American fame and fortune

Chapter 865 is full of awe

　Today, Nolan has become a signature brand of high-quality commercial films.

A "Dark Knight" and a "Inception" made Nolan a **** in the hearts of countless movie fans.

  Nolan can be said to be a typical star director of this era. Together with Martin as the leading actor, he is hailed as a golden combination in movies and has huge market appeal.

Since mid-June, the crew and creative staff, including Martin and Nolan, have been frequently interviewed on TV or in magazines.

The so-called "brain-burning science fiction masterpiece of the year" has also been hyped in publicity announcements.

At the same time, there is also the so-called movie viewing guide that has been widely circulated.

 Similar to "Inception" back then, "Interstellar" has not yet been released, and related physics science popularization and expert analysis are bombarded on major online platforms at the rhythm of the screen.

 In the promotional video for "Interstellar", there are almost no scenes from the movie.

In the last trailer released in July, Martin's voiceover was paired with a large number of real aerospace archive footage from NASA and SpaceX, which also attracted a large number of aerospace fans.

Nolan became interested and said with a smile: "Maybe one day, we will become opponents at the Oscars."

If this happens, Martin may not even be considered a rival to Nolan if he just makes movies.

 “Nolan and Martin’s new film creates a cosmic wonder!”

 Martin followed him to a place where there were few people.

The female companion holding his arm is neither Amber Heard nor Dalulla Riley, who is remarried to him, but a stranger.

The group entered the VIP room. Daniel, the president of Warner Pictures, greeted Nolan and immediately came to see Martin: "Let's have a few words alone."

“Martin, who was rescued in space last time, shoulders the destiny of saving mankind this time, and performs a different kind of romance that is rational and rigorous!”

 The fat white man Musk, who had been waiting for a long time, saw that there was no one around Martin, so he came over.

He would rather want Nolan to continue to cooperate with Martin and continue to make science fiction movies, even original science fiction movies.

Daniel roughly guessed what Nolan was thinking: "For the Oscar?"

Musk did not mean to introduce it, but spoke directly to Martin: "Man, congratulations on the North American box office of "John Wick 3" exceeding 500 million US dollars. If I had known that it was so popular, I would have guest-starred as the villain."

 Hollywood's reflection method is not easy to use in North America.

　　There are huge crowds of people in front of the Dolby Theater.

 Martin thought for a while, maybe one day he said: "Chris, the gap between you and me is too big in terms of directing."

 Jessica Chastain turned her back to the camera, showing off her beautiful white back.

　　After taking routine photos, Martin and Nolan walked in front and entered the Dolby Theater together.

Daniel nodded, but frowned when he left, because the market prospects for this type of film are not very good, even if the director is Christopher Nolan.

The fans shouted everyone's name almost crazily. When the four people stood in the media area, the flash on the camera turned the sunset into the blazing midday sun.

The two of them were chatting about Oscar preparations while walking.

Nolan came over and asked: "What about the next project you will direct? Do you have any plans?"

 Warner Pictures has full confidence in the combination of Nolang and Martin. As the film is approaching release, the film has received overwhelming publicity in all aspects.

 “That’s it.” Daniel was a little worried about the market prospects.

The two have experienced cooperation, split and then cooperation. It can be said that they are extremely familiar with each other. Daniel directly asked: "Aren't you going to collaborate with Nolan on his next film?"

 But when the director has reached the level of Nolan, just like the actors have reached the level of Martin and Leonardo, the studio can no longer force it.

 In order to create a buzz and show off, at Nolan’s suggestion, Martin, Nolan, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain walked on the red carpet of the premiere together.

 Especially when smiling, crow's feet are too obvious.

Martin only revealed it to Louise, but when Nolan asked, he still said a few more words: "If you don't direct "Joker", I plan to give it a try myself."

 Martin was not surprised and did not continue the topic.

“Interstellar” scientifically presents the wonders of black holes to the big screen for the first time, creating the most stunning visual effects in film history!”

“Louise was responsible for the latter part,” said Martin.

 After the Independence Day holiday, Warner Pictures held a grand premiere for "Interstellar" in Los Angeles.

 For Oscar, Nolan is not exempt from conventions, so he chose the very politically correct theme Dunkirk evacuation for his next project.

