The "Good Night, Good Luck" release was more than one might have imagined, considering that the film was just a screening, in other words, it was watched by just 300 guests – not including the Venice Film Festival audience, but now the craze for the film is overwhelming, and the critics' praise is getting stronger and stronger under the news media. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Especially when Javier Ulliel, a New York Times reporter, wrote an article on his personal blog in which he launched a righteous condemnation of "Wiretapgate" and mentioned the "Good Night, Good Luck" movie at the end of the article.

"George Clooney takes us back to that thrilling history with a serious and elegant lens, bringing the spirit of Edward R. Morrow back to life. Now, once again, we are faced with a similar situation, just like McCarthyism, the White House has chosen extreme eavesdropping surveillance to 'safeguard national security', but when basic human rights have been lost, what can be said about national security? Perhaps, McCarthyism has never died out completely, and the basic human rights of citizens have never been guaranteed, so what should we do? Waiting for the next Edward R. Morrow to appear? Or stand up and fight for your power? ”

As the number one blogger in North America, Javier's blog has a hit-through rate far ahead of the list of bloggers in public media, with an average weekly hit-rate of 12 million, truly making people feel the power of the Internet age. It is no exaggeration to say that Javier's online influence has reached high enough heights to compete with traditional media such as the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.

When Javier uploaded this blog post, the number of hits exceeded 500,000 in just an hour, which easily reminded people of the meaning of the 80 points of the media comprehensive review, which also made the exposure of "good night, good luck" reach a new high.

Since the film was only released in 11 theaters in Los Angeles in the first week, the next week only added New York, Chicago and Houston, and the rest of the world will not be released until the third week at the earliest. This also means that this most discussed work this autumn will not be widely disseminated until at least half a month later. Audiences in other cities in North America have been impatient and have begun to protest, hoping that the film can land in major cities as soon as possible.

What's even more unbelievable is that a new proposal has emerged in the Yahoo community, "Watch 'Good Night, Good Luck' and Say No to 'Buggate'!" ”

In the post, the proposal reprinted the link to Javier's blog post and quoted Javier's closing remarks to express his position, hoping that every viewer could protest against "Eavesdropping" with their own practical actions. Maybe they can't participate in the demonstrations, maybe they can't change the president's decision, but they can get more attention to the film in this way, and then awaken more citizens to defend their rights.

The reason why art is so special is that it contains the rich ideas of human beings, and then enlightens more people's minds. Movies are no exception.

Not long after this proposal was proposed, it has already generated more than 1,000 hits, and the attention is slowly rising. Javier opened the post and looked at the approval ratings, which showed that he had collected more than 300 supports, making it clear that the work "Good Night, Good Luck" was attracting more and more attention, which is really rare for an awards season film with a strong artistic style.

Even last year's "King of Soul Singers" happened to coincide with the death of Ray Charles, but it was not able to achieve such an effect, and the last time an awards season film that a film could resonate with audiences was back in February 1991 with "The Silence of the Lambs".

Javier was a little stunned, and although saying "good night, good luck" was born at the right time and in the right way, it was hard to believe that it had achieved such an effect.

Javier recalled the call from Lance last night, the two of them talked a lot, and talked a lot of whimsical, including "good night, good luck" content accounted for a part, and after the phone hung up, Javier wrote this blog post, he understood that Lance and George Clooney are good friends, and it is natural to spare no effort to endorse his friend. Now seeing the almost perverted cry of "good night, good luck", except for George's excellent connections, Javier can't find any reason, even Lance, who has never been involved, took the initiative to promote his friends, which is enough to explain everything.

But...... Looking at the Yahoo community's proposal, in just five minutes, after being refreshed again, the number of supporters has exceeded 500, and Javier feels that this is really abnormal.

Thinking about it seriously, the biggest anomaly is that "Good Night, Good Luck" is just a screening, and the Internet craze is coming too fast, too fierce, and too urgent, as if netizens don't plan to watch this movie at all, and they are already blindly following the trend and applauding, and this trend is getting out of control step by step, reminiscent of a castle in the air.

