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Needless to say, the explanation given by Takeshi Iwata is really not complicated.

The first one is this year's schedule!

Why is this the first article?

How obvious, because whenever you can open your eyes, you can understand the future a little bit.

That is, the North American box office trend from November last year to around January 11.

Then it can be completely concluded that North American film distributors and theater companies, you... are off the mark!

First of all, Takeshi Iwata really wants to be sure.

The Hollywood movies in the early 90s are really the golden age in the history of movies on this planet. Too many classics were born in this era, and there are many kinds of movies in this era.

The Hollywood movies of this era are countless times stronger than the later Hollywood movies that were pinched by super-English movies!

However, with so many good films and so much wonderful content, North American distributors and theater companies have all screwed up.

As a director who graduated from a major, Takeshi Iwata certainly knew that the film "Aladdin" was actually the box office champion in 1992.

"Home Alone 2" is No.2.

The translated "Yihai Xiongfeng", which is too convincing and elegant, ranked fifth!

And several highly anticipated movies like "A Muppet Christmas Carol" and "Toy Corps" and "Avatar Come" are actually very bad at the box office.

Let's put it this way, Takeshi Iwata remembers the classic movie "Scent of a Woman", and the box office of this movie is around 6000 million US dollars.

None of the few movies with strong Christmas elements exceeded this data.

Therefore, the theater chain did not arrange good schedules for good movies... The "good" here is of course the box office.

It seems that "Scent of a Woman" was scheduled in early December, while "The Heroes of the Righteous Sea" was better, and it was scheduled in the middle of December.

This created a situation where Hollywood actually produced not bad movies in 1992, including many classics.

For example, "Nuns Are Crazy", "Bodyguard" and "Lethal Weapon 3" in the summer file all achieved very good box office, all of which exceeded [-] million.

However, if you look at the final summary.

Only "Aladdin" topped $2 million this year.

In fact, this data is not outstanding, only more than 2 million. Fortunately, the global box office took 1 million, which can be regarded as saving some face.

The conclusion is that in the current North American film market, as far as distribution companies and theaters are concerned, they still have not grasped this market well.

To put it a little deeper, they don't really understand what kind of movies fans want to see.

Maybe this is a bit exaggerated, but it is indeed true, because movie fans are actually growing, and everyone's appreciation is changing.

So, how does Takeshi Iwata explain this problem?

Of course he wouldn't say it, I knew those theater guys were idiots, so I found a gap and took the opportunity.

What Takeshi Iwata said was very ingenious, he just said directly that theater companies don't really understand the current movie fans.

All of a sudden it's taller.

The second article just follows the above topic.

What kind of movies do current North American fans like?

Iwata Takeshi's statement is also very simple, and Li Jufu.

What kind of movies do North American fans like?

In fact, you can see it this year.

What movie was popular before?

"Nuns Are Crazy", "Bodyguard", "Lethal Weapon 3", by the way, there is another movie that is also very popular, "Instinct".

The one who starred in this movie was Sister Shitou's aunt later on. This woman succeeded in getting off, but her brain was controlled by something, and what she said was not human.

Let's not mention what happened later.

Just watch these movies, these movies that are getting the most attention at the moment.

How do you feel?

It's already very clear, it's entertainment, I just want to watch popcorn movies.

"Nuns Are Crazy" is funny, not to mention "Bodyguard", this film was criticized by many film critics, the plot is simply too speechless.

It is basically Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, the box office brought by these two top stars.

As for "Lethal Weapon 3" and "Instinct"... To put it bluntly, Hollywood movies these days are the same as later Internet articles.

Shuangwen can sell well!

So, based on the above two points, don't you understand it.

"Fast and Furious 2" is a cool movie, this is a popcorn movie!

When North American movie fans get tired of the rich Christmas feast during the Christmas season, what will they choose?

Naturally, it's such a cool movie, a movie with good scenes, and it doesn't seem to take much thought, and the plot is not so clichéd.

Therefore, Takeshi Iwata certainly has enough confidence, he has long believed that he will succeed.

As for the others, it is of course also because of the original box office performance of the movie "Fast and Furious 2".

Indeed, the original film did not achieve much success at the box office, and it was a small loss after all.

But after all, this movie still continues the previous popularity, and there are still many fans who buy it.

