"Ma Xiaogang has nothing to say now. He keeps talking about entertainment movies every day, as if the movies he made before were not entertainment movies!"
"So many directors are praising "The Truman Show," but none of the co-writers, like Ma Xiaogang, has the vision?"
"If "The Truman Show" was just an entertainment film, there wouldn't be many movies with real content. I watched it twice, and the more I watched it, the more uncomfortable it became!"
"A colleague of mine quit his job and started his own business after watching the movie. The movie felt a bit evil."
"I also resigned from the factory. After working in the factory for more than a year, I felt almost numb. I hurriedly ran away first. I have been used to it for the past year. I only made up my mind to leave the factory after watching "The Truman Show"!"
"I used to have a disease. I always suspected that there was someone behind me when I went to the toilet at night. After watching a movie, it got worse and worse. I was very nervous when I went to the toilet."
"You didn't turn on the lights, right? If you turn on the lights and put a mirror in front of you, you don't have to worry."
"What a talent. Wouldn't it make you feel sick if you saw yourself having sex?"
"I was almost scared to death yesterday. I stayed in a hotel for one night. When I was brushing my teeth in the morning, I faced the mirror. On a whim, I tried it with my fingers and found that the mirror was double-sided. I was so scared that I didn't even brush my teeth.
Ran."
"Hey, I guess it won't be long before the brothers upstairs will be able to see their own resources online, so look for them carefully."
"There's something wrong with you... Let me talk to you."
"This movie is really a bit scary. The key is to not be able to help but think about this kind of thing, and then everyone around you will see something is wrong."
...
As many directors, filmmakers, and officials took turns to praise "The Truman Show", Ma Xiaogang said that "The Truman Show" is just an entertainment film and is not as meaningful as "1942", which is self-defeating.
It also attracted ridicule from netizens, and Ma Xiaogang's reputation was slowly ruined by him year after year.
This is something that the Huang brothers and Ma Xiaogang did not expect. With Han Sanping and other semi-official film professionals supporting "The Truman Show", Friday News Network also gave "The Truman Show" a one-and-a-half-minute special feature. Hua
The actions taken by Yang Media did not have any negative impact at all.
Although Xinwen Lianbo only provides a mediocre report, the influence of this one-and-a-half-minute special topic is much more important than the content of the report.
There is nothing special about the one minute and thirty seconds. Li Qian appears for more than ten seconds to talk about the meaning of the movie and so on.
The host broadcast the film's achievements and professional evaluations, and also commented on some grand events in the cinema. That's pretty much it, it's all official discourse.
The audience, industry, and officials all sided with Li Qian, making Huang Zhongjun very difficult.
The same goes for the major companies that originally had high hopes for Huayang. Although they are all big companies, they cannot stop most people in the industry from praising "The Truman Show."
Let alone actors and directors, no one dares to offend Li Qian, not even the actors under Huayang Media will do so.
Film critics and media, in the face of a classic movie that has exploded both at the box office and in word-of-mouth, can even be said to be a masterpiece, not to mention, only a few media and film critics who want to gain traffic and have a sense of presence will compete with it.
Ma Xiaogang could only bite the bullet and stick to his point of view. It would be too shameful to take back what he just said.
However, Li Qian and "The Truman Show" are rarely mentioned, and they mainly talk about "1942".
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On the 13th, when Ma Xiaogang was making such nonsense, the Golden Globe Awards announced the new nomination list, and "The Truman Show" was successfully nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
However, this is not breaking news, and it is not unusual to be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. From 2002 to now, mainland films have been nominated 6 times in the past ten years.
Even "The Promise" was nominated.
The main thing is the Oscar. Han Sanping has called Li Qian twice since the movie was released to inquire about competing for the award.
It's still early for the nominations to be announced, so there's no point in being anxious.
Although there were a lot of events last week, the box office of "The Truman Show" was not affected at all.
It earned 640 million in seven days in a single week, and still exceeded 100 million in three weekends, continuing to dominate the mainland film market.
Including last week's 550 million, the total box office has reached 1.19 billion!
Moreover, it didn’t take even ten days, but it exceeded one billion in nine days, which was much faster than “I’m Not the God of Medicine”.
As for the other two movies, "Zodiac" received 38 million this week, bringing the total box office to 655 million. In theory, it is possible to break the 700 million mark.
