Chapter 204: Toronto Wins the Grand Prize
"The Raid" is a strange movie, the language is Chinese, but in terms of attributes, it is a co-production between Hong Kong and the United States.
And now, when the host said that "Raid" won the award, many people at the scene were discussing it one after another, especially these reporters from China, and now they are excited and have a strong sense of impact, "Raid" actually won the award!
In those Chinese movies before that, all the troops were killed, and none of them remained...... But now, "The Raid", which was the least favored by everyone at the beginning, actually won the first award in the history of Chinese films.
Of course, these are only relative, if you really want to be strictly speaking, "The Raid" cannot be considered a Chinese film at all, this is an American movie.
The moment Chen Xi heard that "Raid" won the award, he really felt that the big stone in his heart had fallen to the ground, and many things had settled.
The current award is indeed very important.
Chen Xi's first film to work in the direction of the foreign film market won an award like the Toronto Film Festival, and for him, this is also a very high www.biquge.info, and there are many things that can be brought.
"It's actually a Chinese film that won the Audience Choice Award in this Midnight Madness unit! Hey, this year's Toronto Film Festival is still quite interesting! ”
"Isn't this "Raid" an action movie? How can the Midnight Madness unit still win awards? Someone is whispering to a friend to express his suspicions.
It's true that this is an action movie, and according to common sense, it should be difficult to achieve something in a place like Midnight Madness, but sometimes some realities just make you feel so magical, and things happen suddenly. Although "Raid" is an action movie, the attributes of those bloody and violent films in it make this film a big explosion.
Chen Xi took the stage to accept the award!
He first appeared in a North American newspaper. Of course, although this award is relatively good, it is also a small part of the middle for the entire Toronto Film Festival, so what he can get is a small layout, but this is also the process of starting to brush his face, and he has now buried a wedge.
When Chen Xi bowed on stage, on the Chinese side, many Chen Xi fans fell into a state of frenzy! Chen Xi gave them a huge surprise. Let them know that Chen Xi is a person, as long as he really likes him, he can always bring more and more shocks to people.
That's what Chen Xi is like now.
"Chen Xi really won the Audience Choice Award! His "Raid" was always silent in the past, and there didn't seem to be any news in China, but now, it's a blockbuster! Setting a record for Chinese films! ”
"Chen Xi is really a genius director! From his rise to the present, it is a short time, but his films. In addition to being at home, he has also won this kind of award overseas, and among the younger generation, it seems that he is the only one! ”
"I'm concerned about one issue right now. When will "The Raid" be released in China? ”
…… Judging from the current situation, everyone is constantly refreshing their understanding of the film "Raid" and the director Chen Xi.
When Chen Xi stepped off the stage. The sound of cameras taking pictures was everywhere, and Chen Xi was also frozen in the cameras of many reporters.
The Toronto Film Festival is the largest film festival in North America and one of the largest super film festivals in the world. Being able to win an award at this kind of film festival is not only the greatest affirmation of a person, but also the beginning of the process of a person beginning to be recognized by everyone and stored in everyone's hearts.
Chen Xi's appearance is no problem in the aesthetics of Westerners, and he will feel relatively handsome.
Among the Chinese stars, the most advantageous in terms of appearance should be Zhang Ziyi.
The aesthetics of the East are not the same as the aesthetics of the West, the East is more able to appreciate a static beauty, while the West is more inclined to dynamic beauty, but Zhang Ziyi can have the static beauty of the East and the dynamic beauty of the West, so it is not unreasonable that she can have a high reputation in the Western world.
Chen Xi can't use beauty to speak, but his facial features, in addition to the overall Han characteristics, will also have a little minority characteristics in his eyes, anyway, in the aesthetic vision of Westerners, Chen Xi is definitely a handsome guy...... And this kind of thing is not only in China can give him points, in fact, now in the Western world, Chen Xi has also been added a lot of points.
As a result, under many circumstances, the door of the Western world has opened a little bit to him...... According to Chen Xi's vision, if the next "Raid" can make achievements in awards and box office, then take the opportunity to launch "Embroidered Spring Knife", and then, some blockbusters will be launched......
