Chapter 13 The Role of the Cinema Critic

His eyes were firmly attracted to the screen.

And that's enough for Kevin, being able to attract the audience to watch the movie instead of leaving, which really proved this is not a bad movie.

As for Jigsaw's charm, since watching the last episode, Kevin knew they would firmly record Jigsaw's classic character in their hearts.

The time of the movie passed fast, and everyone was addicted to the film with the fight of the protagonist Adam.

The movie ends quickly.

Cinema critics wrote something in the small notebooks in their hands.

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

"You are the talented director, Steve Kevin, right? I'm Roger Ebert."

"Thanks for the compliment, my name is Steve Kevin."

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

"How did you create a character like Jigsaw?"

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

So it is natural to answer:

"I grew up in a nursing home. During my growth, I saw many elderly people die in front of me."

"Most of them are suffering from disease."

"I also saw many colleagues of mine who do not respect life. They are illegally addicted and in the midst of it."

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

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

"It is for the purpose of teaching people to value their own lives. In the movie, Adam leaves no opportunities for those who do not value their lives."

"It's just that they didn't understand."

"…"

Kevin was eloquently speaking here, and Roger Ebert beside him nodded several times.

From the point of view of this character, the kingdom of Saw greatly exceeded the average movie.

It has your own mind there.

Although it makes people feel terrifying, it is a metaphor to persuade people to value 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 criticism for Saw when he returned.

Such a good job should be seen by more people.

Dean next door looked at them talking so cheerfully and was somewhat stunned. You should know that old Roger Ebert is not good at all.

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

As for making it praise a movie, it must be something that Roger Ebert himself really loves that the movie can do.

Such a stubborn old man who doesn't even know how to make money, in fact, had such a happy conversation with director Kevin.

"Ha ha, director Kevin, you really are a genius."

Roger Ebert praised Kevin again and walked away.

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

"Are you the son of Roger Ebert?"

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

"Don't interpret me badly, for a long time I didn't see Roger Ebert in such a good way with people and, as you can see, he's not a gregarious guy among film critics."

"However, your movie reviews can always reveal some unexpected things, and it has a great influence on the reputation of a movie."

Dean explained.

Kevin waved his head, the name of Roger Ebert, he had also heard of his previous life, but only knew he was a famous film critic.

Of course, nowadays, film critics are very influential.

If not necessary, it is better for not offending these people.

After answering these questions to him, Dean took Kevin to find Shaye to discuss the next debut.

As for these film critics and printed media people, they are naturally received by others and will naturally not speak nonsense after receiving the money from the New Line Pictures. There is still some professional ethics.

...

Seeing Kevin and Dean coming, Shaye waved quickly and asked them to come.

At the table ahead is something called programming ticket, which records in detail the information about the previously released films and the movies that will be released soon.

Terminator 2, The Silence of the Innocents ...

These are films that have been on display for over a few months, and Kevin can't help but thank that in October and November, a period of offset at US box office, there are no hard bones.

And it's almost Halloween.

According to normal transmission hours, they will be able to wait until Halloween.

Every year, Halloween is a great time for the release of horror movies.

But Halloween is not the only one of them, and other cinematic companies will not lose. Choosing Halloween means they will have to compete with other movies.

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

This is a relationship of life or death.

Robert Shaye is asking for his opinion?

Kevin guessed.

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

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

Shaye said directly.

"No problem."

Kevin agreed directly.

Of course, it will not refuse this kind of beneficial promotion for the cinema box office.

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

The specific time of the promotion was placed on Christmas Eve, and the first stop was the University of Kevin, the cinema next to the University of Southern California.

Before that, preheating is naturally indispensable.

.....

The next day, Kevin got up, bought a newspaper at the hotel entrance and returned to the bedroom to watch the critics' comments.

"The genius work of a genius director. In this Halloween, you should not miss a good job. In this movie, you can see how Jigsaw punishes those who do not value life in the name of God..."

"The horror movie that is worth watching this year, I promise in my name, this will be a more classic horror movie comparable to the silence of the innocent, released in February this year. If you don't watch, you will surely regret it."

Kevin smiled, the silence of the innocent, the investment capital of about $1 million was not as high as his Saw.

However, it is estimated that the cost of advertising is similar to his.

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

The classic redemption of The Shawshank Redemption, the US $25 million investment, barely recovered $16 million, and finally had mouth to counterattack and finally recovered the cost slowly from the DVD market.