Chapter 1400

Martin Scosese and Spielberg are two directors with different styles.

In terms of film art alone, Martin Scorsese is purer than Spielberg, who is one of the most successful commercial directors in Hollywood, far above Martin Scorsese in terms of his ability to make money.

Although they have different styles, they have a very good relationship in private, so it's up to Spielberg to discuss with Martin Scorsese the task of shooting the American version of Infernal Affairs.

Spielberg didn't call Martin Scorsese until it was dark in the cloud province. It was morning in the United States. Martin Scorsese was enjoying coffee and reading newspapers at his home in Los Angeles. Suddenly, he received a call from Spielberg, which surprised him.

On the phone, Martin Scorsese opened his mouth and asked with a smile, "Steven, is it night in China now?"

"That's right." Spielberg said with a smile, "you really should come here to experience it. I shoot in the mountains. The natural scenery here is really wonderful."

"Oh come on..." Martin Scorsese joked: "I'm an old bone. I'd better not go to the mountains. I'm not as young as you."

Spielberg said with a smile, "we're only four years away."

Martin Scorsese smiled and asked him, "call me half the world away. Don't you just want to talk to me?"

"To be honest, I'm calling about a project that I want to work with you," Spielberg said

"Oh?" Martin Scorsese asked curiously, "is it about movies?"

"Of course." "Li Mu, the boss of Muye technology, bought the remake of Infernal Affairs from Warner and wanted to invite you to direct it," Spielberg said

Martin Scorsese asked in surprise, "Li Mu? My God is Li Mu, a Chinese man who has become a billionaire at a young age? "

"Yes, he is." Spielberg said with a smile: "you should know that our cooperation with Li Mu is relatively close. The film I am making now is also invested by Li Mu."

"I know, flying tigers!" Martin Scorsese said: "I heard about it yesterday, saying that Warner bought the right to remake a Hong Kong film for $1.75 million, and it didn't take long for it to be bought back at double price. That's what you said about Infernal Affairs?"

Spielberg said with a smile, "your news is very good. Yes, it's this film. Li Mu wants to invest and distribute it with DreamWorks. Do you have any interest?"

Martin Scorsese said: "frankly, I'm very interested in working with people like Li Mu, but I'm not very interested in remaking movies. Besides, I'm still remaking a Chinese movie. Their film industry level is much lower than ours..."

Spielberg asked Martin Scorsese, "Martin, have you seen this movie?"

"Not yet."

"Let's see first." Spielberg said: "you take a moment to have a look first, and feel that the theme of this film is police and bandit film, and the setting is very brilliant, I am sure you will like it."

Martin Scorsese thought for a moment and said, "this I'm actually preparing a movie project about Howard Hughes. If it's well prepared, it may start shooting next year, and there may be time conflicts, right

Spielberg said: "Martin, put Howard Hughes back. You can shoot his story at any time, but the cooperation opportunity of Li Mu is now in front of you. You should also know that cooperation with Li Mu can obtain a lot of powerful resources. This is a great opportunity. If you don't believe it, look at the pastoral ticketing system. DreamWorks is in North America's Pastoral ticketing system holds shares, which are the resources obtained from Li Mu after cooperating with him. "

Martin Scorsese is in a dilemma. In fact, he wanted to make Howard Hughes's films for a long time. This period of time is in the early stage of preparing to put theory into practice. If he takes over the film of Li Mu at this time, he will undoubtedly postpone the film he wants to make later.

But Spielberg is right. Li Mu's resources are powerful. Even the top tycoons like Buffett and bill gates are not necessarily comparable to Li Mu in the media and entertainment industry. If they can get on with him, they will get a lot of resources in the future, so this is a rare opportunity.

However, Martin Scorsese felt a little bit reluctant to make a remake of a Hong Kong film in his heart, because he was worried that it was a movie project prepared by Li Mu as a Chinese and a wealthy Chinese, who deliberately threw money to prepare for the impact of Chinese films on Hollywood. If so, he would become a springboard for Chinese films to enter Hollywood Anyway, he is also a leading Hollywood director. If he really destroys his reputation and helps endorse Chinese films, he will be laughed at by Hollywood in the future

Listening to Martin Scorsese on the other end of the phone, he didn't reply. Spielberg probably understood what he was worried about. So he said: "Martin, I'm not urging you to agree now, but I hope you can put down your prejudices to understand the cooperation project. At least, you should find a copy of Infernal Affairs and watch the movie from beginning to end, Personally, I think this movie is very suitable for you to direct, and I believe that with your ability, you can create a new height for this movie, and you can also create a new height for yourself through this movie, so you must watch it first. After watching it, if you are really not interested, I will not make more demands. "When Martin Scorsese thought that Spielberg had said that, if he was still hesitant, he promised to come down and said, "I'll go find a copy today."

