Chapter 319 "Avatar" at the end of 2009 (please vote!)
"I don't like it!"
Elie Saab, who was born in Lebanon, called Xiangyang directly to express own point of view.
There is no need to mention the people and things he doesn't like, Xiang Yang knows it very well.
“I like Hollywood in the 1940s and the glamor of the late 1970s. Xiang Yang prefers the 1920s. His clothes are very distinctive and show his own unique charm in the reincarnation of fashion. I Always looking forward to working with him.”
Regarding the discussion triggered by Xiang Yang's words, Ellie Saab directly expressed her support.
“Isn’t this beautiful country flaunting freedom of speech? I don’t think there is anything wrong with what he (Xiang) said. As an Asian, of course he can express Asian views, and so do I.”
As one of the few female directors in Hollywood, Kathryn Bigelow, the director of "The Hurt Locker", also expressed her support for Xiang Yang's remarks when accepting the media.
"We are an anti-war film. Although there are many reasons for war, the theme of the film is to express the value of peace." She said:
"Seeing humanity from explosions , the movie "The Hurt Locker" takes you to experience the courage and struggle on the battlefield, deeply explores the test of human nature under war, and makes you re-examine the true value of life. "
"Xiang's statement is worthy of our thinking and reflection. His ability to express such views proves that our film is successful to a certain extent. For example, everyone knows that war is a matter that tangles the people, and at the same time it also brings Give us uneasiness and pain."
As the star of "The Hurt Locker", Jeremy Renner, although he has not yet been recognized by more people for his role as "Hawkeye".
But with his outstanding performance in "Fatal Injury", "28 Weeks Later" and the hit "House Season 4" in North America, he has won the love of many viewers.
The discussion around Xiang Yang’s words didn’t take long, and Cameron’s “Avatar” screening soon attracted the attention of all the European and American entertainment circles.
["Avatar": A movie, a whole new world]
["Avatar": A touching environmental fantasy masterpiece]
[Director James Cameron uses the most advanced film technology to compete for Oscars with his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow]
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On December 18, the movie "Avatar", which was later evaluated as an epic science fiction movie, attracted everyone's attention.
In a week, the relationship between Xiang Yang and Liu Qianqian Get together less and stay apart more.
Unknowingly, Liu Qianqian had finished the early scenes of "Black Swan".
Some actors also received a rare day off, including Sister Shitou, but not Natalie Portman.
"Liu, haha, let's go see Avatar!"
Taking a rare break, Emma Stone enthusiastically extended an invitation to Liu Qianqian.
Liu Qianqian smiled and said, "Okay, I just want to ask you to go with me."
"Where's Xiang? What has he been busy with recently?"
"He's busy with Oscar. He attends various dinners with Anna and Little John every day, and then prepares to meet Sophie Marion. "He's so busy."
"He's really busy." Emma Stone sighed.
When the two met this time, after Xiang Yang confirmed that all the costume preparations were fine, he basically never stayed on the set.
“Forget it, we don’t need to worry about him.” I could hear the regret in Sister Shitou’s tone, and Liu Qianxi said with a smile: “We might have had more fun without him, haha.”
"Haha, that's true."
Emma Stone grinned.
She hadn't gotten together with Liu Qianqian for a long time, because Xiang Yang also checked into the hotel, and she had no chance to have a pajama party with him at night.
After the other party finally went to work, she was too busy on the set every day and had no time to communicate.
“Have you checked the baby’s gender?”
Emma Stone's face was filled with curiosity as she stuffed a piece of buttered bread into her mouth.
"Not yet, we will know sooner or later." Liu Qianqian said shyly.
"Yes, two babies, hehe." Emma Stone glanced at Liu Qianqian's belly, "I will be the godmother of the babies, who told you not to take my signature to heart? Come on." She threatened fiercely.
“Don’t blame me.” Liu Qianqian tilted her head, “He didn’t tell me, you go find him to settle the score.”
Emma Stone snorted, “Who As long as you two are from the same family, I’ll just catch you and settle the score, haha.”
"Okay, I thought you were trying to get me to watch a movie together. So that's what you thought, right?"
"Hey, it's both." Emma Stone picked Eyebrow, "Who told you to go to Paris again soon? I originally wanted to spend Christmas with you."
"I have to go to work too." Liu Qianqian pouted.
The filming of the movie has been completed. She is going to shoot materials for Van Cleef & Arpels and participate in some promotional activities.
Only after you are done with all these things that suddenly come in can you enjoy the life of having an abortion.
"By the way, do you two have any special arrangements for Christmas?"
