Dreams of the Fragrant River

Compared with the rivalry between the two tigers in the Christmas file "Shushan" and "Rich Train" in Hong Kong, the North American side is the power struggle for hegemony. {starter}

There are as many as 7 new films premiering on December 20 alone. In addition to "Shushan" and "Out of Africa" ​​invested by Kang Jianfei, there is also Spielberg's "Purple Sun", directed by Lance Teger. The "Jewels of the Nile" and so on.

In the week before that, there were also 4 new films released one after another. Among them, "Bachelor's Business" released by Warner Bros. performed particularly well, with a box office of 8.61 million US dollars in the first three days, and won the North American weekly box office last week. champion.

"Bachelor's Business" and "Purple Sun" are both produced and distributed by Warner Bros. After "Bachelor's Business" performed astonishingly in its first week, Warner Bros. increased the number of theaters for the former, plus Warners also had another film in the same period. Released, the theater premiere of Spielberg's "Purple Sun" was cut to 192 canvases for the tragedy.

The experience of "Shushan" is similar to that of "Purple Sun". Because 20th Century Fox is going to release "Out of Africa" ​​and "Nile Jewels", after some consideration and negotiation, the premiere canvas of "Shushan" was cut to only 447 block, while the number of premiere theaters for "Out of Africa" ​​was cut to 735.

I have to say, the Americans are idiots.

...

Chicago, USA, Chinatown.

Li An walked into the market with a vegetable basket. Many Chinese people in the market greeted him with a smile, but that smile seemed to have a different meaning.

"Mr. Li, come to buy food again."

"Yeah, I happen to be free."

"Your wife is so happy. My husband never buys or cooks food. I have to do everything by myself."

"Hehe, you are very lucky, Mr.

"Mr. Li, you haven't found a job yet?"

"almost."

"The Fu'an Hotel on the street is run by my nephew. Why don't I introduce you to be a waiter?"

"Thank you Meiyi, no need."

"..."

After half an hour. Li An walked out of the market with a basket of vegetables, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly, replaced by shame and anger.

Ang Lee received a master's degree from New York University last year, and his graduation work also won the New York University Wasserman Award for Best Director and Best Picture. Unfortunately, these honors did not help him much.

After graduating with a master's degree, Ang Lee was unemployed. He was disheartened and prepared to return to Taiwan half a year ago. As a result, his graduation work "The Demarcation Line" was actually broadcast on TV. Ang Lee finally leaked his face and was signed by William Morris Agency as a director.

Li An originally thought that he was running out of time, and he went to Hollywood for a while, but as a result, he spent his money and returned to Chicago in despair.

Now Li An is an unemployed vagabond. Apart from watching movies~www.wuxiaspot.com~ every day, he buys vegetables and does housework. He relies on his wife Lin Huijia to make money to support the family. And Lin Huijia herself is only a part-time doctoral student.

The most annoying thing for Li An now is to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables. He is already famous in the nearby Chinese circle. Everyone knows that he is a master student supported by his wife. But Li An had to go to the vegetable market to buy food, because the food there is much cheaper than that in the supermarket.

Walking back to the rental house with the vegetables, Li An saw his wife's shoes behind the door. He rushed inside and said, "Come back so early today."

"The lab closed early today." Lin Huijia said while lying on the sofa.

"I bought two fish." Li An said as he picked up the vegetable basket.

Lin Huijia got up and put the contents of the vegetable basket into the refrigerator, and said, "Let's eat out today. I just received a bonus. It's a celebration. After dinner, I'll go to a movie."

"Okay." Li An reluctantly agreed with a smile. Although he watches and studies movies every day, they are all rented videotapes, and he has not accompanied his wife to the cinema for at least a year.

The two chose a small Chinese restaurant for dinner. Afterwards, I took a walk to a movie theater in Chinatown.

Li An looked up at the movie theater's schedule. He originally wanted to watch "Purple Sun" and "Out of Africa", but when he bought the tickets, he said inexplicably, "Two of "Shushan"."

Walking into the screening hall, there were only two minutes left for the movie to be shown. Li An raised his eyes and swept around the screening hall, and found that the auditorium was actually about 70% full. But most of the audience are Chinese. This makes Li An unable to rely on this to evaluate the popularity of "Shushan".

To be honest, Ang Lee, who holds a master's degree in film production from New York University, does not look down on Chinese-language films. Even if there are one or two outstanding films occasionally, Chinese-language films are still far behind Hollywood as a whole.

If it is the work of the internationally renowned director Kang Jianfei, perhaps Ang Lee will pay special attention to it. But Xu Ke, who is unknown, is not in the eyes of Ang Lee - even "Shushan" won the Silver Lion Award in Venice.

Sitting on the seat with a critical attitude, Li An, who was sitting casually at the beginning, sat up straight with a serious expression after half an hour, and his eyes were fixed on the big screen.

The 120-minute theatrical version of "Shushan" is still a bit fast-paced in Ang Lee's opinion, but it is qualified as a commercial blockbuster, especially to please ordinary audiences. Know.

