New Age Artists

Chapter 208 Ignorance is not a sin, arrogance is (33)

Shen Santong did not lose his awe after two consecutive successes.

Instead, be more cautious.

Recently I have studied and researched the development history of domestic commercial films and the history of Hollywood film development.

The domestic cinema reform started with "Hero".

From then on, theaters and producers started the profit-sharing model and became a community of interests.

The higher the film's ratings, the more money the cinema makes and the higher the profits for the producers.

The distribution and operation of commercial films are still in the exploratory stage and are very immature, but they are constantly improving.

After Shengkuai carried out an attempt to unify the scheduling, operation and management of films across the country, "Seven Swords", "The Promise" and "A Chinese Odyssey" followed suit during this Lunar New Year holiday.

With the booming film market, the number of films has increased, and good release dates are limited, so they are bound to collide.

There are signs of this this year.

许可《七剑》12月1日上映，陈凯各《无极》12月15日上映，《情癫大圣》和张一谋的《千里走单骑》同期12月22日上映。

Fortunately, "A Solo Journey" is an art film, otherwise the Lunar New Year holiday would be packed with people.

Last year, there was a two-week gap between "A World Without Thieves" and "Kung Fu Hustle", but this year, there is only a one-week gap between "The Promise" and "A Chinese Odyssey".

This phenomenon will become more and more common in the future.

Shen Santong will not be careless just because the quality of his films is ahead of the times.

What to do when schedules clash? This year he will have to move a bench, prepare melon seeds, watch carefully, and learn well.

In later times, “The Promise” was criticized, not just the movie, but also Chen Kai himself.

He needs to observe and learn, as it is always good to have many skills.

Evening of November 11th.

Shen Santong flew to Changsha to attend the premiere of Xu Ke's "Seven Swords".

It was he who forced the release of "Seven Swords" to be postponed, and among all the directors in Hong Kong Island, Mr. Hui has a strong sense of family and country.

It was a complete accident that forced him to withdraw from the film.

Of course, Shen Santong would definitely not say that.

I didn't even mean to hit you, but the aftermath crushed me.

It's too hurtful to one's self-esteem.

The worst case is Chen Kexin. If Love is his first movie since he went to Beijing, and it is also a musical. Due to the chain reaction, it was postponed to Valentine's Day next year.
Musicals are considered a niche genre in Hollywood, and this year's Lunar New Year box office is already crowded enough, so if you force yourself to take part, you'll just be cannon fodder.

Being a leader also has its difficulties.

Certain responsibilities must be taken. Huayi can be shameless, but Shen Santong cannot.

The Changsha premiere of "Seven Swords", which took 11 months to prepare, was hosted by Yang Lan, He Jiong and Sun Honglei.

Host He Jiong asked: "Director Shen rarely attends premieres, right?"

Shen Santong settled the film's schedule and said he was targeting the Hong Kong industry, not the people: "Director Xu Ke is one of my favorite directors."

Shen Santong continued: "In terms of contribution to the film industry, Director Xu Ke's innovation in the language of action scenes is groundbreaking."

"Early Hong Kong action films were more inclined towards action design rather than camera language. Director Xu's "Swordsman" can be regarded as an innovation in martial arts action films."

After the boring party, Shen Santong was injured again.

Two and a half hour movie, torture.

"Seven Swords" is terrible, not even half as good as New Dragon Inn.

Lu Yi and Charlie Yeung accompanied Fu Qingzhu to the Tianshan Mountain. After they worshipped the sword, they joined the master's four disciples, and the seven of them, seven swordsmen, went down the Tianshan Mountain and returned to Wuzhuang.

It only took a few days to run back and forth across the dangerous Tianshan Mountains.

This is riding a Pegasus!

Lu Yi is at most a second-rate character in Wuzhuang, only qualified to raise horses. It can be inferred that Lu Yi is even more vulnerable.

In just a few days, Lu Yi became a master with the help of the so-called God of Sacrifice.

Arrange an adventure, at least to make up for the sudden increase in strength!

