828【Movies That Made the Golden Horse Awards Modify the Rules】
In the past ten years, the top five movies in Taiwan's annual box office list were basically Hollywood films.
However, due to the new film law promulgated by the Taiwanese authorities last year, which limits a single American film to a maximum of eight theaters in Taiwan, the structure of Taiwan's film market has undergone tremendous changes this year.
Last year, there were several American movies that grossed nearly NT$100 million in box office in Taiwan, but this year, only one, "The Sixth Sense" (also translated as "Basic Instinct"), performed best, with a box office of more than NT$70 million in three months of release.
Following closely behind are Hong Kong films. Cheng Long's "Police Story 3" sold over NT$60 million, and Stephen Chow's "The Deer and the Cauldron" together grossed over NT$100 million for the first and second installments.
This current situation has further stimulated Taiwan's film producers and cinema developers, who all regard Hong Kong films as a magic weapon to make money. Even Taiwan's timber merchants and construction companies have joined the ranks of investing in Hong Kong films.
Three days before Double Ten Day, the premiere of "Jurassic Park" was held in Taipei. In order to create momentum, not only celebrities from the Taiwanese film and television industry were invited to participate, but also Andy Lau and Aaron Kwok, who were filming in Taiwan, were invited to the scene.
Andy Lau is not the most popular in Hong Kong, and he is not at the top in terms of acting or singing, but he is extremely famous in Taiwan. He has released several Mandarin albums that have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Therefore, he is the favorite of Taiwanese film investors in Hong Kong.
Actors' salaries are not as outrageous as those of Stephen Chow and Cheng Long, but the films starring Andy Lau are extremely guaranteed to have box office success in Taiwan.
Aaron Kwok is slightly inferior, but he has also become famous very quickly in the past two years. He even won the title of the most popular Hong Kong star in Taiwan the year before last.
Tony Leung Ka-fai became a household name in Taiwan a few years ago with the movie "Fang Fang". Last year's hit "The Truman Show" established his status as a popular actor.
The premiere of "Jurassic Park" in Taipei. Due to the presence of Tony Leung Ka-fai, Andy Lau and Aaron Kwok, it attracted dozens of Taiwanese media, large and small.
The most wealthy thing is that she, a girl group that is popular in half of Asia, was actually invited to be a guest performer at the premiere. You must know that her appearance fee has now exceeded NT$1 million.
"Hua Zai. Hua Zai!"
"Chengcheng!"
"she!"
There were shouts and screams outside the cinema. The momentum was nothing like a movie premiere. Those who didn't know thought it was some celebrity who was giving a concert.
Hou Hsiao-hsien silently bypassed the crowd and walked into the cinema. He, a well-known director, was actually ignored. All the attention of reporters and movie fans were focused on a few stars.
Edward Yang looked back at the crazy crowd outside, perhaps thinking of the deserted scene when his film "The Murders on Kuling Street" was released. He couldn't help but sigh: "Only Hong Kong films dare to spend money on promotion like this in Taipei. We
When will local films be launched?"
"It's too late to save the day," Hou Hsiao-hsien said in a nonchalant manner.
Both of them are representative figures of Taiwanese literary and artistic directors. When they directed independently, Taiwanese cinema was already in critical condition, and then they watched helplessly as it died step by step.
Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang are very dissatisfied with the Hong Kong films that are very popular in Taiwan. In addition to seizing the Taiwanese film market, they are also because most Hong Kong films are vulgar and have no connotation at all.
The reason why I agreed to attend the premiere of "Jurassic Park" today was mainly because of Kang Jianfei's reputation. Last year, "The Truman Show" swept the Golden Horse Awards, and even Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang had to admit that
, it is really a good movie that can be watched over and over again.
After walking to the front row and sitting down, Hou Hsiao-hsien found Yang Dengkui and Zhu Yanping sitting next to him. He said hello: "Boss Yang is here too."
Yang Dengkui said with a smile: "When Mr. Kang's new film is released, I have to come and support it no matter what."
The news that Yang Dengkui and Kang Jianfei are collaborating to build cinemas in the southern region has long been spread. So far, six multiplex cinemas have been put into use.
Zhu Yanping interjected from the side: "I heard that "Jurassic Park" invested nearly NT$2 billion and sold more than NT$300 million in box office in Hong Kong."
Yang Dengkui praised: "Mr. Kang is really generous!"
Edward Yang is different from Hou Hsiao-hsien. Hou Hsiao-hsien is famous and not taboo on meat and vegetables. The previous film "City of Sadness" was invested by Yang Dengkui. In the past few years, Edward Yang has been producing independently, raising small investments and earning some government subsidies to live on. Yang Dengkui
I don't have any good impressions of this guy who came from a gang. He said with disdain in his heart: Kang Jianfei is not around, so he can't even hear your flattery.
Two hours later, Edward Yang fell completely silent. After watching the movie, he felt something was stuck in his heart.
Shock. A double shock from the senses and the soul!
"Has Hong Kong's film technology reached this level?" Edward Yang swallowed and asked Hou Hsiao-hsien next to him.
Hou Hsiao-hsien also marveled: "It's amazing! You can still see traces of props in "Star Wars", and it's hard to tell whether the dinosaurs in "Jurassic" are authentic, just like going back to prehistory."
Not just the two of them, when the first dinosaur appeared on the screen, all the audience in the cinema were shocked beyond measure, and the applause after the film ended lasted for a long time.
