Coquettish Rebirth

Of course, we have to reconsider the specific matter. Jia Hongjian heard that the sale of peppercorns was banned in the United States for some reason, but it seems that the implementation is not very strict, so it can still be bought in the market. Pepper.Whether this is illegal or not, Jia Hongjian still has to ask the people below to investigate in detail, so for the time being, there is only one thought in his mind.

Having said that, the decoration process of Jia Hongjian's new home is called slow, and the decoration workers in the United States are called "on time and on time".I come to work at 9 o'clock every morning, have a lunch break at 12 o'clock, continue to go to work at 1 o'clock, and then leave work on time at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, absolutely not working for a minute.From this point of view, what they did was right and well-behaved, but Jia Hongjian just felt that things were too slow and rigid, right?

After waiting for a while, the nas system on the ams company has been completed, but the decoration of this room has not been completed yet!However, something happened on Nolan's side - it's not that Nolan's editing is done, after all, how can editing be so fast?How long has it been since Jiang Wen edited?In the end, Jia Hongjian had to limit Jiang Wen's working hours!Even if Nolan is a genius, can't he surpass Jiang Wen, who is also a genius?

So what happened to Nolan?It's actually very simple-"Memory Fragments" is about to be released.That's right!Although Nolan had been busy filming "Tang Seng's Fantasy Journey" before, he entrusted DreamWorks to distribute "Memory Fragments".That is still on the way to the release step by step.Although such a film was actually handed over to DreamWorks for release more than four months ago, but if it is really going to be released, it still cannot be inserted into the summer schedule.

why?Very simple, too artistic, and the cost is too low.Such a "Memento" was shot with Nolan's own money and fans' investment. Although Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were considered for the choice of characters at the earliest time, but in the end The choice is still an actor who is more willing to reduce the price to come and perform.The overall investment for such a movie is only 500 million US dollars. What does this investment mean?It is definitely not comparable to Michael Bay's "Pearl Harbor" next year, at most it will be the premiere of "Pearl Harbor" - if Jia Hongjian remembers correctly, Michael Bay's "Pearl Harbor" is just The premiere ceremony spent a full $500 million!

so.Such a low-cost film.And it's not a popcorn movie, but a "literary movie" that challenges IQ. Can this movie be inserted into the summer schedule to compete with other blockbuster movies?Even if Nolan and Jia Hongjian were willing, the theater managers were not!Although all of them have a high evaluation of this film.But no one thinks that this film has a chance to compete with the summer Hollywood blockbusters!

Although Spielberg believes that such a film can probably have a box office of more than 1000 million to 2000 million US dollars.But other viewing managers don't see it that way.According to Katzenberg's recounting of the "heartfelt words" of the film managers after watching the film.These guys think that such a film is too literary and artistic, and in the end it is estimated that it will only have a box office of 500 million, and it is impossible to release a video tape or CD.so what.Sincerely, it is difficult to pay back the type-of course, because the cost of this film is donated by fans for five or ten yuan, so the final share does not actually need to be returned to the "investor".But even so, the theaters are still unwilling to release such a film in the prime time of summer!Even if this film can finally have a box office of 2000 million as Spielberg said, it is not enough to qualify for the summer file!And even if everyone puts them on, there will be very, very few movie theaters that will be screened in the end!After all, the summer vacation is an opportunity to make a lot of money!

So, after some bargaining, Nolan's film was finally placed in such an unreliable position between summer vacation and Christmas.Of course, for such a movie, naturally there won't be any grand premiere, not even a simple premiere!Because there are only 138 movie theaters where such a movie premieres!And they're scattered all over the United States!It's just such a small-scale screening, what kind of premiere is there?

That is, when the premiere was held in Los Angeles, Nolan, his wife, Jia Hongjian, Spielberg and others would go in to see the effect of the premiere. Won't be coming to the premiere!The film market is so utilitarian, just like there will be many one-day and two-day movie theaters in China in the future. If no one pays attention to it, it will be released, and then it will be offline when no one pays attention. Part of the audience may not necessarily know that such a film has been shown in theaters.Especially in the United States, which has always been the base camp of commercial films, not the paradise of art films in Europe, so it is already very good to have 138 cinemas premiere.

