The release of "The Godfather 2" has triggered fierce discussions among Hollywood filmmakers. Although few people oppose it, there are still a few. Apart from George Stevens, the most intense criticism is obviously Alfred Hitchcock.

"First of all, this is not a good movie. Compared to the previous movie, this movie is much more sad in terms of plot and the setting of the character story itself. When Mr. Ke Liang was shooting this movie, he had completely lost the so-called artistic vortex he set up. He seemed to think that this would make the movie complicated, the characters would be more complicated, and the personality would be more complicated. The audience would think that the movie was very profound and artistic. Of course, in addition to these settings, in the use of movie music, in the selection of actors, and in the selection of scenes, can impress the audience. This idea is what I guessed after watching Mr. Corleone's movie."

"I like "The Godfather" very much. I admit that it is a rare and good movie because it can trigger the soul in many ways. It is like a sharp knife, which makes people feel happy and sharp, but this new work by Mr. Corleon makes me have to say that it is a long hodgepodge, verbose, dispersed, without charm, and a dull sense of depression."

"The biggest shortcoming of the movie, and what I cannot accept the most is the cruelty and blackness of the movie. I originally thought that such content would not appear in Mr. Corleone's movie, such as brothers' revenge, constant betrayal, family collapse, etc. The appearance of these contents is the biggest failure of this movie."

"These contents are different from the vendetta in "The Godfather". The latter is at least acceptable to us, but many of the contents of the former will not only not inspire us, but will hurt our souls. I think that when many viewers see Fu Leido killed on the boat by Mike, that shot will definitely deeply hurt all those who view this shot. I wonder, what would the children think when they see this shot, will they leave a psychological shadow deep in their hearts from now on? Did Mr. Corleon think of these?"

"In the past, Mr. Corleon always criticized the black content of Hollywood movies. We all recognize that the large amount of murder, violence, pornography and other content in Hollywood movies would have a huge adverse impact on the audience. But why did Mr. Corleon himself make such a mistake this time?"

"I think the reason for this happening is related to Mr. Corleon being arrested for a bigamy case while filming this movie. If that's true, I think Mr. Corleon should apologize to the public, because as a filmmaker, you must never put your bad personal emotions into the audience."

"Anyway, I think Mr. Corleone's film is insignificant and should even be criticized."

Hitchcock's accusations against me were very sharp and pointed the finger at the darkness of "The Godfather 2".

To some extent, this guy is very smart because he saw a feature of this movie. It's good. Compared with "The Godfather", "The Godfather 2" is obviously dark, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as cruel. In particular, Mike asked his subordinates to shoot his own brother Fredo in the head, which was indeed very cruel.

But these contents are obviously not for the purpose of expressing darkness. I actually think Hitchcock himself knows this. But this guy thinks that he can obviously attack me at this point, so he seizes it and distorts it. It is confused with the movies that are usually made in Hollywood that are purely to satisfy the small and medium-sized costs of the audience's sensory stimulation. Hitchcock is very smart because he knows that the audience can easily agree with his point of view on this point.

But Hitchcock's view can deceive the audience, but it cannot blur the eyes of many Hollywood filmmakers. After learning about Hitchcock's accusations, many Hollywood filmmakers began to criticize Hitchcock together.

"Alfred Hitchcock probably won't do anything except misinterpret it. His accusation against Mr. Corleon was completely deliberate and distorted. I'm sure. He definitely knew the value of Mr. Corleon's new film. And the reason why he clung to the so-called black violence is not an objective evaluation. Instead, attacking Mr. Corleon."

"The cruel and black shots shown in Mr. Corleon's new film will not only not weaken the film artistically as Hitchcock said, but will enhance the overall expression of the film. Because it is precisely because of this kind of shot that truly reflects Mike's painful inner world. It reflects the theme that the whole film wants to express: the deformation of human nature under the squeeze of society."

"It is precisely because of these shots that we deeply understand the difficulty of a man and the bitterness behind a man's glory. I think it's not difficult to see these just by thinking about them carefully."

"The responsibility of Hitchcock is unreasonable and actually speculates about Mr. Corleon's creative motivation. It is believed that this is related to Mr. Corleon's arrest. Obviously, it is very tiny."

Strauheng, who was already irritable, criticized Hitchcock severely, which aroused many people's support and scolded Hitchcock so hard that it was bloody.

However, no matter how criticized Hitchcock and others, "The Godfather 2" has won the recognition and praise of most filmmakers, and the audience is sincerely fond of this movie. Not only does the box office of "The Godfather 2" not only does not be less than the first one as many people worry about, but it has an upward trend. According to the theater data provided by Yassel, "The Godfather 2" even surpassed the first one in 24 hours. All of this shows the success of this movie.

