At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 476 Are you going on a trip?

Every day in Cannes, there will be several show catalogs on the shelves. The so-called "show catalog" is the special edition of the film festival launched by the film magazine.

Among these journals, "Screen" is the one with the most attention, because they will organize film critics from many international authoritative media to score the competition films, and quantify the scores, so the results can be seen at a glance

"Screen" spoke highly of "Carol": "In "Carol", Gong Li and Evan Rachel played a pair of homosexuals in the United States in the 50s. Every frame of the picture is like a well-composed painting."

"French Cinema" commented: "Todd Haynes returned to the creative route of "Far from Paradise" and made a melodrama about same-sex love in the taboo era according to Douglas Sirk's method. The production is exquisite and the performance is outstanding. It is indeed a highly ornamental work!"

Opinions are relatively consistent, "Carol" is pleasing to the eye, and the actors perform very well...

But in the end, there should be no chance for the grand prize, because the plot is too vulgar...

The media score of "Carol" is 3.5 points, and the previous ranking is "Return" with 3.4 points...

Everyone congratulated Gong Li one after another, including Zhang Ziyi...

Shen Xudong deliberately observed the atmosphere of Zhang Ziyi's conversation with Gong Li, it was very subtle...

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In China, the main May [-]st movie is of course "Taken", and then there is "Jasmine Blossoms"...

In terms of genre, "Jasmine Blossoms" doesn't have any box office prospects, it's just Zhang Ziyi + Chen Chong, who have given a lot of filming!

The filming of this film was completed in 04, and it has been delayed until it was released. The theaters are very unfavorable. Isn’t it because Zhang Ziyi has come out now? So, hurry up and release it...

Then play against "Taken".

"Taken" is actually a pure action movie.

What is a pure action movie?

It's the kind where the plot is to connect the fighting scenes...

There is nothing to tell about the story. Jing Tian plays Wu Jing's younger sister, who was kidnapped while traveling in Hong Kong and transported to Thailand for auction.

Wu Jing first went to Hong Kong alone, and met Donnie Yen, and the two did not know each other.

One wanted to save his sister, while the other wanted revenge. They teamed up to destroy a hall and learned that the target was in Thailand, so they went to Thailand together. One killed the enemy and the other rescued the sister.

All kinds of fights...

Tony Jia and Zhang Jing belonged to a gang, Yen Zidan fought Tony Jia, Wu Jing fought Zhang Jing.

Well allocated!

In the end, of course, they were successfully rescued, and the police cleaned up the mess...

From the very beginning, the domestic box office of "Taken" was expected to be around 4000 million. Action movies, overseas audio-visual copyrights, and TV copyrights are the big ones!
Therefore, the publicity investment is not very high-how do action movies invest in publicity funds?

The genre has been determined, laying out posters, buying some previews...

After the release of May 2200st, the box office was about the same as expected, with 5 million in five days. "The Da Vinci Code" was released on May 18. In 18 days, it is not a big problem to reach 4000 million!
The most important thing is to prove that there is still room for Chinese-language action movies, and Golden Harvest can still launch a new generation of action stars.

The online evaluation is quite high-violent!
The action design is Donnie Yen. After "Slaying the Wolf", Donnie Yen is obviously more confident - he won the Best Action Design Award at the Academy Awards. Therefore, in "Taken", the fight between him and Tony Jia was arranged. The 6-minute MAMA sparring without rules fully introduces sleeping skills and fighting skills to deal with Muay Thai...

In fact, there is a response to "Tom Yum Kung" and "Boxing Fighter"-after these two films were released, a bunch of people in the film critics said that Tony Jia combined the martial arts styles of Li Xiaolong and Jackie Chan, and visually surpassed Hong Kong action men. Saying of the stars...

Wu Jing's action design is Qian Jiale's, which focuses on routines and also has a lot of fighting skills.

In short, the media commented on "Taken": it has created new possibilities for Chinese-language action films!
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 there are local films shortlisted for the main competition.

This year, only one film "Summer Palace" was shortlisted, and the higher authorities did not allow it to be reported.

After the debut of "Carol" in Cannes, the show magazine scored 3.5...

It immediately attracted the attention of media from all over the world, and the country is no exception.

"Gong Li's new film 'Carol' debuts at Cannes,"

""Carol" Cannes Film Watch: The performance of the two leading actresses explodes or wins awards;"

"Halfway through the Cannes schedule, Gong Li's same-sex blockbuster "Carol" leads the show magazine score;"

There are also many discussions on the Internet, especially after the interview with Shen Xudong on the movie channel's "World Movie Journey" was broadcast:

"The theme of "Carol" has been going to the Oscars from the very beginning!"

"Hollywood awards season starts in November and lasts until February of the following year. The films that appear during the awards season are basically shown in major film festivals first... I am very confident in "Carol"..."

By the way, there is also the sentence "We paid more than half of the cost of 1200 million US dollars... If we don't have confidence in it, how could we pay for it?"

The entertainment sections of Tianya and 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 view on movies. Not only did he say he was going to win awards, but he also said, 'I definitely won't win awards, but I should be able to get a few nominations'..."

"People know what they want, and they have their own considerations for every movie they make..."

"He said before that 'commercial films should be divided into genres, comedies are for the audience to laugh, suspense and reasoning films are for the audience to enjoy the fun of deciphering'..." How can literary films prove themselves if they don't win awards? Amuse yourself? Then Why are you even showing it?'"

Portal websites quickly caught up, and paper media were not idle. Anyway, it doesn't cost money, and readers want to read it as much as possible.

Those with integrity are quite cautious, using the conservative descriptions of "maybe" and "opportunity".Those who have no morals will be ignored, and the words are convincing, it seems that "Carol" has already set the Palme d'Or...

A lot of inexplicable people came out and began to analyze the tastes of the judges, the quality of competing works, the film selection habits of Cannes, etc...

The analysis is still the same...

After all, the chairman of the jury is Wang Jiawei!

Then the "Southern Metropolis" report came out, and Shen Xudong made it clear that "the grand prize is unlikely. My initial idea of ​​making "Carol" was to help sister Gong Li win an international award..."

'I'm her movie fan. After I entered the film industry, she treated me very well, and I reciprocate it! '

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Shen Xudong went to Paris...

Come to France or not to Paris?Isn't that for nothing!
Taking advantage of still some time, I went to Paris to stay for three days, and I didn't feel anything...

So, travel should be more prepared.

A bunch of domestic media rushing to Cannes failed to find Shen Xudong, and only after inquiring did they find out... Did you go on a trip?
(End of this chapter)