"Dallas Buyers Club" got 67.13 million yuan at the first-day box office in China, which is okay, without any big publicity, and it is quite powerful to win such a first-day box office under the so-called off-season.

The box office on the first day was not bad, coupled with the Douban score as high as 9.3, which belongs to the word-of-mouth box office, and there are no blockbusters competing with "Dallas Buyers Club" during this period, so everyone is very optimistic about the results of the movie.

Because there is now a Maoyan ticketing software and the function of real-time box office updates, there is no need to wait for the statistics after midnight, but in real time.

Even the North American box office is real-time, you only need to download the international version of Maoyan, if you don't sleep at night and have been brushing the real-time data of the North American box office, you can see that the North American box office of "Dallas Buyers Club" is $9.15 million on the first day.

Not only is the box office high, but also the word of mouth is good.

The IMDb website gives a high score of 8.9 points, and it is estimated that the final score will also be above 8 points.

And Rotten Tomatoes gives a very high score, with a popcorn index of 95%, a tomato freshness of 98%, and a one-sided good review.

Filmmakers Magazine: "This is a super version of Leonardo, yes, this is Leonardo's performance that all viewers have never thought about or seen, he can be said to have given everything for the role." We finally see Leonardo sinking into the role, and I'm sure next year's Oscars will pay off. I have to say that He Fang is really a master who can praise actors. ”

Deep Focus Review: "Whatever the role, we've seen (Leonardo) expand his horizons and prove that he's a chameleon that can adapt almost anywhere. He did it, he really broke through. ”

"Independent Critics Website": "After twenty years of unruly, no one in the circle dared to take over, and in the end, who resolutely took action, teamed up with Leonardo, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner and others to dedicate a classic film. I can't imagine that a Chinese director who is only 30 years old will make American movies so well, I can't imagine that we have seen a reborn Leonardo, I can't imagine that every supporting role in it is played vividly, and the plot is almost without criticism......"

Maclean's Magazine: "Despite the variety of performances by the leading actors, the film still has a restrained, objective expression on its feet, and the director seems to be simply narrating, never turning to melodrama or obvious sentimentality, but the film gives the audience a surging feeling." ”

"Daily News": "The joint efforts of He Fang, Leonardo and Jared have taken this film to another level, not an in-depth film, not a good film of the year, but a century-old classic." Leonardo will forever go down in the annals of cinema for this role, congratulations to them. ”

The Times: "It's worth noting that despite the incredible variety of attributes that Leonardo has been endowed with, he has interpreted the role so well that the Best Actor trophy is well deserved." ”

The Hollywood Reporter: "Sometimes, a character will burst through the screen and go beyond the scope of the film that includes him. Leonardo DiCaprio's performance as an HIV-positive cowboy in "Dallas Buying Clubs" is one of them. The journey from paranoid to tolerant does feel a bit formulaic, but the performances and stark reminders of those extraordinary, terrifying times make it worth watching.

In addition, the competition for the 2014 Oscar for Best Actor is over, and I believe that no one can beat Leonardo to win the gold. As Leonardo said in Venice, where he has to thank, yes, he must thank whom, has to be grateful for the real fulfillment of this dream for Leonardo.

In addition to the Oscar for Best Actor, the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor is estimated to be in no suspense, who dares to say that Jared Leto's performance is not worthy of this award? ”

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"Dallas Buyers Club" has hit the hearts of almost all audiences in North America, as well as professional media and film critics, who are almost overwhelmingly praised.

It's not that they want to praise He Fang and Leonardo's stinky feet, but the movie is really amazing, this is called a force to ten meetings, absolute quality, absolutely excellent performances that people have to admire.

Just like the status of "Let the Bullets Fly" in the hearts of Chinese film critics, media professionals and audiences, its unique charm makes it impossible to generate more criticism of it.

And Leonardo can't wait to start public relations, he has appeared in many media reports, the reason why he is so active is because all the media and film critics in the United States on the first day praised him one-sidedly, which gave him unprecedented confidence.

So, that night he appeared on the special live show of "The Ellen Show".

