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In August, the Venice Film Festival opened, and LV Pictures had two films participating, namely "Pulp Fiction" and "Cowgirl Blues."

There are more than 120 excellent films from all over the world at this year's film festival, including "Blue, White and Red" and "123, Sun" from France, "Intersection of Life" and "Game of Death" from the United States, and "The Game of Death" from Australia.

"Bad Boy Bobby", "Miscellaneous Mouth" from China, etc.

After multiple rounds of voting, "Pulp Fiction" was successfully shortlisted for the main competition unit and received three nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Cinematography. However, "Cowgirl Blues" performed mediocrely and failed to enter the award-winning unit.

In the end, "Pulp Fiction" won the Best Film Award at this film festival.

The biggest winner at this year's film festival was "Blue, White and Red Trilogy: Blue", which won six awards.

Harvey Keitel, who originally collaborated with Quentin on "Reservoir Dogs", won the Best Actor Award for "Game of Death".

The Chinese film "Miscellaneous Mouth" won the Italian Senate Gold Medal.

After "Pulp Fiction" won the award, the distributor Columbia Samsung paid more attention to the film and prepared to use more resources to promote "Pulp Fiction".

By the end of August, the summer vacation season has also come to an end. There are three movies with a box office of more than 100 million US dollars in North America, namely Spielberg's "Jurassic Park", which has a box office of 357 million US dollars in North America, and "Sugar-coated Trap" starring Tom Cruise.

, the North American box office was 158 million US dollars, and "Sniper" starring Clint Easterwood, 102 million US dollars.

Following closely behind was "The Last Day" starring Stallone, which took in a box office of 85 million US dollars. However, the production cost of this film was 65 million, and the box office results were lower than expected.

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"Phantom Hero" starring Schwarzenegger received 52 million box office in North America. The production cost of the film was 85 million, and the total investment plus publicity costs was hundreds of millions.

If the overseas box office cannot exceed 100 million, film producers will lose money.

A total of 84 movies were released this summer, with a total box office of 1.87 billion US dollars, an increase of about 12% over last year. The number of moviegoers increased by more than 40 million. This part of the growth was mainly due to "Jurassic Park".

This movie was so popular that it caused a dinosaur craze around the world. Not only did the movie sell well at the box office, but the peripheral products of the movie sold even better, and the revenue was several times the box office.

With "Jurassic", the producer, Universal Pictures, became the most profitable film company in Hollywood this year, and other film studios could not keep up.

Duka was also a little envious.

On Friday, August 27, LV Pictures' third film of the year "The Age of Innocence" was released. This film is led by Columbia Pictures with an investment of 20 million, and co-produced by LV Pictures with an investment of 15 million. It is considered a medium-sized production.

It opened in 2,417 theaters and had a box office of 18.27 million in its first three days. The performance was average, but the film's reputation was relatively good.

The Los Angeles Times commented that "The Age of Innocence" is well-made and a visual feast.

"Movie Variety" magazine said this is a work of genius, but the story of the movie takes place in New York in the 1870s, and it tells the story of a tragic romance of the upper class. It is high-brow and is destined to be a niche movie.

The New York Post commented that this is a work that is least like the style of director Martin Scorsese. In the past, most of the movies directed by Scorsese were gangsters, bloodshed, killings, and battles, and there were often 'F's in the movies.

It starts with dirty words, but "The Age of Innocence" presents dazzling eroticism and delightful romance.

The movie grossed 35 million at the box office within ten days of its release, which made Duca relieved that he had finally recouped his money.

This is a literary and artistic film, and its box office performance will not be too high, and everyone can predict it before it is released.

It’s just that LV Pictures released three movies this year. Only the first one, “Immoral Deal,” was a box office hit, taking in 270 million US dollars at the global box office. The other two, “Black and White” and “The Age of Innocence,” performed mediocrely.

No surprises.

This disappointed many people who were waiting to see the dark horse at the box office, and also allowed some interested people to see an opportunity.

"The success story of Duca and LV Pictures is failing."

