Hollywood Director 1992

Although February and March are typically the off-season for Hollywood movies, there are still some films worth paying attention to. Some of these films are directed by famous directors, and some feature big-name actors, bringing their own heat.

After its release, it will become a competitor to "The Blair Witch Project."

According to statistics from Triangle Entertainment's distribution department, there are five movies worth paying attention to recently.

The first is the Mexican film "Like Water for Chocolate." After being released in Mexico, the United Kingdom, and other places last year, it received extremely high praise, with a cumulative box office of $12 million. It will be released in the United States on February 19.

The second is the thriller crime film "Falling Down," directed by the famous director Joel Schumacher.

The male lead of the film is Oscar winner Michael Douglas, with a production cost of $25 million, and is scheduled to be released on February 19.

The third is the crime comedy "Mad Dog and Glory" produced by Universal Pictures.

The male lead is Oscar winner Robert De Niro, and the female lead is the newcomer Uma Thurman. The release date is February 26.

The fourth film is the suspenseful romance film "Sommersby," starring Richard Gere and Jodie Foster, scheduled for release on March 5.

The fifth film is the science fiction film "Fire in the Sky" produced by Paramount Pictures, with a production cost of $35 million.

In late March, there are several blockbusters, including New Line Cinema's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III," "Point of No Return" starring Bridget Fonda, and "Heart and Souls" starring Robert Downey Jr., among others.

Compared with these films, although "The Blair Witch Project" has a lot of publicity, it is still far behind in terms of cast.

Faced with many opponents, can "The Blair Witch Project" break through and create a good result like "Paranormal Activity"? Many filmmakers are taking a wait-and-see attitude.

If "The Blair Witch Project," which is released through hype, also achieves success at the box office, it shows that this kind of publicity is effective, and it can be used as a reference when distributing movies in the future.

"Director Lin, hello, I am your fan, I am very happy to meet you."

At the Bibliothèque Richelieu in Paris, a woman with delicate features came to the long table holding a French version of "Interstellar."

The woman was in her twenties, wearing a beige trench coat and a blue dress, with long golden-brown hair draped over her shoulders, and fluffy bangs that made her look pure and beautiful.

She was like a super deluxe version of Papi Jiang.

"Miss Sophie Marceau? Hello! Are you also my fan?"

Lin Ke stood up and shook hands with the woman.

"Yes, Director Lin, you know me too?"

The woman looked at him with a smile, with a look of surprise in her azure blue eyes.

"Your 'La Boum' is very famous in the United States, but I personally prefer your 'L'Amour braque'. The Marie you played is pure and full of charm. No one but you can play that kind of flavor."

"Thank you! Your book is also great."

Sophie Marceau blinked her blue eyes and smiled.

"I heard you call me director, I thought you would prefer my movies."

Lin Ke said with a smile.

"Yes, your 'Buried' is also very good, but relatively speaking, I prefer your novels. I have read this book three times, and I can memorize many classic lines."

Sophie Marceau smiled.

"Thank you for liking my book, it is my honor."

Since there were many people waiting in line behind, Lin Ke didn't have time to chat. After quickly signing for Sophie Marceau, he continued to sign for the next book fan.

In the past few months, he has continuously participated in more than a hundred signing events, signing for nearly 100,000 people, including world celebrities and international stars. Sophie Marceau is not the most famous, or even the most beautiful.

When he participated in a signing event in Copenhagen, Denmark, he met an elflike beauty with blond hair, blue eyes, and snow-white skin, but by the time he reacted, the girl had disappeared into the crowd with his signed book.

After seeing Sophie Marceau off, Lin Ke thought that the next time he met her would probably be at an awards ceremony or a party a few years later.

It was just that after the signing event, he met Sophie Marceau again in the corridor of the library.

Sophie Marceau seemed to be waiting for him. When she saw him coming out, she greeted him and invited him for coffee.

Lin Ke did not refuse, and followed Sophie Marceau to a cafe on the banks of the Seine, chatting about movies and "Interstellar."

Sophie Marceau is a typical literary youth who loves literature. When chatting about literature, she becomes very interested, her blue eyes sparkle, and sometimes she supports her cheeks, looking at him with admiring eyes, making it difficult for him to resist.

He could only mobilize the stock in his stomach to chat with her about famous writers and works from various countries in the world, about Hemingway and Edgar Allan Poe in the United States, Maupassant and Romain Rolland in France, Turgenev and Dostoevsky in Russia, about Mr. Lu Xun, Tagore, and so on.

Lin Ke has not read all the books of all the great writers, nor can he recite the full text, but he also knows their representative works, the characteristics of the works, and selected chapters.

With these accumulations, it is not difficult to chat with Sophie Marceau, who has not read many books.

The two chatted from the afternoon until the bright moon rose on the banks of the Seine, and the river breeze brought bursts of chill.

When Lin Ke was about to say goodbye, Sophie Marceau invited him to rest at her apartment, which was very close to here.

Lin Ke accepted without hesitation.

One mistake, one song, one hair, one inside, one volume, one look!

After participating in the signing event in Paris, Lin Ke's trip to Europe has ended, and he returned to the United States with the publicity team.

During this trip to Europe, he and the publicity team traveled to 23 countries and regions, 54 cities, and held 73 signing events, selling 2.18 million copies of "Interstellar" in Europe.

It also made the global sales of "Interstellar" reach 6.43 million copies, and it is expected that sales will exceed 10 million copies within the year, becoming the best-selling science fiction novel of the year.

After returning to the United States, Lin Ke temporarily put aside the promotion of the new book and shifted the focus of his work to the movie.

On February 26, after a period of publicity, "The Blair Witch Project" was released in 1,728 theaters in North America.

In its opening three days, it took in $35.03 million at the North American box office.

It strongly suppressed the films released in the same period, such as "Mad Dog and Glory," "Falling Down," and "Like Water for Chocolate," and became the weekly box office champion.

When "The Blair Witch Project" was released, Hollywood film companies and the media paid close attention to the film's box office data.

Although many people can judge in advance through the attendance rate of various theaters and the current popularity that the box office performance of "The Blair Witch Project" is good, everyone was still shocked by the data when the opening box office results came out.

This movie has no big-name actors, no big-name directors, no gorgeous costumes and prop designs, no refreshing music and reverberation, and no artistry or profound meaning.

Apart from being a little scary, there is nothing else. How could it have such a high box office? Is it another "Paranormal Activity"?

Someone calculated that the total cost of completing such a movie would not exceed $60,000. A more skilled director could shoot it for $20,000 to $30,000, which is similar to "Paranormal Activity."

But it is such a low-cost movie that earned $35.03 million at the box office in its opening three days, a profit ratio of nearly a thousand times.

The opening performance is better than "Paranormal Activity."

Some media exclaimed that "The Blair Witch Project" is the next "Paranormal Activity," and the global box office performance may not be worse than "Paranormal Activity."

Some media began to investigate the director of the film, Ed Myrick, and found that he was just an unknown small director who had only worked as a director's assistant and production assistant in other crews twice before, and "The Blair Witch Project" was his debut.

Can such a director also make a blockbuster movie?

Could Ed Myrick be the next Lin Ke?

The media saw that "The Blair Witch Project" borrowed the publicity model of "Paranormal Activity" and achieved extremely high box office results. They published articles saying that the film market has changed and the audience's tastes have also changed.

In the past, Hollywood focused on film quality and used big-name directors and big-name actors to attract audiences.

Now, movies pay more attention to hype. No matter how bad the movie quality is, as long as the publicity is in place, letting the audience know about the movie and generating curiosity about the movie, it can achieve good box office results.

No one knows whether this change is progress or regression.