When " Taiping Wheel (Part 1) " directed by John Woo was released, this Chinese-language masterpiece was speculated by the media to be the winner of the Lunar New Year festival. The final box office results were shocking, and it did not even beat the production cost of a film in the same period. To "Peace Wheel" one-tenth of the youth films. Later, John Woo said about this film: "It's very painful. It's a pity that this movie was sacrificed."
The investment in "Tai Ping Wheel" exceeded 400 million. In order to recover the cost, the film studio asked John Woo to make a movie from the beginning. They divided it into two episodes to make money, but later they felt that this was not enough, and they believed that the only way to make money back was by changing to a 3D version. John Woo said: "But in the end, I didn't earn anything back." What made him even more uncomfortable was that what he got to the theater was the first version of the film that he had completed in a hurry. When he planned to make a fine cut, he was blocked by the producer. John Woo said: "I feel I'm sorry for all the actors, and I'm also sorry for myself." John Woo once tried to release a director's cut before the release of the next episode to restore his reputation. As a result, the producer's boss asked him: "What is the director's cut?" ?"
Zhao Baogang mentioned Feng Xiaogang in an interview: "People think that a director of a commercial film will lose money, but he is not prepared for the success of " Assembly Number " and " Tangshan Earthquake ". Feng Xiaogang thought that "1942" would not lose money, but it turned out that this movie made him stumble.
starring Zhang Guoli revealed that after the film was released, it was the first time he saw Feng Xiaogang shed tears because of the box office. And he didn't know how to comfort the other person at all, so he had to blame himself for the failure. "Is it because I don't have box office appeal as an actor, so your box office is not high? Don't worry, it may be because you chose me wrong." Hu Xiaofeng, the executive producer of "1942" said that this failure made him Feng Xiaogang felt very guilty. He wanted to take the photo but it cost the company so much money. So before Feng Xiaogang recovered from his condition, he insisted on filming the New Year film " private custom ". The film had a bad reputation, but it had already made money back through advertising alone.
When preparing for the filming of "Westward Journey", Stephen Chow changed his previous low-cost production style and invested 60 million yuan to make this movie. As a result, the box office suffered a waterloo, and the newly founded company went bankrupt, and the film's director Liu Zhenwei was also hit hard. Later, he revealed in an interview show that the reason why he announced his retirement from the film industry was because "Westward Journey" made him too sad. At the time, he thought his movie script was very genius, but the audience didn't expect it to be a tragicomedy and couldn't accept it. Liu Zhenwei went to the midnight show to see the audience's reaction and then went home dejected. As expected, he was really scolded. During " Night of Souls ", he told Stephen Chow that he was ready to retire. After retiring from acting, Liu Zhenwei received a call from Wong Kar-wai and found out that "Westward Journey" suddenly became popular a few years later.
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