When Spielberg took Leonardo, Du Wei and some creative staff to hold the first road show in Hollywood, Li Mu had already decided to release "Set Fire To The Rain" globally.
While Hollywood celebrities and media reporters were watching the test screening in the cinema, Li Mu had already begun to push the first wave of "Set Fire To The Rain" through Weibo and Twitter.
The first wave of push is a mix of classic scenes from "Flying Tigers" with this song as the background.
The four major elements of war, sacrifice, love, and youth are integrated into one, and against the backdrop of this song, it is extremely shocking.
Not only is the picture so classic, the song is also really majestic and fits the theme. It can be said that it has been lingering for three days and is especially good to listen to.
As soon as this video was posted on Weibo, Twitter, it immediately aroused the attention of netizens around the world. Everyone's hearts were ignited by this video, and at the same time, a question emerged in their hearts, who sang this song
Du Wei's singing style in this song is very different from "21 Guns".
"21 Guns" mainly adopts a lyrical and poignant style, while this song "Set Fire To The Rain" has a turbulent, true feeling and magnificent feeling.
Although the voice lines are slightly the same, no one really believes that this song can be sung by a delicate and delicate girl like Du Wei, because its energy density is too strong and is completely different from Du Wei's visual experience. .
Li Mu did not announce the specific information of the song. He likes to capture the user's psychology a little bit. He first makes you listen, makes you guess, and makes you pay attention, and then tells you who sang the song.
Hollywood right now.
The film shocked the Hollywood celebrities and reporters present. They knew that they had witnessed the birth of another classic World War II movie, and its subject matter was a completely real historical subject. For the first time, it combined the Chinese battlefield during World War II with Such a magnificent form is presented on the big screen.
During the test screening, many viewers were moved to tears. Whether it was the cruelty of the war, the suffering of the Chinese people, the resistance of the Chinese people, or the support of the American Flying Tigers for a just war, everyone was moved and moved.
Many Americans don't even know that China, which they distort and criticize in the media every day, was once a close comrade-in-arms with them.
These two most important countries in the world actually had a history of fighting side by side for justice more than fifty years ago!
What moved them even more was the two short love stories in the play that captured everyone's nerves.
A love story that failed to blossom due to the cruelty of war;
And another love story, even in the cruel war, still bloomed the most beautiful flowers and bore the most beautiful fruits.
When these two loves are compared together, the audience will immediately feel extremely sorry for the love between Anne Hathaway and Liu Ye in the film.
Especially at the end of the film, Anne Hathaway, who has never married, still carries a photo of Liu Ye when she was young. This fruitless love makes people feel even more heartbroken.
As a result, the film rose to a higher level in everyone's minds.
Many war movies don't have love. The main reason is that screenwriters don't dare to write them and directors don't dare to shoot them.
Because if a war movie does not add love, it is possible to achieve 90 points, but if it adds love, it will most likely directly subtract 20 points, and there is a very small chance that it will add 10 points to the film.
Therefore, everyone would rather not play with love than take risks casually.
There are actually many cases of failed ventures.
For example, in "Pearl Harbor" directed by Michael Bay, the love triangle in it was criticized to the extreme by film critics in the United States and around the world. Such a vulgar love scene would only be superfluous in a movie like this, and it would instantly reduce the movie to For rouge vulgar powder.
It is ironic that a movie with an investment of nearly 150 million US dollars only won an Oscar for Best Sound Editing.
Later, many anti-war dramas appeared in China, and the love stories in them were hundreds of times scarier than "Pearl Harbor". For example, the plot of "Thunder Hidden in the Crotch" is simply speechless, and even if you want to curse, you can't even say it.
Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" basically has nothing to do with love. It is a movie purely supported by men. It received 11 nominations at the Oscars and won five including Best Director. awards.
Originally, "Saving Private Ryan" was sure to win the Best Picture award at that Oscar. However, Hollywood's Jewish boss Harvey Weinstein, in order to praise Gwyneth Paltrow, directly manipulated the lackluster film. "Shakespeare in Love" defeated "Saving Private Ryan" and won the Oscar for Best Picture that year. Gwyneth Paltrow even won the Oscar for Best Actress with this movie. It can be said to be Oscar history. The most disgusting injustice case.
Therefore, it can also be seen from this that in a real war movie, it is extremely difficult to play the love element well without affecting all the core factors and the seriousness of real history.
But Spielberg did it in "The Flying Tigers."
