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Chapter 165 Acting and directing, the prototype of Ms. Liu’s director’s dream

Chapter 165 Acting and directing, the prototype of Ms. Liu’s director’s dream (please subscribe!)
"Hey, Director Jay, what's going on?"

If you sing well, you will act, if you act well, you will direct.

Jay Chou perfectly interpreted this sentence with his actual actions.

Today he called Chen Dong because his debut film "The Secret That Cannot Be Tellable" was scheduled to premiere in the capital on the 30th of this month. He wanted to invite Chen Dong, a young director, to come over and support him. scene.

"It's three o'clock in the afternoon on the 30th, right? OK, I'll be there."

"Oh, thank you, Director Chen..."

Seeing Chen Dong hang up the phone, Liu Yifei, who was holding her son and feeding him, asked curiously: "Hubby, who is Jay Chou?"

"Jielun."

"Oh~" Miss Liu patted her forehead and suddenly realized.

"I thought he was a director?"

Chen Dong smiled and said, "Yes, my debut movie seems to be called "The Secret That Cannot Be Told." According to Jay Chou himself, he originally planned to release it on the 20th of this month, but it turned out that "Transformers" was too fierce, so he decided to temporarily The release date has been moved to the end of the month.”

"Then why is his premiere held in the capital?"

"I don't know that, so I didn't ask."

"I want to go too..." Miss Liu murmured softly. Well, she actually just wanted to go out for a walk. The past two months of being housebound had made her a little tired of being a homebody.

"Then go, it'll be fine."

"But what should he do?"

Liu Yifei shook her half-month-old son in her arms.

"It's okay, let mom take care of you for a long time."

As soon as Chen Dong said these words, the little guy opened his mouth and burst into tears as if he understood what he said.

Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at her husband and quickly coaxed her son.

On July 7, the day of the premiere of "The Secret That Can't Be Told", Jay Chou was worried that his influence was too low and not many stars and actors would give him face to come to support him, so he arranged half of the seats for fans. .

As a result, there were so many people that day that there was a shortage of seats for his premiere.

The appearance of Chen Dong and Liu Yifei surprised many people, including Jay Chou himself.

"Director Chen, Miss Yi Fei, thank you for your support. Come on, please come inside."

To be honest, Chen Dong and Liu Yifei arrived not too early, but there was no need to worry about not having their seats.

And it’s still in the best viewing seats.

Jay Chou arranged his seat next to Chen Dong. Before the movie started screening, this king who has made remarkable achievements in the music industry humbly told Chen Dong that he hoped he could give him some advice after watching it.

"You can also criticize." Catching Chen Dong's gaze, Jay Chou added another sentence with a very serious attitude.

"Chou is so humble..." Apart from that, Chen Dong really didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, the movie started playing at this time, and he turned his attention to the big screen in front of him.

Jay Chou is not only the director but also the star of "The Secret That Cannot Be Told", in which he plays Ye Xianglun, who has extraordinary musical talent.

Does this character look familiar?

Yes, the prototype is Jay Chou himself.

'He' in the play is also from a single-parent family.

On the day of the graduation ceremony, 'he' discovered that Lu Xiaoyu was not from the same era as him, so he also imitated the heroine and played the same song "Secret".

Next, travel through time and space, go back to the past, and start a fantasy love story with the heroine in another time and space.

As a debut film, "The Untold Secret" has its novelties. First of all, some of the plots are very creative, which is refreshing to watch. Secondly, there are a lot of music interspersed, as many as 25, which really needs to be discussed seriously. It can be defined as a musical movie, but it is not a musical movie in the traditional sense.

The shortcomings are also obvious. In addition to the awkward Hong Kong and Taiwanese accent, the movie also picks up a lot of other people's classic scenes. Although the clone is pretty good, no matter how perfect the stitch monster is, it will still leave traces of stitching, such as The "Piano Fighting" section in the play is a replica of a section in "The Pianist on the Sea". In addition, the time-traveling love story between a man and a woman is an old Hollywood story model, but there are still filmmakers using it ten or even fifteen years later, such as "Hello Li Huanying" which did well at the box office but received a lot of criticism. .

"Director Chen, how are you doing?"

Before I knew it, two hours had passed.

As soon as the thank you subtitles appeared, Jay Chou looked at Chen Dong expectantly. The latter thought for a moment and commented: "It is a very creative love fairy tale."

It seems like a pretty good review, but it feels a little forced.

Zhou Jielun thought about it for a while, then asked: "What about the shortcomings?"

Let me think about this.

"Emmm... you have incorporated many classic scenes from other films in the movie. One or two can be said to be jokes or tributes, but if there are too many, it will easily make the audience confused and affect you. The main storyline I want to tell gives people the feeling that after watching it, I only remember a few funny clips but don’t know what the movie is about.”

After saying that, seeing Jay Chou deep in thought, Chen Dong added: "Of course, the above is only my personal experience, and I don't know if it is right or wrong. Just give it a try..."

"No, Director Chen's words were very helpful to me. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were as powerful as enlightenment."

"It's too serious to say too harshly..."

After attending the premiere, Chen Dong said goodbye to Liu Yifei.

On the way back to the car, Miss Liu held Chen Dong's arm and stared at him and asked: "Husband, I felt pretty good when I watched the movie. Why do I have so many problems when I heard you say it?"

There is a standardized formula for this sentence, which is called a thousand readers, a thousand Hamlets.

But of course Chen Dong can't use this formula to deal with his wife.

So he asked a question: "Honey, how much of the plot do you remember after watching the movie? Come on, retell it to me."

Liu Yifei said while thinking: "I still remember that the male protagonist traveled through time and space because of playing the piano, I remember playing the piano, I remember..."

After listening to Miss Liu's description, Chen Dong smiled: "Count it on your fingers. Are half of the plots you remember are classic plots cloned from other movies? Suppose you are asked to deduct them now. Can you still sort out the context of the story?"

Liu Yifei thought about it carefully, and then she realized that she seemed unable.

It's not that the plot of the movie is forgotten so quickly, but the order of many plots is unclear. It's difficult for even professionals to sort out the plot after just watching the movie once. What's more, when Ms. Liu watches the movie, she is taking on the role of an ordinary person. It’s just the audience’s perspective.

"So, "The Untold Secret" shouldn't have a high box office, right?"

"It's really hard to say."

Chen Dong doesn't remember how much box office this movie earned, but it's definitely not a hit.

In addition, he did not know that the discussion he had with his wife in the car today helped her open the door to a new world.

This new world is called: watching movies from the director’s perspective.

……

"If you act well, you direct!"

Liu Yifei also suddenly thought of this sentence.

then,

Then she was startled by her own idea.

"What did you say?"

Chen Dong didn't hear Liu Yifei's whisper clearly.