The film "Donkey Got Water" is a very special existence in the history of Chinese comedy, because although its label is comedy, the story itself is a real tragedy, and when "Donkey Got Water" was released, it attracted many people by relying on the IP of "Republic of China absurd comedy".
After the release of "Donkey Kong Water", it performed very well in word-of-mouth and box office. However, what a lot of people don't know is that it was really difficult for this movie to appear in a movie theater.
The movie "Donkey Got Water" is Happy Twist's second film after "Charlotte Troubles", but this movie is completely different from the style of "Charlotte Troubles". Compared to "Charlotte Troubles", this movie is tragic, so almost no one wanted to shoot it in the first place.
Because no investor feels that the audience will go into the movie to see a very sadistic movie, the film has undergone a very tortuous process from project establishment to shooting.
The film has already begun to be established in 2009, but since no investors are willing to invest, Happy Twist can only adapt the film into a drama and perform it on stage. "Donkey Got Water" has been staged more than 500 times in the country in nearly seven years, and it is very well-known in the drama industry. Unfortunately, this popularity has always been limited to the drama circle, and no director or investor has taken a fancy to it.
What many people don't know is that Ren Suxi, who played the heroine in the movie version of "Donkey Got Water", is also the heroine in the drama version. It can be said that Ren Suxi is an actor who has the deepest relationship with Donkey Deshui, and it is also because he has been in contact with the script of "Donkey Get Water" for the longest time, and Ren Suxi's impression on the audience is also the most profound.
Later, two directors finally saw the script of "Donkey Got Water" and planned to remake the film into a movie. The director finally has a foothold, so how to solve the problem of funds? Faced with the problem of funds, the two directors can be said to have cobbled together for a long time, and the two even invested all the savings accumulated by their parents for a long time. The two men ended up with a full dozen of them and ten million to shoot the film.
However, this film, which cost only 10 million, achieved a box office of 170 million after its release, although there is still a gap compared to the box office of more than 10 billion of "Charlotte Troubles", but his return rate has also reached more than 20 times. Such a rate of return is already very impressive, at least the two directors can get the cost back, otherwise it is really going to be ruined.
Of course, the reason why this drama can achieve such a great success is also thanks to the full efforts of several actors. The movie "Donkey Got Water" was due to the problem of funds at that time, so the conditions were still very difficult when shooting. Several of the actors in the film were still little actors who were not famous when they first made the film. However, with their own excellent acting skills, they left a deep impression on the audience.
Although "Donkey Got Water" was not very famous at that time, the crew could be said to be very strict in casting. At the beginning, the director required all actors who signed up to participate in the show to meet three requirements - all of them had to participate in the audition, to experience life for one month, and to shoot for two months, these three conditions can be said to be very harsh.
Therefore, after such a high-demand screening, the remaining actors are very acting people, like the actor Ren Suxi, who became popular because of this movie, is now also recognized by everyone as an acting school.
Speaking of Ren Suxi, her performance in the film is really very brilliant, showing the image of a female who is oppressed by society to the fullest. There is a scene in the movie that impresses the audience very much, that is, Zhang Yiman, played by Ren Suxi, needs to slap himself while walking. The movie "Donkey Got Water" has a strong tragic color mixed with absurdity, which makes people have a lot of ideas after watching it.
At that time, when the audience was watching in the cinema, they would hear a very clear slap. Many people must think that the slaps in this scene are fake fans, and even the crisp slaps should be matched later. But in fact, when Ren Suxi filmed this scene, she was completely slapping her, and even the slap sound was made by herself.
Later, when Ren Suxi was interviewed, he also said that when he was rehearsing the drama version of "Donkey Got Water", in order to perform the effect, he also really slapped himself. The drama version of "Donkey Gets Water" has also been rehearsed for hundreds of times, so counting down, Ren Suxi slapped himself hundreds of times for the movie "Donkey Gets Water", and how many people in the entertainment industry can do this kind of boldness now?
The fact that a literary film like Donkey Kong water can achieve 170 million yuan at the chinese film market is a huge encouragement for such a type of film. In fact, as long as the story of the movie is good enough, there will be an audience to pay for it, such as "Donkey Got Water" is a typical example.