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Emergency dismissal, and finally “disregarded” Quentin again.
Yesterday, the film “Hollywood Past”, originally scheduled for release on October 25th in China, was confirmed to be dismissed. According to the exclusive news of foreign media THR (Hollywood Report), the biggest reason for the film’s dismissal was the controversial depiction of Bruce Lee’s image in the film. Therefore, Li Xiaolong’s daughter Li Xiangning complained to the film bureau and asked to modify her father’s image in the film. .
And if Quentin allows the film to be modified, a second release is allowed.
In less than half a day, Quentin clearly stated on the other side of the ocean that he refused to delete the “Halloween of Hollywood”. Therefore, Bona Pictures participated in the joint production and was responsible for the promotion of the film in the Mainland. It can be said that it officially ended the mainland. Business journey.
A moment, the news shocked the whole network, which can not help but reminiscent of the emergency dismissal of the “Jiang Ge” that was rescued six years ago. The practice of Bruce Lee’s “insulting China” and Bruce Lee’s daughter’s use of “reviewing” weapons to report against the film has once again sparked heated debate.
From 2013 to 2019, Quentin dismissed twice
This hard-hitting Quentin is not always the case.
Returning to the beginning of 2013, six years ago, the “Saved Jiang Ge”, which won the best supporting actor and best original script in Oscar, was introduced to mainland China. This is also Quentin Tarantino. The film was officially released in mainland China for the first time. Because the film has more bloody violence scenes, fans are also surprised that the film can be successfully reviewed.
The current general manager of the Beijing Cultural Film Division, Zhang Miao, was the producer of the “Ginger” issuer. The director of the Chinese region of Sony Columbia, according to an interview with Zhang Miao, Quentin personally participated in the editing of the mainland release version. . “The so-called bloody violence is just a means of serving the theme of the film. Fine-tuning does not affect the nature of the film. For example, the color of the blood is darker and the height of the blood is lowered a bit.” Quentin knows how to adjust, and must It is his own editing, you can give him advice, but it must be his hands.” It can be said that Quentin made a big concession for the smooth release of the Chinese market.
For the Chinese mainland market, the introduction of film deletions has always caused great harm to the film’s box office and word-of-mouth public opinion performance. Therefore, the film’s original director/main creation personally participated in the re-cutting, and it can also be retained to some extent. The original tone of the film slows down the “discontent” of the audience. 2017 “Wrestle! Dad’s 140-minute version of the mainland is also personally attended by Amir Khan.
Back to Quentin, “The Gee Gee to be Saved” was originally released on April 11th, but suddenly at around 9:00 am on the same day, the theaters across the country received a verbal notice from China Film, “Jiang Ge” because of “technology The reason is to suspend the screening nationwide. This is also the first film in mainland China to be dismissed for “technical reasons.”
After one month on May 12th, the film was re-edited and re-released in the Mainland. However, the film showed only 3.7 million box office on the first day of the film, and eventually accumulated 18 million box office, which ended badly.
For the Chinese market, re-cutThe series, the final ushered in is the end. Therefore, it is not easy to get Quentin to be the scissors of his second film. The Quentin domineering back is not only a helplessness to the Chinese market, but also a response to the film “Bruce Lee” in the past few months.
What kind of Bruce Lee do we need?
According to the THR report in January this year, a substantial portion of the “Hollywood Past” capital comes from China’s Bona Film. According to outside speculation, as early as the second half of last year, Bona Films began to operate the “Hollywood Events” mainland release plan. Therefore, he did not hesitate to take out part of the “Fire Heroes” that was being filmed at the time and exchanged with Sony. Therefore, as a joint producer, Sony also scored a piece of “Herofire Hero” from the summer box office.
This has also led to an in-depth collaboration between Bona and Sony – Bona is responsible for the release of the Hollywood Events in Greater China and is participating in the film’s global box office revenue. From the cost of 90 million, the global 366 million US dollars at the box office, Bona is undoubtedly the opposite. However, the film, which was successfully released in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, hit the wall in the mainland of Bona.
All of this, related to Bruce Lee who has only a few minutes in the film.
