American fame and fortune

Hollywood and Highland Center, Dolby Theatre.

The crew of "Split" also chose this landmark theater as the venue for its world premiere.

Eight huge posters were hung on both sides of the main entrance of the Dolby Theater. Each poster showed a personality of the male protagonist.

Movie fans can easily distinguish the distinctive features just from their appearance and demeanor.

Among them, there are cross-dressing men, innocent children, irritable brothers, fashionistas, muscular villains and so on.

Each one is three-dimensional.

Amid screams from both sides of the red carpet, Martin, who made his final appearance, came to the media area in front of the theater. After joining the main creative staff such as David Fincher, Anya Taylor-Joy and Jonathan Nolan, they Group photo in front of the backdrop.

This October, except for "Split", there are no heavyweight commercial films released in the North American film market.

At today's premiere, Martin invited many industry colleagues to attend.

The crew also sent invitations to more than 50 professional media.

"Split" isn't just about box office, it also wants to win during awards season.

Martin's Oscar publicity officially started from the premiere.

The group entered the Dolby Theater, and Bruce came through the side door.

Martin stopped, waited until Bruce came closer, and asked, "Did you deliver the things?"

Bruce said: "Lily took people to escort her personally and handed it over to Robert."

Martin felt relieved instantly: "Okay, I believe Robert will get things done."

Although Bruce didn't say anything on the surface, he kept murmuring in his heart. If he sent the Best Actor statuette to Atlanta and let Robert hold a ceremony with it, could he really get a second Best Actor statuette?

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Peachtree Street, Atlanta.

A Cadillac CT6 parked in front of the headquarters of Coke God. Two female bodyguards got out of the car first. One of them opened the rear door. Lily got out of the car with a password box and walked quickly into the headquarters.

Robert and Elena were waiting in the front hall.

Lily spoke to her sister first, then came to Robert, opened the lockbox in her hand, took out Martin's Oscar statuette, handed it to Robert herself, and said, "Martin has told me that you can make up your own mind on how to do it."

Robert took the Oscar statuette with both hands: "I have already thought about the ceremony. It is simple and effective."

Lily didn't know how to evaluate Martin's habit, so she could only say: "I leave it all to you."

Robert nodded and carried the statuette upstairs.

Lily wanted to follow, but a figure blocked her in front.

Elena stood in front of Lily and asked, "Idiot, are you willing to go back to Atlanta?"

"I missed you, so I came back." Lily held her sister's hand, her face full of flattery: "Don't be so stern, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Elena took Lily to her office here: "Follow me, we two sisters haven't talked alone for a long time."

Lily's feet were moving, and her head moved back unconsciously, fearing that the iron fist of love would fall on her head.

Elena looked back at her and said, "Are you afraid now? Why weren't you afraid when you did it?"

"No, I wasn't afraid at the time." Lily felt that she couldn't hold her head up for the rest of her life, and said, "You can't blame me for this. The main reason is still on you. You and that bastard Martin don't pay attention at all. Think about it. Just messing around at home, have you ever considered my feelings?”

"Haha, is it my fault?" Elena pulled Lily into the office and slammed the door.

Lily didn't want to be suppressed all her life, so she sat on the sofa, folded her arms and said, "Don't you have any responsibility? I..."

Before he finished speaking, a fist as big as a sandbag fell from the sky and landed on Lily's head with a thud.

This is the love from my sister!

Absolute suppression from blood and genes!

The fist hit her head. It wasn't hard at all and it didn't hurt at all, but Lily immediately became honest and didn't dare to say anything back.

Elena said: "When you grow up, I can't control you. This is your choice."

Lily lowered her head and remained silent, not saying a word.

While the two sisters were quietly communicating, Robert changed into Coca-Cola red clothes at the altar on the second floor. Following the usual procedure, he placed the 2003 glass bottle of Coca-Cola with olive oil on the wooden table. superior.

Then, he solemnly picked up the Oscar statuette and placed it next to Coca-Cola.

