As it turned out, Ferdinand had guessed wrong. The Rose Film Festival did not draw a torrent of condemnation.
Filmmakers of this era did not yet have the lofty privilege of playing at art. In this age when the major studios ran rampant, box office was everything.
In the eyes of capitalists, a film with high box-office receipts was a good film. Thus, as the champion of the global box-office charts, The Rise of Bulgaria was the best film in the world.
One had to know that ever since the first installment of this legendary film was released five years ago, it had never left the cinemas.
Whenever theaters lacked films to show, they would bring it out to plug the gap. And whenever a sequel came out, it would once again bring the old films back to life, with many people going to watch them all over again.
A film with such enduring vitality was simply every capitalist's favorite! If the bosses all considered it a good film, how would the people beneath them dare speak carelessly?
With the explosive popularity of this war epic, imitators naturally followed. For example, the French-made Napoleon the Great broke domestic box-office records in France, only to flop miserably in every other country.
There was no helping it. Napoleon's legend had been built upon the defeats of European nations, with them serving as nothing more than background scenery.
The French liked the film, but the people of other countries were different. Watching their own nations get beaten until they pissed their pants, they truly could not be happy about it.
To suit French tastes, an unprecedented love story had even been added. The film's story became fuller, but unfortunately, the people of Europe could not understand what French-style romance was!
The British made