Chapter 1168

To determine the timeline of "the last samurai", Li Mu tentatively asked Spielberg, "Steven, do you know when Tom Cruise's movie will be finished and released?"

Spielberg shook his head and said, "I'm not sure about the details, but it seems that it was started in the second half of last year. In the first half of this year, it's sure to finish shooting. In addition, in the later period, if it's OK, it should be released at the end of the year."

Li Mu nodded and asked him, "if we can make preparations as soon as possible, when can we start it?"? When can it be shown? "

Spielberg thought for a moment, and said: "if it's fast, we should be able to start the machine in early March, but in early March, we can only shoot the part in the United States first, and then prepare to shoot in China at the same time. If it's efficient, we should be able to finish shooting before the end of this year, so that it will be released next summer."

Next summer, at least half a year later than the last warrior

On the surface, Li Mu is silent, but in his heart, he thinks that "the last samurai" must not be allowed to achieve such good results and influence in accordance with the historical development. However, how to block each other seems to be an unsolved problem.

In any case, Li Mu has no ability to block the release of a Hollywood film on a global scale. Hollywood is originally a free market. If he directly targets a Hollywood film and smashes others' jobs, he will encounter a strong backfire effect. So Li Mu can basically be certain that he wants to turn the last Warrior yellow, which is basically a dream 。

Li Mu turned to think that he could neither catch up with it, release it earlier than it, nor stir it up directly. How could he minimize its influence?

After thinking about it, Li Mu could not think of a good way.

Spielberg left after chatting with Li Mu about many details. Li Mu asked Wang Yuanlang to send him away. He turned on the computer and searched for information about the last warrior on Google.

After entering the English name of "the last samurai" in Google, Li Mu soon saw a lot of entertainment news. Fortunately, his English level was very good, and these overseas websites had no pressure on him to browse,.

Li Mu carefully looked at every piece of information about "the last warrior". He soon found that almost all of these information were entertainment reports, and they were all related to Tom Cruise. Most of them reported that Tom Cruise had taken over the film and so on.

There are no real dry goods in these reports. For the plot of the film, the entertainment reports are also vague. It's just that Tom Cruise has taken on a legendary story of American Civil War officers and Japanese samurai, in which Tom Cruise plays a retired captain in the US Civil War.

In addition, there are some interviews with Edward Zwick, the director of the film, who has been selling during the interview. He just said that he was very obsessed with Japanese culture, so he made such a movie. Besides, he also revealed that Tom Cruise himself was particularly obsessed with Japanese culture, and he carefully prepared the movie for two years.

The reporter also asked Edward Zwick if he could give us a general idea of the plot of the movie. Edward Zwick was very cautious about it. Like Tom Cruise, he only gave a half of the most basic outline of the story. He just said it was a story between the American Civil War soldiers and the Japanese samurai, but he didn't want to tell any specific story It was revealed that the reporter tried to ask more questions, but he turned the topic aside, saying that the film is a collision and combination of western culture and oriental culture, which will definitely make the audience Marvel after its release.

Later, Li Mu found some other news and collected some useful information. For example, the film officially started shooting on October 10, 2002. It is expected that it will be finished in May this year. Moreover, the total investment of the film has reached his mother's 140 million dollars!

Li Mu is shocked. My dear fellow, 140 million dollars is 40 million dollars higher than the budget of his flying tigers. The investment in this movie is so large that there is no hidden support from a Japanese financial group behind it.

Li Mu suddenly felt that "the last samurai" is likely to be like his "Flying Tigers". Super star, Hollywood team, big investment, big scene and big production are full of the flavor of commercial films everywhere, but in the core, it is a kind of sophisticated cultural output.

It is possible that behind the last samurai, there is also a gold Lord like himself, who only wants to export Chinese culture, Chinese spirit and Chinese history, while the other side wants to export Japanese culture and bushido spirit.

The more Li Mu thinks about it, the more likely he thinks his inference is, and the more he thinks about it, the more determined he is to find a way to disturb the film.

Later, Li Mu found some makeup photos intentionally released by the crew. Among them, there were photos of Tom Cruise wearing a 19th-century US military uniform, Watanabe Qian and Hiroshi Shinda wearing a samurai uniform, and Kato Xiaoxue wearing a Japanese traditional costume.

Tom Cruise deserves to be one of the top beauties of Hollywood male movie stars. Wearing the military uniform of two centuries ago, he can also look brave and handsome.However, Li Mu suddenly realized a problem. Leaving aside other subjective factors, Li Mu had to admit that in the movie "the last samurai", all the visual presentations about Japan are very exquisite, which can be said to be painstaking. No matter the character modeling, costume props or landscape architecture, they are extremely dedicated to creating a kind of aesthetic visual effect.

So, in Li Mu's impression, Tom Cruise's image in Japanese samurai battle suit and armor is more handsome than his image in military uniform. Why didn't the crew show his set of fixed makeup?

