China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 272 Where is the new movie Waterloo?
Alberto Barbara, chairman of the Venice International Film Festival, has repeatedly asked about the progress of the film, and has repeatedly confirmed with whom whether it can be completed before Venice.He Fang always said that he couldn't guarantee it and could only try his best, because who can say what happened later.

实际上除了威尼斯国际电影节，还有圣塞巴斯蒂安国际电影节（每年的9月中旬）、蒙特利尔世界电影节（每年的8月下旬）、洛迦诺国际电影节（每年的8月）、卡罗维发利国际电影节（每年的7月上旬）、东京国际电影节（每年的10月）……

A number of international A-class films that are in good time are inviting He Fang to come over, and they have promised to give generous awards in the open and in the dark.

He Fang was the youngest international director who gained fame and fortune back then, and Leonardo was the international Uranus superstar. When these two are combined, how many movie festivals are drooling, how much attention and traffic this is ah.

Of course, the Shanghai International Film Festival also called to ask about it years ago. This is really unsatisfactory. The Shanghai Film Festival is in June. If it can catch up with the Shanghai Festival, it will definitely catch up with Cannes. Wouldn’t it be nice to go to Cannes?

In fact, as for the selection of film festivals, everyone knows that Venice is the best choice, but other film festivals still have a chance before the selection is confirmed.

After the filming has entered the end of April, He Fang has one more thing to do, which is to remotely promote the release of his new film, that is, "Violent Street" will be released on May 4st in China, and it will be released on April 27. It happened to be Saturday, and it was also two days before the domestic May Day holiday.

He Fang's remote publicity is to build momentum on Weibo, spread a wave of publicity on Twitter, let the media send a wave of press releases, and then post some trailers.

It's a pity that the fate of "Violent Neighborhood" is really bad. The director is not free, he is filming and cannot promote it, and the lead actor Wu Jing is also filming his "Wolf Warrior" and has no time.In the end, "Violent Neighborhood" became a guy that his mother didn't love or loved. There must be no premiere, and he couldn't even see the main creator for promotion, so why talk about a premiere?Just like that, it was shown shirtless.

Wu Jing was quite worried, after all, it was He Fang's heroine drama he took on, and he felt uncomfortable after it was released like this.

But He Fang persuaded him and called him for more than an hour.

"Brother Jing, do you know how many people scolded me for "Invasion of Wall Street" and "Human Purge Project" at that time? They kept scolding me for being anti-American and hating good people in America.

You know what movie "Street of Violence" is, so there is no need to promote it at all, just like "The Purge", fans will watch it, and the box office will not be bad, don't worry.If we don't come forward, we will be less likely to participate in the scolding war in the face of public opinion. If the box office is not good, I will come forward to scold people, and the heat will rise after scolding. "

He Fang's explanation made Wu Jing feel stupid, "Director He, there is still such a way of propaganda?"

"Is it strange? It's not surprising at all. "Human Purge Project" was released in this way, and it has achieved a global box office of 1.97 million US dollars, nearly [-] million. Such a low-cost film. Don't worry, the box office of "Violent Street" It won't be less than [-] million."

"Hey, can you still play like this?"

"Of course it can. If it wasn't rated PG-13, the box office would have been even higher. Think about it, the "Human Purge Project" was rated R and took 1.97 million." He Fang explained.

"Okay, you know this better than me, so I'll listen to you."

"You should take good care of your "Wolf Warrior". After filming, you can just pick up "Operation Mekong"."

"Ok."

……

In fact, "Violent Street" is different from what Fang predicted?Basically close to ten.

Because of the release of He Fang's new film, everyone's enthusiasm is still very high. After all, "The Origin of the White Snake" in the Spring Festival file gave the global audience an audio-visual feast.

Ever since, many people flocked into the theater on the first day of its release, and the attendance rate reached 100% at one point, especially the film critics were looking forward to it.

It's just... After watching the movie... many audience members took a deep breath.

"This fucking America is too dark, right? Why is Detroit so dark?"

