After the premiere of Mark's new film, it was released in 50 cinemas in North China, which is the standard art film distribution routine, and the release is gradually expanded.

Surprisingly, the media are ready to tear him up, who knows that the style of Mark's works this time, all different from all, is also excellent, the three major newspapers in North America have given praise, a week, a total of more than 180 film reviews, the media comprehensive score is A-, Yahoo Entertainment collected the media score of 89 points, Rotten Tomatoes freshness is 92%; IMDB's rating is an astonishing 9.5 points, of course, with the increase in the number of participants in the rating, it will definitely pull the rating, but this is already a god-level opening, and it is the first in the year.

But what made it make the headlines of major news was not his near-perfect score, but its box office, which was released in 50 theaters in Beimi, with a single theater of 18,000 US dollars, and a total of 900,000 US dollars in the first week, which set a new low for Mark, including the least number of theaters opened, the least box office in the first week, even if his debut film "This Man is from Earth", there were 100 theaters, and a record of more than 1.5 million.

"Mark's new film fiasco" is the headline of major newspapers, and they sensationally mention that 35 million investment, 500,000 in the first week.

Now that Mark's movies are selling well, it's hard to make headlines, because people are used to it, but this huge loss belongs to the news, and the major media in the industry are running to tell each other, Mark is finally losing, Mark is finally losing, Mark is finally losing.

This new work of Mark, although it is a loss, Mark's last work, the 40 million "Twilight Zone", 290 million in North Rice, 230 million overseas, and 520 million in the world, it is not inferior to a billion-dollar production.

And Mark's dead scholar played culture and fancy, but finally hit the street, tasting a handful of losses, a talk show host ridiculed: "Macbeth was bitten by a rattlesnake, he should be crying to death in the toilet now." ”

Almost all of North America's entertainment media reported on it, but strangely, the lower the box office of "No Country for Old Men," the higher its beer, with one critic saying: "It's a masterpiece, you can't expect everyone to understand it."

Roger Albert of the Chicago Sun-Gazette spoke highly of the film, he used to be the main force of the black mark, but now he has turned from black to fan, he said: "The film "No Country for Old Men" gives people the feeling of an iron arrow before the bow is opened, a volcano before the eruption, the tension is amazing; the continuous sadness and profound humanistic reflection are carefully woven into the gripping plot, with the strong black humor, it is really another perfect handshake between literature and film art." This is director Mark's best film to date, a bloody, heavy but classic work, and from the moment it was born, it was destined to have earth-shattering applause. ”

He said on the show: "It's an extremely good work, and Mark fully deserves an Oscar nomination for Best Director. ”

After his premiere in North China, Mark went to Italy to participate in the 65th Venice International Film Festival.

Venice International Film Festival is an international film festival held in Lido Island, Venice, Italy from August to September every year, it is known as the three major international film festivals in Europe (also known as the three major international film festivals in the world) together with the Cannes International Film Festival in France and the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany, the highest award is the Golden Lion Award, it was founded in 1932, is the world's oldest film festival, that is, the world's first international film festival, known as the "father of international film festivals". In the golden age of cinema in the thirties and sixties), the Venice Film Festival was the cradle of many film masters.

The island of Lido, Venice, Italy, is the specific venue of the Venice Film Festival, and is a small and slender island about 12 kilometers long, which runs through the southeast of Venice. The island is known internationally as a health resort, with cottages from the movie "Death in Venice" on the beach of Lido Island for visitors to rest, many of the island's beaches are privately owned, and on the east side of the island, there are also government-run beaches. Casinos include casinos, restaurants, nightclubs, theaters, etc., catering to visitors to the island.

Lido is an 18-kilometer-long sandbar island running north-south to the east of Venice, one of the long strings of islands separating the Adriatic Sea from the Venetian inner lake, and can be said to be the natural breakwater and walls of Venice.

Originally undeveloped, it was not until the 19th century that it gradually developed into a modern leisure center, with the long sandy beaches on the Adriatic Sea as the focal point of the tourists, and the continuous construction of hotels, nightclubs, casinos and theaters dotted the area with bustling and bustling;

Marc and his team went to Venice this time, of course, led by Mark, thanks to the economic crisis, Sofia bought a villa with a private beach by the sea in the name of the family foundation, which was used for investment, but now Mark is being used as a residence.

