Harvey is a good dealer!

In 1989, Miramax bought Soderbergh's famous work "Sex, Lies, Video Tape" for $1 million. With the company's efficient operation, this Cannes Palme d'Or film received excellent market returns. While Miramax became famous, it also made more excellent non-Hollywood movies into the North American market.

"Ju Dou", "Tie Me, Tie Me", "Cinema Paradise", "Luxury and Scent", "Flying Eagle Project", "Farewell My Concubine", Hayao Miyazaki "Princess Ghost"...

Most of the contemporary non-North American film masters have worked with Weinstein.

His vision is unique!

"Hero", bought out $21 million, and sold $53.71 million;

"The Promise", the trailer originally promised $5 million, but after watching the movie, I was only willing to give $500,000...

Director Kai Ge was so angry that he vomited blood!

Harvey just refused to give in...

People have their own control over the market and know how many box offices a film like "The Promise" can have...

As it turns out, he is right. "The Promise" has a box office of nearly $590,000 in North America. Since then, Lao Chen's films have basically never entered North America...

After the three blockbusters of "The Promise", "The Declaration of the Fame" and "Red Cliff" failed in North America, influential American publishers gradually alienated the Chinese blockbusters.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be the turn of Huashi to promote Chinese-language films.

I should ask about Harvey's psychological price...

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The cocktail party lasted until the second half of the night. At the end, Zhang Junsheng was already a little drunk...

I woke up the next day and it was almost eleven o'clock.

After washing up, I went downstairs and arrived at the hotel lobby. I took the magazine handed over by the waiter and flipped it out.

As the opening film, "Crazy Stone" is naturally the main goal of the magazine.

Among the ten film critics, 3 scored 3 points, 4 scored 2 points, 1 scored 2.5 points, and 2 scored 1 point...

Average score, less than 2.2...

Not very high review...

However, Zhang Junsheng didn't care much. In Cannes, the high score of the magazine does not equal the Palme d'Or, and the film critics are not the jury!

Many times, movies that win the highest awards do not necessarily have a high rating on the critics!

Lao Wang's "2046" won the Cannes magazine championship throne with an average score of 3.3. Then, the film did not win any official awards...

The magazine published a commentary on "Crazy Stone": "The thin color, the serious atmosphere, and the style full of political thinking that is meaningful and rational. I really didn't expect it to be a comedy.

What we tell is the story, what we recommend is the plot, and the famous saying is "Rings are wrapped around the circle".

In shooting, the camera switches to flow smoothly, and dozens of segments are sprinkled with clear and coherent presenting a complex event containing multiple branches to the audience.

In terms of rhythm, it can be said that it is easy to stop and relax. At the beginning, it introduces the background and location of the story like a military parade, and draws a bird's-eye view of us slowly. Just as we slow down our thinking, a famous person suddenly becomes active one after another, and the location continues to boil. I just feel that there is a bang, and the changes are overwhelming, just like layers of disguise and naked thriller suspense films, but you feel more nervous and curious.

In addition to these thoughts, there are also many humorous lines and actions, and they can be taken anywhere.

This director is indeed a talented guy, so talented that he can conquer Natalie Portman!”

"Damn, what does this last sentence mean?"

Zhang Junsheng put down the milk and was very angry!

I obviously conquered by big sticks and skills, which has something to do with talent?

"…Your Natalie said, I admire you very much and hope to be in your movie!"

“…What a joke?”

He hesitated for a moment and asked for confirmation in a low voice: "Has she really said it?"

Tang Ningyu nodded: "Well, face the reporters and express it publicly!"

"Damn it! It turns out that you can pick up girls even when you make movies..."

No wonder Lao Zhang was able to conquer Gong Li...

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Zhang Junsheng is already famous!

In addition to Natalie Portman, it is mainly "Crazy Stone".

"Variety Show" believes that "Crazy Stone" is an epoch-making great movie, with a full score of 100 points.

"This is a film that keeps the camera down and tracks small people. It is all about trivial matters in the market. It may be a bit exciting, but in mainstream movies, you will never write such a simple story with such a long time. However, the original circular narrative makes the whole movie look novel and interesting!"

The Hollywood Reporter thinks "Crazy Stone" is a bad movie, and their rating is only 39 points:

"Standard Hollywood-style movies, the victory of small characters, although they rely on luck, they all got rid of disasters and even made a fortune. Such movies may be a hit in the market, but they have no practical significance, and the jokes in them are also lacking... I don't understand why they appeared at the Cannes Film Festival!"

Well, overall, the comments on Crazy Stone are a bit polarized…

Good people think it is very good, but bad people think it is completely a commercial film!

Amid the controversy, the attention of "Crazy Stone" has risen rapidly and has become the most popular film in the entire film festival...

There are not many people called authoritative film magazines around the world, with the British "Visual and Audio" and the French "Movie Manual" occupying the first echelon.

"Empire", "Time", "Rolling Stone", and "The New York Times" are almost in the second tier.

Although each has its own characteristics and different reader groups, its influence in the industry is undoubtedly huge.

For example, director Hitchcock, he was the one who brought it up in the hand of the "Movie Manual".

His films do not contain profound truths like European art films, so he has long been regarded by American critics as a craftsman and an ordinary commercial director.

But the Europeans discovered his worth.

With the rise of a new wave of French films in the 1960s, the "author theory" dominated the film theory, and critics from the "Movie Manual" school made a major reversal of the evaluation of film directors. Hitchcock was the first among the recently respected film authors.

In 1965, Truffaut, a famous director and film critic of the French New Wave, traveled thousands of miles to Hollywood, and conducted a special interview with Hitchcock. The two of them were organized into a book called "Hitchcock on Movies". Truffaut's incisive questions and Hitchcock's unreserved answers in the book reveal a large number of Hitchcock's film experiences and skills, making this book a rare textbook for film professionals and film enthusiasts.

From then on, Hitchcock's status as a master of film art has gradually been widely recognized.

Lao Jia was able to make a name for himself in Europe, and the "Movie Manual" has made an indelible contribution!

That year, "Movie Manual" selected the "Top Ten Best Films in the World Film Festival of the Year", and "The Good People in the Three Gorges" ranked second...

Zhang Junsheng looked through the "Movie Manual", only glanced at the rating, and then laughed: 3.1 points

Not high, but not low - the full score of the Cannes Film Festival is 4 points...

"Movie Manual" gave birth to a new wave in France. It emphasizes the author's nature for film creation and recommends movies with a strong personal style. In their eyes, movies that are peaceful and lack personal style are all scumbags, so Li An and Lao Toozi's movies have always been ignored by "Movie Manual".

The King of Sunglasses, Lao Jia is highly respected.
Chapter completed!