Chapter 126 \\"Wolf Warrior 2\\" Finished
Chapter 126 \\"Wolf Warrior 2\\" Finished
After Martin Scorsese got the copyright of "Infernal Affairs", he began to prepare for the remake non-stop.
In the process of rewriting the script, Martin realized how powerful the original script was. Since it is an adaptation, it cannot be exactly the same as the original.
However, he changed it again and again, but he still couldn't jump out of the whole plot framework, because the whole plot framework is the best, and if he changes it again, it will only be Bugu Leimen.
In the end, the main characters didn't change much, and the important plots remained almost the same.
The difference is that the background has been changed, from the border of the Dragon Kingdom to the ugly Boston, the dialogue has become more straightforward and rude, and the action scenes have also increased a lot, with bloody violence.
After the script was completed, Martin found Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon, two big-name movie stars in Ugly Country, to play the two main characters in the play.
During the filming process, Martin also made several phone calls to Lin Feng to discuss some details of the adaptation with him, and Lin Feng also gave a lot of pertinent opinions.
Now "The Departed" has been produced and released in North America and many places around the world.
Martin is well-known in Europe and the United States. He has made many films throughout his life. He has won best director awards at Cannes, Venice and other film festivals, and has been nominated many times at Oscars, but he always runs with him.
This also made many people fight for the old Martin, thinking that Oscar owed the old Martin a statuette.
Therefore, Martin's new movie was released, and it still gained a lot of popularity in Europe and the United States.
And because Lin Feng was blocked by Europe and the United States, "Infernal Affairs" has never been screened there, and no one will go out to find a Dragon Kingdom movie to watch.
Martin also saw it by chance.
In short, "The Infernal Affairs" is a brand new movie for the whole of Europe and America, and few people know that it is a remake of Yu Longguo's movie.
And it's the Lin Feng movie they hate the most.
In North America, the box office in the first weekend was 37 million US dollars, directly topping the box office list.
At the same time, it also sparked heated discussions in the Ugly Country.
"Once again Martin has given us a fantastic movie!"
"Sharp, dark, violent, Martin's style as always, coupled with an attractive plot, unexpected ending, I like this movie so much!"
"With twists and turns, a tight and powerful rhythm, this story is amazing!"
"High IQ movie, wonderful!"
"..."
Ugly media also reported that:
"The Departed is a society film at its highest level, Martin Scorsese's best since 1990's Goodfellas."
"Can Martin impress the stubborn Oscar judges with 'The Departed'?"
...
The domestic part of "Wolf Warrior 2" was completed, and the crew moved to Africa for filming.
The movie tells the story of Leng Feng who took off his military uniform and was involved in a rebellion in an African country. He could evacuate safely, but he could not forget the duty of a soldier, returned to the battlefield to rescue, and finally successfully completed the story of evacuating overseas Chinese.
In order to achieve the realism of the movie, Wu Jing insisted on shooting in Africa.
Africa is almost the most chaotic state in the world. The climate here is hot, and the resources such as economy, education, and medical care are relatively backward. Some countries live a stable life, while others are often affected by wars, massacres, and coups. The situation of individual countries is even more serious than what is suffered in the film.
So Wu Jing was also quite careful and chose relatively stable South Africa as the shooting location.
Located at the southernmost tip of the African continent, South Africa is one of the most developed countries in Africa and one of the countries with the largest gap between rich and poor. Around the beautiful and rich cities in South Africa, there are many slums.
After arriving in the local area, the first thing is to contact the local embassy. The embassy also attaches great importance to it, so that they can ask the embassy for help in any situation.
The first stop of the filming crew was the slums.
South Africa has more than 8 million people living in slums, and there are dozens of slums of various sizes around Johannesburg alone.
One of the largest slums, Soweto, gathers as many as one million poor people.
There are basically colorful tin houses here. Looking from a distance, there are clusters of simple houses densely packed on the rolling hills, with sewage flowing across and piled up with a lot of garbage.
The filming of the slums is the most worrying.
The high incidence of murders and violent robberies makes it one of the most dangerous places in South Africa.
Not long after arriving, the driver and purchasing personnel were robbed of their bags by robbers while they were out shopping, and they didn't chase after the luggage in the car because they were worried that it would be lost again.
In order to reduce the travel risk of the crew, the crew posted a strict safety notice, prohibiting parking around the slums, prohibiting traveling alone, and prohibiting going to non-filming areas...
Everything is safety first.
And the crew also discovered that the situation would be much better if the dragon flag was pasted on.
Many people in Africa recognize this flag and put a smile on an otherwise expressionless face when they see it.
So, pretty much everything on the set was flagged...
...
In addition to the difficult environment, the shooting process is also quite difficult.
In order to create a sense of reality in the gun battle, Wu Jing insisted on using real guns. The foreign team involved in the filming was shocked, but in the end they followed Wu Jing's wishes.
Many big scenes are also shot in real life.
explosion in the movie
The bombing shot destroyed hundreds of devices. Wu Jing was temporarily deaf in his ears because the explosion was too close when he was filming.
And Wu Gang, who plays He Jianguo, looks like a soldier in the play, but this is his first time filming a modern war scene. In the play, his acting skills in this area have improved rapidly, and he has also learned to change magazines with one hand.
During the shooting of the film, his waist flashed, but he still gritted his teeth and relied on painkillers to complete the scene.
Everyone is doing their best and working together to make a good movie.
"Wolf Warrior 2" had more than 1,700 crew members at its peak, including people from 26 different countries. This put Wu Jing, who is also the director and starring role, under great pressure.
Fortunately, Lin Feng was there to help.
According to the previous promise, Wu Jing took the lead in filming the scenes with Lin Feng.
But after the filming of Lin Feng's scene, he didn't leave in a hurry, but stayed to assist Wu Jing in the filming.
Wu Jing was overjoyed because of this.
What surprised Wu Jing even more was Lin Feng's skill.
He never expected that Lin Feng's skill was almost the same as his.
Therefore, Zhuo Yifan, the rich second generation played in the film, does not have much room to show his skills, but at the beginning Lin Feng's movements seemed too professional, and in the end he could only act very jerky.
Lin Feng's acting skills don't need Wu Jing to worry at all, so the whole crew, Lin Feng's scene passed the fastest and smoothest.
However, the shooting of the entire crew of "Wolf Warrior 2" was not so smooth.
The harsh environment in Africa made the shooter and all members go through many tests.
There was a driver who was robbed before, a director of photography who was half paralyzed by a poisonous spider bite, a choreographer who was poisoned by food, a photographer whose head was almost cut off by a tank barrel, etc...
Although the body was tortured, the whole crew was filled with an optimistic and enterprising atmosphere, which made people feel warm and harmonious.
Many times, it is a happy thing to have a group of like-minded people working together for a common goal.
After more than 40 days of shooting, the reality is far more difficult than imagined.
But all emotions were completely released in the sentence "Wolf Warrior 2, finish!" Wu Jing shouted.
Back to the cities of South Africa.
Everyone in the play finally felt the long-lost sense of security again.
After a carnival.
Wu Jing invites everyone to watch a movie, because a movie that is very popular abroad has been released recently, and its name is "The Infernal Affairs".
This movie is not shown in China, so I can't watch it after returning to China.
Moreover, the foreign media praised this movie very much, so everyone is very curious about what kind of movie this is...
...
ps: I went to Dabai for a day today, and it was really tiring, so let’s just have a chapter...
NIP