Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 636 Daily Filming Experience (13)

In the past two years, there have been almost no major foreign-language films sold in the United States…

Besides Indian movies!

Indian films are considered special films in North America—specifically made for people of Indian descent.

The strong support from the Indian community has made Indian films an undeniable force in North America, starting with hundreds of thousands of dollars, then millions, and now exceeding ten million!
Baahubali 2 broke Indian box office records with $2200 million.

Then there was Patan, which cost $1700 million;
RRR cost $1490 million;
"Dangal" grossed $1240 million;
Cleopatra, $1217 million…

It's now common for Indian blockbusters to gross seven or eight million dollars in North America, with top-tier blockbusters exceeding ten million dollars, or even fifteen million dollars…

The Advent of Vishnu ultimately grossed $1829 million at the box office.
"Raging Monkeys" ultimately grossed $2511 million at the North American box office!
Oh, the last two are both movies from 24.

In recent years, the North American market for Chinese-language films has declined, but films like "Ne Zha 2" and the "Wandering Earth" series have managed to salvage some of their reputation.

Art films fared relatively poorly; "Black Coal, Thin Ice" and "So Long, My Son" were never even released in North America.

The only film worth mentioning is "The Grandmaster"!
The North American distribution company for "The Grandmaster" is Annapurna Films.

Although Annapurna Films isn't a long-established film company, its owner is Megan Ellison!

Yes, she is the daughter of Oracle's owner, Larry Ellison.

This guy is loaded, so "The Grandmaster" was able to have a medium-scale release in North America, with 749 theaters and a final box office of $630 million.

The A24 can't compare to others...

He's purely passionate about film art. His films include "Lawless," "Korgan's Deal," "True Grit," "The Master," "Zero Dark Thirty," and "Killing People Softly." Except for "True Grit," which made money, all the other films lost money!
True Grit is a film by the Coen brothers…

According to A24's estimates, "Burning" should ultimately gross around $400 million. If it wins Best Foreign Language Film, the box office should increase by another 50% to 80%...

This result aligns well with the box office trends of the best foreign language films in recent years. In 2013, the best foreign language film, *Amour*, grossed nearly $674 million in North America; in 2012, *A Separation* grossed $710 million in North America…

Generally speaking, films that win Best Foreign Language Film don't perform too badly at the box office, unless they are overly artistic...

The previous Best Foreign Language Film, *The Great Beauty*, only grossed $285 million at the North American box office…

……

"Today's Hollywood, aside from popcorn blockbusters, presents a landscape where three aesthetic styles coexist and occasionally blend:"

First, there is classic realism, such as "12 Years a Slave," which represents the mainstream taste of the Oscar-winning Best Picture.

Second is documentary realism, which emphasizes crossing the boundaries between documentary and fictional narrative films, such as "Gravity" and "Dallas Buyers Club";
Third is postmodern deconstructionism, such as "The Black Swan".

Which one is lacking?

Yes, it's in a modernist style, but in terms of content and themes, *Burning* caters to conservatives, criticizing the extravagance, moral decay, and spiritual depravity of high society…

Look at most of this year's movies, such as *Selma*, *The Theory of Everything*, *The Imitation Game*, and even *American Sniper*, they are all documentary-style films…

In the room, Shen Yan is probably watching the Oscars...

There are indeed some experts in this forum who predict that next year's Oscars will most likely be a showdown between "Boyhood" and "Birdman"...

Richard Linklater, the director of "Boyhood," is the founder of the Austin film community!

The Austin film community, which he spearheaded, has developed over two decades into one of the most important centers of independent film in the United States. The Austin Film Festival, hailed as a writers' festival, not only focuses on the art of film but also emphasizes the importance of screenwriting, making it a gathering place for filmmakers and screenwriters…

Richard Linklater's reputation in the independent film industry deserves an Oscar.
Shen Yan knew nothing about these things…

For example, Fox Searchlight helped with the public relations for "Birdman," and the PR team they invited was a professional team!

