~： Five hundred and ninety-five - brag x

Unconsciously, no one could deny that because of Wayne's sudden switch of Chinese, the reporters, students and professors in the entire auditorium had a great affection and recognition for him.

Although they didn't admit it, everyone knew in their hearts that in this day and age, everyone has sharpened their heads and went abroad. Now suddenly there is a white-skinned foreigner who speaks an authentic Beijing film and talks on the stage, which is indeed very dreamy.

Chinese is notoriously difficult to learn. Many people know this. Just by looking at the way this foreigner speaks, which is completely Chinese thinking, can prove that the other party is definitely not a surprise training before coming to this land. He wants to learn Chinese. Speaking of this level, it must take a lot of time to study hard.

"To be honest, when I heard that this event was about talking about movies with a group of ideal peers, I didn't prepare a so-called speech at all."

Wayne on the stage held the microphone in his hand. It could be seen that he was very relaxed. He moved a few steps from the center of the stage to the front of the stage, where he could be closer to the audience in the front row. With a natural expression, he raised his other hand, skipped the media reporters in the front row, waved to the students sitting in the back row, and continued:

"I think you should also be curious about Hollywood, just like I am curious about the culture of this land, so I have no interest in speaking at all, and I want to have some exchanges with you, so what's the problem? , you can raise your hands directly, yes, you can raise your hands directly to ask questions now."

He was right about one thing. Wayne did not prepare any speeches. Strictly speaking, Hollywood's logic of putting interests first is absolutely inappropriate for him to give public speeches here. He would rather answer some students' questions. question.

Glancing at the bottom of the stage, he found that there were not many students who dared to raise their hands first. He smiled and shook his head slightly. He stretched out his hand and pointed at a girl at will.

"Student, whatever you want to ask, just say it directly, preferably a topic related to movies."

The girl who was pointed out was stunned for a moment. She obviously did not expect that she would be so lucky. Her position also attracted the attention of more than a thousand people in the entire auditorium.

The girl was obviously nervous. She glanced at the man on the stage and saw the man smiling and staring at her. She gathered up her courage and stood up. She took the microphone, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Hello, Greenberg. Director, I am not a student of this school, I came here this time because I heard that you will come here to give a speech"

Wayne nodded and raised his hand for her to continue. "It's ok."

"My name is Ziyi, I'm from the Performance Department of the Academy of Drama, and I'm a sophomore." Seeing that everyone was looking at herself, the girl gave a quick self-introduction, and then asked, "Director Greenberg, so am I. Your fans, have seen all your works, and also like all your works, but recently, I have always had a question, why your works in the past two years feel more and more commercialized, art, Uh"

In fact, the moment the girl raised her hand, Wayne had already recognized the other party. The girl who was dubbed "International" still looked very young, at least her face was still very young. The reason why he was the first When I clicked on this girl, it was purely an episode of bad taste.

Not only the girl known as "International", but in the small auditorium he was in, he also saw many familiar faces, including big stars who will be active on the screen in the future, and directors standing behind the scenes. The conspicuous ones were a few boys and girls who were crowded together. These guys later made them a class, which was called the 96 star class by the media.

"It's okay, I understand what you mean."

Extending his arm and pressing down, indicating that the girl can sit down, Wayne has a smile on his face, not at all angry at the sharp question raised by the girl. "I don't want to talk about such high-level topics as art. Maybe many students and teachers here have always regarded film as the eighth art in the world, but in my case, it is not entirely the case."

The moment he spoke, there was a buzzing and low-pitched discussion on the scene. No one would have thought that an art director recognized by the Oscars and the world would suddenly say this.

"Attention, I'm going to start bragging now. For students who don't agree with my point of view, just treat me as bragging." Wayne shrugged at everyone.

"Hahaha."

"I, this guy can even say bragging?" ""

After the voice in the auditorium became quieter, he tilted his head, held a Beijing film into the microphone, and continued: "'Happy Death Day' has grossed over US$70 million in North America and US$1.1 billion globally. "Escape" in North America The box office is 17.6 billion US dollars, and the global box office is 25.5 billion US dollars. "Joker" is 33.5 billion US dollars in North America and 107.4 billion US dollars worldwide. "Joker" is 32.8 billion US dollars in North America and 70.1 billion US dollars globally.

