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Chapter 141 The Rising Trend

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was loved by Western audiences in previous lives.

Western audiences may not be able to understand the righteous deeds of knights in Eastern martial arts culture. However, the righteous deeds of the knights in this film are no longer the focus, but the joys and sorrows of their shuttle between the rivers and lakes and the world, what they think is the focus.

Moreover, Thomas felt that the director of this film did not always focus on the development of contradictions and conflicts. He often intentionally or unintentionally crossed the main line of the story with the secular society and customs of the people at that time, so as to find the relationship between them. The inextricable connections between provide room for imagination.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" does not have the heroic spirit of being proud of the Jianghu in general martial arts films. Instead, it is a kind of deep thinking and reserved in search of the humanistic connotation of the Jianghu. But this is the kind of thinking that is loved by Westerners, but not by Eastern fans. In the previous life, this movie was cold in the east and hot in the west, maybe it has something to do with this.

Thomas naturally didn't know that this film was a classic that Zhang Le almost copied from his previous life. After watching it, he felt admiration for the young director who was only 25 years old. No, the director was only twenty-five years old, and he was only twenty-four when he made this film.

It's hard to think that a 24-year-old young director can make such a wonderful film.

The whole film interprets Chinese classical aesthetic traditions and emotional concepts to a new level from a more modern and brand-new perspective.

From the perspective of film language, all audio-visual elements, whether it is photography, choreography, action design, recording, music, etc., fully reflect the director's profound style and his admiration and love for Chinese classical culture.

Thomas couldn't have imagined that a twenty-four-year-old director could make a film so perfect.

After watching the whole movie, Thomas sat in his seat in silence for a long time, and then did something that surprised even himself. Buy a ticket and see another show. What surprised him was that the tickets for the next show were already sold out.

It's hot, three days after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released in North America, the bottom line is hot. The calculated box office data directly stunned the people of Paramount.

Increase publicity and increase theaters.

The number of theaters has more than doubled from the previous 1,000 to more than 2,000. This number is absolutely unmatched by any Chinese-language movie.

And this film not only caused a sensation in North America, but also caused a sensation in Europe and other regions after it was released. A Chinese classical martial arts style is slowly brewing in the world film circle.

Chinese-language films have gained popularity abroad, not only winning the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, but also causing a sensation at the box office. This broke everyone's perception, when did Chinese movies become so awesome.

Chinese-language films do not win awards in Cannes once or twice. Although I am a little confused about why Zhang Le, a director who is good at shooting commercial films, can win awards in Cannes, because those who win awards in Cannes have almost nothing to do at the box office.

However, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a hit at the foreign box office, making countless people feel unbelievable, like a dream. No one thought that a film that won an award in Cannes could still be so popular at the box office in North America. To use a sentence on the Internet, it is: This thing is unscientific!

The Chinese-language movies are popular abroad, which undoubtedly satisfies the self-esteem of the Chinese people. It's not just your Hollywood movies that can plunder me in China. My Chinese movies can also run rampant in your North American market.

And when a week later, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" almost miraculously won the weekly box office champion, there was an uproar abroad, but a loss of voice in China, especially those in the film industry, or very much.

How did Zhang Le manage to win the grand prize at the most famous art film festival and the weekly box office champion in the North American market with a strong commercial atmosphere?

It is unprecedented for a Chinese-language film to win a weekly box office championship in North America, and it is also a film that exudes a strong oriental charm. How could a classic martial arts film do this.

If it was a modern action movie, people might not be so surprised, but a classic martial arts movie made foreign film and television companies a little uncertain about the North American market.

Which of the domestic film and television companies has not studied the North American film market. In order to cater to the North American market, they have also shot countless films to please North American fans, and even imitated them cheekily, but almost all of them ushered in disastrous box office failures.

Martial arts films, a type of film that is becoming more and more difficult to shoot in China, were actually filmed by Zhang Le, a rookie director who has only made two films, and used them to make a name for himself in North America.

Many filmmakers feel a dull pain in their head, not caused by envy, jealousy and hatred, but because they can't figure it out. why is that?

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has achieved both box office and word-of-mouth internationally, and domestic fans' expectations for this film have also reached a commanding height.

This film must be unique in its combination of art and commerce, otherwise it would not have won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, which is highly artistic, and won the weekly box office champion in North America.

Therefore, the public is looking forward to this film, and even countless filmmakers are also looking forward to it.

Eight days after its release in North America, domestic releases began on July 2.

But what worried Zhang Le did not happen. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is far more popular at the domestic box office than abroad, and its reputation is also excellent. Although many movie fans said that they didn't understand it, and they weren't as enjoyable as they thought, they still regard this movie as a classic.

After thinking about it, Zhang Le suddenly understood.

In the previous life, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" had a pitifully low domestic box office, and the reason was not at all a problem with the film itself.

Due to a conflict between one of the production units and the distribution unit in charge of another film, the film was suddenly postponed at the last moment before it was released on the screen. Good schedule. This just provided a good opportunity for illegal pirates to sneak in. For a while, pirated VCDs flooded the market. To a large extent, it impacted the subsequent release of the film and caused a big loss in box office revenue.

Schedule, piracy, and many disputes over copyright have led to the extremely low box office of the film in China. If it were not for these reasons, the domestic box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" would not be less than 20 million.

But now there is obviously no such problem. Although there are still piracy in China, it is not as rampant as in the previous life, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has an excellent timing in terms of its release schedule. When it was released in China, domestic movie fans had high expectations for this film.

What's more, compared to the previous life, Zhang Le's version of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the weekly box office champion in North America. This kind of honor has been able to attract countless people to go to the cinema.

Moreover, the box office appeal of the director and starring role of this film is already extremely strong.