Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 132 Breaking Defense
After Robert Downey Jr., Richard Gere and others publicly praised "Paranormal Activity" in the media, Triangle Entertainment and director Ed Merrick publicly thanked them, praising them for being the people who truly understood the movie.

Robert Downey Jr. responded with a smile, "No need to thank me," and he hoped to have the opportunity to work with Triangle Entertainment and director Ed Merrick in the future.

Richard Gere also praised Ed Merrick as an excellent young director who is humble, talented and has great potential for the future.

Ed Merrick also thanked Richard Gere during the film's promotional activities, praising him as a dedicated and good actor and hoping to have the opportunity to work with him again.

The two sides frequently interacted through the media and praised each other, bringing a lot of popularity to the currently released "The Witch".

It also showcases the quality of veteran actors like Robert Downey Jr. and Richard Gere, who are very tolerant of new directors and new films and are willing to support newcomers.

Instead of being stingy as the rumors said, he was jealous of Link's youth and ability to make movies, so he kept suppressing him.

Jay Goode, special commentator for the San Francisco Chronicle, commented on the incident, claiming that Richard Gere, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Downey Jr. and others are professional actors and would not deliberately target someone just because they are jealous of someone's success.

This can be seen from the fact that they helped promote "The Blair Witch Project".

If someone thinks that he or she is being targeted, he or she should reflect on what he or she did wrong and why he or she is being criticized by everyone.

Other media also followed up with reports on the incident.

Many people praised Richard Gere and others for their good character and being high-quality actors, implying that Link's behavior was eccentric and unsociable, which was why he was targeted by everyone, and that Link should seriously reflect on himself.

Amid the media hype, the third week box office results of "The Blair Witch Project" are released.

This week, the film earned $2337 million in North America. Compared with the previous two weeks, the box office revenue dropped significantly, but the drop was smaller than expected. The distribution department believes that this should be attributed to Richard Gere and others.

After the box office results were released this week, "The Witches" officially broke the $1 million mark in North America, reaching $1.06 million, becoming the first movie in 1993 to gross over $ million.

The success of "The Blair Witch Project" has made Hollywood peers envious. The production cost of this film was at most $10, and the publicity and promotion cost was less than $ million. It grossed over $ million in North America in three weeks. This result is really enviable.

Because "The Blair Witch Project" completely follows the "Paranormal Activity" model in production and promotion.

This also prompted Hollywood film studios to learn the "Paranormal Activity" model with a more devout attitude, hoping to make hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office like the first two films.

According to a survey by Film Variety magazine, more than 60 films of the same type are expected to be launched this year. Since these films have small investments and short production cycles, most of them are expected to be released within the year.

"Link, the newspaper said that many film companies are copying the production and promotion methods of Paranormal Activity. Will this have an impact on the company?"

In the apartment, Jennifer Connelly leaned in his arms and read a magazine.

"It doesn't matter. Let them copy it. If they succeed, it will prove that the movie marketing model I developed is very good."

Link chuckled as he put his arm around her waist.

Without systemic box office subsidies, those who plagiarize will all be killed.

It can be expected that Hollywood will be very busy when those movies are released.

"The marketing model you developed is really great. The movie 'Blair Witch' plagiarized you and made over 100 million US dollars at the North American box office. This also shows that you are super awesome."

Jennifer Connelly hooked her arms around his neck and looked at him with admiration.

Link kissed her forehead, then kissed her lake blue eyes, upturned nose, and rosy lips.

Jennifer responded enthusiastically.

Without waiting for dark, the two of them made love on the sofa, doing something that could only be done after dark.

Just as the third week box office of "Blair Witch" was released, something else happened. The Los Angeles Times published an in-depth investigative article in its new issue.

The title is 'How cognitive differences led to polarized reputation and box office of The Blair Witch Project'.

The article pointed out that after surveying 2000 viewers of "The Blair Witch Project", the newspaper's reporter discovered a shocking fact.

Among the audience of "The Witch", 96% have an education level below high school, and many of them are uneducated.

These people believe that there are ghosts, witches, vampires, sea monsters, bat boys and other strange things in the world. They often talk about these things in social situations.

For them, "The Blair Witch Project" is a documentary that reveals the truth about the world, not a movie.

That's why they like The Blair Witch Project.

Audiences who don't like this movie are generally more educated.

Most of them have a bachelor's degree or above, and there are also some who have a lower level of education, but have watched a lot of movies, an average of more than 5 movies per year, mainly art films.

Based on this survey, the Los Angeles Times concluded that:

The supporters and opponents of "The Blair Witch Project" are closely related to their education level.

People with low education levels tend to rate the film higher, while people with high education levels generally rate the film lower after watching The Blair Witch Project.

In addition, people with low education levels are difficult to convince, and even if they are told that "The Witch" is a hoax, they will still go to the cinema to watch it.

The Los Angeles Times believes that the main reason why "The Witch" currently has a high box office but film critics generally give it low ratings is that audiences and film critics have different levels of education, and there are huge differences in cognition and aesthetics.

This situation is very similar to "Paranormal Activity".

Both films targeted the general audience, which is the main reason why the films sold well.

After the Los Angeles Times article was published, it caused heated discussion in Hollywood.

Some people think that this kind of investigation is very meaningful, while others become furious after reading this investigative article.

"The less educated people are, the higher their ratings for this movie are? What kind of a shitty rating is that?"

"Fuck, who says that well-educated people can't like this kind of movie?"

“The Los Angeles Times investigation is full of bullshit.”

After seeing the analysis in the Los Angeles Times, Robert Downey Jr., Richard Gere, Dustin Hoffman and others were so angry that they gnashed their teeth.

They had publicly praised the film in the media, saying how wonderful and interesting it was, and that those who thought the film was bad didn't understand it.

Now this shitty newspaper says that people with low education levels like "The Blair Witch Project" more, and the lower the education level, the higher their evaluation of the movie.

This is tantamount to calling them uneducated to their faces.

It's so embarrassing.

As a public figure, nothing is more embarrassing than admitting that you are uneducated.

How will they face those fans who admire and worship them in the future?
(End of this chapter)