Chapter 114: Movie, It's on Fire!
Victor never thought that "No Country for Old Men" would be so popular!
"All of our 4,000 cinemas are full! The audience poured in like waves! From 8 o'clock until now, all the projectors are running non-stop! In California alone, there are five movie theaters that caught fire because the projector was too hot for a long time! Victor, I've been in Hollywood for so many years, and I've never seen a movie that can be so popular! "Sam. Warner's words made the office cheer!
"Make money! Big money! Leo opened the champagne ready for it and cheered.
"If it goes on like this, a box office of 4 million shouldn't be a problem." Nicholas pulls Sam. Warner: "Sam, come on, let's talk about the theaters you gave us, shall we?" ”
"Talk about it! Won't you do it tomorrow? My flesh hurts! "Sam. Warner really cried without tears!
"You can't deny it, we signed the contract, Sam." Nicholas laughed.
"Lao Tzu is miserable this time! Miserable! "Sam. Warner: This hate.
Only Victor smiled and said nothing.
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On this night, the average person at Legendary Pictures stayed up all night.
Leo and the others went to celebrate, and Nicholas took the map and Sam. Warner talks about those movie theaters to be received by Legendary Films, Victor and Jean. The two Renoirs returned to the company.
"Congratulations, boss." Let. Renoir was also very excited at this time.
"Congratulations, it's just a movie. There's more to come. Let's not rest on our laurels. Gotta look ahead. Victor shook his head: ""The Shawshank Redemption", how are the preparations going?" ”
"It's all ready. Shoot at any time. "Let's. Renoir served as Victor's assistant director in The Shawshank Redemption. A lot of things he went to Zhang Luo.
"Hmm. Then tomorrow. Go to Los Angeles No. 1 Prison tomorrow and try to start filming the day after tomorrow. Victor said.
"In such a hurry?" Let. Renoir was stunned.
"Gotta hurry. We're just too far from the goal right now. Victor looked at the great director in front of him and said, "You and Fred will take someone over there tomorrow to set it up, and I'll be there later." ”
"Good!" Let. Renoir got up and prepared to go.
Looking at the empty office, Victor lay down in his chair and smiled.
The next day, Leo rushed into the office with a newspaper!
"Raise your eyebrows! Ha lu haha. What a raising! "A bunch of people in the office were beaten up by this guy!
"The newspaper is out!?" Nicholas snatched it, looked at it, was overjoyed, and handed it to Victor.
Victor has had an instinctive fear of newspapers since he was scolded by the media for "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" last time.
"I'll just look at The Hollywood Review." Victor clutched his chest and flipped through the newspaper.
The result was indeed beyond Victor's expectations.
It's completely different from the last time "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", in this issue of The Hollywood Review, the front page is completely occupied by "No Country for Old Men"!
"An epoch-making good movie!" , which is the big headline on the front page.
throughout the story. The premiere of "No Country for Old Men" was introduced in detail.
"Now, Warner Studios' movie theaters have become a complete disturbance! I've never seen people go so crazy about a movie. Regardless of age or profession, just to watch a heart-pounding movie! Legendary Films made a good movie, an epoch-making film. Compared to the bad work above - "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", "No Country for Old Men" is completely different! ”
After reading the report, Victor couldn't help but laugh, and then turned to the bottom.
As expected, here are the comments of a bunch of bigwigs.
Hollywood director Frank. Capra was the first to show up, and the title was very bullish: "Characters, characters are everything in the movie!" 》
In the review, Capra focused on the character analysis of "No Country for Old Men", praising and admiring it - "For Hollywood films, if a movie can create a character that makes an impression, that's a thankful thing, and any director will be proud of it." Characters are the life of the movie! Hollywood has developed for so many years, and there are thousands of characters on the screen, and there are probably very few that can make the audience memorable and have the potential to be passed on to future generations! But the three protagonists in "No Country for Old Men", I think they will definitely become classics among classics! ”
"I have to say that the creator of this movie deserves the word master! In terms of genre, "No Country for Old Men" is difficult to locate, you can say that it is a western, you can also say that it is a gunfight film, a suspense film, or even an art film, but the characters in it are all so innovative. ”
"Let's start with the old cowboy. Westerns have been made since Hollywood had movies, and they have enjoyed one or the other, in the thousands. In ordinary movies, our cowboys are so bullfork banging, shooting quickly, punishing evil and promoting good, extremely chic. But in this movie, the old cowboy Moss is just an ordinary person, and any audience can see a certain aspect of himself in him, smart, tenacious, cunning, and cute. ”
"And the old police officer Bell. This one is even more absolute. In our movie, the police officers are all handsome and chic, but in this movie, we see an old man who is dying, so deep, so talkative, like our fathers, earnestly teaching in our ears, there is no bullshit bull fork reaching out, and even a little stupid, but it is so real! After watching the movie, I called my father, who I hadn't been in touch with for ten years, and I thought that all audiences who have a father will have such thoughts after watching it. To create a character, if he can make him so alive and affect our lives, it proves the greatness of the movie. ”
"And what I want to talk about most is the killer Anthony! Thanks Victor. Fellro, he taught us, and the whole of Hollywood, a solid lesson! This character will be an eternal figure in the history of Hollywood! In the future, all directors will probably rethink when filming the killer, and they will weigh whether they can beat Victor. Ferro! After watching the first shot of the killer's appearance, I said to myself: Oh my God, how are we going to shoot the killer in the future!? ”
"The killer in our movie is the embodiment of evil, a negative character, and is good for nothing. But let's take a look at Mr. Fellau's killer. He's cold-blooded, ruthless, murderous, especially that oxygen tank,, I've been thinking about Victor. How could Ferro have come up with such a thing! It's so fucking wonderful! An oxygen tank makes this killer an instant classic! What's more, this killer is so principled, so plump, so complex, and even, so cute! I love this character the most in the whole movie, and I think the audience will do the same! ”
"Characters, it is so difficult to create a plump and real character that the audience accepts and loves from the bottom of their hearts, let alone become a classic? The movie "No Country for Old Men", I think, will become a benchmark for Hollywood for decades, or rather, it may become a watershed! For this movie, I think all of us filmmakers should think about how we should make our own next movie?! (To be continued......)