Millennium director

Outside the Film Forum art cinema.

It is different from the past where all kinds of artistic movie posters from all over the world were posted on the exterior walls of the cinema.

Today's Film Forum is all yellow.

"Bruce Lee" movie posters are hung all over the exterior walls of the theater.

Of course not the same one, there are eight different posters in total.

But the same thing is that all eight posters use yellow as the main tone. There are single posters of "Bruce Lee", there are also posters of him fighting with his opponents, and there is also one of him wearing a classic yellow tights and holding a nunchuck. photo.

There is no way, Bruce Lee and yellow are really bound together too deeply. Basically, when mentioning Bruce Lee, the first reaction is to think of yellow besides Kung Fu.

Disney didn't do anything unique, so the overall impression was maintained on the promotional posters.

Film Forum changed all its posters to "Bruce Lee" today, naturally not just to promote the movie.

At this moment, outside the Film Forum theater, there was already a group of film critics in suits and ties, who had come from all over North America and even South America, whispering in groups of twos and threes.

In China, the profession of "film critic" has basically disappeared. In the Internet era, everyone can be a film critic.

But in North America, the film critic industry still exists.

Not only because film awards such as the Oscars and Golden Globes require an active group of film critics, but also because although the United States has always flaunted its "freedom of speech," in fact, public opinion and media in North America are still in the hands of a few people.

Well, they're called "media conglomerates."

Today, even with the developed Internet and social software such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, it is still the media groups that have the say in movie evaluation.

Media groups need to recruit a group of film critics to write various articles for their magazines, social accounts, newspapers, and periodicals.

For most North American film critics, their job is nothing more than contributing to newspapers to publishing film reviews on the Internet. There are not many other changes.

They are still opinion leaders who represent the "public" to evaluate movies.

Only their film reviews will be pushed to the mobile phones of millions of ordinary people in North America.

As for those independent voices.

Do you think these media groups can let you see and hear?

If this is true, it won’t be 2020. A large number of Americans still think that China is what it was in 1960.

This is also why tiktok is so popular in North America.

A short video platform that is not controlled by a North American media group is so rare!

Back to business.

After the invited film critics from major media groups had gathered, a Disney staff member who was also in a suit and tie walked out of the Film Forum theater.

"Gentlemen and ladies, the first critic screening of "Bruce Lee" is about to begin. Please line up to get in."

"Because it is an advance preview, in order to prevent the film from being leaked, everyone is asked to hand in all their electronic products for electronic inspection."

"After the preview is over, we will return it to you intact."

The film critics didn't have any opinions, and no one would stand up and say something like "freedom to watch movies". They obediently handed over all their electronic devices.

Wu Yuan, who was standing in the darkness of the theater hall, looked at the situation outside and showed a complicated smile.

Different from previous premieres, Wu Yuan knew very well that this critic's preview for "Bruce Lee" was nothing more than a show.

At least 80% of the film critics on site were invited by Disney or Disney’s customs clearance relationship. To put it simply, they are a group of trolls.

If the quality of "Bruce Lee" itself is only 5 points, then they can praise it to 8 points in the film review. If the quality itself can be 7 points, then it can directly be praised as 9 points.

If it can really reach the level of 8 points, it will definitely become a classic in their mouths.

To build momentum for the Oscars.

What?

Are you saying that ordinary movie fans don’t approve?

What do ordinary movie fans know about film art?

The final right to interpret film art has never been in the hands of ordinary movie fans.

Even ordinary movie fans cannot understand many of the literary and artistic films that have won awards. They have to rely on various explanations and reviews to understand the content of the film.

As for whether these explanations and film reviews are over-interpretations, and whether the director himself does not have such complex thoughts, is this important?

Lu Xun also couldn't understand that his sentence "one is a jujube tree, and the other is also a jujube tree" could be interpreted by various "literary writers" with countless deep meanings, but it did not prevent him from becoming a literary giant.

Of course, this does not mean that all works of art are "over-interpreted", but if you want to win awards and make ordinary people think your works of art are awesome, you must find a group of people to help you over-interpret them. It makes people who don't understand film art and literature art have that kind of unclear feeling.

The people recruited for the "Bruce Lee" film review preview this time are a group of "authoritative" film critics who talk about film philosophy, the art of light and shadow, and the entanglement of love and hate. They have the final right to interpret the film.

Disney, which gave enough "travel expenses", can ensure that these people will write good reviews for "Bruce Lee".

Even though Wu Yuan had been mentally prepared for such a naked transaction, he still felt a little uncomfortable after seeing it.

This is why he has never been interested in the Oscars.

This award has always been an award that can be manipulated, publicized, and arranged.

But domestic movie fans don't know this at all. Instead, they regard the Oscars as the temple of world film art and regard winning the Oscar for Best Picture as the highest honor for a movie.

This also forced him to make up for this deficiency in his "golden body".

In life, no matter how you live, you can't escape the entanglement of fame and fortune. Now that Wu Yuan has enough profits, he can only pursue fame.

And the only fame he lacks is the Oscar for Best Picture, so even if he doesn't like this "operation" method, he has to take it seriously.

"When Kung Fu meets film philosophy, I don't know how these people will interpret my movie." Wu Yuan and the producer joked with self-mockery, tilting his head.

"I think they should give a deep philosophical interpretation of some of Bruce Lee's lines in the movie." The producer shrugged and gave the most likely answer.

"For example, Bruce Lee's sentence: Water is both soft and tough, and it is the greatest power in the world. It has always been a classic in Hollywood."

Wu Yuan shook his head and said in fluent Chinese: "There are only four words in Chinese for this sentence."

"The highest good is like water." (End of this chapter)