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The footsteps of March unstoppably entered Lehman's life. More than half a month has passed since the Sundance Film Festival. "Three Silly Bollywood" still has not been released in various theaters. However, according to Their plan is coming soon.

On this side, the U.S. channel distribution work that Europa Pictures handed over to Paramount Pictures and the finalized screening schedule have not changed as before. They were arranged at the beginning of the second cycle in March, which is March No. 10.

The film will be the first to be screened in 21 art theaters in Los Angeles and New York. The subsequent expansion pace has not yet been decided, and will be adjusted according to the market's acceptance and the response of the box office.

As time was getting closer and closer to the release date of the movie, Lehmann finally saw the news and advertisements of "Three Silly Bollywood" from the media.

He was still in the United States at this time. Although he went back to Cannes, France, he quickly came back.

The members of the team have not changed. Next, they need to cooperate with the work of Paramount Pictures and deal with related matters.

The publicity work is in full swing: the entertainment pages of the second and third-rate newspapers in the Los Angeles area have appeared on the news that the film has won the Sundance Audience Award and will be released; In the way of trying to attract people's attention; on the big screen of some theaters, the trailer of the film is played intermittently...

On Monday, March 3, "Three Silly Bollywood" released the film's first promotional poster in North America in a low-key manner.

On the poster, the three main characters are lined up and looking forward with a smile. The background picture is a beautiful campus. Although they are smiling, their eyes are very lonely, with helplessness and hesitation in their eyes.

It's just a poster, but it seems to tell the story of the movie.

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On March 10, "Three Silly Trouble in Bollywood" officially landed in North American theaters, and at the same time, France, the United Kingdom, Germany and other places also began to screen.

Just as Lehmann's idea was faithfully executed by Europa Pictures, this will be a simultaneous global screening.

In the United States, this screening unexpectedly attracted a lot of attention, firstly because of the influence of Sundance; secondly, because many real voices from the audience who participated in the film festival spontaneously appeared on the Internet, and they were one after another. He said that only after watching the film can one feel the shock, as if walking into Imperial University of Technology in person, and truly feel the depression, unease, sadness and despair brought about by that environment.

Everyone expressed their views and opinions after watching the movie. Combined with the recent publicity work of Paramount Pictures, more and more curiosity and expectations were quietly aroused.

A total of two films were screened on a large scale in theaters in the second week of March.

The previous one was a war action movie starring Mel Gibson, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott and other acting groups, and was also unanimously considered to be the most powerful contender for the weekend box office title this week.

The latter is an American crime movie starring Denzel Washington, Kimberly Ellis and Ron Anabel, but because the theme focuses on a worker working in a factory, some patterns are too small. , This is a flaw for a movie that focuses on crime, plus the director's own limited ability, so it is destined to be difficult to do in the box office market.

Although the two new works have their own topics and publicity focus, the cold March schedule did not appear to be hot because of their addition.

Such an embarrassing time period, coupled with the absence of the main force at the box office of the younger generation, did make the two films extremely uncomfortable.

With such a huge investment, the combined production cost of the two films has exceeded the $100 million mark, but the daily market revenue is not high.

And the film works that have not been released before, have inevitably shown various declines.

It can be said that none of the films released on a large scale in the entire March schedule are the roost, all of which are inferior.

After missing the grand screening of the awards season at the end of the year, most of the works selected to be released during this period are truly independent works released by independent film companies, such as "Personal Speed", which was lost to this time by Miramax segment show.

Compared with Harvey, who didn't pay attention to the work that won the Sundance Award at all, "Three Silly" seems to have more plans.

Neither is the same level of publicity.

In this comparison, the many topics of "Three Silly Raids in Bollywood" easily occupy the conversation of those movie lovers in the art theater chain.

In the two regions, after the films were released in 21 theaters in general, Paramount Pictures made another effort, and for a while, there were many media support.

As a film work that has won awards at Sundance in the past month, film critics who have always been self-proclaimed as the incarnation of artistic ideas are also reluctant to miss this well-received film feast.

