After receiving the budget form sent to him by the public relations company, Lin Junxiu could only sigh that the other party was professional, and even the bill was so expensive. Although Lin Junxiu knew that there must be something fishy behind the bill, he was not a professional after all.

As a novice player, you can only suffer some losses and hang out with professional players. And although the other party may be fishy, ​​at least they still do things sincerely, so they can only turn a blind eye. After all,

If the water is clear, there will be no fish.

In addition to arranging for film critics to comment positively on "The Embalmer" and lobbying the judges, the public relations company is also arranging for the crew of "The Embalmer" to gain familiarity on major radio and television stations across the United States. For people who are not native to the United States,

You probably know a few well-known national broadcast networks in the United States. But once you get deeper into American society, you will know how terrifying the number of media in the United States is.

The territory of the United States is about the same as that of China, but the urbanization of the United States is many years ahead of China. In addition, there are no restrictions on the establishment of media in the United States. Therefore, the number of TV stations and radio stations in major cities in the United States is frightening. Only Los Angeles is the largest city.

For example, there are 26 wireless TV stations in the entire city (excluding the greater Los Angeles area), and these wireless TV stations generally have several channels, ranging from three or four to more than ten. If cable channels are also included,

There are nearly a hundred local TV stations for Los Angeles residents. If you include the coverage of nearby regional and national TV stations, three to four hundred channels are considered few. If you have satellite TV installed at home, the channels you can watch are

Thousands of.

In addition to television stations, there are more than 60 radio stations in Los Angeles. Moreover, the influence of radio stations in American life is far greater than that in China. Los Angeles is a large city, so it is very common to drive for an hour to and from work.

.During this period of driving, listening to the radio is obviously a pastime for most people. This fixed number of radios turned on is even the envy of TV stations.

So if you want to carry out in-depth publicity in Los Angeles, you will have to deal with so many TV stations and radio stations. If you include the daily, weekly, monthly and magazines in Los Angeles, it is estimated that not even a professional public relations person will be required.

My mind is confused.

To be honest, even Lin Junxiu has done some research on the United States, but he was still frightened when he saw such a dense list of media. At this time, public relations companies showed their role. The importance of media is graded. E-level

The media should be completely ignored. Just give them the PR release. If you want to send it, send it to them. If you don't, just pull it in. Although D-level media only send press releases, they will also give them some small gifts. I hope they can send these news.

Come out. C-level media will arrange joint interviews and also give some small exclusive news; B-level media are the media that can invite exclusive interviews and will give interviewers some souvenirs; A-level media will not only

It is necessary to give souvenirs and coordinate the placement; as for S-level media, it is necessary to focus on key placements. With the media classification and interview schedule in place, Lin Junxiu feels a little more relaxed.

"When I was in Japan, I often lamented that there were no reporters for interviews. Today I am afraid of being interviewed by reporters." Masahiro Motoki looked at the dense interview schedule and thick interview outline, and couldn't help but wipe it away.

of sweat.

However, Masahiro Motoki's complaint was clearly a joke, because he knew that the crew was seeking an actor award for himself. Of course, the crew also made it clear to Masahiro Motoki that the best result might be an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.

In addition, he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Movie. Although I know that I am a little regretful that I will not be able to win the Oscar, but it would be a big deal if I could take home the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award.

's lucky.

With these two awards, Masahiro Motoki's status in the Japanese film industry can be directly raised to the top. Although it cannot be said to be compared with the movie emperor Kitano Takeshi, it is still slightly compared with Watanabe Ken, a Japanese actor who has been in Hollywood all year round.

Even better. Masahiro Motoki even thinks that the Japanese government will give him a medal, and maybe he will also get the title of honorary professor of a certain Japanese university. If all of these come true, Masahiro Motoki will change from a actor to a

A cultural person has truly gotten rid of the trouble of being an "actor".

"Motoki-kun's complaint is really misplaced." Ryoko Hirosue, who was sitting next to her, complained with a smile.

This time, the crew of "The Embalmer" only brought Masahiro Motoki and Ryoko Hirosue to the United States for promotion. After all, it is reasonable for the male and female protagonists to promote with the crew. However, most of the space of "The Embalmer" is devoted to shaping Motoki.

Masahiro plays the role of Kobayashi Daigo, so the heroine Kobayashi Mika played by Hirosue Ryoko is a bit weak. It is precisely because of this that Lin Junxiu and Hirosue Ryoko talked about it, and the best result for her is to take

When it comes to being nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama, there is no possibility of her being even nominated for the Academy Award.

However, as compensation for Hirosue Ryoko, Lin Junxiu promised to help Hirosue Ryoko strive for the Film Critics Association Awards in major cities such as Philadelphia, Chicago and Dallas. Although he knew that his award level was far behind Masahiro Motoki, Hirosue

Sue Ryoko was not too disappointed, after all, this would be very helpful for her future stardom.

