One Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty-Eight the Song of the Bad Man

The round-the-island road trip in Iceland officially ended on December 3rd.

However, Paul and Meadows did not leave immediately, but continued to stay in Reykjavik for a while. This is a vast land full of hot springs, enjoying the soothing and relaxing effects of hot springs in the severe winter. Cozy is really the best choice; what's more, Paul can also take Meado to learn outdoor activities such as sledding and skiing. For Meadow, who has lived in Hawaii since childhood, this is completely paradise.

So, Paul and Meadow simply enjoy a vacation here.

For Renly, this was, of course, the best news. The doomed catastrophe of November 30th is finally over, but if Paul can stay as far away from Los Angeles as possible for a period of time, does that mean that the remaining stormy seas will also be completely calm, further truly confirming that Paul is "reborn"?

Iceland, located at the confluence of the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean, is quietly away from all disputes. The heavy snow and cold isolate the entire island on the vast ocean. The information from the outside world seems to be gradually drifting away, and then the whole world is quiet. After coming down, I gradually found the long-lost peace in my heart.

Renly devoted himself to the filming of "Interstellar", while Paul and Meadows enjoyed a rare father-daughter vacation; at the same time, the awards season in North America became more and more lively, with more and more popular works one after another. Continued to debut, one after another joined the annual academy PR, and the noise of your singing after I debuted all the way to the Oscars sprinting away.

Although Renly is on the other side of the Atlantic and has no intention of academy public relations; but the tree wants to be quiet and the wind is endless, no one can ignore the existence of "Renly-Hall", not to mention, this year's Renly relies on "gravity" and "" The two works "Drunken Country Ballads" have become the strongest contenders for major awards ceremonies at the end of the year since the Cannes Film Festival. How can anyone forget Renly's name?

On December 6th, the "Drunken Country Ballad" officially held a screening, announcing its participation in the awards season battle at the end of the year.

At the Cannes Film Festival in May, "Drunken Country Ballads" stole all the flair, and "Adele's Life" received unanimous rave reviews, and won the Grand Jury Prize and Best Actor in one go Two trophies have undoubtedly become one of the best expectations of the year.

By the way, as of December, the sales volume of the original soundtrack of "Drunken Country Ballads" has surpassed 4 million sturdily. What level is this?

To put it simply, when "Don Quixote" was released just over a year ago, its sales barely exceeded one million, while "Drunken Country Ballads" has only been released for seven months; "Since the soundtrack of the movie, the soundtrack with the highest sales in a single year, even in the total sales of all soundtracks after the millennium, it only lags behind the 7.8 million of "Three Kings of Prison Escape" and "High School Musical". of 4.8 million,

Temporarily ranked third.

Of course, the soundtrack of the "Frozen" movie, which was released in the last week of November, is bursting with incredible energy, and continues to rise with a sturdy momentum. The box-office appeal of "Folk Ballad" can't be compared with the sudden emergence of "Frozen".

Nonetheless, four million sales have already made people feel the far-reaching influence of "Drunk Town Ballad", and the entire North American region is looking forward to this work.

When the "Drunken Country Ballad" debuted in Cannes, the unanimous praise created countless curiosity, and many film critics even exclaimed, maybe this is not the best work of the Coen brothers' career, but it is definitely blue. The best performance of Li's career has made this work well-deserved as the first expectation of the awards season at the end of the year.

After that, EGOT brought Renly's reputation to its peak. Although everyone in the industry said that it was too late to start cooling down, but to the lay people who eat melons, Renly is the well-deserved number one in Hollywood today. People, and then the entire North America collectively witnessed the miracle journey of "gravity" to create history.

It is worth mentioning that after "Gravity" landed at the Venice Film Festival as the unveiling work, film critics have already stood up and applauded, and countless people have sighed. If this work enters the main competition unit, then The best actor trophy is almost unquestionably owned by Renly, and then Renly will complete the EGOT and the Best Actor Grand Slam in the same year in a historic feat.

Such remarks caused quite a bit of controversy at the time. "Everyone is madly praising Renly? Is it such an exaggeration? He is not a god, is it?"

Even many audiences reacted with rejection and resistance, and the words of film critics were ignored, losing their prestige and shock. "Gravity" expectations have dropped slightly for a while.

