Su Ze said: "Blizzard is coming and you have already won an international award. How do you expect a literary film to be a box office hit?"
"Too much!"
"Two hundred million is enough." Kong Xue said with a smile: "It doesn't matter whether you make money or not, as long as the box office is decent, 200 million is just right."
"Don't let those villains succeed!"
Things turned out exactly as Su Ze expected. Three days before the Blizzard, the box office sales skyrocketed, easily exceeding 100 million and reaching 120 million.
The Douban score is locked at 8.4, and the audience's reputation is not bad, but starting from the fourth day, it obviously begins to decline. Sure enough, literary and artistic films are still niche even if they are titled as suspense.
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Netizen 24k: I paid attention to this movie because of Tokyo Movie King, and Su Ze did not disappoint me.
Yu Guowei wanted to leave his mark in the collective, but was abandoned by the times. He wanted to steal honor from justice, but he became a murderer.
The crazy pursuit of the murderer destroyed three lives, and it rained continuously. In fact, justice had already taken effect. A blizzard was coming, but it was a pity that his life had no effect.
Crime is the shell, time is the flesh, and the human heart is the core. The 97 of a crazy little man is black and absurd.
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Netizen Ding Xiaoyun: After watching the movie, I felt like crying without tears. I walked out of the cinema in a state of despair. One moment I was the male protagonist, and the next I was the female protagonist. There were so many inner dramas.
Like the male protagonist, I lost ten years, and then lost another ten years. Maybe I had been hit to death by the roaring train of the times like the heroine, but I didn’t know it yet?
How does a person prove that he or she is still alive?
this is a problem!
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Netizen Lao Kang: Do you think it would be easier to understand the story if you forget the murderer?
The director is using a suspenseful shell to tell the tragedy of an era. In the wave of layoffs in 1997, there were people who had dreams but could not get out, and there were also laid-off husbands who killed their wives if they disagreed.
There are also murderers like Yu Guowei who have been devastated by the times and are heading for destruction step by step. The times have given him paranoia. Heavy rains are endless, blizzards are coming, and everything ends with the roar of explosions.
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Netizen Inland Feiyu: I like the always wet thunderstorm weather in the south, which is inexplicably consistent with the character's anxious and lost mood. The atmosphere of the large state-owned factory in the 1990s and the rundown town is created very well, and there is a kind of desolate trance of falling into the past.
It's a pity that the first half is about cold-blooded murders, and then it becomes less lyrical and lingering, like a soothing literary novel. The characters' emotions and identity changes are blurred, so that the absurdity and desolation at the end seem less touching.
But the faults do not hide the faults, especially Su Ze’s acting skills, which are always worthy of trust!
The Tokyo Best Actor is well-deserved!
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Netizen Dionysus: The gloomy and declining steel town, the never-ending winter rain, the sorrow of the reform of state-owned enterprises, the entanglement of human desire and sin...
The scene of the chase between the steel mill and the railway is a classic. The whole film is filled with a desperate and depressing atmosphere. The youthful passion of a generation is buried in the huge explosion.
And how can you say that the bus that stalled in the snowstorm had no metaphor? Where will they go, and where will we go...
Thanks for letting me see the sorrow and helplessness of my parents’ generation!
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Netizen Vinica: Su Ze is such a good actor! He brought to life the fear and sternness of the factory security section chief. I still remember the scene where he carefully knocked the mud on his shoes before getting on the police car.
Jiang Yiyan is not purely functional, and unexpectedly fits the role very well, but I just don’t understand why the script has to write her to death?
Du Yuan plays the role of the old police officer and he is the character right from the moment he appears, which is really awesome. Finally, I hope that there will be more and better domestic films like this.
Love literary films!
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Netizen Kyogoro: It rains constantly, is cold and gloomy, and the atmosphere is congested. The overall style is similar to "Memories of Murder", and it also looks like a memorial ceremony for an era.
Xin Yukun is already top-notch, and each of the three works is more profound than the last. Then there is Su Ze’s performance, Tokyo Best Actor is definitely worth it.
Yu Guowei is a kind of superfluous person caught in the cracks of the times. They are the victims of the times. When his apprentice died, he did not understand.
When he was suddenly laid off, he didn't understand.
When his girlfriend jumped down in despair, he didn't understand it yet.
It wasn't until the old security guard revealed that the Best Model Worker Award he won in 1997 was meaningless, he seemed to suddenly realize it.
It's a pity that his temples are gray and he is alone.
How sad!
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Netizen Scorpio Xiaozhu: As a die-hard mystery fan, Blizzard Is Coming is obviously unqualified by the standards of genre crime films.
It embodies more of the temperament of a literary film, such as the gloomy images created by Feiyu, the extensive use of cold and dark tones, the serial murder cases that did not reveal the murderer and the truth, the characters who are trapped by the system and the times and can never leave...
All kinds of absurdities and helplessness are like the Snowpiercer that can't start at the end of the film.
But I have to admit that it looks good, at least in line with my personal aesthetic, because you can always trust Su Ze!
His vision and acting skills will definitely not disappoint the audience!
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Netizens are naturally talented: This is not a suspense crime, it is obviously a literary film!
In fact, it tells the story of a man who wanted to do great things and was full of sincerity and enthusiasm, but in the changing times, he was ultimately unable to resist the tricks of fate and the hero's dream was shattered.
The unexpected heavy snowfall at the end, and the long-distance bus that could no longer start, highlighted the tragic tone of the movie.
Su Ze five-star performance!
Undoubtedly the best actor!
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One week after its release, the box office finally exceeded 200 million, and the Douban score was 8.2. The basic potential was exhausted, but Su Ze was already very satisfied with the result.
I knew from the beginning that There Will Be a Blizzard is not a commercially successful movie. If this kind of movie hadn't been awarded awards abroad, I estimate that 99% of it would have failed in China!
This is also the tragedy of many literary and artistic films, especially new directors who are full of enthusiasm and even spend money to make a work, thinking that it will be a blockbuster and shock the audience, but in the end...
Maybe this hidden gem actually has a good work?
But so what!
The domestic environment will not allow anyone to get ahead at all, and going abroad is not a decision that can be made casually. After struggling for a long time, I can only quit sadly.
This is the tragedy of new directors, and it is also a common problem of all literary and artistic films, which are destined to be works that only a niche audience can appreciate.
So for Blizzard to be able to win the Tokyo Best Actor, Su Ze is very grateful and satisfied. The right time, place and people are indispensable, and there is even a bit of an illusion of destiny.
The dust has settled, and I can finally rest assured that although 200 million in box office is nothing, as a literary and artistic film, it can win the grand prize at the box office and not be a hit, so it can be considered a successful completion of the task.
Not to mention the box office revenue is 200 million, so what if it’s 20 million?
What else does a winner of nine major international film festivals want?