A few days before the opening of the China Overseas International Film Festival, the sales of movie tickets in those venues can only be said to be quite average.
However, when the film festival started pre-selling tickets for the advance screening of "The Truman Show", they had just gone online and were sold out in just a few seconds!
Moreover, movie fans who have not bought tickets are asking for tickets at high prices on the Internet.
Even though "The Truman Show" was screened in advance, it chose a large auditorium that could seat more than a thousand people. However, because this is a film festival, there are fans from all over the country and even all over the world. In addition, this movie can be said to be the most watched movie this summer.
Therefore, those few votes are naturally not enough to fill the gap between teeth.
As a result, a movie ticket that was released in advance was sold for thousands of dollars on the Internet!
But more fans are petitioning for more shows.
The China Overseas Film Festival Organizing Committee also contacted Li Yi and others to communicate in the hope of adding a few more shows.
In the end, three additional shows were opened, but they were still sold out in seconds.
It's impossible to add more. After all, it's not time for the real movie to be released yet.
And with the current popularity, it can be said that it will be useless to open any additional games.
Some media interviewed many tourists who had traveled thousands of miles to come to the China Overseas International Film Festival, and several of them said they came for "The Truman Show."
This shows that the popularity of this movie is simply terrifying!
Of course, on the other hand, although "The Truman Show" is very popular, the specific content of the movie has not been strictly covered up yet.
This actually aggravated the curiosity of movie fans.
The media also reported on this event.
"The advance screening of "The Truman Show" was enthusiastically sought after by movie fans. Tickets were sold out within seconds of opening, and the popularity is still unabated after opening three additional shows!"
"The Truman Show will be screened in advance at the China Overseas International Film Festival on June 20, and all tickets have been sold out!"
"Movie fans traveled thousands of miles just to see it in advance, and "The Truman Show" took the spotlight and became the most popular film at the China Overseas International Film Festival!"
This also made more movie fans who were unable to go to the China Overseas International Film Festival or did not buy tickets feel depressed.
It’s true that this movie has whetted everyone’s appetite for too long.
Ever since the sky-high price of embedded advertising, "The Truman Show" has never ceased to be popular. Every once in a while, some hot topics will appear.
Soon the time came to June 20th.
The theater where "The Truman Show" will be screened in advance is Dragon Palace International Cinema, one of the designated theaters of the China Overseas International Film Festival.
The screening hall of "The Truman Show" is the largest theater in Dragon Palace International Cinema, a super theater that can accommodate more than 1,200 people.
In fact, at tonight's advance screening, half of the audience present are media, film critics, as well as domestic and foreign filmmakers, celebrities, etc.
And Chen Wen also brought a special guest.
The artistic director responsible for film selection at the Cannes Film Festival and the famous French filmmaker, Albert Frey.
Chen Wen is the best actor at Cannes, and the first best actor crown he won at the three major European film festivals was in Cannes. Therefore, to a certain extent, he can be regarded as a direct descendant of Cannes.
He and Albert Frey were old friends.
Although Albert Frey is only the artistic director responsible for selecting films, he is the assistant to Gil Grant, the chairman of the Cannes Film Festival.
The main purpose of Albert Frey's visit to the China Overseas International Film Festival this time was for Li Yi.
Of course, it was also because Chen Wen strongly recommended Li Yi's new film "The Truman Show."
Although Li Yi can be said to be a truly famous director in the commercial film circle, he is still a little less interesting in the literary and artistic film circle.
After all, almost all the awards he received were domestic awards.
The influence of China's domestic film awards is basically limited to the country. As for the Oscar, he won the award for animated short films. This is something that only domestic animation fans will pay attention to, and others will not pay attention at all.
Albert Frey actually didn't value "The Truman Show" that much, because commercial movies are always commercial movies.
Li Yi's past works are almost all commercial-oriented.
It can be said that the intersection with the literary and film circles is not deep!
Not only Albert Frey, in fact, there were many celebrities from the international film industry present.
Some of them are just here to watch the fun, after all, "The Truman Show" is really popular.
It’s so popular that you can almost hear it mentioned at film festivals.
At the same time, Du Xianghai and Fang Long, two old friends in the film critic world, also appeared here.
"It is rumored that "The Truman Show" is actually a literary film, but who has ever seen such a big fight in a literary film?" Fang Long couldn't help complaining as he looked at the packed theater.
"Haha, literary films and commercial films are inherently relative terms. Since the movie has more than 400 million ads embedded in it, this movie can no longer be related to literary films!" Du Xianghai said with a smile.
"Well, to put it bluntly, the question is not whether it is an art film or not, but that the director is Li Yi! This guy can always come up with something." Fang Long sighed.
"What I'm curious about now is whether this movie will be his usual style again?" Du Xianghai said with a sudden smile.
"Anyway, I've developed a habit. Have you brought any? If not, I can give you a pack." Fang Long took out two packs of tissues and said with a smile.
As they say, even if "The Truman Show" is a literary and artistic movie, this movie is no longer an ordinary literary movie.
Who has ever seen movie tickets for literary and artistic movies that are so hard to get?
Who has ever seen an artistic film attract countless attention before filming begins?
Who has ever seen a literary movie scalper increase the ticket price tenfold?
Who has ever seen hundreds of millions of dollars worth of advertisements placed in literary and artistic films?
Anyone who calls this a literary movie would probably get slapped in the face!
But only people like Li Yi who know the complete plot of the movie know that this movie is really a literary film!
Of course, it doesn't matter whether it's literary or not.
The lights at the scene dimmed.
The screening of "The Truman Show" has officially begun.
The first one to appear on the big screen is still the familiar "director Li Yi's work"!
For many early Li Yi fans, these six words have already become a label.
It seems that as long as these six words appear, this movie will definitely not disappoint you.
After the subtitles passed on the big screen, images began to appear.
The producer played by Chen Wen wears glasses and talks to the camera: "We are tired of actors' pretentiousness, and we are also tired of the explosion scenes and computer special effects. In some respects, although Chu He lives in a fictional world, but he himself is not fake at all. There is no script or cue cards. Although this may not be a masterpiece by a famous artist, it is definitely a fake. This is a true record of life..."
This is obviously just the first scene of the opening, or even the first line of dialogue.
But there was a burst of noise in the theater.
Du Xianghai felt like his scalp was numb, and Albert Frey felt like his skin was getting goosebumps!
Both Liu Fei and Chen Jingning's eyes widened! Looking at each other.
In fact, when they think of the name of this movie, the sky-high price of product placement, and the description of Chen Wen's character in the opening scene, they can vaguely guess something.
But if it is what they think, then this idea is too terrifying. It is simply a god-level idea that makes the hair stand on end!
