~： One hundred and fifty five - film noir

"If Wayne Greenberg is an alternative in the heavily homogenized Hollywood assembly line, then "Joker" is the most ambitious and sincere masterpiece in the genre, and it is definitely not an exaggeration to say that this is a dark epic!

Throughout the whole film, in terms of script writing, performance, directing and conceptualization, it has exceeded the social height of a comic book film, and even from this film alone, we can understand all the social problems in North America!

This masterpiece of DC comics planned by Wayne Greenberg, although it is played by a villain as the protagonist, has almost no positive characters in the whole film. But it fully shows the indifference and hypocrisy of the upper class, and the cruelty and stupidity of the lower class.

This tells us that all those who have been insulted, maimed, bullied and oppressed may become "clowns" once they are twisted and crazy! Therefore, this film is also a warning to North American society! "—Roger Albert, "Chicago Sun Plates."

The leader among film critics, a former Pulitzer Prize winner, not only gave "Joker" a perfect score of 10 in his column, but also gave him an iconic thumbs up!

And these critics' columns in the media are only a small part of the various accolades. From Saturday morning, "Premier", "Los Angeles Daily Entertainment", "Hollywood Reporter", "Movie Weekly" and other professional film magazines, are also one-sided praise!

"It's not a superhero movie at all. You can think of this as a crime movie with a low-level petty citizen as the protagonist. This is definitely the most profound analysis of human nature in the comic book movie." -- "Washington Post"

"The film has an excellent atmosphere for Gotham City, with dark and damp roads, streets full of rubbish, and a riot that is about to break out. This kind of environment, coupled with a tragic life experience and a bad day, is enough to force an honest poor man into To the abyss, from rational kindness to numbness and madness, every step of the transformation is real and believable." -- "Film Weekly"

"This film continues the usual production style of Wayne Greenberg, with a gloomy and twisted human nature, a story of ups and downs, and the characters are full of struggles, madness, and accusations. Let this two-hour film, every fan It will be thought-provoking to read..." -- "abc daily news"

On Saturday and during the day, after yesterday's wide-ranging acclaim from fans, as well as the unanimous Amway from various media in the morning, "Joker" far surpassed "The Heroes of the Mountains", which opened in the same period, in terms of attendance and viewership, and there is no suspense. became the top trending video of the weekend.

Movie fans have a herd mentality. The more a movie with a long queue is sold, the more it can arouse the herd mentality and curiosity of ordinary movie fans, followed by buying tickets and queuing to find out.

As the reporter with the most interviews on Wayne Greenberg, Bella Grant drove out a feature overnight and successfully published it in the "Los Angeles Times" where he worked.

This special report similar to a movie viewing guide is extremely provocative, and its fundamental purpose is to arouse the curiosity of the public, so that more people can go to the theater to buy tickets...

For a movie that has been a hit since its release, it is important to attract as many audiences as possible into the theater, but it is equally important to guide the audience who have seen it to repeatedly enter the theater to watch, and give them a sense of participation in the gradual interpretation of the film series.

Warner Bros. has done this kind of public opinion guidance from the beginning. They have not relaxed at all about publicity and marketing. The second day after the film was released, it began to throw suspense through the media, seducing fans who have seen it to find the answer again...

By lunchtime on Saturday, the statistics had been faxed to New York, and handed over to Wayne through the hands of agent Jimmy.

After seeing this simple two-page printing paper for the first time, not only Wayne himself, but also Harry-Berry and producer John, who ran the publicity work together, knew that although this film caused very few Part of the debate, but the overall reputation has been rising all the way, and the box office has shown a trend of high opening and high going!

No matter how you look at it, it indicates that Wayne will create a big summer bomb this time. At least in the North American region that has already been released, it will definitely crush all the movies released in the same period!

"The box office on the first day was 39.35 million US dollars. My God, Wayne, God can't stop us now!" Harry-Berry opened and closed his mouth unconsciously in surprise, looking at him with a dull expression.

"In a random survey by Warner Bros., more than 96% of the audience gave a rating of A or above. Such a terrible public reputation indicates that the film must have a strong box office trend. Wayne, you have succeeded again, this time. It will be more violent than all previous successes!"

Warner Bros. production manager John hugged him, and the information expressed by these data has made the emotions of this publicity group directly high!

