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The undercurrent will only flow quietly and will not be revealed in front of people. Murphy doesn't care about the chain reaction that may be triggered by "The Wolf of Wall Street" and a series of related hypes. As long as the benefits are large enough, some risks are completely worth taking. Yes, and the performance of "The Wolf of Wall Street" in its second week of release also proved that everything it did was not in vain.

Stimulated by a series of insider scandals on Wall Street, in the three working days starting from Tuesday, the North American single-day box office of "The Wolf of Wall Street" not only did not decline slowly as usual, but continued to rise.

$7.85 million Wednesday, $8.25 million Thursday...

This kind of box office trend is completely inconsistent with normal market laws, and it has also surprised many professional forecasters.

Although the public opinion environment is very favorable for "The Wolf of Wall Street", on Friday night, in order to continue to increase the topic of the film, Murphy accepted an exclusive TV interview with Fox TV.

This interview was held on the first floor of the Fox Building in Century City, and it was a one-on-one interview between Murphy and the host.

Murphy was interviewed by a middle-aged male reporter named Jesse Waters, one of the ace reporters of Fox TV. The O’Reilly element he hosted was a talk show on social affairs and current affairs in the evening of Fox TV News Network. One of the top news category programs.

Twentieth Century Fox brought Murphy to this show, naturally because they wanted "The Wolf of Wall Street" to get more focus.

"Hello, Murphy."

Seeing Murphy sitting on the opposite chair, Jesse Waters nodded slightly and asked, "Shall we start?"

"Of course." Murphy made a gesture of invitation.

Since this was a live broadcast, the director of the show made the two of them wait for a while, and when the time came, they said the beginning.

The three cameras used for live broadcasting were placed on the same side of the 180-degree line at the angle of shooting the panorama, Murphy and Jesse Waters, just like Murphy shooting the dialogue scene, so any one The camera will not affect the shooting of other cameras.

Under the right armrest of the Jesse Waters sofa chair, where the camera couldn't take pictures, there was a piece of paper with written questions. He said some opening lines, and then solemnly introduced Murphy to the camera. He glanced at the note without missing a trace, and asked the first question.

"Murphy, as we all know, you are good at shooting many types of films." Jesse Waters looked puzzled, "Why did you choose such a sensitive subject as "The Wolf of Wall Street"?"

"Filming and making any film is a passionate process, and I have always been driven by the motivation to find the inner spiritual core." The answers to many questions, Murphy has long been prepared, "For me, the film is to explore The meaning of the world, but as I was filming, I felt that the theme was getting deeper, and I only scratched the surface... I am obsessed with finding the spiritual core of a life-this is also the theme of most of my personal films, Like Jordan Belfort's void, and Clark Kent finding himself."

Jesse Waters' second question came out immediately, "But many people are questioning the values ​​reflected in "The Wolf of Wall Street", which is contrary to our universal values."

Hearing the other party talk about the common values ​​​​of American society today, Murphy said without hesitation, "Maybe everyone sees things from different angles. The world I see is extremely selfish materialism, and many people are driven by 'the pursuit of happiness. ' Driven."

He specifically emphasized, "They are not driven by 'true happiness', but by the process of 'pursuing'. "The Wolf of Wall Street" can be seen as an exploration of the deadly evil of greed."

In the face of reporters, Murphy's rhetoric was completely different from what he said to Kara Firth and Gal Gadot, "I think materialism and selfishness are signs of the decline of contemporary American society."

Pointing to his feet, he pretended to be deep and said, "This is a greedy land! This is why I filmed "The Wolf of Wall Street\

,"It is not to show this greed, but to let everyone fall into it, become a part of it, enjoy its charm, be seduced, and finally become a part of being destroyed by greed. "

"Greed is indeed terrible, it will destroy a person!" Jesse Waters first held Murphy high, and then asked a sharp question, "Recently, some media pointed out that your film There are two major crimes, what do you think?"

"Two major crimes?" Murphy seemed to have never heard of it. "I've been busy with work recently, so I haven't seen it yet. Which two crimes?"

Jesse Waters glanced at Murphy. This was not a matter of coordination between the two parties in advance, but a special preparation by him, but he couldn't see whether Murphy really didn't know.

"One of the crimes," Jesse Waters said, still looking at Murphy, "is that they think the film magnifies a distorted value."

