Hollywood Road

? For a director, there is nothing more favored by investors than box office data. Convincing business data, different from what Roger Ebert said at the beginning, Murphy really wants to go to the mainstream film industry, because only in this way can he become a top Hollywood director.

The box office of "Sin City" in the first week of North America is good enough, but movies of this style always face the dilemma of lack of stamina, and the extremely competitive North American summer holiday is coming, and finally want to get a high enough box office, publicity and marketing There is no relaxation in work.

Murphy accepted an exclusive interview with "Vanity Fair", which was mainly promoted by CAA, and Miramax also participated in it.

Although this interview is more about promoting the director Murphy, it is also beneficial to the film, and Miramax has not relaxed its all-round promotion and marketing of the film.

Even so, after the start of the new week, the one-day box office of "Sin City" still experienced a sharp drop that all niche movies would face. Fortunately, Monday's single-day box office drop was only 70% compared to last Sunday , still received $3.15 million.

Tuesday is a traditional discount day for theaters, and the high attendance rate slightly boosted the box office, which closed at $3.2 million on that day.

This week, the film's weekday box office seems to have stabilized at just over $3 million, and it made another $3.05 million on Wednesday.

This is the end of April, and with the arrival of Thursday, May officially kicks off, which also marks the beginning of the North American summer vacation, and the highly anticipated super production "X-Men 2" will also start on this day. With more than 3,000 pre-screenings, it entered the North American film market.

May 1st is International Labor Day. This holiday originated in the United States, but it is not a legal Labor Day in the United States. This day is not only the release date of "X-Men 2", but also one thing that has attracted many movie fans, especially It's the attention of elite moviegoers.

On the cover of the latest issue of "Vanity Fair" released today, a young director suddenly appeared!

Murphy stood with his arms folded, his sharp eyes staring into the distance. Behind him, there were four men with different shapes!

On the side of the cover, there is a line of eye-catching characters - Hollywood new director Murphy Stanton and his Stanton followers!

Just like all the cover characters of "Vanity Fair", after flipping through the cover, the title page is followed by a large text description and introduction of the cover characters.

"There is a kind of person who is born to tell the world that even though God's creation is very unfair, he can still create a world with his own hands and hard work! Only the 23-year-old young director Murphy Stanton is this kind of person! "

"This young director born at the beginning of the 1980s,

Born in the slums of Los Angeles, his parents were alcoholics and drug addicts. He died in a car accident, and he himself did not experience a good education. He spent his entire teenage years hanging out on the streets of Los Angeles, as if he was repeating an unbreakable cycle. Entering the prison, it seems that the trajectory of the whole life has been delineated. "

"However, after he was released from prison, he was enlightened and determined to be a new man. He completed the basic film knowledge and director skills in a self-taught way. After participating in the production of a documentary, he resolutely shouldered the cameraman and invested all his wealth. Became a film director."

"In 2001, a noir film called "Hard Candy" became Murphy Stanton's debut work. In the following two years, he successively completed "Chain Saw", "Planet Terror" and "Sinister". "City" three masterpieces, each of which has achieved success, has been hailed by the Hollywood industry as the number one cutting-edge director since the new century!"

“He’s worth every dollar investors are paying, and his return on investment is as high as anyone can imagine!” said Miramax’s Harvey Weinstein.”

"Murphy Stanton is not alone in Hollywood. In addition to supporting his Miramax film industry, he has several good brothers."

"On the way to become a director, Murphy Stanton met Robert Downey Jr., James Franco, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill. These not-so-popular actors and directors have With the same film ambitions, we collaborated on several works together and became close friends."

"With Murphy Stanton as the center, they form gangs and support each other, and participate in the same film with the posture of 'one hero and three gangs'. This kind of teamwork has achieved excellent results. The cost earned a high box office, and they also achieved their own film career."

"These people are closely surrounding Murphy Stanton, and have also been dubbed the 'Stanton Party' by the Weinstein brothers at Miramax."

