Chapter 802 I Know These People Can’t Sit Still!

Several of Zhang Yi's films before the new screen were distributed in North America. For example, "Hero" was distributed by Miramax, and "House of Flying Daggers" and "The City of Golden Armor" were also distributed by them. Sony Classics…

Including "Three Guns", "Hawthorn Tree Love"...

Sony Classics is part of Sony Corporation, so it is unlikely to take over the publishing work of "Thirteen Hairpins"!

In fact, North American audiences don't pay much attention to Japanese-related World War II works, including Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters from Iwo Jima." The former was grossed out at a box office of 30 million, while the latter was only less than 14 million.

No, "Unbreakable" directed by Angelina Jolie, which is the story of the hard-core ruthless Louis Zamperini being captured and tortured, has sold more than 100 million in North America!

I wonder if a film about Li Mei cooking barbecue in Japan will be a global hit?

Ahem...

In fact, Riben attaches great importance to cleaning himself up!

Nippon is very influential in Hollywood. Two of the major Hollywood companies are Nippon: Sony Columbia and Sony Classics...

In addition, they can control a lot of media!

In the original time and space, "Thirteen Hairpins" was severely attacked by "The Hollywood Reporter", "Wall Street Journal" and "The New York Times" during its North American screenings...

It is very simple for them to discredit "The Thirteen Hairpins" by saying that it is a "movie invested by the Chinese government" and "a propaganda film to demonize the Sino-Japanese war!" ’…

In the original time and space, after the movie was released, the mayor of Nagoya publicly stated that "the Nanjing Massacre did not exist"...

In order to distance himself from the relationship, Bell also emphasized many times that he was just an actor and did not care about politics!

Shen Xudong asked her if she had any good ideas, and Joseph confessed: "If you want to release this movie in the United States, the best time is May or June next year. Don't rush to Austria... If you release and release it now, I'm worried about the media." Make the movie political, because the power of Japan and Japan in Hollywood is obvious to all, and Western society fundamentally supports Japan and Japan’s attitude of denying the Nanjing Massacre.”

“What if I pay someone to argue for me?”

Joseph shook his head: "It's useless... not many people care about this... unless the movie is really outstanding... like "See It Yourself" and "Ivan's Childhood"..."

Shen Xudong thought about it and then said: "It shouldn't reach that level..."

"As long as you understand... In our era, classics cannot be born!"

"But I just want it to be released in December... You can help me figure out how much I need to spend on a large-scale release... call me later!"

"No need to wait," Joseph replied directly: "At least 15 million US dollars..."

"Damn it, is it so expensive?"

"You have to support the box office, right? You have to find influential experts and film critics to write some good reviews, and you have to arrange more media to help you say good things... These all cost money..."

"That's not $15 million, right?"

"I have reported less, taking the risk of offending Sony...and challenging the traditional cognition of Americans..."

Shen Xudong was confused: "You are also an American. You believe in the Nanjing Massacre..."

Joseph was speechless: "That's because I have been to the Holocaust Memorial Museum and know a lot about it. How many people in the United States do you think have seen the memorial like me? It's not like you haven't seen Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun"! "

"alright, I got it…"

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Of course Shen Xudong knows "Empire of the Sun", the work of the great director Spielberg.

I have a general understanding of the original novel of this movie, but it is far from the theme of the movie.

Spielberg's adaptation is so great that the whole movie seriously vilifies the image of the Chinese people, but it won't happen if there is a positive Chinese person!

Is Spielberg really doing it for art? He can't even give a positive image of China. It's obviously Western political correctness and contempt or hatred for China. Moreover, the name of the movie is "Empire of the Sun", which country is it talking about? It goes without saying that Ming viewed Japan's invasion of China as a child...

It's a bit like the Iraqi reporters they filmed with the US military.

If all Spielberg's war movies have similar techniques, then I might think that Spielberg doesn't understand war and is too idealistic about war, so he made this movie. But in fact, he shot it as a Jew. Another movie, "Schindler's List," vividly depicts the cruelty of the Nazis, the cruelty of war, the suffering of the Jews, the unity of people facing despair, and the glory of Jewish humanity.

