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Chapter 615 The target is 20 billion! (The third update asks for a subscription! Asks for a monthly pass!)

In late July, the prelude to the summer vacation is over, and it is about to reach its climax. Three or four blockbuster films will be screened in turn in the next two weeks.

However, this climax is probably not as shocking as the previous "Interstellar" 11 billion in 12 days. Even though there are many blockbusters, it is still not as good.

After all, a few ordinary blockbusters can't be compared with a phenomenon-level blockbuster like "Interstellar".

For the audience, blockbusters come every two weeks, and there are a lot of them every month, but it is rare to come across an epic blockbuster like "Interstellar".

Just like basketball, two or three ordinary stars cannot be traded to a historical superstar like James, unless a star of this level is determined to leave.

"Interstellar" is still raging in the summer season, eclipsing all the movies in the same period.

On Monday the 22nd, it won the box office of 42 million with a 6100% drop, firmly ranking as the box office champion of the day.

A disaster action blockbuster, "Shocking Down," also known as "White House Down," was released today.

You can tell what type it is from the title. The police hero takes his daughter to visit the White House, but encounters terrorists attacking the White House.

The following plot can be imagined even if you close your eyes. It is nothing more than the hero killing the terrorists, rescuing the president, and saving the crisis.

It is commonplace for the White House to be bombed in Hollywood movies, and bombing the White House and arresting the president seem to have become a trend in Hollywood.

Some directors of the movie that bombed the White House also said: "I only ruined the White House by following the trend."

Americans like to see their own city, the President's White House, and even the earth being bombed, and then a superman who can never be killed will appear to save the country and the world, which embodies the individual heroism of the Americans.

And our people also like to see the United States being bombed, especially the White House, which symbolizes the highest power in the United States, is bombed, and the worse the bombing, the better.

Various scenes of bombing the White House, the White House was bombed to pieces in various forms, the president was beaten violently, and the ministers were abused and then shot, so happy!

Then there is the Xiaoqiang agent who can never be killed. With one enemy against a hundred, he is even more superhuman than Superman!There is also a little detective girl with a child's body but a different mind than ordinary people. She is more fearless than an adult and saved the country of America.

Although it is a bit vulgar, it is okay as a popcorn movie.

The box office of "The White House Has Fallen" is not bad. It was more than 1900 million on the first day. It is definitely no problem to break through [-] million. It is difficult to make [-] million. The trend of this kind of popcorn movie is usually not very good.

More than 1 million is not bad, and there will be a "White House Has Fallen" to be released in December.

It was also bombing the White House, and then the protagonist went to save it. After watching "The White House Has Fallen", few people went to see "The White House Has Fallen" later, and the box office was only 4000 million.

The movies are similar, except that the protagonist of the former has a daughter, and the protagonist wants to save her daughter.

The protagonist of the latter is the president's former bodyguard, who resolutely took action when he saw the White House being bombed.

The reason for the shot is too ungrounded, and it is touching to work hard for my daughter.

In order to save the president, he always felt that something was missing. After all, he was a resigned bodyguard.

On Tuesday, "Interstellar" won 5700 million, with a total box office of 13 billion in 13.25 days of release.

13.25 billion, the second Chinese-language movie with a box office of 13 billion, which is only more than 1 million points away from the record set by "The Martian".

It was just around the corner to refresh the record he had created, but Tang An's heart was not fluctuating.

On Wednesday, Tang An brought the crew back to the capital and came to the movie channel to record a feature.

The special feature was recorded first, and when the record was broken, something was added to it before it was broadcast.

Everyone in the crew is here, and there are audiences this time, which is a little different from the previous Huaguo film reports.

"The scorching midsummer, the scorching heat is unbearable. This year's hot July ushered in a phenomenal movie. Since the movie was released, the domestic movie market in July has continued to heat up. Audiences all over the country can feel this. It's hot."

After the host Tu Wei made his opening remarks, he asked the audience with a smile, "Do you know which movie it is?"

"Interstellar!!!"

The voice of the audience is so integrated, as if they have a heart.

"Then I want to ask everyone, have you seen this movie?"

"Seen!"

Tu Wei said, "I've seen this movie too, more than once, and now I feel like I didn't understand it, and I'm full of questions. I think everyone should feel the same way as me, so now we invite you to I asked the director and crew of the movie "Interstellar" to explain to us."

"Director Tang An is invited!"

"Clap clap clap clap"

After the warm applause from the audience, accompanied by the opening unknown music, Tang An led the actors and appeared from the backstage, smiling and waving to the audience.

"Tang An!!"

"Tang An! Tang An!"

"Yang Mi!"

"Liu Ye!"

"Liu Haoran!"

The voices of the audience were not unified this time, but it is gratifying that Tang An's name was yelled the most on the scene.

But Tang An didn't expect Liu Haoran to be so popular, even more popular than the second female lead Wan Qian.