In other words, the current Takeshi Iwata is also taking advantage of this, he knows that fans will support this second part because of the previous first part.

Plus a 'little' point.

"Mr. Keanu Reeves, I must say, you are indeed handsome, and you have attracted a lot of audience for our movie."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

I figured it out, because Keanu Reeves also performed very well in the previous "400 Years of Surprise".

In other words, Dracula in this movie, the original vampire, is played by Gary Oldman.

This guy's acting skills are really good, so good that it's hard to think that this could be him.

Takeshi Iwata's 'explanation', anyway, he said everything he could say.

The main reason is that he has that powerful advantage, so he seized the opportunity in filming and the psychology of movie fans.

This time it was a surprise victory.

As for the box office...

The low-budget horror film "Happy Death Day" has grossed more than $5000 million at the box office.

Don't underestimate the box office results. According to the normal ranking, this should be able to enter the top 30 this year.

Moreover, "Scent of a Woman", which is recognized as a classic movie, only had a box office of more than 6000 million.

So, what about this "Happy Death Day" plus "Fast and Furious 2"?

"Ha! The box office has exceeded [-] million US dollars!"

Vin Diesel is a real flatterer.

Well, Takeshi Iwata also understood in his heart that this guy's background is indeed inspirational enough, but this guy's character is indeed problematic.

In my memory, when I worked on the "Vegetarian Chicken" series with Dwayne Johnson, this big bald head revealed a lot of character.

The funniest thing is that this guy even posted a photo of him with the boulder, who is bigger than the boulder.

The truth is to understand the beauty.

However, the current Takeshi Iwata still...uses this guy if he can use it, and this guy is so good at making rainbow farts.

So, it's fine.

But in fact, Takeshi Iwata thinks about the box office of the movie, what does he think of the outcome...

"Actually, the next key is the DVD era, and the video tape market is about to undergo a major reshuffle!"

It turned out that this was his real purpose.

The technological innovation in the video tape market, if Takeshi Iwata can seize this opportunity, to develop DVD in North America.

So, his money...it's the same if he doesn't have money, the key is the future, the future!

It will probably be on a scale similar to the original Netflix.

Of course everyone is happy with what Takeshi Iwata said, but how is this DVD made?

Of course many people don't know, but Takeshi Iwata has already prepared.

"Franzes, I need you now, I hope you can provide me with enough help, about the Mafia."

"Ah...OK!"

Franzes didn't expect that he could get involved so quickly.

Takeshi Iwata is making a new film?

Everyone cast puzzled eyes, wanting to know what he was going to shoot.

And Takeshi Iwata said this time, "I want to make a TV series."

A film director making a TV series?

Probably no one will know now, but this is actually the change that will happen in Hollywood in the future...

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Chapter 343 "Breaking Bad" and Xiaonin's Pressure

Movies and TV, the order of these two things is still very clear.

Movies came first and television came later.

And these two things themselves have many connections.

At least the most intuitive, both of these are video art.

However, there is still a big difference here.

Even, this distinction itself carries quite a lot of unexpected things.

Movies always emphasize light and shadow, because they are indeed based on light and shadow, but TV does not, because TV actually transmits 'signals'.

From this point of view, the movie seems to have that kind of 'feel', that is, the feeling of being tall.

However, the emphasis on this feeling is actually man-made. Simply put, someone is telling everyone that what we see with our eyes, movies and TV are both images, but there are 'essential' differences.

This is indeed intentional.

We humans, what we see with our eyes is transmitted to the brain to form an image. Whether it is a movie or a TV, the imaging is in our brain, and they are all images. That is to say, there is not much difference.

But someone told us that there is an essential difference.

why?

The reason is simple. Even today, there is a gap between movies and TV!

And this gap is artificially created.

Television appeared later, and it became popular immediately after it appeared, and it has the momentum to replace movies immediately.

Back then, TV really messed up movies.

Even many filmmakers, who make a living in this industry, feel a deep crisis.

Of course, the capitalists are the most dangerous ones. Those guys are all in a hurry and do something quickly.

But those who make movies cannot make TV dramas!

That's right, there was really such a rule back then, as if the opponent was sanctioned because they couldn't beat the economy.

History is but a cycle.

But then something interesting happened.

For example, Hollywood went on strike, especially the screenwriters at the time. Most of these guys were left-wing and very aggressive.