The second weekend of screenings of "Diego Rose" was not good due to back-to-back screenings for film school members and media critics in several major North American cities, including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, and while these screenings did not prohibit fans from buying tickets, the name Murphy Stanton was as appealing to Oscar judges, journalists and professional film critics as Steven Spielberg and James Cameron. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This directly led to the emergence of many free viewers at the screening, which affected the box office revenue to a certain extent.

Ten theaters, after three days of screenings over the weekend, "Diego Rose" received more than $280,000 at the box office, and the average single-theater performance is still not outstanding enough.

A new week of Christmas holidays is here, but "Diego Rose" won't blindly expand its screenings.

"Before the New Year, the film will maintain the scale of screening in ten theaters."

In the moving car, Bill Rothes told Murphy, "This kind of screening is enough to get tickets, it also allows the judges and media reporters to see the film, and it also prevents the spread of poor audience reviews." ”

While audience word-of-mouth isn't the key to awards season, it can also influence some people's voting choices.

"I spoke to Carla Firth." Murphy has been in daily contact with Carla Firth via the Internet lately, "until most of the Oscar judges' ballots are returned, 'Diego Rose' will be limited to twenty theaters." ”

Most judges mail their ballots back to the college in mid-January, while a few wait until the final deadline.

"Diego Rose" is screened too late and is bound to miss most of the outpost awards, including the Golden Globes, which is a disadvantage.

Fortunately, the media and professional reviews of this film are good enough, otherwise there would not be many qualifications to compete for an Oscar nomination.

However, the film also has an advantage, the storyline is about Los Angeles in the eighties and nineties, and a considerable number of Oscar judges live in the Los Angeles area all year round, and they should all remember the chaos of that era, and the film may evoke their nostalgia.

When people get old, they are easy to get nostalgic, and it is precisely the Oscar judges who can be called the club of old men.

The car drove all the way to Santa Monica's Commercial Plaza, where there was a Blu-ray limited edition DVD signing event for "City of Chaos" today, and Murphy needed to attend in person in order to build momentum for the follow-up film.

Although "City of Chaos" did not particularly high at the box office, the subsequent online on-demand, rental, and DVD sales were all very good, and the film is now ranked in the top 50 of IMDB's Top 250 Movies with a score of 8.7, in stark contrast to the mediocre "Diego Rose" with a mediocre audience reputation.

In the face of these two completely different situations, Murphy himself analyzed that the most criticized place in "Diego Rose" is the smooth narrative rhythm and climactic plot twists.

This is also the biggest difference between this film and "City of Chaos".

Although "City of Chaos" is touted by many fans as a very connotative and thoughtful film, one thing Murphy is sure of is that when watching this film, fans don't really think about it, because the film is too fast-paced and does not use long shots as often as "Diego Rose".

The shots are short, the editing is sharp, the plot keeps turning, and finally pushes the plot and the audience's emotions to a climax, which is the biggest feature of "City of Chaos" in addition to the black elements.

In these respects, "City of Chaos" is a typical Hollywood movie, even if he himself is praised as a personality director, in fact, he knows very well that he is still a typical Hollywood director.

In fact, after Murphy's comparative thinking, it is not difficult to find out why his films have been popular in North America and even the entire Western world in the past, and the reason why those films have a strong attraction is because they tend to show simple emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, love, and hate, as well as basic human behavior activities such as violence and **.

These films have a fixed genre and technical pursuit of coherence and no traces, and the audience is familiar with the routines of these kinds of films, and derives satisfaction from the realization of the desired effect, and then Murphy adds some themes that seem serious and dark, and then adjusts them moderately to be more in line with the audience's nature of seeking new excitement, rather than completely overturning the wheel.

Even, compared with traditional Hollywood commercial films, he pursues a tight rhythm, and attracts people with constantly changing and rotating plots and images, which does not require people to use a lot of brains to think about the content, at least when watching the movie.

In this way, the audience only needs to follow the rhythm of the film, and the dark and serious content mainly produces thinking after watching the movie, which is in line with the psychological needs of most audiences who want to relax and pursue intuitive stimulation when watching the movie.

