Chapter 184 - Gun Fist Do
Lin Mingyang's "I do what I want" met Julie's "unique rebellion", in the outside world gossip flying, paparazzi pervasive situation, but the two people in the dressing room staged a blood-curdling passionate scene, during the time has not been broken, the two people's creativity and boldness are called a perfect match. Creativity and boldness are a perfect match.
But they soon realize that there is someone on the crew who is even more daring, crazier and imaginative than they are, and that person is the director, Bekmambetov. During a plot discussion, Lin Mingyang, Julie and veteran movie star Morgan Freeman were all present, and in front of them, the director from Russia announced a shocking decision.
He designed a special shooting technique for the killers in the movie, i.e. the "Shaking Hand Bowl", and there is no rifling in their guns, which will not follow a certain trajectory when shooting, but rather shoot in a certain arc through the action of shaking their hands, and ultimately bypassing obstacles in front of them and hitting the target in their backs. This idea of bullets turning in flight, Bekmambetov was inspired by missiles, which he had seen fired on TV and wanted to make the bullets travel the same arc.
In order to put this idea into practice, Bekmambetov devised an unbelievably gorgeous ultra-long-range curved headshot sniper shot at the very opening of the movie, and such a plot and idea seemed downright mind-boggling to several of the lead actors.
Although "Wanted" is a movie that plays with guns, everyone feels that Beckmambetov has played a little too high this time, he is simply the romanticism of gunfighting to the peak of the realm. But this kind of setup, which clearly defies common sense, is probably hard for the audience to accept.
Among the main actors, Lin Mingyang actually knows Bekmambetov the best, and he knows that the Russian director has an unusually tricky imagination for images. In his mind, he still vividly remembers the scenes of Timur's horses piercing through the city walls and sports cars whipping their tails on the walls of the buildings in "The Day Watchers", which was not only "super cool", but also simply magnificent. Generally speaking, when a foreign director first arrives in Hollywood, he will always shrink, but I didn't expect this guy to have any stage fright, and this time, he played very arrogantly as usual.
Morgan Freeman face hesitant, while the bold and forthright Julie took the lead in questioning Bekmambetov's idea.
"Bullets bending in the air, why does that sound like an April Fool's joke?"
Beckmambetov originally had a little bit of English, and after a few months of sudden learning, he was basically able to master everyday English conversation. Julie's words didn't need to be translated and explained, he understood what they meant as soon as he heard them.
He sat there with a grimace on his face, when shooting in Russia, no actor would question his ideas, but here is Hollywood, these three sitting in front of him are pivotal big stars, their opinions are enough to influence the attitude of the producers.
Julie's question did make Lin Ming Yang think of a movie that hadn't appeared yet, called Sniper in Life and Death. The plot of this movie was average, but the introduction of sniping techniques in it sort of showed the most realist side of sniping. The most important point is that it finally faced up to the problem of the ballistics not being a straight line at long distances.
Seeing that Bekmambetov was sitting there without saying anything, Lin Mingyang could only take his place and explain this problem to Julie: "The trajectory of a bullet in reality is not an absolutely straight line. After exceeding a certain distance, the bullet will actually float upwards before falling downwards during its flight. So in reality, when you really do long-distance sniping, the sight's collimator is not pointed squarely at the target. The sniper has to mentally calculate the distance that the trajectory deviates from the target based on the distance between himself and the target, the prevailing wind speed and other conditions. So sniping is not really a hand job; real sniping may require more brain power."
In all the movie and television works that Lin Ming Yang had seen so far, the subjective shots about sniping were all about pointing the collimator at the target. It was probably not that Hollywood directors didn't understand sniping, but they were afraid that the general audience wouldn't understand. Instead of trying to explain it, they simply shoot it as if it looks accurate.
