The box office that goes with the wind

Oscar 2022-01-01 08:02:08

Making a war movie is really a thankless job, not only tiring, but the conditions are also very difficult. Moreover, it also tests the director's skill: war films often mobilize the masses of the people to act as cannon fodder, dead bodies, prisoners of war, or large forces. If you are not careful, a "corpse" laughs and you have to start again.

And most of the war movies are very expensive, in jargon, "Budget is not easy to control". Wu Yusen planted a tumble on this, and his face was ashamed, and he still hasn't risen up yet.

It is said that the budget of "The Wind Whisperer" exceeds 120 million U.S. dollars, not including the 50 million U.S. dollars in publicity expenses. However, the global box office (including North America) has a mere 70 million, and it has almost lost everything. Poor MGM, can you say you can't go broke.

But Wu Yusen is really not good at this subject. His old man just made a magnificent war movie into a shootout! There is no way, who makes Lao Wu good at this.

But Old Wu didn't give up yet. The foreigner's war was not filmed, so I filmed China, so "Red Cliff" was created. As for the evaluation of "Red Cliff", forget it, I won't say much...

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Windtalkers quotes

  • Ben Yahzee: He wondered about cowboys watching Indians' backs. Something about it didn't seem right.

  • Joe Enders: I ain't that drunk Yahzee, you cut that horseshit out.