Chapter 1151: Great Wisdom but Ruo Fool
The fifth version of the ending is the legendary director's cut that was played at the premiere.
According to various rumors, this version has the cruelest ending. New Line Cinema is worried that the market will not accept it, so in the first round of screenings, the number of copies is the rarest, and some cities may even have only one theater chain equipped with it.
Originally, New Line Cinema hoped to reduce the impact of the tragic ending as much as possible and let the general public see a happy Hollywood-style ending.
But he never expected that such a move would unexpectedly stimulate the enthusiasm of the audience——
The less visible it is, the more popular it is.
Everyone is talking and looking for the location of the ending of the fifth edition.
After a whole day of searching on Friday, although it is not 100% certain, it is rumored that this AMC broadcast is the fifth version of the ending.
As a result, enthusiastic movie fans flocked to the film like a tide.
This is what Roger experienced.
After finding out the ins and outs, Roger immediately realized one thing:
Everything cannot be judged according to common sense.
The situation at this AMC does not represent the situation in Los Angeles as a whole, let alone the entire North American market; tonight's screening of "The Big Show" has been canceled, or it may just be tonight, and there may be another special event tomorrow. Such a scene.
The reason is very intuitive. These viewers may not be because they chose the "Butterfly Effect", but may just be because of the rumored ending of the fifth edition——
This rumor may be true or false, or it may even be deliberately spread by the manager of this AMC theater.
The audience just flocked here out of curiosity.
Waiting for the novelty and curiosity brought by "different endings" to disappear, the situation may be different.
In other words, this weekend's box office showdown is still full of uncertainties, and it's too early to tell.
Roger couldn't help but marvel. Putting aside the movie for the moment, at least this promotion and distribution strategy was truly bold and risky. It completely broke the rules and turned all the rules and routines understood by the entire industry upside down.
With limited distribution costs, "Butterfly Effect" surprisingly managed to hold up against "Raging Sea", and was even slightly better in terms of topicality.
sharp!
Last year's "cat-and-mouse game" was already amazing, but this year's "butterfly effect" can actually go one step further, which was absolutely unexpected.
So, does this have anything to do with movie quality? Movies and publicity are two completely different things, right?
The point is, is the film chosen by Anson, who is so smart and wise, as a producer for the first time, really as sloppy as other film critics say?
Roger said we need to wait and see.
This attitude continues until the end of the movie.
When Roger left the screening room and the cinema and stood outdoors, Los Angeles was quiet, and the colorful lights could still be seen twinkling in the night, but the city had fallen asleep, and in the loneliness, his thoughts surged like a tide. superior.
This is not a city that never sleeps.
In fact, California has regulations that all bars, clubs and other entertainment venues can only sell alcohol until 2 am.
This regulation makes night owls often lose interest after two o'clock in the morning. Although there are no specific operating hours regulations in California, most bars still operate until three o'clock.
Because of this, the kings of nightlife often go to Las Vegas or Atlanta to party. Obviously Los Angeles is not suitable for all-night parties——
Except in your own home.
At this time, it was already two o'clock, the AMC theater was about to close, everyone had to go home, and the streets outside had already been cleared. Roger let out a breath. The temperature difference between day and night in Los Angeles in November was huge. At this moment, he could finally feel the coldness and desolation of winter. He felt uncontrollably lost and surrounded himself by loneliness.
Not only Roger, but also the young people around him.
At the beginning, everyone was excited and couldn't wait for the answer to be revealed; at the end, everyone fell into an emotional whirlpool, with the despair and sadness firmly grasping the heart and unable to get rid of it.
On those youthful faces, Roger could see the traces left by the movie.
Suddenly, Roger understood something about Anson. There might be an old soul living inside that young and handsome body——
With Anson's intelligence, couldn't he see how childish and superficial the script was?
But Anson may not care at all. On the contrary, he cherishes such simplicity, a privilege belonging to young people. He looks at the world in the simplest and most straightforward way, and thinks that he is the most unfortunate and tragic protagonist in the world. The earth is based on himself. Rotate for the center of the circle.
Then, Anson delivers another shock with the ending.
Are the five endings really just a gimmick?
Inexplicably, Roger remembered his experience watching "Elephant" in Cannes this year——
Turn the complex into simplicity, make great wisdom seem like foolishness, and make heavy lifting seem light.
Obviously, there are countless charms waiting to be discovered under the skin of that vase.
"The movie is undoubtedly immature. There are too many flashbacks and too many time-travels, and it does not create the texture of confusing dreams and reality on a cinematic level; there are too many fates, too many twists and turns, and too many diary chapters to count. The drama is rushed into the story, exposing the film's production technology that is too direct and too superficial.
Until a certain moment, I finally realized that all these plots were just appearances, and all the details converged towards the final choice:
Standing at the crossroads of destiny, what would you choose?
Not only family, love, and friendship, but also how to define happiness?
If every choice you make leads to tragedy, and if your efforts to pursue happiness make everyone fall into misfortune, how should you redefine your view of life and happiness?
The story is very simple, as simple as one plus one equals two. It seems that every audience in front of the big screen can do better than the protagonist of the movie. Everyone has a better answer, so the movie is simple Roughly put this math problem in front of everyone.
So, what's your answer? ”
To some extent, Roger's perspective was very similar to that of Carl Rivette, and later netizens also noticed that although the two people's expressions were slightly different; in the end, they reached the same goal by different paths, and the two people's attitudes were highly consistent.
So, is this considered... the heroes have the same opinion?
"It is precisely because of this that the most important and critical scene of the entire movie has been thrown out at the beginning, and it is thrown out again at the end.
form a response.
The answer does not lie in the ending, nor in the choice of the protagonist in the movie, but in the protagonist returning to the starting point of everything. What is in front of him is a brand new white paper. He can write on it at will and have everything. Maybe, this time, he could overturn and choose to start over.
So, starting everything over again, would things be different?
I said this in "Yi Yi". I originally thought that if I lived again, there might be something different, but the result is still the same, there is no difference. I just suddenly felt that if I live again, it seems that it is really not necessary.
In a way, the movie touches on the same context at its most stupid. ”
Nicholas: Bingo! I think the same as you.
(End of chapter)