Disaster Artist

In the second week of October, "Guests" will be screened.

In the fourth week of October, "The Human Removal Project" is released.

It was also on the eve of the premiere of "Human Clearance Project" that "Lanchuan Daily" wrote a special report focusing on the hottest newcomer directors in Lanchuan in the past two years:

"How long can the myth of Lu Qian's invincibility last?"

This special report can be described as a new way and a whimsy.

At the beginning of the chapter, "Lanchuan Daily" took the lead in putting forward a soul torture question, does the so-called "invincible myth" really exist?

Just when all the other media were amazed that the "tourist" single-hall box office made history, the "Lanchuan Daily" raised doubts out of the ordinary.

They believe that in all respects, the number of works by Lu Qian so far is still too small:

Even with the producer's "Fast Pursuit", Lu Qian's works are only three, and all of them are successful, and the screenwriter's "Unfriend 2" can barely be added, which is half, but this It should also be called "three-game winning streak", up to "four-game winning streak", not "staying undefeated".

In the competitive sports world, three-game winning streak, five-game winning streak, and ten-game winning streak are all just "game winning streak clubs", while 30-game winning streak, 50-game winning streak, and undefeated season can be called "myths". From the winning streak to the unbeaten myth, there is a gap between quantitative change and qualitative change, and it is impossible to easily leap.

Of course, the entertainment industry is another matter.

Exactly 20 years ago, Tang Shouyi's five consecutive films starred at the box office exceeded one billion, which was an unprecedented breakthrough feat.

The difficulty is not only the continuity, but also that the five works are all of different types and different characters, which also means that the audience really entered the cinema for Tang Shouyi, so the concept of "box-office superstar" was unprecedentedly created. , in one fell swoop established Tang Shouyi's position in the industry.

Twenty years later, the global box office market has become more and more prosperous. It is no longer news that the box office number exceeds one billion, but it is ten billion.

However, it is still extremely difficult for the works starring "five consecutive films" to break through the billion threshold stably and strongly. Apart from Tang Shouyi, only two other actors have accomplished such a feat.

Even Tang Sheng couldn't do it.

In fact, the industry media has never put the title of "Invincible Myth" on Tang Sheng.

reason?

Departing from the superhero screen image, Tang Sheng's market appeal has plummeted, and it can even be said to have disappeared. It can be said bluntly that the audience entered the cinema not because of Tang Sheng, but because of superheroes.

Therefore, people call Tang Sheng "the first paid person in the industry", but they will not call Tang Sheng a "box-office superstar", let alone an "invincible myth".

If we go further, the industry media generally believe that the era of "superstar" has passed, and the era of "copyright" has officially arrived.

What's the meaning?

Simply put, the motivations and reasons for audiences to enter the cinema have changed in two decades:

Once upon a time, audiences walked into the movie theater because of their favorite actors, but now, audiences go into movie theaters because of their favorite comic book characters/superheroes/original novels, which also means that the right to speak is coming from the creators of art into the hands of film companies.

It is precisely because of this that Leo is called "Lanchuan's last superstar". After him, the times have been turned upside down.

From a certain point of view, at present, the audience will still enter the movie theater because of the director, and the aura of the "director" is gradually replacing the personal charm of the actor.

But at the same time, the giants headed by Fantastic Films and Streamer Films are destroying the myth of the "director" step by step. They are trying to make the film into an assembly line product, and the director is becoming one of the actors who can be replaced at any time. Links that will not affect product quality.

The directors' insistence on the cinema and their rejection of superhero movies, in essence, are not to reject superheroes themselves, but to reject movies as a tool for making money for those capital giants, and to retain movies as the creative inspiration of the "eighth art", This is also the current theme of the times.

Suffice it to say that streaming platforms, superhero movies, commercial and art film battles... are all profiles of a turning point in an era.

As for where the torrent of the times will go next, only time can give the answer.

His gaze returned to Lu Qian.

Obviously, Lu Qian has not been able to reach the height of Tang Sheng for the time being, let alone Tang Shouyi, the media can't wait to try to create a god, and there is a sense of "virtue does not match".

So, how did Lu Qian's "invincible myth" come about?

In fact, the reason is not as complicated as imagined:

According to the "Lanchuan Daily", the story of Lu Qian's birth is mythical.

From the negative news, to the birth of "Unfriending"; to calmness and sincerity in the controversy, and then leading the revival of the retro action movie trend, and pushing it to the peak from "raid"; Festival wins awards.

Along the way, the controversies and auras condensed on Lu Qian's body collided with incredible colors.

At the same time, the double success of word-of-mouth and box office has broken down barriers and opened up a channel between audiences of different levels, different classes and different hobbies. In addition to causing heated discussions, it even successfully attracted the attention of traffic and opened up a new battlefield.

"Undefeated".

This is the best summary of Lu Qian's rise. It is about movie evaluation, about the rate of return on profits, and about public image.

Who would have thought that Lu Qian would actually become the brand spokesperson of Bohan, just as no one could have imagined that "Unfriending" could take away 2.8 billion box office.

Most importantly, this is a glimpse into the current turbulence and turning point of the film industry:

"Lu Qian VS Streamer Films", from a certain point of view, is quietly reflecting the epitome of "Director VS Film Company".

In the entire film industry ~www.novelmt.com~ there are countless directors like Lu Qian who compete for the right to speak in film creation; at the same time, directors like Shi Wenxun who have been recruited by film companies to become superhero film assembly line workers are also gradually increasing.

And Lu Qian was just one of them.

But thanks to Lu Qian's own color, from the very beginning of his debut, he stood on the opposite side of Liuguang Films, and led confrontation and competition time and time again.

"Lanchuan Daily" tried to re-examine the rise of Lu Qian, "unfriend" to break the blockade of the cold reception in the theater, "raid" to defeat "boss speeding" and "Qingqing" head-on, and even "quick pursuit" to suppress "Gentleman's Secret Order" can also be seen as an off-site extension of the "discourse right" competition.

what does that mean?

At a time when film companies are trying to completely streamline and commercialize movies, directors who still insist that movies should exist as a form of artistic creation continue to voice their voices. A figurative move in a competitive market.

And Lu Qian, so far remains undefeated.

This is the real source of the "invincible myth".