Movie Master - Chapter 1009

Harvey has been playing awards season for more than a decade, and strictly speaking, the concept of “awards season” emerged because of the rise of the Weinstein brothers. Harvey can’t understand the deep meaning in Ian’s words, but this old fox will not be easily persuaded. He laughed, “Are you sure? You know, there is only one in Hollywood. Lancelot Strelow.”

The subtext is that if Lance is willing to go out in person, the academy’s public relations will be much easier.

Ian’s eyes lit up slightly, and a smile rose from the corners of his mouth, “Ha, there is indeed only one Lancelot Strelow in Hollywood.” With the same words, the faint sarcasm and banter in Ian’s tone expressed It has a completely different meaning. Lance is not a heartthrob like Tom Hanks in Hollywood. On the contrary, Lance has offended countless people. Become a street mouse.

Lance was nominated for the Oscar for Best Director for three consecutive years, but missed it for three consecutive years. It’s true, of course, that he lost out to better opponents every year; but no one can be sure that Hollywood’s rejection and loathing of such a prickly figure as Lance played a role.

“However, there is more than one Strelo now.” Harvey played Tai Chi well, and rounded up the topic calmly.

With the rise of Chaos Films, the four Strelo brothers have truly entered the Hollywood power list. Even Gao Wen, who has retired and turned into a commentator, cannot be underestimated. Chaos Films’ network branches play a vital role, and many top people in Hollywood are serious sports fans. Harvey just heard the day before yesterday that Jack Nicholson also stood up and endorsed “Fury Road”-Jack is a die-hard Los Angeles Lakers fan well known in Hollywood.

“Haha, I’m an outsider. Hollywood, Vanity Fair, makes people curious on the outside, but it’s confusing to be inside, like a siege, isn’t it? So, I’d better stay outside.” Ian The meaningful words made Harvey look up and laugh.

Harvey noticed that Ian’s gaze was not far behind him, turned his head and looked over, and then saw Brad Gray, “I knew he would not miss this event, other big guys They are all waiting for the unveiling of the Golden Globe Awards, and he is the only one who can feel the ice and snow of Park City.” Harvey turned around and asked curiously, “If I remember correctly, when Lance first Brad saw his talent when he showed up at Sundance, right?”

Opening your eyes and telling nonsense is indeed a must-have skill for everyone. When “City of God” landed at the Sundance Film Festival, Harvey and Brad were direct competitors. In the end, Harvey and Lance had some unpleasant troubles, “God The North American distribution rights of “The City” fell into the hands of Paramount. But now Harvey’s tone seems to have no memory of such a thing at all.

“Really?” Ian also pretended to be stupid, anyway, he didn’t come to Park City back then, “However, if this is the case, I wouldn’t be surprised. Brad has been in charge of Paramount for the past few years, and the independent film department has developed rapidly. After Brad took over the position of CEO of Paramount, the first thing he did was to pay attention to the development of the independent department, not only the distribution rights, but also the production. This year’s “Babel” and “Dream Girl” , are all produced and released by Paramount’s independent label, which is dominated by Paramount. “I should go up and say hello, and we’ll talk later.” Afterwards, Ian said goodbye to Harvey and walked towards Brad.

Harvey watched Ian’s back, his eyes gradually deepened. Although he was indifferent just now, he had to admit that Chaos Shadow Industry’s move was very clever.

What Ian said just now meant that the strategic significance of this year’s award season battle has changed due to the chaos in the summer and the chaos of last year’s Oscars. Now it is more between traditional large film studios and independent film producers. The studio’s struggle. Judging from the current situation, works such as “Babel”, “The Departed”, “Dreamgirl”, and “Letters from Iwo Jima” are all produced by the six major studios, and only “Little Miss Sunshine” and “The Queen “It’s from an independent label.

The rise of Chaos Films is a powerful shock to large labels, but it is a new hope for independent companies. Because Chaos Films has proved that independent labels can not only produce excellent works of art, but also make achievements in business, and even break the monopoly of the six major film companies, occupying a place in the year-end box office list.

Now, with Warner Bros. set to win this year’s awards season, what’s the Academy’s take?

For the Academy, after experiencing last year’s turmoil, the last thing they need is a deviant work like “Fury Road” to further disrupt the order. If it is just for the ratings and market feedback, they choose “Fury Road”, That is bound to outweigh the gains, not to mention the turmoil between the Academy and Lance; the best solution is to choose “The Departed”, which not only performed well at the box office, but also has Martin Scorsese and A large number of big names are in the lineup, which is tantamount to vetoing the innovation and breakthrough of Chaos Films.

