Layton, on the other hand, is blunt: "Memoirs of a Geisha, in itself, is like a geisha: beneath its glamorous and delicate appearance, it hides nothing more than a mediocre heart, and in fact, tearing away its gorgeous coat, "Memoirs of a Geisha" is only a bunch of artificial oriental flavors, which are completely fabricated by Hollywood techniques, and this alone may offend countless Asian audiences and many oriental culture fans in the United States." But what's even more telling is that it compromises with just the right amount of business, making it a qualified film. ”

Although "Memoirs of a Geisha" was only released in eight theaters in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, it set a record for the highest box office in a single theater this year, earning $670,000 in three days of its release, which is quite good for an Olympic award-winning work.

At the same time, the film critics in the United States also rated the film quite well, and the well-known publication "Film Review" rated "Memoirs of a Geisha" B, believing that the film has enough charm to attract audiences, not inferior to any 20th-century film romance story.

Rolling Stone magazine also gave a three-star rating out of four stars, praising the film for showcasing a gorgeous oriental feast.

The Hollywood Reporter rated the film B-, believing that although it has lost the essence of the original book, the film is worthy of respect, and the actors' performances are very wonderful, keenly showing the characteristics of each character, the magazine especially believes that Zhang Ziyi's performance captures the contradictions of the characters, from shyness to skepticism to contempt to strength, and perfectly blends these characteristics into a character that is unforgettable.

Of course, they have not yet discovered the unhappiness of the Dongying people and the domination of the Chinese people.

"Memoirs of a Geisha" has been released in Dongying since its release, but the response has been mediocre, in the latest box office rankings, the first week of the "Art" film did not fall short of the top three, only ranked fourth, not only behind "Harry Potter 4", which has been released in Dongying for three weeks, but also unable to overshadow the two-week release of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", and even lagged behind the animated film "Stormy Night", which was released at the same time, the box office response was really average.

Ordinary viewers are not very appreciative of the performance of "Memoirs of a Geisha", and some viewers think that the film deliberately blurs the difference between "geisha" and "maiko", and that Westerners always wear colored glasses and see the people of Toei as an unimaginably strange country.

Some viewers pointed out that the film made a big mistake, that is, the kimono in the movie was worn in the wrong way, it should be buttoned to the left, but in the movie, it was buttoned to the right.

"This is a film of mentally retarded people! This is a film of low-level white people who are idiots that neither the Chinese nor the Dongying people can understand. Many Dongying audiences did not have a high evaluation of the film, thinking that it was completely unsatisfactory, and even if some viewers thought it was good, it was completely based on the excellent performance of the actors.

In Huaxia, fans are very angry about their most well-known actor playing the Dongying Geisha, thinking that it is the people of the United States who insult China, and Zhang, Gong, Yang and other people who want to sell the country.

There is a certain misunderstanding of this, "Remember, geisha are not prostitutes, they are not other people's wives, we sell our arts, but we don't sell our bodies, we create a mysterious world, everything is beautiful, geisha are artists, geisha are like a living work of art." ”

Geisha are by no means prostitutes and the like, in Toei, the social status of geisha is not low, because most of them are clean and self-conscious, coupled with good skills, everyone respects and loves geisha, and to make friends with geisha as a fashion, geisha is a part of Toei's traditional culture, is the "quintessence" of Toei, Toei cabinet ministers at the time, there are two women who are also geisha "Memoirs of Geisha" Sayuri's prototype Iwasaki Mineko is one of the most prestigious geisha, and the President of the United States, Ford and Queen Elizabeth of England have been her guests.

"Geisha Returns to Yiyilu" has been met with doubts and opposition from many quarters since its preparation and filming, first of all, from the voices of Dongying, who do not understand why they found three Chinese actors to play the role of Dongying geisha, and are not the Dongying people themselves more suitable for their own culture? On the other hand, there are also opposition voices from Huaxia, and the false revelations about the demonization of Zhang Ziyi that have spread on the Internet are even more shocking, which is not an extreme behavior of national complex.

Is it really too radical to accuse the three actresses of being traitorous to the country, and the people of Toei are still indignant that the fertile water has flowed into the fields of outsiders? In modern Japan, geisha is a kind of cultural heritage, and the general people of Toei have a very high respect for geisha, so as to be an actor in Toei, when they are not sure whether they can grasp the essence of geisha, they are not willing to rashly perform on the big screen, in case they do not perform well, they are guaranteed to be hacked out of their own country.