It is true that bullets do not fly in a straight line in reality, but it is also definitely not possible to do as Beckmambetov envisioned the sky sniper, Lin Mingyang's explanation is not enough to support Beckmambetov's idea. This plot discussion ended unhappily, Beckmambetov left the conference room without a word, Lin Mingyang also followed and stood up, but he found that Julie next to him and Morgan Freeman on the opposite side of the room didn't seem to have any intention of leaving.
"Felix, do you really think that joining in this movie is a wise decision?" In front of Morgan Freeman, Julie asked very directly.
Lin Ming Yang froze as he pulled back his chair and sat down again, "Do you regret it?"
"I think that Russian is a bit unreliable!" Julie unapologetically said what was in her heart, and in Morgan Freeman's eyes, Lin Ming Yang saw the same concern, which was probably why he stayed.
"Geniuses tend to carry the title of madman before they become geniuses." Lin Ming Yang smiled slightly, "A few years ago, when 'The Matrix' appeared, everyone marveled at the Wachowski brothers for creating 'bullet time', and the audience screamed at the fact that bullets could be locked instantly, and leapt at every accented action scene in the camera. For making the Hackers series, we consider the Wachowski brothers not just directors, but philosophers."
Morgan Freeman finally spoke up at this point, "You're telling me that this vision of a bullet inflection is going to be as classic a shot as 'Bullet Time'?"
Lin Ming Yang nodded, "I think it's very possible, if 'Hackers' started a trend, then 'Wanted' is undoubtedly a follower of that trend. Only in terms of ideology, our director is not as deep as the Wachowski brothers. He's a total fantasist, or perhaps 'sleepwalker' would be a more appropriate description. This is something you will certainly agree with me after seeing his Night Watch and Day Watch."
"So he created a bunch of supers with guns that could hitch a ride on a fly's wings like he was sleepwalking?" Julie's words were still heavy with sarcasm.
Lin Ming Yang shook his head, "A good movie doesn't have to be all things to all people, I prefer works that may be flawed in some areas but do the ultimate in some, because the ultimate in anything is king."
"Trust my judgment, Bekmambetov is definitely someone who can do formality to the extreme; he can use imaginative images to fill in the holes in the content of the plot; and cover up the messiness of the story itself with the coolness of the exterior. This is definitely a skill, like taking an ordinary person with mediocre qualifications and packaging him as a superstar. When it comes down to it, it doesn't matter what the original superstar looks like or whether he's cultured or not. Because superstars, they don't need to respond, they just need to express."
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At first, many actors felt that this throwaway shooting method designed by Bekmambetov was strange and very awkward to practice, until Lin Mingyang took the lead in believing in its feasibility, and Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman both followed suit and accomplished it so well that other actors followed suit.
With Lin Mingyang's help, Bekmambetov got through the crew's crisis of confidence unscathed, which led to a further relationship and increasingly frequent private exchanges between the two. Bekmambetov soon realized that finding Lin Mingyang to chat with him was a good choice, through which he could practice his spoken language as well as explore some topics of interest to everyone.
At around 10 o'clock that night, Julie sneaked into Lin Mingyang's room, preparing to stay over for the night. Julie, who had just changed into a nightgown after her shower, hadn't even had time to make out with Lin Mingyang when their good deed was interrupted by a thumping knock on the door. In desperation, Lin Ming Yang could only let Julie wrap a blanket around her and go to the bathroom to take shelter for a while, while he dressed himself and went to open the door.
Bekmambetov really came at a bad time today, and when he opened the door and saw that it was him, the smile on Lin Ming Yang's face was very forced, while in his heart he was even screaming. He had originally thought that he would be able to get rid of the visitor in a few minutes, but this time it was estimated that this time Julie would have to stay in the bathroom for a while.
As soon as they met, Bekmambetov yelled excitedly, "Felix, I watched those two movies you recommended to me, and I feel like Kurt Wimmer is my confidant when it comes to the way he presents guns!"
Hollywood movies have always been clear-cut and strict in their treatment of gunfights, adhering to two different systems: realism and romanticism. Prior to the emergence of this distinction, most Hollywood gunfight movies featured guns spitting fire and then focused on the intensity of the gunfight.
