Hollywood Road

Six hundred and ninetieth IX three levels worse

A facsimile document was handed over to Leonardo DiCaprio, and everyone else looked over there. Leonardo DiCaprio opened it and looked at it, then put it aside, his face There was neither joy nor disappointment on the face, the same expression just now, it seemed that this data was completely within his expectations.

"How much was the box office on the first day?"

Carey Mulligan was very curious. She tilted her head and looked there, but she didn't go there. She and Leonardo DiCaprio had no other relationship other than work, and their status was far apart. To the media, I can't even talk about it at other times, so I naturally don't want to make fun of myself in the past.

Tobey Maguire, who is a buddy with Leonardo DiCaprio, went over to take a look, then sat next to Leonardo, and then several people walked over, it seemed that Leonardo- DiCaprio didn't mind.

Seeing this, Carey Mulligan turned his head to look at the agent Kortentop next to him, and asked, "Haven't you been thinking about yesterday's box office? Why don't you go and have a look?"

Kortentop took a look at Carey Mulligan. His client has always been only clever, not great.

However, he stood up and went to look at the faxed document, and then walked back quickly.

Seeing Koltentop's return, Carey Mulligan couldn't wait to ask, "How much was yesterday's box office?"

Without answering Carey Mulligan immediately, Koltentop opened his chair and sat down, and then said unhurriedly, "More than 10.5 million dollars."

"What?" Carey Mulligan seemed unable to believe such a number, and unconsciously raised his voice, "That's just a little!"

Although the voice of these words is not particularly loud, it is enough to spread everywhere in the quiet VIP room.

Many people turned their heads and looked at Carey Mulligan with surprised eyes. Leonardo DiCaprio also turned his head and looked at him, but he didn't say anything, and soon turned his head again go back.

Only Tobey Maguire, who was sitting opposite, could see that Leonardo DiCaprio's face tensed up the moment he turned his head.

As one of the few superstars in Hollywood, a new work that has been in the works for many years and invested more than 100 million US dollars, was crushed mercilessly by the film in the second week of its release, how could he feel happy?

On the other hand, Carey Mulligan knew he was slipping,

He quickly shut his mouth.

Manager Kortentop shook his head insignificantly. No wonder this guy couldn't be really popular no matter how popular he was. Back then, he fell out with Murphy Stanton foolishly. Apart from pride and self-will, this person who judges people and the situation Eyesight is really bad.

The VIP room was completely silent, and there was no more sound until boarding the plane.

After the plane took off, Carey Mulligan took out his mobile phone and began to look through the relevant news of "The Great Gatsby", and soon found a lot, especially in terms of word-of-mouth of the film.

After a day of release in North America, the company announced the on-site audience score of "The Great Gatsby", with a comprehensive score of B+. The authoritative media comprehensive evaluation MetaCritic currently includes 31 media evaluations, and the average media score is 62 points.

For a remake, such word-of-mouth seems to be good.

But Carey Mulligan didn't see it that way. While looking at his phone, he muttered, "It's so ordinary, if I knew it, I would have picked up another movie."

She remembers very clearly that the live ratings of "Dark City" by theater audiences are all A+, and there are two rating intervals between "The Great Gatsby" and it, A and A-. To put it simply, the two films In the audience's mouth, the film is three grades worse!

As for the comprehensive scores of the media, needless to say, one is close to ninety points, and the other just passed...

Carey Mulligan just clicked on boxofficemojo. Yesterday, the box office statistics for Friday have been released. There is no suspense in the first place, which is "Dark City". The number behind the film name is 44.6 million US dollars!

The second place is "The Great Gatsby" starring her and Leonardo DiCaprio. The single-day income is less than a quarter of "Dark City", only 10.52 million US dollars!

This gap is really too big! Carey Mulligan groaned inwardly again.

Then, she put away her mobile phone, turned her head, and looked out of the plane through the window. Scenes of past events flashed in front of her eyes, like white clouds in the sky.

Although the past cannot be retrieved after all, after so many years of ups and downs in Hollywood, Carey Mulligan finally figured out one thing. The self more than ten years ago was so stupid that he gave up a job so easily. Future Super Director!

How wonderful it would be if we could turn back time!

Despite the gratifying single-day results on the next weekend and Friday, the crew of "Dark City" still tried their best to do promotional work in North America and overseas in order to attract more people into the theater.

