Chapter 176 Dream Stealing
At the premiere of "Inception", the famous director Tian Zhuangzhuang walked on the red carpet.

He is Chen Kaige's childhood friend, classmate, close friend, and one of the fifth generation directors.

Zhang Jianya, the director of "Sanmao Joins the Army" and "Qian Xuesen", once said, "After leaving Zhuxinzhuang, I only admire Tianzhuangzhuang."

Zhuxinzhuang is the former site of the Beijing Film Academy. Tian Zhuangzhuang completed the filming of four works, "Our Corner", "The Small Courtyard", "September" and "Red Elephant" before graduation, which was the first time for him in the Beijing Film Academy.

The most common comment his films received was, “I can’t understand it!”

Wang Shuo's evaluation is: "It's like a big sticker on the face of the Chinese audience, slapping every one of them in the face."

Chinese people can't understand his films, but Dutch director Joris Ivens thinks that Tian Zhuangzhuang's "The Horse Thief" is a great work.

The famous director Martin Scorsese was amazed after watching Tian's "The Hunting Ground Zasa" and asserted that Tian Zhuangzhuang would become the greatest director in China.

Later, Tianzhuangzhuang was banned for ten years.

Even if I don't understand Chen Kaige's "The Promise", at least it's fun to watch.

Many people really can't understand Tian Zhuangzhuang's films.

But he didn't care about those things and once said that "The Horse Thief" was made for the audience of the next century.

Unfortunately, even in the 21st century, many viewers still cannot understand his works.

Tian Zhuangzhuang's films have always maintained a considerable distance from the public's understanding and expectations, and are even further away from commercial blockbusters.

It was quite surprising to see such a purely art film director appear on the red carpet of the premiere of a commercial blockbuster.

During the interview, new host Liu Yan asked, "Hello, Director Tian, ​​you came to attend the premiere. Are you ready to follow your classmates Director Chen Kaige and Director Zhang Yimou and shoot a blockbuster?"

Tian Zhuangzhuang shook his head and smiled innocently, "No, I just heard that Director Jiang Heng's film was not easy to understand, so I came to take a look!"

After saying that, he walked straight towards the venue.

Tian Zhuangzhuang just resigned as a director at the Beijing Film Studio last year and became a tutor at the graduate department of the Beijing Film Academy. Even though he hasn't been able to make a movie for ten years, he still has a lot of status.

After entering and sitting down, an acquaintance immediately greeted me.

"Hey, Lao Tian, ​​what a rare visitor!"

"Director Tian, ​​why are you here?"

"You're not planning on making a blockbuster movie, are you?"

Tian Zhuangzhuang smiled and greeted everyone one by one, saying, "No, I just came to take a look at what a blockbuster movie that I don't understand is like!"

"Then you have to go watch Lao Chen's 'The Promise'!" someone joked.

When art films were popular and the film and television circles were chasing after awards from the three major European film festivals, Chen, Zhang, Tian and others were the absolute "kings". Now that the rankings have changed and box office is king, they are actually being ridiculed.

Tian Zhuangzhuang was feeling nostalgic and kept silent, seeming out of place with his surroundings.

I wasn't very interested in the various gimmicks at the premiere.

This time I came here just to see what Jiang Heng’s film is like and whether it is really “incomprehensible”.

After his ban on directing expired, he was considering whether he should take the audience's ability to understand into account when making films in the future, and to what extent.

On the stage, the host spoke, Jiang Heng also said a few words, and then it was time for the main segment.

The film begins with waves and the somewhat aged Wu Qizu lying in the shallow water near the shore.

A little boy with blond hair and wearing a shirt was throwing sand backwards with his back to the camera. Wu Yizu slowly raised his head and saw a little girl running towards him with her back to the camera.

Wu Qizu was in a very weak condition. He wanted to shout but couldn't say anything, and then he fainted.

A gun was fired twice at his back. The camera turned and saw an Asian-looking man in security uniform checking on Wu Yizu. After seeing the pistol on his waist, he hurriedly shouted something in Japanese.

In the distance, a huge palace-like building stood on the rocky shore. Upon hearing the news, the guards outside hurriedly ran towards the "palace".

Inside the palace full of "Japanese" style, an old man listens to a report with his back to the camera.

When the male protagonist played by Wu Yizu was dragged in and sat across the long table to eat, everyone saw the old man's appearance clearly. It was Qianye Shinichi, who played Xiongba in "Feng Yun", who was old and frail and about to die.

The audience was a little puzzled. After all, their impression of this person was still that of Xiongba.

Director Jiang invited him here, isn't he just going to play an old man?
Fortunately, when the camera turned, both of them looked much younger.

Wu Qizu, handsome and well-dressed in a well-ironed suit, talked eloquently.

Shinichi Chiba, who was sitting opposite him, was eating his meal with big mouthfuls.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt was also dressed in a suit and occasionally interjected, like the male protagonist's assistant.

What they are talking about is stealing information from people's subconscious minds.

Cobb, played by Wu Yizu, calls himself the "Dream Stealer" and says he can help Saito, played by Chiba Shinichi, train his subconscious mind.

To be honest, many viewers were a little confused when they saw this.

The concept of "stealing dreams" is a bit abstract. I wonder how director Jiang Heng will present it.

Tian Zhuangzhuang feels that this film may not be as difficult to understand as imagined, it’s just that the setting is too novel!

In fact, the word "dream stealing" is not that difficult to understand. Similar concepts include "telepathy" and "mind reading". It should be that the form of expression is too novel.

After all, even if he was allowed to shoot, he wouldn't know how to perfectly demonstrate something like "mind reading".

Of course, he wouldn't shoot anything so mysterious.

As the film continues, Cobb mentions opening his heart, the safe.

Perhaps Saito realized something, wiped his mouth, stood up, and left quickly.

"He found out!" said assistant Arthur.

At this time, the room, table, chandelier and cups shook.

Cobb hurriedly looked at his watch, and the camera turned to see an explosion on a foreign street.

In an older suite, Cobb was sitting with his eyes closed in another set of clothes, Saito was lying on the bed, and Arthur was sitting on a chair. Everyone had tubes on their wrists. A man with a Middle Eastern face was walking back and forth, checking the situation.

Younger audiences can easily understand the plot and tell people around them that they should all be in a dream.

Inside the luxurious building, the shaking continued.

Arthur thinks this is a trap, but Cobb feels that the secret must be in the safe and he wants to get it.

Then Arthur asked, what was she doing here?

Cobb turned his head and looked into the distance, then said he would take care of it, then walked through the crowd at the party and came to the character played by Monica Bellucci.

Bellucci's look this time is more mature and beautiful, and the male lead played by Wu Aizu is elegant and they look like a good couple.

Especially after entering the room, Bellucci took off her coat and wore only a dress, which made her figure look even more proud.

"Director Jiang, are you giving us a treat? Bellucci is so beautiful!"

"With such a great figure, how did the male lead resist from reminiscing about the past!"

As a result, the male protagonist played by Wu Weizuo descended the stairs with a rope, killed several guards with a silenced pistol, and then found the safe and replaced the documents inside.

Just at this moment, the lights came on.

The male protagonist quickly turned around with a gun in hand, only to find that his "old lover" was standing with Saito with a gun in hand.

"Fuck, what's going on? Love turns to hate?"

Because the plot has just begun, the audience does not know the relationship between the characters and thinks that the character played by Bellucci is the male protagonist's old lover.

What's more, some people thought that the woman played by Bellucci married Saito!
(End of this chapter)