Chapter 72: Hitchcock's Turmoil [Second Update]

When will Shutter Island be released?

After the final cut of the movie came out, Xiansen deliberately made a trailer of about three minutes or so and posted it on the official website of Columbia. After more than three months of waiting, as soon as the trailer was uploaded, people who followed the film clicked to watch it, and the huge number of data visits once paralyzed Columbia's official website. Cook couldn't help but smack his tongue after receiving the data from the network department, this person's popularity is really amazing.

For such a popularity index, Xiansen is actually very puzzled, the promotion of the movie has not yet begun, how did this amazing attention come about? Could it be that something happened during his own filming that he didn't know? Thinking of this, Xiansen turned on the computer and searched for "Shutter Island" with great interest.

"The Washington Post vs. The New York Times, Shutter Island, who are you more optimistic about?"

As soon as I pressed the enter key, the first news attracted Xiansen's attention. Is it still related to Shutter Island? What the hell is going on?

After carefully reading the reports in the news, it dawned on Xiansen that after Bella Marceau uploaded the stills to the Colombian website, the Washington Post published an article about it, which was written by a Chinese-American reporter, perhaps with the same blood flowing in his body, for Xiansen's second film "Shutter Island", the reporter used all the praise, and even compared Xiansen and Hitchcock.

Hitchcock, what kind of existence is this? For many people, "Hitchcock" is no longer just a name, but represents the spirit of a cinematic approach, synonymous with suspense and thriller; And Hitchcock's famous silhouette of the head profile is not just a simple silhouette, it has become a totemic intention of this "Hitchcock spirit". Perhaps, it is well-deserved to call this director, who came to Hollywood from the UK to develop his career, a master of horror.

Even Xiansen himself didn't dare to put the two together, if in terms of the historical status of the movie, the gap between the two is too big, no, it should be said that the two are not on the same level at all.

The first time I made a thriller, my second film, I can compare it with Hitchcock, which is no longer a compliment, but a killing. Xiansen felt that the "Washington Post" should not publish such an article, so after some inquiry, Xiansen found that the news was indeed maliciously misinterpreted, and it was no one else who did this kind of thing, it was the "New York Times".

In her article, the Chinese-American journalist named Edith Chan called Xiansen's film a 'Hitchcock' attempt, and said that if British director Hitchcock can succeed, then Mister Sen can also succeed.

The day after the Washington Post was published, the New York Times published a long review entitled "The Death of Mrs. Sue - An Analysis of Hitchcock's Film "Rear Window", in which there was no mention of Xiansen and "Shutter Island", but continued to analyze Mrs. Su who was killed by her husband in Hitchcock's film "Back Window" to express the highest respect for horror and suspense films, and the last sentence of the article said: " There is no shortage of clowns in Hollywood, and they often disguise themselves as highly intelligent, but clowns will be exposed sooner or later, and like suspense stories, it's as simple as that. ”

Although the last sentence does not directly say Xiansen's name, everyone knows that the "New York Times" is satirizing Xiansen, who threatens to make a high-IQ movie, and this kind of satirical article is much more effective than directly scolding the street.

As soon as the "New York Times" article came out, many media tabloids that were not too busy to watch the excitement were like picking up a piece of fat, and they followed the trend one after another, belittling and satirizing sometimes more to stimulate the sales of the newspaper.

What else would Leonardo make without a romance? av?

Some bottomless newspapers even put out such mocking headlines.

After much deliberation, the Chinese-American journalist Edith Chan published another article in which she directly pointed out that some newspapers' analysis of Hitchcock was completely wrong, and that Mrs. Su was not killed by her husband at all, and that the only person who died in the movie "Back Window" was a dog. He also insinuated that some newspapers themselves could not understand that Hitchcock's films were still misleading the public.

Some of the newspapers here are immediately recognizable as referring to the New York Times.

The whole United States instantly boiled over with these reports, and you must know that the "New York Times" and the "Washington Post" are two newspapers in the United States with huge circulation, and these two media pinched each other and had a good show.

Sure enough, after Edith Chen's article was published, some media outlets that had a good impression of Xiansen also followed suit, and the biggest trigger was that a small newspaper with a local surname called "California Sunshine" directly published an article titled "Hitchcock is just the past, Mist represents the future" in order to defend Xiansen, and the article was intercepted and published by the New York Times.

If you are not afraid of god-like opponents, you are afraid of pig-like teammates.

When this news was reported, although Xiansen was completely unaware, all the firepower was still pointed at Xiansen.

"Hitchcock represents the past, and Mistre represents the future?"

Many fans who are obsessed with suspense thrillers have responded to this arrogant statement.

"You say the earth represents the past and the ball represents the future? Oh, sorry, he's only the size of an egg! ”

This is a fan who compares Xiansen to an egg.

"This Chinese director is too arrogant, does he want to overthrow Hollywood? Damn it! ”

"I swear, if he said it to my face, I'd let him know what Hitchcockian horror was!"

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The media and newspapers are very unrestrained, and the few media that had previously defended Xiansen chose to defect in this one-sided criticism, and yes, they also joined the ranks of attacking Xiansen, but they were not so confident.

Until now, the only newspaper that is still supporting Xiansen is the "Washington Post", perhaps because it was completely pressed, and the Chinese-American journalist Edith Chen, who wrote those articles, directly issued a statement, saying that if Xiansen's film "Shutter Island" did not exceed $100 million at the national box office in the United States, she would eat the several issues she wrote in front of the media.

How thick an issue of the Washington Post is, it is estimated that it is more than enough to eat for a day.

As soon as such a bet came out, the "New York Times" actually followed the bet boringly, and its guest commentator Kate said that if Mister's "Shutter Island" box office can surpass "50 First Loves", he will also eat the issues of the newspaper he wrote in front of the media, and at the end of the statement, he also laughed that Mister's movies are only for children around 18 years old, and the suspense thriller is a movie for adults.

"Edith Chen? Kate? ”

Seeing this, Xiansen remembered these two names.