Alberto Barbara, president of the Venice International Film Festival, has repeatedly asked about the progress of the film, and has repeatedly asked who to confirm whether it can be completed before Venice. He Fang said every time that he didn't dare to guarantee, he could only try his best, because who could say what happened later.

In fact, in addition to the Venice International Film Festival, there is also the San Sebastian International Film Festival (mid-September), the Montreal World Film Festival (late August), the Locarno International Film Festival (August), the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (early July), and the Tokyo International Film Festival (October......

A number of international A-category films that have met the time are inviting He Fang to come over, and they are all openly and secretly promising to give generous awards.

He Fang was the world's youngest international director with both fame and fortune, Leonardo was an international superstar, the combination of these two, how many film festivals drooled, how much attention and how much traffic this is.

Of course, the Shanghai International Film Festival also called a year ago to ask, this is really not satisfied, the Shanghai Film Festival is in June, if you can catch up with the Shanghai Festival, then you can definitely catch up with Cannes, isn't it fragrant to go to Cannes?

In fact, for the selection of film festivals, everyone knows that Venice is the best choice, but there is still a chance that other film festivals will not be before the selection is confirmed.

After the filming entered the end of April, there was one more thing to do, that is, to remotely promote the release of his new film, that is, "Violent Block" was released on May Day in China, and it was deliberately released on April 27, which happened to be Saturday, and it was also two days before the May Day holiday in China.

He Fang's remote propaganda is to create momentum on Weibo, promote a wave on Twitter, let the media send a wave of press releases, and then put on some trailers.

It's a pity that the fate of "Violent Block" is really bad, the director is not available, he is filming, he can't publicize it, and the starring Wu Jing is also filming his "Wolf Warrior". In the end, "Violent Block" became a guy who is not loved by his mother and uncle, and there is definitely no premiere, and he can't even see the main creator for publicity, so what else is the premiere talking about? It was released shirtless.

Wu Jing was quite worried, after all, it was the play he took over from the big male lead, and he felt uncomfortable when it was released like this.

However, He persuaded him and called him for more than an hour.

"Brother Jing, do you know how many people scolded me for filming "Invasion of Wall Street" and "Human Eradication Plan" at that time? I scolded me for being an anti-American, and I couldn't see a good person in the United States.

You also know what kind of movie "Violent Block" is, so there is no need to promote it at all, just like "Human Eradication Plan", fans will watch it, and the box office will not be bad, you can rest assured. If the box office is not good, I will come forward to scold, and the popularity of scolding will rise. ”

He Fang's explanation made Wu Jingjing stupid, "Director He, there is still this kind of propaganda?" ”

"Is it strange? It's no surprise that "Human Eradication Project" was released this way, and achieved a global box office of $197 million, nearly 200 million, such a low-cost film. Rest assured, the box office of "Violent Block" will not be less than 200 million. ”

"Hey, can you still play like this?"

"Of course it can, if it weren't for the PG-13 rating, the box office would probably be higher, think about the original "Human Eradication Plan" rating was R-rated and got 197 million." He explained.

"Okay, you know this better than me, then I'll listen to you."

"You can shoot your "Wolf Warrior" well, after filming, you can just take on "Operation Mekong".

"Okay."

……

In fact, "Violent Block" is different from what was predicted? Basically, eight or nine are not far from ten.

Because of the release of He Fang's new film, everyone's enthusiasm is still very high, after all, the Spring Festival file "The Origin of the White Snake" has given the global audience an audio-visual feast.

As a result, many people poured into the theater on the first day of release, and the attendance rate once reached 100%, especially the film critics were looking forward to it.

It's just that...... After watching the movie...... Many viewers took a deep breath.

"This special America is too dark, isn't it? Why is this Detroit so dark? ”

"It seems like yes, I seem to have seen this article on the Internet that says Detroit has become the gangster city of America."

"Tsk, the key is that according to the introduction of the movie, their police and some of their departments seem to be involved, is it true?"

