Chapter 1011： Movies are not a good medicine

Since it is relatively successful as a stage play, "Hairspray" does not lack an audience base, and the Embassy Pictures has also done a lot of work in its promotion.

For example, play the John Waters card as much as possible.

As a recognized "trash pope" in the North American film circle, John Wurster is somewhat well-known among fans, especially "Pink Firebird", which is a typical example of fans who are more banned and more curious.

A musical directed by "Pink Firebird"? This gimmick still attracted the attention of many passersby.

Those who don’t understand the "Hairspray" musical will be very curious. The style of "Pink Firebird" and "Hairspray" is totally different.

Ronan agreed to start the project for "Hairspray". First, the stage play itself has considerable influence. Second, the musical is in a short period of revival, and the investment of 20 million US dollars is not high.

But if you really want to talk about how optimistic about this film, Ronan doesn't remember any information about "Hairspray."

During the internal screening of "Hairspray", Ronan was unexpectedly exciting, and he directly scored nine points.

These nine points are of course measured from the perspective of the commercial market, and basically have nothing to do with the artistic considerations of the film itself.

The theme of the film is in line with the black affirmative movement that has become more and more popular today. The beautiful singing and dancing scenes and the singing and dancing will not make the film heavy, but will make the audience fully appreciate the joy.

Once blacks were slaves in the United States, racial problems still exist today, but they are no longer what they used to be.

In the 1960s, the anti-apartheid movement was vigorous and vigorous. In that era of rebellion, countless movements were staged and have an impact today.

The heroine’s setting is also unique. Fat is considered ugly. Women's topics are always inseparable from weight loss, even though most women are healthy and well-proportioned.

There is another point that cannot be ignored. The acting skills of the heroine Adele may be mediocre, but the film has a high proportion of singing and dancing, which is just conducive to Adele's professional singer level.

The plot or something, in fact, it has done a certain amount of water down before singing and dancing. To be precise, "Hairspray" is a large-scale MTV with 20 songs connected in series, and a singing and dancing performance by a group of leading actors including Adele , Played a very high level.

Adele's several performances are the best in the audience, adding a lot to the film.

Singing and dancing is a big meal, and the other scenes used as accessories are also very good.

Flower shirt, Elvis head, sequined evening dress, brainless princess dress, the United States in the 1960s, the so-called inexhaustible treasure of fashionists.

As a song and dance film, it is necessary to attach importance to viewing first, so "Hairspray" is extremely clever to downplay the authenticity of the plot, and the authenticity of some sensitive topics, such as "obesity" and "race" is alleviated.

Originally, this kind of commercial song and dance film is so lively, and the audience is sour, why bother.

The final film can be said to exceed the expectations of many people in Relativity Entertainment, including Ronan, and they also believe that this film can achieve good results in the North American film market in March.

Although he did not participate in the premiere of "Hair Spray", Ronan has been paying attention to the market dynamics of this film.

The story of "Hairspray" is by no means novel. Through the perspective of a fat white girl dreaming of a star, he can look at the desegregation movement and integrate it into a relaxed and happy environment.

Moreover, the film is always expounding a point of view on "beauty". The fat girl played by Adele, a character who seems to be doomed to fail, won the TV draft victory in the end, and helped black girls gain a historical Only white can reach the top of the championship.

This ending is also in line with the needs of the general trend of society.

"Hairspray" is not a **** comedy, there is almost no special funny content in the film, but the film is like a machine that always makes a smile, which will make the audience's mouth crack from beginning to end.

Even if someone is not interested in the story of the film, the songs and dances of the film can be enjoyed repeatedly.

Naturally, "Hairspray" has achieved success beyond expectations.

On the first day of its release in North America, the film received $14.33 million in 3780 theaters, which surprised many people.

The best thing about "Hairspray" is that while taking equal rights as the theme, it uses singing and dancing to lighten the weight and make people feel more joyful.

Movies are not a good medicine, they can't help people get things done.

However, movies can be used as a kind of spiritual support, sometimes as a kind of spiritual food, to fill the audience's empty spiritual world.

A good movie does not necessarily make people feel comfortable, but a movie that is popular with the public can make people happy physically and mentally. "Hairspray" is undoubtedly the latter.

In the first three days of the first weekend in North America, "Hairspray" earned US$34.69 million in 3780 theaters, beating the "Sniper Life and Death Line" that was drawn at the same weekend and won the weekly champion of the North American box office chart.