"Technically, Murphy is great. He seldom shows off his skills on the screen, but occasionally has splendor. It is completely in the rhythm of storytelling, which grabs me in. And Murphy likes to let the protagonist be attracted by a black power, Like a vortex, it gradually accelerates to a climax. This is also very exciting. Now there are few people who have such a fine-grained rhythm and grasp such a good rhythm. He is one of the top few! Robert Downey Jr. is in prison I got acquainted with Murphy in Zhong, and collaborated in two films in a row, his words are very representative!"

"Murphy is one of the best and most ambitious directors. Every movie is a masterpiece. It's amazing! If I had to pick one director I always wanted to work with, it would be Murphy! Because he is A true genius, unmatched in some respects! James Franco has never denied that it is because of Murphy that he has become a well-known actor step by step."

"Seth Rogen from Canada has collaborated with Murphy three times, and he told us in honest words: Murphy is unbelievably good, he has incredible balance, and his understanding of the picture, the energy of the lens group is absolutely perfect. He's so smart, I don't think there's anything going for him, and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets an Oscar nomination for Best Director in the next few years."

"I think Murphy can win next year's best director statuette, "Sin City" is too good, but I know it's impossible, because Oscar and I don't have the same taste. This is what Jonah Hill said to us Words: "Chain Saw" has created a horror film myth, which is of great significance to all participants. This film cannot be copied to a certain extent, and it is difficult for other horror films to achieve Murphy's height, because No other horror film director has Murphy's genius mind and ability."

"The Stanton party members trust and admire their leader and brother very much, and believe that following him will surely realize their movie dreams."

"How does Murphy Stanton evaluate himself? When we asked this question, he replied: I am Murphy Stanton, an ordinary film director, and I imagine my predecessors James Cameron and Steven Spielberg was brilliant, not only as a director, but also as a person with the ability to imagine."

"We think that Murphy's style is to always make the audience look forward to the next moment, but not let the audience stay in this moment. And the latter is the most gratifying."

Finally, there is a summary of Vanity Fair's description of the characters on the cover.

"It is not difficult to see from personal growth experience that there are two people in Murphy Stanton's soul, one is a wanderer in the white tower, who wants to find the direction of the future, but always faces the evil poured out by black blood In the flowers, evil dark wizards will climb out one by one, trying to drag him into the sinking hell; the other is a brave and hard-working knight, he climbed from the bottom, and he was invincible all the way, killing all enemies cleanly. Do your best as a black wizard, and go further and further in the direction of success."

This is just the opening introduction to Murphy by "Vanity Fair". Looking further into it, there is also a large-scale interview with Jennifer Mona. Many changes.

Moreover, the communication and review by CAA and Miramax also ensured that this interview was basically true, and that it did not describe some untrue things too much.

The appearance of this exclusive interview not only helps to promote "Sin City", which is being released, but also allows Murphy to really enter the eyes of the elite.

Especially the audience of "Vanity Fair", many of them are well-known figures in Los Angeles and New York. These two cities are also the places where members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are most concentrated. The name of Murphy Stanton, who was relatively unfamiliar before, can Letting them leave some impressions will undoubtedly have a lot of benefits for Murphy's future.

Since Tina Brown became the editor-in-chief, "Vanity Fair" has completely got rid of the previous dilemma, and its influence in magazine-like print media has become greater and greater. Especially in recent years, it has added a lot of content about entertainment and gossip. into every corner of society.

Many ordinary movie fans will choose to buy a copy when they see a character on the cover they like. Daisy bought a copy on the way home.

When she got home, seeing Murphy's sharp eyes on the cover, Daisy felt that she could detect the perverted heart hidden under the eyes, and she didn't even care about eating, so she nestled on the sofa and flipped through the book "Vanity Fair" "Magazine.

From the introduction of the cover character on the title page to the interview with Jennifer Mona later, she carefully read every word for fear of missing something, and it was not enough to read it once, so she went back and read it again, hoping to get more about Information about your favorite director.

It's a pity that apart from knowing that Murphy Stanton has started a relationship, Daisy didn't get anything that was too valuable to herself.

And as long as she saw the name Gal Gadot, she felt a little uncomfortable, put down the magazine, and decided to continue writing to Murphy Stanton, even if the letter she wrote before never received a response, she would continue to write .

"Dear. Murphy..." (To be continued.)