"It should be true, otherwise how could this movie be released? The United States also has censorship. ”

"Are there censorship in American films? Doesn't it say that the United States wants to make movies and shoot whatever they want? ”

"Then the United States can still wash dishes and buy a villa, do you believe it? Censorship in the United States is lax, strictly speaking they only grade, not censorship. But you try to make an anti-Semitic film in the United States, you try to make a film against the capitalists, you try to make a film against the military-industrial complex. What other agricultural associations, lawyers' associations, medical associations, tax police, etc., these departments, you go and try to shoot one, you see if you can release it. ”

"Isn't it as free as the legend says?"

"Of course......"

……

"Where is the new film revealing the black material of the United States again, this is his third black and American film, will the trilogy end or will it continue after that? It's worth paying attention to. ”

"Why don't you do something, everyone has called your name, don't you know whether you live or die? Why is it so strong? The United States is obviously so good, why do you always want to hack him? The largest paper media in the United States has criticized you by name, and you still don't know how to live or die? ”

"It seems that the United States is still too tolerant of who it is, and from the side, the United States is a very tolerant place and very free. A foreigner like He Fang hacked them again and again, but they still didn't care about it, at most they wrote an article to criticize them. If you put it in ...... yes, let's see what the reaction will be......"

"Where, make a movie, make a movie, don't carry private goods, okay? I love He Fang's films, starting with his Far Cry. But it's annoying for this guy to pick up some private goods at every turn, what to shoot "Invasion of Wall Street", what to shoot "Human Eradication Project", and now "Violent Block". It feels like under the lens of where the United States, from capitalists to politicians to neighborhoods, is rotten into a mess of porridge. If the United States is so bad, why is he the number one power in the world? Where, is it interesting that you force it to go to the black so much? ”

"I withdrew it, I can't watch it anymore, I was still a little interested in where to carry Chinese movies, but I can't stand this repeated entrainment of private goods. I thought he could lead everyone to civilization and progress, but I didn't expect that he was a brainless black, why do you bring private goods when you make movies? What's the difference between this and the literary film directors you're criticizing? You criticize people, and now you yourself are taking pictures of black people's stuff. ”

"Ha, upstairs, there is a difference between He Fang and the domestic literary film director, and the American trilogy that He Fang filmed is all facts, and those who know him know that he is not exaggerating, he is just stating the facts.

He is just stating a fact, why do so many people jump to their feet? How uncomfortable is this fact? In addition, he is different from domestic literary film directors. Domestic literary film directors change the way to magnify and sublimate the dirty black in China, and then use it to win awards and profits, and who is not filming in China, but in the United States. One inside, one outside, that's the difference. ”

"He Fang's movie allows us to understand the world, no matter how many people criticize He Fang's trilogy for how black the United States, but since people have made it and let it out, it proves that there are some facts. Therefore, we can at least see part of the truth from it, and it also allows us to understand more about the world. ”

"I like He Fang's films, and I don't understand why so many people are against it. People are just making a movie, why do they want to go online? The Americans themselves don't make gangster films? Hong Kong also makes gangster films, Europe also shoots, island countries also shoot them, and South Korea also shoots them...... Everyone can make gangster films.

Why is it just where to go? Is it because he doesn't look good? I think each one is very good-looking, why can't I shoot it? Americans themselves still filmed "The Godfather", "Once Upon a Time in America", "Goodfellas", and "Scarface......

Americans have made a lot of classic gangster movies themselves, why can't they make them? What is the reasoning behind this? Why? Why? People and Americans didn't say anything, why are many Chinese in a hurry? ”

……

In the quarrel on the Internet, the box office of "Violent Block" was released on the first day, and the first day in China was 51.32 million, which made some people in China happy.

"He Fang's New Film First Day Waterloo"

"Where the Movie Doesn't Work"

"Where Finally Walked Off the Altar"

"He Fang Movie Failed at the Box Office on the First Day"

……

As soon as these reports came out, everyone was shocked, thinking that Fang's new film really hit the street, so they interviewed Tuanhuo Culture and actively contacted him.

