Since obtaining the copyright of "Infernal Affairs", Ronan has waited for four years before "The Walker of the Infernal Affairs" was finally released. Martin Scorsese and the gangster theme are simply a match made in heaven.

If it were in the previous life, Ronan would have said that what was filmed in "The Walker of the Infernal Affairs" completely destroyed the artistic conception of the Hong Kong version, but he would not watch it like this now. In essence, Martin Scorsese's film is only aimed at the North American and Western markets, and has never considered other situations at all.

Ronan has been operating movies for many years and is very clear about one thing. With the current strength of Hollywood movies and Oscars in the global film market, as long as "The Walker" has a good performance in North America and can win several key Oscars, the online and offline income it should have in Asia will not be a cent less.

Over the years, winning the Best Director or Best Picture Little Golden Man movie has always been a slight idea to increase revenue of tens of millions of dollars in the global market.

Of course, preconceived views have always influenced Ronan, and now it is no exception.

There are so many beautiful memories about "Infernal Affairs", which also represents the last glory of a video hall era.

Since "Infernal Affairs", Hong Kong City movies have been unable to rebound, and the era of video halls has completely ended.

In some ways, this is also the feelings of Luo Nan, a group of film lovers born in the 1980s.

This kind of sentiment is like a Hong Kong City movie, and it will never look back again.

But for Oriental Film, this is a blessing. The decline of Hong Kong City Film has led to a large number of talents heading north and indirectly promoted the rapid development of the Oriental Film Industry.

Perhaps, Hong Kong City filmmakers have all kinds of problems, but they cannot be denied their role in promoting the commercialization of the Oriental film industry.

As for some people who are stubborn in the past, the traffic of history will roll and crush all ghosts and monsters into pieces.

Ronan's energy quickly returned to the movie itself.

The Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs" is undoubtedly a crime-type film full of romantic sentiments, and can be said to be a typical Hong Kong city movie.

However, Martin Scorsese's "The Walker of the Infernal Affairs" is not a simple remake of "The Infernal Affairs". Even though the main plot follows the Hong Kong version, it has essentially become a completely American story.

In addition to using the same story clues, the artistic conception and style of the entire film are also very different from the Hong Kong version.

To put it bluntly, the Hong Kong version carefully renders an infernal Affairs that is so cool that it is amazing and full of poetry and painting. The American version lacks some sensationalism, deepness and romance, creating a more realistic and cruel story.

The most typical example is the climax scene in the middle of the two films. When the police boss was thrown down from the upper floor, the Hong Kong version used a variety of techniques and soundtracks to render it, while the American version is simple, rough and direct. The protagonist only reads one word -!!...

A street gangster who has not received higher education has no better way of expression at this moment except "".

This also creates a sense of real cruelty.

Of course, no one knows what the reality is. After all, everyone is in Hollywood, not gangsters.

In Hollywood in this era, gangs may influence the underlying companies or characters, but the characters in the Hollywood superstructure are simply disdainful of gangs.

Both sides are not of the same magnitude at all.

In other words, the cruelty and truth of "The Walker of the Skies" is the cruelty and truth that North American audiences and Oscar judges recognize.

Martin Scorsese is a director deeply rooted in North America. He understands what gangster films North American audiences like and knows how to cater to the tastes of audiences and even Oscar judges. This is not a typical Hollywood commercial film targeting the overseas market. From the perspective of the audience, it is even a bit similar to "Juno".

So, it can be imagined that when this "Walking Walker" is released in Asia, it will definitely be criticized very badly.

Because movies can never shirrify the influence of the social and cultural environment.

Just like the Hong Kong version of the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy, it was successively introduced to North America by the Embassy Film Industry. This classic series of films that were popular in Asia and even considered to be a rescue work of Hong Kong City's films. The first one only received a box office of 160,000 US dollars in North America.

For the last two films, Embassy Film Corporation simply did not release them in theaters, and directly pushed them into the offline DVD market.

To this day, the DVD of the Infernal Affairs trilogy has sold only less than $2 million in North America.

No one can ignore the differences in the market.

North America has always been the most closed and unfriendly film market in the world.

Sometimes, ideals are full, but reality is extremely cruel. Ronan knows very well that it is difficult for foreign movies to enter North America, especially to achieve great success in the box office.

Since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero", Relativity Entertainment has not released any Oriental movies on a large scale in theaters.

The differences in film culture between the East and the West are sometimes greatly impressed by some movies.

