Hollywood Drawing

"Congratulations, Mr. Greenberg."

"Thanks."

"Congratulations, Director Greenberg."

"..."

A large conference room on the 7th floor of the Warner Bros. Building was temporarily transformed into a screening room. As soon as Wayne entered the door, people kept congratulating him. In addition to the staff of Warner Bros., there were also Imperial Cinemas, Movie viewing expert for AMC and National Artists theater chains.

It has been more than half a month since Fendi was born. In addition to occasionally going to the studio's post-production studio to check on the work progress, he accompanied Naomi Watts at home for the first time to watch this year's 68th Academy Awards. ceremony.

At 6 pm on March 25, 1996, the Academy Awards were held at the Dorothy Chandler Hall in Los Angeles. From the perspective of an audience, watching this biggest show in Hollywood from the TV gave Wayne the feeling very different.

In his eyes, this year's Oscars are full of the meaning of sharing pork. I'm afraid the only surprise left for people is that Whoopi Goldberg was invited back by the Academy to serve as the host of the party for the second time.

Paramount finally got what it wanted. With "Braveheart" leading the way with 10 nominations, it won five statuettes including Best Picture, Best Director, Music Editing, Cinematography and Makeup. Mel- Gibson was also in high spirits and stood on the podium twice.

If you only see this, they are definitely the biggest winners at this Oscars, far from sharing the pork.

But the shocking thing is still to come. The old guys from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences didn't even give this film a single acting award. This made "Braveheart" embarrassing, becoming the ninth film in history without any award. A film that was nominated in the acting category but won Best Picture.

From a normal person's point of view, this doesn't make sense at all. Since the actor's performance is not the best this year, why is the film the best film? I am afraid that even the 45 million North American viewers sitting in front of the TV can see this contradiction.

The only reason is to share the pork, an old Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences trick, the art of balance.

Other award-winning films include "Apollo 13," "Pocahontas," "The Usual Suspects," which won two awards, and "Anne Frank Remembers," "The Antonias," and "The Usual Suspects," which won one award. Piglet," "Wallace and Gromit: The Razor's Edge," "The Walking Dead," "The Postman," "Leaving Las Vegas," "Lieberman in Love," "Not a Strong Aphrodisiac," " Memories of a Survivor" and "Sense and Sensibility."

After watching the whole party, it felt like it was raining and dewing. Not only Wayne felt it, but also the envious Australian actress Mira Sorvino who won the Best Actress for "Dead Man Walking" around him. It’s the waning days of the Oscars.

Objectively speaking, in the past few years until the beginning of the 2000s, the Oscar Awards ceremony still had surprises from time to time, but it inevitably became more conservative. Even if the ratings of this event have declined since then, it has not allowed the film art and What a difference the Faculty of Science makes.

If you look at it from another perspective, it is very consistent with the law of time that the Oscars have become more and more conservative. Most of the members who now have voting rights joined during the so-called golden age of Hollywood movies, and Academy members are lifelong.

In the minds of these aging old men, the best and favorite movie genre is naturally the 1960s and 1970s that they remember deeply.

Harvey Weinstein has seen through this. He produces black and white films, musicals and other works neatly and straightforwardly to please those old men. Coupled with the low-bottom-line public relations methods, he always gets what he wants. result.

As time slowly passed, the new members who joined the academy did not threaten the votes of the old men. It could be said that their tastes had hardly changed, and they still stayed in the golden age in their own memories.

Don't think that it will be okay if these people are beaten to death. When these people gradually withdraw from the stage of power, Wayne and the so-called new generation will naturally enter middle-aged and old age. Facing the new things that may appear, they will only become More conservative, in fact nothing has changed, this is an unsolvable reincarnation.

Wayne did not receive any nominations for this year's Oscars. Even the unbeatable Best Adapted Screenplay in previous years, he did not conduct any public relations activities. This year, his purpose is to recuperate and recuperate. Next year, this will be his main focus. battlefield.

Faced with the invitation from the academy, he also refused on the grounds that he wanted to accompany his newborn daughter. This was an excuse that no one could make any sense about. In this land, no matter what kind of bastard he is behind the scenes, even if he is drunk, Taking drugs, having a chaotic private life, smoking leaf cigarettes and even smoking powdered contraband are all irrelevant as long as the family is mentioned in public.

