In the summer of 1992, the air in Los Angeles was filled with suffocating heat, and the Rodney King affair intensified, becoming a political incident of global attention, profoundly reflecting the intricacies of multi-ethnic and multicultural in the United States; At the same time, by "Ben." Can", "Lethal 3 (lethal. on。 3)", "Patriot Games. Games)", "Batmaurns", "Unfiven" and other movies are also very hot, especially this summer, which won the championship for five weeks and created countless topics. "It lit up the entire film market in 1992.

After entering the autumn, the film market has obviously gradually precipitated, and the lack of fist products to drive the audience makes the film market in September and October seem a little uninteresting.

In fact, the Thanksgiving and Halloween schedules have not been taken seriously in North American film history, or more accurately, audiences have not been in the habit of going to the cinema, and this situation continued until 2001 "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. potter。 and。 the。 sorcerer’s。 stone), which developed the box office potential in November, has since become a new cornucopia of the North American film market.

On the other hand, in 1998, "Shakespeare. in。 Love)" in the Weinstein brothers. bro) to defeat the absolute favorite "Saving Private Ryan" (saving) when everyone is not optimistic. private。 Ryan)", won the best picture at the 71st Oscars. This result has been hailed as one of the disgraces in the history of the Oscars, which has also led to the definition of the awards season, from October to December, many art films have been released, in order to achieve good results in major award ceremonies, to win the Oscar statuette. This also makes the film market at the end of the year a lively scene.

But now in 1992, there is neither the outbreak of Thanksgiving nor the hustle and bustle of awards season, and the Marché du Film is completely lonely for more than three months before Christmas. So for professional film magazines, any little bit of wind and grass can become the focus of the report.

For example, Hugo Lancaster, the current winner of the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor, will release his new film "Smell and Know a Woman" on October 16, and it is also a collaboration with Al Pacino, who has been calming down recently, and with director Martin Brest, who has been silent for eight years, such a combination is very interesting; For another example, a week ago, "Big River Love" had just been released, and insiders knew that this movie was produced by Tracy Jacobs, and in the audition stage, Hugo was eliminated and Brad Pitt was chosen, and this kind of matchup was also full of fun.

Nicholas McClen, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, naturally didn't want to miss such a great topic, and he started planning early a week ago, and predicted the release of "Smell a Woman" as soon as possible.

"Brest once showed his amazing comedic talent in 'Beverly Hills Detective', but unfortunately this talent is not much left with the passage of time, and this time Brest actually challenged the show, which made us quite stunned. Adapted from Italy's 1974 work of the same name, 'Smelling a Woman' is a film with a heavy and profound topic, and under Brest's lens, it is difficult for us to have more expectations, and when looking forward to the film, we don't know where to focus on it, whether it is the humor of the drama or the rigor of the comedy.

Brest is not a clever acting teacher and has to rely on the actor's personal appearance, and 'Beverly Hills Detective' benefits Eddie Murphy. murphy, and this time he pinned his hopes on Pacino and Lancaster.

Pacino's brilliance does not need to be repeated, although 'Godfather 3' is difficult to surpass the classics, but his personal acting skills are still undoubted. Pacino's excellent acting skills, which suddenly burst out in his calmness, have been talked about so far, which has also become the biggest attraction of this work. However, it is doubtful how much control power Pacino can contribute by himself, and not to forget last year's terrible 'Frankie and Johnny. and。 Johnny', although Michelle Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer) received some critical acclaim for his acting skills, but Pacino was almost swallowed up by the entire film.

So, what kind of performance Pacino can bring to the table - and how much energy he can burst out of as a blind character is a huge question mark, and I have reason to believe that both Brest and Pacino are terrified about the film's reputation, not only because they themselves have lost control, but also because of the film's most unpredictable third party: Lancaster.

It's been a long, long time since Lancaster's resume has seen eye-catching works, more precisely, after the 'Dead Poets Society', Lancaster is self-destructive, and the worst actor in the Golden Raspberry Award is well deserved, and his inability to help himself when he won the award We can also understand that Lancaster, who has no way out, is on the verge of collapse.

