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A foreign movie with a python.

It must be: Similarly, there are Python Disaster 1, Extreme Cold, Octopus East River Cry, Poseidon (2006), the day after tomorrow (2004), the end of the world (1998) and towering hell (65438 Nim). Taxi driver

Titanic (1997) Director: James? Cameron starring: Leonardo? DiCaprio, Kate? Winslet

The towering hell directed by Owen (1974)? Allen: Steve? McQueen, William? Hutton

International Airport (1970) Director: George? Sheldon Henry. Hathaway starring: Charlton? Heston, Bertrand? Custer

Abyss (1989) Director: James? Cameron starring: Ed? Harris

Director Roland's Independence Day (1996)? Emmerich: Will? Smith, Bill? Pullman

NO07。 Tornado (1996) Director: Zhan? Debon starring: Helen? hunter

NO08。 Comet Hit the Earth (1998) Director: Mimi? Morgan? Felger Mann

NO09。 At the end of the earth, Martians played around the earth (1996), the New York earthquake (1999), and heaven and earth collided.

Introduction: Python Disaster 2: Searching for Blood Orchid

Python s: the hunting of blood orchid

Python disaster 2: looking for blood orchids

Director: Dwight H. Little Dwight H. Little

Starring: johnny moss Na johnny messner

KaDee Strickland KaDee Strickland

Matthew marsden matthew marsden

Morris chestnut morris chestnut

Genre: horror/thriller/action/science fiction

Grade: PG- 13 (violent scene, panic picture)

Duration: 93 minutes

Release: Columbia Samsung Film Company, Columbia, USA

Release date: August 27, 2004

Official website: /movies/anacondas/site/

Deep in the jungle, the python dances wildly.

Some people call it the "Death Messenger", because once you become their target, endless hell becomes your only destination. Even those birds and animals that call the jungle their home can't survive when they come into sight. For those strange tourists who want to investigate the mystery of this place out of curiosity, they will taste the horror of facing death.

In the deepest part of the dense Borneo jungle, there is an undeveloped wilderness, and the dangerous geographical environment has become a natural protective barrier for all kinds of rare animals and plants-"blood orchid" grows here. It is an extremely rare red orchid, and it is said that the serosity it secretes can "stay young forever". When the "legend" stinks of copper, it becomes a driving force: several scientists full of difficulties and ambitions are sponsored by a research company in new york and decide to materialize the "legend". If you succeed, you can not only consolidate your career, but also make a lot of money. However, their journey is full of hardships, not only because they choose to start in the rainy season, but more importantly, it is the mating period of pythons, which will be more difficult to get close to the "target" than bad weather and bushes full of unpredictable dangers. In the growing place of "Blood Orchid" lies a deadly python. They seem to be the guardians of "blood orchid", but in fact it is only because "blood orchid" happens to grow on their territory. The strange effect of "blood orchid" continues on pythons, making them fierce and abnormal, and at the same time lifting the limit of their own life. Just like the immortal nemesis, any uninvited guest who dares to step into their territory will be killed during the recovery period ... will those scientists driven by interests "disappear" in the face of this irresistible natural force?

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◆CG technology reproduces python ◆

1997 When the first "Python" was filmed, electronic animation was still the main stunt production method in the film industry. However, since the computer-generated human or biotechnology has made great strides, then "Misery of Wild Python 2" will follow the trend and give these huge reptiles real life with CG as the main gimmick. Producer Verna Hala said, "Today, seven years after making the first film, we have to face a completely different movie world due to the crazy development of CG technology. At least, I can guarantee here that the special effects produced by CG are spectacular and the highest level that technology can achieve at present. The fidelity of the produced python even makes my circle a little confused. " Director Dwight H. Little also admitted that the process of making pythons is very complicated: "We have been observing pythons-the pythons in the film are based on pythons. At the same time, we also study other kinds of pythons and poisonous snakes, and carefully decompose their eyes, teeth, maxilla, length ratio and snakeskin color. It can be said that this is a very interesting job. In addition, we don't want to end up with more monsters than snakes-so we still try our best to restore pythons and give them wisdom that real pythons can't have. This requires some subtle modifications and modifications on the original basis: the python in the film looks like a thinking creature. " On this basis, Little also filmed a large number of real python films, all of which were integrated into the film, so perfect that it was impossible to tell which ones were real snakes and which ones were CG snakes.

