The next day, before Long Fan had time to say goodbye to the crew of "Wulin Gaiden", he received a call from director Feng Xiaogang. The content was naturally related to the anti-war comedy film "Hands Up" that had been produced not long ago.
But this time besides publicity, Long Fan also has another important thing to do, which is to watch movies with others.
Since this year marks the "60th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese Anti-Japanese War and the 60th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War", the sensitivity of the subject matter, and the subversive breakthrough from previous war films, "Hands Up" has to be released in advance before it is released. Organize a small-scale premiere, where some members of the media and leaders of relevant departments will watch and propose modifications to "avoid unnecessary controversy after the release."
Long Fan has nothing to say about such censorship requirements under the guise of trial screening. After all, this is China. The Education Commission, Ethnic Affairs Commission, Ministry of Public Security, and even the Women's Federation, Tobacco Control Office, and Quality Supervision Bureau are all checking and balancing film censorship.
¡° Treating movies as media, controlled by the state, and operating in a market-oriented manner, it is self-evident that creative freedom is restricted. This is why many works that have won international awards cannot be released locally.
Complaints are complaints, but you still have to listen to what I said above. After all, the power of life and death in the movie is in the hands of those people.
The location of the test screening was a screening hall owned by Huayi Brothers in Beijing, not far from Long Fan's residence in Beijing, so he could also take this opportunity to visit his own home.
When he was about to call his agent and ask her to help him book a flight ticket, Long Fan caught a glimpse of another figure next to him and couldn't help but think of something.
"Sister Qiaoen?" Long Fan called out to Chen Qiaoen who was walking in front of him.
Chen Qiaoen, who was busy taking photos with several actors on the set to say goodbye, looked at Long Fan, "You called me?"
"Are you busy with filming recently? Do you have time the day after tomorrow?" Long Fan asked.
Looking at Long Fan in confusion, Chen Qiaoen, who was wearing a long ponytail, put his chin in one hand and raised his head and thought, "The day after tomorrowit seems nothing will happenthe crew wants me to come back this weekend at the latest. What's wrong?"
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????mbOUT Out The Crew's request for him was to rush back as soon as possible after filming "Martial Arts". But she vaguely saw that Long Fan seemed to have something to ask of her, so she deliberately told a little lie.
"Would you like to watch a movie with me?" Long Fan said with a smile, "The day after tomorrow, in the capital."
"That's it" Chen Qiaoen, who had long been accustomed to being treated as a buddy, was not frightened by Long Fan's frank invitation. He was just curious about what movie would make Long Fan so eager to bring him along.
Then Long Fan added, "It's the one I just filmed before, "Hands Up." There is a preview screening to be held. But the people who come to see it are basically uncles and aunts, so I want to find an acquaintance to accompany me "
Although it seems like a far-fetched excuse, this is indeed what Long Fan is thinking. He has met some of the people who review movies before. There is always a feeling of suffocation when communicating. It would be too painful to be accompanied by everyone he knows. .
"Oha premiere?" Chen Qiaoen suddenly realized. As an entertainer, of course she also knew about such premieres. They were usually used to promote the film's future release. "But based on your popularity. It shouldn't be It¡¯s hard to invite other celebrities to help, why are you looking for me"
Long Fan made a helpless gesture, "Because this premiere is not what you thought"
In the end, Chen Qiaoen did not refuse Long Fan's invitation. Firstly, as a contracted actress of Long Fan Studio, she had such an obligation to support her; secondly, after knowing each other for so long, Chen Qiaoen naturally did not resent being with such a seemingly incompetent person. Unable to travel with mainland talents
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In Beijing, a small screening room called Kilo has no red carpet. There were no guns, cannons or crazy fans, just a few greeters and security guards standing at the door, welcoming leaders from all walks of life.
From time to time, cars stopped at the door. A few middle-aged men and women in suits walked out, and occasionally some young people would arrive, usually film critics from well-known newspapers and magazines.
Long Fan, who arrived early, sat near the door of the internal screening room. Once someone came in, he stood up and shook hands to welcome him. In addition, sitting next to him was the charming and beautiful Miss Chen Qiaoen, which easily gave people the illusion of a wedding reception.
