Chapter 880: The Next Governor of Hong Kong Challenges Tang’s Richest Man

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Although there are a lot of soft advertisements serving Tang's industry hidden in who am I, the American film critics still gave a lot of affirmation seriously.

For example, James Platinari, a film critic and novelist who has begun to use the latest interactive means of the World Wide Web to publish film reviews, pays special attention to the highlights of who am I who mainly focus on failed stunts at the end of the credits, and thinks it is this hilarious and funny three It took only a few minutes to bring out the hard-won splendor of the whole movie.

For another example, Richard Harrington of the Washington Post pointed out that Jackie's stunts are obviously different from Hollywood stunts in style; Dead by Daylight is exciting.

I have to say that Cheng Long is now at his peak, and the quality of the movies he starred in is strong enough for audiences to buy into it. From Tang Huan's Who Am I filming project the year before last, to the present period, he still has time to do other things. Production projects are busy.

Take this year, in order to raise funds for the Hong Kong Directors Association, Cheng Long impromptu starred in the double dragon show with the cooperation of 100 directors. It was released in time for the extremely competitive Lunar New Year file, and it won more than 33 million Hong Kong dollars. The box office of Hong Kong's local port.

You know, at this stage, the best-selling reference standard for Xiangjiang commercial films is the highest level.

It is entirely conceivable that with the global release of Who Am I invested by Mr. Richest Man, films co-operated by Golden Harvest and Cheng Long, such as Police Story 3, which has already filmed its second sequel, will definitely hitch a ride. This is one of the great benefits of following Tang Huan.

I also don't know if the success of Who Am I will affect Jet Li's movie The Spy Shadow, which also has amnesia for the protagonist.

Compared with these two action stars, Lin Qingxia has naturally been more recognized in Hollywood. , It is so amazing that there is no need to repeat it. The word "Invincible in the East" has quickly become a symbol.

With these three successful examples, Tang Huan became more and more familiar with the creation of Zhou Runfa. He directly paired it with two-time Oscar actress Jodie Foster, and the chosen work was Anna and the King.

Of course, this theme has been rigorously demonstrated. It is adapted from the famous work Anna and the King of Siam by American female writer Margaret Langdon, and this biographical novel comes from a British travel writer, educator, and social activist. Memoirs by Anna Leonowens of India.

Anna Leonowens, a widow with two children, traveled from Singapore to Siam at the invitation of the Siamese royal family in 1862 to serve as tutor to King Rama IV until 1867 when she moved to Canada So far, there was a memoir based on this experience, Anna and the King: Memoirs of Six Years in the Bangkok Palace.

Due to the real needs of life, there must be many inaccuracies in this memoir. For example, Anna Leonowens deliberately raised her status in Siam, and her influence on the royal family claimed that it was because she narrated the story for the little prince of Siam. Uncle Tom's Cabin, which led to the abolition of slavery in Siam 40 years later. However, her description of the life of the Siamese royal family is undoubtedly in place.

Besides, based on Anna and the King: Memoirs of Six Years in the Bangkok Royal Palace, Margaret Langdon of the novel Anna and the King of Siam was fictionalized. In 1927, she and her husband Kenneth Langdon went to Siam as missionaries and were responsible for managing church schools. , and then had the opportunity to read a lot of books about Siam, and learned about the deeds of Anna Leonowens.

By 1937, Margaret Langdon, who had given birth to three children in Siam, returned to the United States with her husband and family, and began writing Anna and the King of Siam at the same time.

Now, Margaret Langdon is still alive, living in Alexandria, Virginia, very close to the capital of the United States.

Already eighty-nine years old.

This old lady had a popular book in her life, which was Anna and the King of Siam published in 1944. Because the "idea of ​​abolition of slavery" catered to the mainstream American values ​​at that time, it became a bestseller; It was put on the big screen by Twentieth Century Fox in 1946.

So far, based on Margaret Landon's Anna and the King of Siam, a total of one film, two musicals, and one TV series have been adapted.

However, the 1972 TV show was a flop, and because of creative differences, 20th Century Fox and Margaret Langdon filed a lawsuit, and the parties finally chose to settle out of court.

Just like the world of Madame Butterfly, Suzie Wong, and Miss Saigon, which is currently being performed at the Broadway Opera House in New York, this kind of Western men go to Asia, just like Eastern women staged lingering and romantic tragedies, with the theme of representing advanced Westerners. Anna and the King of Siam in the center have always been favored by the American media, and they are generous with compliments, such as "exotic" praised by the New York Times, "amazing talents" praised by the Atlantic Monthly, and so on.

All in all, the theme of Ana and the King of Siam is promising, and it is time to follow the trend and release it.

Of course, Anna and the King of Siam also have a tricky point, that is, although she talked well with the original author Margaret Langdon, the King Rama IV of Siam in it is the direct descendant of the current King of Siam Ancestors, and the Siamese royal family was dissatisfied with the work's description of Rama IV, and has been prohibiting the adaptation of the film from being released in Siam.

This is in stark contrast to Madame Butterfly, which tells the love story between a beautiful official and a Japanese geisha, which is very popular in Japan and even Xiangjiang.

In order to develop in Hollywood, Zhou Runfa took a long time to adapt to language and working methods. The richest man just took advantage of this gap. Through his contacts, he once discussed the issue of Anna and the King of Siam with the Siamese side, but there was little progress. The plan to make a movie there was basically impossible to realize; there was not much hope for the release in the future; At best, the two sides have reached a non-public understanding.