After a movie, Ang Lee and Lin Huijia walked home silently. On the way, Ang Lee suddenly said, "Hui Jia, I want to go to Hong Kong."

"Go to Hong Kong?" Lin Huijia said in surprise.

Ang Lee nodded: "Yes, if I go to Hong Kong, it's useless for me to stay in the United States. There is no company that will ask me to make a movie. It is better to go to Hong Kong to develop. Even if this "Shushan" is put in Hollywood, it is still first-class. The standard, since Xu Ke can make such a movie in Hong Kong, why can't I?"

If he hadn't signed a contract with a brokerage company, Ang Lee would have been in Taiwan half a year ago, so he wouldn't have to be the house-husband for a few months.

Lin Huijia thought about it and said, "Since you want to develop in Hong Kong, go ahead. I support you."

...

"Shushan" has caused a great sensation in the Chinese circles in North America. The Hollywood special effects and the hot mountains of the motherland, and the theme is the swordsman that everyone likes to see and hear, which can naturally arouse the pursuit of the North American Chinese.

However, apart from the Chinese, other races in North America seem not to be very interested in "Shushan" - there are so many good movies to choose from in the Christmas stalls, why should white people and black people watch a Chinese movie?

Everything has its pros and cons. "Shushan" was screened in the Christmas season. It seemed to be taking advantage of the golden time, but it was completely overshadowed by the light of other Christmas blockbusters. It would be better to show it in the off-season.

Let's take our eyes back to Hong Kong, just 9 hours before Ang Lee and his wife watched "Shushan". Zhou Huimin held a bucket of popcorn, stared at the big screen, and stuffed the popcorn into her mouth completely unconsciously.

"Wow, those pools are colorful, and the sun shines so beautifully."

"I don't know where it was taken."

"The TV propaganda film said it was Jiuzhaigou."

"If I have money, I must go to Jiuzhaigou for tourism."

"..."

The sound of the guqin resounded in the theater, and the strong wind blew the bamboo forest to form a bamboo wave. In the bamboo forest, flying swords and magic weapons were handed over. Although the fighting was fierce, it was picturesque and intoxicating.

The whole film shows a poetic feeling all the time, and the use of the lens is more like a Taiwanese literary film in the 1970s, rather than a fast-paced Hong Kong commercial film.

With the sound of Lu Guanting's theme song for "Shu Mountain", many audiences gave spontaneous applause and did not stand up until the behind-the-scenes footage was played.

Just when everyone was about to leave, suddenly the screen started to play again. I saw that a drop of blood suddenly began to flow slowly on the grass after the war. The drop of blood suddenly flew up and penetrated into the body of a passerby, and a strange expression appeared on the passerby's face.

"Hahaha..." The passerby began to laugh wildly, and the laughter belonged to Deng Yin, the villain who was killed by the protagonists.

"Deng Yin is not dead."

"He became the Son of Blood, and of course it's not that easy to die."

"There will definitely be a sequel."

"I don't know when the sequel will be filmed, but I really want to watch it right away."

"As expected of a blockbuster with an investment of 80 million yuan, it looks really cool."

"..."

Zhou Huimin's ears were filled with the audience's discussion. Although she did not join the discussion, after watching the movie, she was still shocked by the gorgeous visual effects.

Across the street, the Golden Harvest Cinema Line just finished a show of "Rich Train", and the audience who came out of the theater were also chatting enthusiastically.

"Haha, it's so funny, the part where Zeng Zhiwei jumped out of the car almost made me laugh to death."

"It's funny when you use the train to press the shackles."

"The funniest part is the cheating episode, the Yangtze River No. 1, the Yangtze River No. 2, hahahaha, now my stomach hurts when I think about it."

"Fortunately, there are no tickets for "Shushan", otherwise I would have missed such a good-looking movie."

"Yeah, 'Rich Train' is definitely the best comedy to watch."

"..."

In the next period of time ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Fans who have watched "Shushan" strongly recommend "Shushan" to their relatives and friends, while fans of "Rich Train" think that "Rich Train" is better, so there is a conflict. There are fights.

As for the other two Christmas films, "Christmas Adventure" and "Treasure Hunting Plan", they were completely ignored by everyone, because the attendance rate was too low and the number of screenings was continuously reduced, and the ordinary films that were on the waiting list also belonged to cannon fodder. Role.

It is really hard to say whether "Shushan" is better, or "Rich Train" is better.

Because one is a special effect swordsman blockbuster, and the other is a star-studded comedy, each has its own merits and cannot be compared.

The quality of the film cannot be compared, but the box office of the film is comparable.

After the first weekend box office of the two films came out, Hong Jinbao, Zeng Zhiwei, Mecca, Zou Wenhuai, Chen Rongmei and others were all dumbfounded. The two films are so hot, the box office actually pulled a big gap, and the winner is naturally "Shushan", the promotion for several months is really not in vain.