Chapter 1589

The self driving tour around Iceland officially ended on December 3.

However, Paul and meDo did not leave immediately, but stayed in Reykjavik for a period of time. This is a vast land full of hot springs. It's really a good choice to enjoy the relaxation and comfort brought by hot springs in the severe winter; What's more, Paul can take meDo to learn outdoor activities such as sledding and skiing. For meDo, who has lived in Hawaii since childhood, this is a paradise.

So Paul and meDo are just here for a vacation.

For Lan Li, this is naturally the best news. The ordeal of November 30 has finally passed, but if Paul can stay away from Los Angeles as far as possible for a period of time, does it mean that the remaining stormy waves will be completely calm, and further truly determine Paul's "rebirth"?

Iceland, located at the intersection of the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean, is so quietly away from all disputes. Snow and cold isolate the whole island on the vast and ethereal sea. The information from the outside world seems to be gradually away. Then the whole world calms down and gradually finds the long lost peace in the heart.

Langley devoted himself to the shooting of "Star Trek", while Paul and meDo enjoyed a rare father daughter holiday; At the same time, the award season in North America is becoming more and more lively, with more and more popular works appearing one after another and joining the annual college public relations. After you sing the noise of my appearance, you rush all the way to the Oscar ceremony.

Although Langley is on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, he doesn't care about public relations; No one can ignore the existence of "Langley hall". What's more, this year's Langley has become the most powerful competitor of the year-end awards ceremony since Cannes Film Festival with its two works of "gravity" and "drunken folk". How can anyone forget Langley's name?

On December 6, the "drunken folk song" was officially screened, announcing its entry into the award season at the end of the year.

At the Cannes Film Festival in May, "drunken ballad" took away all the elegant demeanor, and received the same enthusiastic praise as "Adele's life", and won the jury award and the best actor two trophies, which undoubtedly became one of the best expectations of the year.

Incidentally, by the end of December, the sales volume of "drunken folk songs" has exceeded 4 million. What is the standard?

To put it simply, "Don Quixote" only sold more than one million yuan when it was just one year old, while "drunken folk" only sold seven months ago; At the same time, this is the highest annual sales volume of the original soundtrack of "song and dance youth" since 2006. Even in the total sales volume of all the Original Soundtracks after the millennium, it is only behind the 7.8 million of "three kings of prison escape" and the 4.8 million of "song and dance youth", temporarily ranking third.

Of course, the soundtrack of "ice and snow" released in the last week of November is bursting out with incredible anti sky energy, rising with a fierce momentum, and has the ability to surpass "drunken folk". After all, the box office appeal of "drunken folk" can't be compared with "ice and snow" which has sprung up.

Nevertheless, the sales volume of 4 million has made people feel the far-reaching influence of "drunken folk", and the whole North America is looking forward to this work.

When the "drunken folk" appeared in Cannes at the beginning, the unanimous praise made people curious. Many film critics even exclaimed that maybe it was not the best work of Coen brothers' career, but it was definitely the best performance of blue Lee's career, which made this work worthy of the first expectation of the award season at the end of the year.

After that, egot made lanli's reputation reach its peak, although for the industry, everyone said that too much is better than too much, and it should start to cool down; But for the layman, Langley is the first person in Hollywood. Then the whole of North America witnessed the miracle journey of "gravity" to create history.

It is worth mentioning that after "gravity" landed at the Venice Film Festival as the unveiling work, film critics have already stood up and clapped their hands. Countless people have exclaimed that if this work enters the main competition unit, then the best actor trophy almost undoubtedly belongs to Langley, Then lanli will complete the Grand Slam of egot and movie king in the same year with a historic feat.

Such comments caused a lot of controversy at that time, "everyone was crazy about praising lanli? Is there such exaggeration? He's not a God, is he? "

Even a lot of audiences have rejected and resisted, and the comments of film critics have lost their prestige and shock. It sounds like flattery without money, and the expectations of "drunken folk songs" and "gravity" have dropped slightly for some time.