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"Yes, it was a very difficult decision to make at the time, because I had read the script a few years ago. It can be said that almost many actors in the circle have read this script and considered it. But...... As you all know, it has been unfinished for twenty years.

If it weren't for how he bought it, I don't know how long this script would have been finished. In the past, I always thought that this kind of script would only be the kind of person who is not very famous, wants to prove himself, and then makes it at a low cost to make it a possibility. I never thought I would play such a role, losing weight is not the hardest, the performance is not the hardest, the hardest thing is to substitute for the role of Ron Woodruff, the state of facing death all the time, it will make the mind ......"

"Do you mean that if it weren't for how to make this movie, you wouldn't have taken it?" Alan asked.

"Of course, if there is no reassuring director to shoot, who would dare to take on this kind of scene? What if it is smashed? That's not a box office thing, it's about telling other producers that 'Leonardo can't play that challenging role', and the audience will also say 'Leonardo can't transform', and if it develops like this, that's the biggest damage." Leonrado voiced his concerns.

"So when you find you, there is a guarantee, so you dare to take it? Did you make the decision immediately? Alan asked.

"Of course not, in fact, my team has been thinking about it for a while. Because ...... "Dallas Buyers Club" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" clashed, I had to choose one or the other if I wanted to participate. ”

"Yes, it seems like a difficult choice, on the one hand, Martin Scorsese, who is the most respected and capable, and on the other hand, the youngest and most capable actor, China He. So, talking about this, I'm curious about how He helped to play the actor to win the actor, for example, when you play the role of Ron, what requirements did He put forward for you? Alan asked.

Leonardo adjusted his sitting posture and thought about it very seriously: "If Director Martin's request to me is to stimulate my imagination and constantly squeeze my breakthrough ability." He said to me, 'Leonardo, the first thing you have to do is to forget about the way you act, so that the audience doesn't see that it's Leonardo'.

So, all of his acting habits for me were thrown away on the set. For example, I like to frown when I perform, and he doesn't allow it. For example, when I laugh and always try to be bad, he says it's not a terminally ill smile. For example, when I had a breakdown, I always showed my emotions very hard and crazy, and he said that in this movie my anger or breakdown should be expressed in a calm and short performance......

Including, the crying scene when I got in the car, I picked up a gun and wanted to kill myself, and finally I didn't have the courage to pull the trigger, and then I cried. After the first shot, Ho said to me, 'Leonardo, crying is good, come, let's change to a performance that is so desperate that we don't have the strength to cry'...... Many of these detailed performances, his requirements are different, that is, to let me change the way I am used to in each emotional performance, including the way I walk. ”

When Leonardo said this, the audience and host Allen exclaimed.

"Oh, that's crazy, this is a subversive makeover, obviously very successful, you broke through yourself."

"Yes, I don't think it's me when I look at it, it's completely changed."

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With the flow of Leonardo's programs and interviews, audiences around the world have a deeper understanding and admiration for He Fang, and even He Fang's reputation has reached a higher level.

"Director He, I also want to win the award, train me." No, Wu Jing joked at the filming site.

"It's not enough these days, is it? Do you have to win an award for your performance? To win an award, you have to have the right script and the right character for you. He Fang shook his head and said.

"Does that mean I'm almost impossible?" Wu Jing asked with a smile.

"There's basically no hope, so you might as well give up hope of winning the jackpot. Of course, an award like the three gold medals can be rushed, and there may be a drama. "He Fang took out a cigarette and lit one.

"Three Gold Awards? By the way, Director He, why don't you ever participate in the selection of the three gold awards? Wu Jing asked.

"Does it make sense? I'm a person who won a big prize in the world, and if you won a prize in the three gold awards, others think you deserve it, and if you don't get it, people will think you're Waterloo. Besides, sometimes I am calculated by others, and I am awarded a prize by someone who is worse than me, what do I think? Forget it, I'm too lazy to make myself angry, and I still don't participate, it's too chicken. He Fang shook his head and said.

