Since it is not a film participating in the competition unit, the premiere of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not very large, and it appeared at the Cannes Film Festival, more for promotion and finding suitable publishers.

In the past few days, Ronan has learned a lot of relevant information.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a typical film for financing. The project producer is Xu Ligong's Zongheng International Film and Television Company. The major investors include Anle Film Production Company, Haomai International Film and Television, Classic Joint Production Company, and Ang Lee himself.

Just like the movies prepared by Shahai Entertainment, these small companies exist as investors, and the two people who really play a leading role in the film are Xu Ligong and Ang Lee.

According to media reports, Ang Lee claimed to have made money to shoot "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in an interview.

It is impossible to tell whether it is true or false, but Ang Lee invested a lot of money in the project.

The fundraising process of this film is difficult, and the nature of the martial arts film determines that it is difficult to attract investors in the Western world.

I'm afraid that no one outside the crew knows better than Ronan. This martial arts film is not filmed for Easterners at all, but Ang Lee is filmed for Westerners.

In his previous life, Ronan reads related news. In order to make the film more in line with the tastes of Westerners, Ang Lee wrote the first version of the script in English and then translated into Chinese.

When this movie was first released, Luo Nan went to watch the video disc and ended up drowsy and couldn't understand what such a boring movie was about.

It was not until after graduation that he entered society and watched again that he gradually realized that Ang Lee was not for Chinese people to watch.

Ronan's goal is to get the North American distribution rights for this film as much as possible.

When he arrived at the entrance of the premiere venue, he happened to see Ang Lee taking a photo with Michelle Yang and International Zhang. He took a special look. International Zhang, who was once covered in dust, is still innocent now.

Not wanting to have too much contact with the characters there to avoid some indescribable horrors, Ronan went directly into the theater front hall and met Brother Ma. Although he had long lost his admiration from his previous student days, he still went over to say hello.

After all, "The True Color of Heroes", "Blooded Two Heroes", "The Detective" and "The World" have been watched repeatedly.

It's also the place of emotion.

Of course, Ronan was just saying hello.

For Ronan, this Mr. Zhou does not have much commercial value in the future.

Then, Ronan saw several people he didn't want to see in the front hall.

"Hi, Chris." Ronan saw it, and it was impossible to pretend not to see it. He also wanted to test the other party's thoughts and went over to say hello: "I didn't expect to meet you here."

Chris smiled and said, "I didn't expect to meet you here either."

"Are you interested in this movie?" Ronan asked.

Chris looked at the poster in the front hall and said, "I don't know about this kind of film. Sony Entertainment's Classics has a little investment in this project, so I can only come and take a look." He finished this and looked at Ronan: "Are you interested?"

Ronan did not answer directly, saying, "This is a martial arts film."

Chris is an American and can't understand: "Martial arts movies? That's Jack Chen?"

"No." Ronan shook his head: "Jack Chen is called a kung fu movie, and martial arts movies are another type."

"You know what you think?" Chris said.

Ronan thought for a while and said, "I have seen some of the Eastern styles, which are the types of martial arts. What do the heroes in it say?" He couldn't find a suitable statement for a while, and then said, "It's a bit like a cowboy who punishes evil and promotes good in westerns."

Chris felt that he was a master of movie watching who knew world movies very well, but he couldn't fully understand what Ronan said, and asked, "Can North American audiences accept this kind of movie?"

Of course, Ronan would not tell the truth, and deliberately said in a very certain tone: "It's difficult, cultural barriers are not so easy to break."

Chris nodded: "That's right."

Ronan turned around and asked, "How is the talk about "Dancer in the Dark"? Have you taken it down?"

"I got it," Chris said, "a lot of money was spent."

Luo Nan said obscurely: "It seems that the competition is not very fierce."

Chris is a smart person. He heard the meaning of Ronan dialect and said, "Don't worry, I'm not very interested in this kind of film, and I don't understand martial arts films either. Classic Film just invested a little money, which would not affect Sony Entertainment."

Ronan shrugged: "This kind of film has limited audience, and if it is not done well, it will lose money. I'm also very hesitant." He shook his head: "Let's talk about it after watching the film."

The crew was busy accepting interviews and doing various publicity activities. Ronan did not look for it. Now is not the time to talk about things.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has been sold in many countries and regions, especially East Asia and Southeast Asia. The copyright of the distribution has long been sold. Ronan vaguely heard someone nearby discussing it in Chinese, saying that the film will be released in these markets in July.