But everyone knows what happened later: after the release of "Gravity", the thrilling performance brought a wave of reflection and a wave of reflection, successfully won the enthusiastic applause from the entire North American region, and took the lead in this year's Oscar winner competition. The undisputed number one leader.

At the same time, the topic of discussion on the merits of "Gravity" and "Drunken Country Ballads" is very loud on social networks. Surprisingly, many film critics still choose "Drunken Country Ballads". While the "Gravity" performance won many accolades from "Renly's career best", the "Drunken Country Ballad" performance was "emotionally delicate and deeply moved to tears".

As a result, the people who eat melons are collectively excited—

Only by actually watching the two films in person can they make a choice, right?

Now, the "Drunken Country Ballad" has finally been unveiled!

On Friday, December 6th, the official screening of "Drunk Township Folk Ballad" was held in four theaters. But what is interesting is that Sony Classics, which is responsible for North American distribution, has arranged all four theaters in New York.

This move sparked outcry, especially from Los Angeles residents: It is understandable that the first round of screenings needs to control the number of theaters and the city of screening, generally speaking, Seattle, Chicago, Houston, Washington, Atlanta, etc. The big cities are arranged in the second round; but, why did not choose Los Angeles in the first round of screenings?

As far as the screening strategy is concerned, Sony Classic, whose industry prestige is second only to Focus Pictures and Fox Searchlight, will naturally not make mistakes, and there is no problem with this arrangement. Every distribution company must choose a screening city based on factors such as the film’s attributes, characteristics, audience, and public relations goals—

It would be suicide to choose Boston for a black film, to choose North and Cross-strait cities for a Civil War biopic, to get more support for a female film in San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, and so on.

According to the film characteristics of "Drunken Country Ballads", Sony Classics arranged all the screening cities in New York, and also specially arranged the Greenwich Village theater line, which is an arrangement with clear positioning and accurate goals.

The objections and protests in Los Angeles are completely unexpected. After all, Los Angeles is in the second round of screenings, and it’s just a matter of waiting for another week or two. Sony Classics needs to be based on the feedback from the first round of screenings. Information to arrange follow-up screenings and plans for extended screenings.

The only explanation for such a situation is that Sony Classics ignores how powerful Renly's appeal is, and underestimates how much people expect "Drunken Country Ballads". Obviously, everyone is looking forward to seeing the movie, and looking forward to being able to compare Renly's two works.

The grand occasion of the screening in New York also proved this explanation!

On the night of the official screening, although there was no red carpet for the premiere, it was a low-key screening of the art theater chain, but there were incredible long queues at the gates of the four theaters, and it seemed that movie lovers all over New York City were flocking to the show. Out, according to the real-time statistics of the box office data, all the tickets for the first and second shows were sold out, and the attendance rate reached an incredible 100%!

This is a midnight show.

100% attendance at midnight shows? It is unbelievable for any work, whether it is an art film, a commercial film, or an idol film, such a result is appalling, and it clearly makes people feel the popularity and popularity of "Drunken Country Ballads" .

This is just the beginning.

The pre-sale tickets of "Drunken Country Ballads" in the four theaters have also soared. On the one hand, the popularity of the film itself is unmatched. Sony Classics chose New York for this reason. This work is called It is the "Song of the Bad People", which truly interprets the voices and situations of wandering artists headed by Greenwich Village, and can easily trigger the craziest discussions and support in this city.

On the other hand, this is a relatively quiet schedule. After the box office frenzy of "The Hunger Games 2" and "Frozen", no major works were released this week, which means that the topic is still hot. Staying on the "Drunken Country Ballad" side, curiosity and expectations are all concentrated together, further dispatching the enthusiasm of the die-hard audience.

Sony Classics is worthy of being the top academy public relations expert in the industry. One schedule arrangement and one point screening city selection, seemingly unintentional but finely arranged, successfully won a great opportunity for "Drunken Hometown Folk Ballad", so it soared into the sky. , created the waves of the public screening with the gesture of spotting, which is really brilliant!

Although only four theaters have started screenings, the first round of word-of-mouth of "Drunk Town Folk Ballad" has finally come to the fore, and all the media comments and audience comments are officially released. Anyway, now is the time to test.