Chapter 161: The sound of gunfire, the curtain opens
(It's finally released, and the third season is about to end. Is it going to end today's monthly tickets? It's less than thirty votes, so I'll call for monthly tickets.)
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On the night of the 6th, the long-awaited moment for fans of movie fans finally arrived. The summer vacation period has not cooled down since it was hyped by "Gladiator" and "Mission Impossible 2" last month. The former has an invincible reputation, with an epic blockbuster box office of 34.8 million US dollars in the first week; this time, the combination of Tang and Wu Yusen was even more impressive than the previous work, and won a super box office of 57.8 million US dollars in the first week, and was the first this year.
This month, "Hurry 60 Seconds", starring Cage and Angelina, was released. "Infernal Affairs" is just a little earlier and will not have much impact.
The media did not have much expectations for Chen Tiandu, a foreign-language film, although it has won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival, although this time it is the popular idol director Chen Tiandu, and although this time there are 2,850 theaters in the premiere alone. The reason is very simple, because he is essentially a Chinese film, and there has never been a Chinese film in history that can make a lot of waves in the United States.
There are too many examples of foreign language films not successful in Hollywood. The best box office of foreign language films is only more than 40 million in "Beautiful Life". So even if Paramount has resources to promote it, the American media does not believe that after the soundtrack of the movie is translated into English, Americans can pay for tickets because they can watch it, but they don't understand it. This is the biggest problem.
"Mission: Impossible 2" is already the third week this year, but there are still 3,600 theaters being screened together. If you don't expect it, it will exceed 100 million this week. The limelight of the beautiful soup is just like Chen Tiandu last year. It's soaring.
He frequently goes on to major talk shows. Every time he appears, he attracts crazy pursuit of the media.
"Infernal Affairs" is really a coincidence with "Mission Impossible 2". In the competition between Chinese directors, it seems that Wu Yusen is ahead.
When fans enter the cinema, should they choose to watch "Mission Impossible 2" or continue to choose to believe in "Infernal Affairs"? Like more soup or more Christmas Chen? This is a question.
It was very risky to not pre-reserve it. Fortunately, when the Cannes premiered, the quality of the film was proven, and Paramount was just involved in the release and could not make the decision.
The lineup of the main creators will naturally affect the market. Most young people will still choose "Mission Impossible 2" first; while Chinese people naturally choose "Infernal Affairs" without hesitation. Audiences who have been promoted by "Infernal Affairs" for months on the Internet virus will also enter the screening hall of "Infernal Affairs".
After all, after watching the "swearing charm" for so long, the official websites posted on Google's web pages have been clicked over 500 million times, which is a very amazing publicity effect in this era.
There are also various publicity plans focused on Chen Tiandu, which are wantonly affecting the American people.
Moreover, Chen Tiandu's movies have always been very good, and there is really nothing to hesitate about. Of course, parents who are worried about their children's adverse effects will naturally regard this movie as a disaster. Fortunately, the rating is r, which makes their children unable to enter the cinema. And older young people are rebellious, and the more widely spread the "charm of swearing" will be spread, the more popular they will be.
The premiere of "Infernal Affairs" was once again arranged at the Los Angeles Chinese Theater. On the day of the premiere, fans surround the red carpet both sides. The Hong Kong lineup and mainland lineup all appeared. Including the second starring actors Lai Ming, Chen Daoming and others were no exception.
There are two of the four great kings at once, and Asian handsome men of all ages can help you find your goals.
Whitney Houston, who has not appeared for a long time, will cooperate with Hanstimo to sing the theme song "Skyfall" live with "Infernal Affairs" before the release.
On this day, a lot of domestic media came, and more Hong Kong and Taiwan media came.
Maybe it's a little disgusting, because Chen Tian chose to release in Los Angeles four days earlier than in China. This has caused many more complaints on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places, believing that Chen Tian is admiring foreign countries and fascinating foreign countries. Is this movie a Chinese-language film?
A reporter from Hong Kong's Oriental Daily called Chen Tiandu on the side of the red carpet this time and asked this question in person, "Director Chen, why did he arrange the premiere in Los Angeles, and it was a week earlier than Hong Kong. Is it true that this movie was prepared for American audiences as rumored before?"
Chen Tiandu smiled and said, "This is a problem of the positioning of the movie. Chinese-language movies cannot leave Asia. This proposition has been confirmed by people in the past few decades. My positioning before making this movie was that both the East and the West must be recognized. There is nothing strange about Chinese people watching Chinese-language movies. For me, if Americans see this movie, it will not be difficult to understand, that is the success. There is another reason. The investment in movies now, including publicity, has exceeded 20 million US dollars. If they are only released in Hong Kong, I am worried that they will lose their bottom | pants, so please understand it."
Los Angeles is a city with many Chinese people. Today, local Chinese are also very supportive. They waited early and shouted the name "William, Li Ming".
Zhang Ziyi was invited to help promote the movie. Unfortunately, an embarrassing fact, no one knew her, which really made her feel unhappy.