Martin said: "The theme of his next film is the evacuation of Dunkirk. There will be no male protagonist, and the main roles are all planned to be played by British actors."

 Hollywood is no longer an era where one company is the only one.

 Martin suddenly discovered that compared to Jessica Chastain, who was older than her actual age, Anne Hathaway on the other side looked older.

 Martin smiled: "You should discuss the details with Director Nolan. Warner Bros. is still his first choice."

Although he learned a lot from Nolan, he only learned a small part of his directing ability. On the contrary, Martin learned 70% to 80% of Nolan's marketing master.

Especially in recent years, there have been an increasing number of views that "Saving Private Ryan" and "Schindler's List" are overly sensational.

Nolan said seriously: ""The Dark Knight Rises" is my last superhero movie."

“I heard that the first movie you directed has started post-production?” Nolan asked.

  World War II-themed movies have not performed well commercially in Hollywood in recent years. Audiences seem to no longer appreciate the so-called humanistic care and reflection.

This guy has many fans online and acts in a very high-profile manner. Martin continued: "The next part of the series, "New York Continental Hotel," will start filming soon. If you are interested, you can make a guest appearance on the set."

Musk was very interested in this: "Leave me your contact information."

Martin left Chad Starsky’s contact information with him and said: “Tesla is very popular recently, and the stock price is rising very fast.”

"What does this mean?" Musk never lacks confidence: "I operate well!"

He smiled so hard that the flesh on his face was shaking: "What I promised you is correct, right? Every dollar you invest in Tesla has achieved at least a tenfold increase!"

Martin said: “Hopefully it will go up tenfold.”

Musk vowed: “It will definitely happen.”

 Martin deliberately looked like he believed in him.

  When Martin invested in Tesla in 2012, Tesla’s market value was only US$3.2 billion.

What now? The market capitalization reached nearly US$33 billion.

 Martin has invested $50 million in Tesla twice, plus the stocks purchased in the secondary market. The investment has the lowest increase, which is more than ten times.

The two chatted about investment for a while, and a staff member came over to remind them that the premiere screening was about to begin.

Musk left the lounge first with his female companion. Martin joined the creative team and followed Nolan and Emma Thomas into the screening hall.

Although "Interstellar" is an original movie that leans towards a hard science fiction style, due to the strong market appeal of Martin and Nolan, the Dolby Theater tonight was full of seats.

 In the entire Hollywood director circle, Nolan's fans are definitely ranked first in terms of craziness, and no other director can match it.

From the moment the crew entered the theater to everyone taking their seats in the front row, the waves of applause in the Dolby Theater never stopped.

 It was not until the lights on the ceiling went out that the theater returned to silence.

Perhaps in order to create a sense of reality, the film adopts a pseudo-documentary approach at the beginning, with some old people describing the crisis the earth is experiencing.

The earth is experiencing extreme climate, food crisis and widespread death of plants caused by blight. The end is approaching. The only remaining team of NASA and SpaceX found the hero and asked him to lead the last team through the planet near Saturn. Wormholes, looking for potentially habitable planets.

At first glance, this is an interstellar adventure science fiction epic.

 From time to space to wormholes, everything shown in the picture gives people a sense of shock.

 But essentially, it’s still a Hollywood cliché.

 For example, family and affection.

 The result is that love saves everything.

 This point cannot be said to be good or bad, but under the shocking scenes, such an old-fashioned theme will definitely cause the film to cause some controversy.

Of course, Nolan insisted on using IMAX cameras to shoot and refused to use 3D images. The effect is indeed so good that it can be called "one of the most beautiful space images in the history of movies."

 The visual effects and the appearance of the black hole are enough to attract many viewers to go to the theater to watch this space blockbuster.

Another point is that time, space and thinking logic have always been one of the selling points of Nolan's films. This time he threw his ambitions for time and space directly into the vast universe.

As for the true and false physics and space theories, it is difficult to say how much the audience can understand.

 The experience of the past few decades shows that the more difficult a film is to be understood by a majority of the audience, the worse its commercial performance will be.

 Some movies, even if they are blown up by some fan groups, will still take more than ten or twenty years to recover the cost.