In a Mercedes-Benz van outside the cinema, Jia Hongjian, Spielberg, Nolan and others sat in the car, waiting for the movie to start.Although Nolan is not very well-known among the audience now, old man Spielberg is well-known!If the old man appears, the audience who bought tickets in the cinema hall will not go crazy one by one?Spielberg, who was sitting in the car, was "molesting" Nolan with great interest at this time, "How about it, Chris, are you nervous now?" "Well, a little bit, but generally speaking I I still have confidence in my film." Nolan said with a smile.

Hearing what he said, Jia Hongjian smiled on the surface, but in his heart he was a little worried for Nolan—you must know that from the perspective of his watching "Memory Fragments", if it is good, it is good, and Nolan is indeed After going through all kinds of sharp editing, without any big investment and big scenes, the "Little Kuailing" has been played to a level.However, why does Jia Hongjian rush to this film? This film is a bit too showy. It seems that Jia Hongjian needs to concentrate for the first time to memorize the lines and watch them back and forth in order to understand. The United States is used to not How many ordinary people who watch movies with their brains can understand it once?

From some perspectives, Nolan is still a little green now, and he is still a little deliberately showing off his skills.Maybe around 2010, after ten years of training, he will become more mature, but the current him is obviously not the mature Nolan.After a group of people chatted here for a while, a man walked outside the car door and knocked on the car window.After Jia Hongjian and the others opened the car door, they only heard this person say: "Gentlemen, the broadcast is about to start, please come in?"

Hearing what the staff said, Jia Hongjian and his party got out of the car, and under the guidance of the staff, Jia Hongjian and his party entered the cinema through the side door.After wandering into the auditorium, Jia Hongjian and the others found that the lights in the auditorium had dimmed, and the logo of DreamWorks just appeared on the screen, which meant that the movie had officially started.Jia Hongjian and the others, led by the staff with flashlights... sat down in the last row.To be honest, it was quite unnecessary - because the premiere venue was not full of people at all, and it was a bit extravagant to even talk about being full, but about a third of the people were sitting here and there!

A new director who is not well-known in the eyes of the audience, a movie whose name or promotion has never been heard, and it is not released in prime time, although it is a weekend, but it is released in the afternoon, how many audiences can there be?One-third of them can be counted as good luck. It is probably because other movie titles are bad enough, so the audience subconsciously picked a movie like "Memento" that sounds a bit cool. look?

Jia Hongjian took a rough look. The scattered audiences were all holding popcorn and drinks in their hands. It seemed that all the American audiences came here with the idea of ​​watching entertainment movies. .In this way, it is estimated that there may not be many of them who can understand it for the first time.So how well the movie does at the box office really depends on the word-of-mouth. After all, it is completely impossible for such a movie to expect to spend millions or even tens of millions in publicity. It can only be obtained by word-of-mouth. More viewers.

Soon, the movie begins.The story of this movie is actually not too complicated, but it may be a bit difficult for these audiences to understand.It uses two parallel story lines, one flashback, presented in color, and the other forward, presented in black and white, the two lines are interspersed every few minutes, and at the end, these two lines are perfectly combined together, it can be said Gave a divine ending.However, it is still quite difficult for the audience to see the somewhat fragmented plot in the previous edit.Even if Jia Hongjian was able to understand it over and over again, it was after he knew that the film was more artistic, so he watched it with a heart ready to accept the challenge, and the current audience, they did not do well at all. get ready!

Therefore, after all kinds of chaotic editing that seemed to imitate the fragmentation of the protagonist's life caused by chronological amnesia came out, Jia Hongjian soon found that the audience seemed to be unable to understand-they were overwhelmed. The speed of Mihua has been significantly reduced!Generally speaking, this should be the performance of being attracted to attention, right?But how long can the audience's attention last?Can it last a full movie?Will anyone be unable to bear it and leave at halftime?Will anyone fall asleep?Can this film really meet Spielberg's expectations at the box office? (to be continued..)