Chapter 107: The Groundbreaking "Run Lola Run" Is a Must-See for Women!
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. "
Mueller 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 Ka-fai 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, "Character" 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 main character in a movie is running for 70 minutes, 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 made by Lola is like the flapping of a butterfly's wings, which subtly changes every passerby who intersects with her. And this change also indirectly affects her fate.
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The director deliberately made an anti-type treatment in the form of expression, which is a kind of resistance to the hegemony of Hollywood movies today!
He sneered at classicism, did not follow the traditional Hollywood narrative mode of beginning, development, climax, ending, and epilogue that is popular nowadays, abandoned the non-linear narrative structure, and adopted a three-stage pattern, telling a story that took place within 20 minutes three times with different processes and different endings, various experimental photography styles, and unconventional character settings. This is undoubtedly another innovation in the form of film!
At the same time, "Run Lola Run" broke the iron law of Hollywood heroes saving beauties. Throughout the movie, the heroine kept running to actively solve problems, and even changed time and space, while the hero passively waited for the judgment of fate. This is undoubtedly a mockery of Hollywood!
The dislocation of men and women in the face of fate highlights the current world, where the roles and positions of men and women have undergone tremendous changes.
Although both are running, compared with Hollywood's Forrest Gump, Lola's courage and fearlessness are more worthy of learning for women!
"Lola" is a rebellion against patriarchal society!
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This is a must-see movie for women in the new era! "
Wu Yuchen listened to the review of "Run Lola Run" and praised it throughout the article. However, it was worthy of the title "Must-see for Women". The second half of the article was all about women's rights.
But Wu Yuchen also knew that whether the movie "Run Lola Run" was deliberately against Hollywood or to follow the trend of the development of the feminist movement in Europe, it really pleased women in every setting of the movie.
The European version was developed decades earlier than China. The feminist movement was in full swing. The cake was here. Wu Yuchen had no reason not to take a bite of it through "Run Lola Run".
Perhaps it was because of the feminist movement that "Run Lola Run" was able to have this report. Otherwise, why would "Bild", the number one newspaper in Europe, give you a separate review? Can you afford the public relations fee?
Wu Yuchen saw Li Xiaoran looking at him eagerly and knew that her English was not good, so he picked out the key points and told her again. Of course, it was mainly the part that praised her. It made him overjoyed and smiled happily.
The same report was not only seen by Wu Yuchen at this moment, but also entered thousands of households in Germany. Those who followed the "Berlin Film Festival Tracking" column read this article.
The "anti-Hollywood" in the title attracted many people's attention. Although everyone usually watches Hollywood blockbusters, many people are also deeply influenced by European art films. They are proud of art films in their bones and think that Hollywood-style commercial films are vulgar.
And more female readers were aroused by the "must-see for women" and planned to watch this must-see for women "Run Lola Run" when they have the chance.
Although the readers of "Bild" may only account for a very small part of the readers of "Bild", considering its terrifying circulation, it is a great exposure for "Run Lola Run".
Anna is one of the female readers who saw this report and went to the film festival specifically to watch this movie.
"Sorry, Miss, the tickets are sold out!"
"What about the next show? ”
“Miss, I’m sorry, I mean, all the tickets for Run Lola Run today are sold out.”
Anna showed a disappointed expression and asked, “Can I buy tickets for tomorrow?”
“Miss, we only sell tickets for the day. If you really want to watch it, please come back tomorrow.”
The next day, Anna arrived at the film festival at around 9 a.m., but the reply she got was still, “Sorry, Miss, today’s tickets are sold out.”
“It’s only 9:15 now, and your tickets are sold out?” Anna asked in disbelief.
The ticket seller gestured and said, “There’s no way, Run Lola Run is really popular now!”
“Oh! My God, can’t you add more shows? ! "Anna complained.
The ticket seller shrugged: "Miss, I think you should complain to the organizer~"
The theaters of the film festival are arranged at the beginning. Unless there are special circumstances, they will not be adjusted. The number of screenings is fixed every day.
Anna had to run to line up early in the morning on the third day to get the ticket for "Run Lola Run" as she wished. After watching it, she felt that the several trips back and forth to buy tickets in the past two days were worth it. This is really a movie that she likes very much. In addition to the novel form of the movie, there is also Lola's brave and fearless image, which fully reflects the characteristics of independent women in the new era! She 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 movies at the film festival, even faintly overshadowing several popular movies with their own popularity such as "The English Patient".
This not only makes the movie theaters full, but also many film producers have begun to find him to discuss various copyright matters. Everyone is not blind. Whether it is their own viewing experience or 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 does not 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 won big awards may not be sold at this price!"
"Mr. Anthony, thank you for your kindness, but I really don't want to talk about money now. You know, my focus is on the awards at the film festival."
Wu Yuchen sent away another film producer with a smile. To be honest, the price of 1 million US dollars is sincere for most low-cost movies, but not for "Run Lola Run".
Let's not talk about the box office of "Run Lola Run" in Europe that exceeded 100 million in the previous life. Let's say that he spent 500,000 US dollars on the film this time. How could he be satisfied with selling it for 1 million?
To be honest, this is because he, as a reborn person, can spend 500,000 US dollars to shoot it, because he has seen the original film. This kind of purposeful shooting will reduce a lot of waste shots and useless shooting. This saves not only the film money, but also the shooting time, and the crew's expenses and various costs will be greatly reduced. This is also the reason why he has been able to make movies at a low cost.
If another director were to shoot the same effect, the cost of shooting would have to rise to at least $800,000. If it were to be shot in Europe and the United States, where the cost of shooting is higher, it would cost between $1.5 million and $2 million. Now you want to buy it for $1 million, isn't that bullshit?
And according to Wu Yuchen's idea, there is no need to rush now, you can wait for the price, and you must wait until the award results are announced.
But just one day later, people from Pathé, the largest distributor of European films, came to the door.
Nowadays, when people mention film companies, the first thing they think of is the Big Eight in America or Toho, Toei, Shochiku and the like in Japan. But before World War II, the hegemony of world cinema belonged to Pathé, and its only competitor was Gaumont, which is also a French film company.
With the changes in the world situation, Pathé naturally could not compete with the Big Eight, but it still has a distribution network in various European countries and has always been one of the most important distributors in Europe. Moreover, EMI Films is different from MK2, which specializes in art films. It produces both commercial and literary films.
"Wu, are you interested in talking about your "Run Lola Run" and its award-winning situation?"
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