Chapter 967： Chaos because of despair

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The success of the first three films has brought not only considerable influence to the "Chain Saw" series, but also a gradually solidified audience. The loyalty of fans of horror movies is often relatively high.

On the day of the premiere of 　　, a large number of movie fans with puppet Billy masks appeared in front of the Chiefs Rock Theater and started their annual carnival.

Different from general horror movies, the sales of peripheral products in the "Chain Saw" series can be said to be quite good, and most of the income comes from the proportion of puppets.

These little puppets, masks and other peripheral goods that represent jigsaws and death, there will be explosive sales growth every Halloween.

In October of this year, sales of merchandise related to the ratio of puppets across North America have exceeded US$20 million.

The proportion of puppets has even become the number one star in "Chain Saw" beyond the jigsaw.

Especially when Wen Ziren, the founder of the series, walked on the red carpet with the puppet Billy riding an electric bicycle, the premiere tonight also reached a climax.

In order to promote the film, Ronan also walked onto the red carpet and accepted an interview with reporters in the media area.

"The first time I saw James Wynn's film that year, I was in shock." Ronan's statement is not an exaggeration. Most of the audience who saw the end of the first film felt shocked: "Released Later, the film caught the audience’s attention tightly from the moment it cut into the picture. It was so bold and very clever in the design of the structure, which brought people a very frank and direct fear."

Such praise is not enough. Ronan also artificially raised the height of the film's theme: "However, what makes the film truly unique is its moral seriousness. The story is from beginning to end, not just thinking about it. How can you scare you, but pull you in, think with the character, and what to do to survive. In the contemporary world, whether as an individual or a member of society, you should know this is important To something worth thinking about."

This kind of purely pretending statement is very marketable among moviegoers today.

After the release and offline distribution of the first three films, now fans who tend to support jigsaws have gradually become the mainstream.

There is a view that is very popular among fans of the "Chain Saw" series.

"Because of cancer, the jigsaw has a deeper feeling for life, because we rarely have the opportunity to be so close to death. However, jigsaws are not the kind of people who can comfort themselves with simple and timely pleasures. I don’t even want to travel to Europe to meet the world, but use the concept of survival value as a starting point to observe the moral choices of others."

"The jigsaw's constant deepening of these views eventually prompted him to create this unique survival game. Although the game itself is very abnormal, his purpose is to help people use his hobby of philosophy or the so-called behavior The good intentions of others change this society..."

This kind of viewpoint that seems to be wrong and very nonsense, but it has become more and more popular among North American audiences.

It can only be said that viewers who like this kind of **** horror film may have some problems with the underlying three views.

In an interview with fans at the premiere scene, a fan reiterated this point and emphasized: "This is exactly the reason why I like the role of jigsaw. I want to say that jigsaw is not in the field of horror movies. Out-of-pocket heterogeneous with unique ideas."

I took a photo with the main creative staff of the crew, and deliberately chatted with the director and former assistant Darren Bowsman of Wen Ziren, Ronan walked into the theater.

Wen Ziren was by his side.

This Chinese-American director can achieve great success. Not only is he outstanding in his ability, but his emotional intelligence is also good. He knows that even in places like the United States, interpersonal relationships are very important.

Ronan asked concerned: "Has the filming of "Latent" started?"

"All the preparations have been made." Wen Ziren immediately replied: "The shooting will start at the beginning of next month, and it is expected that all shots will be taken within one month."

Ronan nodded slightly: "It's in time for next year's release."

Wen Ziren said: "After the filming of "Latent" is completed, except for some actors who need to be replaced, I plan to shoot "Calling the Soul" immediately and then post-production for two more films.

This is undoubtedly a very thoughtful director, Ronan fully agrees: "James, you are a producer, you just make the decision."

"Okay." Wen Ziren also understands that the greater the power, the greater the responsibility.

This horror universe movie plan succeeded. He will truly fly into the sky in Hollywood and even the world. If it fails, the consequences will be very serious.

Wen Ziren knows very well that Hollywood has never measured talents by moral and artistic standards. Success and failure are the only criteria.

When approaching the entrance of the theater's projection hall, someone greeted him.

"Hi, old Huang." Wen Ziren took the initiative to greet him and hugged James Huang: "Thank you for coming and supporting."

