said, "To tell you the truth, there is really a drama contacting me recently, why don't you try it too?"

"Which director?"

"Ju Xingmao!"

Xiao Yin said truthfully: "Let's talk about it first, I heard that this drama can't get any investment, so the salary is not very high."

Director Ju Xingmao, if he can't get investment, it must be "Soul Ferry".

Zhou Zun didn't ask about the specific title of the play.

Because the title of a play is different before filming starts and after it is released.

Before the release of "BJ in Love with Seattle", the title of the play was "Beautiful and Destined"!
The title of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" before it was released was "Capital Investor"!
The title of "A Good Show" before it was released was "An accident happened with a bang on the way to team building"!
In Zhou Zun's impression, Ju Xingmao is not tall, not very handsome, and a little bald, but he is talented, so he married a beautiful daughter-in-law, borrowing a sentence from Qiu Ya in "Charlotte's Trouble" : It doesn't matter if a man is old and ugly, he must be talented.

"Can't get investment? Why?" Zhou Zun asked curiously.

In my hometown, the reason why this drama couldn't get investment was because of the regulation that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was forbidden to become a master. The investment side was very afraid of this kind of horror movie, for fear of losing money.

But there are not too many restrictions here!

What's more, Uncle Ying is still alive. With such a benchmark, horror-themed works are not far behind.

Xiao Yin explained: "Our drama is a small production after all, so we can't find any big-name actors at all. Secondly, the director doesn't want too much capital to get involved, as long as there is enough filming, it is fine. According to him, the capital Once there is too much involvement, too many things will be required to be added, such as forcing in some actors, or even modifying the whole play in a large space, so the filming of the original story will not be able to achieve the desired effect."

"I understand!" Zhou Zun nodded.

He thought of "Dune", because although this movie was a hit in China and didn't have much box office, it managed to break through 14 billion US dollars worldwide.

The special effects in the play are amazing, but it's a pity that there was a 94 version of "Dune" before this.

The old version of "Dune" changed three companies and three directors on the way to filming. In the end, the filming was completed, but the director refused to sign it because too much capital was involved.

The book "Dune" is a novel that won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, the highest award in the sci-fi world. Many film and television companies tried to adapt it into a movie, but all fell through due to reasons such as the volume of the novel, difficulty in execution, and funding.

It wasn't until a company from country f obtained the filming rights. For this reason, they found the famous director Jodorowsky who filmed "The Mole" and "The Holy Mountain". He hired Dali, a Spanish realist painter, the Pink Floyd band for the soundtrack, and Giger, the father of Alien, as the art director. Everything was ready, and Director Zuo immediately took the script and went to Hollywood to find investment. .

Some companies feel that they can pay, but the movie must be limited to one and a half hours.

As for Zuo Dao Ye Wen possessed, I want to play ten, because according to his thinking, the film will be at least ten hours long, and will be shot into a series, similar to "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings".

This operation frightened the Hollywood film companies on the spot, and gave up their investment one after another.

Afterwards, the adaptation rights went to a Hollywood company. They found the director of "Alien" Ridley Scott. Director Lei was also very interested. Unfortunately, Director Lei's brother passed away in the middle of the filming. Director Lei felt that this film was shot. It took too long, so I resigned to make another movie, which later became the classic sci-fi movie "Blade Runner".

No way, they found another famous director, David Lynch. Director David did not disgrace his mission. After several years of continuous filming, it finally ended. His director’s cut version has reached four and a half hours, and the company Naturally, I was unwilling, so I edited it to less than two hours.

For this reason, David Lynch naturally rejected the title.

The director of the film suddenly became Alan Smith.

It is necessary to popularize science here. Alan Smith is a pseudonym established by the Directors Association of M Country. If any director does not want to be signed, then use this uniformly.

Just like Zhang San is always the one who does bad things, and Li Feiyu is the one who kills and sets fire.

This old version of "Dune" invested 5000 million US dollars in that era, and the final box office was less than half of the investment.

The first director Zuo Dao, after learning about it, commented: "This movie is so bad, I'm so glad I didn't make it!"

This kind of operation involving capital intervention is very common in Hollywood, just like Warner often randomly modifies the director's cut movies.

Although Ju Xingmao is a small director, his pattern is still very large.

Zhou Zun thought about it seriously and said, "Can you give me the contact information of Director Ju Xingmao, I have an idea and I want to have a detailed chat with him."

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