Chapter 256: "Fragments of Memory" is released
"That's Ning Yu, not me!"
"Yes, you keep saying this to yourself, using the method of inertia to help yourself remember. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"It was Ning Yu who killed his wife!"
"Ning Yu is a liar, pretending."
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"You debunked his deception."
"No, I was wrong, Ning Yu's wife came to me......"
"Ning Yu doesn't have a wife, your wife has diabetes!"
ββ¦β¦ My wife is not diabetic. β
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"I want to believe that the world is not what I imagined...... I'm going to believe that what I'm doing still makes sense...... Even if I can't remember what I did...... I want to believe that even with my eyes closed, the world still exists...... Do I believe the world still exists? Does the world still exist? That's right, we need memory to determine who we are, and I'm no exception......"
With the actor's monologue, coupled with the previous episode showing, how he tampered with his memories and only believed what he wanted to believe, the screening room couldn't help but think of a low sigh.
Soon, the lights came on, the movie ended, and in the midst of a buzzing discussion, Li Xu stood up with Diana in his arms.
"What a bird movie, I didn't understand it at all." Someone complained loudly.
But then someone joked in a louder voice: "Of course you can't read it, you go out for a while and come back for a while, and you don't pay attention to the movie." β
"It's so miserable that guy can't even remember that he's taken revenge." Others are sighing.
"It's a good thing that I can't remember, at least he still has the motivation to live." Someone else says so.
"What do you think?" Li Xu asked his official girlfriend.
"I don't understand, I don't understand Cantonese." Diana replied.
"I'll do the simultaneous translation for you." Li Xu smiled.
"That would affect my understanding of the movie, wouldn't it?" Diana tilted her head and snorted softly.
"But before I came today, I also told you the plot in detail." Li Xu immediately said again.
"Okay, okay, the actor is really sympathetic, but it's a little unsympathetic." Diana was a little helpless at first, but when it came to the end, she became serious, "After all, he killed people, even if he was deceived, and he refused to admit his mistakes." β
At this point she paused, "Is there really such a disease, Eddie?" This so-called short-term amnesia-deficit disorder? β
"Of course not, it's made up according to the needs of the story." Li Xu shrugged, "But I'm not sure, the research on the brain in medicine is still very superficial, not now, and it may not be in the future." β
"Well, I think the story is ...... Thought-provoking," Diana sighed, "and the form is unique. β
"If you think there's something you don't understand, it's going to be released in the UK after a while, and you can go to watch the subtitle version." Li Xu immediately said.
Diana hesitated for a few seconds, then shook her head: "For such a movie, watching it once is enough." β
"Well, for you, it does." Li Xu seized the opportunity to tease, and without waiting for her to shoot back, he said again: "So, what are you doing about my achievements in movies?" β
"What's the matter? It's not your credit alone. "Diana is very tsundere.
"I provided the script, I provided the funding, I provided the storyboard, and the editing." Li Xu shrugged, "I admit that the credit belongs to the team, but it shouldn't be a problem for me to take the biggest part." β
"Did you really do that much?" Diana looked skeptical.
"If I can prove it, what do you say?" Li Xu asked rhetorically.
"Well, I'm not going to say anything." Diana wasn't fooled, "You're doing well, you're good, you're good, that's okay?" β
Li Xu laughed.
Walking out of the cinema, more people came out, and the discussion of the movie became louder.
"Zhou Runfa is so handsome, what is there? Decadent beauty? β
"It's just, with a stubble on his face, I really want to hug him."
A group of little girls chattered.
"To be honest, it's amazing, I didn't even expect it to end up like this."
"Yes, yes, this director is very powerful, I heard that he is still the director of "50 First Loves".
"No wonder the heroine is Zhong Yihong, you say, do they have a leg?"
A group of little boys said with a grin.
"Hey, Ah Guang, do you want me to tell Lingling, do you like Zhong Yihong?"
"Shut up, Lingling can't come today because of something, I don't want to waste movie tickets, so I'm looking for you to come with me."
"Hey, you said last time that Lingling doesn't like thrillers, but now you're asking her to watch thrillers."
"Idiot, don't you know that the best movie for dating girls is a thriller horror movie?"
"Huh? Is there such a statement?! β
A pair of little friends who passed by Li Xu hooked their shoulders and teased each other like this.
Before, he entered the screening hall relatively late, and he didn't have time to see the attendance, but now the number of people who come out should be roughly not bad.
As of today, "Memory Fragments" has been released for four days, and the box office has exceeded 6 million, and even if it doesn't reach 10 million in the first week, it won't leave too much, and it should be promising to reach 15 million at the total box office.
This movie is actually not difficult to understand, as long as you follow the rhythm of the story itself, the line of flashbacks does not affect the viewing, and even after immersing yourself in it, you can further amplify the audience's curiosity and want to know what will happen next.