Now, time is running out, anyway, the box office value of the Siam market is dispensable, so the richest man decided to start the filming plan. If he can’t shoot the scene in Siam, he will go to Funan, which is adjacent to Siam, where he is.

Acting with two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster, the filming budget was as high as 70 million U.S. dollars, and the entertainment media's follow-up reports Zhou Runfa really couldn't bear such heavy pressure.

Tang Huan couldn't help being funny, so he called over alone to encourage him: "From Xiao Ma to the king, the style leap is indeed a bit big, but I believe you can't help it. As long as you pass this level, you will continue to hang out in Hollywood capital."

Although these matters are complicated to deal with, they are all step-by-step. Tang Huan just talks about it, and the specific work is done by his subordinates, so he doesn't need to worry about it. But the newly announced candidate for the governor of Hong Kong inevitably made the richest man frown.

The following is the anti-d part, it will be updated tomorrow morning, just ignore it.

On Christmas Eve, Warner Bros. released a two-time Academy Award-winning director, Oliver Stone, to assassinate JFK, based on Jim Garrison's novel Stalking Assassination and Jim Marth's Dilemma: After Killing JFK. The Conspiracy, which describes the whole process of New Orleans prosecutor Jim Garrison's investigation into the Kennedy assassination, and the facts discovered later.

Oliver Stone has continued to produce excellent works in the past few years. Films such as Field Platoon, Wall Street, and Born on the Fourth of July can be said to have gained both fame and fortune, so Warner trusted him with $40 million; For what it's worth, Dances with Wolves director and star Kevin Costner is cast as lead New Orleans prosecutor Jim Garrison.

It is conceivable that it is not so easy to bring such a sensitive subject as the assassination of Kennedy to the big screen.

After the first draft of the script came out, the assassination of Kennedy was severely criticized by the Washington Post's national security correspondent George Lardner, and has been involved in a fierce controversy since then.

After the assassination of Kennedy was released, many major American newspapers wrote editorials, criticizing Oliver Stone in harsh terms for blasphemy and disrespect for historical facts, and his criticism of Lyndon Johnson, then vice president and later president, who also participated in the assassination of John. Kennedy's allegations of conspiracy.

For example, Bernard Wenlow of the New York Times said that if Warner can make the assassination of Kennedy go away, it would be a miracle in Hollywood; he also called on Warner to conduct self-criticism in the article.

For another example, Vincent Canby of the newspaper, in a review of the film itself, criticized: "Oliver Stone's style of filmmaking is very casual, many very short, frequent, unknown So, shot after shot, with background music, noise, dialogue, and more noise, more dialogue, like a sandwich."

Some media even directly issued an article "resist the facts fabricated by Oliver Stone" to attack the assassination of Kennedy.

Of course, some people in the media praised the assassination of Kennedy, such as Peter Dowell, a senior film critic of Washington Magazine, but when he submitted his comments, he was rejected by the editor-in-chief John Rimbert on the grounds that he did not want to see a positive view of the film. He and other magazine editors agreed that the film was absurd; for this reason, Peter Douville resigned immediately.

Compared with this, Roger Liebert, who has a higher reputation, can make a sound. He expressed his appreciation for the assassination of Kennedy in the Chicago Sun Times, "The achievement of this film is not that it solves the mystery of Kennedy's assassination, but that it is trying to awaken the national spirit that has gradually disappeared in people's hearts since 1963. "

As a director, Oliver Stone is naturally under a lot of pressure personally, and even received a death threat letter after being interviewed on TV.

To sort out the criticisms of the assassination of Kennedy, it mainly focuses on whether the description of New Orleans prosecutor Jim Garrison is accurate in two aspects, and whether the artificially mixed fragments are added in the adapted historical expansion film.

In response to these criticisms, Oliver Stone wrote a 593-page book Assassination of JFK – A Book About the Film, which includes full notes on the script, plus 97 comments from supporters and critics, and 340 research records.

In this overwhelming controversy, Warner's support for the assassination of Kennedy can be described as "hard support", only saying that because the movie is too long, up to three hours, the number of screenings will inevitably be affected.

The richest man who watched coldly, while listening to the work report of his subordinates, inquired about the relevant details by the way. Warner invested 15 million US dollars in the marketing of the assassination of Kennedy; Tied for No. 5 at the U.S. box office, it also had an actual breakthrough until the first week of January 1992, with a slowly rising $50 million worldwide while positive reviews were on the rise and it even won an 8 Oscar nominations.

In Tang Huan's view, no matter how many conspiracies there were in the assassination of Kennedy, as far as the movie itself is concerned, Oliver Stone's directorial skills are unquestionable. Kungfu is not enough, otherwise, it would not be able to attract the audience to sit in the cinema for such a long time.

However, having said that, no matter how talented Oliver Stone is, without financial support, the film cannot be made; without the invisible hand with greater energy to lift it up, the film must be drowned in saliva as soon as it is released.

Just as on December 25, 1991, Soviet President Gehrbachev announced his resignation and handed over state power to Russian President Karma Chin. At 9:38 on the same day, the Soviet flag slowly lowered over the Kremlin and was replaced by the Russian flag. There is a step-by-step procedure here, and if there is no trick, who would believe it.

Anyway, after watching the movie about assassinating Kennedy, Mr. Richest Man has a psychological shadow about going to Texas, the stronghold of the Republican Party, but the "Silicon Hill" that echoes California's "Silicon Valley" is located in it. In Austin, the capital, it would be impossible not to inspect several times a year.

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