Family is apparently the unchanging value of this country, and it is also the only reason to reject everything that is fair and aboveboard, even though he has never planned to marry an Australian actress.

"The theater alliance does not trust Zack Snyder. They were not invited to this internal preview, but after learning the news, they strongly requested to watch the film in advance."

Bruce Rosenblum walked to the front row and sat next to Wayne. He tilted his head and explained in a low voice the reason for the appearance of the outsider behind him.

He didn't say some things clearly, but I believe the young people around him can think that the reason why the theater alliance did this was to express dissatisfaction. Some time ago, Warner Brothers played a large-scale production collision plan, which caused trouble with these companies. Also quite unpleasant.

Turning his head and glancing around, Wayne found that almost all of the people sent by the three major theater chains were familiar faces, which meant that they were all senior film viewing experts.

"Are they planning to catch Zach off guard? The media preview of "The Matrix" should be scheduled at the end of the month. The film is not yet finished. Not only have the opening and closing animations not been added, but even the soundtrack has been added temporarily. It’s very likely that it needs to be revised.”

This was originally just a simple internal test screening for Warner Bros. to internally check the effect of the finished film. Now with the arrival of these people, everything has changed.

After Zack Snyder completed the production of the film, Wayne had already watched it completely in the drawing room. Except for a few issues with the soundtrack that were still uncertain, the film was considered to be very complete.

If these people really had other motives, he bet that this film would blind the eyes of film selection experts. It seems like everything in "The Matrix" was produced by Zack Snyder, but in fact, the framework was not out of his control at all.

Regardless of the shooting requirements, editing, special effects and other production methods, everything is like a composition with a framework. Because it is the first time for Director Zha to direct, in order to ensure the probability of success, all the work he does does not dare to deviate from this so-called composition. circle.

On the surface, the director is a novice, but in fact, the more detailed work and requirements were clearly explained to the crew before they left for Australia.

"Wayne, congratulations."

As he and Bruce Rosenblum were chatting in low voices, the film's director, Zack Snyder, wearing a baggy suit, sat down next to the two. "You know, I was supported by a tight work schedule, and I saw the news in the newspaper a few days later."

"It's okay, Zach." Wayne showed an encouraging smile. This was a true member of his own team, and his expectations for him were much higher than what he had now. "When this period of time is over, I will hold a party at the manor to celebrate Fendi's arrival. It will be a good time for us to get together."

"No problem, I will choose a special gift for our little princess."

Zack Snyder nodded, knowing that as long as he was invited to such a party, he would still be considered one of his own in the eyes of the other party. There was one thing that was undeniable, the other party was his biggest supporter in the circle.

Stop talking about it, leave Wayne Greenberg, unless Warner Bros. has a headache, will a big-budget science fiction movie like "The Matrix" cast him as a newbie?

At ten o'clock in the morning, the staff tightened all the curtains in the conference room and turned off the lights in the room. An old-fashioned projector "clicked" and projected a colorful light, hitting the front of the conference room. on the curtain.

Wayne ended his pleasantries with Zack Snyder. Although he had already seen it once, he still focused on the upcoming film. He was not worried about the several film selection experts behind him at all because he had enough confidence in the film. .

As the film started, he muttered softly. "Let me show you what a science fiction film that can go down in film history is called..."

He knew from the beginning that human energy is limited, and no matter how crazy a director is in his work, he would not be able to make all good films.

Since this movie, which is still talked about more than 20 years later, I have neither the means nor the time to produce, I might as well help the assistant director who has been with me for three years. What is rare is that the production style of this assistant director has been trained by him, so to speak. It's the same strain.

Everyone has selfish motives, and Wayne's selfish motive is that even if this film was not produced by him, it would still be deeply marked by Greenberg's production. No matter how many years pass, people will mention this great science fiction film series. It was never possible to get around his name.

Because no title was added, the film entered the theme neatly and neatly. The first thing that caught the eye was the green code that kept passing by. In the doubtful eyes of a few viewers, the dialogue between the characters suddenly appeared.

"Is everything ready?"

"Isn't it your turn to be on duty today?"

"I know, I'm just preparing to take over."

"You like him, right? You always enjoy looking at him."

"Don't be stupid, we will kill him! Did you know?!"

"Morpheus believes he is the savior!"

"Do you believe it?"

"..."