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Chapter 194

As Zhang Ran expected, some media thought the movie was inspirational, some media thought the movie was very dark and the ending was a tragedy, but almost all media praised the movie itself.≤,

"Daily News" is a famous Japanese newspaper and has a very influential film industry. The famous Daily Film Awards are sponsored by "Daily News". "Daily News" fully affirmed "Breaking Drummer": "The charming thing about "Breaking Drummer" is that it creates two characters who have no feelings but are good at packaging their own characters, so that the film looks like a passionate inspirational drama. In fact, with a little analysis, you can understand the director's intention. Chen Wei cited the example of the growth of jazz master Charlie Parker, saying that Charlie failed in the knockout match, and his teacher threw a bowl at him. The next day, Charlie continued to practice hard and finally became a master. This shows the legitimacy of his educational method, but it was not the case. Charlie's teacher just threw the bowl on the ground as a reminder; Charlie did not practice hard the next day, but began to learn music systematically.

Many people know Edison's famous saying: genius is 99% sweat and 1% inspiration. In fact, without Edison's talent, no matter how much sweat is, it is destined to be mediocre for a lifetime. However, the prospect of success is really tempting. Many people who think on the road to success are essentially the same as the moths that are fighting fire. The movie reveals the cold truth after chasing dreams in an extreme way. It sets a question for the audience. Is Zhou Xu's success in line with humanity or humanity? This is worth pondering for each of us!"

Compared with the comments from "Daily News" on the movie itself, "Asakhi Shimbun" sang a hymn to Zhang Ran: "This movie is beyond expectations. The screenwriter plans it and does not play as you want, but it makes all abnormal directions reasonable and more awesome. This wisdom makes the script a great breakthrough. It is implemented in the video, editing, photography and music. The internal and external transformations that the two leading actors need to complete in the script are all done well, and the viewers are full of pleasure. Zhang Ran is only twenty-five years old. This is his second movie. His future is worth our expectations!"

Not only Japanese newspapers, but also American New York Times, Hong Kong's Oriental Daily, and British Sun. Almost all newspapers sang praises to Zhang Ran after commenting on the movies.

The Los Angeles Times analyzed the actor's performance, and gave a very high evaluation of Feng Yuanzai's performance. He believed that this was a textbook performance.

Commenting on Feng Yuanzai's performance, the British professional film magazine "Silver" pointed out: "We cannot know whether Feng Yuanzai's body is entrusted with the bitterness and insights he has been struggling in the actor industry for decades, but we can be sure that Chen Wei's every time he madly demanded Zhou Xu and cruelly forced him to a desperate situation again and again. Chen Wei's lonely mood, which was a fanatical heart for art but no one knew about Feng Yuanzai's deep and heavy performance. The whole character has no trace of performance, completely integrating the actors and characters, bursting out an astonishing spark."

Not only the Los Angeles Times and Screen, but also many other media praised Feng Yuan's performance when writing film reviews. Many media believed that Feng Yuan was ahead of his performance and was the strongest competitor of the best actor in this film festival.

Of course, not everyone gave positive reviews, for example, the "Movie Manual" gave negative reviews: "The movie has high-level performances and editing, but the ideas of the film can only be described as extreme pathological. They are distorted to the extreme. No matter what reason, it is wrong to force others mentally. Jazz should bring beauty and enjoyment to people, rather than pathological mutual torture..."

However, such an evaluation is just a drop in the ocean. It only caused a little wave and was swallowed up by the tide of praise.

The popular praise aroused the interest of Japanese movie fans. The tickets for "The Breaking Drummer" were sold out in the afternoon and evening. Several movies had already begun. There were still stubborn movie fans standing at the entrance of the cinema, holding signs to ask for tickets.

Japanese people like inspirationality. They can shoot inspirational no matter what subject, such as being a cowherd and being a lady, they can shoot inspirational feeling. "The Breaking Drummer" is darker, but it does have inspirational elements, so the movie is very suitable for their appetite. Almost all fans who watched the movie gave positive reviews.

"The focus of the movie is on playing drums. Just like the plot explains, there is no time to talk about love. The teacher's devil roars, the teachers and students retaliate against each other, the large display of playing drums, the pursuit of speed, gritting teeth and trembling, sweating and bleeding... After the movie ends, the audience cheers and applauds, like watching a live performance that was full of joy. "The Breaking Drummer" gave me a new understanding of Chinese movies!"

"There is no word that is more harmful than 'good'! It's so good! The drumming part is numb throughout the whole process, and I feel the conversation as if I am immersive, and I actually have a trembling reaction. "All Metal Case" sounds jazz, and the devil's master and apprentice incites "Chicago", and the "Death Poetry Club" that is truly desperate. This movie is amazing!"

"A burst drummer full of teenage thoughts, a music instructor who likes to satirize the hypocrisy, the two are tragic and kill each other, and together they compose a music fairy tale about darkness. The main partner of the movie is two neurotic and perverted, but it is reasonable to think about it carefully. A stingy patient and a sadistic syndrome, are born with a pair of people. The ending of the movie also makes people sigh at it, progressing layer by layer, and turning around. I didn't expect that the Chinese could still make such awesome movies!"

As the audience kept giving positive comments, the votes for "Explosive Drummer" were also increasing rapidly, which made Zhang Ran ignite some hope for the award.

