报道中还特别介绍《唐山大地震》的发行公司之一华谊兄弟,“作为中国最大的独立制作公司,华谊兄弟已经成为近年来冯小刚的制片家园。”《唐山大地震》制作费用约1.35亿国民币(大约2千万美元),这在中国事一个惊人的投资数字,而超过4000块银幕上放映,这也是史无前例的,这些都凸显了《唐山大地震》制作公司华谊兄弟雄厚的实力和坚实的魄力。“在7月22日全国公映前的几周,《唐山大地震》就已经掀起了愈演愈烈的热潮,亚洲媒体摆足立场信任这部电影给观众带来的催泪后果,许多中国电影工业业内人士都信任,《唐山大地震》将成为中国首部票房过5亿的本土电影。”
冯小刚在采访中承认他在商业片上的成功也让自己感到一些压力,他的解决措施,就是专注在故事本身,而不是担心那些商业上的事情,尽管他也是自己电影的制片人。“在技巧上,冯导是出色的。他非常擅长电影语言,并且熟练自负的应用,这一点尤其体现在对中国当今社会写照上。”香港国际电影节主席Jacob Wong说道,他认为冯小刚作为一个北京人,他如此成功的一个原因是,他有才能用中国的北方语言去构建一个盼望、一个梦和一种敬畏,而其他的中国电影则更像是根源自舶来文化。
《The Wall Street Journal/华尔街日报》报道原文节选
Feng Xiaogang, China's most commercially successful filmmaker。
冯小刚,中国在商业上最成功的电影导演。
Made for 135 million yuan (about US$20 million), a staggering budget in China, "Aftershock" was already creating waves weeks before its July 22 opening in Chinese cinemas. Reports say its premiere earlier this month in a stadium in Tangshan, where part of the film is set, left a great number of the thousands in attendance in tears.
《唐山大地震》制作费用约1.35亿国民币(大约2千万美元),这在中国事一个惊人的投资数字。《大地震》已经在7月22日全国影院公映前的几周,掀起了愈演愈烈的热潮。报道显示此前《唐山大地震》在唐山的首映礼上,让上万观众陷入泪海。
Many film-industry insiders believe that "Aftershock," playing on an unprecedented 4,000-plus screens in China, could become the first Chinese film to break 500 million yuan (about US$74 million) at the box office. Mr. Feng's last movie, a small, endearing 2008 romantic comedy called "If You Are the One," holds the record for Chinese films, having grossed more than 310 million yuan ($45 million). (In a few weeks, Mr. Feng will begin shooting "If You Are the One, Part 2," aiming for release during China's key December-to-February holiday season.)
很多电影业内人士认为,《唐山大地震》在中国超过4000块银幕上公映,这是史无前例的,这同时也预示着此片也将成为中国第一部票房有望突破5亿国民币(大约7千4百万美元)的电影。与此同时,冯小刚导演的上一部作品《非诚勿扰》保持着超过3.1亿元国民币(约4千5百万美元)的票房记录。(再过几周,冯小刚将正式开拍《非城勿扰2》,剑指12月贺岁档期)
Mr. Feng employs a meticulous re-creation of the 1970s and 1980s to full advantage, pulling the heartstrings and imagination back to what many longingly recall as simpler times. He puts to good use his atypical show-business training in the plebeian world of the military drama troupe, where he built stage sets some 20 years ago.
冯小刚导演过细再现了70年代和80年代的特点,把人们的心和回想再次拉回到那个简略幸福的时代。他以自己20年前在部队文工团的经历和教导为基础,更好地施展了自己非传统娱乐产业的平民化的创作特点,
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