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    For Hollywood, producing hundreds of movies a year is no problem at all.  The eight major Hollywood film companies invest heavily in filming and complete their annual business plans every year.  Among these movies, there are certainly a large number of projects that are purely for making money, but no movie company has at least two key films every year. Such movies are called "annual movies."  These movies all have the same characteristics: first, huge investment.  Compared with the investment in ordinary movies, the annual movies of major film companies are completely the efforts of each company. The investment is huge, and sometimes it can occupy half of a certain company's annual budget.  Second, it is to hit all the advantages that can be concentrated.  From producers, to directors, actors, photographers, and screenwriters, major film companies use all the best forces at their disposal to create pinnacle works.  In this way, the annual movies of the eight major Hollywood film companies have attracted special attention from the audience and Hollywood filmmakers.  ??And among the twelve months of the year, the second half of the year is often the golden period for annual movie releases. There is often a very high chance that two or almost all movies will collide, which brings endless fun and excitement to Hollywood.  Therefore, as soon as we enter the second half of the year, Hollywood has completely become a time of competition.  The reason why "No Country for Old Men" was able to reach a box office of 9.5 million is not only because of its good film skills, but also to a certain extent, the fact that it did not compete with the annual movies of major film companies is also a reason.  Entering September, Hollywood¡¯s annual movie release drama has officially begun.  The first two movies to debut attracted everyone's attention upon their premiere, and directly pushed Hollywood's annual movie drama to the "gao chao" - John Ford's "Green Hills and Green Valley" vs. Howard?  Hawkes's "Sergeant York"!  As a master of Hollywood western films, John Ford is by no means the most important director of 20th Century Fox Film Company.  Fox executives, whether it is Zanuck or Fox himself, actually have nothing to say in support of John Ford.  For the first time, 20th Century Fox Film Company invested an unprecedented US$8 million in the filming of the movie "Green Mountains and Green Valleys", and they promoted that they must create the most classic movie in Hollywood!     in history.  "Green Hills and Green Valley" is an insurmountable peak in Western films. It can be said that it is the most satisfying masterpiece of John Ford's life!  This movie is completely worthy of the 8 million investment.  With such support, and because he was filming a script he had always wanted to film, John Ford worked extra hard.  He devoted all his talents and enthusiasm to the filming of the film.  John Ford did not use the now fashionable color film, but uncharacteristically used black and white film. The simple and heavy atmosphere of the hair made this film extremely dignified and deeply touching.  "Green Hills and Green Valley" is told through the perspective of Hugh, the youngest son of a mining family, the Morgan family, recalling every detail of life in the Rhondda Peak mining area in Wales at the end of the 19th century.  The film begins with the male protagonist packing up and preparing to leave his hometown.  Through his narration and camera movement, the time is brought back to a few years ago, where all the misfortunes that happened in the family and the process of family destruction and death were brought back.  The character's personality and ethical family relationships are vividly and touchingly portrayed, and the changes in the style and environment of the times are truly reflected through specific and subtle details of life.  In this movie, John Ford uses a compassionate vision and sentiment, and through realistic restoration and characterization of the character, especially the tough guy style that he is good at, makes the whole movie like a hard stone.  It hits the audience's heart hard.  After the film was released, it received a tsunami-like welcome.  The audience was mesmerized and many people burst into tears. Major newspapers praised the film as "a masterpiece of Hollywood westerns! An immortal masterpiece!" And Hollywood filmmakers and film critics did not hesitate to praise all they could.  The words were given to John Ford.  This movie was both well-received and a hit as soon as it came out.  The day after the premiere of "Green Mountains and Green Valley", "Sergeant York" was released!  This annual drama of Warner Bros. Pictures almost concentrates the strongest power of Warner Bros. Pictures, with an investment of more than 10 million US dollars, which can be described as a large sum of money.  In Hollywood, Howard Hawks¡¯s own reputation is somewhat inferior to that of John Ford.  But the qualifications of a top Hollywood director still fully match.  Howard Hawks was a screenwriter, and his story-telling ability in Hollywood is estimated to be rivaled only by Hitchcock's. In 1932, he filmed "Scarface", which was called "the best gangster movie."  "This also inspired Howard Hawks' unfettered and unconstrained style.  Loved by the audience.  "Sergeant York" is obviously different in subject matter.A big theme.  Taking the First World War as the background, it uses comedy and humor to tell the story of an American soldier who became a hero. The story is compact and the scenes are grand. It places a small character in the fire of artillery, and directly goes deep into the human nature and soul to pursue.  The true meaning of life, a movie like this needs to have all the market elements and art, which is obviously very high-end.  In 1941, Europe was in the midst of World War II. Under such an environment, "Sergeant York" was obviously more and more popular with the audience.  And the star of "York Sergeant", Jerry Cooper, who has just been welcomed by the audience for his performance in "No Country for Old Men", now plays the male protagonist particularly touchingly, adding glory to "York Sergeant".  These two films completely pushed Hollywood's annual movies to the peak at once. The Hollywood media made a mess. Hollywood filmmakers were messy, and the cinema was bustling.  Victor did not go to the premiere, but watched the two movies in his home cinema.  To be fair, these two movies are definitely the pinnacle of this era.  By mid-to-late September, Universal invested US$6 million and "The Little Foxes" directed by William Wyler was released.  This director, whom John Ford called "the most worried opponent", used a small subject and a small story to fully unleash all his potential and won a lot of applause.  Just when Victor was dazzled by these film companies, an invitation forced Victor to put down his filming.  This invitation, from Telephone Film Company, was opened, and there was a very eye-catching sentence on it - "We respectfully invite Mr. Victor Ferro to attend the premiere. You must not miss it, because this will be the best in Hollywood."  And it will be a movie that will go down in history!¡± This tone is so fucking shameless.  And the following name made Victor happy - "Orson Welles" One of the greatest movies in film history, "Citizen Kane", was finally made!
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