Chapter 633 Chapter 184 "Racing" Is Released
The Olympic bid is quite famous. A top student from the film school was admitted first!
Yuan Shikong has been filming commercials since graduation, and has occasionally made a few short films. In addition to the award-winning "Helongchuangang", there are also "Chasing the Wave" and "I'm Not Brave", etc., which have a good reputation.
It was not until 2019 that I filmed my first work "The Beneficiary"...
The box office and reputation were mediocre, far inferior to "I'm Not the God of Medicine", another film also planned for the Seventy-Two Changes film.
But it’s okay, at least I’m making money!
So there is still a chance.
However, Shen Xudong chatted with him for a while and found that this person was too immature and didn't feel he knew much about feature film shooting. Come to think of it, he is only 21 years old this year...
Never made a movie at all.
Don't worry, we'll talk about it later.
The director of "Love Is Not Blind" probably needs to find someone with a little bit of experience.
However, Shen Xudong still invited him to watch "Racing" together - today is the premiere of "Crazy Racing"!
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I am actually quite upset about my bid for the Olympics. I feel like I have missed an opportunity...
It’s like this. Every new director has to face two thresholds. The first one is industry recognition, which means that the industry first recognizes that you are a director and that you can make movies;
The second step is market recognition. It says that your movie can make money. It doesn’t matter how much money you make. As long as you make money, even if you don’t lose much, it is benign.
In the past, young directors had to first experience industry recognition and then slowly gain market recognition. But in today's increasingly competitive market environment, there is a shortcut.
——Shen Xudong approves!
As long as Shen Xudong approves of you, you can make a movie, and it is very likely that you will directly gain fame and fortune!
Han Yan is it.
But the Olympic bid also knows that his performance this time is indeed not good...
Investors don't care about making money, but just want to make the director happy. There is only one possibility - he is your father!
Therefore, the Olympic bid did not fail, and I followed Shen Xudong to the premiere of "Crazy Racing"...
On the way, he really wanted to chat with Shen Xudong a few more words, but... there was no chance because Shen Xudong had been talking on the phone and spoke in English.
Oh, Xudong is chatting with the film director of New Line.
Both "The Raid" and "The Evil Dead" were released in North America. The former opened in 20 theaters, and expanded to 127 theaters two weeks after its release. Currently, the cumulative box office is close to 1.2 million US dollars, and there is a chance to expand to 500 theaters. The final box office forecast is Around $8 million…
In comparison, "The Evil Dead" is a bit worse - after all, it focuses on cops and gangsters, plot genres, single theater box office and market performance are not as good as "The Raid".
Estimated to be up to $3 million…
By the way, Toby Emmerich said, "Dwayne Johnson is very interested in "The Bad Guys"..."
"Dwayne Johnson..."
"Yes, he wants to go to China to interview you specifically..."
"...No, I will go to Los Angeles in half a month..."
Dwayne Johnson is not a first-line actor yet, he can only be considered a second-line action actor. After all, he is not Matthew...
Dawn should be on the front line of "Journey to the Center of the Earth 2" and "Fast and Furious 5", and then start a blockbuster career.
Well, he actually didn’t become famous just by relying on a series of works. He basically became famous through scattered works.
Talking about the two works, in fact, apart from North America, "The Evil Dead" has beaten "The Raid" at the box office in Asia. Well... I can't actually say it beats "The Raid", but the situation is indeed much better. Half a month after its release, "The Evil Dead" has already It took in 13 million US dollars at the box office, while "The Raid" only made 9 million US dollars...
Well, of these two movies, "The Evil Dead" will be released in mainland China during New Year's Day. It is estimated that the box office will not be good because it has deleted many violent and bloody scenes...
"The Evil Dead" is all about fighting violence with violence. The absence of violent and bloody scenes means that the biggest attraction is gone!
It's normal, why was Sammo Hung the director of "The Bad Guys" instead of Li Am!
Not everyone is qualified to edit the footage themselves, control their own scale, and then release it nationwide.