The Tokyo Film Festival is different from the three major movies. In addition to the judges’ awards, there is also an Audience Choice Award voted by the audience, which is similar to the Fantasy Film Festival. There are two most popular movies in the entire Tokyo Film Festival now, one is the Brazilian movie "City of God" and the other is "Breaking Drummer". Therefore, "Breaking Drummer" has the hope of winning the Audience Choice Award.

Many domestic media have opened their eyes and told lies. After all, many media have been sing the "Explosive Drummer". Now, they are in a difficult situation. Anyway, domestic audiences cannot see the real situation in Tokyo, so they are determined to firmly stand up.

Nandu Entertainment News wrote: "On the evening of the 3rd, "The Breaking Drummer" held its premiere in Tokyo. Several main actors of the film, including Chou Jielun, Feng Yuanzhang and Zhang Jingchu, all attended, but after the premiere, the media mixed praises and criticisms of the film. Oriental media felt that it was nothing more than that. Western media praised it. It seems that this film is more suitable for foreign tastes..."

However, there are still a few people who tell lies, and most media are still morally honest, at least in 2002. After a few days of bad news and bad reviews, the positive reviews of "The Breaking Drummer" suddenly burst out.

Many domestic audiences were puzzled. Didn’t they say bad comments a lot two days ago? Why did they suddenly sing hymns? The audience applauded for more than ten minutes. Is it true? Is it that good?

In the evening, the grand occasion of "Breaking Drummer" premiering in Tokyo was played. The host Kim Wei smiled and introduced: "Last night, the Chinese movie "Breaking Drummer" premiered at the Tokyo Film Festival. When the movie was over, as the subtitles rolled one by one, the audience stood up and applauded, and the applause was like a storm, as if it was about to overturn the dome of the cinema. The whole process lasted for more than ten minutes..."

The audience in front of the TV clearly saw the scene of the audience standing up and applauding at the premiere. The atmosphere was so warm that it was touching. Everyone saw Zhang Ran bowing to the audience with three actors to thank them, but the audience refused to give in and slapped their hands even louder.

This report swelled the faces of the media who said the premiere of "Breaking Drummer" were mixed!

The audience in front of the TV was excited to see that Chinese movies were so popular at the film festival. The national self-esteem was unprecedentedly satisfied.

"It's amazing! Zhang Ran is worthy of being the most optimistic director of me. How can he make such awesome movies as "Prisoner of Time" be a bad movie? As for Zhang Ran pleasing to the West and vilifying the image of Chinese people, I don't believe it. If Zhang Ran wants to please the West, he doesn't need to return to China at all! Among the new generation of directors now, he is the most optimistic! When the movie is released, I will definitely say that the cinema will support him!"

"You said two days ago that Zhang Ran was trash and was just a mess. Why did you become the director you most look forward to?"

"Nothing nonsense, you must have read it wrong!"

With the praise of the crowd, many film merchants came to the door and asked to buy the copyright of the movie. Zhang Ran naturally refused everyone. When he came to the film festival, he mainly sold the movies. He only had one principle: whoever gave the more money to sell to whom.

However, the price of the film dealer is not high. The highest is the price of a Japanese company. The price of Miramax in the United States is only 200,000.

Zhang Ran looked at Harvey Weinstein and said slowly: "Harvey. There is another wonderful story about jazz, 200,000 yuan. Don't you think it's a bit outrageous?"

Harvey remained silent: "Then what price do you think is the right one?"

Zhang Ranshi said: "1 million!"

"Impossible!" Harvey stood up, his fat body trembling, as if he was greatly insulted. "Foreign language films are very small in the North American market. To date, less than ten movies with more than 10 million, most of which are basically nominated for Oscars. Your movie is not the type that Oscars like, and there is almost no possibility of box office exceeding one million!"

Zhang Ran knew that the original "Breaking Drummer" had won multiple Oscar nominations, and the box office in North America was only more than 10 million. However, although the box office of the movie was not good, it performed well in the DVD market. He said lightly: "The revenue of movies is not only based on box office, but this type of movie is very popular in the DVD market. If you don't want to, you can wait!"

Although Harvey is an American, he dares to have a lot of Chinese movies. He knows what the bad reviews of "The Breaking Drummer" are like this, and sneered: "Why, do you think there is still hope to win the award?"

Zhang Ran smiled faintly and said, "No in Tokyo, but in Sundance!" He has not decided whether he wants to go to Sundance. The key now is Lucbesson's attitude. If he can't take Lucbesson down, he must go to Sundance.

The business was not negotiated in the end, and Harvey Weinstein was so heartless.

Sending Harvey away, Zhang Ran came to the media center to check domestic news. He didn't want an article from the "Beiping Entertainment News" to change his face. The article read: "This year's Golden Horse Awards are really a troublesome. After Jiao Xiongping announced his withdrawal from the Golden Horse Awards, the film "Breaking Drummer" that won 11 awards including the Best Picture of the Golden Horse Awards, and it is rumored that the reason why "Breaking Drummer" is withdrawn is rumored that according to the relevant regulations of the Film Bureau in 1994, mainland films cannot independently participate in the Golden Horse Awards, so "Breaking Drummer" currently has to withdraw the film."

On this afternoon, Qiu Yuanxu rushed to Tokyo and brought a notice from the General Administration that "Explosive Drummer" must withdraw the Golden Horse Award. (To be continued.)

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