Chapter 504

Murphy doesn't care about the chain reaction caused by "the wolf of Wall Street" and a series of hype related to it. As long as the benefits are big enough, some risks are worth taking. The performance of "the wolf of Wall Street" in the second week of its premiere also proves that what he has done is not futile.

Stimulated by a series of insider scandals about Wall Street, in the three working days starting from Tuesday, the North American box office of "Wall Street wolf" did not slow down as usual, but continued to rise.

$7.85 million on Wednesday, $8.25 million on Thursday

This kind of box office trend does not conform to the normal market rules, and also surprised many professional forecasters.

Although the public opinion environment is very favorable for Wall Street wolf, in order to continue to increase the topic of the film on Friday night, Murphy specially accepted the Fox TV interview.

The interview was on the first floor of fox building in Century City. It was a one-on-one interview between Murphy and the host.

Murphy is interviewed by a middle-aged male reporter named Jesse waters, one of the trump reporters of Fox TV station. The O'Reilly element he hosts is the evening social current affairs talk show of Fox News Network, which is one of the news programs with the highest ratings in the United States.

In the 20th century, fox brought Murphy to this program, naturally, in order to get more focus on Wall Street wolf.

"Hello, Murphy."

Seeing Murphy sitting in the opposite chair, Jesse waters nodded slightly and asked, "can we start?"

"Of course." Murphy made a please sign.

As this is a live broadcast, the director of the program made them wait for a while. As soon as the time came, they began to talk.

The three cameras used for live broadcast are respectively placed on the same side of the 180 degree line at the angle of panorama, Murphy and Jesse waters, just like Murphy shooting dialogue scenes, so that no one camera will affect the shooting of other cameras.

Under the right armrest of Jesse waters's sofa chair, where the camera can't shoot, there is a piece of paper that has finished writing questions. After a series of opening remarks, he solemnly introduces Murphy to the camera. He looks at the note without any trace and asks the first question.

"Murphy, as we all know, you are good at making many kinds of films." Jesse waters was puzzled, "why choose a sensitive subject like Wall Street wolf?"

"Making and making any film is a passionate process, and I have always been driven by the motivation to find the inner spiritual core." Murphy had been ready to answer many questions for a long time. "For me, the movie is to explore the meaning of the world, but in the process of shooting, I feel that the theme is more and more profound, and I only touch the surface I'm obsessed with finding a spiritual core of life - and that's the theme of most of my personal movies, like Jordan Belford's emptiness and Clark Kent's search for self. "

Jesse waters' second question immediately came out, "but many people are questioning the values reflected by Wall Street wolf, which is contrary to our universal values."

Listening to the other party talking about the common values of today's American society, Murphy said without hesitation, "maybe everyone looks at things from different angles. The world I see is extremely selfish materialism, and many people are driven by the" pursuit of happiness. "

He specially stressed that "they are not driven by 'true happiness', but by the process of' pursuit '. "The wolf of Wall Street" can be seen as an exploration of the fatal evil of greed

In front of reporters, Murphy's words are completely different from those of Carla Firth and Gail gado, "I think materialism and selfishness are the signs of the decline of contemporary American society."

He pointed to his feet and said, "this is a greedy land! This is also the reason why I shot "wolf of Wall Street". It's not to show this greed, but to let everyone fall into it, become one of them, enjoy its charm, be seduced, and finally become a part of being destroyed by greed. "

"Greed is really terrible, it will destroy a person!" Jesse waters first held Murphy high, then asked a sharp question, "recently, the media pointed out that your film has two major crimes, what do you think?"

"Two crimes?" Murphy didn't seem to have heard of it at all. "I've been so busy with my work recently that I haven't seen two crimes yet."

Jesse waters takes a look at Murphy. It's not a matter of coordination between the two sides in advance, but a matter he specially prepared. However, he can't see if Murphy really doesn't know.

"One of the crimes," Jesse waters still looks at Murphy, "is that they think the film magnifies a distorted value."

