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March’s footsteps entered Lehman’s life unstoppably. After more than half a month from the Sundance Film Festival, "Three Fools in Bollywood" still hasn’t been screened in various theaters. However, according to Their plan is coming soon.

On this side, the US channel distribution work and the final finalized release schedule given by Europa Pictures to Paramount Pictures have remained the same as before. It was scheduled at the beginning of the second cycle in March, which is March. Number 10.

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

As time approached the movie's release schedule, Lehman finally saw the news and advertisements of "Three Fools in Bollywood" from the media.

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

The members of the team remain the same. Next, they still need to cooperate with Paramount Pictures and deal with related matters.

Propaganda work is in full swing: the entertainment page of the second and third-rate newspapers in the Los Angeles area shows the news that the film has won Sundance audience awards and will be released; some film critics’ columns have also passed or praised or praised or questioned The way, in the effort to attract people's attention; on the large screens of some theaters, the trailers of the film are played intermittently...

On Monday, March 3rd, "Three Stupies Havoc in Bollywood" low-key released the film's first promotional poster in North America.

On the poster, the three main characters lined up in a row and looked forward with a smile. The background picture shows 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 10th, "Three Fools Haunted Bollywood" officially landed on the North American theaters. At the same time, the filming work began in France, Britain, Germany and other places.

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

In the United States, this spot-screening accidentally attracted a lot of attention, firstly because of the influence of Sundance; secondly, because of the spontaneous appearance of many real voices from the audience participating in the film festival on the Internet, they have one after another. Said that only after seeing this movie can one feel the shock, as if walking into the Imperial University of Technology in person and truly feeling the depression, anxiety, sadness and despair brought about by that environment.

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

In the second week of March, there were two films that were screened on a large scale in theaters, "We Used to be Warriors" and "On the Brink".

The previous one was a war action film starring Mel Gibson, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott and other acting actors, and it was also unanimously regarded as the most powerful contender for this week's weekend box office championship.

The latter is an American crime film jointly performed by Denzel Washington, Kimberly Elis, and Ron Anabel, but because the theme is a story about a worker who works in a factory, some of the pattern is too small. , This is a flaw for a movie that focuses on crime. In addition, the director's own ability is limited, so it is destined to be difficult to do in the box office market.

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

Such an awkward time period, coupled with the absence of the main box office of the younger generation, really made the two films extremely difficult.

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

The films that have not been released before have also inevitably shown various declines.

It can be said that none of the films released on a large scale during the entire March schedule dominated the roost, all of them were in bad shape.

After missing the grand opening of the awards season at the end of the year, most of the works selected for this schedule are truly independent works released by independent film companies. For example, "Personal Speed" was also lost to this time by Miramax. Segment released.

Compared with Harvey didn't pay much attention to the work that won the Sundance Award, "Three Silly" seemed much more planned.

Neither is the publicity of the same grade.

In such a comparison, many topics of "Three Fools Havoc in Bollywood" easily occupied the talks of those movie lovers in the art theaters.

After the films were released in 21 theaters in general in the two regions, Paramount Pictures renewed its efforts, and for a while, there were a number of media support.

As for the film works that have won awards in Sundance in the past month, film critics who have always been hailed as the representative embodiment of artistic thought will not want to miss this excellent film feast.

As a result, in the second day after the release, a total of more than two dozen media commented on "Three Fools Haunted Bollywood". This is a work that was put on the art theater line for screening. Call a prominent.

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

And in the film reviews published by them, the most recommended index also accounts for the majority.

The rest, without exception, chose a more positive evaluation. This overwhelming advantage of public opinion opened up the movie's screening frenzy, and further pushed the media frenzy at the Sundance Film Festival. peak.

It seems that everyone is marveling at the emergence of "Three Fools in Hollywood". "Variety", one of the two major industry magazines in Hollywood, also said in the latest issue: "God, this Where did the director come from!"

Different from other media focusing on the work itself, "Variety Show" focuses on the director of the work, and also attributes all the praise to him, "Sharp, sharp, agile... Lehman-Last in his life In the second work he directed, his talents were vented heartily. In this bold work from the perspective of an Indian university campus, he showed us unparalleled control ability. Fresh and bright images The combination of colors and the freely transformable expression methods make the whole storyline turbulent, and it is the joy of the first half, and the sadness of the second half. Such a huge mood swing is so natural that I have to admire him. Sophisticated director skills."

"He is not like a newbie who just debuted, and he feels more like an old world, but in fact, this is indeed his second work, and his debut work is unknown to many people. The name is "Buried alive" is also very bold, and I also recommend it. Of course, I can't see it on theatrical online, but the video tape of the movie is still on sale..."

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

As the evaluation in "Variety Show" said, the whole Hollywood is wondering that this very experienced director, who is only 27 years old, has only one movie released before that, but it looks like there have been many shootings. The experience of the work is average.

Although people always admire young and famous geniuses, in Hollywood, or to be precise, the film industry around the world, in the position of director, in addition to the inherent talents and talents, you also need to indulge. The control of the overall situation requires the blessing of some experience and social experience, so it is not surprising why most directors are at the peak of their creative and directing careers between the ages of 40 and 60.

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

And it is such a "child boy" who has taken over a work of the era group drama, and it is really good.

As we all know, the drama that portrays the background of the times always increases the difficulty of shooting. What's more, it is a film focusing on the educational perspective of the Indian region, which makes people wonder how he achieved the smoothness of the story and the conflict of the drama itself. Sex, the reason for the harmony of integration.

Even the whole change of the movie atmosphere is so invisible, but it seems reasonable. Just like this story, it has existed in itself, and it should be done in this way.

Truth is all consistent evaluations.

However, people often have methods to explain such doubts.

"Entertainment Weekly" titled "Sundance Witnesses the Rise of Genius Again" and once again praised the film's director Lyman.

They also made a comparison with the "Quentin Tarantino" who also bears the name of genius.

Quentin made a name for himself in Sundance when he was filming "The Dog in the Falling Water" and was only 31 years old.

Lehman made "Three Fools Havoc in Bollywood", which also became famous here, at the age of 27.

At the end of the article, in addition to giving unanimous recommendations, they also stated in the comments, “Both have extremely dazzling to stunning director talents, and they also have unimaginable inspirations, and they are also famous in the same place. This makes it easy to compare the two of them. I don’t know what kind of sparks the two will collide with each other in the future. It’s really to be seen!"

This comment filled with countless confidence and praise clearly shows the positive attitude of the film critics.

Waves of affirmation all explain the quality of the film itself, but what about the audience's selectivity and market acceptance?Is this work really good and popular, or is the same art as always more than the benefit?

The click-through results of 21 art theaters attracted people's attention in an instant. What would it be like?