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Chapter 107 The epoch-making Run Lola Run - a must-see for women!

Wu Yuchen looked at the two young people in front of him who stayed at the end, and kept asking him questions about various shooting aspects of the movie with gleaming eyes. Hearing them say that they had watched it three times in the exhibition hall, he always felt a bit similar. It's like meeting a fanboy.

Yes, in essence, Run Lola Run is an action movie. The heroine is running non-stop, so the entire film must have a sense of movement, and the audience must experience it in both visual and auditory aspects. A sense of speed. I wanted to create a sense of pure pleasure derived from speed, conveying a sense of cause and effect in a crazy chase.”

Time? From the perspective of a creator, you have to understand that it is a means of manipulating the film. It can not only create a sense of urgency for the audience. I think you can also understand that every 20 minutes of Laura is A continuous process, as the film develops, the audience completely transcends the limitations of time paragraphs emotionally.

“The biggest challenge didn’t come from jumping ahead of time, like in an action movie, but keeping all the transitions fluid so that the audience could follow their emotions as they moved from one scene to the next.

Why didn't people notice that the principle of the unity of time and space was challenged in the film? Because for each time and space layer, we use different shooting methods, so that the audience can subconsciously distinguish them.

Muller and Royce listened to Wu Yuchen's various answers with even more admiration in their eyes. It is very likely that some of the concepts and techniques Wu Yuchen told about shooting will benefit them a lot in their future directing careers. .

Wu Yuchen is not impatient. The original purpose and purpose of the film festival is to encourage everyone to communicate, not only with the audience, but also with peers. And at this moment, he was not only surrounded by these two people, but also by other colleagues who came to support him, such as Er Dongsheng, Yan Hao and others.

After Muller and Royce seemed to have received enlightenment and left excitedly, Er Dongsheng gave Wu Yuchen a thumbs up:

I have heard Xu Anhua say that your style is very sharp, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful! Director Wu, I feel that your style is more like that of Hong Kong Island.

In fact, I just saw a piece of your segmented narrative exploration structure in Hong Kong Island not long ago. It was a new film that Galaxy Impression had just produced and not yet released, called The Birth of a Prefix.

I was already feeling very energetic at that time, but I didn’t expect that at the same time, Director Wu, you would also produce a more amazing and more vivid avant-garde film like Run Lola Run.

It really makes me feel like I am behind the times!

Wu Yuchen smiled and said: Oh? Then I will have a good communication with them if I have the chance!

In fact, Wu Yuchen has watched The Birth of a Prefix, which Johnnie To and Wai Jiahui teamed up, starring Liu Qingyun, Wu Zhenyu, and Li Ruotong. It also used the exploration structure of virtual hypothesis and segmented narrative. It can be regarded as a masterpiece among Hong Kong cult films.

However, in terms of the handling of the film, The Birth of a Prefix makes people feel that it is just a trial and error. It took 80 minutes to set the stage and was finally revealed. It made the audience feel obscure and foggy after watching it, and they were also confused. The criticism is lengthy. In comparison, Run Lola Run is more direct, more exciting, and more clearly expressed. At the same time, in terms of the use of lenses and the processing of details, Zihead seems a bit rough.

Li Xiaoran is very happy now. The Run Lola Run she starred in has received very good response after being screened for three days. After each show, she will enjoy the cheers and applause of the audience, which gives her the illusion that she has become a star. So now every day she can't wait to finish breakfast and drag Wu Yuchen to the exhibition hall.

After Li Xiaoran and Wu Yuchen came to the exhibition hall talking and laughing, they saw the staff member in charge of their exhibition hall holding a newspaper and running towards them excitedly, raising the newspaper in his hand and shouting:

Director Wu, Lola, Run Lola Run has been published in the newspaper, Bild!

When Wu Yuchen heard this, his heart moved, and he thought of the female reporter Hannah who came to watch their movie a few days ago. Is it really true?

