Chapter 172

Any film will meet with criticism, because no work can achieve perfection, and because of persistent criticism, which is one of the work of film critics; What's more, horror movies are more vulnerable to criticism, which is determined by the characteristics of genre movies“ Burying alive is no exception.

Among the many praises, Lisa schwazbaum of entertainment weekly firmly expressed her rejection, even disgust, of the film. "The film is undoubtedly stupid and narcissistic. The interpretation of political perspective is monotonous and rigid, or stupid, and even has an impact on the visual effect and pleasure of the film itself. Hall's performance is the only highlight of the film. "

Lisa's point of view can be said to be brand new. As the core idea, the film's connection and criticism of reality has been unanimously praised by most film critics. Everyone thinks that it plays a good supplement to the depth and thickness of the work; On the contrary, Lisa thinks that this has become a burden.

In the detailed film review of entertainment weekly, Lisa criticized it. She thinks that Rodriguez, as a Spaniard, not only lacks the understanding of American society, but also lacks the sensitivity to the development of politics. Her blunt and superficial interpretation has seriously affected the quality of the whole film. Hiding behind this film review, we may have a glimpse of Lisa's political stance.

This is a myth that people have about the media. In their impression, the media always seem to maintain a neutral and objective position, respect the facts, protect the facts and reveal the facts. But in fact, every journalist, editor in chief and columnist has their own cultural, religious, economic and social backgrounds. When they report the same thing, their perspectives and opinions will inevitably deviate, which is inevitable. Their choice of words and sentences will be different; What's more, all major media have their own political attributes. For example, in the United States, whether they are democratic or Republican, Catholic, Christian or other denominations will have an impact on the news reports of the media.

Just like in the 2016 US presidential election, even the "New York Times" and "Los Angeles Times" had biased views in the reporting process, so that the elite believed that Hillary Clinton could win before the election results came out, but the voters in the central region gave the elite a heavy blow. The same is true of brexit. London elites are completely stupid in the face of the result.

This is the most direct manifestation of the deviation of media reports.

Obviously, Lisa can't agree with the political views of "buried alive", which also affects her perception of the whole film.

However, Lisa is obviously not alone. There are two film critics who hold similar views with her. Moreover, they go further and put aside their political views to criticize and criticize the film itself. Peter Travis, from the rolling stone, spoke even more fiercely, and could be said to be firing at full blast.

"If you're obsessed with suffering - and I'm not sure 'obsessed' is the right word - you're buried alive in a coffin for 100 minutes. What's worse is that claustrophobia in a narrow space and cheap props lacking imagination completely destroy the creativity of the film and the depth of the script, such a mediocre and boring thriller, So welcome to the cinema. In addition, the only thing that can help the audience through this disaster is not Hall's handsome face, but Hall's excellent performance. "

Although "rolling stone" is a music review writer, it is still the most authoritative and popular professional music magazine in North America, but after entering the new century, it began to transform into a comprehensive magazine. Thanks to the broad mass base, its film reviews also have a large reader market.

Obviously, Pete's aversion to "burying alive" is omnidirectional, except for Langley. James Benard, a film critic at Village Voice, a professional film magazine, agrees.

"The weak script hardly has much room to play. We can only watch the actors trapped in the same place, screaming, frightened, crying, and then repeat it again. It looks like a bad trick of schoolchildren on Halloween. Hall did his best to give the best performance, but still couldn't save the whole film. We've had enough of the shock of the chainsaw and prayed that the burial would not be a series

Compared with James's severe criticism, Lisa's comments seem like a criticism of love. We can clearly feel that James is not interested in the work of "burying alive". Even the performance of Langley can not save his rejection.

Among the Nine Commentaries in the official magazine, six were highly praised and three were poor. The debut of "buried alive" completely started the first shot. But what's more valuable is that from the long applause after the premiere, the tireless entanglement between reporters and audiences, and the official magazine's recognition, the film was immediately pulled from the remote corner where it suffered cold reception to the spotlight, Countless lines of sight have been projected over, at this time people noticed that there is such a work at this year's Toronto Film Festival.