Li Mu thought, and suddenly thought of something!

The last samurai crew is very attentive to the plot of this movie!

In general, 30% or more of the movies will be published, which will attract the attention of users. However, the current plot of the movie is less than 10%. They only published the background of the story and the starting point of the story, and the deeper plot has not been disclosed at all.

Even they didn't expose the stills of Tom Cruise in a samurai uniform, that is to say, they didn't even want the audience to know in advance that Tom Cruise would become a samurai in this movie.

Li Mu guessed that they should do so to ensure the suspense of the film.

The structure of the movie is very interesting. How Tom Cruise was invited and decided to train the Japanese army and how to command the army to fight in front of him is just a guide. The real story of entering the main line starts from the moment Tom Cruise was captured by Watanabe.

Tom Cruise changed from instructor to prisoner, and was brainwashed by Watanabe's bushido spirit, and finally became a warrior to fight with him, which is the real main plot of the story.

So, in this scenario, once Tom Cruise, a retired American soldier, puts on the makeup photo of the samurai war suit and publishes it, the scenario can be almost guessed. The crew must keep the scenario secret, so they are so cautious.

At this time, Li Mu suddenly realized that a Yin move suddenly sprouted in his mind.

Don't you hide for fear of leakage? OK, I've seen this movie several times. Except for the dialogue, I may not remember it very well, but I can remember every detail of the whole plot. If I write down all the details of the plot and put them on the Internet, and then push them by the Navy, then you will find that almost all your scripts have been moved to the Internet. What should you do?

What's more, I'm not just divulging your plot. I have to blackmail you!

Yes, although your film is really good, but standing at the height of nationalism, I still want to blackmail you!

In fact, Li Mu himself knows that although it's good to watch the movie, the plot of the last samurai can't stand careful consideration. Moreover, the prototype of the movie is not so noble and pure as the incarnation of the so-called bushido spirit, but a group of samurai fight against the government in order to maintain their own privileges and finally become rebels. The movie changes the story To sing as much as possible hides some deep interest relationship.

Moreover, this film was released at this critical time, so Li Mu felt that he had to be black, and be mercilessly black!

For example,

"I thought it was a movie. After reading the script, I feel full of dog blood everywhere. The apparent friend becomes the enemy, but the apparent enemy becomes the friend. How many hundreds of Hollywood films are produced in one year?"

"After reading the script, I'm not interested in this movie any more. If Tom Cruise has been making such a bad film that can't stand scrutiny, I'm afraid he won't get the Oscar in his life."

"Damn it! I can't think Tom Cruise would play such a nonsense movie and kill the husband of a Japanese woman, but the Japanese woman fell in love with the murderer. When you saw the script, didn't you imagine that if someone killed you and your wife fell in love with him, what's your mood? "

In addition to these, Li Mu also wants to pick up the American nationalist spirit and let the American people subconsciously reject the film when it is in the dark, for example:

"how much did the director take from the Japanese? What's your intention in praising the Japanese extreme bushido spirit with all your efforts? Do you know how many crimes the Japanese soldiers who believed in the extreme bushido spirit committed in the World War II

"Did the damn silly dog director forget the Shenfeng special attack team in World War II? They clamored that it was US American warships that sank the bushido spirit plane! It's all our American compatriots who died in the bombing. Maybe there are your elders and relatives here. It's disgusting that you have the audacity to wash your face for this extreme bushido spirit! "

“F*ck！ This stupid director x, I really suggest him to understand the battlefield of Papua New Guinea in World War II. Do you know that Japanese soldiers who advocate the extreme Japanese bushido spirit have committed the crime of eating American prisoners here

"Although it's a peaceful age, we shouldn't have too much nationalism, but I'm disgusted by the director. As an American, you have to work hard to promote their nationalism for the Japanese. Then I want to ask you, where is the American nationalism in you?""An adult should have a correct view of right and wrong. It's a pity that the director doesn't have it. He doesn't know that he's actually praising the devil's spirit. He has long forgotten the history. In his eyes, only the interests are in his eyes. Whoever gives him money, he will sing praises for whom. I really doubt that one day when the descendants of Nazis find him and give him a sum of money, he will be willing to shoot one for Nazis I feel chilly when I think about such a movie

"OMG, I've decided not to watch this stupid x-directed movie again from today!"

“Shit！ I don't even want to see Tom Cruise's movie! "

“God-Damn！ I think it's necessary for us to call on our fellow Americans, as well as all the countries and people who have been hurt by this extreme bushido spirit, to boycott this movie together! "

Unconsciously, Li Mu, the playwright, has made up a lot of various opinions about the water army, and he is more and more comfortable with them. He has written 70-80 pieces at a time.

At one moment, Li Mu felt that he was too low to do so.

But the next second, Li Mu was calm and thought: it doesn't matter, anyway, I don't want to face