In addition to overwhelming coverage of "The Godfather 2", major media in American newspapers also compared and commented on other movies premiered on the same night, and several of them were very eye-catching.

The movies in 1932, especially the main movies launched by major film companies, are all blockbusters with huge investments. The Hollywood Christmas movie schedule is very important, so these blockbusters launched during the schedule, especially those that premiered on the same day as "The Godfather 2", have attracted more and more attention.

There are several main movies released on the same night as "The Godfather 2": "The 17th" produced by Radward Film Company, "You Escape and I Escape" produced by Warner Bros. Film Company, "The Red Dance Shoes" produced by George Stevens, "The Eighth Wife of Bluebeard" produced by Radward Film Company, "The Farmer Married" produced by 20th Century Film Company, "The Farmer Married" produced by MGM Film Company, "The Greedy" was directed by Strauheng.

It can be said that these six movies have their own characteristics, and different film companies and different directors have one thing in common, that is, they are almost all of them working hard by these directors.

Among the six directors, Hitchcock is a transformational work. Can he continue to gain a firm position in Lei Dianhua? Can he watch this movie one step further? Liu Bieqian has already started to transform. But it has not been very successful. The importance of this new film to him is self-evident. George Stevens issued a military order before filming, saying that if the film fails, he will not make a film within five years, which is considered a devastating task. As for Billy Wilder, his movie is his first movie since he entered Lei Dianhua. If this movie is broken, then he should not want to get involved in Lei Dianhua in the future. Strauheng is now regarded as an old man in Hollywood. For him, basically the opportunity to make a film is

One less film, so the movie is very precious to him, not to mention that he thinks this movie may be his representative work in his life. Kim Viedo, who is called the tumbler, may not be different for him. But for the film starring Henry Fonda in this movie, this movie is too important for the 20th Century Film Company. Henry Fonda is a money cow in the 20th Century Film Company, and the 20th Century Film Company is still counting on Henry Fonda to survive and develop. Kim Viedo's new film is the first movie after Henry Fonda went into seclusion at the Corleon Film Academy, and he is only allowed to succeed and not fail. Otherwise, the 20th Century Film Company will be considered unlucky.

Therefore, the movie that premiered this night is very important no matter which film company or director.

It is also because of this reason that these six movies have received special attention from the media after their premiere. In previous years, at this time, the media's evaluation of movies was also lively, but it is far less enthusiastic than this year.

Among these six movies, the first one to be pushed to the public opinion was George Stevens' "Red Dance Shoes". The words of George Stevens, who was previously called "Hollywood Story" and became Hollywood's greatest musical film, were criticized after its premiere.

During the filming, the movie was expected by the Hollywood film industry and the public. Not only did the huge investment cost, but the starring of Clark Gable and Claudekolbai was so exciting.

In terms of the story, George Stevens' own story made the media crazy speculation about the film exhibition. At that time, George Stevens said that the film showed a Broadway grudge, love, love, song, dance, story, emotion, etc., and subversively packaged Clark Gable and Claudekolbai.

All of this undoubtedly made people have high expectations for this movie, but when the movie premiered, the situation was completely different, and it attracted a lot of criticism.

"I think George Stevens really won't make movies for five years. He should think carefully about what kind of movies are considered good movies in these five years, and he needs to think about what kind of movies he should make. Because this movie "Red Dance Shoes" is a very failure!"

"Let's talk about its subject matter first. As we all know, this movie is a so-called musical and dance film. Mr. Stevens even claimed that his movie would probably surpass the Hollywood musical and dance film "Hollywood Story" directed by Mr. Corleon. It turns out that having ambition is good, but when ambition and strength do not match, that ambition becomes arrogant. There are indeed songs and dances in this movie, but it's a mess."

"The reason why "Hollywood Story" was successful and became an eternal classic is that in addition to the unique and successful artistic settings of this movie, the excellence of singing and dancing is indispensable. In this movie, the best dance director of the United States, Astaire, and the hard work of Hollywood's greatest movie musician, Porter. The songs in it are still popular today, and the dance in it has lasted forever in the United States and the whole world. But look at the singing and dancing in "Red Dance Shoes"

.It is simply a replica of Broadway, without any changes. What I want to say is that Broadway's singing and dancing are suitable for the stage, which is definitely not suitable for the movie. The kind of ritualized things, that kind of artificial stage performance makes people feel bored, and the dance is not beautiful, the songs are not new, and the singing level of the actors is particularly unsatisfactory. Claudekolbai has not received any orthodox singing and dancing education, so her performance in the movie can only be described in one sentence: that is a piece of wood singing and dancing."