Some experts on the forum even calculated the public relations costs for the Oscar-winning Best Foreign Language Film—at least $200 million.

Actually, $200 million is still a reasonable amount.

For films aiming for the Oscars, public relations expenses primarily go towards film screening costs, advertising, marketing, lobbying, and securing release dates. Advertising accounts for the largest share of all films, averaging $350 million. These ads are placed in industry journals and association magazines, targeting Oscar voters. It's understood that during Oscar season, a one-page ad in the authoritative magazine *The Hollywood Reporter* costs $7.2.

The best foreign language films don't need excessive advertising...

Primarily targeting film critics, it also invites authoritative figures to endorse it…

For the premiere of "Burning," four directors—Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Ang Lee, and Jean-Marc Vallée—were invited to watch the film and were also invited to write reviews…

Of course, this is all predicated on having confidence in the film itself!

So far, *Burning* has received unanimous praise from film critics in Boston, Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, and New York, making it into the top five films of the year and even earning Best Picture nominations at the New York and Los Angeles Film Critics Awards…

The next step is to aim for the Independent Spirit Award and the Golden Globe Award…

It's proceeding smoothly!
Competitors include Leviathan and Ida…

In the original timeline, the award winner was "Ida"—a film that won five major awards at the European Film Awards…

A black-and-white film set against the backdrop of the Cold War, from Poland…

Naturally suited to win Best Foreign Language Film!

However, Shen Yan will not give up easily...

……

The cast and crew of "Eternal Love".

Today we're filming the scene where Ye Hua gouges out Su Su's eyes...

Yang Mi couldn't help but complain, "I don't understand why Ye Hua would do this..."

Shen Yan casually said, "I heard that when it was plagiarism, I wasn't paying attention and just copied it..."

This part of the plot is indeed a bit far-fetched. In fact, the entire "Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" would be a story of a scumbag man deceiving his wife into marriage if Bai Qian weren't Su Su...

From Susu's perspective, if you were pregnant and your husband treated you coldly or even gouged out your eyes, claiming it was for your own good, how would you feel?
So, he jumped off the Execution Platform!
"How do I wash it?"

"No need to wash it, we've added a line for the Heavenly Emperor..."

Ye Hua did this to deceive the Heavenly Emperor and prevent himself from repeating the mistakes of his second uncle, the little snake...

We had no choice!

That's how it's set up: the Heavenly Emperor's orders cannot be disobeyed!

Ye Hua dared not directly disobey the Heavenly Emperor. The Heavenly Emperor placed high hopes on Ye Hua, loved him dearly, and was extremely strict with him. Ye Hua was the Crown Prince, the Heavenly Emperor's future successor, and Su Su was an obstacle!
Therefore, it is necessary to eliminate...

Su Jin's fearless framing of Su Su was all thanks to the Heavenly Emperor's support.

As long as Susu stays in the Heavenly Palace, her life will be in danger at any time.

Ye Hua was willing to give up his position as crown prince in order to be with Su Su. In the end, Su Su was still discovered by the Heavenly Emperor. From this point on, Ye Hua did more to let Su Su live as a mortal in the Heavenly Palace, rather than to indulge in the love and romance in the Junji Mountains of the Eastern Wilderness.

But in Su Su's eyes, the two were husband and wife...

Anyway, there's no way to redeem a scumbag!

By the way, Shen Yan's portrayal of Ye Hua also features a lot of crying scenes...

Because his previous life was a golden lotus, which had been immersed in water for hundreds of thousands of years, his body contained a large amount of water. However, due to his persona as a stoic prince, this water had nowhere to evaporate.

When faced with situations that cause him great emotional distress, he will release his inner emotions by crying.

Oh, the promotion for "Women Who Flirt Are the Luckiest" is basically over. Influenced by its poor reviews, its final box office will likely only be around 4 million...

A bunch of self-media and marketing accounts are hyping up Zhou Xun's box office appeal. I hope that when "My Early Menopausal Girlfriend" is released on the 12th, everyone will still be praising her like this!
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