"Dances with Wolves" is 236 minutes long, nearly four hours, and it is sure to be unfinished in the morning, Eric watched the first two hours with Fox's distribution director and several well-known film critics in the industry, and after lunch, he finished the next two hours.

Eric hadn't seen this movie in his previous life, but when he was investigating, he hastily read the original book that had been published, and watching this four-hour movie at this time, Eric was not like Fox's distribution staff, when watching the movie, he would subconsciously think about what kind of distribution strategy should be used for this movie, where the publicity point is, and so on.

Because of his dedication to the plot, Eric watched it with the same relish as the film critics who were invited.

Traditional Westerns tend to promote the heroism of white supremacy, and the plot is usually the rebellion and subjugation of white people in the process of pioneering, oppressed by local evil forces.

But "Dances with Wolves" is completely the opposite.

The protagonist of the film, Lieutenant Dunbar, chose to commit suicide because of his disability and confusion about the war in the war, and after being rescued, he was mistakenly regarded as a hero.

After recovering from his wounds, Lieutenant Dunbar was assigned to a remote outpost on the border with the Indian settlements, expecting a peaceful and peaceful life.

But a horse steal by several Sioux children living nearby linked Lieutenant Dunbar to the Indian tribe. Subsequently, Lieutenant Dunbar unexpectedly saves the Stand-Up Fist Dance. Return it to the Sioux tribe. Contact between the two sides began. Then there were many temptations, interactions, and jerky exchanges, and as time passed, the two sides finally established a sincere friendship, and Lieutenant Dunbar also fell in love and united with the white woman who had been displaced to the Sioux tribe.

The director uses a lot of detail in the process, but the seemingly bland shots don't feel verbose at all, but often smile because of the jerky interaction between the two sides in a language barrier.

After marrying Stand-Up Boxing. Lieutenant Dunbar was about to move to the Sioux tribe for good, and when he returned to the post to collect his luggage, he found that a team of soldiers had been stationed there again.

After noticing the appearance of Lieutenant Dunbar dressed as an Indian, the white soldiers shot him indiscriminately, and the arrogant white soldiers ignored Lieutenant Dunbar's defense of the Sioux and instead beat him as a traitor, and then escorted him to a nearby fortress for trial.

During the escort, the Sioux killed the group of soldiers and rescued Lieutenant Dunbar.

Disillusioned with the brutality and arrogance of white people, Lieutenant Dunbar completely changed his name to 'Dances with Wolves'. Declare a break with the white world, but in order not to implicate the Sioux people. Lieutenant Dunbar also reluctantly left the tribe with a standing fist dance.

One thing that a good movie has is that you will watch it without even realizing it, even if it is four hours long. And even if a bad movie is only 90 minutes, it often makes people feel the urge to leave early.

The style of "Dances with Wolves" is simple and fresh, the shots are unpretentious, and the details are rich and infectious, which makes people sink into it unconsciously.

Whether it is the current or future Internet age, the Oscars are very influenced by film critics, and if a film that is highly regarded by film critics does not even get an Oscar nomination, then the credibility of the Oscar will definitely be questioned. Therefore, before voting, the Oscar jury will often use the reputation of the nominated film from critics as an important basis.

Therefore, if any film wants to hit the Oscars, the first thing to do is public relations to film critics.

After the screening, almost all of the invited critics gave the film a high rating, sending the group away, and several executives from Fox's distribution department held a brief meeting, before Karta began to negotiate with Eric about the details of the release of "Dances with Wolves."

"Eric, although the critics just spoke highly of this movie, the duration is the biggest flaw after all, and many theaters are reluctant to show such a long movie. So we roughly negotiated two options, one is to release it during Easter next year, so that Fox can arrange 1,500 screens, and if the box office trend is good, it can also be increased, of course, this is certainly not in line with the distribution strategy of the Olympic film, but it can maximize the box office potential of the film. ”

Although the film won Best Picture and Best Director in memory, Eric really doesn't know how the box office of this movie is, but the Oscars have not tended to be niche now, looking back on the Oscar Best Pictures in recent years, such as "Drive for Miss Daisy", "Rain Man" and "Field Platoon" and so on have all won a very high North American box office.

Therefore, "Dances with Wolves" must be right to follow the typical distribution strategy of Olympic films, and the worst thing is that after winning the best film, it can also earn more profits through the income of the videotape. And if it is released on Easter next year, although you can get more canvases, by the time the Oscars are public relations at the end of the year, even if the reputation of "Dances with Wolves" is still strong, the influence and publicity momentum will definitely not be as good as those movies released at the end of the year, even if you can still get the Oscar, but the box office rebound dividend after the Oscar will definitely not be enjoyed.

Therefore, Eric shook his head directly and said, "Karta, let's talk about the second option." ”

"The second is to follow the strategy of the Olympic film and release it at the end of next year, but in this case, your investment will be pressed for another year, I heard that Liz spent 30 million ...... to win this movie."

As Karta spoke, remembering Eric's current net worth, he shook his head with a smile: "Okay, you definitely don't care about the money, so let's talk about the second option, put this movie on the end of next year, but you can't adopt Orion's original hairstyle strategy." They put the launch time on November 9th, and it feels like nonsense, heh, Orion's release has always been a mess. But it's understandable to think about Orion's current situation, they have been losing money in the past few years, so they don't want to miss any opportunity to make a profit, but they want to hit the Oscars, and they don't want to give up the two-month holiday ticket warehouse, which seems too greedy, and I don't want to think about the competition in the holiday stalls is so fierce, in case the movie can't even last two months of holiday stalls, how can I enjoy the box office dividend after the Oscars. (To be continued......)