 When the screening of "Interstellar" ended, there was thunderous applause.

 In fact, many viewers don’t understand the things in space at all.

 But those who attended the premiere were mostly die-hard fans of Martin and Nolan. Even if they didn’t understand it, they would still say that the film was well shot and very exciting.

 Even those who dare to express their opinions and say that they don’t understand or are being arrogant will immediately be criticized as brainless, idiots and idiots, saying that these are problems with your IQ, not the movie.

Especially the die-hard fans of Nolan.

 Similar situations have already happened three times in the IMDB battles and social media battles of "The Dark Knight", "Inception" and "The Dark Knight Rises".

 Nolan took Martin and other crew members on stage for the curtain call. In addition to the still warm applause, he also won a round of cheers.

 The premiere ended, and the crew and creative staff were the first to leave.

In the front hall where the audience will leave the show, multiple staff members of Warner Pictures conducted a random questionnaire survey.

Nolan’s fans spoke enthusiastically and expressed their love and admiration for Nolan’s movies in the questionnaire feedback.

“It’s really so magnificent that I can’t describe it in words. I burst into tears at the end.”

"Can I give 100 stars? Can I give 100 stars to "Interstellar"? It's full of awe, for the universe, for the movie, and for director Nolan!"

“My friend asked me why my knees hurt, because I watched the entire movie on my knees!”

 “I am so shocked that I don’t know what to say now.”

Just when Nolan's fans were expressing their excitement, some enthusiastic fans passing nearby shouted loudly: "God-like Nolan!"

 “Nolan, you are my faith!”

Faced with Nolan’s films, ardent fans seem to have lost their minds.

Perhaps there are directors in Hollywood who have more fans than Nolan, but they definitely don’t have as many fanatical supporters as Nolan.

 Let alone the director, even Martin's fans are not so enthusiastic.

This may also be related to the fact that Martin does a lot of shabby things in his daily life. He is constantly breaking the filters used to create gods.

 Scandals about Martin are flying everywhere, and the trio of **** are notorious...

Just like no one would worship Leonardo and Nicholson as gods.

Shortly after Martin left the theater, he received a message forwarded by Thomas, and the live audience scores calculated by Warner Pictures were released.

 Unexpectedly "A+".

In addition, there is one more number - an average of 97 points!

Such statistics also gave Warner Pictures so much confidence that it lifted the ban on "Interstellar" that night.

 The next morning, the IMDB score was released, starting at an astonishing 9.6 points!

This is better than the starting scores of "The Dark Knight" and "Inception"!

 It just shows that Nolan is being deified.

  In stark contrast, Rotten Tomatoes’ Rotten Tomatoes collection of column film reviews has a freshness rating of only 78%!

This number is not bad, but compared with the Rotten Tomatoes reputation of previous Nolan films, it can only be said to be average.

"Hollywood Report" said: Martin Davis' performance is as outstanding as ever, and the Oscar nomination for Best Actor is beckoning to Martin again, but director Nolan is lost in space. The plot of the movie is unattractive and relies entirely on high concepts. And Martin's performance holds up.

"Empire" believes that director Nolan's new film is too fettered by worldly emotions, resulting in a vulgar story and theme, too many plot loopholes, and insufficient overall tension.

Some media and film critics even said: "Interstellar" is a rotten film wrapped in colorful sugar coating.

Compared to the criticism the film and Nolan received, Martin's performance was still praised.

“Martin interprets the role of a father who puts family first very well, and several emotional scenes are truly tear-jerking.”

 In the period between the premiere and the release, the reputation of "Interstellar" showed a trend of differentiation.

Fans enthusiastically gave it high scores, while the media and film critics believed that "Interstellar" was of mediocre quality compared to Nolan's past films.

 But the atmosphere of the market has been greatly enhanced by movie fans.

"To say that "Interstellar" is a masterpiece is the greatest compliment to the term "Interstellar".

  In the enthusiastic atmosphere created by Nolan fans, the film started smoothly.

Thursday evening, midnight screenings began. Among the same 3,600 midnight screenings, the attendance rate of "Interstellar" was far lower than that of "John Wick 3", the sequel to the blockbuster movie.

 The midnight box office gross was US$9.67 million.

 (End of this chapter)