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Chapter 204 Jiang Wen: This movie was really enjoyable!
Jiang Wen sat in her seat.
The light and shadow from the screen shone on his face.

He now understands why this film received so many Oscar nominations.

If a movie needs to be rated from various dimensions,

So this Whiplash movie is like a hexagon.

Almost every step guarantees a minimum score of 8 points.

In some areas, however, they can stand out and achieve a near-perfect performance of 10 points!

Especially the last scene,

It can be described as a perfect combination of sight and sound!

The male protagonist was tricked by his teacher. He angrily stepped off the stage to meet his father. After receiving encouragement from his father, he went back on stage and began his final comeback.

A powerful cymbal sound signaled the start of the attack.

Combined with three jump cuts, the protagonist's dominant position is visually established.

Then, the camera pans across the room, making the teacher smile awkwardly and reluctantly step back from the right, giving the protagonist a dominant position.

The most perfect performance in the entire film.
It uses camera movement that blends seamlessly with the music.

It was supported by the top-notch performances of Gu Bei and the Rhythm Rebels band.
It doesn't use any special techniques, but it's the most extreme interpretation and the most perfect presentation of audiovisual language.

The concert concluded with a solo drum performance by the male protagonist.

The film's initial ultimate goal—a double strike at Speed ​​320—
The completion of the ultimate goal pushed the audience's emotions to their peak, abruptly ending with the sound of a cymbal.

"Snapped!"

The lights in the movie theater came on.

Jiang Wen was slightly taken aback.

Then he exclaimed, "That movie was really enjoyable!"

The whole story is actually very simple, just a love-hate relationship between students and teachers, but it's really impressive how they managed to use editing and audiovisual language to portray such a simple story so well.

"It was really cool," Zhou Yun nodded. "It's just a pity that it ended in tragedy."

"tragedy?"

Jiang Wen was slightly taken aback.

The male protagonist ultimately overcomes his limitations, achieves his ultimate goal, and even wins over his teacher. How can it be a tragedy?

"Yes, do you remember the scene in the last one where the male lead's father was backstage, looking at the male lead's perfect performance through the curtain?"

Zhou Yun shared her understanding: "That look was like looking at a monster!"
If I were the male protagonist's father, I wouldn't be happy about this; I'd only feel that he's reverted to his previous state of being unable to integrate into society.

"That is one perspective on understanding."

Jiang Wen thought of Anthony Hopkins's look, which was indeed very impressive.

From an artistic perspective, madness is the foundation of success, and the male protagonist ultimately succeeded.

But from the perspective of normal human beings
The male protagonist, after emerging from the abyss, is drawn back into it, only to fall even deeper into depravity than before.

"And Liu Yifei in the movie, her acting was really good this time. I heard that it was because of her performance in this movie that Chen Kaige chose her to play Mei Lanfang."

"That little girl has made progress."

Jiang Wen nodded.

He watched a few episodes of The Return of the Condor Heroes with Zhou Yun.

Compared to Whiplash, it's like a complete makeover.

As the two chatted and laughed, they walked to the ticket hall and happened to see the poster of the drummer, Whiplash.

"How about... we watch it again?"

Jiang Wen stopped in her tracks.

The film's storyline is very clear; there are no parts that are difficult to understand.
But there were so many things that interested him about the editing and audiovisual techniques used in it.

If the movie weren't still showing, he would have loved to get a copy and spend three days and three nights alone in the film room.

"I've watched it more than once!"

Zhou Yun said irritably.

She didn't know Jiang Wen's personality yet, so how could she only watch it once?

"Hahaha!" Jiang Wen laughed.

Zhou Yun smiled helplessly: "Never mind, you can look around here slowly. I'm going home to take care of the kids."

……

Liu Yifei.

"Everyone has finished watching the movie, right? Come in and share your thoughts after watching it."

"The movie was really enjoyable, and the fairy sister is so beautiful, but the amount of her is too low."

"No wonder the newspapers said that Sissi was chosen by director Chen Kaige to play Mei Lanfang because of this movie. I thought it was just a publicity stunt, but after watching the movie, Sissi's performance in it doesn't show any trace of the fairy sister!"

"Waaaaah, Sissi's past image really made me feel unworthy of her, but after watching this movie, I can now declare that Sissi is my wife!"

"You upstairs are dreaming! This fairy sister is mine!"

……

Time passed little by little.

February 24th has finally arrived, the day of the 80th Academy Awards ceremony.

On the 12th, twelve days ago, the 100-day writers' strike finally ended, and the Oscars avoided the fate of being suspended like the Golden Globes.

"What are you looking at?"

Liu Yifei came over and found that Gu Bei was reading news reports on Sohu.

She read the headline aloud: "Palme d'Or winner Whiplash hits, grosses over $2000 million in opening week!"

Seeing this number,

Liu Yifei was stunned: "Are there really that many?"

Even in North America, the highest weekly box office for Whiplash was only around $100 million.

Although Whiplash's box office performance has been very stable, after breaking $100 million the week of the Golden Globes, it has remained around $100 million for five consecutive weeks.

But the 2000 million in China is equivalent to 260 million US dollars.

This is an art film.

When did the domestic film market become more inclusive than the North American film market?
"China is now more tolerant of foreign films."

Gu Bei said lightly.

Currently, Chinese consumers haven't yet demystified imported films.
I always mistake foreign films for blockbusters.

To date, only two imported films have been released in China in 2008, with Whiplash being the second.

Another one is the Polish film "Stealing Leonardo da Vinci".
This low-budget Polish-language film was released in Poland in 2004, where it only grossed $150 million at the box office.

result,

After it was released in China,

With a mere 90 film prints, it grossed 2250 million yuan at the box office in mainland China.

The box office in mainland China is about double that in Poland and about half of its global box office.

Its main selling point is its absurdity!
After a pause,

Gu Bei showed her another news article: "Take a look at this."

Liu Yifei leaned closer and read out the news headline: "Chinese director's new film 'Whiplash' tops the charts in South Korea, attracting over 80 viewers in its first week, surpassing 'The Promise'!"

After Liu Yifei finished reading, she exclaimed in surprise, "So many people!"

The number 80

She may not fully understand the concept, but if it surpasses the box office of The Promise in South Korea in its first week, that's definitely quite impressive.

After all, The Promise was a blockbuster back then, and a bunch of stars already had a lot of popularity in South Korea.

"About five million US dollars!"

Gu Bei said lightly.

The Koreans certainly didn't disappoint him.
They genuinely like this kind of movie.
With the added boost from the Palme d'Or and the Golden Globe, the box office performance is clearly going to be even stronger!

(End of this chapter)