Chapter 1632 (1/2)
The reason why Li Mu promoted the theme of World War II to Spielberg was that people used it to their best.
In his opinion, World War II is the biggest theme, the heaviest theme, and the one that needs to be taken seriously. Only a big director can really control this kind of big theme. Only a big director with enough structure, enough ability, and enough film attainments can make a classic World War II movie.
However, in the Chinese entertainment circle in the future, most of the directors and actors who make movies and TV series of World War II are those who are dying of water. That's why there are such absurd Anti Japanese dramas as fighting with guns, tearing ghosts by hand, hiding thunder in the crotch, exploding planes by hand, flying on the train by bike and shooting 800 Li by sniper.
In the next few years, the film and television industry began to turn upside down. Directors with the ability to shoot large themes and deep themes began to move closer to small themes and shallow themes, such as love, inspiration, action, exploration, cartoon, and even black humor. They are easy to succeed in this theme;
but those directors who are not able to control large themes and deep themes prefer to It's not only many people who have made a lot of bad films about World War II, but also many Chinese directors who have made a lot of bad historical films. One of them is considered to be one, which is all about big themes and is all about big themes The only difference between big bad movies is the degree of bad movies.
As a nationalist, Li Mu has endless pride and love for the Chinese nation, but seeing all the major themes of great significance to the Chinese nation from the Second World War to the spring and Autumn Warring States period, he was ravaged and ruined repeatedly by these rotten films, which naturally made him very unhappy, but he was not a filmmaker himself, so he had to first try to create a healthy development environment 。
If we want to create a good environment, we need not only the guidance of capital, but also the guidance of industry leaders.
So Li Mu put his idea to Spielberg.
Spielberg listened to Li Mu's comments on the theme of World War II, and agreed: ”Mr. Li, you are right. From the perspective of movie theme alone, World War II is indeed bigger than any historical period or event. It really has too many stories that can be made into movies. Whether we or the whole Hollywood, we receive about World War II every year There are so many plays, and the theme of World War II is really as you said, the most profound sense. ”
Li Mu nodded and said, ”the most important thing in making a movie about World War II is not to make a movie with a high evaluation or box office, but to make people remember and reflect on history. Therefore, it has a higher mission. In the future, people will remember that history by the movie works we left for them, otherwise In a few decades, young people may not know what World War II is. ”
Spielberg was silent for a moment, nodded slightly, and said: ”if there are good World War II scripts in the future, I will consider making another one or two.”
”With such a large theme of World War II, it's not enough to shoot one or two or even one or twenty,” Li Mu said
”Time and ability are limited after all,” Spielberg said, ”and to be honest, no director is willing to shoot the same theme with one effort, it will greatly curb the diversified development of art.”
”It's not enough to rely on the ability of one or two people, so I wonder if we can build a special brand with the support of capital,” said Li Mu
”Brand?” Spielberg asked in surprise, ”the brand of World War II movies?”
Li Mu nodded and said, ”yes, just like Marvel only does superhero comics, Disney and Pixar focus on animation films, to make a brand focusing on World War II films, what this brand needs to do is to continuously shoot excellent World War II theme films and TV works.”
Said Li Mu: ”we are looking for scripts and directors from all over the world. As long as all aspects are suitable, we will invest in shooting and then make global distribution by ourselves.”