"The film hasn't been released on DVD in the United States, but several major film companies, including Warner, should have copies from Hong Kong film companies. You can borrow them," Spielberg said

“OK。” Martin Scorsese said: "I'll call later and see the film as soon as possible."

……

When Martin Scorsese got the copy, it was 9 p.m. us time.

He called a closely cooperated film company to find the copy of the Hong Kong version of Infernal Affairs in a humble corner of the warehouse one day ago.

Then Martin Scorsese sent his assistant to drive across Hollywood, get the copy from the other company, and then across the whole Hollywood to his own hands.

At this time, it was the morning after Chinese time. Muye image sent a DVD from Yanjing to Spielberg. After the express and special transportation of Taobao 9 logistics, it was sent to Spielberg by air and land in less than 24 hours.

Today's shooting place is not beautiful. It was supposed to shoot the pilots outside the airstrip. As a result, a drizzle started in the early morning and didn't mean to stop.

The whole crew is waiting at a rest place near the shooting site.

When Spielberg saw that the rain would not stop for a while, he said to Ning Hao, the deputy director in charge of the fight, "Ning, the shooting in the morning seems to be in vain. You can help me to inform everyone that the staff should rest in place, and the actors can go back to the hotel first."

Ning Hao nodded and hurriedly gave orders.

Spielberg called Leonardo and Tom Hanks, and said, "if it's OK, why don't you go to my office and watch a movie?"

The production team has half a county Party committee hostel in this small county town in the mountainous area, with limited conditions, but even so, it still frees up several rooms for the production team to do office work. The production team's meeting, director's film review, are all in the office. Spielberg also has his own independent office, which is fully equipped.

Leonardo and Tom Hanks didn't know why Spielberg wanted them to go to the office to watch movies, but they knew that with Spielberg's professional level, it must not be leisure and entertainment, it must be related to work, so they agreed without hesitation.

When Spielberg, Leonardo and Tom Hanks came to the office, Martin Scorsese, who was far away in Hollywood, just got the copy. He took the copy and went to the basement of his villa. Here is a projection room specially made by him, which completely uses high-end cinema projection and audio equipment. For his big director, Only in this way can I feel the most.

However, Spielberg's three people, who are at the county Party committee's Guesthouse in the mountainous area of Yunnan Province, are much more humble. They can only watch the film with a small professional display and a DVD.

Martin Scorsese has never seen "Infernal Affairs" or even understood the film. He has many common faults of Hollywood directors and actors. He always feels that the best films and filmmakers in the world are all in Hollywood, so he has a feeling of not seeing non Hollywood films and staff instinctively.

Leonardo and Tom Hanks didn't see the movie either. When they saw the Chinese characters on the screen, they asked Spielberg in surprise, "is this a Chinese movie?"

Spielberg nodded and said, "yes, you see yourself as an audience. Take a closer look at the film. If you have any opinions or ideas, we will talk after watching it."

The two nodded their heads in succession.

There are a lot of Buddhism factors in the beginning of Infernal Affairs, which makes both Martin Scorsese in the United States and Leonardo and Tom Hanks in China not very interested, so at the beginning, all three of them have little interest.

At the beginning of the article, Zeng Zhiwei's black boss appeared in the temple, which also disappointed the three people.

Westerners are mostly Christians. Although they are not fanatical about religion, they are firm in their beliefs. Moreover, western culture has been strongly exported to the eastern world for a long time. As a result, Oriental people have long been used to seeing churches, gods, priests and even know many details about Christianity in European and American films and TV plays. However, the export of eastern culture to the West has always been weak In fact, when Westerners see Buddhist content in movies and TV plays, they are not willing to pay for it, or even have some resistance.

But the good news is that the three of them can bear to keep watching.

When Zeng Zhiwei said in front of the camera that he wished his little brothers a smooth ride in the police department, all three of them suddenly sat up straight.

The underworld actually put people in the police system? It's kind of interesting!

None of the three people thought it was interesting, and they began to be attracted by the movie. As Li Mu had analyzed to Li Ziwei before, the core setting of Infernal Affairs is genius level, which all the movie people had not thought of before. Infernal Affairs, which integrates a-story, b-story and ab story, is enough to make everyone's eyes bright!After the first two or three minutes of boredom and conflict, the next 100 minutes of the movie, these three people are all staring, extremely engaged!

when Chen Yongren, played by Liang Chaowei, was shot in the elevator, these three people were completely shocked. They never thought that a Chinese gangster movie could be so wonderful!

When Martin Scorsese saw this scene, his heart was deeply shocked. Although he was reluctant to admit it, the movie was really a masterpiece! The setting of the main line and the exquisite plot gave him great confidence! He believes that if he takes this talent setting to Hollywood, he will surely become a classic Hollywood gangster movie!