my time as a director

The corner of Ma Xiaogang's mouth twisted with disdain, "The reason why a miracle is a miracle is because it cannot be replicated. No matter how genius is, there is a degree. Comedy is a genre that depends on talent."

"How does Director Ma know that Li Qian has no talent for comedy?" The reporter continued to ask.

How did you get it?

I saw it right away!

Thinking so in his heart, but he still had to be serious, Ma Xiaogang said, "Comedy filmmakers are a unique group of people. Hollywood comedy master Jim Carrey had to drop out of school when he was young, and worked as a handyman to help his family make ends meet. The suffering of poverty, the suffering of injustice The treatment made him more surly, and it was the anger and anxiety in his youth that gave him a steady stream of comedy inspiration.

In the history of film, there are many comedy masters, from Chaplin to Mr. Bean to Jim Carrey, all suffered from depression. Art comes from life. How to make others laugh heart-piercingly, you have to experience something that makes you laugh. The heart-piercing things of myself, so that after processing it, it can be turned into a comedy that everyone will remember for a long time. "

......

Ma Xiaogang talked a lot at length, and finally gave a definition.

"People who don't have enough rich life experience, people who haven't experienced pain, can't make classic comedies, because he doesn't have enough experience, and he can't find heart-piercing material that can make people laugh."

It seems to make sense, Zhou Xingchi is probably also a little bit depressed.

However, the reporters did not pursue the correctness of this passage, and then asked, "According to what Director Ma said, have you ever experienced something that made you feel so painful?"

Grass!

Ma Xiaogang cursed inwardly, why did it come to him.

However, just when he was about to speak, a reporter below made his face turn red.

"It is said that in the early days, Director Ma, you were a subordinate for those big courtyard children like Wang Yan. Could it be that this is the heart-piercing pain of Director Ma, so that you can create a series of popular comedies?"

As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly fell silent, and Ma Xiaogang's face instantly turned a liver color.

Everyone knows about these things. After Ma Xiaogang made his mark, the boys from the big courtyard frequently mocked him and treated him like the little brother from before.

However, if you don't slap your face, there's nothing to play with now.

Huang Zhonglei quickly flirted with a well-connected reporter in the audience, and the reporter quickly said, "Hello, Director Ma, but Director Li is not a braggart, and everything he said before has come true. Many viewers are now I'm looking forward to Director Lee's new film."

"I'll put it here, if he has the ability to make some classic comedy films, I will never touch comedy films again!"

Ma Xiaogang left a word with an ugly face, and went straight out.

"I'll rub Nima!"

Huang Zhonglei cursed secretly in his heart, where can such a blind reporter come from? Don't you know that is Ma Xiaogang's biggest taboo?

This is good, the exciting Ma Xiaogang said that he would stop making comedies, how would he make money if he didn't make comedies!

......

With Ma Xiaogang's words, he also vowed that Li Qian would stop making comedies if he could make classic comedies, which immediately caused quite a stir.

"Damn it, Ma Xiaogang got so ruthless this time, he actually said he won't make comedies anymore?"

"Uh, there's no need to be so ruthless, what kind of stimulation is this?"

"Ma Xiaogang didn't bother Li Qian for a day, and he felt uncomfortable or something. He just kept a low profile for a while and came out again."

"Hey, it's just a word game. He's talking about Li Qian making a classic comedy, but he's not talking about box office hits or something. How should a classic comedy be defined?"

"Ma Dapao is very good. Li Qian should have no problem making comedies. I watched the first half of the God of Medicine as a comedy, but if it's a classic comedy, I probably won't be able to."

"It's true that Li Qian has little experience, and he probably won't be able to make particularly profound comedies."

"There are a lot of people with experience, and it's not about autobiography. The plots are all made up of their brains, just based on Li Qian's previous movies. Some people doubt that Li Qian can't make comedies?"

"I'm talking about the kind of classic, deep comedy, and the normal funny movie is of course simple."

"Haven't you ever eaten pork, haven't you seen a pig run? Haven't you experienced it, don't you think about it? Li Qian didn't have leukemia, so it still shows that I'm not the god of medicine."

......

School started, and the film and television industry ushered in an off-season. Ma Xiaogang's sudden appearance gave Li Qian another sentence, which also added a touch of color to the dull Internet.

However, the news that Li Qian was making a comedy film was not only Ma Xiaogang's opinion, but also many people in the industry were very surprised.

Including Ning Hao, who is working on the late stage of the Golden Heist, and Zhou Xingchi, who is investigating and preparing for Journey to the West to Conquer the Demons, the two only comedy directors in China.

There are only a few people who make good comedies. It is very strange for Li Qian, a record-breaking director, to switch to comedy.

However, it is also strange.

Two days later, when Li Qian was invited to give a speech at Beijing Normal University, facing thousands of students in the auditorium, he also slightly responded to Ma Xiaogang's words.

"Actually, there is nothing wrong with what Director Ma said. Looking at the global film history, from Chaplin to Director Zhou Xingchi, every comedy master, they have all experienced various dark times, and they can learn from them." To find the absurdity of life, and this society..."

Scene words, even if you search the Internet for keywords such as the connotation of comedy movies or Chaplin's life, you will find a lot of similar words.

These chapters, 100 are not written by any director.

It's like the interpretation of Lu Xun's chapters in Chinese books is the understanding of others, which may or may not be correct.

The students in the audience were quite surprised that Li Qian actually affirmed Ma Xiaogang's words.

Is this still Li Qian?

A classmate in the front row couldn't help but said, "Director Li, do you just want to make a purely funny film?"

"of course not."

Li Qian shook his head, "This is just a certain aspect of understanding. For me, I think there is no essential difference in the way of description between comedy and other genres. What is really special is that real comedy is for the event itself. laugh.

Many things in this world are absurd. Find an absurd story and tell it well. This is comedy, not how many stalks and funny lines you want to set up to make the audience laugh.

For example, the Crazy Stone directed by Ning Hao a few years ago is an absurd story. A closed handicraft factory found a priceless emerald when it overturned the old factory building.

Then the international thieves and local bandits all fell in love with this piece of jade, and finally they and Sanfang, the head of the security department who guarded the jade, started a series of stories of offensive and defensive battles of "grabbing the jade".

After going through a series of stories of "stealing beams and changing posts", "disgusting the real with the fake", "stealing the sky for the sun", and "crossing the sea with the sky", this matter is nonsense. If you do something that matches the story, the movie will be done. "

"Then Director Li is going to make a black comedy?" A classmate asked loudly.

"No, this is an inspirational comedy, an inspirational story that happened in an extremely absurd story." Li Qian laughed.

Inspirational comedy?

"The King of Comedy?" Some students couldn't wait to ask again.

"No, the protagonist in my movie is very happy. He is happier than 90% of people in the world. He has both parents, a loving father and a filial son, and a hardworking and virtuous wife. Both he and his wife have a good job and own a house. , every day is a smile."