With the arrival of winter, "The Embalmer" has finally been released in Japan. The company responsible for distribution in Japan this time is Toho, but the theaters it has released include all major Japanese theaters such as Toei, Kadokawa, Shochiku and Nikkatsu.

Line. On the one hand, Lin Junxiu's movies are indeed guaranteed to be successful at the box office, but on the other hand, there is pressure from Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Although Sony Classics, a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment, is only responsible for the distribution of "The Embalmer" in North America, this movie is indeed the most important release film of Sony Classics this year. Therefore, Sony Pictures Entertainment, the parent company of Sony Classics, is very serious in Japan.

Promote the release of this movie. If "The Embalmer" still has a "novelty" mentality for overseas audiences outside Japan, then for Japanese audiences, it is a very daily but also profound representation of life.

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"Sad Autumn" can be found in similar samples in cultural aesthetics around the world, but "Sad Autumn" is unique to the East Asian cultural circle. Many Western philosophers and aestheticians have questions about why East Asians

It is incomprehensible to feel sad before the vibrant summer, and the "Sakura Complex" born in Japan from the "sad spring" aesthetic combined with the local troubled natural environment is an extreme that only Japanese people can appreciate.

Aesthetic.

Japanese people's views on death are very extreme. On the one hand, they pursue the beauty of intense "death", such as the rise of various suicide cultures in Japan; on the other hand, they pursue the beauty of peaceful "death", which is reflected in Japanese funerals.

It can be seen. And it is very interesting that the Japanese are so obsessed with and worship death, but they are extremely resistant to death in their native religion.

According to Japanese Shintoism, "death" is very unclean, so let alone the deceased, even the family members of the deceased are not allowed to approach the shrine within a certain period of time. Therefore, Japanese funerals were first handled by Buddhists from the east.

Later, with the emergence of Western religions such as Christianity, Western religious funerals began to appear. However, even today, Japanese shrines still refuse to hold funerals.

The conflict in "The Embalmer" is very familiar to the Japanese. On the one hand, the Japanese hope that someone can give them the final tenderness after the death of their relatives. On the other hand, the Japanese regard the embalmers and other funeral directors as "

People who are "unclean" will be rejected. It is difficult for Westerners to understand why Kobayashi Mika feels so ashamed and repelled by her husband, Kobayashi Daigo, as the undertaker. But for the Japanese audience, they can easily understand Kobayashi Mika and regard her husband as the undertaker.

I have a deeper understanding of the couple's final reconciliation. Rather than saying it is a couple's reconciliation, it is better to say it is a reconciliation between the Japanese themselves and themselves.

After "The Embalmer" was released in Japan, the first major film review to be published was "Movie Review". As the most senior and authoritative film professional publication in Japan, "Movie Review" not only reviewed the movie, but also commented on Lin

Junxiu is such a great director.

"We once thought that after Akira Kurosawa, there would be no more film masters in Japan. But fortunately, Akira Kurosawa handed the scepter to Kitano Takeshi. When Kitano Takeshi wanted to hand the scepter over again, there was no director in Japan.

You can take it over. I once thought that Japanese cinema was dead, and it might have been time to put the last layer of dust on it. As a result, Shunji Iwai, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Takashi Miike, Naomi Kawase and others stepped forward.

Although they have not yet reached the location of Master Akira Kurosawa, at least there are people on this road. What surprises me even more now is that there are people behind Shunji Iwai and the others who continue to move forward along this thorny road. Movie

Everyone knows that it is almost unprofitable to make movies in Japan, so Japanese directors must keep their original aspirations while lowering their heads and thinking about how to make money. Lin Junxiu gives people the impression that he does not seem to care about his artistic pursuits.

He was just hell-bent on making money. But when I finished watching "The Embalmer", I discovered that he had been walking alone on this road. Everyone only saw his colorful side, but no one noticed that he was

Persistence after the curtain call.”

In late November, the Gotham Awards ceremony was held as scheduled. However, this ceremony was not the public relations focus of "The Exorcist". Everyone just showed up to be interviewed by reporters and then left. The National Reviewers Association announced later

Among the winners of the Film Critics Circle Award and the New York Film Critics Circle Award, "The Embalmer" was nominated for multiple awards but none of them won. This news made the Japanese media feel regretful and began to lower their expectations of "The Embalmer" in this awards season.

Award expectations.

However, just when everyone was a little disappointed, "The Embalmer" actually won the honor of the American Film Institute's top ten films of the year. Although the American Film Institute is theoretically the highest association organization in the American film industry, its presence and American film art

Compared with the Academy of Sciences and its professional unions, it is much weaker. However, this is still regarded as the highest award at the American Film Festival, and the works that can be selected into the top ten movies of the year are basically the Oscar-nominated movies of that year. It can be said that "The Embalmer" has

Winning an unexpected award this time is equivalent to knocking on the door of the Oscars.

After the news was released, Toho Company immediately let the Japanese media report it. The negative reports in the past few days made Toho feel unlucky, and it quickly came up with good news to offset the bad luck.
Chapter completed!