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"James, your idea is very insightful. I think so too."
After he Drank some water. Rowan remembered what James Wan said and continued, "It was originally planned to be upgraded, but the framing and editing are still based on compactness. It still takes place in a small room most of the time. It's a very simple science fiction story."
"There's no Close Encounters of the Third Kind, not with spaceships and special ef hefects, but with clever characters and extrao rdinary dialogue."
"It doesn't stand up to scrutiny though, so leave it ambiguous."
"Good actors, a good script, a location or two, and a film that provokes deep thought and conversation and dares to challenge mainstream beliefs."
"Yes!"
James Wan nodded excitedly: "This script is really great. I believe that anyone who is intelligent, open-minded and ready to t ake risks generated by thoughts, ideas and possibilities will definitely not miss this mo vie."
"It's not about great set design and stu nning visuals, but about creativity, which is the foundation of science fiction!"
"The most interesting innovation is to dispel the idea that 'immortals are omnipotent.' Death gives meaning to the world, but I still don't dare to die. I'm still a coward. I thought that immortals must be wise, but that's not the case... It's bold but interesting."
"That's too much."
Rowan smiled and shook his head. "You make it sound like it's perfect, worthy of an Oscar for Best Screenplay. It's not that perfect."
"In "This Man From Earth", there is no interaction between the protagonist and the world."
"Eight people sitting in a room talking too much can easily seem like empty talk, with very little description of novelty and wisdom, and an unstable scientific foundation and lack of strong theoretical support."
There are more problems than that.
The first version of the script contained many basic scientific and historical errors, and lacked exciting and explosive points to attract the audience's attention, destined to be only a niche "masterpiece".
Rowan actually didn't like this very much.
It is true that he studied mathematics, but his favorite movies are commercial films and art films from Europe that are rated up to level three.
Nothing else, just appreciating art.
But considering the ability of the male protagonist of "This Man From Earth", we have to find a way to make it work.
He discussed it with Jerome Bixby, with his friends, with James Wan... They all worked together and finally came up with a tricky method.
Fragmenting the contents including history, geography, climate, culture and so on to make the amount of information appear too complex can avoid to the greatest extent the problem of 'doctors feeling completely lost when reading doctor novels due to bugs'.
To put it bluntly, it makes the story seem mysterious and impressive.
In addition, the film cleverly selected some concepts that are relatively familiar to the public, and inserted characters, cultures and historical events such as Columbus, Van Gogh and Jesus, which are known to everyone on the earth, into the protagonist, and designed the male protagonist to be an eyewitness of these things.
In this way, an extraordinary sense of epicness was successfully created.
In a very relaxed tone, he tells you everything he has seen, experienced, and participated in in the past fourteen thousand years.
When he walked out of the African continent, he saw the poor people behind the prosperity of Rome.
He was nailed to the cross as a warning to others, and when everyone thought he was dead, he used his extraordinary healing power to escape. From then on, he was worshipped as a god and became Jesus, who was devoutly believed in by everyone.
He met a young man named Sakyamuni. They had a lively conversation under the Bodhi tree and felt that they had met too late. Their conversation indirectly influenced the founding of Buddhism.
The author discusses various academic fields in history in a chat way, and finally verifies the authenticity of the protagonist's identity in the form of an academic debate. The audience can truly feel that this man has indeed influenced the direction of history to a certain extent, and he is like a water controller on the long river of history.
Witness history, when the stars of humanity shine...
This unique experience barely brings core competitiveness.
Lines are of paramount importance.
There is a sequence that is the most essential part of the script and is also the part that is planned to be put into operation.
It doesn't matter whether it's right or not, or it's better to cause controversy.
Controversy can bring traffic!
'Did you know that Voltaire was the first to theorize that the universe was created in a big bang? I'm sure Paul would agree, but Goethe was the first to suggest that spiral nebulae were matter swirling around stars, what we now call the Milky Way. It's interesting how new scientific concepts are often first postulated in art.'
'The Old Testament sells fear and crime, while the New Testament sells the moral code of kindness. Poets and philosophers have passed it down through my mouth, which is much wiser than me. The doctrine has never been implemented, and the church is full of myths.'
'I started in the lecture hall and ended in the church. I said there was a master greater than me. I never said he was my father. I only wanted to spread what I learned. I never called myself the King of the Jews. I never walked on water. I never raised the dead. I never said anything sacred. No wise man would come from the East to worship the manger except for the good of earthly mortals. I only performed a few treatments using the Eastern medicine I learned. That's it.'
'Nobody understands Jesus, not even me, I... I did preach on the mountain one day, not many people stayed.'
'Jesus in the Bible said, "Who do you think I am?" He gave them a choice, I give you a choice.
'If I say no, can you be sure?'
'You gave me ideas, all of you.'
'Edith you saw my fake Van Gogh, you said I never grew old, Art you gave me books about primitive people, Dan you found t he chisel, you said "if stones could talk"
'I had a flash of inspiration and told you about it to see your reaction. I went too far.'
'You ask me if I am a figure in religious history, if there are others like me, if I can create the identity of the future, we circle around the Maypole, enjoy the mystery, analyze, you are playing a game with me! I am playing a game with you.'
'Several times I was tempted to confess, but I couldn't help myself, to see if you could refute my claims, I have the perfect audience, anthropologists, archaeologists, Christian literalists... psychologists.'
It expresses a thorough skepticism about people's existing worldview:
Is the world you are familiar with really what you think it is?
Are there more precise definitions of the things you are familiar with?
How objective is the self you know?
The cool thing about the identity design of the male protagonist in "This Man From Earth" is that he is at the top of human society, a person with the richest experience, the most profound knowledge, and the most mature and objective world view in human history.
Naturally, religion is used as the core dramatic conflict of this film.
History, humanity, religion...
Time, self, faith...
This design is very pleasing, and Americans like it.
It's a brain-burning thing.
In Europe and the United States, it is definitely the religion that is the focus of your brain.
Rowan will not stop but will intensify the efforts.
Because according to his observations on the Internet, those who like this are often those who are willing to act as tap water and step up efforts to spontaneously promote the "master film".
While studying the dream copies, Rowan also studied related psychological theories.
Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs theory points out that after people have met their most basic needs, they will pursue higher-level emotional needs.
Whether it is the desire for a happy love life and a successful career, or the heartache over real-life problems, when a film or TV show can allow the audience to empathize with it and cause emotional fluctuations, the audience's desire to express and share also begins to emerge.
The motivation for expressing and socializing is this kind of self-benefit.
It is not necessarily that they really like the ideas expressed in "This Man From Ear th". They may just use this value orientation to show off and appear to have a high IQ.
To put it bluntly, there are many people in Europe and the United States who are simply too idle to do anything.
Only if you are financially well-off do you have the time to think about this. How can you have the energy to think about these things when you are running out of money to eat?
In short, these are areas that can be used for future publicity.
Fortunately, it is North America.
If the male protagonist were to confront a group of Indian or Chinese people, it would only provide them with a new worldview rather than a subversion as their history is much better than the new countries. Ultimately, it is the market that decides.