Drunk. Alcohol, car accidents, drugs. Peach, peach. Hue. Gossip...... Lancaster has reasons to make everyone lose confidence, and what is even more serious is that Lancaster's acting talent seems to have lost all light, in this case, he needs to play opposite Pacino, which makes people unable to hold out any hope at all, and the movie also needs to rely on Lancaster and Pacino to burst out enough energy together to attract the audience, facing Lancaster, who has contributed impetuous, greasy, ridiculous, and funny acting skills in 'Hudson's Eagle', Presumably, it is difficult for the audience to have more feelings besides disappointment.

Before 'Smell a Woman', Lancaster auditioned for 'Big River Love', but unfortunately failed. Last week, 'Big River Love' officially held a film in 12 theaters, which won a lot of applause, and what is even more gratifying is that Pete, who finally won the role, contributed a dazzling performance, which also proves the wisdom of the crew.

Compared with the rising Pitt, in addition to Lancaster's handsome and handsome appearance, all other links - temperament, acting skills, reputation, style, etc. are completely inferior, and it is foreseeable that the prospects of these two actors in the film road are likely to be opposite development routes.

Returning to 'Smell the Woman', compared to Pacino's dominance, Brest and Lancaster will become the soft underbelly of the film, especially the negative influence of Lancaster will have fatal side effects on the film.

Released by Universal Pictures, 'Smell of a Woman' will be screened in 20 theaters in its first week, and the box office is expected to be around $8,000 per theater, making it difficult to achieve better results. ”

Nicholas almost completely denied "smelling a woman when he smelled a woman" in this report, although after Nicholas entered the crew for an interview, he gave Hugo some positive portrayals, but Nicholas's dislike for the movie has never changed.

In fact, Nicholas's opinion is just a drop in the ocean of the general sighs of the major media in the United States, before the release of "Smell the Fragrance and Know the Woman", seven media paid attention to the film and predicted it in advance, but six of them were not optimistic about the prospects of the film, and even thought that the film would suffer a devastating blow; The last media outlet was also very cautious, only expressing more expectations for Al.

In the view of Hugo, the seven media unanimously expressed their suspicions, and the endless negative effects of the Golden Raspberry Award are only manifested in the true sense of the word; "Hudson's Eagle" suffered a fiasco after its release in May last year, which not only made Hugo lose his job for eight months, but also brought a series of bad consequences, including the Golden Raspberry Award.

From the Boston Globe (the. boston。 globe)" even joked, "The nomination for the 13th Golden Raspberry Award is not far away, pray that Al will not be implicated by Hugo." ”

In addition, in terms of the box office prediction of "Smelling a Woman", because the film was not released on a large scale, but followed the model of art films, it was the first to be screened in a small area, and then formulated an expansion strategy based on the feedback from the audience and professional film critics. As a result, only three of the seven media outlets have predicted the number of box office figures for a single theater at the time of the screening, and the highest of them is $8,000 from the Los Angeles Times, and it seems that allowing Nicholas to enter the cast for an exclusive interview still played a role.

In short, the media is lamenting the prospect of the release of "Smell the Fragrance and Know the Woman", and even with Al's blessing, it is difficult for the media to give more trust to the film.

But the media's point of view is the same thing, for Joseph, doing his job is the most important thing, unlike the previous "Final Analysis" premiere, this time it is Hugo's own work, and after the fiasco of "Hudson's Eagle" in May last year, Hugo's work has been released again after seventeen months, which really makes Joseph have to pay attention to it.

As for Hugo himself, he thinks that a qiē is so magical, he crossed over in January, and was busy with the shooting of two films, and then gave himself a long summer vacation, after a break and adjustment, the first real film work in his life will land in major theaters, and it is also the center of global cinema The North American film market, which is still a dream without a sense of reality for Hugo, even if he has stayed in this era of this land for more than six months, But when Joseph told him that "Smell the Fragrance and Know the Woman" was about to be released, Hugo still shook his head.

Compared with the premiere of "The Final Analysis", with the approach of the premiere of "Smell the Woman", Hugo's inner tension is like a tide, appearing on time two or three times a day, leaving Hugo in a completely restless state, which is really a torment.

"It's like a pancake." So says Hugo.