Ronan's goal is to distribute copyrights in North America and doesn't care much about overseas situations.

In his memory, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a martial arts film, but the real revenue is precisely in North America.

Of course, being able to earn high income in North America is also related to a series of operations, including the Oscars.

"Let's go." Chris greeted Ronan: "Let's go into the cinema."

Luo Nan followed him forward, but saw a big fat man out of the corner of his eyes, and his eyebrows were raised unconsciously. Why did this fat man come too?

Chris noticed Ronan, looked over there, and said, "Harvey Weinstein, a regular visitor to the Cannes Film Festival."

Ronan looked indifferent and said, "Let's go in."

This fat man is looking for films to be released in North America, and is proficient in all kinds of tricks and cheating. It is not surprising to watch Ang Lee's films.

There have always been problems between Miramax and his parent company Disney, especially the sharp conflict between the Weinstein brothers and Michael Eisner.

Under this internal friction, Miramax's attraction may not be much stronger.

Entering the cinema, under the arrangement of the staff, Ronan and Chris sat in the third row. When the crew finally entered the venue, they stood up and applauded and welcomed them like other audiences.

This is also a routine procedure for some film festivals including Cannes, and the main creators of the premiere will enter the audience with applause.

Before the screening, there was a brief media event. Xu Ligong and International Zhang were not very famous in the West. The main goals of media reporters were Ang Lee, Michelle Yang and Little Ma Ge.

Ronan looked at the country Zhang, who was born with a small face that was liked by the camera.

I vaguely remember that at the Berlin Film Festival award ceremony in the previous life, the national teacher specifically told her not to go on stage together, but she didn't listen and followed the national teacher to receive the award immediately, which made the national teacher very unhappy and surprised the scene.

Because there are default rules in the international community, at any major international film festival, directors will come on stage when they win awards, and few actors will come on stage.

Perhaps, it is this courage to seize every opportunity to show off and that vigorous ambition that has brought international Zhang’s reputation.

Ang Lee began to accept an interview, and Ronan came to his senses and listened carefully.

"I want to make martial arts movies. In addition to fulfilling my childhood dream, it is actually a fascination with classical China. The biggest attraction of the martial arts world to me is that it is an abstract world. I can express and concretize many emotional scenes in my heart. The action scenes are like dance designs, which are a very free and unrestrained form of film expression."

Ang Lee talked: "What I yearn for is the chivalrous world of Confucian heroes, beauties..., a world where Chinese people once placed on their emotions and dreams. I think it is of great taste."

Chris asked Ronan in confusion: "What is this martial arts? Why can't I understand?"

Ronan couldn't explain and said, "I can't understand either."

The media event was very short and it ended soon, and the film began to be screened immediately.

Ronan watched it for a while, maybe it was because of the increase in life experience or other reasons. It was obvious that it seemed that it was not the same movie as I saw when I was a young man in my previous life.

It’s not that the movie story has changed, but that the movie people have changed.

At that time, he only had Yu Jiaolong and Luo Xiaohu in his eyes, and only had willful self-relaxation. He was really accustomed to the confrontation between Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian. He was quite impatient with Brother Ma's unstandard Mandarin, and he wanted him to finish those stiff lines as soon as possible.

This movie is full of all kinds of coldness under the beautiful scenery.

Ronan has watched many of Ang Lee's films and knows that this is the usual background of Ang Lee's films. He adds various warmth, tenderness, abrupt lust and lust projections to the movies, but it cannot stop everyone's eternal sadness under long-term self-depression.

For example, Li Mubai is depressed. He carefully suppressed his desire aroused by Yu Jiaolong, and he could finally be released and freed before his death by confessing calmly.

For example, Yu Xiulian is depressed. She can only look at Li Mubai, who is chasing Yu Jiaolong and must accept disciples, but she cannot ask him like a silly American drama, "What do you mean?"

Therefore, the secret jealousy and resentment of Yu Jiaolong bloomed to the fullest in that fight scene. Only through legitimate reasons can the surging power under the rocks be released.

Although Ronan's movie, he looks young but his psychology is already middle-aged. Although the movie Ronan watches is very similar to his previous life, it gives him completely different senses.

Perhaps, this video is Ang Lee's reason and emotion.

"Is this a science fiction film?" Chris finally couldn't help it and asked Ronan in a low voice: "People can fly around in the sky. This setting is too science fiction."

Ronan smiled and said, "In a sense, it is also a science fiction film."

Isn’t the light skills flying around and around enough science fiction?
Chapter completed!