Hollywood Drawing

If there is anyone who knows Wayne best, it is undoubtedly Professor Andreessen Horowitz. During their more than three years in college, they had countless exchanges about film production.

The professor has been observing him silently. Starting from the graduation film "Happy Death Day", the professor will carefully watch every movie Wayne has made at least two or three times.

When "Get Out", "The Return of the Clown" and "Joker" were released, he saw Wayne's progress from these films. He found that although the personal style of the films shot by his students was still very strong, The audience base is growing all the time.

There is not one overly CULT film like the one he had in school. This all indicates that Wayne has indeed suppressed his creative passion. For the sake of the audience size of the film, it is not a bad thing to compromise. .

Especially when "Batman Begins" was released, Professor Andreessen Horowitz was simply surprised. It was like an epic that perfectly combined its own style and commercialization. The film was towering and majestic. The unique lens layout and realistic shooting style all fascinated him.

In the professor's mind, he does not recommend that his students, after graduation, plunge into the so-called artistic independent film industry and work hard for the director of their first feature film.

On the contrary, he prefers his students to start their careers down-to-earth after entering Hollywood. He has never been biased against commercial films.

So far, Professor Andreessen Horowitz's opinion is that the audience must first like to watch the movie before we can explore the art that exists in it. He has said similar words to Wayne more than once.

There is no other reason than that Wayne's personal style is so strong. Of course, you can have the ultimate personal style, but the first thing you have to consider is how to use your own style to make it acceptable to the public.

In all the movies Wayne has made over the years, he has undoubtedly been on the right track. The only one that surprised him was "The Departed."

Compared with the previous films, the audience for "The Departed" is much narrower. There will definitely not be too many fans who can accept this kind of work that is full of B-movie attributes.

The moment he saw this film, Andreessen Horowitz was reminded of those unknown experimental short films that Wayne shot when she was in school. The large number of black elements in the film were simply those she studied when she was in school. summary.

"Yes, teacher." Wayne nodded generously, not caring about the father of Star Wars who was staring at him with interest, and expressed his selfish thoughts without any concealment.

"Teacher, "The Departed" is the summary of my study career. Even at the beginning of the preparation of the film, I was ready to lose money. I have made enough money for Warner Brothers, even if the box office of this film is Not ideal, and they can't possibly have any input.

The current box office generated by this movie is at least much better than I imagined. You should have heard that my main goal for this film is the Oscar, and I hope to use my best method to win that statuette. "

Several people nodded after listening to his words. Everyone knew that with Wayne's current status in Warner Bros., no one would dare to raise objections if he was too willful.

Besides, the so-called unsatisfactory box office performance of "The Departed" is due to comparison with his other previous works. If it were another director, this would be a proper box office hit.

Of course, it is not convenient for Wayne to say some things. If "The Departed" had been released at another time, the success rate of getting the statuette, which represents the highest honor, would basically not exceed 30%.

But with the soft persimmon of Miramax's "The English Patient", the situation is completely different. He has accumulated enough points over the years, his hidden achievements in expanding overseas markets for Hollywood, and the promises of those old Jewish men. From every aspect, Anthony Minghella is at an absolute disadvantage.

"Don't worry, I will mobilize the votes of some old friends when the time comes." Professor Andreessen Horowitz smiled and patted his arm. Although this day came much earlier than he imagined, Wayne's achievements The higher it is, the more outstanding his performance is.

The reason is simple. When everyone mentions Wayne Greenberg, the most unique director in Hollywood, they will inevitably mention the school where he graduated. As the teacher of this great director, he will continue to learn from Wayne Greenberg. The brilliance of creation has been severely recorded in the history of film.

"Thank you, teacher."

There's nothing pretentious about Wayne, and every extra vote is insurance come awards season.

While several people were reminiscing about old times in the office, a small auditorium in the School of Film and Art began to be bustling with people.

Professor Andreessen Horowitz has already announced today's lecture. There is no threshold for attending. Anyone who is interested can attend as long as they are students at the Southern California School of Film and Art.

