[US Entertainment] 1994

"Good morning Carlos, did you sleep well last night?"

On the second day of Christmas, it was raining in Los Angeles. Outside the window was a foggy world. A row of grass grew on the eaves of the neighbor’s house. Josh lay on the window and looked at it for a long time. in place.Seeing that there was no one around, Josh smiled and pressed a kiss on Carlos's lips, then shrank back like a thief.

He felt like he had done something bad, and his eyes were bent into the shape of crescent moons.

The three brothers and sisters Tom, Lisa and Colin accidentally witnessed all this in the corner of the stairs: "..."

"I just don't understand why everyone wakes up at this time." Serena muttered, "Mom, I'll go back to sleep and call me when they're done."

Everyone returned to the room in unison and lightly.

After breakfast, Walter's family went to the other side of the street to enjoy the Christmas show.

Josh deliberately wore a peaked cap to hide behind Tom and Colin, but from time to time there were still probing eyes looking at him.Seeing a familiar neighbor, Josh smiled and waved, and soon got a more enthusiastic response: "Elsa saw the poster of your new movie in the cinema, and our whole family will go to support it on the day it's released!"

Everyone in the neighborhood knows that Walter's family has a big star, but the neighbor's youngest son Josh is different from the big star Josh after all, but the neighbors are not star fans, they are just a little strange about the profession of actors, At most, when drinking, I will brag about a bull:

"That big star Josh, I hugged him when he was naked!"

Soon, the eyes on Josh decreased a lot, and he was finally able to concentrate on watching the performance.Every year, there are performances of various styles on the street where the Walter family lives. The performers are all amateurs. Naturally, their performances cannot be compared with professional singers and dancers. However, the nearby neighbors They still clapped their hands loudly to give the performers the greatest encouragement, and Josh clapped his hands desperately, his palms turned red.

Carlos looked at Josh tenderly, raised his hand like him, and clapped hard.

"Old Hill will retire next year. He had a heart attack some time ago. It will be very difficult to watch his performance in the future." Tom shook his head and said with emotion, "Not many young people are willing to do this now. gone."

"Because it's all free. Mrs. Hill told me some time ago that Old Hill planned to ask the government for some funds to attract more people to participate, but was rejected. Congressman Thomas told him that the government has no budget for that at all."

Tom sighed lowly: "When I was young, Hill and his friends performed on the street. Today's young people think the show is boring. They would rather go to the arcade to play games, but for us Said, Old Hill's performance is more than that, Lisa, do you remember, I..."

"Of course I remember, before Colin was born, you told Hill you were going to be a dad, and they did a baby dance for us with the whole team, and I was so happy during that time, Colin was healthy and became A spirited lad."

"Colin was also danced with Hill on his neck. He was so scared that he cried and urinated on Hill."

"Hahahaha, it was really interesting back then."

Colin whose name was mentioned unexpectedly: "..."

Looking at the younger siblings who were secretly delighted and Carlos who was calm but must be laughing, Colin couldn't help but a drop of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Josh suddenly said, "Dad, how much money does Old Hill plan to apply for?"

"$10." Tom said casually, as if he had come to his senses suddenly, his eyes stayed on Josh for a long time before hesitantly asked, "Josh, are you going to fund..."

"I have this idea, Dad, you know, $10 is not a lot to me, but if it can make all the neighbors enjoy the show, I think it is worth paying some money."

Tom smiled: "Old Hill wants to use the money on personnel training, food expenses and part of the performance fee. Now fewer and fewer people are willing to perform for free. He is very worried that the future Christmas performances will disappear. And Now the old Hill is not so stubborn, he has already started to discuss business cooperation, even if he is not around in the future, the performance should be able to continue."

Colin said: "I pay half."

Tom and Lisa looked at each other and smiled at the same time. Children, they are so proud.

As a professional in the financial industry, Colin finalized the funding before the end of the Christmas holidays. In addition, he also reached an agreement with the block to donate a sum of money to nearby schools, including the alma mater of the four Walter children. , for the education construction of schools, subsidizing children from poor families to study, purchasing a batch of educational facilities, and part of the money is used for the construction of public facilities. Tom has complained more than once that there are no chairs for him to rest in the nearby park .

After the Christmas break, Carlos returned to Los Angeles first. Although the Walter family was still embarrassed by his status as "Josh's boyfriend", they were not so repulsive at last.

Tom even sent him out of the house himself.

