Reborn I am the second generation of stars

Chapter 1341 Schedule
The open ending of the film made many people addicted to it, unable to extricate themselves, and wanted to find out.

The Inception team woke up on the plane, and Saito also fulfilled his promise to call to dismiss the protagonist's lawsuit in the United States, so that the protagonist can enter the customs smoothly, and the protagonist can finally go home and see his two children. After distinguishing the spinning tops of dreams and reality, the film stops there, and it is not explained whether the spinning tops on the table are spinning or stopping.

As the part with the most room for discussion, has the protagonist Cobb returned to reality, or is he living in a dream?The crew will not be so stupid as to give people a positive ending. Many movie fans give full play to their imagination and let the movie go to the ending they want.

The famous film critic Aguero gave his own opinion.

First: Although we did not watch the spinning top stop at the end, it finally stopped...because at the last moment, the top turned slower and slower, and even shook slightly...According to scientific principles, with gravity Influenced by the influence of air friction and the restriction of air friction, the spinning speed of the spinning top will become slower and slower. In the dream world, where there is no gravity, no friction, and everything is illusory, the spinning top must keep rotating at a constant speed. The shaking of the spinning top further proves that the spinning top will eventually stop... and the last subtle sound... "Ding", that may be the sound of the spinning top falling down!
Second: In the moment of the child at the end of the film, if you continue to observe, you can find that the child has grown up a little bit, but in the dream of the film, the child Cobb saw was still the same as it was in his memory and subconscious. The child after he separated for a few years, the memory and subconscious cannot search for the child's appearance information, so this also proves that he returned to reality, and what he saw was a child who had grown up in reality...

Third: In this detail, the director’s skills are vividly reflected. The ring that Cobb has been wearing on his hand is gone. In the film, in those layers of dreams, Cobb wears the ring on his hand , because that was what he remembered, and the ring was still with his wife and children, and it was impossible to take off the ring... But in the end, when he turned the spinning top, the ring was gone, indicating that Cobb returned to reality, and his wife was not there in his life The reality around me!And as I said at the beginning, the way to judge dreams and reality is whether the spinning top stops. In fact, it is not the case. The clue is the ring on the finger that only Cobb himself knows. That is the real clue to judge dreams and reality!

It is based on the above judgment that the protagonist has returned to reality.

Another film critic, Higuain, was not to be outdone.

He also wrote his own analysis:

There is such a setting in the movie: If Kobe is in reality, the spinning top will always stop, but if in a dream, the spinning top will never stop spinning, does the last shot of the movie mean that Kobe is still spinning? What about in a dream?
In fact, it is not, because this is a "trap" deliberately planted by the director for the audience from the beginning.

The spinning top in Kobe's hand is actually not his real totem at all. In the movie, every dreamer will make a totem for himself. This totem is a tool to prevent the dreamer from being confused between dreams and reality.For the sake of safety, everyone will not tell others what their totem is, but in the movie, as an experienced dreamer, almost everyone knows [Kobe’s totem is a spinning top].
When something goes wrong, there must be a demon, and Kobe's totem is obviously the same, so in the ending of the movie, naturally, whether the top stops spinning can not be used to judge whether he has returned to reality.

What would Kobe's totem be if it wasn't a spinning top?

There are currently two mainstream views
First, the child's face

In the movie, Kobe saw his sons and daughters in the dream several times, but what is strange is that in these dreams, the two children in the garden did not turn around, and he also quickly I finally confirmed that I was in a dream, until the end of the movie.

When the top was spinning, the two children finally turned around and showed their faces for the first time in the movie. At this time, Kobe's performance at this time was to wait for the top to stop to judge whether he returned to reality?Obviously not, before the spinning top stopped, he hugged the two children tightly, as if he was 100% sure that he had returned to reality.

Second, the ring on the hand.

There are many close-ups of Kobe’s hands in the movie. When he appears in a dream, there will be a ring on his hand, but when he returns to reality, there are no rings on both hands. There are very few people who can be found in the process of watching the movie for the first time.

And at the end of the movie, when Kobe woke up from the plane and set foot on the way home, the camera showed his hand again. This time, there was no ring on his hand, which also means that he has returned to reality instead of being trapped in a dream.