For this reason, he even did not hesitate to throw out some seemingly surprising remarks.

For example, when Henry Cavill was interviewed by the French media in Paris, he claimed that Chris Dann had a very strong "terrorism" color.

"The reason why I like Chris Dann is because he is almost a bad guy. He walks on the edge of good and evil. He has evil thoughts in his heart, but he can always restrain these thoughts and make sure he is still standing on the side of justice. On the one hand, Chris Dann acts chivalrously and righteously on the surface, but the real motive deep down in his heart is not so pure, but luckily he can restrain himself with altruism to ensure that he is still a good person.”

The same can be said for a character who bears a heavy burden, but for such a terrifying character as a magician, one must pay attention to the rhetoric. James Franco was interviewed in North America. from an entertainment point of view.

"The fact that we make a film is about entertaining and telling a good story. I like how Murphy builds the plot in a fictional New York City that doesn't exist in reality, so that the film can have a better connection with the audience. Wide resonance, because every viewer can bring their own living environment into the film. In the process, some viewers may understand the film from a political perspective according to their own ideas, which is also inevitable."

As for Murphy himself, he updated a paragraph on Twitter and Facebook-every hero has his own journey and beginning: why do we fall, because of this we will learn to stand up; Each has its own end: it doesn't matter who you are, it matters what you do.

For the promotion and marketing of "Dark City", it is far from over.

Of course, this film cannot be liked by everyone, and some people criticize "Dark City" as a stupid and stupid Hollywood industrial assembly line product.

Murphy has never denied this point. Although he has been recognized as a director with a very personal style since his career, strictly speaking, all the films he shoots and produces are assembly line products, not to mention the typical commercial films of the summer vacation. Big productions, those Oscar best pictures and even "The Shawshank Redemption" that are held up to the sky by small fans, who is not the output of the Hollywood industrial assembly line?

When every summer movie season comes, a small group of viewers who are full of literature and art will also complain about the sequel, popcorn and too many special effects. They complain about the film and line up to buy tickets to watch it.

In their mouths, all commercial films are brainless.

Just like some people are not interested in art films and will automatically ignore this type of film, they all ignore one point, whether it is artistic or entertaining, it is an indispensable part of a classic film and even a classic handed down from generation to generation.

In other words, with the development of movies to the present, its two major properties: artistry and entertainment, are indispensable, and they are not absolutely opposite.

Commercial films are in line with public tastes, and entertainment is their appeal.

For example, Picasso's paintings are placed in front of some audiences, and they will feel boring, because they neither understand nor are interested, and they can't get his point.

The same principle can be applied to art films.

Indeed, strictly speaking, movies should not be divided into commercial and artistic, but this industry has developed to the present, and this type of division does not mean that it should not exist.

Especially in Hollywood, the line between the two is clear.

Compared with art films, commercial films seem a bit vulgar and routine, but no matter how commercial films follow routines, the routines will be adjusted with the times. Wait a few decades before studying commercial films, maybe it will be like watching the golden age of Hollywood now It is also a very interesting thing to see the unique imprint of the times in the film.

Maybe it will trigger the nostalgia of countless people at that time.

Frankly speaking, although Murphy does not agree with the homogenization and brainless popcornization of Hollywood movies, he also believes that they should be viewed with a little tolerance.

Hollywood commercial film can be said to be the most prominent representative of the current postmodern art form. Its commerciality, consumption, marketability and extensive influence on the development of the world film industry have undoubtedly become the focus of mass culture.

Moreover, the Hollywood film industry has a development process. It has transformed from classical Hollywood to contemporary Hollywood. The classical Hollywood period is the initial development period of the film industry. , Spiritual values.

With the rapid development of film technology, the production of Hollywood commercial films has undergone tremendous changes, a large number of computer media technologies have been widely adopted, and the establishment of large-scale studios has enabled film production to show more scenes that were difficult to show before, and the production is more sophisticated. , the visual effect is attractive, all of this is based on a large amount of capital investment, although Hollywood film technology is very advanced, but in terms of the content of the film story, it still continues a set of traditional fixed models, entertainment is placed on the The first is because movies are first and foremost regarded by filmmakers as a profitable commodity rather than a work of art.

"Dark City" is very special, but it is still a typical commercial film in essence. Now it is the summer vacation, and the awards season is far from starting. Murphy's most important thing is the box office performance.