The main crew members came on Mark's Gulfstream V private jet, while Mark's luxury private yacht, the Giselle, crossed the Atlantic Ocean in advance and arrived in the water city of Venice, where it stopped at the pier outside the Palais des Movies as their party place.

This time, Giselle came with little Martin, she came with the team for a vacation, not a promotional movie, after accompanying Mark to attend the red carpet show, she returned home after two days of play.

Coming to Venice, no one will not linger for its unique charm of the water city, after a whole day of all kinds of stone roads, narrow streets and countless bridges, the tranquility and serenity of Lido Island, is what tourists need most, Lido Island is the most "leisurely" place in Venice, narrow and charming beaches, hotels with different characteristics, here, even breathing with a relaxed breath, with a unique Venetian charm of breathing, Lido Island is the most ideal holy place for people who like cultural tourism and vacationers.

When Marc and Giselle arrived in Lido, they left the team in a low-key manner and had a good day here.

If it was Mark's subordinates who saw him, they might be very surprised, Mark, who has always liked suits, is wearing a couple with Giselle today, very fashionable and right, Mark is tied to Little Martin with a strap, holding a large cup of milk tea, while walking and drinking, from time to time let Little Martin also suck a sip or two, rare to have this idle day, Mark and Giselle's family of three played very happily, they haven't come out to play for a long time, Little Martin is very excited, has been wide-eyed, looking around.

When Mark and the others returned to their station, Marco Müller, the president of the Venice International Film Festival, had been waiting for a long time.

Marco Muller, born on June 7, 1953 in Rome, Italy, is a famous film producer, film historian, film critic, producer and co-producer of many films have won awards at major film festivals, and has served as the chairman of many film festivals.

Since 2004, Marco has served as the chairman of the Venice International Film Festival for a term of 4 years, and he has also made some reforms to the festival to make it a "flexible and light" film festival, the 61st film festival deleted the "upstream unit", and the 62nd film festival has greatly reduced the number of films, and the documentary film is included in the "horizon unit".

As the world's first international film festival, Venice is known as the "father of international film festivals" It was founded on August 6, 1932, but due to the decline in the influence of Italian cinema and the competition formed after the establishment of the Rome Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival was in a state of embarrassment, whether it was its invitation to many Hollywood films to join, or the continuous favor of Chinese films during the term of office of the chairman Marco Müller, which caused great controversy, but perhaps it was this controversy that put the Venice Film Festival back in the media spotlight.

This time, after he heard that Mark had switched to art films, he was shocked to fly to the United States to watch it, and took the initiative to invite Mark to participate in the Venice International Film Festival, and participated in it as the opening blockbuster and the main competition unit.

The influence of the Venice International Film Festival is declining, not to mention the old rivals Cannes Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival, that is, the demolition of the Rome Film Festival, which makes them headaches, this time it is the right time to win over Mark's films, which is very useful for increasing the attention of the film, and at the same time he invited Hollywood films such as "Lust and Caution", "Atonement", "The Battle of Elira Valley" and so on.

It is an indisputable fact that the film festival is in the name of art films, but the organizers of the film festival and its filmmakers have to eat, but without the participation of world-renowned Hollywood films, the attention will be reduced, which is an indisputable fact.

At the 64th Venice Film Festival, which was held from August 29 to September 8, Zhang Yimou served as the chairman of the jury, and as many as 23 works were entered this time, and they will select these works in ten days, but thousands of them participated in the exhibition.

Mark will return to China to continue filming "The Dark Knight" after participating in the red carpet show at the opening ceremony, and come back at the closing ceremony, of course, this depends on the situation, if there is no benefit, they will not come back, this is almost the norm for Hollywood superstars, they can be seen at the opening ceremony, it does not mean that the closing ceremony can also be seen.

As for the competition, promotion, and media meeting of "No Country for Old Men", there will be a professional team in charge, and they MM sent the most luxurious team to run the film, and the leading actors will vigorously promote the film here, and Mark, as his tycoon, is not suitable for mixing with a group of filmmakers to promote the movie.

If he wins the award, it's not a big problem, if he doesn't get anything, the person loses a lot, so Mark agrees to Mueller's invitation to attend the opening ceremony, to the high-level party held at the festival, but not to the promotional event.