"Actually, you don't need to put on makeup today. Even a reporter with a camera can't get in." Long Fan looked at Chen Qiaoen who was serious about his business and put on delicate and light makeup and said with a wry smile. "I guess gossip reporters won't like to photograph these censors."
"I didn't come here with the purpose you thought. This is to express respect for the movie." Chen Qiaoen said with a slight pout, but in fact she was also shocked by the lineup of spectators today. Almost all the people who came were They were all government department personnel, which made him unbelievable.
Everything that should come has expired, director Feng Xiaogang led Long Fan and several main creators to stand on the stage and express their gratitude to all the guests.
"I hope this film can receive applause from everyone, thank you." After Feng Xiaogang, who is in charge of controlling the overall situation, finished his opening remarks, the scene entered the formal screening stage.
"This way~" Using the bright light on the screen, Long Fan waved his hand to greet Chen Qiaoen to the position of the main creators on the side.
"Why are you sitting here?" Chen Qiaoen, who ran over quietly, leaned over and put down his small bag and asked softly.
Long Fan pointed to the group of people on the side, "Because we need to see their expressions clearly to determine what went wrong."
Following what Long Fan pointed out, Chen Qiaoen turned his head and realized that the people in front of him seemed to have the same expression. They were staring at the screen with a straight face. They were not coming to watch a movie at all. They were completely playing "Everyone" The state of the "Come and Find Difference" game.
"It's so scary" Chen Qiaoen said with a respectful expression.
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"Da da da da" "squeak¡ª¡ª" "rumbling"
On the screen, "Hands Up" got to the point after Li Bing~'s self-narration ended. A plane driven by a wretched Japanese soldier was hovering in the sky, shooting wildly at the Eighth Route Army on the train.
In the early stages of this film, there were not many laughs, especially the fact that a student was sacrificed to deliver information, which led uninformed people to mistakenly think that it would be a solemn and sad anti-war film as always.
When Long Fan looked at the censors, they still had a serious look on their faces, recording something in the notebooks in their hands from time to time.
And when the train escorting the national treasure officially set off, and the scene focused on the moving train, a series of laughter burst out, first amusing a few spectators who were not patient enough.
The person who laughed the most was the "special guest" next to Long Fan. Seeing those funny and coincidental fighting scenes, Chen Qiaoen covered his mouth with his hand and laughed secretly.
"The laugh point is too low." Long Fan glanced at the idol drama queen next to him, shook his head and said, "The main character hasn't even come out yet. If you can do this successfully, won't it be even harder to stop the car after a while"
Sure enough, when the bow-legged Pan Changjiang appeared on the stage, the whole audience, which had been holding back for a long time, finally burst into laughter.
When a group of Japanese soldiers passed by the camera carrying a captured big rooster with a gun, Pan Changjiang, who was at the bottom, had a contrasting little chicken hanging from the head of his gun, which once again caused a burst of laughter.
This stupid and funny alternative Japanese soldier has quickly established himself as a villain in the hearts of moviegoers. Therefore, whenever something funny or tragic happens to him, the audience will cheer.
The comedy focus of the film was finally highlighted. It was not a spoof of the Anti-Japanese War, but a spoof of cartoon-style Japanese soldiers. This also dispelled the original curiosity and concerns of several reviewers about the drama.
??At this time, if we look at the expressions of the reviewers, most of them have changed from the seriousness at the beginning to smiling, and some are even grinning non-stop.
Now that even these audiences who are least likely to please are so happy, Long Fan also has his own inferences about what kind of effect this film will have on ordinary moviegoers after it is released.
"Who wrote the script? No, I'm going to faint. It's so funny"
¡°When I saw a group of Japanese soldiers eating pig food solemnly in the film, Chen Qiaoen next to me was holding Long Fan¡¯s arm with one hand. Different from the ladylike laughter just now, she was laughing so hard that she couldn¡¯t stand straight up.
Although other people in the screening hall did not have such a low point of laughter as Chen Qiaoen, they were basically laughing with their hands in hands, expressing their appreciation for the clever arrangement of the screenwriter and director.
Faced with such a scene, Director Feng Xiaogang¡¯s originally somewhat anxious heart finally settled down, and he sighed in his heart, ¡°It¡¯s done.¡± (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!