Hello, audience friends, I am Xinlang reporter Li Jiang. Now we have come to the Capital Anding Hospital. Yesterday at Tiananmen Poly International Cinema, a viewer who was suspected of having a mental disorder after watching "The Truman Show" has been diagnosed by his family.
Sent to the hospital for medical treatment, let's interview the patient's acceleration.
The reporter found a bunch of young couples outside the ward, who were the man's brother and sister-in-law.
The younger brother, who was about 27 or 27 years old, faced the camera with a tired look on his face, "My brother was in a bad mental state three years ago due to work and relationship problems. It started with depression, and then his temper became increasingly bad."
Well, he often quarreled with his colleagues over trivial matters. Even when he was walking on the road waiting for a red light, several times when someone came closer to him, he would wonder if the other person wanted to push him and get hit by a car. There were many similar things, as long as it was an abortion.
In a densely packed place, when someone comes close to him, he will think he is a thief.
Later, I really had no choice but to take him to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with persecutory delusion. Then he has been taking medicine at home to recuperate. His parents take care of him and try not to let him go out. He can watch TV and movies at home as long as he is not stimulated.
Usually nothing happens, and he doesn't want to take medicine anymore. He says he is not sick, but becomes anxious and quarrels with you when you ask him to take medicine..."
The younger brother was talking about his elder brother's condition. When he talked about his illness this time, his face became more and more sad, "We thought he was almost cured, so we didn't force him to take medicine, but we didn't expect that he stopped taking medicine midway, and instead it gradually worsened."
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"So, it's not because of watching the movie "The Truman Show" that the old disease relapsed?" the reporter asked Dr. Xiang again.
The doctor said, "I have also watched the movie "The Truman Show," and it is indeed an inducement. However, the main cause of the disease is the patient's own withdrawal of medication. With the patient's current condition, even if he does not watch the movie, as long as he is affected by a little
Stimulation can easily aggravate the condition."
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In Shanghai, Li Qian saw the news early in the morning.
Li Qian sent someone to find this patient, sent him to the hospital, and paid the hospitalization expenses.
Going crazy while watching a movie is not a good thing, even if you are sick in the first place.
However, it must be kept confidential, otherwise it would be troublesome if a large number of patients suddenly appeared.
This kind of thing can happen, and Li Qian can't let those weird netizens on the Internet go around saying that he is being monitored. Who knows what else may happen.
Public relations and trolls come on stage to talk about healthy topics.
However, what happened yesterday did not affect the box office. It still took in 150 million at the box office on Sunday, with a very small decrease.
The total box office in four days was 550 million, ranking second in the Lunar New Year period, second only to "Zodiac" which was released for more than half a month.
"Zodiac", which has been in theaters for three weeks, received a total of 92 million last Monday, a drop of nearly 70%, with a total box office of 617 million.
The box office of "Life of Pi" is much stronger. It was 170 million last week and 130 million last week. It actually surpassed "Zodiac", and the attendance rate is also very high.
However, the total box office is still just over 400 million. Under the pressure of "The Truman Show", it is impossible to overtake "Zodiac".
There was also a blockbuster movie "The King's Feast" at the same time, but no one cared about this movie anymore. It had low box office, low reputation, and not many movies scheduled. It had no sense of existence and not many people even criticized it.
The movie was also released in North America for three days. Due to the time difference, it was more than ten hours later than in China. The North American weekend box office was also released, and it took in 13 million US dollars in three days.
It was released by Warner Bros. and released on a large scale in mainstream theaters. It is not a success at the box office, but it is not at the bottom either. It has a good reputation on IMBD and Rotten Tomatoes, so you can look forward to it.
For a Chinese-language feature film, it is already very good, and it is still titled as the new work of the director of "Jaws".
No way, in Milijian, "Jaws" still has quite a reputation.
In North America, Li Qian didn't pay attention to it. If there is a box office, it will be there. If not, it doesn't matter. And he must go to Hollywood.
The public relations for the Oscars and Golden Globes are left to Warner, and Warner is very familiar with this kind of thing.
In the past, domestic films didn’t seem to have done any public relations. They just signed up, then waited, and did nothing.
This is not feasible in Hollywood. The Oscars are not comparable to the presidential election. Basically, $100 million is spent on public relations every year.
The basic fee for participating in the selection is US$200,000, and nominations for key awards start at US$1 million.
The Oscar nomination ballots are mailed out on the 23rd, and the deadline is January 3rd. The nominations will be announced on January 10th, and now the public relations have basically started.
"The Truman Show" has also started, holding several screenings and inviting judges to participate. This is the most basic public relations behavior.