In fact, not only Hollywood's popcorn commercial films, but even his commercial films that focus on black, serious, and realistic are often simply stylized in real life

Half of the money made by Hollywood movies comes from the global market outside the United States, and even a director like him, directing an A-grade production with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, needs to consider that when the film is aimed at a global audience, it needs to pay attention to the general psychology and needs of human nature.

There is one thing that Murphy himself cannot deny, and throughout the films he directs, all ignore the history and culture of a country's independence.

In the eyes of some artistic directors, this actually damages the value of the film.

If you look at it from the point of view of pure cinematic art, Murphy can't deny it either.

Even a work like "American Beauty," which seems more thoughtful in Hollywood films, has a lot of clichés, excessive dramatization, and murder...... So it's different from those who advocate art films.

But then again, how many pure art films are there in today's world?

"In order to truly seriously explore the disordered and complex problems of life, it is necessary for people to use their brains to analyze them, and the films that analyze the problems put forward to the audience beyond the basic audio-visual requirements, that is, such films need to be understood by art, and the audience must infer what is not directly represented on the screen, and discover the hidden deep meaning in the unseen and unheard places......"

Thinking of this, Murphy couldn't help but shake his head, let alone ordinary audiences, I'm afraid a considerable number of directors can't do it.

A few days ago, he saw a European film director in an interview on the Internet, and although he didn't agree with it, he also left a deep impression.

In an interview, the European director believes that because people's values are constantly developing and changing, politics, history, culture, and environment will change, and some highly experimental and advanced films may be better understood in the future, and more serious artists are always exploring how to use new methods to express new ideas to transcend the limitations of the present, and there will be failures, but film and other arts and even sciences are the same, and they always gain something on the basis of a large number of failures, and if they do not innovate, they will regress.

Moreover, there are different types of artists, some people will create works that mainstream audiences like, and others are constantly exploring and trying to innovate, and it is this force that pushes art to a higher level.

Murphy agrees with the latter point that strictly speaking, most directors in Hollywood are the type of works that mainstream audiences like.

The business car arrived at the Santa Monica Commercial Plaza at this time, and Murphy stopped thinking nonsense, turned his head to look out the window, and the lights flashed outside, and it seemed that there were many reporters.

Several bodyguards and Bill Rothes got out of the car first, and after isolating the reporters, they opened the car door for Murphy, and Murphy, under their protection, ignored the reporters' messy questions, and walked straight to the exhibition area in the center of the plaza building.

Santa Monica Commercial Plaza is one of the most popular locations for Hollywood movies, and is connected to Santa Monica Beach in front of it, and is one of California's hippest shopping destinations, as well as a shopping mall on the west side of Los Angeles.

"Murphy, it's Murphy......"

As soon as he walked near the exhibition area, Murphy heard a high-pitched shout, "Murphy! Murphy! ”

Although the voice was confusing, his name was clearly recognizable.

In order to avoid confusion among fans, the organizer arranged for Murphy to walk through the side door on the east side, and when he looked up, he saw a long queue in the hall and near the main entrance of the commercial plaza.

After all, this era has changed, and the appeal of big directors is not much worse than that of superstars.

Entering the makeshift exhibition area, several bodyguards always followed Murphy, for fear of overly enthusiastic fans......

"Stanton Director ......"

The person in charge of the event, one of Kara Fez's men, came over to say hello, and Murphy nodded to him and walked directly to the autograph table, saying as he went, "Bet, let's get started." ”

Bett hurriedly followed Murphy and reminded, "There is still half an hour before the signing starts, why don't you take a break first?" ”

Murphy shook his head, "No, it looks like there are a lot of people here today." ”

He walked behind the signing table, pulled out a chair and sat down, and the fan holding the DVD opposite saw that the signing was going to start early, and he was instantly agitated.

Bet was prepared, pressed the button of the microphone pinned to the collar, and said loudly, "There are a lot of people here today, everyone is very supportive of Murphy, Murphy also came a little early, insisting that the signing start in advance, so as to meet more fans, please consciously line up to maintain good order!" ”

With the spread of the sound, the fans were a lot quieter, and with the help of security personnel at the scene, the restless team quickly restored order, and then the staff opened the isolation belt and let the fans walk in. (To be continued.) )