There are no intimate scenes in the entire film, and there are not even any sexual-related images or metaphors. The description of love that hits the mark touches the tenderness of the audience's hearts to the greatest extent.
The test screening of the movie was an unprecedented success.
After the test screening, all the audience stood up and applauded, and the applause lasted for a long time.
Then, Spielberg appeared with the two leading actors and many creative staff.
He introduced everyone to the media, introduced the real historical story behind the film, and introduced many behind-the-scenes details of the filming of the film.
He mentioned Li Mu's name many times, and he even said that without Li Mu, this movie would not exist.
However, although the film was unanimously recognized by those present, Du Wei, one of the leading actors, did not receive much attention.
She is not a Westerner, an American or a Hollywood star, so most reporters are not very interested in her.
Moreover, strictly speaking, although Du Wei is one of the two heroines of "Flying Tigers", the film itself is a film dominated by men. Even the heroine is actually a supporting role and does not have many roles. .
In addition, Du Wei appeared late. She first came to China after Tom Hanks, and then left China to recruit Flying Tigers pilots in the United States. Then she recruited Leonardo to China for training and combat, and then came to Lai Leonardo only appeared after he was shot down by the Japanese army, so his proportion in the entire movie appears even smaller.
The only thing that interests Western reporters is Du Wei's "21 Guns." The most common question asked by American reporters when interviewing Du Wei is who wrote the song "21 Guns."
In the pop music circle, although "21 Guns" is not ranked as a true masterpiece, it is still a rare masterpiece, and it is also a song that has become a hit around the world recently.
In the eyes of Westerners, Du Wei is likely to be a short-lived singer that often appears in the European and American music circles. Many singers accidentally get a good song and then jump into the audience's field of vision. However, because there are no good songs, they will soon disappear. .
What's more, there is almost no room for development of Chinese singers or even Asian singers in the European and American music circles, so they also concluded that after "21 Guns" and after the popularity of "Flying Tigers", it would be difficult for Du Wei to produce another outstanding work.
Therefore, they are more concerned about the actual author of the song "21 Guns". Maybe it was written by a relatively famous creator in Europe and the United States.
When faced with such a question, Du Wei's answer was: "The author of this song is a friend who I admire and respect very much. He is not ready to reveal his identity yet, so it is not convenient for me to reveal it." His personal information.”
The only valuable thing is that the "he" used by Du Wei is "He" in English, which means that her friend is a man.
As for who it will be, no one can guess.
No one would think of Li Mu. After all, Li Mu is already so successful in business, no one believes that he can write such excellent songs.
After the test screening, the entire Los Angeles and even the United States were flooded with reviews of the film, and the reviews were almost all praise.
Even the harshest film critics can't find fault with this movie.
Because it's so real and it's so well shot.
Just like "Schindler's List", this movie is based on real facts and does not distort history in any way. It does not weaken the crimes of the Nazis or deliberately strengthen the crimes of the Nazis. It just uses a superb level to portray the true story of that year After the history of the film is carefully packaged and carved, it is carefully presented to the audience.
Who could criticize such a great movie
The only possibility is perhaps the supporters of **.
Otherwise, no one with normal aesthetics and three views would insult and criticize this movie.
When film reviews full of praise and praise spread throughout the United States in print and television media, a song also became popular on the Internet in the United States. This song was "Set Fire To The Rain" sung by Du Wei.
This song has great appeal to the audience. In addition, only the video is released, and there is no pure audio, so you have to watch the mix and cut to listen to the song, so you can feel the double impact of visual and auditory.
Not only does it greatly enhance the music, but it also strongly promotes the movie.
Many musicians who don't often go online are dragged to the computer by their friends to listen to this song.
When they heard the song "Set Fire To The Rain" sung by Du Wei, they were all shocked!
This song is well written, well arranged, and well sung!
Hardly anything to fault.
Definitely one of the top pop songs.
Therefore, the song "Set Fire To The Rain" conquered the non-professional and professional camps from ordinary listeners to professional musicians as soon as it came out.
Even Michael Jackson praised the song.
He retweeted the MV of the film's remix on his Weibo Twitter, with the following text: "To be honest, this is the best pop song I have heard in the past year or two. Unfortunately, I don't like it. I know who sang and composed this song. It sounds like it is the same person as the singer of "21 Guns", but the style is a bit surprising, and I am not sure. I don't know "Flying Tigers" "Can the official account of the movie release the singer's information?"
With the forwarding of Michael Jackson, the top pop music god, "Set Fire To The Rain" became completely popular in the Western world!
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