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When DreamWorks' "Jurassic Park" was released on Double Ten Day, its only competitor was the Hollywood action film "Lethal Weapon 3." The latter was released half a month earlier than "Jurassic Park," but because it could only be released on August 1,
Due to legal restrictions on screenings in movie theaters, "Jurassic Park", which had more screenings, overtook "Lethal Weapon 3" at the box office in just 9 days.
"Have you seen the dinosaurs?"
This is the sentence that appeared most frequently in Taiwan after "Jurassic Park" was released.
On the streets, in schools, in companies...everywhere you can see people talking about Velociraptors, Brontosaurus, and Tyrannosaurus Rex. If you haven't watched "Jurassic Park", it is even considered as being out of date.
In the newly emerging southern market, due to the insufficient number of cinemas, there are often queues to watch movies. Yang Dengkui had to rush the construction period and let the three cinemas under renovation open in advance.
What is a phenomenal movie?
Phenomenal movies have left the cinema, and the whole society is hotly discussing and pursuing them.
Before this, not many people cared about dinosaurs, and many people had never heard of the word dinosaur. After the hit of "Jurassic Park", the number of books about dinosaurs in Taiwan's bookstores increased rapidly. What about "Dinosaur World"
, "Jurassic Quest", "Prehistoric Extinction" and so on. There are even experts appearing on TV variety shows to provide popular science explanations about prehistoric creatures to the audience.
The most intuitive one is the toy store. In the past, the toys sold were Barbie dolls, Ultraman and the like, but now there are more dinosaur series.
The movie screening cycle in Taiwan is generally longer than that in Hong Kong. Generally, good movies are screened for more than two months. Best-selling movies can even be released for half a year.
In just one month, the cumulative box office of "Jurassic Park" in Taiwan has reached NT$50 million, and this is just the beginning. From October to New Year's Day, the box office of "Jurassic Park" in Taiwan easily exceeded NT$50 million.
Billion, actually still maintains a very high attendance rate. It looks like it can be shown for at least another month or two.
With the popularity of "Jurassic Park", Kang Jianfei has once again entered the Taiwanese public's attention. A review in "United Daily News" wrote: "The name Kang Jianfei is full of controversy in Taiwan, but I don't know when he started.
His movies will set off a trend in Taiwan. You can scold him and question him, but you can never ignore him. This time, he once again challenges our sensitivities with "Jurassic Park". What we are getting is uniformity.
The praise..."
The media can give complimentary words without scruples, and the audience can go to the cinema again and again, but the old and young men on the Golden Horse Awards Organizing Committee have quite a headache this time.
Since 2003, as long as the film has Chinese dialects in it, it can participate in the Golden Horse Awards; after 2010, the organizers of the Golden Horse Awards have stipulated that as long as there are 5 Chinese main actors, they can compete for the award even if the main language is not Chinese.
However, the qualifications for the Golden Horse Awards at this time were not so relaxed. Kang Jianfei's version of "Jurassic Park" appeared in four languages: English, Japanese, Malay and Chinese, but the main language of the film was still English.
The organizers have been debating whether "Jurassic Park" should be shortlisted for the Golden Horse Awards. It was not until the week before the shortlist was announced that the decision was finally made.
Not only did they agree that "Jurassic Park" was nominated for this year's Golden Horse Awards, but the organizers also changed the competition rules specifically for this movie. The new rules stipulate that as long as the production unit is in a Chinese-speaking region (such as mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore),
Films with Chinese dialogue (including Chinese dialects) and films with more than 8 Chinese creators can sign up to compete for the Golden Horse Awards.
Naturally, many local Taiwanese filmmakers opposed this move, believing that the organizers were kneeling down to Hong Kong films and Kang Jianfei.
But the protest is invalid!
Why has the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards not only not declined but become more influential than before after so many years of decline in Taiwanese films? One of the big reasons is that the influence of Hong Kong films in the world continues to expand. And it stems from Hong Kong filmmakers’ interest in Taiwan
The market's attention has made the Golden Horse Awards extremely influential in the Hong Kong film industry.
The Golden Horse Awards and Hong Kong films are mutually reinforcing. If the Golden Horse Awards wants to maintain and increase its influence, it must rely on the participation of Hong Kong films, not those Taiwanese literary and artistic films that no one cares about.
It is true that the judges of the Golden Horse Awards prefer literary and artistic films. More than half of the Golden Horse trophies awarded every year are won by literary and artistic films. But the embarrassing part is that the ones that attract the attention of the Golden Horse Awards are Hong Kong films that have received fewer awards.
In particular, the two awards of Golden Horse Best Actor and Best Actress have basically been awarded to Hong Kong movie stars in recent years. This does not mean that Hong Kong stars have better acting skills than Taiwanese actors, but that Hong Kong stars are more popular with the public and can perform well in Asia.
Bring higher attention to the Golden Horse Awards.
As the highest-grossing Hong Kong film this year, it is impossible for the Golden Horse Awards to exclude "Jurassic Park", and it will not hesitate to modify the selection rules for this reason.
In the latest shortlist announced by the Golden Horse Awards, "Jurassic Park" won in one fell swoop: Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Design, and Best Costume
9 nominations for design, best sound recording, and best film score.
Before the Golden Horse Awards ceremony was held, "Jurassic Park" had already won its first award: Audience Choice for Best Picture. (To be continued)