"It seems to be true. I seem to have seen such an introduction on the Internet, saying that Detroit has become the city of gangsters in the United States."

"Tsk tsk, the point is that according to the introduction of He Fang's movie, their police and some of their departments seem to be involved, is it true?"

"It should be true, otherwise how could this movie be released? The United States also has censorship, okay?"

"Is there any censorship for American movies? Isn't that what American movies want to make?"

"Then the United States can still wash dishes and buy villas, do you believe it? The censorship in the United States is loose. Strictly speaking, they only grade and do not censor. But, try to make an anti-Semitic movie in the United States, you make one Try making a movie against capitalists, try making a movie against military-industrial complexes. There are also black materials from these departments, such as agricultural associations, bar associations, medical associations, tax police, etc., you can go and make a try, you Let's see if you can show it."

"So it's not as free as in the legend?"

"Of course……"

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"He Fang's new film reveals American black material again. This is the third part of his black beauty. Will the trilogy end or continue? It is worthy of attention."

"He Fang, you should do some personnel work, people are calling your name, don't you know how to live or die? Why is He Fang so stubborn? The United States is so good, you always want to black him? He is the largest paper media in the United States. Criticize you, are you still so reckless?"

"It seems that the United States is still too tolerant of He Fang, and from the side view, the United States is a very tolerant and free place. A foreigner like He Fang repeatedly blackmailed them, and they still ignored them, at most they wrote This article criticizes something. If you put it in... right, let's see what the reaction will be..."

"He Fang, if you make a movie, make a movie, don't bring private goods, okay? I like He Fang's movies very much, starting with his "Far Cry". But this guy is very annoying when he makes some private goods. What about "Invasion of Wall Street" , What about the "Human Purge Project" and now "Violent Neighborhoods". I feel that under the lens of where, the United States is rotten from capitalists to politicians to the streets. Since the United States is so rotten, why is it the world's number one? A strong country? He Fang, is it interesting for you to forcibly go to the black?"

"Withdrawn and withdrawn, I can't watch it anymore. I was a little interested in watching He Fang take up Chinese movies, but this time I can't watch it anymore. I thought he could lead everyone to civilization and progress, but I didn't expect it. You are a brainless black man, why do you bring private goods when you make a film? How is this different from the directors of literary films you criticize? You criticize others, and now you are shooting black things.”

"Ha, upstairs, there is a difference between He Fang and domestic literary film directors. He Fang's American trilogy is all facts. Those who have known him know that he is not exaggerating, he is just stating the facts.

He just stated a fact. Why do so many people jump their feet?How uncomfortable does this fact make you?In addition, he is different from domestic literary film directors.Domestic directors of literary and artistic films try to magnify and sublimate the domestic dirty black and then use it to win awards, but He Fang's films are not domestic, but American.One inside, one outside, that's the difference. "

"He Fang's movies let us understand the world. No matter how many people criticize He Fang's trilogy for being slanderous to the United States, since they filmed and released it, it proves that there are some facts. So, we can at least learn from it. Seeing part of the truth also allows us to learn more about the world."

"I like He Fang's movies, but I don't understand why so many people oppose them. They just make movies, so why do they want to go online? Americans don't make gangster movies anymore? Hong Kong also makes gangster movies, and Europe also makes gangster movies. Ah, island countries also make films, and South Korea also makes films... Everyone can make gangster films.

Why is it all right here?Is it because he didn't look good?I think every film is very good-looking, why not He Fang?Americans themselves are still filming "The Godfather", "Once Upon a Time in America", "Goodfellas", "Scarface"...

Americans themselves have made many classic gangster movies, why can't He Fang make them?What's the point?Why?Why?The Americans didn't say anything, why are so many Chinese so anxious? "

……

Amidst the quarrels on the Internet, the box office of "Violent Street" was released on the first day, with 5132 million in the domestic first day, which made some people in the country very happy.