Little clearly told visual effects director Dale Duquaid at the beginning of the film preparation that he wanted something-a natural product, not a surreal monster. He believes that the perfect CG python should have the appearance characteristics that cannot be distinguished from the real snake. For Du Kuide, Little's "Death Order" is a real challenge: a 40-foot python has hundreds of ribs, muscle tissues and organs, and it must pass through countless scales of different sizes. These scales will change their tracks according to different movements, depending entirely on the degree of bending and swing of the snake. So every tiny part of the snake is a completely different power system, and it will be a very complicated project to completely imitate it.

Should a python that has crossed the boundary of birth, aging, illness and death have human personality accordingly? Little firmly rejected this proposal: "The python in the film should be a killing machine, and its little brain will only consider one thing:' What's for lunch?' It is precisely because it does not show feelings similar to resentment, jealousy or anger that it is even more terrible-it will simply slide in front of you and then consider which part of your body should be taken first. Finally, all we have to do is to combine python into the desired scenario. Of course, actors can only imagine what kind of python will appear in front of them when shooting. "

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◆ Overall color tone: from bright to dark ◆

Dwight H. Little knew that it was not easy for a horror film to impress the audience, because this type of film itself had many limitations, and it was even more difficult to make a breakthrough, so he decided to make more efforts on visual impact. In order to maintain good communication, Little, scene designer Bryce Perrin and photographer Stephen F. Wheaton almost became a small working group to operate as a whole. Together, they negotiated and revised the overall scenery and atmosphere of the film many times and finally reached an understanding.

Little hopes that the main color of the film will be as melancholy as possible and the jungle will be as smoky as possible-this is inspired by an article in National Geographic magazine describing the daily life of the indigenous people in the Brazilian rainforest, with photos attached, where people have not been assimilated by the western world and maintained some very primitive living habits. The rainforest in the photo is shrouded in layers of mist, the sunlight is soft and warm through the gaps of leaves, and all the bonfires raised by people gather into strong black smoke, but they have a unique style ... Little admits that it is these photos that make him enlightened, just to let everyone see what the jungle should look like.

All the filming of the film was done in Fiji, which became one of Little's inspiration sources: "I am really glad that I finally chose Fiji. It's cool here, and it's rainy season when we shoot. Of course, the most important thing is that Fiji provides the main framework of the film: the dark and mysterious primitive jungle-in fact, it is very safe there, and we don't have to worry about what reptiles will be sent to the west during the filming. " At first, because the story hasn't gone deep, the color of the film is light and bright, and there is dazzling sunshine everywhere. Then with the development of the story, the overall coloring will become darker and darker, the mood will become darker and darker, and the characters in the film will become more and more frightened because of the sudden terrorist incident. This gradual process will come to an abrupt end, and then it will fall into endless darkness ... Shooting outdoors on a rainy day with dark clouds, presumably this is an important code to add panic elements to the film.

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◆ Brief comments ◆

As the producer of the first "Python", Verna Hala has been looking for opportunities to continue the "snake dance". At first, her idea was to let pythons enter the drainage ditch of New Orleans through a ship leaving Amazon ... But this idea seemed too complicated for a thriller, so she finally chose this story as the background. In a wild jungle full of unpredictable dangers, the plot was simplified to scientists discovering an orchid in Borneo that could prolong its life. Verna Hala can understand the essence of horror movies well. She made the plot as simple as possible, and then put all the heavy bets on CG snake. She has constructed the framework of horror movies very well, and director Dwight H. Little knows how to catch the appetite of horror fans. As long as the atmosphere is made more horrible and the content more disgusting, the audience will definitely be OK.