Heads Up Hollywood

Everyone can have their own opinions on whether a movie is good or bad. It is understandable that everyone has their own favorites, but there are always some things that everyone recognizes.

Such as box office, such as awards.

The arrogance and arrogance of Hong Kong government filmmakers really made Tang En a little bit dumbfounded.

I really don't know where they got their confidence.

Still talking about oriental culture and oriental philosophy, can "Infernal Affairs" represent oriental philosophy? At most, it is to represent Hong Kong government films, and to expand it a little bit, that is, the scope of the Chinese-speaking circle has come to an end.

Out of the Chinese circle, it is the world of "The Departed Walker".

Among the countries and regions in the world where "The Departed" and "Infernal Affairs" are released, only the Hong Kong government has a higher box office of "Infernal Affairs". The other box office markets are overwhelmingly crushed by "The Departed".

Needless to say, Europe and the United States, Asia, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are all far ahead in the box office of "The Departed Walker".

"The box office can't explain the problem! "The Departed" has a higher box office because of the big stars joining. Returning to the essence of the movie, "Infernal Affairs" is better than "The Departed"! "Infernal Affairs" won the Golden Horse Awards The award is the biggest winner!"

The box office can't compare, of course it is better than the awards.

Tang En said with a smile: "Except for the Oscars, "The Departed" has no plans to participate in other film festivals. However, with the quality of "The Departed", I believe that it will win the highest award at any major film festival in the world It is possible, at least it can be nominated. By the way, I heard that "Infernal Affairs" will be submitted to the next Oscar?"

Last year, "Infernal Affairs" was submitted for review, but was killed by the "Hong Kong Government Producers Association", a censorship agency of the Hong Kong government, and was replaced by "Legend of Tianmai" directed by Bao Dexi.

Because of the Hollywood remake, "Infernal Affairs" became famous instantly, not only became famous overseas, but also led to a rise in fame in mainland China.

"Infernal Affairs 1" had a box office of only 8 million yuan in the mainland, but "Infernal Affairs 2" had exceeded 15 million yuan, and "Infernal Affairs 3" had a box office of more than 37 million yuan.

In fact, last year "Infernal Affairs 3" had already been filmed and released.

However, the filming of this series got worse and worse, and the Hong Kong government made complaints about it one after another.

Films in Taiwan and mainland China have been successfully shortlisted for the Oscar's best foreign language film nomination list, and even after winning the award, the Hong Kong government wanted to break the zero breakthrough, so they had to be cheeky and put the pinnacle of Hong Kong films "Infernal Affairs" "It was moved out again, and submitted to the Oscars for review!

Anyway, the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is relatively tolerant of foreign language films, and it is normal to allow a grace period of two or three years.

However, the Oscar is an academy award, and "Infernal Affairs" is a wild movie. It doesn't care about the language, composition, color, and camera skills of the film. It is very careless and puts all the emphasis on the story.

It's no wonder that such a movie can be favored by Oscar's group of traditional academic judges.

For example, Wang Jiawei's movies, all classics, even in Hollywood, have countless crazy admirers, such as Sofia Coppola, such as Scarlett Johansson.

However, Wang Jiawei's film style is a bit wild, he can gallop freely at European film festivals, and when it comes to the well-behaved academic award Oscar... there is no chance of nomination at all.

The young producer who was asking the question also seemed to have guessed that "Infernal Affairs" would not have a good result at the Oscars, so he poked his neck and said: "The Oscar is an American award, you don't understand oriental culture! The government's films don't need to rely on foreign film awards to rectify their names!"

Tang En's expression became a little weird, and he brought up a smile, "Oh? Really? "Infernal Affairs" was sent to participate in the Golden Horse Awards, is it considered a foreign country?"

boom!

In the screening hall, there was a burst of exclamation.

The young producer also blushed immediately and was speechless.

how to answer?

If he dares to say that he is a foreign country, he is saying goodbye to the mainland, and he will definitely be blocked by the mainland. Dare to say that it is our own country, it is tantamount to drawing a clear line with Baodao. Now under the leadership of Chen Shuibian, Baodao's atmosphere is very evil.

The Hong Kong government's filmmakers are caught in the cracks, unless the east wind becomes stronger and stronger, forming an obvious suppression of the west wind. Otherwise, no one would dare to publicly express their views on this topic.

Tang En sneered in his heart, and said lightly: "Movies have limitations, and audiences will always watch movies with national emotions. Works of your peers. Comment from the perspective of movie fans, beholders have different opinions, this is your freedom; comment on "The Departed" from a professional perspective... To put it bluntly, everyone here is not qualified!"

These words were like igniting a powder keg.

"Movies are works of art for the masses, not just ideas that poke people. "Infernal Affairs" is better than "The Departed". This is an indisputable fact!"

""The Departed" is just a wonderful action suspense film, but "Infernal Affairs" has a more in-depth description of human nature. We don't care about the so-called film language, we only care about the human nature behind the story, "Infernal Affairs" is even better !"