"Whoever said that certainly didn't take the movie seriously."

Facing the live broadcast, Murphy certainly wouldn't say that he doesn't care about the so-called political correctness and correctness of the three views, but threw all the problems on Jordan Belfort, "The prototype of the protagonist is a person who is possessed." , completely reckless, free from all constraints, how far can he go? How interesting, if people have such a power, then what will happen... This story may be about the existence in each of us. What about the darkness in the depths? The idea has always fascinated me."

He paused for a while, and then said, "I want to present this character and everything that happened to him as frankly as possible, not to judge this person, but to let the audience assume his role and follow him. In the market In a liberal capitalist system, the game is to get to the top no matter what the cost...This film is not about a good guy or a bad guy."

Jesse Waters seized on the point and asked, "So, Jordan Belfort was the guy who prompted you to make this film?"

"What interests me is the rich life of this character, as if he can bring out various colors on the canvas." Murphy made no secret of this. all kinds of places, all kinds of people-to-people interactions. And beyond that, there’s the dark side of it all: crimes that endanger so many people, without them necessarily being aware of it.”

He shook his head and said, "Is this a phenomenon unique to the United States? I'm not sure. But my reason tells me that such people are everywhere. If our circumstances were slightly different, maybe we would too. Made the exact same mistakes they did. It's a universal human nature and we need to face it, not run from it!"

Hearing these words, Jesse Waters unconsciously had a feeling in his heart. Among the many public figures he met and interviewed, Murphy Stanton is definitely the top player in packaging himself. These words are, It's hard not to be impressed.

Thinking so in his heart, he didn't stop talking, "Do you know what the second crime is?"

"Let me guess." Murphy shrugged, "It should be the scale of the film, right?"

Jesse Waters nodded and said, "Many people think that "The Wolf of Wall Street" is rated as an R-rated film, with an NC-17 scale. As a large-scale release film, isn't the scale a bit big? "

"I don't think so." Murphy shook his head and said, "When I made this film, the first thing I thought of was 'blasphemy', 'blasphemy' relative to 'holy', and 'proper' relative to Licentiousness’. But it’s not deliberate nudity. ‘Profanity’ and ‘lewdness’ are right there, and they are real textures in a particular culture.”

"The MPAA ever asked you to revise?" Jesse Waters asked.

"I'm an old friend with the MPAA." Murphy doesn't shy away from this point, "I've been dealing with this agency since I started filming. My films are all on the large scale, and Man of Steel is no exception, but They were never violent for violence's sake, naked for nudity's sake!"

Jesse Waters reacted very quickly, and immediately pointedly said, "But there is such a passage in the film: a prostitute pulls a candle from the buttocks of married Jordan Belfort, and drips. Wax, You also used a close-up shot, isn't this a big scale?"

"This shot can't be seen alone, it has to be placed in the whole scene."

Speaking of this scene, Murphy laughed, "What I'm talking about here is that Jordan Belfort's wife is very angry with him, but Jordan Belfort doesn't even know where he is or what he's doing, and he still treats his wife Lying, so I wanted the audience to see what the hell he was doing. So when the whore dripped candles on Jordan Belfort's back, he suddenly yelled 'oh yes! oh yes! I remember!' dealt with here It’s extreme, to show that he’s really completely out of his mind, and there’s actually a bit of humor in it.”

"Well..." Jesse Waters nodded, and finally asked, "Money and drugs have broken through all of Jordan Belfort's moral bottom lines. It is obviously impossible for the audience to like such a protagonist. Do you think they will appreciate this? a movie?"

The answer to this kind of question is obvious, but Murphy will not talk about the box office. Oscar needs style, so he said, "Jordan Belfort is not the same as Bernard Madoff and Jeff Skilling." ——The latter two will not run to crash the helicopter. In contrast, the image of Jordan Belfort is more entertaining, and he himself is a typical example of entertaining to death."

Murphy finally emphasized, "Filming without a judgmental eye is a critical part of the director's production."

The live broadcast soon came to an end. Not long after he left the Fox Building, Murphy received the relevant statistics. A total of nearly 7.5 million people watched the live broadcast of the interview tonight, which is quite a good rating.

As for how much can be reflected in the film's box office in the end, it depends on the response during the weekend. (To be continued.)