As Zhang Ran expected, some media thought the movie was very inspirational, and some media thought that the movie was very dark and the ending was a tragedy, but almost all the media praised the movie itself.

The Mainichi Shimbun is a well-known newspaper in Japan, and it is quite influential in the film industry, and the famous Mainichi Film Awards are sponsored by the Mainichi Shimbun, and the Mainichi Shimbun gives full recognition to "The Burst Drummer": "The charm of "The Burst Drummer" is that it portrays two characters who are completely emotionless, but both are good at wrapping themselves, so that the film looks like a passionate inspirational drama. In fact, as long as you analyze it a little, you can understand the director's intentions. Chen Wei gave the example of jazz maestro Charlie Parker's growth, saying that Charlie fell short in the knockout round and his teacher threw a bowl at his head. The next day, Charlie continued to practice hard and eventually became a master. This justified his educational methods, but this was not the case, Charlie's teacher just threw the bowl on the ground as a reminder, and Charlie did not bury his head in hard practice the next day, but began to learn music systematically.

Many people know Edison's famous quote that genius is ninety-nine percent perspiration and one percent inspiration. In fact, without Edison's talent, no amount of sweat would be doomed to a mediocre life. It's just that the prospect of success is really attractive, and many people who think that they are on the road to success are essentially no different from moths to a fire. The film exposes the cold truth after chasing dreams in an extreme way, and it sets a question for the audience, is Zhou Xu's success in line with human nature, or humane?

Compared with the comments of "Mainichi Shimbun" on the movie itself, "Asahi Shimbun" sang a praise for Zhang Ran: "This movie is beyond expectations, and the screenwriter will not play the cards as you think after the plan." But the wisdom of making all abnormal trends reasonable and more bullish makes the script a big breakthrough. Implement to the imagery. The editing, cinematography and music work well together, and the script requires the two leading actors to complete the internal and external transitions. It's all done well, and the viewers are hearty. Zhang Ran is only twenty-five years old, this is his second film, and his future is worth looking forward to!"

Not only Japanese newspapers, but also the New York Times in the United States, the Oriental Daily in Xiangjiang, and the Sun in the United Kingdom, almost all newspapers sang praises to Zhang Ran after commenting on the movie.

The Los Angeles Times dissected the actors' performances, in which they gave a super high evaluation of Feng Yuanyi's performance, believing that it was a textbook performance.

The British professional film magazine "Screen" pointed out when commenting on Feng Yuanyi's performance: "We can't know whether Feng Yuanyi pinned on Chen Wei his bitterness and perception of decades in the actor industry. But what we can be sure of is that behind Chen Wei's crazy demands on Zhou Xu every time and brutally forcing him into a desperate situation again and again, Chen Wei's lonely mood behind his unapproachable heart for art but no one knows about it has formed a perfect combination with Feng Yuan's depressed and heavy performance. There is no trace of performance in the whole character, which completely blends the actor with the character, bursting with jaw-dropping sparks. ”

Not only "Los Angeles Times" and "The Screen", but also many other media outlets are full of praise for Feng Yuanyi's performance when writing film reviews. Many media believe that Feng Yuanyi is the strongest contender for the best actor at this film festival.

Of course, not everyone gave good reviews, for example, "The Film Handbook" gave a bad review: "The film has high-level performances and editing, but the idea of the film can only be described as extremely morbid." Twisted to the extreme. Regardless of the reason, it is wrong to persecute others mentally. Jazz should be beautiful and enjoyable, not morbid torture of each other......"

However, such an evaluation is just a drop in the ocean. It was just a small wave before it was swallowed up by the rave reviews.

The rave reviews piqued the interest of Japanese fans, and tickets for "Burst Drummer" were sold out in the afternoon and evening. Several movies have already begun, and there are still stubborn fans standing at the door of the cinema. Holding a sign asking for a ticket.

Japanese people like inspirational, no matter what the subject matter they can shoot very inspirational, such as being a cowherd or being a lady, they can shoot inspirational feelings. "Burst Drummer" is darker, but it does have an inspirational component, so the movie is very much to their liking, and fans who watched the movie almost unanimously gave positive reviews.

"The focus of the movie is on the drums, just like the plot explains, and there is no time to even talk about love. The devil's roar of the teacher, the revenge of the teacher and the student, the large display of the drumming, the pursuit of speed, the gritting of teeth, sweating and bleeding...... After the movie, the audience cheered and applauded, like watching a hearty live performance. "Burst Drummer" gave me a new understanding of Chinese cinema!"

"There is no word more harmful than 'good'! That's so good! The drumming part is numb throughout the whole process, and the immersive experience of being lectured actually has a trembling reaction. "Full Metal Jacket" beats jazz, the devil master and apprentice agitates "Chicago", and "Dead Poets Society" is really cornered, this movie is fantastic!"

"A popping drummer full of teenage thoughts, and a music instructor who likes to satirize sanctimoniousness, the two of them kill each other to compose a musical fairy tale about darkness. The main two characters in the movie are neurotic and almost perverted, but when you think about it, it makes sense. A tsundere patient, a sadistic syndrome, no matter how you look at it, they are a natural pair. And the end of the movie is also a sight to sigh, layer by layer, peaks and loops. I didn't expect the Chinese to make such an awesome film!"

When the audience continued to give praise, the votes for "Bursting Drummer" also increased rapidly, which made Zhang Ran have some hope for the award.