After the time came, the screening hall was full, including the crew of the "Infernal Affairs" crew, family members and friends; media reporters and film critics who were invited were indispensable.
After "The Matrix", except for the critics who specifically oppose Chen Tian, no one dared to say again, "Chen Tian is just a lucky person." This "lucky person" has a global box office of $1.3 billion, and has only used two popular works of different types. Even old guys who have made movies for a lifetime cannot get this result, so no one would expect that young mixed-race director to suffer a complete Waterloo.
What's more, Chen Tiandu usually lives in seclusion, and except for the movies, he can't find any gossip about him. The most recent time was just a long time show of intimacy, and he took his girlfriend to go fishing on the sea. Although he made the entertainment headlines, it was not annoying.
At this year's Oscars, Chen Tiandu's performance as an award presenter was also remarkable. At least his appearance was full of jokes and the ratings were among the highest.
In the eyes of the media, this is still a low-key and modest Chinese. But there are not many media enemies.
Moreover, the movie received numerous praises when it was released in Cannes, which made people feel a little confident in the movie.
Some of the audiences in the screening hall were selected from the activists on the website. They were representatives of "LoSe" and were fortunate to receive the invitation to premiere tickets, but they showed off their favorites on the official website. This time, I was also in charge of attending the premiere with a mission, and I must first firmly strengthen the quality of this "Oriental Christmas Director" movie for the majority of "LoSe".
The premiere event was arranged very well. Hanstimo conducted the Symphony Orchestra and performed the wonderful song of "Infernal Affairs" live. Finally, Whitney appeared on the stage and sang the Billboard hot-selling song "Skyfall".
After the song was finished, deafening applause rang out on the scene.
“Good sound, perfect, heavenly sound.”
People can only think of these words. The rumors of drug abuse have been broken, the rumors of hoarse voice cannot be accurately sung songs have also been broken, and Whitney seems to have regained his career.
After the half-hour exciting performance ended, the stage was removed and the curtain was opened. The movie was about to begin.
At this time, everyone either chats softly or looks at the big screen, waiting for the beginning of the movie.
Chen Tian, wearing a black suit, sat in the middle of the first row. He looked at Kate, who was wearing light black trousers and white tops on his right, and talked to her, "How are your legs? I have been standing for a long time today, does it still hurt?"
Kate pinched his thighs and shook his head and said it was OK, "Don't worry, I don't feel anything anymore, I'll probably get better in another week."
She was injured by Yuan Heping. In the Matrix, she accidentally tore her ligaments. When Chen Tian heard this news, he was full of incredible. You should know that Kate had learned ballet. When he ran away in a hurry, Kate was also embarrassed and learned ballet in vain. Fortunately, the injury was not too serious, and the movie did not start so quickly, so he would not be too rush.
"It's a pity that I can't accompany you to China."
"It's okay, you can recover from your injuries."
Zhang Ziyi, dressed in a village girl's evening dress on the left, was a little shy, she couldn't let go. She looked at Chen Tiandu quietly and whispered with her girlfriend, feeling even more uncomfortable, "I'm nothing, I need to be famous, so that I can't be looked down upon."
At this time, the movie is about to start playing, and the screening room becomes silent. Grig Canon, Aymannur Lubeschki, Selma Skuma and other behind-the-scenes personnel, Andy Lau, Huang Bo, Wu Zhenyu, Li Ming and other cast members... Although he knows that there is no play of his own in the first movie, Li Ming is also looking forward to this movie.
The first group of lucky audiences in 2,850 theaters in North America entered the venue. They held popcorn and coke, excitedly chatted about various topics about "Infernal Affairs", and then hurriedly found their seats and sat down with anticipation.
Peck, who was responsible for going out to inquire about the news, was watching at the entrances of two ordinary cinemas. It looked pretty good. The audience for the first game was full, and there were still many viewers at the door who bought tickets for the next game and were waiting.
"Hey, where is your ticket? You can't go in without buying a ticket. Get out of here soon."
"Haha, I'll take a look and leave."
Kong Yiji waved his hand and walked away casually.
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"Hey, I heard that this movie is the art of swearing. I came here after reading the official website." A boy from 17 or 18 in the front row chatted with a single girl beside him.
"Swear words? How is it possible. Isn't it an undercover story between the police and the criminal?"
"Anyway, almost everyone who goes online knows this. Several policemen in Philadelphia who like to curse have been complained, lost their jobs, and are all on the news."
No matter what the reason, if you want to watch this movie and buy tickets to enter the venue, the movie has taken the first step to success. Next, you will see whether the movie itself can impress the audience! On the other hand, Peck also listened carefully to the audience's words and was slightly immersed in his heart.
The movie screening room suddenly became dark and the movie was about to begin.
Everyone in the screening room looked at the big screen quietly.
I saw two chains dragging out behind a green subtitles on the screen to form a mysterious totem, and then the chains flew over and dragged out two black and white men's silhouettes, white with her hands behind her back, black pointed at her white head with a gun, "bang bang bang", and suddenly a deafening gunfire suddenly sounded, which scared the audience.
——The movie officially begins.
Chapter completed!