Chapter 886: Interview with the San Fernando Valley Edition
Standing in front of the cloakroom mirror, Duke is like a plastic mannequin, leaving Scarlett to do it? Johansson fiddled, and Scarlett, who thought she had a good taste in fashion, kept picking up the dress and gesturing in front of Duke, and then shook her head continuously, obviously not very satisfied with Duke's reserved dress. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info【Latest chapter reading】
"Your clothes are either gray or black." Scarlett muttered dissatisfied, "This looks old." ”
"Honey, I'm already old." Duke shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "You know, I've basically worn dresses of this color and style all these years. ”
He is not a star who needs to win attention, and he doesn't pay much attention to the outfit he wears every time he attends the premiere.
Help Duke put on a new custom dark gown, Scarlett? Johnson looked at it carefully, pulled his down-hanging blonde hair behind his head, took a bow tie and tried it out, shook his head, and pulled another tie.
She knew that Duke didn't care about the dress, so she simply changed the subject, "Confirm that the North Korean government did it?" ”
"How can you confirm this kind of thing?"
Standing across from Scarlett, Duke watched as she carefully arranged her dress, "But the three hackers' accounts are all funded by North Korea, but it's a civil organization." Honey, you know ......"
The tie didn't quite fit either, Scarlett patted him lightly and walked to the place where the bow tie hung in the cloakroom, Duke looked at her beautiful back and continued, "The North Korean government is not stupid, it will definitely not admit that it is an official action, and the excuse of the civil society is enough for them to explain to the international community." ”
"But so their international reputation ......"
As she spoke, Scarlett shook her head and walked back, "I forgot that North Korea has long had no international image, and they don't care about the national image in the eyes of Western society. ”
She walked up to Duke, put her bow tie on his neck, tried it, and said, "Don't you think we're going too far?" ”
"Hey, dear." Duke stretched out his hands to her, "It's a spontaneous act of the national media." It has nothing to do with me. ”
"Okay, okay." Scarlett helped Duke put on his bow tie and deliberately pinched his chin, "My boyfriend is a good person who is innocent and kind......"
The words are not finished. She couldn't help but laugh.
"I just went with the flow and gave it a little bit of a push."
Duke shook his head, "This matter really has nothing to do with me, and the real culprit in smearing North Korea is the federal government, not us." ”
"The federal government is the nation's biggest scapegoat." Scarlett muttered. Then he looked at his watch, "Isn't Okuhei Tan going to speak?" It's almost time. ”
Duke nodded, walked to the rest table, took the remote control, turned on the Y-crystal TV placed on the wall, and tuned to n, and the White House press conference was about to begin.
After the CIA and FBI released a series of evidence that hacked accounts were linked to Iran, the anti-North Korea campaign was launched across the United States. In New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, there have been large-scale demonstrations in support of freedom of speech and against terrorist threats, and the media has even criticized the North Korean government. It further stirred up anti-North Korean sentiment among the people.
"The government still supports and endorses Warner Bros. for a film like 'The Interview.'"
In the television footage, Okuhei Tan personally expressed the views of the Washington authorities on the Warner Bros. hacking incident through the microphone, "The United States strongly supports these filmmakers and film production companies, as well as the freedom they express." We believe that this form of artistic expression is commendable and should not be subject to intimidation and threats because it touches on the views and ideas of certain people. ”
"North Korea attacks U.S. companies with the intent to cause a destructive impact, as well as threats to U.S. artists and other individuals." Intended to restrict their right to free expression, the US is 'taking the matter seriously' and will impose sanctions on individuals and entities linked to the North Korean government. ”
As a powder keg that exploded at one point, almost at the same time. The North Korean government has also issued a corresponding statement - Okuhei is a stupid pig!
In addition, the North Korean government has declared a state of emergency, and some troops have been massed near the 38th parallel, and it is once again preparing to open fire on South Korea.
North Korea has always had two treasures in dealing with the pressure of international public opinion: one is to make a big noise, no matter how ridiculous the rhetoric is. or keep announcing some ridiculous and incomprehensible declarations; Second, whoever dares to provoke me, I will beat the stick, no matter who provokes them, the stick is the target of the beating......
"Looks like there's nothing to do with us now."
Turning off the TV, Duke walked over to the rest table, poured Scarlett a cup of tea, brought it back and handed it to her, and said, "We can watch the North Korean government and the federal government spray each other, and we can save a lot of money on marketing and achieve far more results than we expected." ”
"North and South Korea......" Scarlett took a sip of tea and asked with some concern, "There won't really be a war, right?" ”
Duke didn't even think about it, and said, "Of course not." ”
The war will definitely not break out, at most some shells will be exchanged with each other, don't look at North Korea's fierce shouting now, it looks like it will not hesitate to start a third world war, but those who know enough about this country know that North Korea can be described as an expert in unleashing artillery.