But what happened later is known to all: after the release of "gravity", the soul stirring performance brought about a wave of reflection, which successfully won the enthusiastic applause of the whole North American region, and became the number one leader in this year's Oscar competition.

At the same time, the topic of "gravity" and "drunken folk songs" is very noisy on the social network. Surprisingly, many film critics choose "drunken folk songs". Although the performance of "gravity" has won many praises of "the best of lanli's career"; However, the performance of "drunken folk songs" has gained countless popularity of "emotional delicacy and deep tears".

As a result, the melon eating masses were excited——

They can only make a choice if they really watch the two movies themselves, can't they?

Now, the mystery of "drunken folk songs" has finally been revealed!

On Friday, December 6, "drunken folk songs" were officially screened in four theaters. But interestingly, Sony classic, which is responsible for North American distribution, has all four theaters in New York.

This move triggered strong protests, especially from Los Angeles residents: it is understandable that the number of cinemas and screening cities need to be controlled in the first round of screening. Generally speaking, Seattle, Chicago, Houston, Washington, Atlanta and other big cities are in the second round; But why didn't Los Angeles be chosen for the premiere?

As far as the point projection strategy is concerned, Sony classic, which is second only to focus film and Fox Searchlight in the industry, naturally will not make mistakes. There is no problem with such arrangement. Every distribution company must choose the spot city according to the attributes, characteristics, audience groups, public relations objectives and other influencing factors of the film——

If black films choose Boston, they will commit suicide. If Civil War Biography films choose northern and cross-strait cities, female films will win more support in San Francisco, Seattle and Los Angeles, and so on.

According to the movie features of "drunken folk", Sony classic has arranged all the screening cities in New York, and specially arranged the cinema line of Greenwich Village, which is an arrangement with clear positioning and accurate goal.

The opposition and protest in Los Angeles is totally unexpected. After all, Los Angeles is on the second round of screening list, just waiting for another week or two. Sony classic needs to arrange the subsequent screening and expansion plan according to the feedback information of the first round of screening.

In this case, the only explanation is that Sony classics ignored how powerful lenley's appeal was, and underestimated how much people expected the work of "drunken ballad". Obviously, everyone is looking forward to watching the film, and also looking forward to comparing the two works of lanli.

The grand occasion of New York point show also proves this kind of explanation!

On the night of the official showdown, although there was no red carpet for the premiere, it was just a low-key showdown of the art theater, but there was an incredible long line at the entrance of the four theaters. It seems that the film lovers of the whole new york city came out. According to the real-time statistics of the box office data, all the tickets for the first and second show of the showdown were announced to be sold, Attendance has reached an incredible 100%!

It's midnight.

100% attendance at midnight? It's incredible for any work, whether it's an art film or a commercial film, or an idol film. Such achievements can be regarded as appalling, clearly making people feel the popularity of "drunken folk songs".

This is just the beginning.

The pre-sale tickets of "drunken folk songs" in the four theaters also showed a sharp rise. On the one hand, the film itself is so hot that no one can beat it. That's why Sony classic chose New York. This work is known as "song of losers", which truly represents the aspirations and circumstances of wandering artists led by Greenwich Village, It's easy to get the craziest discussion and support in this city.

On the other hand, it's a relatively cold schedule. After the box office frenzy of "hunger Game 2" and "ice and snow Wonderland", none of the heavy works has been released this week, which means that the topic is still on the side of "drunken folk songs", and curiosity and expectation are all concentrated together, The enthusiasm of the hard core audience was further mobilized.

Sony classic is a top public relations expert in the industry. A schedule arrangement, a selection of spot cities, seemingly unintentional but actually meticulous arrangement, has successfully won a great opportunity for "drunken folk songs". Therefore, it soared to the sky and created waves of public screening with the gesture of spot mapping. It's really brilliant!

Although only four theaters have launched the screening, the first round of public praise of "drunken folk" has finally arrived, and all media and audience comments have been officially released. Now is the test time.