The high priest of the Coca-Cola Cult kept mumbling: "A big hit at the box office! Win another Oscar for Best Actor!"

As he prayed and worshipped, Robert felt inexplicably at ease. Perhaps he had really formed a belief over the years and felt that he had support on a spiritual level.

…………

Hollywood, Dolby Theatre.

In the VIP lounge, Martin greeted the many guests who came to attend the premiere one by one, many of whom were members of the Academy and the Screen Actors Guild.

The acting awards are voted on by actors who are members of the Academy, numbering approximately 1,200.

Martin has already been ahead of the curve in his efforts to win awards, conducting a detailed investigation into the Oscar Best Actor situation in the past five years.

As long as one-third of these 1,200 people finally vote for him, the probability of winning the Best Actor is as high as 99%.

Among them, there are almost 60 judges who can have a wide impact.

The Academy membership is a lifetime system, which will inevitably lead to an inevitable result that the older people are, the wider their network and influence will be.

Jack Nicholson, the leader of the Three Bastards, is now the mascot of the Oscars. Almost every Oscar will pull out the old bastard and hang him in a prominent place.

His influence is self-evident.

Others like Warren Beatty, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, etc., all have their own circles.

Martin is on good terms with many of them, so public relations is relatively easy.

Nicholson said to Martin: "I have invited everyone who can be invited. Those who don't have time for the moment can wait for the film show in November and December."

Martin said: "I'm sorry to bother you again."

"You bastard, you have brought me a lot of fun." Nicholson said: "I have lived a relaxed and comfortable life in the past ten years knowing you, which is more interesting than when Malone was alive."

Martin deliberately joked: "Save the butter you bought for Malone, you may need it in the future."

Nicholson said: "Sometimes I really want to put your head in my ass."

Martin went to talk to Warren Beatty for a few more words.

Although the former Hollywood Playboy withdrew from the Academy Executive Committee, his influence is still there.

Tom Hanks came over and said to Martin with a smile: "Have you heard that three Korean crews applied for this year's Oscars?"

Martin nodded: "I heard from Catherine that they are going to focus on the best foreign language film and best documentary?"

Tom Hanks said: "I watched two of them. The films made by Koreans are interesting. Moreover, they are rich and willing to invest."

Martin roughly understood that maybe this year's Oscars will give Koreans a few unimportant awards, further stimulating their enthusiasm for the Oscars.

Only with money can the Oscars be lively.

Tom Hanks said again: "I watched the internal preview. Your role this year is not bad. Come on."

This sentence seems to carry a hint of encouragement to rush for awards. Martin said: "I also hope to win an Oscar again. It is a great honor."

The two chatted for a while, and Tom Hanks left here and came to Catherine Kennedy.

The latter asked softly: "What is Martin's plan?"

As the vice president of the Academy, Tom Hanks, like Kathleen Kennedy, attaches great importance to the Oscars and said: "From what he said, he should invest heavily in the award."

Katherine Kennedy was relieved: "If someone is willing to invest money in the award season, it will be lively and the influence of the Oscars can be demonstrated."

She turned to ask: "What is the situation with the Koreans?"

Tom Hanks said: "Three crews have submitted their materials, and this session will be lively."

"I have to say that Martin always comes up with some good ideas." Kathleen Kennedy said: "Although we may not notice the demand for Oscars in the international market in two years, Martin at least saved us a few years of detours."

Tom Hanks lowered his voice: "Most members of the Academy Executive Committee have a good impression of Martin."

Katherine Kennedy suddenly thought of this year's Oscar for Best Actor.

She couldn't help but sigh that Martin's preparations actually started from the last session.

It is not shabby to use all available conditions to impact the Oscar.

Kathleen Kennedy thought of her former boss and boss, the famous Spielberg. If he had not taken advantage of his Jewishness, how could he have won his first Oscar for Best Director.

The premiere screening was about to begin, and the guests entered one after another.

Martin summoned the main creative staff of the crew, and under the leadership of David Fincher, they finally entered the theater through the side door.