Zhang Qian of Tuanhuo Culture smiled in an interview: "Many people have seen that the box office of "The Origin of the White Snake" on the first day is more than 90 million, so the first day of "Violent Block" is Waterloo in the early 50 million, which is not right. ”

"Mr. Zhang, what's wrong?" The journalist asked.

"First of all, the movie genre is not the same, "The Origin of the White Snake" is a special effects blockbuster, with a production cost of hundreds of millions, and it is a family-friendly movie, and the ratings of all countries are G-level, that is, everyone can watch it. And "Violent Block" is a cult film, that is, a niche experimental film, which costs more than 10 million US dollars to produce, and the film rating is PG-13, that is, it can only be watched by people over 13 years old. Can this be compared? ”

"The second is the schedule, "The Origin of the White Snake" is a big schedule for the Spring Festival, and the whole people are on holiday for the festive atmosphere of the New Year. And "Violent Block" is on the May Day holiday, the day of release is still a working day, we think that the box office of more than 50 million is already very good, why did it become Waterloo in the mouth of your media? ”

In the face of Zhang Qian's answer, public opinion died down at this time, Zhang Qian was right, and those who opposed it could not find a better reason to refute. You can't compare a low-to-medium production budget movie to a Hollywood blockbuster-level movie, right?

Some people who want to take advantage of this decline suddenly beat their chests and feet, so they don't regret it.

Sure enough, the next box office trend was still up, with 63.78 million won in China the next day, 20.48 million in North America for two consecutive weekends, and 51.19 million in the rest of the world in two weekends.

The global market won a total of $89.94 million in two weekends, although it is not as strong as a special effects blockbuster, but it is already a god-level performance in a cult film of the same kind.

Especially the foreign reputation is not bad, but the domestic ...... Douban gave a score of 6.3, why is the score so low? It's because a group of people came in specifically to give low scores.

"Bad movie, where is the Waterloo film." This short comment at the top has more than 10,000 likes and more than 1,000 comments.

"Have you seen it? If you open your mouth, it's a bad movie? Do you know what the evaluation criteria are for bad movies? ”

"He knows a fart, he's a water army, a black man who came here for the sake of black."

"You ask him what audiovisual language is, can he say it? Dead trolls. ”

"I think it's very good-looking, Wu Jing's parkour is very showy, and the fights are very hot-blooded. The key is that the plot is very top, and it is too dark to be run by the gangsters into a hellish 'red brick special zone', and the people inside want to figure it out, but they can only look at the tall buildings in the distance through the sky.

And Wu Jing, who is an agent, did not go in to seek justice, but to help the Alphabet Bureau recover the drugs, which is really dark. Fortunately, Wu Jing also has a sense of justice...... With such a good plot and such a good action scene, some people say that it is a bad movie, I really can't understand it. ”

"Don't pay attention to these water armies, it's really hateful, Douban doesn't care about it, if a movie is allowed to be slandered by the water army, how can it truly reflect the quality of this movie? The new Maoyan is very good, and their ratings and evaluations are based on real movie tickets.

The score of this movie on Maoyan is 9.1 points, all of which are commented by people who have really watched the movie, that is called a real movie review, and Douban will be finished if it continues like this. ”

……

"I know how to slander the United States, who can't get along in the United States, so I will change my tricks to black the United States, and make this kind of bad movie to disgust people." This is the second short comment with a high top, with almost 10,000 likes and five or six hundred comments.

"How do people slander the United States? Americans can make gangster films themselves, and European directors can also go to the United States to make gangster films, so why is it a slander for a Chinese director to make an American gangster film? Where are you going to jump and scold? ”

"Some people don't like to tell the truth, that's their spiritual totem, that's their ideal country on the other side, they can't allow anyone to tell the truth, once they say it, it's like stepping on their tails, and they're so anxious to bite people."

……

The IMDb website score is okay, 7.6 points, the most liked is the action scenes, followed by complaints about the chaos in Detroit, and there are praises for who uses the camera.

(End of chapter)