Secondly, for the Dongying people, it is very difficult for them to act in English films, mainly because of the language problem, most of their English pronunciation is really not flattering, for the film with a large number of English dialogues, I still hope to invite someone with a little better English to shoot, and secondly, the understanding of the geisha, well, the foreigner's understanding of a certain culture of Chinese love is far from the understanding of the Chinese people of this culture, and the Dongying people do not recognize the views of the rice people on the geisha, or do not want to mention it, and then, the three starring Chinese women, because they are Oriental faces (foreigners really can't tell the difference between Orientals), and then there is no personal national opinion of the geisha, without the pressure of character description, coupled with the rare opportunity to make a film in Hollywood, of course, will not be easily let go.

In short, acting is degraded, it is the culture of Dongying people, and acting well is the highlight of his acting career, which is the same reason as the three East Asian countries in Hollywood playing each other's national roles.

From the producer's point of view, they get the role through audition, and the choice of more famous and influential is the preferred choice, in their eyes, Asians are actually not much different, if they spend tens of millions of dollars to make a movie, just for the sake of black China and disgusting Dongying people, this is also too funny, this is the investment is not proportional to the income, which is also too insulting IQ.

Just as the former Souni Columbia was a Dongying enterprise, he wanted to black China, but it was impossible to use the traditional quintessence of geisha to sell, more for fame and profit, now Mark, as a Chinese, is considering this issue from the perspective of interests, every dollar invested, to ensure that there is an income of two yuan.

Money is not everything in the awards season, but no money is everything, and he is certain that without a consistent investment of money, the five nominations for "Capote" and the six nominations for "Memoirs of a Geisha" would certainly not have come as promised.

The amount of investment determines the amount of profit, in fact, in the Weinstein brothers' textbook-like Olympic demonstration, all this is operated as a profitable media show, in the process of operating the film Olympic Games, they have achieved the role of promoting the film, and the final nomination and award are the icing on the cake.

Layton and Pascal bet on Capote and Memoirs of a Geisha, which shows that they have a good vision.

Columbia Pictures, as an old giant, needs to revive itself in all aspects, and this annual awards season, if the Spring Festival Gala in the entertainment industry is absent, it will be a sign of inadequacy.

Whoever has a popular star, who has a big movie seller, and who is in the limelight, they will earn traffic, and their stocks will be sought after by the capital market, and they can raise more funds.

Like now, with the introduction of a series of strong and effective measures by the top management of MM, Colombia has entered a period of stable transition, and their movies have become big sellers, and they have begun to be favored by the capital market, and stock prices have begun to rise all the way.

Mark and his team manage several large film companies, learn from the practice of News Corporation, give high salaries to the owners of film companies, equity incentives, and sign long-term contracts, clear authority, and several bosses are members of the joint board of directors, which can determine that the company can be in a long-term stable state.

The fact that Twentieth Century Fox has been able to stabilize for so long is related to the fact that there is very little infighting between the top and a smooth transition, and Merdow is both a media tycoon and a brilliant manager.

Mark expressed his support for Layton and Pascal and agreed to invest more to make a difference during the awards season, but he still didn't think it was appropriate to be arbitrary, and took the matter to the board meeting to discuss it with Iger, Meghan, and David.

said that he was fully responsible for the review and approval of the film project, and it would not be good if his hand was stretched out of bounds.

Hollywood seems to have two worlds, with blockbusters like Harry Potter and stars like Angelina Julia Tom in the foreground, and powerful and controlling movie tycoons behind the scenes, who like to keep a little mystery and not only decide which films to make, but also point the way for the future of the film industry.

In the last 30 years of Hollywood, the golden age has been very different, and the presidents and presidents of the big studios are still important movie moguls, such as Robert Dali and Terry Semir, who have been at the helm of Warner Bros. for nearly two decades, Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg of Disney, and Stanley Jafe and Shirley Lansing of Paramount. Strongmen who can leave a name in film history, but they are no longer the owners of the big studios they manage, but employees with high salaries, and more film companies like to use strong professional managers to manage the company.

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