Chapter 129: Why is it popular (please subscribe!)

"Because the audiences of the two shows are completely different."
This is the answer given by Nancy Josephson, and then made some simple explanations for Duke.
In fact, to sum it up in one sentence, the audience of Oprah’s talk show is very different from the potential audience of Duke’s films. As long as anyone with a little understanding of the former knows, 70% or more of the audience is 40%. Housewives over the age of, and mainly small-town housewives, but what about Duke's movies?
This fast-paced movie with visual impact as its selling point, the main audience is the crowd between the ages of 17 and 35, and it is definitely male! Even if there are many female fans among them, they are often young girls rather than housewives.
Who can expect housewives to pay for such a movie?
After listening to Nancy's explanation, Duke immediately thought of what kind of movie the housewife likes best, the romance that he loves to the death.
Yes, Oprah’s talk show is very famous, but it’s not suitable for every film actor or director. Directors like Duke’s style, apart from the influence that the show’s fame can bring, actually do not bring much benefit, at least There is not much benefit for now.
If one day, Duke transforms to shoot a housewife movie, he will definitely contact Oprah.
10°C,
Duke did not follow the announcement of the team's national run, but staying in Los Angeles was also busy with work. Independence Day was quietly spent on the run around. "Independence Day" also slightly changed yesterday's downward trend on this day, and the box office ushered in After a small rebound, I got 18.56 million U.S. dollars in a single day. No matter how big the surrounding resistance is, the film firmly strides toward the 100 million U.S. dollar mark.
The old day is over, a new day comes, the sun rises and sets. In the studio in the suburbs of Chicago, the bright lights have never been extinguished. It seems that this is the only way to illuminate the darkness in Roger Albert's heart.
Upon receiving the news from the agent, the leading film critic turned on the TV. After switching to the Fox Channel, the eyes hidden behind the glasses looked coldly at the young director who was ranting on the show.
"Why did the film critics attack me and my movie fiercely? I think there is something that everyone might have overlooked. "Independence Day" until now, the film critics scored only 3.1 points, while the 120,000 audience The praise rate was as high as 85 percent. A large number of audiences ignored the critics' criticism and poured into theaters to watch "Independence Day." The fact that the audience did not care about their film reviews was the cause of the anger of the film critics."
Roger Albert's face was gloomy. Duke Rosenberg is completely exposing the scars of their industry, and he has no intention of stopping.
"Do you remember how the film critics evaluated "Star Wars" in the 1970s? Cheap entertainment and Lucas' doomed child! As a result? Star Wars has become one of the most powerful cultural symbols in the United States. The voice responded to the critics' attacks, crushing all their dignity."
There were bursts of harsh laughter on the TV. It was the sound of the audience. Roger Albert’s expression turned cold. He was one of them back then, and the film critics have long been tacitly stopped mentioning this. Things. That young director put their scars in front of the American audience again!
"Although "Independence Day" is not comparable to "Star Wars", it will not fall under the attack of film critics. The first weekend box office and the high reputation of the audience have proved this. In fact, I only want to say one thing. The film industry and audiences don’t care about the opinions of film critics..."
With his hand on the desk, holding a pencil tightly, Roger Albert seemed to treat the pencil as a young director on the talk show. Can't wait to choke his throat and stop him from continuing.
"There have been such great figures as Andrew Bazin in film critics who have made outstanding contributions to the development of the film industry. However, when the first batch of film critics with high professional and professional qualities retired, what was the status of professional film critics? I don’t know if you have read yesterday’s newspaper. The film critic’s column is full of vicious personal attacks on me. I’m surprised. Is this a film critic that they claim to be instructive? Or is it to teach the audience in the United States how to use it? Vicious words curse?"
Roger Albert's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and although it was only a masterpiece of some film critics, they were directly tied to the entire film critic industry.
"Nowadays, the quality of film critics is getting lower and lower. Apart from verbal abuse, they cannot write any film reviews with real insights. Their knowledge and professional qualities are very poor. What they write insults can also be called film reviews? What is a film review? What Andre Bazin wrote in the movie manual is the film review. Andre Bazin not only made comments, but also played a vital role in the development of the film. Although he is not a director, he is about the film. The theory of this has guided the development of the film industry."
The people on the TV didn't mean to stop at all, just like they wantonly attacked "Independence Day", they were attacking vigorously.