Looking at the excited people around him, Wayne's hand holding the fax was shaking with excitement. In this era, this achievement is definitely an unprecedented bomb.

As for the fact that there is no follower, Wayne can't even think about it. There will be another box office bomb at the end of this year. At that time, who is higher and who is lower than the dinosaur and his clown will really have to compare. Know.

"Okay, friends! There are still many promotional activities waiting for us, and it's too early to be happy!" Thinking of the next series of various activities, Wayne immediately felt a headache and calmed down.

Flying from one city or even two cities a day, almost getting off the plane is endless interviews with reporters, interviews with local TV stations, fan meetings, and even sleeping time on the plane. This is the test they will face during this time. .

Therefore, it is never easy for a movie to get a high box office smoothly.

The good news is sure to cheer people up, but it wasn't long before Wayne and the others showed up at a New York theater, a fan meeting and the final stop for Joker's New York promotional campaign.

Facing the siege of reporters after the event, Wayne could think that Nicolas Cage and his side would definitely be more difficult, after all, he is the hero of this film and the most popular one.

"Director Greenberg, whether it is the previous two films or this "Joker" is full of black attributes."

Just after Wayne left the theater door, a chubby reporter stopped him, raised the tape recorder in front of him and asked loudly, "Since you appeared in Hollywood, all the films you've made are noir films. Does that mean you can't make movies normally without this dark story?"

"There are already a lot of directors who shoot socially sweet scenes! I want to try to reflect some real social issues in the film, it has nothing to do with whether I like dark stories or not."

The main purpose of his visit this time is to promote, of course, he is willing to cooperate with the media and give them something that can be promoted and hyped. Wayne looked at his agent and saw that Jimmy wasn't rushing, which meant there was still enough time for the plane.

So he took the reporter's tape recorder, thought for a moment and asked back: "The core of the story of the black attribute is just an expression of the film. From the feedback at the box office, the public fans can also accept such a serious pastime, you Don't you think film noir is also very elegant and beautiful?"

Without waiting for the reporter to continue to ask questions, Wayne continued: "Noir films have never lacked audiences, and they have never lacked classics. Roman Polanski's "Chinatown", Billy Wilder's "Sunset Boulevard", John -Houston's Falcon of Malta, I'm just following the path of the masters and trying to make a film like that.

The artistic expression of film noir is as elegant and charming as this black pearl by my side. It explores the dark and evil in the depths of our human nature as the main control idea, and explores how the real society overwhelms and devours the good side of human nature. "

Feeling that what he said seemed a little difficult for the reporter to understand, he said another sentence. "Film noir can let the public understand the darkness of human nature in reality, and also allow movie fans to enjoy the ingenious storytelling, discovering and understanding the evil in human nature and the darkness of society. For me, this is a kind of enjoyment! "

It has been more than 20 years since Wayne came here. He is very fortunate that he has watched so many types of films on the other side of the Pacific Ocean where there is no room for film noir.

On the contrary, films of this nature have always had no shortage of audiences in the mature film market of North America. Even on a global scale, the genre has no shortage of crazy fans.

The reporter obviously didn't like his expression, and continued to ask: "As far as I know, many movie fans have become very negative after watching "Joker" They have lost hope of working hard in life. , what do you think about this?"

"Those who have lost hope in life just because they watched a movie, how fragile their defenses must be? And as far as I know, more movie fans have seen the "Joker", and they are obviously worried about their own feelings. Life is more cherished, and Arthur's experience has inspired many people from it!"

After saying this, Wayne stopped answering the reporter's questions, and hurriedly walked to the car, preparing to rush to the airport to fly to the next city, Boston.

"Joker"'s first-day box office figures and explosive audience word-of-mouth were inevitably used by Warner Bros. as a publicity stunt, which would arouse the curiosity of more passers-by and audiences and let them enter the theater.

Audiences who have watched the film have spontaneously formed their own circle of friends with various Amway, and more and more people have begun to enter the theater and line up to watch this film that has become a social hot spot just after its release.

At the same time, black communities like downtown Los Angeles also experienced another movie-watching frenzy. Black buddies lined up and started going into the theater to buy tickets to watch movies. The last time this happened was back to "Escape from the Dead Town" a year ago.