Of course, with so many judges, not all of them would come. As a rule, those who didn’t come would be sent a DVD and a small gift along with it.
The DVD and some small gifts alone cost Li Qian US$150,000.
But I haven't sent it yet, the time is not right.
This is the limit, after all, the goal is only for the best foreign language film, and there are no other awards submitted.
It’s not that non-Militian films cannot be nominated for Oscars, but they must at least have Milikian’s investment, no matter how small it is.
All the investment in "The Truman Show" came from China, and not a dime came from Mi Lijian, so naturally he couldn't sign up.
But there is no point in signing up. For such an entertaining film, it is still a foreign language film, or a foreign language film without strong technical points, such as art and costume design. The probability of winning is not much better than winning the lottery, at most.
There is just some hope of being nominated for Best Screenplay.
It doesn’t make much sense, the main purpose is still for Best Foreign Language Film, this award is much more important than the big push for nominations.
Anyway, leave it all to Warner, and leave professional matters to professionals.
However, there is also a drawback to competing for the Olympics. Every year during the awards season, a large number of high-definition pirated copies of Hollywood movies appear in China.
90% of them are leaked from the DVDs sent to the judges. It is the same every year. At this time, the audience has become addicted to free movies. A lot of movies participating in the Oscars can be watched online for free.
Zhang Yimou and the others had no public relations before, so they may have had this consideration in mind. After all, it happens to be released during the Lunar New Year period, and it is a big production. If the pirated version comes out early, the investment will suffer losses.
Li Qian did not ask Warner to send out the DVD so quickly. He first tried to hold as many preview screenings as possible. At least he had to wait for almost 20 days after the movie was released before sending it out. At that time, the ballot mailing time had just begun, and there were
Opportunity, just work harder and spend more money on subsequent public relations.
After Warner only asked the judges what they thought of the movie, Li Qian stopped paying attention. Domestic results were just the icing on the cake. Mainly domestic, he was still very young.
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Now, with Xinlang's interview with the suspected patient and the doctor's statement being released online, the truth has been revealed, which has disappointed some netizens who were watching the excitement.
Without the need for public relations and trolls, netizens spontaneously reduced the number of posts saying they were suspected of being monitored.
After all, this is so outrageous that no normal person would believe such a thing.
After all, there are still Mayan prophecies in 2012, which can be regarded as metaphysics, but the matter of being monitored is purely conjecture.
Huang Zhongjun was also disappointed. He excitedly found out a key point last night and held a video conference all night. However, he was told today that the patient did not take the medicine and the old disease had relapsed.
He originally came to work happily and full of expectations, but now he can no longer smile at all.
The atmosphere in the conference room was a little quiet, and the original topic, which was about "The Truman Show" making the audience go crazy and insane after watching it, was also shelved.
However, Huang Zhonglei thought about it and suggested, "Since no one is going crazy, why don't we create some crazy people?"
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Except for Huang Zhongjun, everyone looked at Huang Zhonglei with strange eyes, but they immediately returned to normal.
"Isn't this too much?" Huang Zhongjun did not object, he just asked the air.
Others did not respond, but Huang Zhonglei advised, "Brother, we have to do something now, otherwise the pressure of "1942" will be too great. But there is no need to really find people to act in the cinema. There is a ready-made example before.
No matter what the reason is, it’s always caused by watching the movie, and it’s mainly caused by public opinion on the Internet.”
This is obviously a dead horse being treated as a live doctor, but other people have not advised anything. It is very unwise to only oppose if you can't come up with a good plan at this time.
Everyone sighed secretly. There was no factual support. It was strange that just the voice on the Internet was useful. Maybe it even helped the other party.
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Starting from the next day, some people started to appear on the Internet, claiming that their family members, relatives and friends felt a little abnormal after watching the movie, and always suspected that someone was secretly filming him with a camera.
Not only that, there are also some media, psychiatry, and psychological doctors who have written articles criticizing "The Truman Show."
"Li Qian's "The Truman Show" was too absurd, completely divorced from reality, and at the same time too realistic, which resonated with some unsteady audiences and has affected the audience's outlook and cognition of daily life.
, Li Qian should apologize to the audience, and Optoelectronics should ban "The Truman Show" from being released!" - from a famous psychologist without a V on Weibo.
Not to mention, as those involved said that their relatives and friends were mentally and behaving abnormally, netizens came to join in the fun again.
Now is the time to write a story. All my friends, my classmates, and even those who went insane after watching the movie can start writing it.
However, it had already been a lively event, and most of the audience still regarded it as a joke.
"Hahahaha, some people are really that fragile. They make themselves stupid just by watching a movie!"