The global box office of "The Raid" and "The Evil Dead" are both estimated to be over US$20 million...
It's already very good. The former cost 3 million US dollars, and the latter cost 8 million US dollars. In addition, several of Golden Harvest's films this year have basically become hits, and "Happy Death Day" and "Purge 2" that they participated in have also made huge profits. …
The secondary market responded very promptly - compared to last year when Shen Xudong first took over Golden Harvest, the market value has increased more than seven times. Today, the market value is HK$8.2 billion, making it the leader in the Hong Kong entertainment industry!
Therefore, when Gao Fenfen said he wanted to establish a theater chain, Shen Xudong immediately agreed.
Already rich? Directly issued additional shares worth HK$700 million for theater development and construction.
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The premiere of "Racing" was very lively.
After a year and a half of publicity, Ning Hao's reputation as a talented director has basically become popular among the people.
Coupled with Tianmei Media’s strong resource mobilization capabilities, the media, celebrities, and directors have opened a lot.
Shen Xudong even saw Chen Kexin!
"The last "Stone" surprised me. Young mainland directors are so brave. I immediately became a fan of director Ning Hao. I heard that this time "Racing" will continue this narrative style, so I will definitely want to do it. A sneak peek!”
Chen Kexin is very good at being a good person. When interviewed by the media, she praised Ning Hao in all kinds of ways.
Han Shanping and Huang Jianxin also praised Ning Hao, praising him as "the most commercially valuable young director".
When we arrived at Shen Xudong, the reporter asked, "How much did you participate in the script of "Racing"? ’
Shen Xudong answered more directly: "Ning Hao was too tired. The script of "Racing" took two months to write. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I joined in and helped sort out the clues and clarify the main elements. The script is all his. I wrote it with seven or eight screenwriters...my role is mainly to accelerate!"
"It's quite interesting. Ning Hao's comedies are real and close to life." After a pause, Shen Xudong continued: "Before Ning Hao, most Chinese comedy movies, at least those that advertised as comedies, were mostly "funny" in their form of expression. Closeness means actively achieving the effect through moderate or excessive exaggeration of the actor's facial expressions, dialogue content, and body movements.
Stephen Chow's "nonsense" style influenced most Chinese comedies of the same period and even young people's aesthetic appreciation of humor. However, traditional comedies in the mainland such as "Hands Up" cannot get rid of the routine of relying on actors to act ugly to please the audience. Of course, we also have high-quality comedies like Ge You + Feng Xiaogang, but their "laughing fruit" still seems a little subtle.
Ning Hao is different from them. It can be seen from "Stone" that in his character there is almost no scene where any character takes the initiative to be "funny". All the narratives are serious, but they are just coke. "
“The same goes for ‘Racing’!”
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The whole movie "Racing" is quite absurd and funny, the actors all have great acting skills, the lines are very humorous, and there are many famous quotes.
Of course, it is definitely not as good as "The Stone" because the connotation cannot be compared. The background of "The Stone" is actually the sorrow of the great era. The background or origin of the story is the wave of layoffs and the great development of real estate. Everyone is swept up in it. Who can There is no escape either. The sense of fate and powerlessness adds to the layer and depth of the story itself.
"Racing" is more of an entertainment property and lacks the resonance of the times.
But what a movie theater wants is a sense of atmosphere.
The experience of "Racing" is great, especially in terms of characters. Needless to say, Geng Hao, the brother-in-law and brother-in-law postgraduate entrance examination duo, Li Farah and his wife can make a big fuss if they are singled out, the underworld quartet, and the funeral service duo The team, Brother Chachai, and the police officer with the accent are all outstanding. Even the lady at the front desk of the hotel is an impressive presence. On the one hand, the outstanding performance of the actors successfully embodied the contradictions and oppositions in the story. On the other hand, the audience also became more interested. It is easy to connect intricate story logic and characters together.
There are also many famous lines.
"You are full of jingles, you want to take the postgraduate entrance examination!"
"Brother, it tastes wrong..."
"The local gangs are so unruly!"
The whole screening room burst into laughter...