Wu Yuchen took the newspaper and read it. Under the guidance of the staff, he saw an article in the lower left corner of the page. The location was not central, but it was good if it could be included.

He immediately said: Schumacher, can you help us read what is written in the newspaper?

Wu Yuchen can communicate with people in English, but there is nothing he can do about the German in Bild. He has to rely on the staff to translate it in English for him.

No problem at all!

Schumacher said, unfolding the newspaper, and then said:

'Run Lola Run', an epoch-making anti-Hollywood pioneering work!

——A must-read for women!

Wu Yuchen couldn't help but laugh when he heard the title. People who work in the news can attract attention. He didn't dare to admit that it was epoch-making. He didn't reach that level.

“If the protagonist is running for 70 minutes in a movie, you will definitely feel bored, but “Run Lola Run” unfolds the imagination and turns a boring run into a butterfly effect cycle.

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The director cleverly used a cool technique of time and space tunnel to integrate time loops into high-speed images, so that every move and judgment made by the heroine Laura during the run is directly related to her. Create connections with passers-by.

Every decision Laura makes is like the flapping wings of a butterfly, subtly changing every passerby who meets her. And this change is also indirectly affecting her destiny.

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The director deliberately went against type in the form of expression, which is a kind of resistance to the hegemony of today's Hollywood movies!

He scorned classicism and did not follow the traditional Hollywood narrative model of beginning, development, climax, ending, and epilogue that is popular today. He abandoned the non-linear narrative structure and adopted a three-paragraph format to tell a story that took place within 20 minutes. It has been told three times with different processes and endings, various experimental photography styles, and unconventional character settings. This is undoubtedly another innovation in film form!

At the same time, Run Lola Run breaks the iron law of Hollywood heroes saving beauty. Throughout the movie, the heroine keeps running to actively solve problems and even change time and space, while the hero passively waits for the judgment of fate. This is undoubtedly a mockery of Hollywood!

The dislocation between men and women when facing their fate highlights the current world, where the roles and positions of men and women have undergone tremendous changes.

The same is true for running. Compared with Hollywood’s Forrest Gump, Laura’s courage and fearlessness are more worthy of women’s learning!

Lola is a rebellion against the patriarchal society!

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This is a must-see movie for women in the new era!

Wu Yuchen listened to this review about Run Lola Run and praised it throughout the article. However, he really deserves to have the words A must-see for women in the title. The second half of the article is all based on the movie. Let’s talk about women’s rights.

But Wu Yuchen also knows that in fact, whether the movie Run Lola Run is deliberately anti-Hollywood or in order to conform to the current trend of the development of the European feminist movement, it really pleases women in every setting in the movie. .

The development of the version in Europe was decades earlier than that in China, and the feminist movement was in full swing. This cake is here, and Wu Yuchen has no reason not to take a bite of it through Lola Run.

Perhaps it is precisely because of its association with women's rights that Run Lola Run was able to have this report. Otherwise, why would Bild, which has the largest circulation in Europe, give you a separate review? Can you afford the public relations fee?

Seeing Li Xiaoran looking at him eagerly, Wu Yuchen knew that her English was not good, so he focused on the key points and told her again. Of course, the main part was to praise her, which made her overjoyed and smile happily.

The same report is not only seen by Wu Yuchen at this moment, but has entered thousands of households in Germany. Everyone who follows the Berlin Film Festival Tracking column has read this article.

The anti-Hollywood in the title has attracted the attention of many people. Although everyone usually watches Hollywood blockbusters, many people are also deeply influenced by European literary and artistic films. They are proud of art films and think that Hollywood-style Commercial movies are just vulgar.

And more female readers are aroused by the must-read for women interest, and plan to watch Run Lola Run, a must-read for women, if they have the opportunity.

Although the readers of this article may only account for a very small part of the readers of Bild, considering its terrifying circulation, it is a great exposure for Lola Run.