Many American movie expression techniques are difficult for most Eastern audiences to accept, especially pure American themes, such as a lot of shit, pee, fart comedy, and Eastern audiences can't get any funny points.

Similarly, some Eastern film styles cannot be understood by Western audiences.

This is a very normal situation.

For example, if you say this, Ximen Chuxue is not blew snow, but blood.

This sentence is enough for the Eastern audience. Even if just a line can make people think of the picture, the audience can even imagine such a scene in their minds - ancient towns, small shops, sunset, a sword dripping with blood, a person standing in white clothes without moving, the hem of the clothes fluttered slightly under the blowing of the wind - Sword God, how cool is it?

But what about North America? This typical Eastern method is difficult to have a market.

Therefore, the Western-style expression method will take out a knife and shout "!you!"

Reduce sensationalism or pretend to be cool, just to show the true performance of people in fierce conflicts as much as possible. This can be regarded as one of the biggest differences between the American version and the Hong Kong version. Actually, think about the plot at the end of the film, two undercover agents met on the rooftop, one was extremely angry and the other was highly nervous. What would normal people do in this situation?

I'm afraid the situation in the American version is closer to reality, so I beat you up and scold you at the same time...

But this is not beautiful, not romantic, and it doesn't look cool or unpleasant.

Think about it, the words "I'm sorry I'm a policeman" instantly touched the hearts of many audiences?

Even now, Ronan still remembers the shots and lines very clearly, which feels too classic.

In contrast, Tom Cruise and Will Smith are so rough, just like the difference between the San Fernando Valley art films and the Harbor City classic third-level films.

The former screamed and took off and fucked hard, while the latter's atmosphere was very romantic and intimate.

Even a macho artist like Teacher Xu has an alternative romance.

The artists in the San Fernando Valley are screaming "f". How could they click on a high-end hole, swing on a swing, play invincible hot wheels, explode watermelons, and tug-of-war with cows, etc. like Teacher Xu.

This is called romance of men, and it is called wonderful.

I guess Western audiences will be confused after watching it and don’t understand what Teacher Xu is doing.

This is a typical film culture difference.

Although it is remake from the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy of Hong Kong City, "The Walker of the Infernal Affairs" is a completely Americanized film. There is no sense of familiarity in the same story context. This may be the fact that a master director always speaks only in his own voice, or perhaps it is the most direct reflection of cultural differences.

"The Walker of the Infernal Affairs" is definitely a deep Martin Scorsese imprint. If you can read romance, sadness and exquisiteness in the Hong Kong version of "The Walker of the Infernal Affairs", then all you can read in "The Walker of the Infernal Affairs" are cold, cruel, and gravel, which are two styles that are absolutely contrary to each other.

At the end of the premiere, there was warm applause from the theater. The applause lasted for a long time. Martin Scorsese had to take Tom Cruise and Will Smith and other main creative staff to the stage to end.

Time and time again, the audience applause was filled with tides of applause.

Standing in the third row, George Lucas clapped and said to Spielberg: "This is Martin's best video since "Good Guys."

Spielberg nodded and echoed: "I don't think there is any problem in ranking in the top five in Martin's movies."

The two great directors have their own judgments on this film, but their views are basically the same.

After the premiere, there was also a lot of praise in the media, and Martin Scorsese, who seemed to have returned to the gangster theme, returned to his peak moment.

"Legendary director Martin Scorsese's new American crime masterpiece, his talent shines at the peak."

"This story completely expresses Martin Scorsese's artistic and spiritual attainments as strongly as ever."

“This is the most dynamic, exciting and exciting movie of the year.”

As Ronan expected, "The Walker of the Stroke" has received a lot of praise in North America, and its reputation in the media has almost been very high. A large number of well-known film critics including Roger Albert have shown four and a half stars or even five stars for this film. It is even difficult to find comments below seven points in most film review columns in the media and the Internet.

As for the original "Infernal Affairs", in the eyes of North American media and film critics, it seems that it never existed.

In all the publicity of Relativity Entertainment, the existence of the original movie is also deliberately ignored, which is exactly the same as "The True Lies" and "Smelling the Incense and Knowing the Women" back then.

In places like Hollywood, especially in awards season, if you can’t even be a basic person with a thick face and a dark heart, where can you have room for development?

With the release of the movie, the Oscar promotion and public relations of "The Walker of the Skies" will be officially launched.

All kinds of carefully prepared soft articles of flattery are emerging one after another.

"The scene setting is excellent, the emotions reach the pinnacle like lava melting. The lines and complex plot of the film are amazing."
Chapter completed!