1588 The song of bad people
Iceland’s self-driving trip around the island officially ended on December 3.
However, Paul and Meadow did not leave immediately, but continued to stay in Reykjavik for a while. This is a vast land covered with hot springs, enjoying the soothing and refreshing hot springs in the severe cold winter. Cozy, it really is the best choice; not to mention, Paul can also take Meadow to learn outdoor activities such as sledding and skiing. For Meadow, who has lived in Hawaii since childhood, this is a paradise..
So, Paul and Meadow simply enjoyed a vacation here.
For Renly, this is naturally the best news. The fateful disaster of November 30th has finally passed, but if Paul can stay away from Los Angeles for a while as much as possible, does it mean that the remaining stormy waves will also be gone? will be completely at peace, further truly confirming that Paul's "renewed life"”？
Iceland, located at the intersection of the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean, is quietly away from all disputes. Heavy snow and cold isolate the entire island on the vast and ethereal sea. Information from the outside world seems to be gradually getting away, and then the whole world becomes quiet. After coming down, I gradually found the long-lost peace deep in my heart..
Renly devoted himself wholeheartedly to the filming of "Interstellar", while Paul and Meadow enjoyed a rare father-daughter vacation; at the same time, the awards season in the North American continent became more and more lively, with more and more popular works coming one after another Continuing to make their debut, they have joined the annual academy public relations, and the noise of your singing and my appearance rushed all the way towards the Oscar ceremony..
Although Renly is on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, he has no interest in the college's public relations; but the tree is still and the wind is still blowing, no one can ignore the existence of "Renly Hall", not to mention, this year's Renly relies on "Gravity" and " The two works "The Ballad of the Drunken Country" have become the strongest contenders in major award ceremonies at the end of the year since the Cannes Film Festival. How can anyone forget Renly's name?？
On December 6, "The Folk Song of Drunken Country" was officially screened, announcing its participation in the awards season competition at the end of the year..
At the Cannes Film Festival in May, "Ballad of the Dead" stole all the limelight and received enthusiastic reviews on par with "La Vie Adele". It also won the Jury Prize and Best Actor in one fell swoop. Two trophies, undoubtedly one of the best expectations of the year.
By the way, as of December, the sales volume of the soundtrack of "Drunken Country Folk" has exceeded 4 million. What level is this?？
To put it simply, "Don Quixote" was released just over a year ago, and its sales barely exceeded one million, while "The Ballad of Drunken Country" was only released seven months ago; at the same time, this is the 2006 "High School Musical" "It is the highest-selling movie soundtrack in a single year since the beginning of the movie soundtrack. Even among the total sales of all soundtracks after the millennium, it only lags behind the 7.8 million of "Escape Artist" and "High School Musical" of 4.8 million, temporarily ranking third.
Of course, the "Frozen" movie soundtrack, which was released in the last week of November, is bursting with incredible energy and continues to rise with a strong momentum. It is fully capable of surpassing "Drunken Country Ballads". After all, "Drunken Country Ballads" The box office appeal of "Folk Ballad" cannot be compared with the sudden rise of "Frozen".
Despite this, the four million sales have already made people feel the profound influence of "Drunken Country Ballad", and the entire North America is looking forward to this work.
When "The Ballad of Drunkenness" debuted in Cannes, the unanimous praise aroused a lot of curiosity. Many film critics even exclaimed that maybe this is not the best work of the Coen brothers' career, but it is definitely a masterpiece. The best performance of Li's career makes this work well-deserved to become the first expectation during the year-end awards season..
After that, EGOT brought Renly's reputation to its peak. Although for industry insiders, everyone said that it was too much and should start to cool down; but for the lay people, Renly is the well-deserved number one in Hollywood today. people, and then the whole of North America collectively witnessed the miraculous journey of "gravity" creating history..
It is worth mentioning that after "Gravity" landed at the Venice Film Festival as the opening film, film critics have already stood up and applauded, and countless people have lamented that if this work enters the main competition unit, then The Best Actor trophy almost undoubtedly belongs to Renly, so Renly will achieve the historic feat of completing the EGOT and Best Actor Grand Slam in the same year..
Such remarks caused a lot of controversy at the time. "Everyone is praising Renly crazily? Is it so exaggerated? He is not a god descending to earth. Is that the case?"？”
Many viewers have even reacted with rejection and resistance, and the words of film critics have turned a deaf ear, losing their prestige and shock. They sound like free flattery, along with "drunken country folk songs" and "local folk songs". The expectations for "Gravity" have dropped slightly for a while..