Spielberg's "Saving Private Enrique" created a new face of realistic gunfighting, in which he focused on the horrific consequences of being shot and having limbs and arms fly off, making the scenes look brutal and real.
The war movie "Black Hawk Down", which was based on real-life events, continued this style and played the realism of gunfights to the extreme.
The opposite of this is romanticism, which is exemplified by The Matrix. The Wachowski brothers' invention of 'bullet time' in the movie caused a huge sensation. However, Keanu Reeves' flashy backflip is not as good as the "Gun Fist Do" that came later in the movie, which also dodged bullets.
In the movies "Tornado" and "Deadly Violets", director Kurt Vilmer fused kung fu and gunfighting together, and invented "gun kung fu", which is actually a kind of bullet-avoidance technique. The essence of the art is to make it impossible for the opponent to point his gun at him, to avoid the opponent's trajectory by changing his body posture and position, or to take the initiative to pivot away from the opponent's gun so that the opponent can't hit himself even if he shoots.
Although Kurt Vilmor made this kind of thing a bit baffling, the concept was indeed very interesting, so Lin Mingyang recommended these two films to Bekmambetov, so that he might be able to get some inspiration from them.
Even though it was only a recommendation of a borrowed nature, Beckmambetov's enthusiasm for gunfighting was beyond Lin Mingyang's expectations, and he seemed to be very knowledgeable about it.
"Can we go in and talk?" Bekmambetov looked curiously towards the room, and Lin Mingyang then woke up to the fact that he had been blocking people out of the door.
"Of course, Mr. Tim, please come in!" He spoke intentionally raising his voice, in order to let Julie, who was hiding in the bathroom, hear it and be prepared in advance.
There was nothing strange in Lin Mingyang's room, and the seated Bekmambetov didn't think in other directions, his entire attention at this time was focused on the topic he was going to discuss with Lin Mingyang.
"Mr. Kurt Wimmer's presentation of gunfighting in his film felt familiar to me, as it was very similar to the Soviet military fighting art Systema. This kind of fighting art is to break the conventional shooting posture, to quickly draw the gun, high-speed shooting first to hit, suppress the enemy, a master in this will also use the firepower at the same time high-speed rushed to the enemy, and the enemy to carry out a half-shooting, half-fighting hybrid war, which will often use the gun handle as a weapon, sudden cold hand..."
"Is that what you based the shot at the beginning of the movie where you smash through the glass of the building and shoot the sniper in the air on?" Bekmambetov's words immediately aroused Lin Mingyang's interest, he had always thought that "Gun Fist Do" was the result of a Hollywood director's genius imagination, but he didn't realize that this fighting art actually existed in reality.
Bekmambetov smiled and nodded, "A friend of mine in the army used to be a KGB training instructor, and he told me that most of the agents would receive this kind of training. Users of this combat technique are generally good at close quarter combat, they blend the use of firearms into their fighting, and surprise the enemy with a cold shot when they don't expect it. They hide the firearms they use on their bodies, and no one knows exactly where his gun is hidden when he is not shooting."
Bekmambetov spoke somewhat metaphysically, but when he thought about it, the credibility should be very high, because this type of combat was almost tailor-made for secret agent spies, the KGB had such a training program, and Lin Mingyang was able to figure it out.
"There are definitely no such godlike characters in reality, but the movie gives us more room to imagine. In our story, the hero you play is going to be trained by the organization to be a master at this type of gun fighting." Lin Mingyang practiced martial arts as a child and received systematic fighting training in previous movies, all of which underpinned Bekmambetov's confidence.
He excitedly told Lin Mingyang about his shooting concept, but Lin Mingyang basically didn't listen to the words that followed because he was thinking about such a problem. Because of his own appearance, the gunfighting techniques in this movie could be able to have a more extreme play, so the effect of this movie will be even more wonderful than the one he remembered?
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