"Life of Pi" is still going strong, and its box office performance is very good. It received 60 million in the third week, with a total box office of 460 million.
This is still subject to the fact that "The Truman Show" took away most of the scheduled films, otherwise it would be higher.
Several movies were also released during this period, including Nanbang's thriller and disaster film "Invasion of the Ironworms" and the romance film "My Husband Is Unreliable" starring Ekin Cheng.
They are both films with soy sauce. The former made less than one million on its first day, while the latter made less than two million on its first day.
The latter is also a sequel to the movie "My Wife is Under 18" ten years ago.
As for romance movies, many female viewers went to watch them. As a result, not only were they moved, but a large number of female viewers were also disappointed.
Basically, it's a cold war between the male and female protagonists. The man meets a young and beautiful girl who likes him, and the woman also meets the playmate who has always liked her since childhood.
However, the difference is that a man starts dating, drinking, chatting, and learning to dive with a new woman, as if he has entered a new life.
Women occasionally spend time with their flower guardians to vent their emotions and recall the past.
This difference makes female viewers very unhappy, scolding men for being ruthless, saying that it only takes a second for a man to forget the past and hold someone else's hand, but it probably takes a long, long time for most women to really get over it.
Fortunately, the box office was low and not many people watched it, otherwise there would have been another quarrel online.
Apart from these two movies, there are no other movies that have exceeded one million in a single day. They are all three-day tours of the theater.
In a new week, there are no unnecessary distractions, and Li Qian continues his normal promotions and road shows.
...
On Monday, the box office center Shudu.
In the morning, I accepted an exclusive interview with West China Metropolis Daily, one of the most influential media outlets in Southwest China.
In the exclusive interview, Li Qian talked about the significance of "The Truman Show" to reality and life.
"Actually, as I have often said before, everyone will have their own understanding when watching a movie. What they understand is their own. This actually has little to do with what I want to express.
I have read a lot of online viewers' opinions, and they are generally similar. In fact, when I created this movie, I just wanted to tell the world that most of us live in through such a ridiculous story.
The real society is very complex, and not all is well-intentioned. Everyone has faced falsehood and deception. This is a common siege all over the world. If the audience can see their own shadow in a certain plot and think about it, what should they do?
, I think this is enough.”
The host also has a better understanding of Li Qian's character and rarely preaches. This is a characteristic of Li Qian. Even in "I'm Not the God of Medicine", he didn't preach any big principles.
"Director Li, I have watched the movie four times. Truman is one of my favorite movie characters. Sometimes I feel that the meaning of life is all in the movie. Since childhood, we have been surrounded by family, school, company, and society.
Restricted by these invisible walls.”
Li Qian shook his head and said with a smile, "Actually, the size of the world depends on how much each person's heart can carry. Just like Truman didn't overcome his fear at the beginning and didn't even dare to take a boat to go on a business trip.
The only thing that limits him is himself. He doesn't even dare to get on the boat and shrinks back before the program team can stop him. The reality is the same. There is no absolute freedom in life, but everyone can fight for freedom and get what belongs to them.
It just depends on whether you have the courage."
...
"After making movies for several years, I feel like I'm almost becoming a philosopher."
After an event, Li Qian made a joke.
"Isn't that right? You have filmed all kinds of subjects, including family love, children's education, reality, science fiction, friendship, life... you have a thorough understanding of all the relevant principles." Deng Chao also said
smiled.
"Come on, it's actually quite tiring, but if I don't talk about this, there's nothing much to say." Li Qian shook his head. There was a lot of verbosity in the book, which was quite tiring.
Continue to the next show and meet the audience in the cinema.
Every time we do a road show, we always meet a variety of audiences. The one last time who was not in the same dimension as ordinary people is a typical example.
This time I also met an audience member who was a bit special. After being called out, he looked at Zhang Wei angrily and said loudly.
"Director Li, everyone in the movie has an annoying face, but the most annoying one is Truman's good friend Zhang Wei. In my heart, Truman's wife and parents are just extras. From beginning to end, The Truman
He has never loved his wife, and has no spiritual communication with his parents.
But for Zhang Wei, his best friend since he was a child, Truman showed his true feelings. Every time Truman was confused, he would come to him to talk to him, but he brainwashed Truman so much that he never had it since he was a child.
Do you feel sorry for Truman at all?"