Unlike the three major films, the Tokyo Film Festival has a Spectator's Choice Award that is voted on by the audience in that in addition to the jury's awards, similar to the Fantasy Film Festival. Now there are two hottest films in the entire Tokyo Film Festival, one is the Brazilian film "City of God", and the other is "Burst Drummer", so "Burst Drummer" is expected to win the Audience Choice Award.

There are a lot of nonsense in the domestic media, after all, many media were singing about "Bursting Drummer" before, and now. It's hard for them to ride a tiger, and the domestic audience can't see the real situation in Tokyo anyway. Therefore, he is determined to stand firm.

"Nandu Entertainment News" wrote: "On the evening of the 3rd, the premiere of "Bursting Drummer" was held in Tokyo, and several main actors of the film, including Jay Chou, Feng Yuanyi and Zhang Jingchu, all attended. But after the premiere, the media received mixed reviews for the film, the media in the East felt that it was the same, but the Western media praised it endlessly, and it seems that this film is more suitable for the taste of foreigners......"

However, there are still a few people who tell nonsense, and most of the media are still disciplined, at least in 2002. After a few days of singing and bad reviews, the praise of "Burst Drummer" suddenly exploded.

Many domestic viewers were puzzled, didn't they say that there were a flood of bad reviews two days ago. Why did you suddenly sing a hymn? The audience applauded for more than ten minutes, is it really fake? Is it that good?

In the evening, "China Film Report" broadcast the grand occasion of the premiere of "Burst Drummer" in Tokyo, and the host Jin Wei smiled and introduced: "Last night, the Chinese film "Burst Drummer" premiered at the Tokyo Film Festival. When the film was over, as the subtitles rolled line by line, the audience gave a standing ovation, and the applause was like a storm, as if it was about to tear down the dome of the movie theater, and the whole process lasted more than ten minutes......"

The audience in front of the TV clearly saw the standing ovation of the audience at the premiere. The atmosphere was so warm that people couldn't help but be moved. Everyone saw Zhang Ran and the three actors bowing to the audience to thank them, but the audience did not give up and slapped them louder.

This report has swollen the faces of those media who said that the audience for the premiere of "Burst Drummer" had mixed reviews!

The audience in front of the TV was thrilled to see how popular Chinese films were at the festival. National pride has been satisfied like never before.

Zhang Ran is worthy of being my most optimistic director, how can he make a bad movie if he can make such a terrible film as "Time Prisoner"! As for Zhang Ran's currying favor with the West. I don't believe in the image of the Chinese. If Zhang Ran wants to curry favor with the West, he doesn't need to return to China at all! When the movie is released, I will definitely go to the cinema to support him!"

"You said two days ago that Zhang Ran was garbage, and he was indiscriminate, how did he become the director you are most looking forward to?"

"Nonsense, you must be wrong!"

With the rave reviews, many film companies came to the door and asked to buy the copyright of the film. Zhang Ran naturally does not refuse to come, and when he comes to the film festival, he mainly sells films. He has only one principle, who gives more money to sell to.

However, the price offered by the filmmakers is not high, the highest is 400,000 US dollars from a Japanese company, and Miramax from the United States only offers 200,000 yuan.

Zhang Ran looked at Harvey Weinstein and said unhurriedly: "Harvey, a movie about jazz, and another wonderful story, 200,000, don't you think it's a bit outrageous?"

Harvey remained silent: "Then what do you think is the right price?"

Zhang Ran opened his mouth: "1 million!"

"Impossible!" Harvey stood up, his fat trembling as if he had been greatly insulted, "The foreign language film market is very small, and there are less than ten films that have exceeded 10 million so far, and most of them are basically nominated for Oscars. Your movie isn't in the Oscar's favorite genre, and there's almost no chance of it grossing over a million!"

Zhang Ran knew that the original version of "Bursting Drummer" had won multiple Oscar nominations, and the North American box office was only more than 10 million, but although the box office of the movie was not good, it performed very well in the DVD market. He said lightly: "The income of movies does not only depend on the box office, this type of movie is very popular in the DVD market. If you don't want to, you can wait!"

Although Harvey is an American, he dares to have a lot of contacts with Chinese films, and he knows what the bad reviews of "Bursting Drummer" are, so he sneered: "What, do you think there is still hope for winning the award?"

Zhang Ran smiled faintly and said, "Not in Tokyo, but in Sundance!" He has not yet decided whether to go to Sundance, the key now is Luc Besson's attitude, if you can't get Luc Besson, then you must go to Sundance.

The deal didn't come to fruition in the end, and Harvey Weinstein's heart was too dark.

Sending Harvey away, Zhang Ran came to the media center to check the domestic news. I don't want an article in "Peking Entertainment Daily" to make his face change greatly, the article wrote: "This year's Golden Horse Awards is really an eventful autumn, following Jiao Xiongping's announcement of his withdrawal from the Golden Horse Awards, the film "Bursting Drummer", which won 11 awards including Best Film at this year's Golden Horse Awards, will be forced to withdraw. As for the reason for the withdrawal of "Bursting Drummer", it is rumored that according to the relevant regulations of the Film Bureau in 1994, mainland films cannot independently participate in the Golden Horse Awards, so "Bursting Drummer" currently has only one way to withdraw the film. ”

On this afternoon, Qiu Yuanxu rushed to Tokyo and brought a notice from the General Administration that "Burst Drummer" must withdraw from the Golden Horse Awards. (To be continued.) )