Looking at it again, it became clear that the audience who were crazily shouting about Liu Haoran were all women.

Women have always liked small fresh meat, and they have no resistance to Liu Haoran's cute little fresh meat.

They all greeted the audience and sat down respectively.

"Hi Director Tang, welcome to our show. I've been looking forward to it for a long time."

Tang An smiled, "Actually, I've been waiting for you to send me an invitation, and I even know the manuscript by heart."

Tu Wei pretended to be surprised.

"Isn't our station called the movie channel? If a movie hasn't been on the movie channel, wouldn't it be a failure?" Tang An laughed. .

Chat a few words and get straight to the point.

"Director Tang, both "Interstellar" and "Edge of Tomorrow" are set in the apocalypse, but they are completely different apocalypse. How did you arrange this background?"

Tang Andao, "The end of the two movies is due to external factors, alien invasion, and "Edge of Tomorrow" is due to internal factors of the earth. All plants withered, resulting in desertification of the land, lack of food and water."

"Then how did you come up with such a background?"

"Actually, the inspiration came from a sandstorm. When filming "The Martian", we had to film in Ningxia. Everyone knows the characteristics of the landform there, and there are mostly deserts. We encountered several sandstorms when we were filming. I can't even open my eyes."

"Actually, the apocalypse in the movie is not all delusional. Nowadays, the land desertification in the north and west of our country is getting more and more serious. If it continues to develop in the tenure, perhaps in the future many years, most of the land in China may become a desert. The end is coming soon."

Then Tang An called for a plantation and afforestation to spread positive energy.

After talking about the concept of the movie, Tang An rested and handed over the stage to several actors.

Tu Wei looked at Liu Ye, "Hi Liu Ye, we all know that you have starred in three director Tang's movies in a row. Among these three collaborations, which one do you think is the most memorable for you?"

"It's all very memorable."

Liu Ye thought for a while and said, "Although these three films are all sci-fi blockbusters, they are completely different genres, and each has its own difficulty in acting."

"Can you elaborate?"

"There are many scenes in "Edge of Tomorrow" that are the same, and the scenes are almost the same. They are repeated constantly, but I myself do not repeat them. Many subtle expressions express the different states of the characters at that time. This is not easy."

"In "The Martian", you have to receive professional training, and most of them have no counterparts, and you are performing completely by yourself."

"But in "Interstellar", I played the role of a father. How should I express the emotions of a father, reveal the true feelings, and be natural and unpretentious. What is the different fatherly love for sons and daughters? What kind of state should a child of this age group be in?"

Then Yang Mi, Wan Qian, Wang Chuanjun, and Zhang Yi also talked about their roles.

Talk about some insights during the shooting, some interesting stories, and then Tang An also revealed how many special effects scenes in the movie were made.

The big screen behind it began to play some shots from the shooting period.

Tang Andao, "Sci-fi movies are science fiction, and they are also fantasy, but it is difficult for the audience to accept this fantasy, so many scenes in the movie are shot in real life, including the frozen star, the space station, and the cornfield. We It was all shot on location.”

"If it is really impossible to shoot on the spot, a combination of physical special effects and digital special effects is also used. If the actors want to truly show the feeling of being in space inside the spacecraft, I have people install projection screens outside the spacecraft. The completed outer space scene is projected on the screen, and the space surrounds the actors, allowing them to better enter the state of the characters."

A section of the shooting process flashed on the screen at the back. The gorgeous Vatna Glacier, the half-waist-high lake, and the endless cornfield looked so real.

Then Tu Wei asked some questions about the plot in the movie, and the audience also asked a lot of questions.

"Director Tang, what do you think is the most touching movie, and what is the biggest attraction?"

"emotion!"

Tang An said without hesitation, "Emotion is always the thing that touches people's hearts the most. In movies, there are father-son relationship, father-daughter relationship, love, and friendship between companions. Emotion is the most intuitive and the most touching."

"Actually, I also heard that many audience friends said that they were a little disappointed. What they wanted to see were more special effects scenes of big scenes. But I think special effects can only attract your attention, and you forget it after a long time, but the emotions can go deep. In your heart, until many years later, when you talk about this movie, you can still think about it carefully."

"Just like Hollywood movies, we can often see that the male lead in action movies has a daughter or son, and the theme is to save his own daughter. Hollywood action movies now have to have family affection, so that they have a sense of substitution.

Just like "Doomsday Collapse", "Taken", and the just-released "White House Down", these movies must have emotions in order for the audience to better immerse themselves in them. "

This time the show was a bit long, it was recorded for three hours, and some clips were selected later and combined with some other materials.

Finally, near the end, Tu Wei asked Tang An about his goals for the movie.

"20 billion, my goal is to raise the single-film record of domestic films to a sufficient height. One day, the world's largest film market will be Huaguo, and the highest single-film box office in a single region will also be domestic films!"

(End of this chapter)