In order to get a high-end premiere hall for "Fang Fang", DreamWorks spent a lot of money for this. You can do it cheaply, like those low-cost movies, just show it in an ordinary beach cinema, but that would be
There will be no publicity efforts.
Although DreamWorks' European distribution company has few formal employees, it has extensive connections in the European film industry. In fact, after learning that Kang Jianfei's new film hired Sophie Marceau as the heroine, two French film companies
Last year, the businessman took the initiative to come to discuss purchasing the film.
The agent and distributor of "Fang Fang" in France have basically been negotiated with theater companies. The only thing that remains to be changed is the price. This depends on whether "Fang Fang" can win an award in Cannes, and whether it will win a major or minor award.
, and finally increase it upwards from the negotiated basic price.
Now "Fang Fang" is about to premiere at a film festival. The quality of the publicity determines how much money the agent distributors and theater companies can make. They are as concerned about the success of the film's premiere as Kang Jianfei.
With the help of local French film producers, reporters gathered on the night of the release of "Fang Fang", and many famous film critics were also invited, and the general audience came because of the nude scene of Sophie Marceau.
The theater was almost packed.
When the cast and crew appeared in the premiere hall, Kang Jianfei and Tony Leung were ignored. The ordinary audience behind them were almost all Sophie Marceau fans, shouting her French nickname for several minutes.
The host of the premiere finally calmed down the fans' excitement. Sophie Marceau, at Kang Jianfei's signal, walked to the stage with a microphone in hand. She waved and smiled at the fans below. After the reporters took photos wildly for a while,
, Sophie Marceau began to promote: "I am very happy that everyone can come to the premiere of "Fang Fang" today. This is my first film shot outside France. Although the filming process was a bit hard, it was
A very interesting experience. Mr. Kang Jianfei is a great director. His work "A Chinese Ghost Story" was screened in France last year. I think many people should have seen it. And his other movie "Smith"
"Couple" was released in North America two months ago and took in 55 million U.S. dollars at the North American box office...and the man behind me, Mr. Tony Leung Ka-fai, is the leading actor in this film and gave me a lot of help during the filming of the film...
...Finally, I hope everyone can like "Fangfang" and continue to support and work hard for me as always. Thank you!"
Sophie Marceau would have never been able to say these words two or three years ago. At that time, she would just stand next to the director like a little lady and pose for reporters to take pictures. After several years of experience, although Su
Fei Marceau is still a middle-aged girl sometimes, but she is much more mature than before.
After Sophie Marceau praised Kang Jianfei and Liang Jiahui, she also promoted "Fang Fang" and herself, and then handed the microphone to Kang Jianfei.
This is Sophie Marceau's home court. Kang Jianfei and Tony Leung Ka Fai could only come here to get familiar with each other. After a series of interactions with movie fans, the Cantonese version of "Fang Fang" with English and French subtitles officially premiered.
The lights in the screening room were turned off, the reporters' cameras were put away, and the logo of Oriental DreamWorks appeared on the big screen.
The movie opens in a bedroom, with Tony Leung holding a gift box and asking: "What is this?"
"Valentine's Day gift." The cousin played by Lan Jieying sat on the bed and quietly unbuttoned the first button of her coat.
"Isn't Valentine's Day too early?" Liang Jiahui opened the gift box and took out a pair of cloth shoes.
"Qixi Festival. Chinese Valentine's Day," Lan Jieying said. "My grandma made it for you. It's very light to wear."
Liang Jiahui raised his eyebrows helplessly and said: "I can wear these shoes to accompany her to watch Cantonese opera."
"The real gift is here." Lan Jieying unbuttoned the second button of her dress, revealing her looming breasts. She turned over gently, and her beauty was revealed under her short skirt, but she couldn't see anything clearly. With the softness,
With her twisting waist and charming eyes, her charm is simply seductive to men.
The French like art and romance, and there is a special oriental implicitness in Chinese movies. This kind of implicitness is not very popular with Americans, but the ones in Europe are just in time. Later, so many Chinese movies won awards in Europe
It's not unreasonable.
The face of an oriental beauty like Lan Jieying may not be enough for French audiences to like, but her half-covered temptation just now in the film just aroused the itch in French men's hearts.
The seduction of the beautiful woman on Valentine's Day made the audience think that there would be a passionate scene soon, but who knew that the male protagonist actually turned around and left with an unnatural expression.
Next came the appearance of Sophie Marceau, and soon there was a swimming scene at the beach. Sophie Marceau was seen taking off her clothes while walking, and jumped into the sea with only her underwear on.
"Stay hot!"
There was a burst of exclamations and cheers in the screening room, and then... nothing more. Because it was a long shot, the audience could only see Sophie Marceau's smooth back from a distance.
