Director’s Legend

"If you want to talk about the difference between them, many shooting angles and methods are different. But the biggest difference, I think, is whether you have told the story clearly. I didn't make it clear in "Night Watchman". When I made it clear in "Inception", then such a result will be different."

After Shao Shuaijun finished speaking, he nodded emphatically. When filming "The Night Watchman", I was impetuous, lost, and floaty, and the story was told in a mess. I gave him the worst lesson, and the feeling is not insignificant.

It also made him realize that making a movie is telling a story, you have to put your heart into it, and you have to make up the story with your heart in order to be recognized by others.

Later, a domestic reporter asked: "Then Director Shao, the concepts described in "Inception" are quite profound. Are you stressed about the failure of "Night Watchman" just now and continuing to shoot such a huge movie?" Da, have you ever thought about making movies that are more acceptable in line with traditional vision?"

"There must be pressure. After all, you have lost money once. Whether it is the trust of the outside world or your own ideas, there will be great resistance. Continue to shoot big productions. It is more of a sense of responsibility. I hope I can I can make up for what went wrong. Fortunately, "Inception" was a success."

"The secrecy that preceded Inception's release was very good. How do you balance that between maintaining a sense of mystery while also providing enough information to make the audience happy to go into the theater?"

"Promoting the movie while maintaining enough freshness is really difficult to balance. I believe that as an audience, the best movie-watching experience is not knowing how the story will develop. From a marketing point of view, it is necessary to provide enough information. It is quite a challenge to let the audience walk into the cinema. We use movie trailers, exposure of several plots and setting the premise to inspire the audience to walk into the theater to see what is going on. The audience sees it all.”

"There are rumors that you want to shoot 3D movies. What is the reason that both "Nightman" and "Inception" gave up shooting in 3D? Will you try 3D in the future?"

Shao Shuaijun cleared his throat: "3D exists purely for commercial films, and I am a commercial director. Naturally, I will try to use 3D to shoot films. But the current technical conditions do not allow me to make more preparations, you There must be a choice between imax and 3d. Now, imax-3d is already improving, in the near future. I will definitely try this effect.”

"The box office performance of "Inception" is very good. At present, it has reached 500 million US dollars worldwide. It is even expected to break through the billion mark. As a director, you must be very pleased?"

"What you have done has received a response, of course it is very gratifying. Such a good response. It is also surprising that they can get happiness from the movie. This is what I would like to see, after all, the movie is made. for others to see."

A Hong Kong reporter asked: "There are rumors that the Hong Kong Film Awards is going to invite you to be a judge. Director Shao is sure about this?"

Shao Shuaijun chuckled: "You are very well informed. I can only say that someone has approached me, but I'm not sure. I don't know if I, as a mainland director, can serve as a judge."

"So if you were a judge, how would you choose between films? We all know that you have big opinions on the previous Golden Horse Awards and the Golden Image Awards?" another Hong Kong reporter added.

"There are definitely differences. As a commercial director, I pay more attention to the word-of-mouth and response of the film market. I think films are made for the public to watch, not for the few to enjoy themselves. If you can make "The Shawshank Redemption" I will definitely support a good movie with both storytelling and artistry, but you can’t make a movie messy in order to pursue such an effect, and call it a literary film. This is not a literary film, it’s a waste.” Shao Shuaijun, as always, has great resentment towards the so-called literary films.

In his opinion, movies can pretend to be cool, but don't pretend to be cool, as you will be struck by lightning. You are essentially telling a story, and if you insist on making a fuss about it so that people don’t understand it, this is pretending.

Only domestic journalists struggled with literature and business. A beautiful white foreign reporter asked: "The city reversal in the film is impressive. How did you come up with it?"

"It's very simple. You don't need to follow the common sense of physics in dreams. Ellen Page plays an architecture student. I think if she had this opportunity, what would she do? I guess she would want to challenge Everyday geometric and physical phenomena, she flips the city upside down, and gravity exists normally on every layer, which I find fascinating, and also a great control over the natural environment through human consciousness."

Another foreign reporter asked: "The movie has an open ending. The audience wants to know whether Cobb is in reality or a dream?"

"About the totem that rotates at the end, I can't explain it. If I can, I will show it in the film. The most important emotional line in the film is that Cobb, played by Leonardo, has been ignoring reality. He doesn't want to see it clearly. Reality. But I hope the audience will not pay too much attention to the ending. When I was doing promotion in the United States, I heard them say that I heard a lot of audiences’ opinions on the ending. The ending makes the film even more twists and turns, and it's great to hear the audience's reaction to it."

A Japanese reporter suddenly asked: "Do you know Japanese animation director Toshi Kon? Some people say that "Inception" was inspired by several works of Toshi Kon, such as "Inception"?"

Shao Shuaijun raised his eyebrows: "Who is Jin Min? What is "Inception Detective"? Sorry, I don't know such a director exists yet."

"How do you comment on "The Matrix", which also explores reality and dreams?"

"The Matrix also gave me a lot of creative inspiration, because its central content is similar to Inception, which is how can we be sure that the world around us is real."

"Many people ponder the plot of "Inception" and feel that there are many contradictions. What do you think?"

"Science fiction is always science fiction. I hope that everyone will go to the movie with a feeling of listening to the story, and don't be too demanding about its details. If the story is good-looking, it is successful. In order to know a detail, it should be deliberated repeatedly. What the director does. Unless the audience wants to steal my job."

Soon, the two-hour interview was over, and Shao Shuaijun had to stop the dissatisfied reporters. Let the assistant go up and invite the guests down, and prepare to announce the establishment of the New Electric Technology Research Institute.

A staff member had moved the huge billboard to the rostrum, and the billboard was covered with a red cloth.

When the guests came downstairs one after another, Shao Shuaijun took the microphone and said slightly excitedly: "Today I am very happy to be able to talk about my story with friends from the media. I am a boring person. My story is not only used for Make a movie, the rest is just finished. Now, let me talk about what I am going to do..." (To be continued...)