In the end, Higuain gave Xu Qian a promotion: ""Inception" is a classic sci-fi masterpiece by Xu Qian, and there are countless details worthy of careful attention. If you still have doubts, you might as well read it a few more times. , I believe not only the ending, but also more interesting details waiting for people to discover."

He called on people to watch "Inception" more, and I have to say that the publicity is very good.

In order to prove their point of view, the audience kept rewatching "Inception", which made the box office and popularity of this movie soaring, and no one could resist it.

Various controversies quickly formed their own supporters. Using the Internet as a carrier, they continued to cite various evidences to prove their views. Moreover, under the control of Warner Bros., this kind of interpretation and controversy quickly left the scope of the Internet and became a The focus of major media discussions.

A movie is never afraid of controversy, but fear of no controversy. The more controversial the topic, the more popular the media is. Only controversy can bring enough exposure. "Inception" is very good at this point. good.

Only two days after its release, the phenomenon caused by "Inception" has become one of the most concerned topics of public opinion by the North American media and the public.

And Xu Qian also became the most eye-catching big director because of "Inception". During the period of "Home Alone", he could only be regarded as the first to show his talents, but now when "Inception" comes out, he is really famous. Unrivaled.

Xu Qian will be secretly photographed by many reporters when he goes out now. His popularity is not much higher than those of Hollywood stars. Those reporters are asking these questions, of course Xu Qian will not give them a clear answer.

Xu Qiandao: "After this film is finished, it has nothing to do with me, it belongs to the audience."

reporter. . . . . . . .

What kind of shit answer is this?
"Without a doubt, this movie will go down as the most mind-boggling sci-fi movie ever made."

Xu Qian boasted.

reporter. . . . . . . .

While most of the media praised the film, there were voices who questioned the film. Some people think that the action scenes and special effects drag down the whole film, and think that they have no effect on deepening the theme of the film, or even a disservice.

There is some truth to these words, but Xu Qian would not listen at all. If the special effects and action plots are removed, then this movie will lose its color a lot. Push the audience outward.

Movies, movies, are commodities in the final analysis. You must first have commercial value, which is the foundation of your foothold. If there is no commercial value, it is useless to say more.

For Xu Qian, a movie that does not sell a high box office is a failure.

Since ancient times, the movies that have really hit the box office are the most heart-wrenching.

Warner also worked hard for "Inception". The publicity cost alone was close to [-] million US dollars. If the investment was included, the total cost of "Inception" would reach nearly [-] million US dollars. This is definitely a super blockbuster.

Bang Bei is in a bad mood. The "Transforming Robot" series is his cash cow. He has always been famous for the "Transforming Robot" series. Although he himself doesn't like this series, he thinks this series is easy to operate and easy to shoot, but who? Let the audience like it?

Basically, once the "Transforming Robot" series came out, it was a situation of who would fight for the top, but this time "Transforming Robot 5" was actually suppressed by "Inception". This was the first time he encountered such a situation.

This also fully demonstrates the horror of "Inception".

You must know that "Transforming Robot 5" has the audience accumulation of the first four films, while "Inception" is only an original movie.

It's simply shocking that an original movie beat a world-famous series of movies, and it also shows how powerful Xu Qian is, awesome.

"This son is terrifying."

Now Bang Bei has a new understanding of Xu Qian. This Chinese is really strong, super super super super super strong.

Bang Bei also summed up the reasons for the failure of "Transforming Robot 5". First of all, his own reasons. The failure of "Pearl Harbor" made him unbalanced and even doubted himself. If you don't have a good attitude to make a movie, Then you can't make a good movie.

The second is that he rushed into the battle. He owes a lot of debt now. The filming of "Transforming Robot 5" this time is really not his original intention. The script and special effects have not been well polished.

Don't think that this kind of commercial blockbuster looks so simple that it doesn't need to be carefully crafted. If this is the case, why are there so few directors of commercial blockbusters in the world?

Another reason is that Paramount's publicity and distribution capabilities are not as strong as Warner's. Among the top eight in Hollywood, only Disney can compete with Warner, even better than Warner. As for Paramount, it is more than a step behind Warner. Transforming Robot 5 will only fall into a disadvantage when facing "Inception".

But even so, "Transforming Robot 5" can still sell well. After all, this is "Transforming Robot 5", even if it is not as good as "Inception", it also swept other films.