"People who say that don't take the movie seriously."

Facing the live camera, of course, Murphy doesn't say that he doesn't care about the so-called political correctness and three outlooks correctness. Instead, he throws all the problems on Jordan Belfort. "The archetype of the protagonist is a man who is possessed by a demon. He is completely desperate to get rid of all the constraints. How far can he go? How interesting, if people have such a force, then what will happen This story may be about the darkness that exists in each of us? The idea has always fascinated meHe stopped for a moment and said, "I want to be as Frank as possible about the character and what happened to the character, not to evaluate the person, but to let the audience take his part and follow him. In the capitalist system of free market, the rule of the game is to climb to the top at all costs It's not about making a good person or a bad person. "

Jesse waters grabs the point and asks, "so it's Jordan Belfort who inspired you to make this movie?"

"What interests me is the character's rich life, like being able to mix colors on canvas." Murphy made no secret of this. "His behavior is so broad, involving all fields, all kinds of places, all kinds of human interaction. In addition, it is the dark side of all this: criminal acts that harm many people, and the parties may not be aware of this. "

He shook his head and said, "is this a phenomenon peculiar to the United States? I ca n't be sure. As like as two peas, I am told that such a person is everywhere. If our chances are slightly different, we may make the same mistake as them. This is a kind of universal human nature, we need to face it, not escape! "

Hearing these words, Jesse waters unconsciously felt that among the many public figures he met and interviewed, Murphy Stanton was absolutely the best at packaging himself. It's hard to make people admire these words.

Thinking so, he did not stop, "do you know what the second crime is?"

"Let me guess." Murphy shrugged. "Should it be the scale of the film?"

Jesse waters nodded and said, "a lot of people think that" Wall Street wolf "is the rating of R-rated film, the scale of NC-17. As a large-scale film, is the scale a little big?"

"I don't think so." Murphy shook his head and said, "when I make this film, the first thing I think of is' blasphemy ', the' blasphemy 'relative to' Holiness', and the 'licentiousness' relative to' appropriateness'. But not deliberately naked. "Blasphemy" and "debauchery" are the real qualities of a particular culture. "

"MPAA asked you to modify it?" Jesse waters asked.

"MPAA and I are old friends." Murphy doesn't shy away from this point. "Since I made films, I have been dealing with this organization. My films have a large scale, and" body of steel "is no exception, but they have never been violent for the sake of violence, naked for the sake of nudity. Nudity. Nudity!"

Watters says, "is there such a quick response to the scene of a married prostitute in beltford's buttocks

"This shot can't be seen alone, it should be put in the whole scene."

Speaking of this scene, Murphy laughed, "what I'm saying is that Jordan Belfort's wife is very angry with him, but Jordan Belfort doesn't even know where he is or what he's doing, and he lies to his wife, so I want the audience to see what he's doing. So when the prostitute dropped a candle on Jordan Belfort's back, he suddenly cried out, "Oh, right! Oh, yes! I remember! " It's very extreme here. What we want to show is that he's really confused. The technique is actually humorous. "

"Well..." Jesse waters nodded and finally asked, "money and drugs have broken all Jordan Belfort's moral bottom line. It's obvious that the audience can't like such a protagonist. Do you think they will still enjoy the film?"

The answer to this question is obviously different, but Murphy won't pull the box office out. Oscar needs style, so he said, "Jordan Belfort is different from Bernard Madoff and Jeff skilling - the latter two people are not as good as running to crash the helicopter. By contrast, Jordan Belfort's image is more entertaining. He entertains himself to death Typical. "

Murphy finally stressed that "shooting without judgment is a key part of the director's production."

The live show soon came to an end. Shortly after leaving fox building, Murphy received relevant data. A total of 7.5 million people watched the live interview tonight, which is quite good viewing data.

As for how much can be reflected in the box office of the film in the end, it depends on the response of the weekend two days. (to be continued). )