According to the overseas fans who have already seen the film, the image of Bruce Lee in the film is very different from the Bruce Lee we saw in other film and television works. “Pride, love bragging” is suspected of being “ugly.” After the film was opened overseas in the middle and late July, this kind of remarks has been fermenting, and it has also triggered a certain social discussion. Among them, Li Xiaolong’s daughter Li Xiangning is the most intense. She said that Quentin has transformed her father’s image in the film into a “arrogant bastard.”
Quentin responded positively to “Bruce Lee’s arrogance and arrogance, and the power to make a fictional plot.” This also allowed former NBA star Jabbar to fire at director Quentin, saying that “Bruce Bruce is my buddy, Quentin’s film does not respect him.”
But they may never have thought about it three months ago. Now, whether it is the NBA or Hollywood, the Chinese audience may not be able to see it.
In fact, “Halloween of Hollywood” has already premiered during the Cannes in May this year. Chinese audiences, including many Chinese film critics, have already had the opportunity to watch movies, but five months ago. Did not make too much ink on the image of “Li Xiaolong” in the film. On the contrary, after the large-scale release of the film, it triggered a heated discussion about the image of “Li Xiaolong” in the film.
Quentin, born in Tennessee in the southeastern United States, has a lot to do with China. In the early years, he was obsessed with the massive filming experience of the video hall, which made him obsessed with Chinese kung fu and liked Hong Kong movies. As early as 2002, he took the “killing Bill” full crew to Beijing to film, and also selected a lot of Chinese extras, and put elements such as Chinese Kung Fu in the film. It is said that Quentin tried to introduce “Kill Bill” to China, but failed to make it.
If even Quentin’s films involve “insulting China”, now Hollywood movies may have only popcorn movies in the mainland to avoid political controversy in China. Of course, before the release of Marvel’s “Shangqi”, you can’t say too early.
The dramatic thing is that after two months, the Lunar New Year’s film “Ip Man 4”, also featuring Chen Guokun, played by Chen Guokun, the Li Xiaolong who was personally selected by Li Xiangning, is undoubtedly Will be with his master Ye Wen once again “for the country to glory”, on the screen to create a bright and light Bruce Lee.
Celebrity family members are more important than movies?
The Li Xiaolong’s daughter, Li Xiangning’s Appeal Film Board, led to the temporary dismissal of a film that had been successfully reviewed, and it once again triggered a controversy over the current real event/personal adaptation of the film.
In fact, both Chinese and foreign, the influence of film parties on the adaptation of the film is huge.
In 2011, Oscar, the film “Social Network”, described by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, won eight nominations and eventually won the best adapted screenplay award, but the film’s party, Mark Zuckerberg However, he expressed dissatisfaction with the film in a number of public occasions. In the film, Mark was described as a self-sufficient and betrayal of friends.
In addition, live biographies such as “The Story of Jobs”, “Professor Marston and Wonder Woman” have also suffered from the slogans of the descendants of the parties, and even reached the situation of the Bogongtang, but at least every movie Received a normal release treatment.
And for Chinese movies, the films that have been boycotted by the descendants of celebrities are even more numerous. There are two categories in general, one is a film with a celebrity biography. For example, “Confucius”, “Lust Caution”, “Huo Yuanjia”, “Mei Lanfang” and other films were also released, and they all suffered controversy from celebrity descendants. However, several films have also been revised to varying degrees, and they have been successfully released.
Even for the 2017 anniversary of the founding of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the army, “Jianjun Daye”, did not escape this fate. Ye Ting’s grandson and famous director Ye Daying bombarded the young actor Ou Hao, who played Ye Ting in “Building the Army”, and called him “female female”, which also sparked heated discussion.
Another category is a realist film, such as “Dear” and “I am not a drug god.” This type of film is only taken from the story of the prototype character, not a film based on real people. Despite this, the film will still be controversial by the prototype characters before the release, which will have a certain impact on the marketing of the film.
The current Chinese film’s “real event/personal adaptation” overall environment is far more demanding than Hollywood. Therefore, unlike the annual real-life adaptations and biographical films in the awards season, which occupy half of the world, Chinese films are more focused on dramatic adaptations, lacking more realism.