"Waterloo on the First Day of He Fang's New Film"

"Where is the movie not working"

"He Fang finally stepped down from the altar"

"He Fang Movie's First Day Box Office Lost"

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As soon as these reports came out, everyone was shocked, thinking that He Fang's new film had really hit the street, so they interviewed Tuanhuo Culture and actively contacted He Fang.

Zhang Qian of Tuanhuo Culture showed a smile in an interview: "Many people have seen that the box office of "The Origin of the White Snake" was more than 9000 million on the first day, so the first day of "Violent Street" was just over 5000 million, which is Waterloo. wrong."

"Mr. Zhang, what's wrong?" the reporter asked.

"First of all, the types of movies are different. "The Origin of the White Snake" is a blockbuster with special effects, and the production cost is hundreds of millions. That is, a niche experimental film, with a production cost of more than 1000 million US dollars, and the film rating is PG-13, which means that it can only be seen by people over the age of 13. Can this be compared?"

"Second is the schedule. "The Origin of the White Snake" is a big schedule for the Spring Festival, and everyone is on holiday to celebrate the festive atmosphere of the New Year. "Violent Street" is on the May Day holiday, and the day it is released is still a working day. We think we can get 5000 The box office in the early [-]s is already very good, why did it become Waterloo in the mouth of your media?"

Faced with Zhang Qian's answer, the public opinion suddenly died down. Zhang Qian was right, and those who opposed could not find a better reason to refute.You can't compare a movie with a low-to-medium production cost with a movie at the level of a Hollywood blockbuster, can you?
Some people who wanted to take advantage of this bad news beat their chests and stamped their feet, regretting it.

Sure enough, the next box office trend was still on the rise. On the second day, China won 6378 million, North America also won 2048 million for two consecutive weekends, and the rest of the world won 5119 million for two weekends.

It grossed a total of 8994 million US dollars in two weekends around the world. Although it is not as strong as special effects blockbusters, it is already a god-level performance among cult films of the same level.

Especially the word-of-mouth abroad is not bad, domestic... Douban gave a score of 6.3, why is the score so low?It is because a group of people came in to score low scores.

"Bad movie, where's the Waterloo movie." This short comment at the top has more than 1 likes and more than 1000 comments.

"Have you watched it? It's a bad movie if you open your mouth? Do you know what the evaluation criteria are for a bad movie?"

"He knows shit, he's a sailor, a sunspot who came here specifically to be black."

"Ask him what audio-visual language is, can he speak it? Dead troll."

"I think it's very beautiful. Wu Jing's parkour is very good, and the fighting is very passionate. The key is that the plot is very good. It is too dark to be run by gangsters into a hellish 'red brick special zone'. People in it want to come out, but they can only pass through The sky looks at the tall buildings in the distance.

And as an agent, Wu Jing went in not to uphold justice, but to help the Alphabet Bureau get back the drugs. This is really dark.Fortunately, Wu Jing also has a sense of justice... Such a good plot, such a good action scene, some people say it is a bad movie, I really don't understand. "

"Don't pay attention to these trolls, it's really disgusting, and Douban doesn't care about it. If a movie is allowed to be slandered by trolls, how can it truly reflect the quality of this movie? The new Maoyan is very good. Their ratings and reviews are based on real movie tickets.

On Maoyan, the rating of this movie is 9.1, and it is all rated by people who have actually watched the movie. That is called a real movie review. If Douban continues like this, it will be over. "

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"I know how to slander the United States. If you can't get along in the United States, you will change your tricks to smear the United States, and make this kind of bad film to disgust people." There are also five or six hundred comments.

"Why do people slander the United States? Americans can make gangster movies themselves, and European directors can also go to the United States to make gangster movies. Why is it slander for a Chinese director to make an American gangster movie? Where are you going to jump and scold?"

"Some people don't like He Fang telling the truth, that's their spiritual totem, that's their ideal country on the other side, they don't allow anyone to tell the truth, once they tell it, it's like stepping on their tail, and they bite people in a hurry. "

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The IMDb website score is not bad, 7.6 points, the most liked action scenes, followed by complaints about the chaos in Detroit, and praise for He Fang's use of the camera.

(End of this chapter)