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Not only was the director of the operations department currying favor with this middle-aged man who was not good-looking, but even the manager on duty at the theater ran over after getting the news, Kevin Haaland also stepped forward and greeted him with a smile, although the middle-aged man only nodded slightly, he felt very embarrassed.

Watching each other walk out of the theater, Kevin Haaland sighed that if he could have one-third of his achievements in this life, he would be satisfied.

When a middle-aged man named Mintz left the theater, a car immediately drove up and stopped in front of him, he pulled the door and sat down, made a driving gesture to the driver, and then took out his mobile phone and dialed a call.

"You're ignoring a movie!" His words were very strict, "Starting tomorrow, I will immediately do market research for Chainsaw." Also, build an archive of Murphy Stanton, and the films he will release in the future will be in the ranks of RE attention! ”

Hanging up the phone, the middle-aged man dialed several numbers in a row, frequently mentioning the names "Chainsaw" and Murphy Stanton, as if he and his professional company had made a great mistake on both.

His name is Ed Mintz, and he is the founder of the famous RE company!

This can be said to be the most authoritative film market analysis agency in Hollywood and even in North America, Ed Mintz's investigation and analysis does not involve the artistic or other professional ratings of films, only for the market.

The name Ed Mintz is extremely unfamiliar to ordinary fans and even veteran fans, and only professionals in the industry know what he and his company are capable of.

He never attended any premieres, and the name Ed Mintz never appeared on Hollywood's power lists, but he has made a huge contribution to the Hollywood film industry over the past few years – he founded the RE Film Market Research Company, which has provided an immeasurable box office reference for the entire industry.

Unlike professional film critics or media who rely entirely on the market as a reference, they often conduct surveys immediately after watching the film, and the ratings based on the word of mouth of these audiences are also the best first-line market numbers.

Re's score is easy to understand, A is success, B is okay, relatively satisfied, C is bad news, which means that a box office tragedy is about to happen, and generally the audience of a film that has just been released will rarely give a rating below C, if there is a film to get, it basically means that it should not appear in the theater at all.

Although he is 60 years old, Ed Mintz not only has no intention of retiring, but also maintains a good habit of going to the theater to watch movies in person and experience the first-tier market, but in addition to watching many mainstream commercial masterpieces, he will also choose some small-budget films to watch.

The scale of investment in mainstream commercial masterpieces is there, and there are always many audiences, even if the number of re-release predictions is accurate, it will not attract people's attention, but it is a small-budget film that no one pays attention to.

Ed Mintz accurately judged that the North American box office of "Blair the Witch" could break 100 million, and almost everyone thought that it was a miracle that such a bad movie could have a box office of 50 million US dollars, but the result surprised everyone, and Ed Mintz also proved the strength of RE.

The other night, he saw the late-night trailer for "Chainsaw" and thought it was a little interesting, so he took the time to watch it tonight.

"It's really worth the trip!" He said to himself in the back seat, "If such a film, with proper publicity, does not achieve good results, it can only show that the taste of North American horror movie lovers has changed 180 degrees." ”

Unlike ordinary audiences, when Ed Mintz watched the movie, he noticed who the director was at the beginning, but he didn't know or remember, thinking that he might have been misled by the trailer, which was just a shoddy B-grade film small production, but after watching it, the thumbs in his heart had already been put up.

"The director's setting of the plot can cause the audience to imagine what would happen if they were in the character's situation." While recalling the film, he thought, "This unknown element will arouse the audience's interest in watching, not knowing where they are, what will happen, and losing control at every moment, this is the most terrifying." ”

Ed Mintz nodded, quite agreeing with this film, the director named Murphy Stanton should be regarded as a breakthrough, compared to traditional suspense horror films, he will mobilize the audience more interactive and participatory.

"Murphy Stanton......" he repeated.

This unknown director is too smart, he uses his inner fear and the ruthless ridicule of human nature to reveal, deliberately guiding the audience to torture their own hearts, so as to inspire them to chill from the bottom of their hearts!

It's a brilliant narrative and a terrifying way to create an atmosphere that I haven't seen in the last five or six years!

Ed Mintz believes that this is not a simple rookie director, and it can be seen in the narrative of the film.

Needless to say, the amazing crossover montage is very, very difficult just because the flashbacks are so natural, so ingenious, and perfectly and seamlessly combined with the main narrative.