"Whoever believes it is an idiot. You are obviously making up the story. This is new. I think you are even more stupid!"
"If that person hadn't been in the news that day, and the doctor said that he stopped taking his medication privately, which led to mental disorder and relapse, I almost would have taken it seriously. I was in the cinema at the time."
"How come I've checked out three times and gone to the cinema three times, but I haven't seen anyone suffering from mental problems."
"Just looking at the Internet, I feel that everyone is mentally disturbed, and everyone is normal."
"It's true that the average number of Internet users is mentally ill. It's so scary. Will it be transmitted along the network cable? I should be fine if I unplug the network cable."
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Oh my god!
Li Qian almost died laughing. How free these media, psychiatrists, and psychologists are, and they are still looking for trouble.
Are you still apologizing? Do you want to apologize to the people of the whole country?
Without thinking, Li Qian knew that this was Huayang Media's trick. No company other than them would do such a thing that was not beneficial to them.
"I'm not looking for trouble with them, but I'm looking for trouble first."
Li Qian shook his head, feeling helpless. He wanted to calm down, but no one else would let him.
In this case, there is no other way but to find fault with them in advance.
It happened that during this period, Ma Xiaogang was talking about national justice and the like in order to promote his movie. When asked about "The Truman Show", he said that it is an entertainment film and it is not easy to compare the two.
At the next road show, a reporter was present and asked about his fight with Ma Xiaogang last year, and Li Qian responded positively.
"Oh, that seems to be the case!"
Li Qian looked like he just remembered it, and then said a little embarrassedly, "Thanks to my reporter friend for reminding me, otherwise I would have missed the appointment. I remember Director Ma's "1942" is about to be released. I listen to him every day recently.
What are you talking about, the mirror of the nation, suffering, history, etc.
First of all, I respect the director who makes this kind of subject, but I don’t agree with making a movie about the suffering of the nation while thinking about the box office, just like Director Ma talks about the nation and people’s livelihood, but then he talks about starting with a billion box office.
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It is a good thing to face up to the suffering of the nation and reflect on it, but trying to fill one's own pockets by relying on the countless souls of decades ago, as a filmmaker, I despise this behavior!"
"1942" was actually shot very well. Ma Xiaogang's ability is there and he can talk about things as they happen.
But the purpose is too obvious and the utilitarianism is too strong. In the movie, Zhang Guoli and Xu Fan are used to stimulate the pain nerves of the common people, and Chen Daoming and Li Xuejian are used to stimulate the political nerves of intellectuals.
Amplify the religious significance of God and missionaries, insert two big-name Hollywood actors into the film without any boundaries, and please the so-called foreign film festival judges and film producers.
It was similar to "The Thirteen Hairpins", with big-name Hollywood actors and similar images. However, "The Thirteen Hairpins" had not yet been released, otherwise Ma Xiaogang would definitely have to change the script.
If you look carefully at the film, you will find that, to put it bluntly, every scene is full of calculations and scheming.
In fact, this is not impossible. After all, movies have costs. Investors, directors, actors, and theaters all have to eat.
But if you want to make money, can't you think about it in your mind? Don't always mention it verbally.
Ma Xiaogang talks about the suffering of the nation every day, preaching a lot, and always asking for a guaranteed box office of one billion, which is so annoying. His character is far inferior to his movies, which is why the audience now starts to hate him.
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Li Qian's words directly satirized Ma Xiaogang for taking advantage of the nation's suffering to fill his own pockets, which made everyone in the industry shine.
Two great directors are at odds again!
Ma Xiaogang himself was stunned. He couldn't understand why Li Qian, who had been silent before, suddenly came to make trouble.
However, one can probably guess from a glance at the news that the news that criticizes "The Truman Show" is probably caused by the Huang brothers.
"Brainless idiot!"
Ma Xiaogang is going crazy now. The two brothers have been doing more and more stupid things in the past two years. This has no effect at all. On the contrary, they can do negative marketing to increase the popularity of each other. They only have to send money to other people's pockets.
Already.
He finally figured out Li Qian's character. After a long period of recall and observation, Ma Xiaogang suddenly discovered that as long as he didn't trouble him, Li Qian rarely came to criticize others.
So Ma Xiao was so low-key just now. At most, he just said that "The Truman Show" is an entertainment film.
But now, the Huang brothers are looking for trouble.
Pig teammates!
Ma Xiaogang has never seen such a stupid person who only does things that are harmful to himself and others!
Now it's okay, they helped Li Qian publicize in vain, no one took their criticism seriously, only netizens made noises, and Li Qian came to trouble them.