The latter was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Despite Mark Wahlberg's eagerness to join, it still came to the end of most sniper films in recent years, with only 14.25 million US dollars in the opening weekend in North America.

Compared with the $65 million investment in the production of the film, Paramount Pictures has a long way to go to recover the cost.

In recent years, movies such as snipers and air combat are similar to war epics. Most of them have ended in failure, and few have succeeded.

The overall market response of the war films that were once popular in the 1990s is not even comparable to that of the short-lived musicals.

On the first weekend of its release in North America, the box office revenue of "Hairspray" has exceeded the production cost, which also brought not a big surprise to Relativity Entertainment.

The box office sales of the film gave John Waters confidence in some ways. He took a friend who had met in Europe with a common hobby and found it in the office of Ronan, the Theory of Relativity Building.

In the reception room on the top floor of the building, John Waters gave an introduction to both parties: "Tom, this is Mr. Ronan Anderson, the owner of Relativity Entertainment Group. Mr. Anderson, this is Tom Hicks, one from the Netherlands Director, screenwriter and producer of

This person's name is very unfamiliar. Ronan looked at him while shaking hands with him.

Tom Hicks is wearing a beige casual suit and a cowboy hat of the same color. He looks about thirty years old.

"Hello, Mr. Anderson." Tom Hicks was very polite: "It's an honor to know you."

Ronan smiled politely and nodded, greeted the two of them to sit down and asked: "Is Director Hicks just coming to North America, or has he been working hard in Hollywood."

Tom Hicks hurriedly replied: "I just came here at the beginning of this year." He glanced at John Waters and said: "I met John in Europe two years ago. The common interests and hobbies have made us good friends. John has always wanted me to come to Hollywood, and I finally made up my mind to come this year."

John Waters added: "Hollywood is highly competitive, but there are plenty of opportunities."

Ronan doesn't know much about European directors, but he knows a lot. As long as they are not those paranoid art directors, many people still hope to come to Hollywood to develop.

Apart from anything else, it may take years to raise funds for a film in Europe.

There are even examples of well-known directors in Europe who spent twenty years together to raise funds from father to son in order to make art films.

This kind of director spirit is worthy of respect, but the film produced lacks an audience.

John Waters said at this time: "Mr. Anderson, Tom came to Hollywood from Holland this time and brought a script he wrote."

Tom Hicks opened the briefcase and took out the bag of papers in it: "I personally hope that I can have the opportunity to make the script into a movie."

Ronan nodded slightly and said, "Can I read the script first."

John Waters winked at Tom Hicks, who opened the file bag, took out the bound script script, and handed it to Ronan's side.

Ronan is also welcome and took it for a quick glance.

This stack of manuscripts is not only a script copy, but also a few conceptual sketches on the top. The sketches are simple sketches that are not particularly clear, but the outline of a human body lying on the ground can also be seen.

Tom Hicks said in due course: "This is a horror-type subject."

Ronan frowned slightly when he looked at the drawing. The three figures on the drawing were lying on the ground and tightly connected together. The face of the person behind seemed to be attached to the **** of the person in front.

He took the drawing aside and looked at the script behind it. The plot began with a typical second-year journey of an American brain-disabled youth. Two American girls drove across Europe to travel, and then met a crazy surgeon.

The retired surgeon is best at performing segmentation operations on conjoined twins, but this time, he has to try completely the opposite for three "patients" including two girls, which is through a terrible The surgery “connected” them together.

He plans to pass through the circulation and digestive system inside their body cavities, and then stitch their bodies one after another, so as to realize his crazy and pathological so-called "dream of a lifetime"-human centipede!

Ronan once watched the first part of this series because the film is famous in some respects. He also knows that he has filmed the trilogy, but he never watched the latter two.

With the usual style and style of Western horror films the sequel is definitely more absurd and disgusting than the first.

There are only three human centipedes in the first part, so why should there be a dozen or twenty people in the next two parts?

Ronan looked up at Tom Hicks, then at John Waters.

The latter shot and produced "Pink Firebird". Although the latter does not know him, it is estimated that he is the author of "Human Centipede".

It can only be said that even if they are separated by an Atlantic Ocean, the two have many topics in common.

"Human centipede?" Ronan said softly.

Tom Hicks then said: "Actually, I plan to name this project "Human Centipede."

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