The Grandmaster (2013) - Case Study - Foreign Language Film
Budget - $38.6 million
Stars - Zhang Ziyi, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chang Chen
Director - Wong Kar-Wai
Genre - Drama, Martial Arts
Box Office - $6,594,959
Production Companies - Block 2 Pictures, Sil-Metropole Organisation
Distributors - The Weinstein Company
Certificate - 15 - Strong Violence
Marketing
- The trailer for this movie has just over 1 million views on youtube. Showcasing elements of the film and the most thrilling action sequences.
- Film shown in China in its longer version (130 minutes) then shown at the Berlin Film Festival as a slightly shorter version. Then shown in the UK and US as the shorter version which was cut by Weinstein.
- Audiences have said that the longer version is superior however the Western audiences wouldn't have clocked on to some of the Eastern, Chinese references within the plot. This is significant as we can see the different audiences being addressed individually and the film being altered in order to become more appealing for them.
- Kar-Wai instructed the cast to learn the martial arts instead of acting it, this could be significant when addressing the audience as he wanted to reflect the strict, professional values that the characters in the film should carry with them.
- 6 months of preparation and 3 weeks of filming for a 3 minute fight scene.
Release Date - January 8, 2013 (China)/November 29, 2013 (UK)
Reviews - Metacritic - 73% IMDb - 6.5/10
Stars - Zhang Ziyi, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chang Chen
Director - Wong Kar-Wai
Genre - Drama, Martial Arts
Box Office - $6,594,959
Production Companies - Block 2 Pictures, Sil-Metropole Organisation
Distributors - The Weinstein Company
Certificate - 15 - Strong Violence
Marketing
- The trailer for this movie has just over 1 million views on youtube. Showcasing elements of the film and the most thrilling action sequences.
- Film shown in China in its longer version (130 minutes) then shown at the Berlin Film Festival as a slightly shorter version. Then shown in the UK and US as the shorter version which was cut by Weinstein.
- Audiences have said that the longer version is superior however the Western audiences wouldn't have clocked on to some of the Eastern, Chinese references within the plot. This is significant as we can see the different audiences being addressed individually and the film being altered in order to become more appealing for them.
- Kar-Wai instructed the cast to learn the martial arts instead of acting it, this could be significant when addressing the audience as he wanted to reflect the strict, professional values that the characters in the film should carry with them.
- 6 months of preparation and 3 weeks of filming for a 3 minute fight scene.
Release Date - January 8, 2013 (China)/November 29, 2013 (UK)
Reviews - Metacritic - 73% IMDb - 6.5/10
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