A month after it was released, the " Ghostly Shadow craze " continued.
Ever since it won the box office in the second week,< Smart: Paranormal Activity continued to dominate the August box office!
In the third week, the box office reached a record breaking 51.13 million! In the fourth week, the box office sales dropped slightly, still reaching 50.65 million USD!
Paranormal Activity's box office earnings were now close to 150 million USD!
Even though the famous director Peter Jackson's special effects film, Gorilla, had been released, it had failed to steal the limelight from Paranormal Activity.
Such terrifying dominance also made more curious audiences head to the cinema.
They just wanted to know what kind of magic this film had.
For this reason, the Los Santos Times finally revealed the truth of the film after many investigations:
"This is indeed just a movie. The so-called real events are completely fabricated. The San Diago Police Department also issued a statement saying that there had never been a similar case in their jurisdiction.”
"After our reporter's verification, the director of this film is the male lead, Xuan-Chu. He was a 21-year-old Chinese man.”
"According to Xuan himself and the person in charge of Legendary Pictures, the filming method of this movie is called a pseudo-documentary. This was the director Xuan's exclusive invention. I believe everyone can feel the charm of a pseudo-documentary…"
The truth was revealed!
After this report was forwarded by all the major media outlets on the internet, people finally recognized the new young director, Xuan!
Then, the media dug out the cost of the film.
"6000 USD! Can you believe it? Only 6000!"
"According to the box office statistics of cinemas, the current show, Smart: Paranormal Activity's box office earnings hit 153 million USD!”
"I really don't know how to describe this crazy movie. Paranormal Activity would go down in the annals of film history.”
Of course, not everyone was boasting about Paranormal Activity.
Roger Ebert, a member of the North American Film Critic Society and a well-known film critic, wrote a film review saying,
"This playful home video is an insult to the word movie!”
"Whether it's the quality of the picture, the filming technique, the narration of the story, or the acting skills of the male and female leads, all of them are terrible!”
"Just to scare people, the director played house!”
"I really don't know why young people nowadays are chasing after such films.”
"Movies are an art!"
"Think back to Hollywood's golden age! There were so many outstanding films, and every director was creating for the sake of art!”
"This kind of movie has soul and weight!”
"On the other hand, other than the sensory stimulation, we can't see any artistry in this film.”
"The youngest director? I think he's just lucky."
"In another 20 years, everyone will only remember works that have passed the test of time. This kind of crude film will soon be forgotten!”
Roger Ebert had more than six million fans on Face, and everyone loved watching him attack movies with sharp words.
He also often showed his professionalism and criticized many movies.
Once this review was published, it was quickly reposted by Roger's fans.
Many middle-aged and older movie fans agreed with his point of view.
Many children had watched Paranormal Activity and were clamoring to buy a DV to record the supernatural events.
In the eyes of most parents, this was simply nonsense.
As a result, many parents boycotted Paranormal Activity and criticized the film.
Faced with the pressure from these parents and the doubts of the older generation of film makers towards Xuan.
Elizabeth Olsen was very worried for Xuan.
Actually, she had been quite happy recently.
Xuan had paid her 5% of the box office earnings for the past few weeks.
The two of them did not sign a contract. They only agreed verbally.
Xuan could keep the money for himself.
According to the contract, Elizabeth Olsen's pay was only 3000 dollars.
Recently, she had also moved out of her old apartment and moved to a famous 400 square meter high-end apartment in Luosheng City.
He finally bought his favorite Porsche Panamera.
Of course, the improvement of these material conditions was one of the reasons why she admired Xuan.
It was more because of Xuan's talent, his personality, and his handsomeness…
In short, Sister Ao didn't realize that her mind was filled with Xuan.
After seeing a lot of negative news about him recently, Elizabeth Olsen couldn't help but call him.
"Chu, you're still awake, right? I didn't wake you up, right?”
Xuan couldn't help but feel his heart ache when he heard Aomei being so careful.
She was clearly a big star, but her fans on social media had exceeded three million.
However, she did not have the air of a big star. She still looked like a girl-next-door.
"No, you know, I'm used to staying up late. Besides, I'm very happy to receive your call.”
" Ah…" Sister Ao's face couldn't help but heat up. Then, she remembered what she had said.
"By the way, I saw some people slandering you recently. That's because they don't understand you. Don't take it to heart. You know, I've always been your number one fan! You're creating with your heart, not playing house…"
Sister Ao stood up for him. Xuan was surprised and touched.
He did not expect this girl to miss him so much.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. The words of those old fellows didn't affect me. Just wait and see…"
"Eh? What are you doing?"
Soon, Sister Ao knew the answer.
It turned out that Xuan had used his own account to post a message and manually tagged the film critic Roger Ebert.
"Hello @ Mr. Roger Ebert, I'm the young Chinese director you mentioned, Xuan.”
"First of all, I'm very happy that you contributed to the box office of my movie. I'm also very sorry that you didn't get any pleasure from the movie.”
"My original intention of making a movie was not for entertainment. He just had an experimental idea and wanted to give it a try.”
"Fortunately, the movie fans like this method of filming very much. I'm very happy to bring fun to everyone.”
"After all, people go to the cinema mainly for entertainment, right?”
"Movies are constantly developing and improving. If we are always immersed in the glory of the past, how can we develop and create new things?”
"You should know this, right? After all, movies were originally an innovative art form.”
"In the 1920s, some people said that movies tainted the art form of drama.”
"Do you find this sentence familiar?”
"Back to the main topic…since you said that movies nowadays lack artistry.”
"As a young film maker, I have no choice but to do so.”
"For my next film, I intend to challenge one of the representatives of Hollywood's golden age, the musical.”
"I want to prove that young directors have artistic cells too.”
Whoosh!
Xuan's post was quickly discovered by several media outlets and reposted.
In just an hour, his Tweet had completely entered the hot list!
He was the horror film director who had topped the box office for three consecutive weeks. He was currently the most mysterious and popular young Chinese director.
He actually wanted to film a musical from Hollywood's golden age!
Xuan was declaring war on Hollywood's veteran film artists!
He used seemingly polite but actually sharp words to fiercely accuse Roger Ebert of being conservative and out of touch with the times.
At the same time, he also wanted to confront her head-on. Since you said that a young director like me doesn't understand art?
Then I'll use the method you're best at to film a work for you to see!
Who doesn't understand art!
The film industry was in an uproar!
This Eastern kid…How dare he?
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