"Secondly, let's talk about transformation. George Stevens previously said this was one of the biggest features of "Red Dance Shoes". Yes, in this movie, both Clark Gable and Claude Caulbai have transformed. But what is the result? The originally lively and sexy Claude Caulbai became a piece of wood, and the originally suave poison man Clark Gable became an ugly gatekeeper of the opera house. George Stevens may have gotten inspiration from "Notre Dame", but Clark Gable and Gable are indeed not suitable for such roles. George Stevens is not Hugo."

"Apart from that, the most unbearable thing I can't stand is the lines in this movie. When the first shot of the movie was shown, I basically concluded that the movie was going to be smashed. Because the actors on the screen were simply not human words. They were like Aristotle or Plato, and even the sweepers were full of cynicism. This was a disaster. Mr. Stevens might want to make this movie look more elegant, but doing so would definitely be suicide! This is the worst line movie among countless Hollywood movies I have seen!"

"As a colleague and as a friend, I give George some advice. I think he can really stay in seclusion for five years, read Mr. Corleon's works well, study hard, or simply go to Corleon Film Academy like Henry Fonda to study. In this way, at least he will understand the true meaning of movies and what a real movie is like."

As a friend of George Stevens, Sisidimill was not polite to George Stevens' criticism. He had no appreciation for "Red Dance Shoes". All his responsibilities and criticism were filled with anger.

This critical article by Sisidimill obviously represents the views of many Hollywood filmmakers.

To a certain extent, Sisidimill's criticism is very sincere and has no exaggeration. Stevens's film has made many mistakes. In fact, the criticism of Sisidimill has not hit the nail on the head. The biggest mistake Stevens made is that his ambition is too great.

He wanted to make this movie the greatest musical and dance film in Hollywood. It is good to have such a goal, but this goal became one of the biggest executioners who catalyze Stevens' evil path.

In order to achieve this goal, Stevens obviously put aside many things he was originally good at, and even applied many things that he was not good at or even weak, such as music and dance films, such as scene scheduling and design of music and dance films. He believed that outstanding designs became the biggest disadvantage of the movie in the end. And the transformation of Kaulbai and Gable was obviously unsuccessful. This transformation not only did not open up the way for these two excellent actors, but instead obscured the shining points on them and finally ruined them.

Not only did the public criticize George Stevens' movie fiercely, but the audience's reaction was even more intense. In the cinema where the movie was screened, the audience not only refused to watch the movie, but also prevented those who did not watch it and paid to buy tickets from entering the cinema.

"This is definitely a nightmare movie. If you don't want to be disappointed with Gable and Kaulbai, I think you'd better not watch it, otherwise you'll regret it." One audience member faced the camera of Lockettke TV so much warned other audiences.

The audience not only protested against the movie. Many people even went crazy with Columbia Film Company. As a result, the cursed letters in the mailroom of Columbia Film Company were moved out in sacks. In addition to the letters, there were also many messy things, such as the stinky shoes, dead fish, pig heads, etc., which made the staff in the mailroom of Columbia Film Company laugh and cry.

George Stevens has never appeared in public since the premiere of this movie. For him, this time he really suffered a big mistake.

However, compared with him, some people have encountered even greater debate.

Among the six movies that premiered on the same night as "The Godfather 2", there is only one more eye-catching movie than George Stevens' "Red Dance Shoes". That is Hitchcock's "No. 17". This film that the Thunderbolt Painting Film Company valued the most in 1932, with an investment of more than ten million US dollars. Hitchcock's attention to this movie is far beyond ordinary people's expectations.

The movie with the highest investment cost so far. Hitchcock said he was the most satisfied movie, Hitchcock's transformation work. Hitchcock's longest filming movie, a super blockbuster without any big stars, and a magnificent prehistoric epic... This series of gimmicks is enough to make any audience stunned.

George Stevens has great ambitions for his "Red Shoes", but his ambitions are nothing but a big deal in front of Hitchcock. George Stevens wants to make "Red Shoes" the first Hollywood song and dance film beyond "Hollywood Story", and his goal is just one of my movies. Hitchcock is different. His ambition is "Let Andre Corleon see what a real movie is. I think this movie is definitely something that Andre Corleon cannot shoot, and only I can shoot such a movie."

Hitchcock said this and did this toward this goal. Compared with George Stevens, in addition to his great ambitions, he is much better than George Stevens in terms of ability.

