Chapter 43: Luc Besson
The evaluation criteria for B-level science fiction films are often loose. As long as the core ideas are interesting, even if they are mediocre in other aspects, such films are still worth watching.
Because the overall exhibition of science fiction films relies heavily on the accumulation of local creativity, you have to put it into the history of the exhibition of the entire exhibition.
Still taking the most popular science fiction films about time and space shuttle themes, "Space-Time Clues", "Source Code", "Ring Messenger", and "Edge of Tomorrow" are not considered classics alone, but as a whole, they have gradually pushed up the threshold for using movies to express time and space shuttle. If there are milestone-level films in this field in the future - just like "2oo1" to space travel, "Star Wars" to Star Wars, and "The Matrix" to virtual reality - they will inevitably be inseparable from previous accumulation.
Then, "Body" may be a small step in the field of brain science.
Luc Besson is a French director. French directors are a very strange group. They firmly believe that movies are art, so they despise Hollywood productions and think that Hollywood movies are vulgar!
Because France is the birthplace of movies, many master directors such as Godard, Truffaut, Allen Reine, and Chabrol have been produced here.
However, the current situation of French films is very pitiful. Among the movies screened in French theaters today, 60% of the films come from Hollywood; during the downturn, the domestic market share of French films once dropped to a pitiful 12%!
It is not even as powerful as the Chinese-language movies in the Chinese market!
How could that group of pretentious French directors bear this?
So they became even more extreme!
Look at the movies "Female Addicts" and "Silence" they have made over the years, a bunch of pioneering art films?!
It can't be considered a bad movie, but it's definitely not a good movie!
But these directors, even traditional European film festivals, still display these movies as pioneer art!
They despise commercial films, especially Hollywood commercial films!
I think they are vulgar!
But Hollywood movie guides the global movie market is an indisputable fact.
As we all know, Hollywood's globalization has enabled American films to break cultural barriers and gain higher box offices.
They make the movie itself more understandable.
Hollywood movies are rampant all over the world and have a subtle influence on the aesthetics of global movie audiences. France, which was once comparable to American movies, has sharply declined its global influence in France.
Shen Lin’s initial proposal to cooperate with Lucbesson also surprised Cookdick, because although Lucbesson is the most open director in the French film industry, he still has the inherent arrogance of a French director - looking down on commercial films!
Fortunately, although the creativity of "Tian" was thought out by Lucbesson, Shen Lin was responsible for the shooting method and the compilation of the script!
Shen Lin was not interested in adding too many author ideas to a science fiction commercial film, and there were almost no cuts. In addition to some settings of the heroine, the filming was based on the original plot. As for the actor selection, it also continued the original version. Morgan Freeman, the professor who played the brain domain.
As for the leading role, Luke Besson reached an agreement with Shen Lin that he must be a woman!
In fact, the theme of "Tian" can also be played by a man, but the whole story will seem much boring.
No matter whether you are looking for a muscular man or a creamy boy, the male actor's appearance in "Body" will make the style of the whole movie much less!
Only when the film begins, the protagonist is in the simplest and most helpless state. She is a thin and powerless person who can't speak a single Chinese sentence, and she is particularly confused.
So when writing the script, Chen Lin naturally tends to be less like a science fiction hero.
If you find a male actor, this initial setting will be difficult to establish.
Of course, the biggest difference between the two about actors is definitely the protagonist candidate.
Chen Lin insisted on supporting his own female votes from the beginning, but Luc Besson insisted on using Hollywood actresses, and it is best to be the kind with box office appeal.
Since the way to commercial films has been decided, don’t be a bitch or a archway, Luc Besson insists on using Scarlett Johansson.
Cook Dick agrees, and he also believes that an unfamous star will bring unimaginable disasters to the movie.
Until a week ago, on May 8, the box office of "Interstellar" in North America suddenly reached 160 million yuan, and the world exceeded 600 million US dollars, of which China's Big 6 contributed 320 million US dollars in box office results!
Let the whole situation change!
Everyone can see that Chen Lin has a strong market appeal in China!
320 million US dollars, even in North America, can rank among the top twenty in history.
320 million yuan, Hollywood's best film history record in the Chinese film market!
But looking at the cast of "Interstellar" again, none of them has a real box office appeal in China, and the only explanation is director Chen Lin.
Hollywood is absolutely commercialized. Once they recognize Chen Lin, it will definitely satisfy him. Not to mention Luc Besson's objection, even if the producer is Spielberg, it will be useless.
Therefore, under the pressure of Disney and light, Lucbesson knew the current affairs and chose to delegate power, and the entire "Tianjin" project was completely handed over to Chen Lin.
France's Europa Film Company was kicked out directly, and the original exercise rights were also deprived!
Since then, "Tian" has been considered an investment project between China and the United States.
The reason why Disney supports Shen Lin is that in addition to the outstanding box office performance of "Interstellar", the more important thing is that the derivatives are selling well, such as doll toys and spaceship models. These two things alone have created nearly $300 million in net income for Disney in just one month.
Disney even considered whether to build an Interstellar exclusive theme park!
Therefore, they naturally agreed with Chen Lin's support for his girlfriend.
To be honest, with Disney's home business, even if the box office results of this "Tianjin" are trash, they don't care. What they care more about is director Chen Lin.
Besides, the $30,000 investment is absolutely a small production for Disney, just to spend money to coax people!
Ying Bao didn’t know these inside stories at all, she only knew that she was finally going to work with her boyfriend!
"So, do I need to receive relevant martial arts training?"
"There is not enough time, I plan to finish filming in one month and release in two months!"
"You're going to shoot a cartoon? You'll finish it in one month!"
Ying Bao rolled her eyes. She had read the full version of the script and was very clear about her role.
"So, you have to work harder!"
A gust of wind blew, and the banks of the Seine were a little chilling, "Let's go back to the hotel!"
"Okay, by the way, do I want to lose weight?"
"No need, anyway, this drama requires weakness."
Chapter completed!