Chapter 476 Are You Going to Travel?
Cannes will have multiple program catalogs on the shelves every day. The so-called "programmes" are special editions of the film festival launched by film magazines.
Among these journals, "Screen" is the one that attracts the most attention because they organize film critics from many international authoritative media to rate the competition films and quantify them in detail, so the results are clear at a glance.
"Screen" spoke highly of "Carol": "In "Carol," Gong Li and Evan Rachel played a pair of gay couples in the United States in the 1950s. They were implicit and repressed. The movie successfully restored the atmosphere of that time. The social scene, every frame is like a beautifully composed painting."
"French Cinema" commented: "Todd Haynes returned to the creative route of "Far from Heaven" and followed Douglas Sirk's approach to make a melodrama about same-sex love in a taboo era. The production is exquisite and the performances are brilliant. It is indeed a very enjoyable work!”
The views are relatively consistent, "Carol" is enjoyable to watch, and the actors perform very well...
But there should be no chance of winning the grand prize in the end, because the plot is too vulgar...
The media score of "Carol" is 3.5 points, beating the previous number one "Return" with 3.4 points...
Everyone congratulated Gong Li, including Zhang Ziyi...
Shen Xudong specifically observed the atmosphere of the conversation between Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li. It was very subtle...
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Domestically, the main May Day movies are of course "Hurricane", and then there is "Jasmine Blooms"...
In terms of genre, "Jasmine Blooms" doesn't have much box office prospects. It's just that Zhang Ziyi + Chen Chong have given a lot of film schedules!
The filming of this movie was completed in 2004, but it has been delayed until it is released - the theaters are not very optimistic about it. Isn't it because Zhang Ziyi has become a prostitute now, so it was released quickly...
Then play against "Taken".
"Hurricane" is actually a pure action movie.
What is a pure action movie?
It's the type where the plot is just to string together the fighting scenes...
The story is not much to say. Jing Tian plays Wu Jing's sister, who is abducted while traveling in Hong Kong and transported to Thailand to be auctioned.
Wu Jing first went to Hong Kong alone and met Donnie Yen. The two did not know each other until they fought.
One wants to save his sister, the other wants revenge, and they work together to destroy a gang. They learn that the target is in Thailand, so they go to Thailand together. One kills the enemy and the other rescues his sister.
Just fight in various ways…
Tony Jia and Zhang Jing belong to a team, Donnie Yen fights Tony Jia, and Wu Jing fights Zhang Jing.
Well distributed!
Of course, the rescue was successful in the end, and the police cleaned up the mess...
From the beginning, the domestic box office of "Taken" was expected to be around 40 million, with action movies, overseas audiovisual rights, and TV rights taking the lead!
Therefore, the investment in publicity is not very high - how can we invest money in publicity for an action movie?
The genre has been determined, posters are laid out, trailers are bought...
After it was released on May 1st, the box office was about as expected, with 22 million in five days. "The Da Vinci Code" was released on May 18. In 18 days, it was not a big problem to earn over 40 million!
Most importantly, it proves that there is still room for Chinese-language action films, and Golden Harvest can still introduce a new generation of action stars.
The online reviews are quite high - fierce!
The action designer is Donnie Yen. After "Slaying the Wolf", Donnie Yen was obviously more confident - he won the Academy Award for Best Action Designer, so he arranged the fight between him and Tony Jaa in "The Rescue" The six-minute long MAMA fight without rules fully introduces sleeping techniques and grappling techniques to deal with Muay Thai...
In fact, it is meant to respond to "Tom Yum Kung" and "Boxing Fighter" - after these two movies were released, a lot of people in the film critic circle said that Tony Jaa combined the martial arts styles of Li Xiaolong and Jackie Chan, and that he had visually surpassed Hong Kong action men. Star says…
Wu Jing's action designer is Qian Jiale, focusing on routines and also including many fighting skills.
In short, the media commented on "Taken": It creates new possibilities for Chinese-language action movies!
In fact, the focus of media promotion has always been "Taken" because...Cannes can't promote it: our attention to overseas film festivals is mainly focused on whether any local films are shortlisted for the main competition unit.
This year, only one movie, "The Summer Palace," was shortlisted, and the authorities were not allowed to report it.
After "Carol" debuted in Cannes, the screening score was 3.5...
It immediately attracted the attention of media from various countries, and China was no exception.
"Gong Li's new film "Carol" debuts at Cannes;,"
""Carol" Cannes Film Festival: The two leading actresses may win awards for their outstanding performances; "
"More than halfway through the Cannes schedule, Gong Li's gay blockbuster "Carol" leads the venue score;"
There are also many people discussing on the Internet, especially after the interview with Shen Xudong on the Movie Channel's "World Cinema Journey" was broadcast:
"The theme of "Carol" has been aimed at Oscars from the beginning!"
"The Hollywood awards season starts in November and lasts until February of the following year. The movies that debut during the awards season are basically debuted at major film festivals... I am very confident in "Carol"..."
By the way, there is also the sentence "We paid most of the cost of 12 million US dollars... If we didn't have confidence in it, how could we pay for it?"
The entertainment sections of major forums such as Tianya and Tieba are basically discussing Shen Xudong and "Carol":
"Shen Xudong is so straightforward. He directly said that he made this movie because he wanted to win an award!"
"He has a very unique perspective on movies. Not only did he say that he was aiming to win awards, but he also said, 'I will definitely not win awards, but I should be able to get a few nominations'..."
"People know what they want, and every movie they make has their own considerations..."
"He has said before that 'Commercial films should be divided into genres. Comedy is to make the audience laugh, and suspense and mystery films are to make the audience want to enjoy the fun of deciphering'..." How can literary films prove themselves if they don't win awards? Amuse themselves? Then Why are you even showing it?'"
Portal websites are quickly catching up, and print media are also not idle. It doesn’t cost money anyway, and readers can speculate as much as they like.
The moral person is quite cautious and uses conservative descriptions such as "maybe" and "opportunity". I just ignore those who have no moral integrity, and I am so confident in my words that it seems that "Carol" has already been confirmed to win the Palme d'Or...
A lot of inexplicable people appeared and began to analyze the judges' tastes, the quality of competing works, Cannes' film selection habits, etc...
The analysis is pretty good...
After all, the chairman of the jury is Wang Jiawei!
Then the report of "Nandu" came out, and Shen Xudong made it clear that "a grand prize is unlikely. My original intention in making "Carol" was to help Sister Gong Li win an international award..."
‘I am a fan of hers. After I entered the film industry, she was also very kind to me. I reciprocated the favor! ’
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Shen Xudong went to Paris...
Are you coming to France or not to Paris? Isn’t that what you came for?
While I still had some time, I went to Paris for three days, taking in the sights and feeling nothing...
So, you should be more prepared when traveling.
A bunch of domestic media who rushed to Cannes couldn't find Shen Xudong. After asking around, they found out... He went on a trip?