"No. 17" chose to be screened on the same night as "Godfather 2". It is the only one of the six movies where the other movies were screened on the same night as "Godfather 2", but they were different. This arrangement is enough to illustrate Hitchcock's ambitions.

During the years of fighting with me, Hitchcock failed too many times, and he wanted to win one victory. This time, he thought he had found the most powerful weapon, so his revenge mentality was obviously impatient.

Once "No. 17" was screened, the attention and discussion attracted unprecedented. For this movie, Hollywood filmmakers were divided into two parts, and some of them criticized the movie in large numbers, while the other part really praised it, making the Hollywood film industry very lively.

"I have to say that after watching Mr. Hitchcock's "No. 17", I was surprised. Because the surprise this movie brought me was beyond my previous imagination of this movie. To be honest, I was not optimistic about Mr. Hitchcock's movie before. The most fundamental reason is that this subject is not the subject he is good at. If Hitchcock announced that he would shoot a psychological blockbuster, I would definitely be optimistic, but for such a subject, he does not have the experience and ability."

"But when the movie appeared in front of me, I was still shocked. What I want to say is that this time, Hitchcock presented us with a different self."

"The biggest feature of "No. 17" compared to Hitchcock's previous movies is that it is not a psychological movie, which is well-known. Because it is not a psychological movie, what Hitchcock has always been good at is useless. This is a disadvantage and an advantage for him. The reason why it is said to be a disadvantage is that many of the proud things before Hitchcock's previous movies have completely failed, and it is said to be an advantage because the audience is familiar with Hitchcock is psychological movies. Any innovation of Hitchcock will easily be recognized by the audience."

"As Hitchcock's first big-scene movie, "No. 17" was successful. This is certain. Although some places, such as the war scenes of big-scenes Hitchcock, are a bit awkward. But overall, this movie is still satisfactory."

"I think we should encourage Hitchcock to encourage him to make this attempt. The most important thing is to encourage this spirit of hard work and innovation. If Hollywood filmmakers can be like Hitchcock, then Hollywood will surely flourish!"

Port Lee affirmed Hitchcock's movie, believing that the new film was basically successful.

"I think "No. 17" is the most refreshing movie during the Christmas season. Alfred Hitchcock used this movie to prove to everyone that Hitchcock is not only able to shoot psychological movies, but he is also good at other types of movies except psychological movies."

"The 17th" created a new type of film for Hollywood: prehistoric epic movies. The ancient American civilization shown in this movie is charming and enthusiastic. Whether it is the vast forest or the vast cornfield, whether it is the indigenous people in strange costumes or the magnificent pyramids, it has caused us to feel a kind of tremor from the heart!"

"In the whole movie, there is an atmosphere that runs through the whole world. It is fresh and uplifting. Every shot exudes a masculinity of life. In the movie, the strong indigenous figures and the protagonist escapes all the way as slaves. Since we have seen the miserable and hardships of indigenous life, we have also seen the power of life and the greatness and strength of life."

"The Seventeen is a fresh and refreshing wind, and watching this movie is so pleasing to the eye. Hitchcock succeeded this time. I believe he will create his own glory."

Following Porter Lee, Columbia Films director Frank Capra also highly recognized Hitchcock's new film.

However, the most praise for Hitchcock was Rubin Mamorian, a guy who was from the same company as Hitchcock, had used up all the words that could praise Hitchcock.

"When I saw the movie finally break through the hero who was bruised and bruised and free, dancing in the fields facing the sunset, I knew that the greatest movie in Hollywood was born. At this moment, Mr. Hitchcock created a miracle. He became the creator and explorer of this civilization that once existed on Earth but was obliterated in the dust of history and later became unknown to us."

"The 17th set a precedent for prehistoric narratives, and Mr. Hitchcock created a great magical realism style. This movie has the reappearance of historical style, praise of human vitality, the pursuit of light, and the praise of freedom. This film's history is a tangible artistic masterpiece! It will definitely stand in the historical scenes of Hollywood movies and become an indelible monument!"

Rubin Marmolian praised Hitchcock to the sky. Although he was despised by many people, he believed that this guy was just trying to get Hitchcock's care for him at Thunderbolt Painting Film Company, Marmolian's analysis still makes sense.

Among the people who affirmed Hitchcock, some of them were sincere. For example, the opinions raised by Porter Lee were also very reasonable. Some people obviously waved the flag and shouted for Hitchcock under the banner of comments.

However, corresponding to them is another group of people, a group of guys who do not agree with Hitchcock's movie and have made sharp criticisms.

