Every day is a new day.

Zhang Tan re-devoted himself to the filming of TDK with passion.

At the same time, "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" also started publicity, this is a literary film, but the distributor still gave high-standard treatment because the director was Zhang Tan, and the publicity momentum was not small.

At the end of August, the film participated in the Cannes Film Festival in France and served as the opening film. This is the first time that Zhang Tan's film has been exhibited at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Zhang Tan's influence in France is not small, and he won the French Knight of the Order of Literature for his martial arts novels a long time ago.

And on the eve of the release of "What Those Times Taught Me" in France, he came to confer the medal.

This time, Zhang Tan not only brought his own film to the exhibition, but also attended the red carpet in person.

The reason is the same as last time, this time he is still here to present the medal while attending the red carpet. After several years of performance in film and television, he was awarded the Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture and Communications.

After wearing the handsome medal, Zhang Tan smiled and said to the reporters in the audience: "A few years ago, when I was awarded the Knight Medal, Aurelie Filippetti, then Minister of Culture, told me that I hoped to get the Commander Medal as soon as possible, and he could hang it on me again. I didn't expect it to take a few years, but it also allowed me to meet the new Minister of Culture. ”

Balabala's polite words.

The Order of the Commander of Literature is just the icing on the cake, and the Cannes Film Festival is just a low-key event for too long.

"This Killer Is Not Too Cold", as the opening film, enjoyed warm applause when it was played in the movie hall. Afterwards, the president of the festival said: "This is a film with a strong impact, full of unparalleled charm. Flashing with the light of humanity. ”

It seems that everything is going well, and "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" was a huge hit at the Cannes Film Festival. More than 70 countries and regions purchased the distribution agency rights of films at the subsequent film trade fairs.

But back in North America, after participating in several film festivals in North America, the film review of "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" caught Zhang Tan off guard.

"Oh my God, the Lolita-esque plot makes me shudder, how could Tan Zhang make such a movie, it disappoints me so much."

"The story of the movie is good. But my feelings for Leon and Matilda, I can't accept it. ”

"Tan Zhang has everything that a best director should have, and each of his films is full of charm and makes people want to stop, oh, except for 'This Killer Is Not Too Cold'."

"A Lolita-esque story of revenge."

"Maybe it's going to be a favorite movie for pedophiles."

The reputation of film critics is much worse than expected, especially many film critics, who have a father-daughter and lover relationship between the uncle and Lori in the movie. The tone is very unfriendly. There is a Hollywood movie "Lolita", which is about the love between a middle-aged man and an underage girl.

"Lolita" has sparked a lot of controversy and has become synonymous with pedophilia.

In the advanced film review on Rotten Tomatoes, there is only 71% freshness. It's almost lower than Zhang Tan's lowest "Chainsaw".

This is related to many Puritans in the United States, who are very disgusted with pedophilia and protect children to the extreme.

There are many film critics who uphold political correctness. Therefore, Lolita-style feelings cannot be accepted.

Of course, not everyone is unreceptive to Lolita-style feelings.

71% freshness. At least it proves that more than half of the film critics approve of the film.

"Magical character mental research, rich and brilliant performances. Exciting action, a well-rounded and detailed script, it all adds interesting depth to the film. ”

"The style is very different from Tan Zhang's previous movies, but it's cool to the bone."

"Funny, tragic, talented, not to be missed."

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"This Killer Is Not Too Cold" unexpectedly failed in North America, but it was greatly affirmed in Europe. For example, the British, who take pedophilia as their goal in life, like it very much; The French, who think they are romantic, also like it very much.

Chinese audiences also like it, but it's not a pity that the movie failed to pass the review, and the reason why the radio and television did not pass the review was the same because of "Lolita".

In such an environment, "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" was released.

As a literary film, even if the director is Zhang Tan, the scale of the release is still very small.

In North America, it opened in just over 2,000 theaters, grossed $10 million in the first weekend, $7.2 million the next weekend, $5.1 million in the third, and only $2 million in the fourth weekend due to blockbuster films. In the end, it was released for a month and a half.

The total box office in North America is $34.6 million.

If you want to say that this box office is bad, it is indeed much worse than Zhang Tan's previous movies, but as a literary film and a literary film that film critics do not want to see, it is actually very good to achieve such a box office.

Moreover.

The audience's evaluation is very good, Rotten Tomatoes has a 95% popcorn liking, and the audience gave it a high score of 4.1/5. The score on IMDb is 8.8 points, which almost entered the ranks of 9-point masterpieces, but a score of 8.8 points can still ensure that the movie enters the Top-250, or even Top-50.

Basically, the performance of "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" in North America was so-so at the box office, a great failure on the critics' side, but a great success on the audience side.

In Europe, the box office performance is much better than in North America. France and the United Kingdom have both contributed more than 8 million US dollars, and the reputation is also very sharp and perfect.

Ultimately.

"This Killer Is Not Too Cold" is $34.6 million in North America, $46.75 million overseas, and the global total box office is $81.35 million, without the help of Chinese mainland, it did not break 100 million.

It became the second film after "Crazy Stone" that Zhang Tan did not break $100 million at the global box office.

At first glance, the box office seems to have hit the streets.

Actually, it wasn't, but it was successful, very successful. The production cost of the film is only more than 10 million, plus the publicity will not exceed 30 million, and the box office of more than 80 million yuan, the achievements have already been earned, not to mention the surrounding development.

And although the film was not nominated for any awards, critics did not seek it out, and many Puritans criticized the film.

But the impact is enormous.

With this film, Mark Barr has successfully entered the Hollywood stage, and he has been invited to play the leading role in many films. Matilda's actor, Zhang Tan's goddaughter Iloti, has become the world's most popular child star with this film, fascinated countless people and won countless fans.

Advertising endorsements received soft hands.

Successful films don't have to be box office hits, and "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" successfully illustrates this. The box office is so-so, but the influence is getting bigger day by day, and it is not like a blockbuster movie on IMDb, which instantly flooded into a large number of audience ratings.

But after a long stream, batch after batch of audiences came in and scored silently, so that the movie successfully stepped into the Top-250 list, ranking 30th in film history.

As one toner commented: "The movies made by Tan Zhang are all masterpieces that can withstand the wear and tear of time, and even if you look back on them many years later, they are still full of surprises." ”

"This Killer Is Not Too Cold" is one such movie.

It can make the audience reminisce, analyze and understand repeatedly, and they will still feel amazing every time.

"Many people say that this is the story of Uncle and Lori, but I don't think so." Zhang Tan told reporters during a crew visit, "This is a story about two children, a girl and a boy. In their hearts, they were all twelve years old. (To be continued.) )

PS: There is nothing wrong with what I wrote in the last chapter, Guanyin Bodhisattva is Buddhist - I wrote "Zhang Tan worshiped wrongly, didn't he understand that he worshiped wrong?" "There's no controversy about the content, why do you think I'm writing it wrong?

Of course, I know that Taoism has nothing to do with the Bodhisattva of watching movies, and I just dilute Zhang Tan's belief in this way, because I personally have no faith, and I don't want Zhang Tan to be thought by readers that he believes in religion. It's all just pretending.