New Age Artists

Chapter 358 True Freedom, Film and Art Have Nothing to Do with It (24)

Shen Santong didn't let Liu Yan push the topic further. There were some things she couldn't bear.

Shen Santong said: "In fact, Lust, Caution was released here."

"Although there is a lot of controversy, I believe nothing will happen to Li An."

“It shows that when we look at the world, we are truly free!”

“It is not the places where there is freedom that always emphasize freedom, but it is the places where there is no freedom that always talk about freedom.”

Some public intellectuals feel more miserable than if their parents had died.

why!
Why is Shen Santong so shameless and tells lies without thinking?

They were unwilling to become super members and could only grit their teeth.

Shen Santong said with emotion: "We are really good to directors from Hong Kong and Taiwan."

"Even though Lust, Caution deleted the passionate scenes, it still cannot change the objective reality that it is not suitable for theatrical release."

"The good guys died, but the bad guys lived on."

"Against the serious background of the Anti-Japanese War, the relationship between the male and female protagonists is so abnormal and extremely improper."

"Revolutionaries and traitors should not have any such connection."

"In the original version of the Hong Kong film 'SPL', Zhen Zidan's character Ma Jun fell to his death in the end, while Hong Jinbao's character Wang Bao did not die. They only needed to change the ending to be able to be released in mainland China."

"Because it's a movie about thieves, 'A World Without Thieves' has never been approved and couldn't be filmed. It wasn't until the heroine got pregnant and the bad guy turned good and turned over a new leaf that it was approved."

"We look up to them and give them everything good, such as water, electricity, vegetables and fruits."

"I say this to say that we are a free society. If we have the freedom to release Lust, Caution, we should also have the freedom to let people criticize it."

"You can't say that Li An is the best director at the Oscars. Criticizing him will cause 'friends to be surprised'. This is not a hundred years ago. I think it is inappropriate to still have such arguments."

"Some media can't stand people criticizing Lust, Caution. This is not true freedom."

The number of live broadcasters began to surge, reaching three million.

The technical team of Dongtian.com was busy and sweating.

In front of the big boss, it’s understandable that there were problems during debugging, but if there are problems during the official live broadcast, they will be finished.

The live broadcast room has restricted access, and only those who exit can enter.

This live broadcast continued to ferment in online forums.

The influence spread explosively.

Shen Santong, the king of commercial films, the boss of Santong Entertainment, and a leader in Chinese entertainment.

He came to comment on "Lust, Caution" and did not express his stance, but his most thorough denial was not as thorough as Shen Santong's.

Using the Hollywood and American style of play, this move was like the Tathagata's Palm, which stunned many people.

Stakeholders.

Jiang Zhiqiang and Tang Wei are having a great time.

It’s still the same position as in the movie.

A movie that grossed over 100 million yuan, the overseas performance is also very encouraging.

Make a ton of money.

After receiving the call from his secretary, Jiang Zhiqiang collapsed on the spot and cursed: "Shen Santong, you bastard!"

I turned on the computer and went to Dongtian.com, and the homepage was the channel.

I clicked on it, but found it couldn't be opened because it was crowded.

I waited a long time before clicking in.

I quickly glanced at Shen Santong's speech and found the part related to "Lust, Caution".

Jiang Zhiqiang's face looked gloomy as he tried hard to read the simplified Chinese characters.

Tang Wei rinsed her mouth and asked, "What happened?"

Jiang Zhiqiang shook his head. There were some things Tang Wei didn't deserve to know.

Jiang Zhiqiang stared at the live broadcast room, thinking of countermeasures.

This is difficult because Shen Santong didn't put the accusation on anyone.

The key is that he has a very bad premonition, and maybe this is just a foreshadowing.

At the beginning, the article shouted that neutrality and objectivity have no borders, and mentioned the preferential treatment of Hong Kong and Taiwan. It felt like it was just a prelude to absolve oneself of responsibility.

Shen Santong took a sip of water.

The topic got to the deeper level and Liu Yan was not allowed to participate anymore.

Shen Santong said: "As a director, I am also the CEO of a film company and a professional practitioner."

"First, let me share some knowledge with netizens."

“Movies have little to do with art.”

Liu Yan was surprised, you are a literary and artistic worker.

Shen Santong said: "Movies are very precious commodities. Even for so-called art films, a crew needs dozens of people, the shooting cycle takes several months, and the cost is at least several million."

"As for commercial films, medium-sized ones start out with tens of millions of dollars, and in mature markets, like Hollywood, super productions, a single film can cost hundreds of millions of dollars."

"With such a long production cycle and such a huge investment, think about it, if you want to invest millions of dollars in a movie, using your own money, would you do it for an unreal concept?"

“It goes without saying that commercial films have little to do with art.”

"As for art films, to be honest, there are some extreme cases among individuals. I have encountered people who spent their own money to pursue art."

“But as a company, as a group, it’s almost invisible.”

"Some film festivals invest so much money every year, sponsorship, and marketing. Do you think they can be without a purpose?"

“Some of our film concepts are outdated and full of sophistry.”

“On the one hand, we say we can’t cater to the audience, and we can’t cater to the policy.”

"On the other hand, they cater to film festivals and external market controllers. It's a contradiction!"