"A true film critic must have a deep cultural connotation, not only an understanding of popular culture, but also a professional understanding of movies. Originally, film critics should be a very high-end profession, but now it is low-end and mixed with a lot People who are very lacking in professionalism go in. These people have nothing to do except use vicious and grandstanding text to win the interest of readers."
"Look back, everyone, in the 1950s and 1960s, what was the quality of film critics? Now, the overall quality of the team of film critics has been seriously declining. How can I still see good film critics now?"
The hand holding the pencil became tighter and tighter, and Roger Albert discovered that the other party was indeed a smart person, and everyone was nostalgic, especially those in the 1950s and 1960s, and those in the industry would definitely miss the original golden age. .
Duke Rosenberg is very good at taking advantage of this!
Although there was a rare compliment in my heart, the people on the TV screen obviously did not intend to let them go.
"Nowadays, most film critics only follow the trend. All commercial films will be defeated. Any fast-paced and full of visual impact will disdain. How can they have their own opinions? Even if their views are sometimes right, a film is really bad. But when they asked them why it was bad, the reasons they said were really shocking, and they didn't have the most basic professionalism at all."
"They never analyze the phenomenon. Nowadays, film critics seem to be deliberately isolating the public and highlighting their own loftiness, but they never analyze why the public favors a certain movie. Anything that is popular must be contemptuous and highlights Your own nobility."
"Film critics are deliberately separating themselves from the public to show their sense of existence, instead of objectively analyzing why a certain film is so successful, where does it attract the audience? What are the advantages? They naturally stand on the opposite side of the audience!"
Hearing the words that pointed to the essence of the facts, Roger Albert's hands suddenly tightened, the sharp end of the pencil snapped, and a layer of anger appeared on his face.
The other party is telling the truth, but it is the truth that all film critics are deliberately avoiding!
If this truth becomes the consensus of the public and Hollywood, their influence in the huge summer vacation will inevitably decline sharply, their income will drop sharply, and they will even be reduced to the award season to highlight their existence!
Finally, in Roger Albert's cold eyes, the young director on the TV exited, but the next section seemed to be specifically aimed at the movie show he and Gene Siskell had seen the other day.
The TV screen shows a mixed cut of some shots of "Life and Death", "Risk to Death Island" and "Independence Day", with Roger Albert's voice sounded entirely advocating.
"Since "Life and Death", Duke Rosenberg's films have been liked by many fans, and reached a peak in "Independence Day." During the three days last weekend, nearly 13 million people walked into the theater. Watching this film and creating a first weekend box office record of $63.08 million in film history, why is his film so popular?"
"Duke Rosenberg attaches great importance to the audience's viewing experience, and has done a great job with three points."
"Love to explode! There are so many explosions that film critics find it annoying, but the audience feels that the money is well spent. Moreover, Duke’s explosions are not the same as other people’s explosions. They used to blow up cars, later they blow up islands, and now they blow up spacecraft. People are pleasantly surprised. From "Life and Death" to "Risk to Death Island" to "Independence Day", Duke Rosenberg's explosion scenes can make the audience feel brand new shocks."
"The picture is beautiful! The wide-angle scene is used a lot, and the picture looks refreshing. The car overturned and exploded on the highway in "Life and Death" and "Breakthrough Island". The angle of view followed the tire rotation. These are rarely seen in other movies. Yes, what Duke Rosenberg shows to the audience is always the freshest excitement."
"The theme is clever! The themes chosen by Duke are highly conceptual, and he likes to use unconventional background settings, such as the intense excitement brought by the protagonist of "Life and Death" concentrated in a high-speed narrow space, such as "Independence Day" Human beings are forced to fight back! Highly conceptual works can attract people only by relying on story outlines. The movie has not been released, it has already caught people's attention."
"In fact, there is a sentence that is most appropriate to summarize, Duke Rosenberg has the talent to attract audiences!"
Sitting there, Roger Albert gradually recovered his calm. This show used the areas he and Siskel criticized as a propaganda point, bleaching the black things in their mouths into white, according to "Independence Day". Judging from the box office trend in a few days, I am afraid that the publicity effect will not be bad...
Turning off the TV and thinking quietly for a while, Roger Albert has to admit that it is not a wise choice to compete with a popular summer director and film at this time. It seems that he should gradually converge. Don’t make it to the end.
He will be waiting for Duke Rosenberg during the most powerful awards season for film critics! (To be continued...)
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