Since the Seven Swords were able to take the initiative to attack, they caused chaos in the Fenghuo Liancheng stronghold, leaving it defenseless.'

So why not just take care of this place all at once, but go back to Wuzhuang and prepare for retreat?

The repeated flaws left Shen Santong dumbfounded.

Donnie Yen was captured, how could Lu Zhu escape back to Wuzhuang alone to report the news?

Even if Luzhu, who is confused and speaks Korean, is an undercover agent, it doesn't make sense for Fenghuo Liancheng to let her go back.

In order to save Donnie Yen, the Six Swordsmen joined forces to attack and killed Fenghuo Liancheng's 3,000 men and horses, and finally returned in triumph.

Another flaw, so awesome, just push it. Halfway.

Shen Santong's mind went blank, he couldn't bear it mentally.

Stupid conversation, Stupid watching the sunrise, Stupid releasing the horses.

I have the illusion that "The Promise" is pretty good.

Seven Swords proves how awesome Sun Honglei, the Prince of Handsome Siblings, is and how awesome mainland actors are.

The best performances were by Sun Honglei and Zhang Jingchu.

Hong Kong actors are not even on the same level, they crush me.

Compared with the scene in Life and Death, the scene where Zhang Jingchu slaughters Li Bingbing is much more brutal.

When it came to Sun Honglei and Zhang Jingchu, the film felt distorted and the effects presented were different.

The results were disastrous.

The plot logic has flaws, and the performance of Qi Jian, the protagonist, was overshadowed by Sun Honglei.

Miserable.

It’s not that there are no good ones. The soundtrack is good, and the Seven Swords Battle Song is very nice.

Kim So-yeon climbs on the table with her bare back to eat, which is also very good.

Shen Santong avoided the press interviews after the premiere and left quietly.

He doesn't want to tell lies, but telling the truth is too hurtful. He's not here to mess things up.

12 month 1 day.

After the premiere, "Seven Swords" began to be screened.

"The Promise" is becoming more and more popular.

The official "News Broadcast" released the message that it will "represent China" in the US Academy Awards.

The reports fueled by major newspapers and the heated discussions on the Internet, as well as the all-round joint publicity and hype, made the film known to almost everyone, young and old.

Shen Santong was unable to carry out such powerful, deafening and three-dimensional propaganda.

Only someone like Chen Kaige, who has a good background, has been famous for a long time, has won international awards, and has a lot of official support, can achieve this effect.

Shen Santong could already foresee the public backlash after the movie was released.

People all over the country were looking forward to it, and they were telling each other about it by word of mouth.

Expectations and tone are too high.

The fall must have been tragic.

12 month 12 day.

CPPCC Auditorium.

The premiere of “You and My “The Promise”, the grand year of 2005” was held grandly, hosted by Jingwei and Wang Han.

After attending the premieres of "Seven Swords" and "The Promise", Shen Santong was deeply shocked.

The premiere was so grand. It would have been perfect if the movie was better.

The day before The Promise was released.

A segment of Chen Kai's interview was broadcast.

The person responsible for interviewing Chen Kaige was Liu Yan, a rising star in the hosting industry. She had already gained some fame for her beautiful face and figure.

When Liu Yan was interviewing Chen Kaige, she suddenly asked a question that she shouldn't have asked.

She asked Chen Kaige: "If the result is not as good as expected, will it hurt you?"

Chen Kaige made an analogy: "For example, you came to attend my child's full-month banquet, but asked me on the spot, 'What would you do if your child died?'"

When Shen Santong saw the interview footage, Liu Yan was shocked.

This question is indeed a bit harsh, but Chen Kaige is even more petty.

"The movie doesn't live up to expectations" and "what to do if the child dies" are not the same kind of questions at all.

Shen Santong experienced this era firsthand and understood why Brother Kaizi's reputation had dropped so drastically.

Too arrogant.

Ignorance is not a sin, nor is a bad film. Arrogance is.

Chen Kaige chose an extreme way to respond, expanding the issue to the death of the child, which was too malicious.

Thanks to my book friend Shiguang1979 for the reward, (`) love you.

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