Anna was one of the female readers who saw this report and went to the film festival to watch the movie.

Sorry miss, the tickets are sold out!

What about winning one?

Miss, I'm sorry, I mean, all the tickets for Run Lola Run have been sold out today.

Anna showed a disappointed expression, and then asked: Can I buy a ticket for tomorrow?

Miss, we only sell tickets on the same day. If you really want to see it, please come back tomorrow.

Anna arrived at the film festival at around 9 a.m. the next day, but the reply she received was still: Sorry, miss, today's tickets are sold out.

It's only 9:15, are your tickets already sold out? Anna asked in disbelief.

The conductor made a hand gesture and said: There is no way, Lola Run is really popular now!

Oh! My God, can't you add more games?! Anna complained.

The conductor shrugged: Miss, I think you should go to the organizer to complain~

The movie theaters of the film festival are all arranged from the beginning. Unless there are special circumstances, they are generally not moved again, and the number of screenings is only fixed every day.

Anna had to rush over early on the third day to queue up, and finally bought the tickets for Lola Run as she wished. After watching it, she felt that it was worth running back and forth to buy tickets in the past two days. This is really a movie that she likes very much. In addition to the novel format of the movie, there is also Laura's brave and courageous character. The fearless image fully embodies the characteristics of independent women in the new era! She's really super cool!

Wu Yuchen is very busy now. A report brought a lot of attention, which directly made Run Lola Run one of the most popular films at the film festival, even faintly overshadowing several other films such as The English Patient. popular movie.

This not only made the movie theaters full, but also many film producers have begun to approach him and want to negotiate various copyright matters. No one is blind. Whether it is their own experience of watching the movie or seeing the excitement of the audience after watching the movie, they can conclude that Run Lola Run is very likely to become a hit. Even if it doesn't win a film festival award, it can still become popular through word-of-mouth!

Wu, the figure of 1 million is really very sincere! You know, even those movies that have won the grand prize may not be able to sell for this price!

Mr. Anthony, I appreciate your kindness, but I really don't want to talk about money right now. You know, my focus is on the film festival awards.

Wu Yuchen sent another film producer away with a smile. To be honest, the price of US$1 million is already considered sincere for most low-budget movies, but not for Run Lola Run.

Let’s not talk about the previous life of “Run Lola Run”, which had a box office of over 100 million in Europe. Let’s just say that he also spent 500,000 US dollars on the filming this time. How could he be willing to sell it for 1 million?

To be honest, as a reborn person, he could only spend 500,000 US dollars to shoot this, because he has seen the original film, and this kind of purposeful shooting will reduce a lot of waste shots and useless shots. This saves not only film money, but also shooting time, and the crew's expenses and various costs will be greatly reduced. This is also the reason why he has always been able to make movies at low cost.

If a different director were to produce the same effect, the shooting cost would have to rise to at least over 800,000 US dollars. If the film were to be filmed in Europe and the United States, where the cost of filming is higher, it would cost between 1.5 and 2 million US dollars. Now if you tell me that you want to buy it for 1 million, isn’t that nonsense?

And according to Wu Yuchen's idea, there is no need to rush now. You can wait for the price and wait until the award results are announced.

But just one day later, people from EMI Pictures, the largest distributor of European films, came to the door.

Nowadays, when people think of film companies, the first thing they think of are the American Eight or the neon Toho Toei Shochiku and the like. But before World War II, the hegemony of world movies belonged to EMI Pictures, and its only competitor was Gaumont Film Company, which was also a French film company.

With the changes in the world situation, EMI has naturally been unable to compete with the top eight. However, it still has distribution networks in various European countries and has always been one of the most important distributors in Europe. Moreover, EMI Pictures is different from MK2, which specializes in art films. It caters to both commercial films and literary films.

Wu, are you interested in talking about your Lola Run and its award-winning situation?

I’ll move updates to daytime in the future.