180,000 costs 180 million box office, why is this "bad movie"

can be regarded as a "bad movie"?

Generally speaking, when a movie has the following elements at the same time, it will be a bad movie in all likelihood—the plot is terrible and unclear; the logic is chaotic and difficult to justify; the structure is loose, like a mess of sand; acting skills Clumsy, exaggerated in joy, anger, sorrow, and joy...

For bad movies, most viewers are able to keep their eyes away. However, some groups will be blinded by celebrity auras, unconditionally contribute to the box office for idols, and "aesthetically isolate" dissenters.

The movie we are going to talk about today is inextricably related to the word "rotten film", but it is a high-ranking one that once scored 9.0 on Douban and 100% freshness of Rotten Tomatoes. Distracted. Although

currently has a score of 8.2, it is still a remarkable work. This movie is a thriller comedy directed by Shinichiro Ueda, a new generation of Japanese director-"Don't Stop the Camera".

Once Douban scored 9.0, Rotten Tomatoes 100% freshness

Like Ning Hao's "Crazy Stone", Ueda Shinichiro's "Don't Stop Camera" is also a dark box office horse with a small cost and a big return. .

, ​​a movie that was not favored at the beginning, ended up with a return of 180 million at the box office with a cost of 180,000, with a return rate of 1,000 times!

180,000 cost, 180 million box office

On the film genre label, the categories of "Don't Stop Camera" are "horror" and "comedy".

can combine these two hugely contrasting genres into one film, and allow the audience to pay for it and praise it. There must be something in this film. At the beginning of the

movie, in an abandoned warehouse, a male zombie was chasing a girl, and finally approached her in the corner and bit her neck.

Judging from the girl's exaggerated performance, the stiff movements of the zombies, and the rough scenery around it, this should be a low-cost horror and bad film.

With a "click" coming from a distance, more characters entered the scene-it turned out that this was a horror filming scene.

This neck-biting scene has been NG 42 times. The director once again called a time-out in a desperate tone, and made a rant on the acting of the male and female lead.

was originally filming the movie

. The filming location was chosen in an old warehouse in the suburbs. There are almost no outsiders except the crew.

As the director's camera turned, something strange happened-the props brother who was just fine went to the warehouse and turned into a zombie when he returned.

The props that turned into zombies

Seeing this, the film once again changed its style and turned into a "play in play" of a fake play, which makes people laugh.

Shooting ghost scenes and meeting real ghosts-this routine has long been seen in many low-cost horror films, and even once became the usual templated "reversal" formula for such films. It is not new and has no new ideas.

The breath of rotten films coming to the face

Even when encountering such strange things, the director's enthusiasm for shooting has not diminished, but he has become more and more excited.

Ghost chasing people and turning into people chasing ghosts-the director, regardless of danger, led the crew to run and jump, recording the thrilling scenes with video. It's a mess. By breaking the fourth wall, director

told the audience in front of the screen seriously-"The camera, it won't stop!" The implication-the good show is still behind.

Don't stop the camera! What is unexpected about

is that in less than half an hour, the crew was wiped out, only the heroine survived, and the film ended in a hackneyed conventional way.

Judging from the plot of the first half hour, this is definitely a downright bad movie. But if you stick to it and don't leave halfway, then the content of the next hour or so will be full of surprises.

Half an hour later, the feature film started

, ​​there are many slow-heating films, but those who dare to take out one-third of the whole film and screen the audience with bad films as a gimmick are definitely to persuade more than Amway.

Next, the movie was upgraded again and became a "play in play", explaining in detail the reasons for the inside and outside of the play in the first half hour. You can understand

—this is a great film that teaches us how to make bad films. Compared with the works they made, the shooting process presented in the film is the highlight.

A group photo of the film with the actual production team

The "director" in the film is named Takayuki Higurashi, a little-known 18-line director. In a fateful accident,

took on a shooting mission for a curious show. The theme is "zombies" and the requirement is "one mirror to the end", and the entire filming process must be done in one go.

The half-hour bad movie we saw earlier is the "masterpiece" directed by Takayuki Higurashi.

Producer who is scarier than zombies

From preparation to actual operation, from drama to actors, nothing is natural, and all kinds of variables are always unavoidable, which makes Director Higurashi exhausted.

In addition, the limited cost and strict shooting conditions can only allow him to choose some influential actors.And a bunch of fake to outrageous props.

The shooting scene that can make do, just make do.

The road chemical clothes can barely make do, it can be seen. What made the show was the embarrassing acting skills of the two young starring actors and the endless emergencies on the scene.

In the camp of non-professional actors who are temporarily recruited, there are cameramen who are addicted to alcohol, some have diarrhea after drinking hard water, and there are makeup artists who are too deep in the drama and like to use force...

Temporary part-time jobs in various situations The actor

made a lot of jokes and some contradictions in such a mixed, good and bad three-legged cat crew. There are constant jokes and constant troubles.

However, during the filming process, everyone slowly opened up their hearts, gradually became serious, and completed the film with joint efforts. Although it is rotten, it has gathered everyone's efforts. Although she is lonely, she also enjoys herself.

Make a concerted effort to replace the broken rocker with a human ladder

Japanese film critic Ren Suidobashi once commented on the film:

"The Camera Don’t Stop" is filled with the director’s love for the excess of the film, as a low-cost Nissan The independent ghost movie, it deserves to be seen by more people. The director of

Ueda Shinichiro took the lead to create such a maverick, low-cost film, which was unexpectedly a huge success, and it also influenced many young directors in the same period, bringing more possibilities for the development of Nikko.

Generally speaking, although "The Camera Don't Stop" is not a "fascinating" film, it is definitely a masterpiece of "getting into the best" and is worth watching. Special statement of

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