Chapter 601: A Fight?
The judging mechanism of the three major European film festivals is to give awards to small circles!
Venice Film Festival: 7 judges.
The taste of the chairman of the jury determines the final award.
In fact, it was Amou who decided the Golden Lion Award!
Jiang Wen returned home lonely.
It was indeed lonely - I couldn't sell the overseas rights, so I sold the French rights.
This film is a lost cause!
"The Sun Also Rises" estimates that the box office will still not rise this time...
The key point is that the film's reputation overseas is not very good either. "Cahiers du Cinema" and "Sight and Sound" all gave negative reviews...
Oh, now, these two film magazines are still authoritative. After 2020, they will completely succumb to political correctness-in 2020, "Sight and Sound" film critics directly ranked "Jeanne Dielman" on the top 100 film history "ranked first, beating "Vertigo", "Citizen Kane" and "2001: A Space Odyssey".
In addition, "Moonlight", which imitates "Happy Together", ranked 60th, beating "Chungking Express", "One to One", "The Murders on Guling Street" and "Metropolis".
"Jeanne Dielman" tells the story of a single mother who works part-time as a housewife, while "Moonlight" tells the story of men's broken sleeves.
In terms of story, technique, artistry, and status in film history, these two films are not worthy of this ranking. The only thing worth mentioning is probably the social issues they raised...
In addition, the interpretation of "The Sun Also Rises" by mainland film critics was not good - after its release, a bunch of reviews were all about "sexual repression" and "resistance"...
Damn, I doubt these people have even watched the movie...
Where is the sexual repression seen?
No wonder Jiang Wen doesn’t like film critics!
Directly mocking ‘Film critics review movies like eunuchs going to brothels! ’
Of course, film critics also retorted, "Every day we use movies to talk about politics, isn't it the same as eunuchs going to brothels!" ’
Ahem...
Regarding the failure of "The Sun Also Rises" to win the award, Shen Xudong is still very happy - because things are back to normal.
In the original time and space, a bunch of people commented that "The Sun Also Rises" was incomprehensible. Jiang Wen was determined to make a film that the audience could understand, so he made "Let the Bullets Fly"...
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"Blockbuster" is about to be released...
After 16 days of release, the cumulative box office was 124 million, and the Hong Kong box office was about 5.4 million. Other than that, there were almost no overseas results...
It’s strange to say that a bunch of overseas film producers always say they are ‘concerned about China’s state before the Olympics’ and ‘concerned about China’s development’, but apart from action movies, they don’t buy any other genres.
Even those independent films with the so-called film festival aesthetic (poor China genre) are being bought less.
"Brilliant" directed by director Weng Shouming completely refers to "Three Gorges", the narrative mode and the way the film is told: long shots to show the so-called cruel life...
Then it can’t be sold!
Because of the same subject matter, foreigners are more willing to see works from small countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines, which have a sense of freshness.
This has also led to many foundations that were originally interested in investing in Chinese independent films to be unwilling to provide money...
So the sixth generation can only return to China, but their film market does not welcome them, so what should they do?
Everyone is clamoring to ask their superiors to learn from foreign countries, art films need government support, and there are new art theaters and the like...
Why didn't you say this before?
Because in the past, people from foreign income or this foundation or that film foundation could receive money directly!
Bringing it back, the domestic revenue of "Blockbuster" is also sufficient.
The theater chain's 40 million yuan account belongs to the net profit - production costs, publicity and distribution costs, business cooperation, and product placement are evenly divided.
After all, it is a modern theme. In comparison, "Xiu Chun Dao" is a bit difficult.
It is difficult to place advertisements on ancient costume martial arts, and even the copyrights are not easy to sell. Otherwise, why wouldn’t Hong Kong make martial arts films?
——After Jurassic Park was released in Hong Kong at the end of 1993, Hollywood special effects films that also relied on visual effects defeated the martial arts genre head-on!
Therefore, the cost control of "Xiu Chun Knife" is very...strict, only 20 million. If it is more, I won't give you a dime...
It's enough for Xu Ke to splurge - and there are no special effects scenes.
The total remuneration of actors is less than 5 million.
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As one of the three most famous writers born in the 1980s, Shen Xudong has always had regular fans!
Although the movie adapted from his work is only a novella in "The Lost Relics", Shen Xudong personally served as the screenwriter and producer of "Xiu Chun Knife", and the director was Xu Ke...
It definitely got a lot of attention!
As soon as I got off the plane, I took a bunch of interviews.
""Xiu Chun Knife"... I didn't plan to work with director Xu Ke at first, because there were some minor problems in the preparation of "The Ancient City", so the filming had to be postponed. Director Xu Ke happened to have three months of free time, so he simply made it I took out the "Embroidered Spring Knife"..."
"...When I wrote it, I actually focused on the plot, the story of three young civil servants...So, it is not passionate. Although there are fights, it is actually closer to a drama."
"When you tell a modern story, you will definitely have a lot of constraints and restrictions, so it is better to tell an ancient story without any intention of borrowing the past to satirize the present. I still want to write about the fate of the characters."
"The Chongzhen era at the end of the Ming Dynasty is actually quite interesting. You see, the emperor wanted to make a difference, but the country was already on the verge of collapse. The country's politics were in chaos... During such a period, little people wanted to fight against fate, but they just A small piece of gravel, even the emperor is powerless to control the course of history, so there is a natural sense of tragedy!"
"...The box office forecast is probably not too high. "Xiu Chun Knife" is not passionate enough, nor is it martial arts enough. I think a box office of 50 million would be great!"
"Well, this trip to Toronto went very smoothly. The overseas rights of several Jiahe action films have been sold..."
"It is unlikely that films like "The Raid" and "Crime City" will be released in the mainland. The plot is very bloody...the scale is very large...I never thought about it being released in the mainland from the beginning..."
"...Action films serve as the banner for Chinese-language films to go global, and we must continue to do so. The action stars who are currently carrying the flag are not well-known overseas, so they can only take the bloody and large-scale route. When they become famous, we will definitely It will converge..."
After chatting for a while, Shen Xudong quickly got in the car...
He has a lot going on.
Gao Fenfen has been sending various text messages these days, and the words between the lines are Huayi Brothers and Feng Xiaogang...
That's right, the Huayi brothers wanted to invest in "The Lawsuit" and hired screenwriter Liu Heng.
The Wang brothers weighed it up and decided to keep Feng Xiaogang at all costs - they promised to invest in "The Lawsuit" and "Reviewing the Past 1942"...
Both of these are big investments!
The cost of "Assembly" was 80 million, and the cost of "Review of 1942" was as high as 200 million!
If Huayi Brothers wants to go public, it needs performance.
Feng Xiaogang's movie is a golden brand, and they can't give up easily...
So, let’s get started!
Gao Fenfen wanted Shen Xudong to be the screenwriter of "The Lawsuit": "If you come forward, Director Feng will definitely lean towards us!"
Shen Xudong has no interest in "The Lawsuit": "It's just one more drama. If it doesn't work, let Director Feng work overtime..."
Gao Fenfen was speechless: "Working overtime...three dramas a year?"
"...What's wrong? Qiu Litao filmed three films for Jiahe this year, and he also filmed two films..." After a pause, Shen Xudong said: "There is a problem with the script of "The Lawsuit"..."
"What is the problem?"
"I do not like…"
Gao Fenfen changed the subject: "Have you watched "The Sun Also Rises"?"
"…What's wrong?"
"I don't think it's a good idea to invest in Jiang Wen's movie..."