Chapter 141: The Rising Tide

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was loved by Western audiences in its previous life.

Western audiences may not be able to understand the righteous deeds of chivalrous warriors in Eastern martial arts culture. However, the righteous deeds of the chivalrous idlers in this film are no longer the focus, the joys and sorrows of their travels between the rivers and lakes and the world, what they think is the focus.

Moreover, Thomas feels that the director of this film does not always focus on the development of contradictions, and he often consciously or unconsciously intersects the main line of the story with the secular society and human customs of the time, thus providing imagination space for finding the inextricable connections between them.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" does not have the heroic spirit of ordinary martial arts films, but instead has a deep contemplation and subtlety in finding the humanistic connotation of the rivers and lakes. And it is this kind of thinking that is loved by Westerners, but it is not loved by Oriental fans. In the previous life, this film was cold and hot, which may have something to do with this.

Thomas naturally didn't know that this film was a classic that Zhang Le almost copied from his previous life, and after watching it, he admired the young director who was only twenty-five years old. No, the director was only twenty-five years old, and he was only twenty-four when he shot this film.

It's hard to think that a twenty-four-year-old young director can shoot such a wonderful film.

The whole film interprets the classical Chinese aesthetic tradition and emotional concepts to a new level from a new, more modern perspective.

From the perspective of film language, all audio-visual elements such as photography, stage design, action design, recording, and music also fully reflect the director's deep style and praise and love for classical Chinese culture.

Thomas couldn't imagine that a twenty-four-year-old director could make a film so perfect.

Throughout the film, Thomas sat in his seat and was silent for a long time, then did something that surprised him. Buy a ticket and see another one. And what surprised him just was that the tickets for the next show had been sold out.

is on fire, three days after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released in North America, the bottom test became popular. The box office data directly made Paramount's people dumbfounded.

Increase publicity and increase the number of theaters.

The number of theaters has more than doubled from the previous 1,000 to more than 2,000, a number that is absolutely incomparable to any Chinese movie.

And this film not only caused a sensation in North America, but also caused a sensation after its release in Europe and other regions. A Chinese classical martial arts style is slowly brewing in the world film industry.

Chinese-language films have become famous abroad, not only winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, but also causing a sensation at the box office. This broke everyone's cognition, and when did Chinese movies become so bullish.

It is not once or twice that Chinese films have won awards at Cannes, although they are a little confused why Zhang Le, a director who is good at shooting commercial films, can win awards at Cannes, because those who win awards at Cannes have almost nothing to do at the box office.

However, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was a hit at the box office abroad, making countless people feel unbelievable and like a dream. No one thought that a film that won an award at Cannes would be so hot at the box office in North America. In the words of a sentence on the Internet, that is: this thing is not scientific!

The popularity of Chinese films abroad has undoubtedly satisfied the self-esteem of the Chinese people. It's not just your Hollywood movies that can wreak havoc in my China. My Chinese movies can also run rampant in your North American market.

And when a week later, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" almost miraculously won the weekly box office championship, there was an uproar abroad, and there was a silence at home, especially people in the film industry, or even very.

Winning an award at the most notable art film festival, and winning the weekly box office champion in the commercial North American market, how did he Zhang Le do it?

For the first time in history, Chinese films won the throne of the weekly box office champion in North America, and it is also a movie that exudes a strong oriental charm, how can a classical martial arts film do it.

If it is a modern action movie, everyone may not be so surprised, but a classical martial arts film makes those foreign film and television companies a little uncertain about the North American market.

In order to cater to the North American market, they have also shot countless films that please North American fans, and even imitated them cheekily, but almost all of them have failed at the box office.

Martial arts films, a type of film that is becoming more and more difficult to make in China, were actually made by Zhang Le, a rookie director who has only shot two films, and used it to make a name for himself in North America.

Many filmmakers feel a dull pain in their heads, not caused by envy, jealousy and hatred, but because they can't figure it out. Why is that?

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has achieved a bumper harvest at the international box office and word-of-mouth, and domestic fans' expectations for this film have also reached a commanding height.

The combination of art and commerce must have been unique in this film, otherwise it would not have won the highly artistic Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and won the weekly box office championship in North America.

Therefore, the public expects this film, and even countless filmmakers are looking forward to it very much.

Eight days after its release in North America, it will be released in China on July 2.

However, what worried Zhang Le did not happen. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is far more popular at the domestic box office than abroad, and its reputation is also excellent. Although many fans said that they didn't understand it, and they didn't think it was as enjoyable as they thought, they still regarded this film as a classic.

After thinking about it, Zhang Le immediately understood.

In the previous life, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was pitifully low at the domestic box office, and the reason for this was not the problem of the film itself at all.

Due to a conflict between one of the production units and the competent distribution unit on another film, the film was suddenly postponed at the last minute before it was released on the screen, and this delay was a full 3 months, missing the best time for the film's release. This just provided a good opportunity for illegal pirates to take advantage of the situation, and for a while, pirated VCDs were flooded in the market. To a large extent, the film's subsequent release was impacted, resulting in a big loss of box office revenue.

schedules, piracy, and copyright also have many controversies, which leads to the film's extremely low box office in China. If it weren't for these reasons, the domestic box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" would not be pitiful less than 20 million.

And now there is obviously no such problem, although there is still piracy in China, but it is not as rampant as in the previous life, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has an excellent timing in the release schedule. When it was released in China, domestic fans' expectations for this film were just strong.

What's more, compared with the previous life, Zhang Le's version of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has one more Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize, and also won the weekly box office championship in North America. This kind of honor has been able to attract countless people to the cinema.

Moreover, the box office appeal of the director and starring in this film is already extremely strong.