Josh rested at home for an extra day before driving back to Los Angeles to continue his busy work.

After Christmas, the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association also announced the winners of the association awards. Fortunately, Josh won the two awards with his superb performance in "Schindler's List". The Best Supporting Actor Award from the Film Critics Association, overwhelmed his biggest rival Tommy Lee Jones in momentum.

At the end of December, "Schindler's List" was released on a small scale in 12 theaters across the United States, and the films released at the same time included Universal Pictures' "Invincible and Invincible 25", a movie about human and dog love that gained a lot in the first episode. With excellent reviews, Universal Pictures is obviously full of hope for the second part of the film. The film was released on a large scale in more than 2 theaters across the United States, and the number of films even surpassed that of Julia Roberts and Denzel Roberts, which were released on the same day. "Assassination of Gannets" starring Washington.

A week later, the classic animated film "Batman vs. The Phantom Man" of the Warner Bros. Batman series was released, and the comedy "Forgotten Friends" was also released on the same day. Of course, the release of these films is similar to "Schindler's List". " has nothing to do with it at all, and Universal only selected some theaters for trial screenings, but the final result obviously made Universal, an established film company, happy.

In the first week of its release, "Schindler's List", which was released in 25 cinemas, achieved a box office of 78 US dollars, with a single-house box office of 3642 US dollars, ranking 31345th in the total box office in a single week, and the single-house box office is even more impressive. , setting an excellent record for the first place in the box office of a single hall this month!

Looking at the entire 1993, "Schindler's List" also ranked among the top five single-house box office results!

In addition, "Schindler's List" broke the record of World War II movies held by the film "Memphis Belle" released in 1990-this theme has never been favored by American audiences. No. "The final box office is only more than 2700 million U.S. dollars.

But "Schindler's List" undoubtedly made a good start. After that, in 1998, Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" set a double record at the Oscars and box office that year. , the Italian film "Life is Beautiful" of the same theme was also well received at the Oscars, becoming one of the most popular films of the year.

Subsequently, a series of films about World War II such as "Pearl Harbor" and "Inglourious Basterds" were gradually recognized by the audience, which also made this theme a theme that Hollywood dared to touch.

Almost on the night when the box office came out in the first week, Josh received a lot of congratulatory calls. Even those film critics and media who did not recognize the commercial value of "Schindler's List" before its release changed their tunes and began to speculate about the film. The box office that a movie will earn after its release.

Of course, there are also discordant voices.

Josh's old friend, The National Enquirer, still analyzed the reasons for the inevitable failure of "Schindler's List" from different angles. Josh was criticized blindly from the perspective of personal grievances.

Despite this, the sales volume of the "National Enquirer" is still far ahead among the newspapers and periodicals, which deeply explains the love of American readers for gossip news.

But in addition to the "National Enquirer", the old literary magazine "Village Voice" founded in 1955 also expressed a negative attitude towards the commercial prospects of the film.Founded in Greenwich Village, New York, the magazine mainly focuses on art, culture, music and dance, film and television drama reviews, and its readers are mainly American literary intellectuals.

"Village Voice" did not deny the artistic value of "Schindler's List", but in this magazine's view, although "Schindler's List" has achieved excellent results in small-scale releases, this film is black and white after all. The content of the narration is also relatively heavy, and I am afraid that it will not be able to attract more audiences into the cinema to watch.

"Village Voice" magazine is not denying "Schindler's List", but questioning the entire film industry's appreciation of movies, using the content of the magazine's review article to explain:

"The film industry is booming, but the audience's artistic aesthetic ability is far weaker than that of 50 years ago, and even 30 years ago, technology and business armed the film with colorful pictures, and the audience began to only pay attention to the picture, while ignoring the true nature of the film. Connotation, this is undoubtedly worrying."

In addition to the "Village Voice" magazine, the British "Sight and Sound" magazine also expressed concern about the prospect of "Schindler's List", but the German media expressed a optimistic attitude towards the prospect of the film being released in Germany. The degree of repentance for World War II has always been ranked among the highest in the world.

Time soon came to January, and the battle for the Golden Globe Awards finally started. Josh was calm on the surface, but his heart was already boiling like water, tumbling non-stop.

The author has something to say: Today’s first update. I moved yesterday, so I didn’t write an update in the evening. Today I went out to do a broadband transfer. There should be another update tonight. Yesterday’s update will be updated today if it’s too late. to tomorrow.