But everyone knows what happened afterwards: after the release of "Gravity", the thrilling performance brought about a wave of reflection, successfully won enthusiastic applause throughout North America, and became the first to compete for this year's Oscar winner. The well-deserved number one frontrunner.
At the same time, the discussion of which one is better between "Gravity" and "The Balladeer" has been very noisy on social networks. Surprisingly, many film critics still chose "The Balladeer". Although " The performance of "Gravity" won many praises as "the best of Renly's career"; but the performance of "The Ballad of Drunken Country" gained numerous praises for being "emotionally delicate and profound, making people cry"..
As a result, the melon-eating crowd became collectively excited.——
Only by actually watching both movies in person can they make a choice, right?？
Now, the mystery of "Drunk Country Ballads" has finally been unveiled！
On Friday, December 6, "The Ballad of Drunkenness" was officially screened in four theaters. But interestingly, Sony Classics, which is responsible for the North American distribution, arranged all four theaters in New York..
This move triggered strong protests, especially from Los Angeles residents: It is understandable that the first round of screenings needs to control the number of theaters and screening cities. Generally speaking, Seattle, Chicago, Houston, Washington, Atlanta, etc. All big cities were scheduled for the second round; but why was Los Angeles not chosen for the first round?？
As far as screening strategies are concerned, Sony Classics, whose prestige in the industry is second only to Focus Features and Fox Searchlight, will naturally not make mistakes. There is no problem with this arrangement. Each distribution company must base its decision on the attributes, characteristics, audience groups and public relations goals of the film. Wait for influencing factors to choose the cities to highlight.——
Choosing Boston for a black film is tantamount to committing suicide, biographical films about the Civil War should choose northern and cross-coast cities, and women's films can win more support in San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles... and so on..
Sony Classics has arranged all the screening cities in New York based on the film characteristics of "Drunken Country Folk", and has also specially arranged a theater chain in Greenwich Village. This is an arrangement with clear positioning and accurate goals..
The opposition and protests in Los Angeles are completely unexpected. After all, Los Angeles is on the second round of screenings. It is just a matter of waiting for another week or two. Sony Classics needs to rely on the feedback from the first round of screenings. Information arrangements for follow-up screenings and plans for expanded screenings.
The only explanation for this situation is: Sony Classics ignored how powerful Renly's appeal was, and underestimated how much people were looking forward to the work "The Ballad of the Drunken Country". Obviously, everyone is looking forward to watching this film movie, and looking forward to competing with Renly's two works..
The grand screening in New York also proves this explanation.！
On the night of the official screening, although there was no red carpet for the premiere and it was completely a low-key screening in art theaters, there were incredibly long queues at the entrances of the four theaters. It seemed that movie lovers from all over New York City were here. Out, according to real-time box office statistics, all tickets for the first and second shows were sold out, and the attendance rate reached an incredible 100%.！
This is a midnight show.
A hundred percent attendance at the midnight show? It is unbelievable for any work, whether it is an art film, a commercial film, or an idol film, such results are astonishing, and it clearly makes people feel the heated discussion and popularity of "Drunken Country Folk".
This is just the beginning.
“The pre-sale tickets of "The Ballad of Drunkenness" in four theaters also showed a sharp surge. On the one hand, the popularity of the movie itself is unmatched. Sony Classics specifically chose New York. It is because of this that this work is called It is a "bad song" that truly interprets the voices and situations of homeless artists led by Greenwich Village. It can easily trigger the craziest discussions and support in this city..
On the other hand, this is a relatively deserted period. After the box office frenzy of "The Hunger Games 2" and "Frozen", no major works were released this week, which means that the topic is still hot. Staying on the side of "drunken country folk songs", curiosity and expectations are all concentrated together, further arousing the enthusiasm of the die-hard audience.
Sony Classics is worthy of being the top college public relations master in the industry. The schedule arrangement and the selection of screening cities, seemingly unintentional but actually meticulous arrangements, successfully won an excellent opportunity for "Drunken Country Folk", and thus, it soared into the sky. , created waves of public release with a spot-on gesture, which is indeed brilliant！
Although only four theaters have started screening, the first round of word-of-mouth reviews of "Drunken Country Folk" has finally come to light. All media comments and audience comments have been officially released. Now is the time to test..
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