James-Huang said with a smile: "Your movie premiere, I must come."

Wen Ziren finished his greeting, and then stepped aside. James Huang quickly smiled and shook hands with Ronan: "Good evening, Ronan. Thank you for the invitation from Relativity Entertainment."

Ronan also smiled back: "We have been friends and partners for many years, so don't be so polite."

James-Huang seemed to have something to tell Ronan. He glanced at Wen Ziren's side. Wen Ziren was a smart man and immediately said, "I'm going in."

When Wen Ziren's figure disappeared in the hall, James Huang said: "Ronan, I cooperated with 20th Century Fox. There is no other meaning, but because they offer the best conditions, it is pure business cooperation. ."

Ronan nodded slightly: "I understand, James, it's okay."

Hearing this, James Huang, who was originally worried about the cooperation with Twentieth Century Fox, was completely relieved. Following Ronan’s words, he said: "Except for this movie project of "Dragon Ball", I will not participate in the 20th century. Everything about Century Fox."

Ronan smiled: "James, am I such a stingy person?"

James Huang also thinks about it. With Ronan’s identity and status, it is impossible for him to have an opinion on him because he cooperates with other companies, even if this company is a 20th Century Fox that doesn’t deal with relativity entertainment very much.

It is a very common situation in Hollywood that a director cooperates with different film production companies.

Ronan greeted James Huang: "Let's go, let's go in together."

James Huang followed Luo Nan towards the inside of the theater, and said as he walked: "Ronan, do you have any suggestions for the "Dragon Ball" project?"

Ronan thought for a while, and said, "I told you on the phone last time."

James Huang was silent for a moment.

Looking at the feeling of cooperation for many years, Ronan once again reminded: "It is still my personal opinion. The key to the "Dragon Ball" project is to control the scale of investment."

This is a cliché. Ronan said this to James Huang during the last phone call.

James Wong didn't listen to it last time, this time the same.

James-Huang said: "Twentieth Century Fox's $130 million production budget has been set..."

Ronan didn’t say more about this, because he knew very well that James Wong had been hoping to direct a real first-line production since "Death is Coming", and "Universe Pursuit" allowed him to postpone this. A process, but did not let him give up.

reminded twice, seeing no effect, Ronan was sure to say more useless.

To a certain extent, successful Hollywood directors are very stubborn guys. There have been many famous directors. Because they are not in line with the production company's creative concept, they would rather quit the crew and quit the directorship than they are.

There are not a few directors like this.

Luo Nan said that, after entering the theater, he went straight to the front row to sit.

The lights on the ceiling went out one after another, and the theater went black.

Right across the first row, in front of the lower stage below the screen, there is Billy, a puppet riding on a bicycle, in the dark theater, at first glance, it looks a bit permeating.

Wen Ziren personally put this here, but also to make more publicity considerations for selling peripherals.

Today's Wen Ziren has begun to learn to consider issues from the perspective of producers and film company executives.

"Chain Saw" also officially came to the fourth part When "Chain Saw" continued in its own way, one a year, even though the jigsaw had already died in the third part, The story is still unfolding around the jigsaw, creating and displaying the belief and worldview of the jigsaw in a deeper level.

"What the **** is going on here? Where am I?"

The same thing, appearing in the first two minutes of the first part of "Chain Saw", is the most direct manifestation of the main emotion of the whole story: chaos because of despair, and fear because of powerlessness, of course, including that The sense of panic and fear constitutes the core content of this horror movie.

All the films in the "Chain Saw" series revolve around the tricks set by the jigsaw. As for himself, he is a cancer patient who is dyingly ill. Because of his strict moral orientation, he changes. He has become a genius who specializes in designing terrible "survival games". The players he chooses to participate in the game have no right to refuse. They are people he believes are worthless and necessary for survival.

"Chain Saw" with its unique chord notes touched the nerves of every horror film enthusiast in the world. From classic works such as "Moonlight Light Panic" series and "Munky Street" series, take After that, the baton that can lead the horror movie industry.

Even, this series has become a measure of Hollywood horror film culture. Whether it is in the movie theater market, home theater such as DVD, or TV broadcast and Internet on-demand, it can be regarded as the profit value in the history of movies. One of the highest horror movie series.