The Role of the Film Critic

Their eyes were firmly attracted by the screen.

And this is enough for Kevin, to attract the audience to watch the movie instead of exiting, which has actually proved that this is not a bad movie.

As for the charm of Jigsaw, as long as he watched the last episode, Kevin knew that they would firmly engrave Jigsaw, a classic role in film history, in his heart.

The time in the movie went by quickly, and everyone was addicted to the movie along with the struggle of the protagonist Adam.

The movie ends quickly.

Film critics have written something in the small notebooks in their hands.

On the contrary, Roger Ebert had nothing in his hand. He seemed to look around and found the figure of director Kevin and walked over slowly.

"You're the talented director Steve Kevin, and I'm Roger Ebert."

"Thank you for the compliment, my name is Steve Kevin."

Roger Ebert looked at Kevin with interest and asked his own question.

"How did you come up with a character like Jigsaw?"

For this kind of question, Kevin had already prepared in advance in his heart.

So it is natural to answer:

"I grew up in a welfare home. During my growth, I have seen many old people die in front of me."

"Most of them are suffering from illness."

"At the same time, I have also seen many of my classmates who don't respect life. They are addicted to sex and are in the middle of it."

"Wastely squandering their lives, they didn't regret it until the pain came to them."

"For this reason, I created a murderer like Jigsaw in the movie. He didn't kill people casually."

"It's for the purpose of teaching people to value their own lives. At the same time, in the movie, Adam didn't leave them opportunities for those who didn't value their lives."

"It's just that they didn't grasp it."

"…"

Kevin was talking eloquently here, and Roger Ebert on the side nodded again and again.

From the point of view of this character, the realm of Chainsaw Horror has far exceeded the average movie.

It has its own mind there.

While making people feel terrifying, it is a metaphor for persuading people to cherish the inner nature of life. There is no doubt that this is a rare masterpiece.

After getting enough information from Kevin, Roger Ebert decided to write a good review for Chainsaw when he went back.

Such a good work should be seen by more people.

Dean on the side looked at them talking so happily, and was somewhat stunned. You must know that the old guy Roger Ebert is not good at all.

The only thing the studios can do is pay him to shut up.

As for getting him to praise a movie, it must be something Roger Ebert himself truly loves that movie to be able to do.

Such a stubborn old guy who doesn't even know how to earn money, actually had such a happy chat with the director Kevin.

"Haha, Director Kevin, you really are a genius."

Roger Ebert praised Kevin again and turned away.

Dean moved his pace and came to his side and said:

"You are Roger Ebert's son?"

Kevin's face darkened, what is his son, can he speak.

"Don't get me wrong, I haven't seen Roger Ebert in such a good manner with people in a long time, and as you can see, he's not a gregarious guy among film critics."

"However, his film reviews can always unearth some unexpected things, and he has a great influence on the reputation of a film."

Dean explained.

Kevin nodded. Roger Ebert's name had also been heard in his previous life, but he only knew that he was a famous film critic.

Of course, in this day and age, film critics are very influential.

If not necessary, he had better not offend these people.

After answering these questions for him, Dean took Kevin to find Shay to discuss the next premiere.

As for these film critics and paper media people, there are naturally other people who receive them and receive money from New Line Pictures, so they naturally won't talk nonsense. There is still some professional ethics.

...

Seeing Kevin and Dean arriving, Shay waved quickly and asked them to come over.

On the table in front of him is something called a schedule ticket, which records in detail the information of the movies that have been released before and that will be released soon.

Terminator 2, The Silence of the Lambs...

These are all movies that have been showing for more than a few months, and Kevin can't help but be thankful that in this October and November, when the North American box office is off season, there are no hard bones.

And it's almost Halloween.

According to the normal broadcast time, they will be able to wait until Halloween.

Every year Halloween is a great time for horror movies to come out.

But Halloween is not the only one of them, and other film companies will not miss it. Choosing Halloween means that they have to compete with other movies.

There are only so many movie theaters, if you have more, others will have less.

This is your life-and-death relationship.

Shay is seeking his opinion?

Kevin guessed.

"There are several movies that are currently in theaters, but the upcoming Halloween, as the first choice for horror movies, is very competitive."

"Kevin, I need you to promote it in major universities..."

Shay said directly.

"no problem."

Kevin agreed directly.

Of course, he will not refuse this kind of promotion that is beneficial to the movie box office.

After agreeing, the next step is naturally a series of detailed discussions.

The specific promotion time was put on the day before Christmas, and the first stop was Kevin's alma mater, the movie theater next to the University of Southern California.

Before that, preheating is naturally indispensable.

.....

The next day, Kevin got up, bought a newspaper from the hotel entrance, and then went back to his room to watch the critics' comments.

"The genius work of a genius director. This Halloween, you must not miss a good work. In this film, you can see how Jigsaw punishes those who do not cherish life in the name of God... "

"This year's most worth watching horror film, I promise in my name, this will be a more classic horror film comparable to the Silence of the Lambs released in February this year. If you don't watch it, you will definitely regret it."

Kevin smiled, Silence of the Lambs, the investment capital of about $1 million was not as high as his Chainsaw Cry.

However, the cost of publicity is estimated to be similar to his.

There are always people who believe that a good movie must have a box office. In Kevin's opinion, this is bullshit.

Shawshank's classic redemption, the investment of 25 million US dollars, only barely recovered 16 million US dollars, and finally reluctantly relied on word of mouth to counterattack, and finally recovered the cost slowly in the DVD market.