However, there is also a problem with this movie, once you leave halfway, watch a part less, or can't keep up with the rhythm of the movie, then you will watch it a little confused.
Patient people are okay, they can automatically go to the brain to make up, and impatient people will definitely scold.
So after some publicity in the name of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, although the film was released quite popularly, there were also many ordinary viewers who expressed their dislike for this model.
However, in the critics, it was overwhelmingly applauded.
"Cinema full of experimentation, but with a great humanity." ββMing Pao
"The depressive dark style and "50 First Loves" are completely two extremes." ββSing Tao Daily
"The best thriller of the year." ββOriental Daily
"The same theme of short-term memory loss, in the hands of director Wang Jing, can play two completely different styles. "50 First Loves", which was released in March, is undoubtedly sweet and warm, and it is also amazing, but just "Fragments of Memory" is full of dark and suppressed emotions, which makes people want to sigh for the male protagonist. Wang Jing is a genius director, and this 27-year-old young man stands on the cusp with a sweeping attitude" - "Film Fortnightly", Chen Baisheng.
Basically, none of the film critics in Hong Kong say anything bad, even if they criticize two sentences and make a fuss, they will definitely follow one or a few buts.
After all, this is the first international award for a Hong Kong film! It's especially the most compelling, the Grand Prize of the Cannes Film Festival!
Think about what Wang Sunglasses would have been like when he was nominated for a Golden Lion Award in Venice, which is a real Cannes Film Festival, second only to the Palme d'Or Jury Prize.
Do you dare to say a bad word and be worthy of being called a filmmaker? Or do you think you are more professional and stylish than the judges at Cannes? So it's completely kneeling and licking all the way, but it has attracted a lot of audiences to the movie.
However, there are a few good reviews, such as the article by Chen Baisheng, the president of "Film Fortnightly", among so many film reviews, he is the only one who connects "50 First Loves", although this should be an obvious highlight.
Li Xu originally arranged for Wang Jing to direct these two movies, both of which are related to short-term memory loss, which is indeed one of the reasons.
He even speculated that in another time and space, "50 First Loves" may have been inspired by "Memory Fragments".
So he really wanted to know if these so-called film critics in Hong Kong would make a fuss about this for the first time, and he was really not disappointed.
Although Chen Baisheng, like the vast majority of Hong Kong people, can only see the things in front of him and win an Academy Award, only Hong Kong films can participate.
Hong Kong is a big place, how many movies are eligible for the competition every year, and the Golden Horse Awards are all for Chinese-language films.
However, professionally, he does have two brushes, otherwise he would not have been at the helm of "Film Fortnightly" for decades.
In this way, Wang Jing's pressure is only greater, and the whole of Hong Kong is counting on him to make persistent efforts, and I don't know if he will give up on himself or swim against the current under this pressure?
Don't mention this for the time being, although Li Xu began to accompany Diana to participate in various charity activities as soon as he returned to Hong Kong, he still had time to do his own thing.
Ask about the investment company, ask about the TV station, ask about the odd business with the north, etc., and of course, don't forget to go to other villas to see your own woman.
Diana had completely acquiesced in this matter, as could be seen from her series of reactions, and neither she showed any displeasure to Yasuko Sawaguchi as a housekeeper, nor to Riki as a secretary - since the housekeeper had to provide additional services, how could the secretary be an exception?
In any company, the possibility of a beautiful female secretary and a male boss not happening is extremely small.
Of course, he can't overdo it, and he can't make it too obvious, Diana is a wife after all.
There are few women who dance, they naturally know Diana's status, and they can't compare with the younger sister of the British princess, the youngest daughter of the earl's family.
Besides, there are few women in Hong Kong, Lin Fengjiao, Zhao Yazhi, Wang Jixian, Gong Yueen, and Xie Ning are still in San Francisco; Lin Qingxia went to Wanwan Alishan to go on location, and Xu Ke's "The Legend of the Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" has been officially launched; Teresa Teng went to Japan to record this year's Japanese single.
Only Zhong Yihong, Hu Huiqian, Ye Qianwen, Zhang Bingqian, Guan Zhilin, He Chaoqiong, Li Jianqun are here, Zhong Yihong has always been caring, Zhang Bingqian, Guan Zhilin's mother and daughter are very obedient, Ye Qianwen is still begging Li Xu for approval, He Chaoqiong and Li Jianqun are respectful of this, and Hu Huiyan doesn't care much about it, so this kind of thing doesn't have to worry at all, which makes Li Xu a little disappointed.
To rectify the harem, Enwei is the king's way, and at present, Enwei is there, and Wei seems to be a little insufficient. I thought that someone would jump and let him clean up and kill a chicken for the monkey to see, but it didn't work out.
However, there is no hurry, there will definitely be opportunities in the future, but the longer it drags on, the greater the consequences of the thunder rage.