The release of the Titanic, with a strong storm, swept the global market. There has never been a movie that has been able to bring so much shock to people from the day it was released. This hugely expensive and smashed-up film lived up to expectations, and the huge response it brought was unparalleled.

These effects are most directly reflected in box office revenues. The film opened on Friday, and by the end of the first weekend, the box office of the film had exceeded the sum of the two weeks of eavesdropping, and the big ship had an unparalleled momentum that entered people's field of vision.

This momentum has not only affected others, but also in the Mystery Company, people have also been affected.

"This is a real big-budget movie!" Clark was thrilled when he returned to the company, "The scenes, costumes, props, lines, all aspects are worthy of the investment!" This is a good movie, and this is the movie we should work hard to make. ”

For filmmakers, it is a very normal pursuit to want to shoot a movie that is close to reality, and in this regard, Titanic is quite exciting. Clark is a filmmaker, and he has these pursuits for film, and when he sees other people's movies are good, he immediately wants to make a movie like this.

"This is the movie that competes with us at the box office." Alexander, who was sitting on the side, looked a little depressed, Titanic was 4,000 screens from the first release, and after the release was well received, there were cinemas immediately to expand the film, which is definitely not good news for other movies, because their expansion means that other movies will shrink, "Now our box office will be affected, and we have no way to compete with such movies." ”

"We didn't have to compete in the first place - 60 million is not a loss for us." Clark immediately picked up the conversation.

His words annoyed Alexander a little, but Levy reached out and stopped Alexander, "Clark is right, it's good that we don't lose money." As for competition, that's a joke, we can't compete with them, what's there to fight about? ”

For the impact of the Titanic, Levy has long expected it, and now it is the calmest. The sensation of this movie is unstoppable, and it is normal for such things to happen. He thought of these things when he accepted the arrangement to avoid the limelight of the Titanic, three weeks have passed, and the box office of the movie must have declined since this day, and the impact is actually not much.

But he was not able to appease Alexander. It's not easy for the movie to have an income, Alexander is happy these days, and he suddenly encounters this kind of blow, how can he accept it?

Alexander stood in the room and walked back and forth, and after a long while, he spoke again, "We can't compete for the box office, maybe we can compete for something else, right?" ”

"You don't think our film will win an Oscar, do you? Alex, you have to understand that although our films are good, we are all newcomers, and we are small company films, and it is almost impossible to win an Oscar. ”

Levy never expected to win the Oscar against the big ship. Knowing the huge influence of this ship, it is clear that it is not difficult to surpass it in terms of word-of-mouth in the future, but it is almost impossible to surpass its influence at this time.

No matter who the judges of the Oscars are, they have to be voted for. As long as people vote, then there is a good chance that they will be affected - this award, Levy has no hope.

"I'm not talking about the Oscars!" Alexander waved his hand, "I'm talking about sending the film to Berlin for the Berlin Film Festival." ”

Berlin Film Festival? The Golden Bear? Alexander's arrangement surprised Levy a little. He didn't expect Alexander to arrange for the film to go to the European Film Festival, but the idea seemed pretty good. I just don't know, how did Alexander come up with it?

"Don't look at me like that, it's not my idea - actually, it's the Berlinale that sent us a letter asking if our film would like to be part of the Berlinale. I think maybe if I win the award, I can boost DV sales......"

This explanation made Levy suddenly realize.

As an international film festival, the Berlinale is committed to bringing all kinds of good films to their film awards every year. The evaluation of the eavesdropping storm is good, and it is a movie related to Germany, so the German side is naturally also very concerned. The three major film festivals have their own focuses, people often say that Cannes is a gimmick concentration camp, Venice is a pioneer tea party, Berlin is a political correctional center, and political films with deep connotations are originally the favorites of the Berlin Film Festival, not to mention that this film still chooses to take place in Germany.

"Is it necessary to go to that kind of film festival? The United States is also about to enter the awards season, and it doesn't make much sense to participate in a foreign film festival or not. We don't need to sell films, so why do we have to go to those film festivals?

Clark immediately objected, and there was some contempt for the Berlin Film Festival in his words, and this contempt was not entirely unreasonable.

The American film industry has always been extremely arrogant, and in their opinion, the best American director, the best actors, and the best movies must be the best in the world. The three major film festivals have a high status in the world's entertainment circles, but only in the United States, they don't particularly look down on the three major film festivals. For Americans, the Oscars, Golden Globes, and Screen Actors Guild Awards are the most important awards, and those who win these awards can call themselves the best actors in the world. As for the three major film festivals? Who cares?

Of course, Americans have such thoughts, and in a sense they should take it for granted. The North American box office is the largest box office in the world, Hollywood has the best film technology, and the Americans have the largest investment, and they are indeed ahead of the world in all aspects.

In making commercial films, the United States is certainly ahead of the world, and even in the shooting of competitive literary films, because of big investment and better technology, Americans are still leading the world. Because they have strong strength, they have always ignored the three major film festivals and have a very arrogant attitude. The three major film festivals have some unique rules, they all stipulate that only films that have not participated in other film festivals, and have not been screened abroad in addition to the country of origin, can participate in the festival. Such restrictions inevitably affect publicity and releases somewhat, so Americans don't care much about them.

Moreover, there is another reason why Americans look down on them: the three major film festivals can be said to have unspoken rules, as long as the top Hollywood actors participate in the competition of the film festival, then they have to give them a reward: otherwise, the next time they don't come, the Americans don't pay attention, the American market will be lost, even if the three major film festivals are all niche films, they can't afford to lose the world's largest box office all at once - the three major film festivals have the function of trade fairs to a certain extent, They can't afford to mess with buyers.

Therefore, for people from other countries, participating in the three major film festivals and winning the Golden Bear, Golden Lion and Golden Palm is quite a remarkable achievement. Only for Americans, winning awards at the three major film festivals is not an achievement. Leonardo, the star of Titanic, is now the Berlin actor, but who cares about these?

Those things are nothing to Hollywood people, as long as they are willing to go, everyone has a share, is it an award?

"But there's no harm in going and seeing." Alexander also has his own opinion on this, "The Berlin Film Festival has a lot of investment institutions, and our film is a political film, maybe we can get in touch with the investment institutions." ”

Alexander's words are true: as a political film, it is often possible to get the sponsorship of some special institutions, and at film festivals, there are indeed many such institutions. Levy knew that a certain director Jia in his previous life, since he caught up with Japan's Akira Kurosawa Studio in Berlin, has been using Japanese money to shoot banned films exclusively, and a certain director Lou filmed a movie with the sponsorship he got from the film festival, and in the end he was banned from the film because of the foreign background of the investor.

"Alex, if you want our film to be judged for an award, I'm not against that. But if you want to take the money, don't go at all. My movies have to be my decision, I don't do that. ”

Levy's expression became serious: some money can be taken, some money cannot be taken. What should I do if I take someone else's hand short, and when the time comes, I am forced by others to promote other people's ideas? Is that kind of movie still not your own?

I'm not so out of discipline, I can shoot anything for some money.

"Taking other people's money and filming something that promotes other people's ideas, that's not a movie, that's an advertisement. Alex, I don't object to you liking money, but remember: I'm not an advertising director, and I won't take this kind of money. "I only shoot what I want to shoot, and I believe that this is the only way to make a good movie!" ”