After saying that, the audience member still looked sad and angry and said, "It's like a stone that's going to heat up!"
The words were addressed to Li Qian, but he kept looking at Zhang Wei, making Zhang Wei particularly embarrassed.
Li Qian smiled and said, "Otherwise, let Zhang Wei talk about his role."
Zhang Wei, who was called on, quickly took the microphone and thought about it.
Although he was not well prepared, Zhang Wei still understood the role he played very thoroughly. He looked at the questioning audience with a smile.
"The character Zhang Wei, that... is me. Director Li thought my name was common enough and representative, so the character has the same name as me. In fact, this character is essentially the same as Truman, and is very representative.
character.
First of all, this character is the only one in the movie who first established a friendship with Truman and became a true friend, and then was told the truth. He is the only one in the movie who feels guilty and guilty when facing Truman.
It feels like everyone else is dealing with Truman."
"What is a true friend? He didn't regard Truman as a friend at all!" the audience retorted.
"That's not the case. He has known Truman since elementary school. It was after he and Truman became friends that he was selected by the program team to play an important role in this show. Before they knew the truth, they were very pure friends.
"It was only when he grew up that the show crew told him the truth and asked him to act, so he cooperated with the crew." Zhang Wei explained.
There are too many uncertainties for children. When they were young, those classmates must not know the truth, otherwise, they would have been betrayed long ago.
"Then he doesn't have to act. He has deceived Truman for so many years. From the moment he agreed to act, he no longer regarded Truman as a friend!" The audience still insisted on their own ideas.
Li Qian smiled and answered for Zhang Wei, "Everyone knows how powerful the program team in the movie is. The revenue is higher than the GDP of many small countries. Such a huge interest group cannot be resisted by an ordinary person.
, and it is also possible that his parents signed a contract with the program crew when he entered the studio as a child.
In fact, to put it mildly, everyone must have seen the Hong Kong police and gangster movies. Whether it is the gang or the police, they will send undercover agents to each other. The character Zhang Wei can be viewed this way. He regards Truman as a friend, but he can't help himself.
Why did he continue to act after knowing the truth? It was because of the pressure from the program team that he did not have the courage to tell the truth. He comforted himself in his heart. It was just a program in the first place, and it was also a good thing for Truman, who was an orphan.
To put it bluntly, when people don’t have the courage to do something, they will always find various reasons to convince themselves so that they don’t feel guilty. While lying to you, they feel guilty at the same time. I think many people will have this problem.
kind of experience.”
After saying this, the audience member immediately realized, "So, Zhang Wei is also another "Truman", and he is also the one being controlled!"
You can understand it however you like. The difference between movies and TV series is that there is a lot of blank space, so everyone can see different things.
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Li Qian took the crew all over the country, and time passed day by day, and it soon came to December 20th.
The two movies "1942" and "Blood Drop" are officially released.
It had just been released, and it was very lively under Huayang Media's huge publicity campaign.
""1942" premiered in Zhengzhou, the audience stood up and applauded, Ma Xiaogang was moved to tears!"
""1942" is worthy of everyone entering the cinema. We should know history, remember history, and better cherish the present. This is a dark and warm movie. Ma Xiaogang is a director worthy of respect!"
"The Chinese people who cannot "eat", neither natural disasters nor man-made disasters can hit the Chinese nation!"
""1942"-a group of real disaster victims and the Chinese epic they shouldered!"
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Amid praise, "1942" ended its day of screenings.
At 12 o'clock in the morning, Huang Zhongjun was anxiously waiting for the box office results to be released at home.
Since the day, he has been paying attention to the situation in theaters, but the feedback he has received is not very good. In many places, the attendance rate at night is not as good as that of "The Truman Show."
Huang Zhongjun had a vague premonition and had been worried for two or three hours.
A quarter of an hour later, he received the email on time and he immediately opened it eagerly.
When he saw it, he was stunned by the numbers above.
24 million...
Huang Zhongjun looked at the numbers above carefully and with wide eyes, almost fainted.
He slumped on the sofa, his eyes dull.
It’s over… it’s over…
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The last blockbuster in the Lunar New Year period was released, and the box office on the first day was shocking. 50% of the films scheduled only received 24 million at the box office.
This also had an effect on the stock market. Huayang Media's stock opened slightly lower and then continued to decline, hitting its limit around 10:30.