Emma Stone blinked. According to her understanding of Xiang Yang, there is a high probability that the other party will create some romantic things.
"Not really," Liu Qianqian shrugged with a smile and continued eating, "He is much busier than me now. I heard that he will participate in some charity activities, so I'm afraid he will have to fly here and there. ”
“He’s going to a charity event?”
“Yes,”
"What about Aunt Liu? Why haven't I seen her today?"
When talking about Liu Xiaoli, the smile on Emma Stone's face became much sweeter.
Not to mention anything else, just the comfortable chair Liu Xiaoli gave her was a great help to her on the set.
Filming is a physical job, and it is easy to feel tired after arousing emotions.
Having a comfortable chair at this time is really no worse than lying on a comfortable big bed in the hotel.
Moreover, after completing one set of shots, another set must be prepared immediately. Being able to relieve physical fatigue in a timely manner is extremely important in this regard.
"She, she made an appointment today."
Liu Qianqian answered casually. Compared with what her mother did, for her, she did not do it for herself. It is important for the two babies in your belly to eat more.
What’s more, Zhao Xin also went with him.
"Oh my God! This is a science fiction film! This is a movie! Cameron is really a god!"
Unlike Liu Qianqian who can enjoy Emma Stone's warm conversation.
Xiang Yang, who came to Los Angeles and was invited to attend the world premiere of "Avatar", has had enough of Littlejohn's praise of Cameron these days.
“I really don’t know when I can let our Hermès participate in such a movie production! I swear, this movie will definitely set off a global wave.”
“ You don't need to swear." Xiang Yang flipped through the newspaper.
“Aren’t you optimistic about it?” Little John looked surprised. After being stunned for a while, he felt that Xiang Yang’s words were beyond his expectation, so he said decisively:
"Can you please be smarter?"
"You should be smarter."
Xiang Yang silently handed the newspaper in his hand to the other party.
In addition to the full coverage of "Avatar" above, the most eye-catching thing is its first weekend box office.
Anyone with any brains knows that this time, James Cameron will definitely surpass the various records set by his other movie "Titanic".
Among them, the most noteworthy thing is that the greatest achievement of "Avatar" in the film industry is not its high box office, but its promotion of the development of IMAX3D.
Contrary to what many people think, IMAX3D movies actually appeared in the 1870s. But like many new things, due to the influence of technology, the earliest IMAX3D looked dark and blurry on the screen, and the viewing experience was quite poor. "The Polar Express", which has gone through many IMAX re-releases, set the highest box office record. It only grossed $77 million at the box office.
As a result, this movie playback technology has not been popularized for a long time.
After more than 40 years, there are only 262 IMAX screens in the world.
However, after "Avatar" came, everything was different.
A movie brought about a global film technology revolution in the world, which is the most glorious achievement of "Avatar". It not only promoted IMAX3D, but also ordinary 3D.
What is even more amazing is that its box office performance made everyone related to the movie feel terrible.
The box office drop is negligible!
Because there are only 1-2%.
This is what scares people.
For example, "Iron Man", which launched the Marvel series, its box office dropped by 48% in its second weekend, but what about "Avatar"?
According to the current forecast, it may only be 3% (actual 1.8%).
This is a true ‘dimensionality reduction blow’ in the film industry.
To be honest, although I have experienced the sensation caused by "Avatar" after its release, when I saw the sensation it caused again, Xiang Yang had to sigh, it is really awesome.
It's just that in this life, he looks at it from a different angle, and he can also see some clues in this movie.
Like Ridley Scott who started "Alien", Cameron also hid some personal items in "Avatar".
The 'universal values' conveyed through superb stunts, magnificent scenes, and unexpected imagination are exactly the American theory of "Manifest Destiny."
Besides, it is ‘environmentalism’.
It’s just that Cameron did this very cleverly. He transferred this situation to the people on Pandora, but the image represented by the protagonist Sally is still a representative of universalism. Like the rich girl Ruth in "Titanic", she yearns for "freedom and equality."
"If we set up a film investment company earlier, maybe we would have a chance to get a share of the pie."
Looking at the box office of "Avatar" surpassing "Midnight in Paris" in less than a week, Little John had a look of regret on his face.
“?”
Xiang Yang looked at each other in confusion.
He felt that the logic seemed to be correct, but where did Little John get the confidence that others would take him to play? After he just touched the threshold, he was still very worried.
"Forget it, stop reading. The more I look at it, the more uncomfortable I feel."
Putting the newspaper aside with a look of reluctance, Little John picked up his coffee.