"Honey."
Reaching out and pinching Scarlett's tall nose, Duke smiled, "If war really breaks out, let's set up a relief foundation." ”
Helping Duke put on the dress, Scarlett found her own again, and of course she was going to attend the premiere.
"You're going too?" Duke frowned.
To be honest, he was still a little worried, who knows if North Korea would do something like a dog jumping off the wall, he could take risks, but he didn't want to watch Scarlett take risks.
On October 31, 2013, when the nation's attention was on the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, tens of thousands of Americans holding high the banner of so-called freedom spontaneously gathered in and around the Emirates Rock Theater to take the most practical action to support the so-called freedom of speech that is sacred in their hearts.
Although "The Interview" was a small $25 million production, despite the fact that many people declined the premiere invitation because of safety concerns, and despite the ongoing protests from the North Korean government, it was difficult to stop the enthusiasm of Hollywood and the American public for the premiere.
Under strict protection, there were no incidents at the premiere, and in the midst of protests in North Korea, the film was not only released in North America, but also appeared in other countries of the English-speaking group.
As for the film itself, it is a typical NP, not only has a scene of directly killing Jin Sanpang, but also mocks the ruffians Eminem and Miley, who are very controversial in the United States? Cyrus, especially the discussion of the latter's "camel toe", is apt, as for the rest, there is not much to say, just look at the reaction of the North Korean government to understand what kind of film this is.
The North Korean government is condemning the North Korean government's ban on films, the North Korean government's countermeasures against Hollywood, and the North Korean government's interference in free speech in the United States......
This is the publicity strategy developed by Warner Bros.'s public relations department for the film, which must drag the North Korean government into the water and win the attention of the world.
And who really cares about the North Korean government's protests?
Even if there are so many disputes around this film, a NP comedy cannot be as hot as a summer commercial production, even if many people shout in support of the release of this film, it is only to maintain the so-called concept of freedom of speech in their hearts, and they may not buy tickets to enter the theater.
Killing the so-called world's largest dictator recognized by Western society is undoubtedly the biggest selling point of the film, and it is also one of the few places that can attract the North American public to the theater.
More than 2,600 theaters in North America in the first week, with a box office of $37.21 million, can be said to be the biggest limit of this niche comedy, in addition to determining that Warner Bros. can recover the cost, the biggest benefit is that with the release of the film, Hollywood has seen another direction of profit - spoofing the leaders of hostile countries!
After the film's North American weekend box office was released, companies such as Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, and Sony Columbia all put similar film plans on the agenda, especially Sony Columbia Pictures, and were very active in contacting Warner Bros. and James? Franco and Seth? Logan, preparing to shoot a sequel to The Interview.
Not only Hollywood, but San Fernando Valley, which has always liked to shoot the adult version of Hollywood's hit movies, has also received authorization from Warner Bros. to prepare to shoot the H version of "The Interview", and it is said that they will also join Rodman, a big bug who has frequently traveled to North Korea in recent years, and there will be a lot of scenes such as Rodman vs. the First Lady......
When such news reached Duke's ears, he couldn't help but cry and laugh, but it was not too surprising, after all, in the vague impression, the former "Interview" did shoot an adult version.
As for what North Korea will think, Hollywood doesn't care, and neither does the San Fernando Valley.
All kinds of news that broke out are conducive to the spread of "Interview", and after the release of the film, the word-of-mouth exploded to an astonishing extent in a short period of time, with a storm before the release: hackers, terrorist threats, North Korean choking, Okuhei charcoal came forward and other tosses, "Interview" has risen from a simple black NP humor film to the point of a masterpiece, and was rated as a perfect score by many fans on the Internet, and even squeezed "The Dark Knight" down on IMDB for a time. With a score of 9.9 points, it briefly occupied the top position in the TOP250.
On IMDB, more than 20,000 fans gave the film a perfect score.
Although "The Interview" is unlikely to change the short-lived life of the NP comedy theater, by the end of December, when the film was released, the North American box office had accumulated more than $100 million, plus more than $100 million overseas, this small production cost only $25 million, and the global box office revenue alone was as high as $278.62 million.
With such a return on investment, it is normal for other companies to follow suit. (To be continued.) )
PS: Ask for monthly passes and recommended tickets!