But can this anomaly be counted? Maybe it's just one of the publicity tactics of the publisher Warner Bros., maybe it's just that George's strong connections are working in advance, or maybe it's just that people can't find a way to vent their anger at "bugging...... So this kind of discussion is not "abnormal" at all.

And, even if the anomaly is real, then it's also known as "killing", concentrating all the firepower to take "good night, good luck" to the extreme, and then let it fall hard and fall apart. But the problem is that the 80 points of the media comprehensive evaluation have proved that the quality of the film is excellent; At the same time, as an awards season movie, the box office is not the goal, not to mention, the investment of 7.5 million yuan is far from a loss, which means that it is impossible to fail with "good night, good luck", and it is impossible to fall from the peak.

So, maybe he was just too surprised and cranky. This is Hollywood, and anything bizarre is possible, isn't it?

As Javier expected, or perhaps completely unexpectedly, "Good Night, Good Luck" was released in 11 theaters in Los Angeles, and the film did an exceptionally good single-theater box office, and the $38,000 single-theater figure was not impressive - the original box office of "City of God" was 42,000, but this figure was the second highest of the year after "Zombie Bride" films.

For such a serious and dull film, such an achievement can be called incredible!

What's more, after the screening of eleven theaters, the reputation of "good night, good luck" officially exploded, in addition to the outstanding performance of the media comprehensive evaluation, the 216 mass media on Rotten Tomatoes gave a freshness of 93%, and the score was as high as 8.1, and many mass media exclaimed "This is this year's Oscar Best Picture"; Even with an 83 percent popcorn index, which is almost a commercial film, it is now created by "Good Night, Good Luck", which clearly shows that the work has won the approval of the sophisticated film critics, but also the recognition of the discerning audience.

All signs are showing that the upward momentum of "good night and good luck" is still unstoppable!

Perhaps "Good Night, Good Luck" is trapped by the limitations of the subject matter and cannot kill all sides in the box office market like "Killing with a Knife", but there is no doubt that this work has received a lot of attention, and it is not impossible to achieve excellent box office figures due to the discussion boom on the Internet. Now, it seems that all signs are that the top seeds of the awards season are on fire.

The Washington Post even wrote that "no one seems to be able to stop George Clooney from making a splash on his first statuette." However, perhaps we can expect his best friend, Lancelot-Strello. ”

Invisibly, "fruit hard candy" has once again become the focus.

Originally, because of the existence of "Mad Max 4", people were curious about the quality of "Fruit Hard Candy", trying to peek into the root of Lance's crazy choice through this work; Now, because of the unstoppable momentum of "Good Night, Good Luck", "Fruit Hard Candy", which was released only two weeks later, has begun to enter people's field of vision.

But "Hard Fruit Candy" is undoubtedly stained with the light of "good night, good luck", and all signs and all evidence indicate that the latter is constantly refreshing its own attention, and even members of Congress are beginning to discuss the symbolism of the film.

With the passage of time, the momentum of "good night, good luck" not only did not ease, but further heated up because of the action of eighteen theaters on the second Saturday. This week, "Good Night, Good Luck" officially landed in New York's art theaters, and as George's friend, Lance kept his promise and appeared in landmark theaters for the first time to see the acclaimed film.

Reporters waited at the entrance of the theater early to besiege them, expecting Lance to express his views as soon as possible, and perhaps talk about "Fruit Hard Candy" or "Mad Max 4". More than 50 reporters stood at the door of the cinema, just waiting for an "audience" to comment on the film, and it was a real event, but it happened.

Journalists, however, were doomed to disappointment, or it would be more accurate to describe them as stunned and surprised. Lance, who was talking and laughing before entering the movie theater, had a solemn and weird expression after watching the movie, just politely coped with the media, expressed his love for the movie, and then left the movie in a hurry.

What happened? Don't...... Lance doesn't like "good night, good luck"? (To be continued.) )