Chapter 476 Are you going to travel?

Author: Fried Daikin

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 will organize film critics from many international authoritative media to rate the competition films, and quantify them in detail, so that the results are clear at a glance.

"Screen" spoke highly of "Carol": "In "Carol," Gong Li and Evan Rachel play a pair of gay couples in the United States in the 1950s. They are 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 expressed their congratulations to 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 highlight of the May Day movies is of course "Hurricane", and then there is "Jasmine Blooms"...

"Jasmine Blooms" doesn't have much box office prospects in terms of genre. It's just that Zhang Ziyi + Chen Chong have 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 Zhang Ziyi who got involved now, so it was released quickly...

Then play against "Taken".

"Rescue" 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 doesn't have much to tell. Jing Tian plays Wu Jing's sister, who is abducted while traveling in Hong Kong and shipped 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 met.

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 group, 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 audio and video rights, and TV rights taking the lead!

Therefore, the investment in publicity is not very high - how can we invest money in publicity for action movies?

The genre has been determined, posters have been laid out, and some trailers have been 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, and 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 Design, so he arranged the fight with 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, there is a response to "Tom Yum Goong" 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.

So this year, only one movie, "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?"

Tianya, the entertainment section of major Tieba forums 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 not idle either. It doesn’t cost money anyway, so readers can speculate as much as they like.

Those who have integrity are quite cautious and use conservative descriptions such as "maybe" and "opportunity". Those who have no integrity just ignore it and use precise words. It seems that "Carol" has already been awarded 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...

Come to France but not Paris? Wouldn’t it be a waste of time!

While I still had some time, I went to Paris and stayed for three days. I just looked around and felt 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?
Chapter completed!