As for the nude scenes, they are all deceptive gimmicks.
However, the fans of Sophie Marceau were still stunned by the glimpse just now. Due to the deliberate creation by Gaumont Company, Sophie Marceau has been showing the image of a beautiful girl in these years, and it is not like that of another time and space.
I have made many passionate videos.
If Kang Jianfei really lets Sophie Marceau show off her sexy image and shoot passionate nude scenes in the film, the effect will definitely be negative, and Sophie Marceau's fans will scold her to death.
.
In another time and space, the old Polish director asked the innocent Sophie Marceau to suddenly shoot a passionate scene. After the film was released, it almost attracted curses and abuse from the French media and fans. It was like a beautiful oil painting stained
, Sophie Marceau's image of a beautiful girl suddenly jumped up, and many of her original fans even vowed not to watch her movies. Later, it took several years for Sophie Marceau's sexy image to be gradually accepted by the public.
, and finally she was hailed as the most beautiful woman in France.
Why is the movie "Fang Fang" so popular? It's because although Sophie Marceau takes off her clothes, her overall image is fresh and sunny. This kind of positioning can easily be recognized and sought after by the audience.
This is how the audience in the screening room feels now. They saw Sophie Marceau take off her clothes, so much that her bare back was visible, but no one had any objections, nor did they think that their goddess had been desecrated.
.Because judging from the heroine's dialogue and behavior, Sophie Marceau's undressing seems so natural and candid that it will not make people have unhealthy thoughts at all.
The dialogue in the entire movie is basically in Cantonese. Only some scenes between Sophie Marceau and her grandmother, and Sophie Marceau's return to France, use French dialogue.
The difference in language did not create a viewing barrier, and both critics and audiences enjoyed it. At least the film was fast-paced and humorous, making it far more interesting than most of the difficult art films participating in the film festival.
The male protagonist played by Tony Leung Ka Fai begins to pursue the heroine, but due to the existence of his cousin as his fiancée and an unexplainable reason, he always retreats and restrains himself at critical moments.
The hero fell in love with the heroine, but he had just become an intern and had no money. In order to find a restaurant worthy of the heroine, he made an appointment with the heroine to a mansion, saying that it was his home, and then
He said he didn't have the key, so they climbed over the wall and entered.
Halfway through dinner, the owner of the mansion went home, and a humorous and witty conversation made the audience in the screening room laugh happily.
Then the hero spent half a month's salary to bribe a crew member and took the heroine into the studio, saying he wanted to take her back to Vienna 300 years ago.
When the male and female protagonists dressed in formal attire and danced to the cheerful music, it seemed that the entire screening room was going back in time, and everyone traveled back three hundred years with the film.
This is the final part of the first half of "Fang Fang". When seeing Tony Leung playing a European medieval discrimination and looking for someone to duel in the air, the film critics who were invited in the screening hall finally started to take this movie seriously.
It can definitely be called a classic shot. A film critic from Paris couldn't help but sit up straight and excitedly make a brief note in a small notebook.
The rhythm of the movie drops at the end, and then gradually leads the audience upward. Finally, when the male protagonist and the crew give in, the final climax of the film comes.
Knock, knock quickly!
Seeing the hesitant and struggling male protagonist, many viewers quietly urged him to do it.
"boom!"
"Crash!"
"Pa bang bang..."
The glass wall shattered and splashed, and the hero and heroine finally found their lover and got married. During the movie's subtitles and theme song, thunderous applause erupted in the screening hall.
Feeling the atmosphere of the scene, Kang Jianfei finally smiled proudly and put down the stone hanging in his heart.
Kang Jianfei's "Fangfang" has been greatly changed compared to the original version. The entire storyline has not been changed significantly, but the details have long been changed beyond recognition. To be honest, many details in the original version are very rough, but after Kang Jianfei's treatment, they became very delicate and enjoyable.
There is an aftertaste.
Just listening to the nearly ten minutes of applause in the screening room, you knew that Kang Jianfei's changes had been recognized by the audience.
On the second day of the premiere, the Cannes Film Festival's program "Screen" gave this evaluation of "Fang Fang": "The breakthrough of Sophie Marceau's image is surprising, and Tony Leung's performance is also very exciting. This is
An eye-catching romance film.”
A total of 4 out of 100 points were given, and the venue magazine gave it a score of 3.2. Although the score is not very high, it has been affirmed by film critics and the venue magazine.
In the following seven or eight days, I must have talked about the deserted audiences during some movie screenings. The screening hall of "Fang Fang" was full. Perhaps among the film festival judges and media critics, "Fang Fang" was not
The best film, but for ordinary audiences, "Fang Fang" is the most popular film at this year's Cannes Film Festival. (To be continued...)u
