Chapter 61: The Sensation Caused by "City of Angels".
Because he has been busy with the filming of "Alien E.T.", Wang Jie, who was released during Christmas in 1981, was all pushed to Shirley Lansing, which was also the first film with a relatively large production cost independently released by Lianmei after Wang Jie acquired Luen Mei Pictures.
As soon as "City of Angels" was screened, it immediately caused a sensation among fans all over the world. In the early eighties, people's entertainment methods were relatively simple, and they still loved a movie that was well publicized and had a beautiful story, the original "City of Angels" was born at an inopportune time, first of all, the original version was a remake, before that, the audience had experienced a lot of baptism of beautiful love films; The screening coincided with the booming development of the Internet, people's entertainment methods are becoming more and more diverse, and the fast-paced changes in society make it difficult for the audience to devote themselves to a more literary and artistic love movie.
"City of Angels" was filmed by Wang Jie nearly 20 years in advance, and people's perception can be imagined. Many fans complained about the ending after watching the movie, but they had to admit that the love of life and death was the most moving.
Of course, good movies will also have good box office, and this "City of Angels" is the first film produced by Wang Jie to have a simultaneous world premiere, and Shirley Lansing's ability has also been vividly demonstrated in the release of this film. After the premiere of "City of Angels" The North American box office reached 36.11 million US dollars in the first month, and the total box office in Europe also sold more than 20 million US dollars, in Asia, the box office in the first month of Xiangjiang was 18 million Hong Kong dollars, the island country of Riben also sold more than 2 billion yen in the first month, and the Bay Island was reported to receive NT$22 million after a month of screening, and the number of moviegoers in Seoul alone in South Korea reached more than 600,000 in the first month, and the box office in the first month of the rest of the countries and regions was also extremely impressive, and it was sold nearly 2.4 million US dollars one after another.
The male and female protagonists of the film can be described as an instant hit, Zhang Guorong was originally very popular in Asia, and this time he began to be famous in the world, although Zhang Guorong is an Asian face, but it does not prevent European and American teenagers and men from obsessing with him, especially the two songs in the film sung by Zhang Guorong, which has been ranked in the top ten of the American Billboard pop music chart for three consecutive weeks, which is the first time for an Asian singer, and it also makes Zhang Guorong, who loves music, happy. As for Meg Ryan, the American sweet girl has received hundreds of invitations, and if it weren't for Wang Jie as a backer, there would have been no bones left to be eaten by Hollywood tycoons. At this time, the extremely sweet girl was hiding in Xiangjiang with Wang Jie and his family to prepare for the Chinese New Year.
"City of Angels" also performed very well in the eyes of film critics, and Roger Ebert commented in the "New York Times": This love movie starring Hong Kong actor Zhang Guorong about the love between man and god has exploded the melancholy flavor that Zhang Guorong has faintly emanated from all over his body. In this movie, it is more appropriate to say that Leslie Cheung is an angel than to say that he is a melancholy prince who makes many people scream crazy. And Meg Ryan, the rookie newcomer in Hollywood, has dedicated her sweet image that is different from American actresses nowadays, and it's hard to believe that this is her screen debut. We are no strangers to director William, but his age still strikes me as amazing and amazing.
In Los Angeles, the city of angels, there are always guardian angels wandering around the city, and their main task is to lead the sick who have just died or those who have unfortunately died to heaven. One of the angels, Seth, fell in love with the young and beautiful attending doctor in a hospital, but because of the separation between man and god, Seth could only silently watch the love and companionship on the side, driven by the desire for love, he repeatedly appeared in human form to Maggie Rice and poured out his lovesickness. But the angel's senses of touch, smell, and taste are all out of order, and he can't feel the warmth of the person he loves, which makes Seth particularly distressed. Later, in the same hospital, he met another fallen angel who had grown old as a mortal. The angel told him that if you want to enjoy the mortal life, no longer immortal, and be with your lover for the rest of your life, then you can free fall from a high place. To put it bluntly, an angel becomes a mortal after committing suicide. Without hesitation, Seth literally jumped from a building dozens of floors......
The angel who became a mortal found a female doctor, the two fell in love and lived together, a good life seemed to begin, but unexpectedly, the disaster came, one day the female doctor rode to the town to purchase, and was hit by a truck on the way back, and Xiang Xiaoyu died. Poor Seth can only fall into endless thoughts in the pain.