"If "Infernal Affairs" is 9 points, "Infernal Affairs" is at most 4 points!"

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"Rating?" Tang En raised his eyebrows and smiled immediately, "It just so happens that I know a movie rating website called IMDB, you can go there and check the ratings of two movies, which one is higher. As for the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes, it is not necessary In comparison, the number of professional film critics for "Infernal Affairs" is too small to meet the reference standard."

Another reporter from a film magazine stood up and retorted, "IMDB is an American website, representing the aesthetics of American audiences."

Tang En shook his head and said: "This sentence is wrong. IMDB currently has 120 million daily active users, of which only 35 million are American users, and the remaining 85 million are overseas users. Among them, there are 40 million Asian users! IMDB is a The global film rating network headquartered in the United States can represent the general film aesthetics of movie fans around the world."

The reporter sneered unconvinced: "Representing the whole world? It's ridiculous. I am also an IMDB user, but the rating of "Star Wars" exceeds 8.5. How ridiculous? How ridiculous? "Star Wars" is just It's American entertainment!"

Dunn hesitated for a moment, feeling that it was necessary to justify the name of "Star Wars", especially for the Asian market.

The movie culture here is relatively backward, and they don't understand the meaning of "Star Wars" at all.

He still thinks about buying Lucasfilm in the future. It is necessary to maintain the reputation of "Star Wars".

Tang En said: "Do you know about the electromagnetic induction experiment? Just any high school student can complete this simple physics experiment. Does this mean that electromagnetic induction is very simple, right? Can this negate Mr. Faraday's historical achievements? "Star Wars , too. George Lucas ushered in a new era of cinema, and he created the wrong movies in the wrong times. Star Wars is to cinema what Faraday is to electromagnetic induction.”

"In South Korea, I heard some fans have different voices. Compared with "Infernal Affairs", "The Departed" is not enough to create a tense atmosphere, the soundtrack is not exciting enough, it is not sensational enough, and it lacks tears. But in Japan, comments Almost one-sided, "The Departed" exploded in word-of-mouth. Movies need background, and it takes a long enough time to cultivate a correct movie culture."

"Hong Kong films have a very glorious history. According to normal logic, the films of the Hong Kong government...should have accumulated a lot of precious cultural heritage. It is a pity that in the past 30 years, Hong Kong films have only taken advantage of the opportunities of the times I am saving movies, making money non-stop, lacking the higher pursuit of movies and cultural reflection. When the era of speculation disappears, Hong Kong movies will inevitably lose their way.”

"On the other hand, in mainland China, because of some historical reasons, their films were once very backward. However, the three major film academies have survived, and film talents have accumulated from generation to generation. All filmmakers are holding back a struggle. Then With the reform of the market, mainland movies are blowing out, surpassing the Hong Kong government, and it is a matter of course."

"Saving movies" is a major feature of Hong Kong movies.

For many well-known Hong Kong films, a few filmmakers sat together, got inspired, came up with an idea, and started to put together a crew and start shooting.

The most typical example is New Art City Films, which once swept the Hong Kong government with this model, but also quickly declined because of this model.

Even including Wang Jiawei, the movies are saved, there is no script at all, and wherever you want to shoot, it is all supported by inspiration and experience.

Wang Jiawei is a genius, he can produce good movies, but what about others?

The Hong Kong government's film industry has not formed a mature and complete film industry. It does not work hard on infrastructure construction and only thinks about making films to make money. After that special era, it is inevitable that it will end.

Tang En's earnest words did not win the approval of the Hong Kong government's filmmakers, but intensified: "Even if Hong Kong films are not as good as they were 20 years ago, so what? Isn't Hollywood also encountering a shortage of scripts? No Are you plagiarizing other people's ideas all over the world? Mr. Walker, you obviously plagiarized "Infernal Affairs", but I don't know where you have the confidence to point out here!"

"Plagiarism! A joke!"

Tang En's face suddenly changed, as if he was really angry!

"Hollywood's respect for copyright is far beyond your imagination! Tang En Pictures bought the adaptation copyright of "Infernal Affairs" from Media Asia Pictures, and the contract was written in black and white! How can you say plagiarism? You are such a slander , I have reason to sue you for defamation!"

Tang En didn't give him a chance to argue, and said coldly: "If it's plagiarism, it's because "Infernal Affairs" copied the idea of ​​"Face Changing"! As far as I know, you didn't pay Paramount a penny for the copyright Fei! Not only that, "Domestic Lingling Paint" plagiarized "007", "Variable Stars" plagiarized "Ghost in Masquerade", "Die Hard" plagiarized "Die Hard", "Runaway" plagiarized "Lola "Run" and "Infernal Affairs 2" plagiarized "The Godfather", do I need to give more examples?"

In the auditorium, there was deathly silence.

Tang En became angry, and everyone's heart... seemed to have an ominous premonition.