The first person to launch a heavy bombardment on Hitchcock was John Ford, who had always been disgusted with Hitchcock. John Ford, who was a hot-tempered person, is also a recognized person in Hollywood who never cares about what he says.

"Some people admire Hitchcock's new film "No. 17" and even describe it with words like greatness and immortality. I think this is simply an insult to Hollywood filmmakers and treat us all as a stick!"

"This movie by Hitchcock is indeed a big change compared to some of his previous movies. From my own perspective, this movie is also the only movie I have ever filmed that I think is good among all the movies he has ever filmed. However, such a movie is absolutely impossible to be called great. Compared with Mr. Corleon's "The Godfather" series, this movie is so pale, and it is even far from Bresson's "Diary of a Country Pastor."

"Yes, "No. 17" has indeed produced a lot of new things for Hollywood movies. For example, the discovery and display of Mayan culture is clearly unambiguous to none of us. For example, the discussion of the forest spirit. Many people praised the pictures and style of Hitchcock's movie. Indeed, the pictures of "No. 17" are beautiful, sometimes as beautiful as oil paintings. Moreover, because there is no shot of Mr. Hitchcock's previous masterpiece, there is a lot of natural scenery, which shows a kind of natural beauty. However, these new things can only be regarded as some techniques to enrich the movie, and cannot be said to increase the artistic nature of the movie."

"In this movie of Hitchcock, the scenery is beautiful, but it is just a simple scenery. These pictures only provide the protagonist with a place to stay, and do not participate in the construction of film art as an active element. In this regard, we can take a look at Mr. Corleon's "The Godfather 2". We can see the huge difference between Mr. Hitchcock and Mr. Corleon in this regard by taking an example of a shot that Hitchcock accusation."

"In "The Godfather 2", there is a scene that Hitchcock said was cruel. This scene is the scene where Mike sent someone to kill his own brother Fredo. That scene is really a wonderful stroke in Hollywood movies in decades. The scenery on a single-wheeled picture is definitely not bad for many scenes in Mr. Hitchcock's "No. 17". A small boat floated above the vast lake. Fredo sat in front, and the man holding a gun was sitting at the stern. The big vision is that there is a cloud above the sky, as if a storm is about to storm, and the killer raised his gun and Fredo fell."

"The scenery on this shot is beautiful. This beauty not only refers to the beauty on the picture, but more importantly, this picture directly participates in the meaning construction of the film. It renders the fragility and darkness of human nature that the film wants to reveal. If there is no such picture, the meaning that the shot wants to express will inevitably be greatly reduced."

"Look at the pictures in Hitchcock's "No. 17". The pictures are beautiful, but they have no meaning to promote the movie at all. This is the difference between ordinary directors and masters."

"I personally think that Hitchcock's "No. 17" certainly has many advantages, but there is no comparison in front of "The Godfather 2", which is certain."

John Ford's articles are not very long, but his eyes are very tricky. John Ford is familiar with Alfred Hitchcock and more familiar with his movies, so he can know the fatal weaknesses of Hitchcock's movies, so he can naturally point Hitchcock's weaknesses.

After John Ford's remarks were made, no one refuted him, not because some people didn't want to refute it, but because they couldn't refute it at all. Even Hitchcock was helpless in the face of such remarks.

In addition to John Ford, John Houston, William Wheeler, Howard Hawks, Victor Fleming, etc., many filmmakers have analyzed Hitchcock's film and pointed out the flaws of the film. This also made Hitchcock's previous arrogance disappear quickly. Faced with so many criticisms from Hollywood movies, especially when he found that most of these criticisms were objective, the fat man kept shouting that his film created a miracle slogan, disappeared, and replaced by silence.

Although Hitchcock's "No. 17" does have problems in this aspect, as John Ford and others said, objectively speaking, for Hitchcock, who was directing a movie that he was not good at for the first time, it was already very good to have such results.

There are many disadvantages of this movie, but there are many advantages. At least I still like this movie because it is full of wild beauty. This beauty is charming.

Hollywood filmmakers' attitude towards this movie has basically formed a similar view as mine. They believe that Hitchcock's movie is indeed a successful work, although it is a bit immature.

The audience also burst into great enthusiasm for this movie. The box office of "No. 17" was booming, which made the senior executives of Thunderbolt Hua Film Company overjoyed. Not only did they hold a celebration banquet for Hitchcock, but Carey Rockefeller also announced that they would let Hitchcock be responsible for guiding Thunderbolt Hua Film Company's next main film. Such news is really important to Hitchcock.

The movies of George Stevens and Hitchcock both received heated debate. Although the other movies were not comparable to the movies of the two of them, they received considerable attention.
To be continued...