Chapter 440: 1 pile of videos
December 27th.
The "Martial Arts" "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" film invested and shot by Wald Pictures was officially released in North America today, with 210 theaters opened.
210 theaters with screenings?
Don’t be too small!
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" movie is not a first-line Hollywood commercial blockbuster A, its target is the Oscars in March 2001, it is an Olympic film.
This kind of Chongao type of film, at the beginning of the show, it is released on a small scale, and it will never be released on a large scale.
At the same time, this movie is obviously a martial arts movie, but the type of movie it puts on the poster is "science fiction" and "action" themed movies.
Have no idea!
Lao Mei’s understanding is that those battle scenes that fly over the wall and jump tens of meters at every turn are considered to be anti-physical phenomena...
In their view, things that are beyond the norm are supernatural phenomena.
Naturally, the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" movie is of course a science fiction movie.
"Oh, you said "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" movie?"
"I have seen it."
"Well, I bought the ticket to watch the first show at midnight yesterday."
Somewhere in Los Angeles.
On a street near the movie theater, a reporter from Zhu Ke's WB TV station was conducting a street interview.
"As far as I know, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is an Oriental movie. Its actors are from the Great Heavenly Dynasty, and most of the crew members are also Oriental. Do you understand? Oh, sorry, I mean , During the viewing process, have you encountered any difficulties in viewing the movie.” The male reporter asked.
The audience who faced the interview was a 30-year-old man named White Maine, currently working as a math teacher in a community middle school.
"I understand what you mean."
Audience White Mann laughed and said: "Looking at overseas films released in the United States, it is difficult to get high box office simply because of language differences. Especially our audiences have a habit of not like watching subtitles. But ... "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is different. It has all English dialogues, which greatly reduces the difficulty of watching movies."
That's right!
From the beginning of the filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the actors and actresses of the film crew have all dialogues in English!
In early July 2000, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was the first to be screened in the mainland market of the Great Heaven Dynasty. Many viewers complained about it because of dialogue problems.
"Lip and dialogue are not on the same channel at all!"
"you do not say!"
"It is said that when it was filmed, it was a dialogue in English, and the Chinese dubbing and subtitles in the later stage were of course not correct!"
So almost, the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" hit the street at Datianchao inland market and Datianchao Wanwan market.
The mouth type and Chinese dialogue are too different!
Many moviegoers, watching the movie, shook their heads.
Of course, the main reason is that the core values of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" movies are the mainstream values of the Western world. There is a big difference from the traditional martial arts thinking of the East, which is almost the opposite.
However...there are also benefits!
That is, Western movie audiences can greatly reduce the difficulty of watching the movie when watching the "sci-fi movie" "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
Pros and cons coexist~
In the words of producer Jiang Zhiqiang: "The production cost of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" movie is as high as 15 million U.S. dollars. If the target market is compared with the Chinese market and the Southeast Asian market, it is very difficult to recover the cost. In order to win the box office, um, or in order to attract more movie audiences, we can only flood the core of the film with Western mainstream values and cater to the Western market in order to achieve maximum profitability." First issue https:// https://
I have to say that the goal of the crew of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is very clear, and that is to break into the mainstream Western market.
It turned out... it succeeded!
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" movie with the core of Western mainstream values and the dialogue in English can greatly reduce the difficulty of watching "foreigners" and greatly attract Western audiences to buy tickets.
is a success in itself to allow a group of "foreigners" to watch the movie starring the oriental actor!
"You can only play in your own circle forever, if you can't go abroad, then the market will never be expanded." Zhu Ke deeply agrees.
think about it.
By 2020, there will be a lot of domestically produced films in the Great China Film Market, but they are unable to go abroad because of the distribution channels, but most of them are because the broom is self-reliant and self-reliant and dare not try many possibilities. It is more a matter of ideology...
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Wald Pictures.
Today, there are not a few days since the president, the old Bill, officially retired.
Old Bill is now handing over work with Kevin Fitch as the vice president.
"Kevin, I'm about to retire. Has the head office officially appointed you as the acting president of Wald Pictures, has it been distributed?" Old Bill asked.
"It hasn't come over yet."
Upon hearing this, Kevin Fitch said, "However, Mr. Victor Jones called me last night. Well, the official documents should be delivered tomorrow."
"Hoo~"
Old Bill sighed a long sigh, patted Kevin Fitch on the shoulder, and sighed, "Go ahead, Kevin. When I was your age, I was doing odd jobs on the set of a Hollywood crew. You Much luckier than I am. After all, Mr. Wald is a man who dares to delegate power. I believe that you will do a great job in the future."
Kevin Fitch nodded heavily.
At the age of less than 30 years old, he is about to take control of this film and television entertainment company valued at more than $2.1 billion, and become the helm of this big ship. Looking at the entire Hollywood area, that is the only Scorpion shit.
Many people express envy for this.
Kevin Fitch’s former classmates and colleagues, in the gathering, all praised his achievements so far.
After a work handover, Old Bill and Kevin Fitch talked about the Chongao film again.
"Today, the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released in 210 theaters in North America. At the same time, there are as many as 9 movies released today, without exception, all for the Oscar in March 2001." Old Bill said.ァ新ヤ~⑧~1~中文网ωωω.χ~⒏~1zщ.còм
"I have followed."
Kevin Fitch responded: "Not only today~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but also tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, a large number of movies, as many as 15 movies, are all going for Oscars."
"Drug Network", "Looking for Forest", "Parting Ways", "Everyone Becomes Famous"...
There are more than 20 movies, including local Hollywood movies in the United States, and movies from overseas countries and regions such as the Czech Republic, Germany, France, and Japan. The goals are all aimed at Oscars.
Oscar awards have made many people think about it.
But... more is the economic benefits that Oscars can bring!
According to incomplete statistics, since 1995, the box office growth just because of the Oscars has exceeded 160 million US dollars, which still does not include the economic impact of peripherals and DVDs.
The huge benefits have attracted all filmmakers!
For a while, while people are enjoying the Christmas holiday, many film companies have already set their sights on the upcoming Oscars.
But!
At this moment, on the American bulletin board pop music list, there was a thing that made many filmmakers look at each other.
"The song "ThatGril" became the 5th place in this week's bulletin board to help pop music. The singer is Zhuke Wald? What the hell, what are you kidding?!" Jobs raised his brows straight.
The second update of "" is sent, thanks to the monk's head lice, Tang Taizong of Journey to the West, I see the bookworm, the dancing boy, and the book friends who have no nicknames for their rewards.