If you don't see the end of this movie, many people think it is a very cliché love reunion story, and I am no exception. But the end of the film is unexpectedly painful, and recalling Seth's hesitation and determination before becoming a mortal, as well as the courage to commit suicide for love, and the brief joy after reuniting with his lover, this contrast will turn the pain into despair. Perhaps, the movie just wants to express an eternal theme of love for thousands of years - people who love each other can only stay away and can't get together, and incomplete love can last forever in the bottom of the heart.
J. Huberman also commented on "Hollywood Today": Calm down in Guorong Zhang Tianxuan's "If Love Has Providence", take a sip of coffee, and reminisce about "City of Angels" in the strong fragrance.
The girls in the United States said that Guorong Zhang's melancholy eyes hid a lot of things, and if they didn't speak, they were already repenting. Megarion also looked at each other with clear eyes, like stars, like flowing water. Although the plot does not have much waves, every low and magnetic pronunciation of the angel can make you think of the scene of Liaoyuan, boundless and playful. Probably because I have been immersed in "If Love Has Providence" for too long, when I hear words such as Clear again and see the white uniform, I can't help but think of the cabinet where Mickey is hidden, with photos, accessories, perfumes, and the lost lip prints and body temperature.
He watched her have surgery, very stylish, and the music was free, but he was exhausted and unable to recover. She wept, and he followed in amazement, such a woman made the angel's heart move, and when they met in the long aisle, no one could have predicted that the next second would sprout love. Because of that miss, she fell into deep pain, how could a confident person suddenly fall into that unforgivable circle of death, repeatedly struggling, and unable to recover. At this time, he was opposite, quietly looking at her face, her countenance, her tears, hugging her, caressing her, giving her strength. A very brief spark turned into a bright sunshine. In front of the cold operating table, under the shadowless lamp, the myth of love between angels and mortals was also witnessed. The Moveable Feast, because of Hemingway, they meet the library, she loves The False Spring the most, he reads the chapter of Hunger Was Good Discipline to her, which leads to the topic of feeling, and further brings them closer, and that mysterious, subtle feeling suddenly shines like a poem.
He accompanies her to the supermarket and listens to her talk about the taste of fruit, she takes him to the lab, and under the microscope he sees her swimming blood cells, but he can't tell his lover about his origins. Eventually, after many days of confusion, she finally deliberately cut his hand with a knife in the kitchen, he reacted, but there was no wound or blood, she was afraid, retreated, let him disappear, any explanation suddenly made no sense, and just like that, she walked into the dark night alone. Her patient, his senior, told her about the experience of angels who fell into the world for happiness, became mortals, and enjoyed life. She was determined to see him again, and in the library, she said that someone had proposed to her because they were of the same kind, and he was too far away to touch, and could not love each other in the first place, and such a categorization darkened the world. He finally jumped into the middle of a thousand turns, flashing her face back countless times in his mind, just for love, so he endured loss and sacrifice. Finally, on that pouring night, he knocked on her door, and she didn't accept the proposal, so the two of them bathed in love, and she asked him how it felt to taste the forbidden fruit......
There will always be a negative to good things, and if it is too perfect, there will be shortcomings, so when he decided to be a mortal, she was in a car accident on the way, and the kind of ominous enveloping him made him run wildly without hesitation, but he could only see the last side of her dying...... God is sometimes too fair, he doesn't care whether you are enjoying happiness or not, no matter how short-lived this happiness is, just because you have asked for too much, you must pay it back, no matter what the price, love is the heaviest, because there is no substitute. The other angels asked him if he would have done this if he had known this would be the case, and he replied that he would not regret being able to touch her hair, hold her face, hug and kiss her. So, this emotion made him choose to melt into the rough sea, and countless angels applauded his courage and identification, although he was now only a mortal.
The sensual picture is like a totem that grows wildly, it is deliberately creating a certain kind of self-deceptive illusion, it is a fairy tale, a dream, and it is an impossible task. When facing reality, you will calculate what to do in the future days of such a passionate couple, free will is not as simple as inviting guests to dinner, tearing off the restraint and protective color, in today's era, it will add several disasters. Therefore, a movie is a movie after all, it will not change you in reality in the slightest, but it will only induce the soul of imagination.