So, Jews are noble?

If we make a film called "Cross Empire", a Chinese child in a German concentration camp during World War II would be full of admiration for German fighter jets and Germans, and portray the Germans as majestic and majestic. By the way, the Jews he met were all greedy, profit-seeking and extremely calculating people, while the Germans were more majestic with flesh and blood...

I wonder if some people will call this movie epic?

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If there is no memory, Shen Xudong may really spend money...

Exchange the sympathy of the American people with a movie...

Thinking too much!

Americans don't care about this at all...

They don't even care about the world, especially Hollywood stars. They know nothing about the real world. Golden Globe host Ricky Gevins mocked them in public, "If ISIS sets up a streaming platform, for money, you will continue." Cooperate with it. ’

I thought it was an exaggeration until the famous actress Patricia Arquette said something like 'Kick Russia out of NATO'!

This Patricia Arquette is not a small star. She has won Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, and various awards...

As for the Japanese people?

They generally believe that the atomic bomb attack on Japan was tragic enough. What does China want to do by repeatedly showing its scars to the world? It is better to take care of its own domestic affairs first!

There is another point of view: Does China want to cover up the true history by promoting the Holocaust so hard? Is the Nanjing Massacre real?

The so-called director used his reputation to shoot a movie to reveal real historical events to the world...

It is not meaningful!

The influence of the movie is overestimated...

Without the support of public opinion behind you, do you still want to convince the whole world?

Jews use movies as a mass communication tool to continuously strengthen the memory of that period of history.

Not to mention their even greater investment in real historical research.

What about us?

"Rabe's Diary" was a dismal box office success at home and was not released in the United States...

But then again, I remember the North American evaluation of "The Thirteen Beauties". The media's favorable rating was 33%, which was very bad; the audience's favorable rating was 83%!

Therefore, Shen Xudong cannot do nothing and spend 10 million US dollars to spread the movie's dissemination...

This is also considered his obligation as a Chinese!

Shen Xudong asked Joseph to contact New Line and let New Line take over the distribution - instead of competing for the Olympics, it will be released directly in March next year...

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On the 13th, in the company, Shen Xudong expressed his opinion to Gao Fenfen while looking through the first-day box office and reputation of "Thirteen Hairpins":

"If you want to compete for the Olympics, it will be difficult. This movie is too fair... I discussed with the American side that it will not compete for the Olympics. It will be released in May or June next year and choose a cooler schedule."

"Isn't it possible? Not even PR?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "Public relations are not good... If you have watched "A Farewell" and "The Boy on a Bicycle", you will know that "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" is far behind!"

"Is "A Separation" that good?"

"It's very good... and "Little Shoes" didn't win the Oscar that year, which can be regarded as compensation for Iranian films!"

"A Separation" is one of the most successful works in the history of Iranian cinema.

From taking over the Fajr Film Festival in Iran, to winning the Golden and Silver Bears in Berlin, to winning the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, the film has won nearly 100 awards in major film festivals and selections.

"Does Director Yi know about this?"

"I haven't told him yet..."

Gao Fenfen calculated the schedule and said: "...The day after tomorrow, you will also go to Nanjing the day after tomorrow. When we meet, we will explain to him in detail..."

"...Okay...but "Thirteen Beauties" only had a box office of 14 million yesterday, which is not high!"

"It's only released at 6 o'clock. It's amazing to break 10 million."

“…The reputation is pretty good…”

While they were talking, Chen Xi knocked on the door and came in with a few newspapers in his hand: "As you expected, experts and professors jumped out!"

Shen Xudong was delighted: "Who is there?"

"Zhu Dake from Tongji University, Xiao Ying from Tsinghua University. Professor Qinghe from Zhejiang University...especially Zhu Dake, directly criticized "The Thirteen Hairpins are Zhang Yimou's cyan dream of getting rich"..."

"I know Zhu Dake, who gained a lot of fame by scolding Xie Jin before?"

"Yes, yes, that's him!"

Shen Xudong took the newspaper and said: "Xiao Ying...I also know..."

"What great research does he have?"

"No…"