When he really gained a certain degree of popularity overseas, and his own domestic movies were highly praised in China and accumulated enough box office, it was time for Chen Xi to set off towards the entire world market! That's what he's really aiming for......
Indeed, in the next few years, the growth of the total box office of the Chinese film market is terrifying, like blowing up a balloon, so many movies can be easily found in the Chinese market as long as they turn against themselves, but for Chen Xi, making a lot of money, there are countless blockbuster movies in the mainland market is not his ambition, his ambition is still in the whole world.
"What? Did you really let this damn kid get his way?! ”
The moment the final winner of "The Raid" was announced, Johnson felt as if he had been beaten up! In addition to feeling that Chen Xi's attitude is not very good, the most important reason is that he feels that the film "Raid" has no big way out, and his performance in many places will come to an abrupt end.
But who would have thought?
"The Raid" was almost a pure fan film festival like the Toronto Film Festival, and it actually received strong support from the audience and really won an award.
Johnson felt the choking of himself and Chen Xi and others before, but now it turned into a fist and hit him back so that his chest hurt, and the feeling of chest tightness and shortness of breath made him not even want to watch Chen Xi's award ceremony at all. This feeling was really uncomfortable, and Johnson couldn't breathe for a long time......
But what's the solution?
Who made him misjudge before? And his fierce and impulsive rhetoric led to the current result.
After Chen Xi actually took the stage to accept the award, Johnson's face was congested, and the whole person looked like a cooked eggplant.
However, after a few moments, Johnson also calmed down, clenching his fists with a bit of resentment and self-exculpation.
"It's okay...... Anyway, even if this kind of movie really wins any awards, it should be difficult for them to get a box office share of $450,000......"
With this self-comfort, Johnson didn't think much about it.
…… The Toronto Film Festival is over! Especially for Chen Xi, when "Raid" won that award, his Toronto Film Festival ended, and he needed to add the words "happy ending", because this film was indeed a complete success, and winning the award at the Toronto Film Festival has greatly exceeded Chen Xi's expectations.
It's just that Chen Xi was found and surrounded by reporters at the door, of course, most of the Chinese reporters who surrounded him, but there are also some foreign reporters who are very interested in Chen Xi, after all, this is a Chinese director who has won an incredible award.
Of course, the motivation and motivation of Chinese journalists are needless to say, a Chinese director, and he has also made a name for himself in China, has now completed the award at the Toronto Film Festival that many Chinese films have not been able to complete before, and everyone's attention to him has also come to a very high position.
The staff here came over quickly, and the Toronto Film Festival has people who are specifically responsible for these things, so this staff member temporarily acted as the press officer this time, and began to direct everyone's questions about Chen Xi, of course, Chen Xi's first question was also given to a foreign reporter, after all, Chen Xi was interviewed by Chinese reporters before, and it was still very good to come here, well, it was still very good to come to a foreign country.
After the foreign reporter was selected, he asked directly: "Director Chen Xi, a movie like "Raid" is not a bloody horror film, but on the Midnight Madness unit, what is surprising is that it also won the final Audience Choice Award, what do you think of such a fact that may need to be described as a miracle?" ”
Chen Xi frowned slightly, and then smiled: "The focus of the Midnight Madness unit is on midnight, as you know, there are many violent and bloody scenes in the middle of "Raid", I once said in China, I want to make "Raid" feel fundamentalist, but I now think I have done it, the audience is very interested in this movie, they will be surprised by the shots inside, so they voted for me, it should be that simple!" So I think a qiē is logical, doesn't it? ”
A foreign correspondent was chosen, so he was the second to stand up and ask Chen Xi: "Director Chen Xi, what do you think the distribution of "The Raid" will be in North America? Can it be successful? ”
Chen Xi said: "That's the case, I think a lot of things still have to be judged from the specific situation, and now it's just for me to predict...... I'm sorry, I really can't help it, I can only say that we will try to do a good job in the release of this film, and we will hope to expand some of the influence in North America, and that's what I'm looking for. (To be continued......)