The Hollywood Reporter commented,

In the past, the works of LV Pictures performed very well at the box office, such as "Reservoir Dogs", "Unruly Skies", "Instinct", "Mexican" and "Unethical Deal", which caused a sensation in the industry every time they were released.

Because LV Pictures' movies are so successful, the term "LV Pictures Success Study" has become popular in the industry.

But now the successful experience of LV Pictures is obviously invalid. The box office results of "Black and White" and "The Age of Innocence" are average, which is completely inconsistent with the previous investment style... The output of movies produced by LV Pictures is increasing, and the amount of investment is also increasing.

, but the income situation is not as good as before... Whether LV Pictures can continue to maintain its current status and influence depends on the performance of the next movie.

“How’s this review?”

Monica sat across from the desk and asked, crossing her fingers.

"Waste of time!"

Duka put down the magazine, took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Is it because you have nothing to do recently that you pay attention to these useless reports?"

"Reading more critical reports can tell us about our company's problems, right?"

Monica smiled.

“Yes, it’s a good habit to be good at listening to other people’s opinions, but this type of magazine is used to praising the high and undermining the low, in order to arouse the resonance of some readers and thereby increase magazine sales.

The last time "Unethical Deal" was a hit, they were touting LV Pictures as a benchmark and leader in the field of independent production. This time we only released two films with average results, and they started to step on us again, but

If you miss the key points, there won’t be much reference value.”

Duka chuckled.

"But during this period, many newspapers and magazines were saying that our LV Pictures was in decline, saying that LV Pictures' success was short-lived. It was really annoying to hear that."

Monica pursed her red lips and said.

Duka smiled softly, "Don't care what outsiders say, we just have to do the job at hand. My dear, you don't have work today, right? Come on, let's go out for a walk. The weather is nice today."

Duka got up and pulled her to stand up.

"Wait a minute, I still have a few documents that I haven't read. Why don't you help me read them and then we can go out to play?"

Monica tilted her face and smiled.

Duka raised his eyebrows and agreed to her, finishing today's work with her before going out to play, lest she would always be thinking about the work and not be able to let go and play.

After leaving the company, the two drove to the sunny beach for a walk, watched several young people surfing on Hermosa Beach, and had a seafood meal at a nearby restaurant.

The two discovered that this place was not far from the filming set of "Speed" and went to the filming set together to have a look.

Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock were racing on a dilapidated bus. The actors acted very seriously and screamed from time to time. Duca and Monica were also interesting to watch.

"It's fun to watch other people make movies, but it's more tiring to do it myself."

Monica put her hands in her trouser pockets and smiled.

"It's very tiring. When I was filming "Reservoir Dogs", it was just a small scene. I stood in front of the camera for more than four hours, but guys like Quentin Keanu often tried to persuade me to become an actor, so I won't be fooled."

Duka held Monica's waist and said while walking.

"Haha, dear, you should give it a try. You are so good, you might become a top action star, just like Schwarzenegger Stallone."

Monica brushed the curly hair on her shoulders and smiled.

"If I want to be an actor, my targets are strong actors like Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner who can both fight and act, not muscular men like Schwarzenegger."

Duca shook his head.

"No, your acting skills are too bad. You can show off your figure and face, but you probably won't get any roles based on your acting skills."

Monica laughed, took two steps back, and stayed away from him.

Duka pointed at her and said, "Girl, let's meet in the bedroom at 8:30 tonight."

"Humph, who is afraid of whom!"

Monica puffed up her plump chest and suddenly felt full of energy.

"I understand, I was too gentle to you during this period, and I won't be so gentle to you in the future."

Duka raised the corners of his mouth with a cruel smile.

Monica blinked and smiled weakly,

"Honey, can I take back what I just said?"

"It's too late. You have already released the tiger. He will never go back until he is full."

Duka touched his lower lip and strode forward.

Monica pursed her red lips and smiled, then ran up and put her arm on his shoulders as she walked forward.

Not far away, Keanu curled his lips. This couple is so immoral. They used to show off their affection at parties, but now they show off their affection on the set, pei~.

"cut!"

"Keanu, concentrate, you're out of the camera."

the director shouted.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!"

Keanu sheepishly returned to reposition himself in front of the camera.

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