What's more, lanli's performance has been praised by all people, no matter in praise or criticism. Even the comments of "rolling stone" and "voice of the village" are no exception. The name "lanli hall" began to appear frequently in the newspapers.

Almost effortlessly, people's memories have been awakened. The newcomer who just won the Emmy Award and the folk singer who just made a big splash in the oil pipe are the most popular artists who discussed online in the past month. Now, the previous hot wave has not completely subsided, People are still surprised at the breakthrough of "Cleopatra" on the billboard, and now the Toronto Film Festival has ushered in good news. It's just... Wave after wave.

Who is Langley?

This question seems to be endless. After the Emmy Awards, there are a group of people asking questions. After "Ophelia", there are a group of people asking questions. Now during the Toronto Film Festival, there are another group of people asking questions. With more and more focus on Lan Li, the mysterious aura became more and more prosperous, and the discussion upsurge swept over again.

The first to respond is undoubtedly the media peers.

Toronto Film Festival is an international stage. Different from the independent works screened by North American Art cinemas, any work here will feel the attention from all over the world. Thousands of reporters from more than 400 media around the world will stop here. Any little disturbance may attract the "wolves" to covet.

Who has won the hearts of so many professional media and won the reputation feedback of the official magazine? At present, it only lags behind the highly praised "blue Valentine's Day". As a dark horse, it has become one of the most discussed works since the opening of the film festival, with broken glasses scattered all over the floor?

Who in the world has made his way through the public praise? As an unknown newcomer, he has won the same praise. Every time he finds a detail, he is surprised to add a point: he is only 21 years old in more than two months. He is the second work of his career, the first work of his big screen, and a Spanish work with only 3 million investment, Beat nearly a thousand competitors and won the favor of Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks?

Who robbed the highlight moment of "city robber" and who robbed the glory moment of Ben Affleck? Under the grand crush of the premiere last night, today's media coverage is almost predictable. But who can think that the front page headlines of all major media are "city robber" and Ben Affleck's, But the hot topic is Langley Hall's?

Interestingly, the excitement of European media is no less than that of North America. For the North American media, they are excited that the Toronto Film Festival has killed another black horse, and this is an English work, which means that it will be shown in North America, and may even become the black horse of the award season - just as the "Hollywood Reporter" predicted.

As for the European media, what they are excited about is that the capital of the film comes from Spain, the director and shooting team are Spanish, while the hero lanli is British, which is a pure European film. So, who is Rodrigo Cortez? Who is Langley hall?

Andy Rogers' mobile phone has been completely smashed. Because "buried alive" is an independent work, the producer is Rodrigo Cortez. The media can't find a PR person at all, so they can only contact themselves; In addition, it is the most eye-catching lanli. Their first reaction is to contact lanli's agent.

In the next 24 hours, Andy's mobile phone almost had no time to rest and kept ringing. There was an endless stream of interviews about "buried alive" and about lanli.

Generally speaking, in the top stage of the three major European film festivals, there may be more than 150 media for the promotion of a film, and the whole interview process will last for four to five days, and it will be almost without rest; However, it is more difficult for independent films with low attention, most of which will be less than 50 - so the number is already a dream for independent films.

But now, at least 90 media are booking interview time for "live burial" and lanli, and the number is still rising. We can clearly feel that with the word-of-mouth of "buried alive" gradually fermenting, the media's attention will rise in a straight line.

This is no doubt wonderful for lanli. The starting point of other actors is in the United States at most. Lanli's first step was to make an amazing appearance on the international stage in Toronto. Such a brilliant appearance instantly attracted the attention from all over the world, which can be called a dream.

Comparatively speaking, the "city robber" broke out on the night of the premiere, and then it seemed to be slowly quiet down, and the limelight was completely "buried alive", which really made Ben feel frustrated; What's more depressing is that the upsurge on the Internet, "city robbers" are being "buried alive" to suppress.