Therefore, on the second day after its release, a total of more than 20 media commented on "Three Silly Troubles in Bollywood". Among the works that have been screened in art theaters, it is worth noting that Call it a standout.

"New York Times", "Film Review", "Wall Street Journal", "Los Angeles Times" and other media are unanimously affirmed and praised.

In the film reviews they publish, the index that focuses on recommendation also accounts for most of them.

And the rest also chose relatively positive evaluations without exception. This overwhelming public opinion advantage has opened up the movie screening frenzy, and it has further pushed the media frenzy at the Sundance Film Festival to the next level. peak.

It seems that everyone is amazed at the birth of "Three Silly Troubles in Hollywood". "Variety", one of the two major professional magazines in Hollywood, also said in the latest issue of the release: "God, this Where did the director come from?"

Unlike other media that focus on the work itself, "Variety" focuses on the director of the work, and credits him with all the praise, "Sharp, sharp, agile...Lyman-Last is in his life. In his second work, he directed his talents to the fullest, and in this daring work from the perspective of an Indian university campus, he shows us unparalleled control. A vivid and bright image The combination of colors and the expressive technique of changing freely makes the whole story flow smoothly. It is the joy in the first half, and becomes the sadness in the second half. Such huge emotional fluctuations seem extremely natural. I have to praise him. Sophisticated directing."

"He doesn't look like a novice who just debuted, and he feels more like an old Jianghu, but in fact, this is indeed his second work, and his debut is not known by many people. It's called "Buried Alive", the filming is also very bold, I also recommend to see it. Of course, I can't see it in theaters, but the videotape of the film is still on sale..."

"...I am looking forward to such a young man who can bring us more and better works in the future."

As the evaluation in "Variety" said, the whole of Hollywood is wondering that this 27-year-old director, who is extremely sophisticated in directing, has only had one movie released before this, but it looks like he has been filmed a lot. The experience of the work is average.

Although it is said that people always admire young and famous talents, in Hollywood, or to be precise in the film industry all over the world, in the position of director, in addition to the innate talent and talent, it is also necessary to The control of the overall situation requires the blessing of some experience and social experience, so it is not surprising why most directors usher in the peak of their creative and directing careers between the ages of 40 and 60.

For directors under the age of 30, they are really just starting out.

And it is such a "child" who took over a work of a group drama of the times, and it was really well done.

As we all know, dramas depicting the background of the times will always increase the difficulty of shooting, not to mention that it is a film that focuses on the perspective of education in India~www.novelmt.com~ This makes people wonder how he managed to smooth the story. The conflict between **** and drama itself is the reason why the fusion is so harmonious.

Even the change of the whole movie atmosphere is so untraceable, but it seems reasonable, just like this story itself existed, and it should be done like this.

Reality is the unanimous evaluation of all.

However, for such doubts, people often have methods to explain.

"Entertainment Weekly" once again praised the director of the film, Lehmann, under the title "Sundance Witnesses the Rise of Genius Again".

They also made a comparison between the two with "Quentin Tarantino", who is also known as a genius.

Quentin made his name at Sundance when he was filming Reservoir Dogs at the age of 31.

Lehmann also made a name for himself when he filmed "Three Silly Trouble in Bollywood" at the age of 27.

At the end of the article, in addition to giving unanimous favorable recommendations, they also said in the comments, "Both have extremely dazzling and amazing directing talents, and both have unrestrained inspiration, and they are famous in the same place. , This makes it easy to compare the two of them, I don't know, in the future, what kind of sparks will the two collide with each other, it's really interesting to see!"

This comment, which is full of countless confidence and praise, clearly shows the positive attitude of film critics.

Wave after wave of affirmations are all indicative of the quality of the film itself, so what about the selectivity of the audience and the acceptance of the market? Is this work a hit and a hit, or does the same art as always outweigh the benefits?

The screening results of the 21 art theaters instantly attracted people's attention. What will happen?