Chapter 52
"Oh, Mr. Harris, hello, please sit down." Zhang Dongcheng suppressed the small flames in his heart, and said to Harris, whose speech and behavior were not quite right, motioning him to sit down.
"Sit down later, Mr. Smith, can you answer the question I just asked, are you a gang member?" Harris asked pressingly.
Alston looked at Harris vigilantly, opened his mouth to say something, but held back. Now the protagonist is Zhang Dongcheng, he can't steal the show, besides, any director has to face all kinds of tricky problems, now it can only depend on his own on-the-spot reaction.
"Hehe, I'm not a gangster. I'm a student of the British Film Academy and just graduated." Zhang Dongcheng didn't get angry, but replied with a smile.
"Then, when you were filming this movie, did you ever chat with the gangsters or learn about their stories?" Harris also laughed. He was sure that Zhang Dongcheng was a rookie and was completely led by his own problems. Go, but without resorting to techniques of refusing to answer or pulling aside.
"I've lived in London for five years, and it's like my second home. Every night, I work outside, watching the city go from dark to bright. To be honest, I have no contact with gangsters…"
Before Zhang Dongcheng finished speaking, Harris laughed and asked: "You are not a gangster, and you don't know much about British gangsters. Your current movie tells the story of British gangsters. Isn't this extremely ridiculous? Something unreasonable?"
With fire in his eyes, Zhang Dongcheng immediately became a little annoyed, and he countered strongly: "I have been on the streets of London for five years, and my part-time job made me stay with him every night. I watched too much of these things. A dirty thing on the outside. You know, Mr. Harris, that a good cook doesn't need to know what a turkey was doing before it died in order to cook a good dish. Perhaps you are doing Before cooking, do you have to chat with that turkey and get to know each other better before you can start the fire and cook?"
In the original time and space, Guy Ritchie had no experience in gangsters, nor had any contact with gangsters. Didn't he shoot gangster classics as well?
The reporters first listened to Harris' aggressive questions in astonishment, and then heard Zhang Dongcheng's oblique curses. They immediately felt that the interview was exciting, and they all took out pens and paper, and desperately recorded it.
Hals rolled his eyes at Zhang Dongcheng's words, but unwilling to fail, he frowned and asked another question: "Mr. Smith, can I know how this movie is different from other gangster movies? At your age, we would like to know what it means."
His words once again caused a commotion among the reporters. People were discussing noisily, and the distrust in their eyes was getting deeper and deeper.
Zhang Dongcheng frowned, looked at the triumphant Harris, and wondered why Auston had brought another spoiler, could this be considered a normal movie promotion?
Isn't such propaganda a negative propaganda?
Haha, I guess the boss of Hammer Films must have been fascinated by this oriental rhetoric. How could he cast a movie for such a director? He's sure to cry and drop his pants because this movie failed at the box office!
Harris thought darkly in his heart, looking at Zhang Dongcheng who said nothing, his chin even raised his jaw.
"Hey, did I say this guy is here to find trouble? I didn't have an affair with his wife!" Adaman widened his eyes, looked at Harris seriously, and whispered to Zhang Dongcheng.
"Don't worry about him, I'll just answer his question." Zhang Dongcheng lowered his head and said softly, then raised his head, the look in his eyes was so bright.
"Gangster movies are a variation of action movies and gangster movies that belong to genre movies. They basically tell stories about the rapid inequality of wealth and poverty in major capitalist industrial countries in the world, and the stories of gangsters' struggles in social realism are derived. The most popular gangster movies are undoubtedly In the 1970s, the Godfather series won the Academy Award for Best Picture." Zhang Dongcheng stood up and wrote the word "Godfather" on a whiteboard beside him.
"And I think gangster movies are an outlet for people to seek escape in the spiritual realm under the pressure of the mechanical system of modern industrial society. It is not so much related to crime as it is related to "romantic". , or in this killer is not too cold, the lazy former gangster killer wearing a trench coat, gambling life and death without hesitation, ignoring the rules and taking the heart as the rule of conduct, has become a dream that people in modern society cannot realize. Gangster movies , is a romantic dream of ordinary people, a dream that cannot be realized but has some desires, and the dream I wove has laughter, tears, and incredible multi-linear collisions."
While talking, Zhang Dongcheng wrote the words romance and dream on the blackboard.
"In my film, the gangsters are struggling and being dragged by fate. In their view, this is a dog-eat-dog world, and the winners just have bigger teeth than the losers!"
Harris' heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help feeling that this was a classic, but his slightly relaxed face tightened again: "Oh, Mr. Smith, although I really don't want to say it, what you said should be no different from others !"
Zhang Dongcheng smiled slightly, and said the classic lines in the movie: "It should be the brother of all mistakes...It should be the mother of all mistakes! HOHO, aren't brothers and mothers all the same?"
All the reporters laughed. Zhang Dongcheng's words had a strong taste of British humor, which made everyone feel relieved and listened carefully to what he had to say.
"As Mr. Harris said, I don't know any gangsters at all, and I am a good citizen who hates all crimes." Zhang Dongcheng's pretentious and serious words caused laughter again.
"I just provided an objective perspective in the movie, a perspective that allows the audience to judge and guess for themselves. I will inherit the usual visual and action aesthetics in gangster movies, but will use more postmodernist techniques To subvert and ridicule, to break down the gangster movie with a game attitude, this will be a bullet, a powerful bullet, a gangster movie belonging to the UK, will sweep the world! I hope it will be in the British film industry What can be left behind, um, if it can be like "The Godfather", that would be great." Zhang Dongcheng threw down the whiteboard marker, and his tone of voice was flat but with irresistible truth, which made all the reporters tremble.
Harris sat down a little bit unconvinced, but he didn't find any chance to refute. At this time, his brain was spinning sharply, but he thought of a title that could attract everyone's attention.
"Haha, I finally found an interview report that can satisfy the editor-in-chief." Harris was not in the mood to listen to other reporters asking questions to Zhang Dongcheng, but began to write quickly.
The next day, the report of the Daily Mail surprised everyone, and Zhang Dongcheng, a young director, was immediately pushed to the forefront!
"My movie, only the godfather can be compared!" - Daily Mail Special Correspondent Harris.
I thought yesterday's interview was just a young director's solo show, but I didn't expect him to be so bold and outspoken. In front of the reporters, he arrogantly wrote the three words "Godfather", "Romance and Dream" on the whiteboard. And claiming that his movie will be the bullet that destroys previous gangster movies!
HOHO, let's see, where did he put Mr. Francis Ford Coppola? Where did he put Mr. Martin Scorsese? Where did he put Mr. Danny Boyle? In fact, I am really happy for his courage, because such a life is fun!
Yes, he stunned the French Film Festival with a tuner, but that was probably just an accident, we've seen a lot of short-lived geniuses. Especially when he swears in front of the reporters, pointing to the whiteboard and talking about the godfather, the inadvertent look on his face...
Well, let us wait for this British gangster film that is said to be sweeping the world with a thunderbolt, especially since the director is still Chinese. Fans and friends, a Chinese announced that he wants to Shocking the world with a british gangster flick haha that was hilarious, excuse me I'm going to get some tissues.
In addition to the Chinese food in Chinatown, this is the second time I have shown a smiling face to the Chinese people. I would also like to thank Mr. Smith and hope that you will not lose the last pair of pants.