Murphy Stanton, the director, uses flashbacks to cleverly narrate the time and space of the police, criminals, and protagonists, making the plot more compact and pressing step by step! In particular, the police and criminals battle wits and courage, from the scene to clues to reasoning to verification, which makes people look at it intently.

Even if it was him, the tension on the spot increased sharply!

Sitting on top of the car, Ed Mintz's head was full of the film and he couldn't stop at all.

The characters in the film seem to be unrelated in everyday life, but under certain conditions, they are so similar! When the mystery is revealed, is it the person in the play or himself who is being tortured by the heart?

He shook his head, this is the smartest thing the director did, using the cruel human torture to find the so-called mission for the jigsaw, making his image look a strange sense of sacredness.

"What is your choice in the face of life and death? To live or to die? ”

I don't know why, Ed Mintz remembered this question again, and at first glance it seems really redundant, but what if additional conditions are attached? What if it's you dead or alive? The ugliness of human selfishness disintegrated at this moment, and perhaps only a pervert could come up with such a shocking subject......

"Murphy Stanton......" he whispered the name again.

From the seventies to the present, he has watched countless movies, and there are not a few horror movies, and he has long been accustomed to the unexpected final fright, such as the resurrection of aliens, Godzilla laying eggs, and the inexplicable murder of a perverted murderer, but at the end of this film, it is unexpectedly close to "The Sixth Sense" two years ago, so that he is still thinking about this film, and he can't take a break if he wants to.

Of course, there are many flaws in the film.

For example, the background of the victims in several cases should be expressed in more detail to help the audience understand the ending; For example, although the ending is unexpected and reasonable, it still lacks a strong foreshadowing, and the hole cards are a little hasty; For example, the actors' performances are too rigid and patterned, and there is no eye-catching feeling, such as the plot is too compact, there is no emotional buffer, and the nerves are tense all the time within 90 minutes, which is easy to cause fatigue......

Thinking of this, Ed Mintz himself laughed, Murphy Stanton's name he had never heard of, he should be a rookie director, and he still demanded so much for a rookie director who was just starting out in the industry? The other party is not Sam? Remy or Ridley Scott, not to mention the flaws in the film itself, is definitely a wonderful work!

Even, if the film works well, it is not impossible to become a classic in horror movies.

As the car slowly approached a manor on the outskirts of Las Vegas, Ed Mintz's cell phone rang suddenly, and he looked down at the number, his brow furrowed slightly.

He answered the phone, "Is there anything wrong with this late hour?" ”

"boss ......" on the other end of the phone was obviously his subordinate in the company, "I have arranged the staff according to your instructions, but this film will only be screened in thirty theaters this weekend, and there is a research consulting company to count the audience's reputation." ”

Ed Mintz asked, "Do they have a statistic?" ”

"One thing, not very accurate." The subordinate said as simply as possible, "In today's statistics on the number of moviegoers, the audience's praise rate is close to 90%!" ”

"Well," Ed Mintz nodded, unsurprised, "don't care what they do, start tomorrow and do our job!" ”

The car drove into the manor, Ed Mintz returned to the room, briefly freshened up, prepared for bed, but couldn't sleep after lying down, his head was full of pictures of the last jigsaw standing up, although it was judged that the foreshadowing of this scene was not enough, but the unexpected effect left a deep and deep impression on him, as if engraved in his mind in a short period of time, he couldn't erase it.

It was not midnight on the West Coast, and it was late at night in New York on the East Coast, and there was silence in Luis Gonzalez's bedroom, when suddenly, he sat up with a shout, his hands and feet still struggling unconsciously.

"I choose to be raw! I don't want to die! He waved his hands in front of him, "Don't tie me to it, I don't want my joints to be broken!" Don't push me down, I've got a phobia of density, those needles are going to kill me......"

"Ah......h

This terrible howl finally woke his sleeping wife, who turned on the lamp and got up to look around, and slapped Luis Gonzalez on the back, and Luis Gonzalez was shocked.

"Ah......h

Seeing his wife's familiar face right in front of him, Luis Gonzalez understood that he was having a nightmare, and quickly raised his hand to touch the cold sweat on his forehead, forcibly squeezing out a smile.

"Sleep!" The wife turned and lay down.

Luis Gonzalez could not sleep until dawn.

The sun rises later on the West Coast than on the East Coast, and Murphy arrives at the Fox searchlight early in the morning, and according to the agreement between the two parties, there will be a regular meeting every morning during the screening to inform the situation in time and make appropriate adjustments. (To be continued.) )