After the routine media activities, the group sat in the first row.

Hundreds of media reporters were invited to this premiere, and there were also hundreds of guests and media critics in the Hollywood industry. The entire guest area of ​​the Dolby Theater was full.

The film began with a brutal kidnapping of a girl.

The story is not complicated. A usually kind fashion designer developed multiple personalities due to mental problems. While actively receiving treatment, the hidden criminal personality carefully planned a kidnapping case and kidnapped three high school girls.

The girls wanted to actively save themselves, and the different personalities of the male protagonist were also fighting each other, and finally a terrible personality was born.

The male protagonist not only killed the psychiatrist who wanted to help him with treatment, but also tortured and killed the three kidnapped girls.

In this section, David Fincher used a dark style similar to a religious ritual. The male protagonist invited the female protagonist to enjoy the last dinner together in the form of soul cooking.

Martin sat in front of the soul cooking, seemingly calm and indifferent, but the audience could read cruelty, evil and madness from his face.

The ordinary audience in the fan zone trembled when watching, the horror level was already MAX!

It was a shudder caused by fear!

When the film entered the final stage, Tom Hanks couldn't help but say to Kathleen Kennedy next to him: "It's amazing! The biggest highlight of this film is Martin's male protagonist, who plays eight roles. Although I saw it for the second time, I still want to say that this is too crazy. Martin's acting skills in this role are jaw-dropping!"

Katherine Kennedy fully agreed: "From his eyes to his body language to his personality traits, he has realized different traits of different personalities. Martin is really a genius!"

Annette Bening on the other side heard it and answered automatically: "It is indeed true. Each of the male protagonists has a very wide personality span, but there is an inner thread connecting them together. Martin's performance can freely unfold these differences." The characters merge into a single and extremely dangerous person."

She asked her husband, Warren Beatty: "I haven't seen anyone better in this role in the last ten years."

Kathleen Kennedy responded: "It should be one of the highest levels of acting skills that Hollywood actors have shown in the past ten years."

Warren Beatty shrugged: "I'm not sure exactly. Anyway, one thing I know is that even when I was at my peak, I couldn't do this."

He pointed to the close-up of the male protagonist on the screen: "Have you noticed that apart from his appearance, Martin does not perform too exaggeratedly, but achieves his goal through changes in his eyes, facial muscles and the curvature of the corners of his mouth, naturally. To clean and tidy!”

Willem Dafoe in the same row was also amazed.

It is really not easy to do this and still be so natural and clear.

In the row of critics in front of them, all the film critics were deep in thought.

Kenneth Turan from the Los Angeles Times, who is also the chairman of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, said to his friend Todd McCarthy next to him: "This is Martin's best role since he entered Hollywood, right?"

Todd McCarthy nodded slowly: "Yes, not only is Martin the best, I think it is also the best role in Hollywood since 2010, compared to Daniel Day-Lewis' Lincoln and Matthew McNair. The AIDS character played by Connor was clearly a winner.”

He pondered for a moment and came to a conclusion: "This role definitely deserves an Oscar for Best Actor."

Kenneth Turan has been writing down his personal feelings quickly on the notebook in his hand, and now is the time when he feels the strongest.

The pen rustled in his hand, and a short column was ready to be sent out at any time.

"Martin's performance in "Split" completely overpowered the film's story and internal logic. It was a shock and has become the most outstanding feature of the film!"

"There is a particularly wonderful section in the film. In just half a minute, Martin needs to express seven completely different states. None of them rely on prosthetics or external makeup. He completely transforms through body language and facial changes. It's amazing. What’s remarkable is that he created a unique and precise portrayal of each personality, which was completely unpretentious and convincing, which is breathtaking.”

Just as Kenneth Turan was writing, the subtitles of the film rose, and warm applause erupted in the theater.

Everyone around stood up and applauded.

Kenneth Turan and Todd McCarthy also stood up and applauded. This film, especially Martin's performance, deserves the warmest applause.