"Batman: War Hour", which brought the dc movie universe to the public, "The Departed", which won me an Oscar, and "Batman: The Dark Knight", which will be released on a large scale here in two days. ""

As he snapped his fingers and counted his works over the years without hesitation on the stage, the audience under the stage fell into silence and shock. Everyone was more or less clear that the man on stage had How successful, but when the works were listed one by one over the years, the terrifying box office results still shocked everyone.

The box-office numbers are a height that everyone on the scene has never dared to imagine. The scary thing is that this young man named Wayne Greenberg is not yet 30 years old. The media, the audience and even the film circle. The mainstream understanding of him is that he is an art film master who is good at shooting dark style films.

"In all parts of the world, the evaluation of my work is very different." Wayne ignored the shocked eyes of the audience, and continued to talk while pacing on the stage in a relaxed and natural tone.

"Some authoritative media in the film category have summed up. They describe my films as absurd and uninhibited based on real-world issues. They have both good and evil protagonists. They boldly expose and discuss issues in the corners of society. The dark and twisted core of the story, always likes to draw the ending with death or destruction.

These are all true, but there are also European entertainment media and film colleagues. Whenever my film is released, they will say that I am using the dark and large-scale to attract attention, and use violent scenes to continuously sharpen the nerves of fans around the world. !

After blowing so much, I just want to tell you, don’t stare at the art in the movie, if I do that, I will never be sought after by so many fans, and I will never be able to get such high box office results, I When I was graduating from Film and Video in Southern California, my mentor, Professor Anderson Horowitz, gave me a piece of advice that, in movies, the audience is always the first consideration.

So, as far as I am concerned, movies are first and foremost entertainment for the masses. They originated from the revolving lanterns, and they are people's entertainment at the root. What I have to do is to let most ordinary people understand and then consider adding a director. My own artistic ideas, of course, these are just some of my personal ideas, I hope they can be of some help to you. "

There was a burst of warm applause. Regardless of whether they agreed or disagreed with the idea, the media reporters, teachers and classmates at the scene all clapped their palms. In fact, his rhetoric has diverged from the mainstream concept here. This is a campus, a campus full of art, and there are countless young people who are full of pursuit of art.

So, as soon as the applause ended, a young man stood up from his seat without waiting for him to continue the roll call and shouted, "Director Greenberg, what about art? Film is the eighth largest art in the world, that's why It is recognized all over the world, and if you only want to please the audience, won’t art disappear completely?”

Obviously, the behavior of this old-fashioned boy with small eyes made some teachers and leaders in the front row nervous. Some people wanted to wave their hands to call security, and some people looked nervously at the man on the stage.

"You're right, so I just said it in advance. If you don't agree with my point of view, just think I'm bragging." Angry for breaking the rules, instead he tilted his head and spread his hands, the smile on his face did not diminish at all.

"Painting This is definitely art in the eyes of everyone, right? Any famous painting can be sold for tens of millions, but it should be noted that from several decades ago, Mona Lisa They were all loaded into the printer and started to copy and sell them like crazy. Often, such paintings only cost a few dollars, but painting has always been one of the most important among the eight major arts in the world.

Looking back at the movie, even the most common feature film, it takes at least more than a thousand pictures in a whole scene, but you only need a ticket to watch it. Whether you admit it or not, for ordinary people, movies are one of the cheap, ordinary forms of entertainment. But this does not prevent some literary films from always having an audience.

My main point is that you must first consider the audience of your work, and then consider the so-called humanistic feelings and other artistic discussions. Otherwise, a work that no one wants to sit down and watch, even if it has a high artistic content, what does it mean? What to use? "

Wayne knows that these words have no effect on those who cling to the so-called art, such as the boy with small eyes who just asked the question. The other party's literary films are considered famous, but almost none of them are in the theater. It has been shown on a large scale, which, to a certain extent, is not a tragedy.

"I thought there was something different about him, but I didn't expect that he was still Hollywood in his bones."

A middle-aged teacher under the stage frowned and didn't grunt softly.

That's the way it is. Some people's ideas are deeply ingrained, but there are also many young people who have been thinking about their eyes after listening to these words. Obviously, they have been affected.