The box office of "Inception" in North America reached 9000 million US dollars in the first week. Although it did not exceed [-] million, it is still shocking, because according to this trend, the box office of "Inception" in North America alone can reach [-] million , [-] million, [-] million or even more box office.

This is the real commercial manufacturing.

Moreover, Xu Qian believes that the box office of "Inception" in China may reach 30 billion, or even 40 billion. This is his own influence.

Now a top Hollywood production costs more than 1 million U.S. dollars, and the cost of publicity and distribution can easily exceed 5000 million U.S. dollars. It is simply unrealistic to rely solely on the North American box office to pay back.

Theoretically speaking, for a film whose production cost plus publicity cost reaches 2 million US dollars, the North American box office needs at least 5000 million US dollars to pay back, but there are several films whose North American box office can reach this figure.

And now "Inception" is likely to be achieved, coupled with his overseas box office, it is even more astronomical, and of course there are peripherals.

Although the North American box office is in full swing, Xu Qian set his sights on Europe and even Asia.

He will publicize these places one by one with the main creative team.

"Le Monde" reported this way: "Xu Qian came to Paris, and "Inception" came to the world."

The British "Independent" reported this way: "The main creator of "Inception" went to London, and the box office of "Inception" soared again."

Every major European city has left traces of Xu Qian. Xu Qian also worked hard for the box office of "Inception". This film will become a milestone for him. He may not be able to make a film in the years to come. A movie that surpassed the box office of this movie.

"Inception" swept across Europe. Although Europe has always been hailed as the origin of literary films, it has already been captured by Hollywood blockbusters. Ordinary audiences don't care about art or not. They only care about whether it is good or not.

Therefore, if a place only focuses on literary and artistic films, there is only one end, that is, being captured by Hollywood and becoming a colony of Hollywood, allowing it to get whatever it wants. It has to be said that these are very sad things.

The world's three major film festivals are Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and Berlin Film Festival.

The Cannes Film Festival cooperates with Hollywood, and constantly seeks new ideas and changes, adding commercial elements, while the Berlin Film Festival and Venice Film Festival have always insisted on their own way, and now their influence is not as good as before.

The tradition of the Venice Film Festival is this: it focuses on film experimenters from various countries and encourages them to shoot films with novel forms and unique techniques. Even if there are some defects, as long as they are innovative, they can be accepted by the film festival.The purpose of the film festival is "Film Serving Serious Art". Every year, a different slogan is put forward, and the judging standard is pure: artistry.In the 70s and [-]s, the Venice Film Festival discovered a large number of emerging European filmmakers.Although the film it chooses may not be the best work of the director, it is always leading the development trend of European art films.

Only emphasize the artistry?
Then the end is slowly withering.

If a region only pays attention to literary films, it will eventually play itself to death, such as Baodao.

Upper decision decided by the economic background.

The economic base is the source on which the superstructure depends and is primary; the superstructure is the political and ideological manifestation of the economic base and is secondary and derived.The economic base determines the superstructure, and the superstructure reacts to the economic base.

Do you want to pursue thought and art without financial foundation?Pure dreaming.

You want to fall in love without bread, which is pure hooliganism.

The trip to Europe made Xu Qian more firm in his inner beliefs, that is, in China, we still have to follow the path of commercialized and industrialized movies, otherwise you will have no way to deal with Hollywood.

Why does China have a film protection month?
Domestic film protection month is a notice issued orally by the National Film Bureau in 2004 to support domestic films from the perspective of supporting domestic films, from June 6 to July 10 (or July to August) every year. During this period, the introduction of overseas blockbuster films is not encouraged.This period of time is referred to by the media and the industry as "domestic film protection month".The original intention of the protection month is to complete the annual box office share of domestic films.

"Domestic Film Protection Month" is an act of using administrative power to gain advantages for local film companies. It blocks the introduction and release of imported blockbuster films for a period of time, and establishes a protective umbrella for domestic films.

At present, although the domestic film market has a considerable volume, the overall format is still extensive.The existence of the domestic film protection month, on the one hand, allows domestic films to be released together, and on the other hand, makes imported blockbusters crash in other schedules, which is an unhealthy state.

It can be said that the film protection month has great disadvantages.

But why do countries still do this?
Because if you don’t do this, you can’t do other Hollywood movies at all. Some movies are not even qualified to be cannon fodder, and Chinese movies still have a long way to go.

Next Xu Qian's schedule is Asia.

(End of this chapter)