Colleges don’t like outrageousness, they like tradition; colleges don’t like provocation, they like harmony; colleges don’t like uniqueness, they like neatness; colleges don’t like heterogeneity, they like mainstream.

“Fury Road” is almost a combination of college loathing factors, but “Fury Road” is precisely the essence of independent film companies. Although in the past six years, the status of independent films in the Oscars has gradually increased, and they have received more and more attention, but in fact, independent companies are still creating works according to the preferences of the academy, losing the uniqueness of independent films themselves. Sharp and sharp. For example, “Pulp Fiction”, such as “Fargo”, such as “Requiem for a Dream”, such as “Magnolia”, and “Mulholland Drive”, these truly independent outstanding works , they can win Oscar nominations, but it is difficult to win the recognition of the statuettes-specifically, the recognition of best picture, just like last year’s “Brokeback Mountain” and this year’s “Fury Road”.

If things go on like this, the advantages of independent film companies will be lost, and large film companies have also mastered the shooting techniques of academic-style works, which will further erode the small market of independent companies.

From the current point of view, Chaos Films is the best choice to break this vicious cycle. If “Brokeback Mountain” succeeded in winning last year, then this year will be a different situation; but the problem is that “Brokeback Mountain” did not, so The heavy responsibility fell on “Fury Road”. Roughly speaking, “Fury Road” is indeed the genre that the academy rejects the most, but recalling the controversy that the film caused in the summer, political correctness has already stood on the moral high ground, the depth of the work, the height of art, and the breadth of business, ” “Fury Road” has an irrefutable advantage.

The question is whether anyone is willing to give “Fury Road” a hand – unite as one, and push “Fury Road” to make history.

Ian found Harvey because he was interested in the future plans of Weinstein Pictures. They can be sure that the two brothers Harvey and Miramax did not leave Miramax for mediocrity. Therefore, the future of Weinstein Pictures is bound to be It also faces the same situation as Chaos Films. Ian hopes that Harvey can help Chaos Shadow Industry.

However, in Harvey’s view, the interest entanglement between the Academy, Warner Bros., and other forces is not that simple, and Chaos Pictures is not that great. What’s more, it is not so easy to break the prejudice of the Academy and the blockade of giant crocodiles. This is not just a duel between independent film companies and large film companies. All of them have made wedding dresses for Chaos Films, so can they really win benefits for themselves? To be more precise, can the breakthrough of “Fury Road” really change the reality and change the trajectory of history?

But Harvey also admitted that Chaos Films chose this year’s Sundance Film Festival to attack, and now the entire Hollywood is focusing on the Golden Globes, but they are still dedicated to supporting independent films in Park City. To get the support of many independent film companies~www.mtlnovel.com~especially those weak companies, unity is the only way out. As long as they are united, this force cannot be ignored.

Don’t underestimate these independent film companies, they may only occupy less than 10% of the American film market, and the number of judges in the academy is not dominant, but there is a fact that cannot be ignored: they can participate in the film every year There are only a small number of actors in commercial blockbusters, but there are countless people who can star in independent films every year—especially those who are expecting to win the Oscar. It is definitely not a group of actors, screenwriters, makeup artists, lighting engineers, etc. gathered together. small amount.

Even for Harvey himself, although he will not draw conclusions easily, he has to think deeply: What benefits will he bring to himself by supporting “Fury Road”, and supporting “Babel Tower” or “The Departed Walker” is very important for him. What positive impact can their future development bring. This account must be carefully calculated.

From this perspective, Ian’s work has served its purpose. Harvey’s eyes fell deeply on Ian and Brad. The two seemed to have just mentioned him, and they both waved their hands in greeting. Harvey also raised his right hand with a smile, waved it, and muttered in a low voice. To, “This trick is really beautiful. But, I don’t know which Strelo’s idea is.”

After the summer holidays, Chaos Pictures also showed their edge in the awards season, no longer keeping a low profile, and for the first time really showed their claws and fangs, even in the face of the stubborn blockade of the academy, even in the face of the menacing Warner Bros. , They still launched a head-on confrontation without fear, which was something that DreamWorks was unable to do back then-DreamWorks has always chosen to join forces with large film companies during the awards season, and “American Beauty” is to cooperate with Universal for academic public relations. of.

Hollywood is indeed getting more and more interesting these days.