He felt very uncomfortable when such a large amount of wealth was lost in front of him.
This feeling is like seeing a hundred dollar bill in Xiangyang’s wallet, but he himself
“Why am I so sad today?”
Although Little John was eating breakfast seriously, his eyes couldn't stop looking at the newspaper. He even tried to focus on the food and not think about it, but he was still too uncomfortable to taste the jam.
“Cough cough”
Seeing this, Xiang Yang cleared his throat.
"Speak directly if you have anything to say." Little John raised his head and looked at Xiang Yang with complicated eyes.
"Instead of feeling uncomfortable about this matter, you might as well think about other things." Xiangyang comforted him. It was useless to feel uncomfortable when it was not his turn to make the money.
"Oh."
Little John nodded, and after taking a long breath, the corners of his mouth drooped even more ugly, "Thinking of you and Sophie Marceau on the cover, I might as well think about this."
Hearing this, Xiangyang didn't bother to talk to this ungrateful guy.
Unlike many later movies that were released simultaneously in China, "Avatar" will not be released in China until January 4, a less popular period (there was no Spring Festival release in 2010, and December was the Chinese New Year) files).
Han Sanping, who advocates the introduction of "Avatar", was also shocked when he learned about the sensation "Avatar" caused in North America and overseas for the first time.
"Sure enough, it still takes such a big movie to have such an effect."
Thinking that the film's production cost was as high as 230 million U.S. dollars, Han Sanping couldn't help but sigh, "I don't know when China's movies will be available." There is such a scale of investment."
While he was sighing, the secretary knocked on the door lightly and walked in to ask for instructions:
"Mr. Han, the starry Mr. Lu is already here. "
"Well, let him in." Han Sanping smiled.
The two had communicated on the phone before, and Starlight had reached a preliminary cooperation intention with Hermès Film Investment Company to prepare a costume movie.
Coincidentally, Chen Kaige is also preparing a costume movie.
Shang Yanshang said that he still wanted to hear Lu Zheng’s thoughts.
In less than a minute, Lu Zheng walked in with a smile on his face, "Mr. Han, may I interrupt you."
"Come on, please sit down, Mr. Lu, we don't want to You're welcome." Han Sanping also had a smile on his face. While asking his secretary to make tea for the two of them, he stood up and went to the reception area to ask Lu Zheng to sit down.
"Mr. Lu has a lot of things to do, so he made a special trip here. If there is anything else to do, I don't want to disturb you."
Lu Zheng waved his hand quickly, "No matter how busy I am, I am not as busy as Mr. Han."
< br>After he finished speaking, the two shook hands and then sat down and looked at each other.
"Mr. Lu, why don't we talk about the movie you are preparing? We at Huaying are also interested in supporting the filming of costume movies this year."
"Then this is a great opportunity for us. Good news”
"Hermès wants to invest in domestic movies?"
"Well, yes, the star-studded Lu Zheng went to Huaying today. What do you think?"
"What do I think? "Wang Zhongjun frowned, his eyes stayed on Wang Zhonglei for a few seconds and then shook his head, "Even if they are coming for us, what can we say?"
"Maybe they are also optimistic about Huaxia Film. The rate of return in the future. What do you think?" After Wang Zhonglei finished speaking, he looked at Wang Zhongjun as if asking for his opinion.
“Don’t worry, from another perspective, their coming in is good news for us.” Wang Zhongjun thought for a moment before saying.
Wang Zhonglei nodded.
Although Hermès Film Company has not been established for a long time, it has already made a name for itself in Europe and the United States. In particular, the attention caused by the spread of "Downton Abbey" in the UK has attracted much attention to the projects invested by this company based on the success of "Midnight in Paris".
One "Black Swan" and one "The Social Network".
If you want a star, you have a star, and if you want a famous director, you have a famous director.
What does it mean that they are now starting to deploy in China?
It shows that people are also optimistic about China's future film market.
How could this not be good news for Huayi, which is rooted in the Chinese film market?
But why did they choose to cooperate with Starlight? This is a bit confusing, because everyone in the industry knows that there is only one Jingtian under Starlight
“It’s bad, they are not targeting Li Bingbing!”< br>
Suddenly remembering that Li Bingbing was participating in the filming of the Hollywood movie "The Social Network" invested by Hermès Film Investment Company, Wang Zhongjun was stunned.
"It's really possible." Hearing this, Wang Zhonglei was stunned for a few seconds, "Has Li Bingbing's sister Li He returned recently?"
"No."
(End of this chapter)