"Movies are expensive commodities. The fact that they are expensive means that they have little to do with floating ideas." "Comparatively speaking, commercial films are actually freer. They don't have to obey one or two people. They communicate with the vague consciousness of the film market."

“There are many ways to communicate. You can cater to others or lead others. It can be family friendly or have a fixed audience.”

"Art films are completely obedient to a single source of funding."

"Generally speaking, art directors are more satisfied with the outside than the inside. They don't pamper the outside."

“Because I crawled too much, I wrapped myself in the shell of art so that I wouldn’t be too humble.”

"Movies have little to do with art anyway, and more to do with money."

"We need to look at the problem from the basics. People must first have food, drink and clothing before they can start to create art. This is the materialistic perspective."

“Don’t just talk about art or human nature in vain. Find the root.”

"Commercial films obey the market and their sources are in the open, but art films are all black boxes, and you really don't know whether they are real people or ghosts."

"They use the money of American and Chinese investors to educate us, or use our money to hurt us under the guise of art."

Shen Santong wanted to say that movies have nothing to do with art, but that was too extreme.

Not very objective either.

There is still some relationship.

Fifty or a hundred years from now, the movies that are passed down will not be those that professional learners watch, but those that the public is willing to watch decades ago.

If one piece of work can be produced out of ten thousand or tens of thousands, it is an artistry worth discussing.

As for Jia Zhangke and some of Lao Deng's art films, they have nothing to do with art.

It can’t be passed on!

To put it bluntly, even professional students don’t learn how to play the film, let alone ordinary audiences.

Not even qualified to discuss.

"The Great Battle" trilogy, "Out of the Blue".

"Wolf Warrior 2" and "The Wandering Earth".

The former must be art, and the latter has the potential to become art.

Art films can't even get through the door.

No one watches it now, and decades later, when it is stored away, it will be nothing more than digital garbage.

Film professionals watching the live broadcast had mixed feelings.

This almost subverts the existing concepts of film art and even the concepts of the art film industry.

Most of those who watch the live broadcast online are young people. College students rarely go online, otherwise they will be very angry.

Netizens were very excited because there was a lot of useful information in this live broadcast.

With the Olympics coming up next year, netizens are eager to learn more about Todai and the outside world.

Some people also wiped their sweat, because Shen Santong had too much connotation.

It embodies the five and six generations of directors who educated the world with sad faces.

It also implies the crooked director who takes money but does not do his job, and who obeys the outside but not the inside.

It also implies that "Lust, Caution" is eating up the mainland market, cooperating with Shanghai Film Group, and not doing anything human.

Shen Santong: "I want to share another little piece of knowledge. There are no accidents in movies."

"Because movies require the cooperation of many types of workers. Not to mention complex commercial films, just talking about art films, they also require many types of workers."

"Director, photographer, props, actors, stage management, post-production editing, and music composition."

"For a prop, the prop master prepares it, the director makes the final decision, and the post-production editor decides whether to keep the shot. There are so many steps involved that it is impossible to be careless."

"So, if you think a movie is offensive, then it is intentionally offensive. It cannot be unintentionally offensive."

"Especially for movies with high production costs, the publicity and promotion are also designed and more complicated."

Shen Santong did not mention "Lust, Caution" by name on purpose.

But everyone watching the live broadcast understood that this is what I meant.

Shen Santong continued, "After explaining these two pieces of common knowledge, I will take you to find the roots of Lust, Caution from an industry insider's perspective."

"I don't want to talk about the position issue, just the connection between the production and the industry."

"From the perspective of a director and producer, this play is very good and wonderful."

“Because it has enough selling points and is easy to make money, it has advantages both at home and abroad.

"I don't want to say much about foreign countries. It involves stance. All you need to know is that people outside like to disparage our films."

"The lower you are to the dust, the more you kneel in fancy ways, the more I like it."

"The focus is on the domestic situation, which is a hot topic."

“First, it is covered in the gorgeous fur robe of humanity, shiny and bright on the outside, but rotten at the core.”

"Both the original novel and the producers, under the guise of human nature, are actually saying one thing: when you meet someone attractive, you can betray them."

"Zhang Ai-ling did it to comfort herself, while the producers of Lust, Caution did it to sell the film."

"The actual effect is very good, and the details presented are rich. Living with traitors day and night will undermine the pure and noble will."

"The film as a whole is gorgeous on the outside but rotten on the inside, which forms a sharp conflict with the warriors in history who were ordinary on the outside but pure on the inside."

"To put it simply, a drop of black ink on a piece of white paper, or a drop of white ink on a piece of black paper, the effect is very prominent."

"Of course this is a thematic conflict, but it's still weak compared to more intuitive conflicts."

Jiang Zhiqiang pushed away Tang Wei who was leaning towards him, feeling something was not right.

Call Li An: "Where are you? Find the computer and go to Dongtian.com. Shen Santong is live streaming. I feel bad. It's better to bring James with you."

Li An on the other end of the phone had an unhappy expression on his face. He was having dinner with someone.

Now, the dinner was hastily over, and he looked at the picture of Shen Santong uploaded in real time on the screen and said word by word: "I'm watching."

(End of this chapter)