"That's right, forget it, forget it. Director He, how do you say to stimulate the acting skills of actors in commercial films? I've worked with you many times, and every time I see how you're training the actors. But how come it is that after I became a director myself, I always felt that the way I asked the actors to perform was cut into a film...... There are heavy performance traces, not as natural as you shoot? ”

Wu Jing also took advantage of this opportunity to learn from him.

"Huh? Have this problem? It looks okay in "Fast Pursuit". He Fang took a puff of his cigarette and flicked off the ashes.

""Fast Pursuit" is okay, mainly my new "Wolf Warrior", I watched the first cut version sent to me by the editor last night, and I feel that the traces of acting are very heavy." Wu Jing said.

He Fang thought about it for a while, and he remembered "Wolf Warrior" in another time and space, and it seemed that there was such a little problem.

"Is that so? Then you can try next time to make the purpose of the plot not so blunt, and if the plot is not blunt, the actor will not deliberately act, but use emotions to come naturally.

Secondly, many directors always feel that the actors' performance emotions are not full enough, so they always hope that their emotions will be more outward, and some more. This will lead to the actor constantly working hard to meet the director's requirements, so that the emotions are full, but the traces of acting will be very heavy.

And there are many colleges and universities in China that teach actors like this, so many actors have been taught to have these problems. In fact, to perform this thing, you must first have a good script. A good plot setting in the script will allow the character's emotions to have a reasonable closed loop, so that the actor's emotions will be both full and without traces when he performs the character.

In acting, this is called the emotional chain of the character, and it has to be complete and reasonable. In addition, when performing, try to let the actor find a focus of the performance, which will be more reasonable. ”

He Fangcai said this, Zhang Hanyu didn't know when he came to his side, he immediately asked.

"What is the focus of the performance?"

He Fang nodded, "It's the emotional chain I just mentioned, it's both a script and a performance." For example, I want Teacher Zhang Hanyu to glare at Brother Jing now, and he can perform it immediately, but this is acting, not really.

What is it really? It's really set up in the script, Brother Jing, the character you played hurt Teacher Zhang Hanyu's family, so when he sees you, the anger in his heart doesn't have to be played, as long as the character is in one generation, this is the focus. If you want an actor to perform an emotion, you have to give him a corresponding stimulus.

For example, if you let him see the murderer of his family, but now he can't do anything about the murderer, that's an irritation. You give him an emotional stimulus, and he gives him a corresponding performance, so it's very natural.

No, he doesn't have an enemy at all, and then you want him to play a rage at the murderer, so what to do? You can only squeeze out the corresponding performance.

On the other hand, if you want the performance to leave no traces, you have to make the actor understand something called emotional progression. How do a person's emotions arise? It's like you throw a pebble into the water, and the stimulus of the pebble will cause ripples.

In the same way, emotions are not displayed in place with a snap, but after receiving the stimulus, they first oscillate in the heart like being broken by a stone on the surface of the water, and finally express the emotions like water waves layer by layer, and finally form a layered emotional performance.

In this way, the whole performance will feel very natural, reasonable and infectious. ”

He Fang's words suddenly made the two of them suddenly realize, if they explain it in this way, then everything will be much simpler.

"I've learned, I've learned, I didn't expect there to be such a deep truth in it." Wu Jing rubbed his hands excitedly.

"Director He, then how did you completely subvert Leonardo's performance?" Zhang Hanyu asked.

"Quite simply, an actor will form their performance habits in perennial performances, such as surprise, stunned, and angry, and they will perform with frowning expressions, so this forms their performance pattern.

The same is true for other emotional performances, which have a fixed set of performance patterns. And this set of performance stereotypes is obviously too rigid and spiritual, so Leonardo always can't break through and can't win awards.

In order to change this, firstly, I made him completely subvert himself in terms of image, and secondly, I broke his performance stereotype, and all his performances were not allowed to use the way he was used to acting. In this way, whether it is the external image or the performance style, he is no longer the original Leonardo, which gives the audience a sense of freshness.

The audience will be like, 'Wow, this is Leonardo?' It's incredible'. ”

(End of chapter)