"I don't like Wayne Greenberg." A white girl frowned, hugged a backpack, and was dragged to the door of the small auditorium by a boy, complaining as she walked. "Can't you come here by yourself? The movies he made made me want to vomit after watching them. I really don't understand why you would..."

When the girl was halfway complaining, the boy covered her mouth. Several students who came in high spirits looked at the two of them with an obvious dangerous light.

It wasn't until the white girl was dragged aside by her friends to make way for the entrance of the auditorium that the students glared at them fiercely and walked in.

"Lina, damn it, you almost got us beaten." The boy let go of his girlfriend's mouth and said with some fear: "This opportunity is too rare. I swear, if we miss this speech, we will regret it. Besides, you’ve only watched Wayne’s one film, “The Departed,” so you can’t make such a brainless conclusion.” “Am I brainless?”

The white girl rolled her eyes. She knew that her boyfriend had always been an admirer of Wayne, but she couldn't understand why there were so many people who liked watching stuff that was full of swear words and bloody.

In order to find out why her boyfriend likes Wayne, Linna went to the theater and bought a movie ticket for "The Departed". Unfortunately, all the elements in the movie did not please her. After watching most of the game with a frown, I chose to leave early.

Suddenly, the girl seemed to have remembered something. She pulled the boy to a bench nearby, opened the backpack in her arms, took out a newspaper, and patted it on her boyfriend's leg with a "pop" sound. "Want me to read it for you? This is the opinion of an authoritative person."

"what?"

Lina ignored her boyfriend's doubts and directly picked up the newspaper again, a playful and crisp voice rang out from her mouth. "As of last weekend, the North American box office of "The Departed" has reached 139 million U.S. dollars. Compared with the film's long running time, it will not be a problem for the box office to exceed 150 million U.S. dollars.

According to information released by Warner Bros. earlier, the production cost of this film was only US$40 million, and the crew, from front to back, took salary cuts to join. Judging from the box office, it can be called a success no matter what. "

"Is there something wrong?" The boy looked at his girlfriend strangely, not understanding what she wanted to express.

"There are more below." Linna paused deliberately, raised the corners of her mouth, showed a smile of anticipation of victory, and continued reading: "Contrary to what the public knows, after a series of investigations, I learned that " The success of "The Departed" is entirely due to the personal appeal that Wayne Greenberg has built up over the past few years.

According to data released by an authoritative third-party survey agency in North America, nearly one-third of movie fans who go to theaters to watch movies are willing to buy tickets because of the sign produced by Greenberg. There is also a small group of other movie fans who are attracted by the appeal of the three protagonists and the good reviews that can be seen everywhere on the Internet.

Is the movie "The Departed" really that good? Judging from the polarized reputation of the audience after watching the movie, it can explain a lot of problems. The quality of this Wayne Greenberg's ambitious film is definitely not as good as the box office numbers indicate. It can even be said that this is a film that relied on the director's personal reputation among movie fans to achieve false prosperity. s work.

The reason why the film's box office performance is so strong is obviously because Warner Bros. is recklessly consuming Wayne Greenberg's fan trust in order to make money. Of course, all this is not entirely the responsibility of the production company. If the quality of the movie is not up to par, the source still points to the director of the film. This is known to everyone.

Wayne Greenberg has continued to achieve success since his first film "Happy Death Day". We have reason to believe that after so many years of consumption of creative energy, he has embarked on the downhill path experienced by directors. Now movie fans Perhaps because of his name, he will endure the bad viewing experience of "The Departed", but what if there is another failure? Will anyone still walk into the theater to buy tickets and watch movies because of his name..."

As the crisp voice stopped, the girl raised her face and looked at her boyfriend proudly, as if she had finally found some authoritative evidence and wanted to end the countless arguments she had had with her boyfriend before.

But before she could say anything, a voice came from behind and asked, "Who wrote this?"

"It's Roger Ebert, the authoritative film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times." The girl said subconsciously, and then realized that it was not her boyfriend who was asking the question just now. "He is the leading film critic..."

At this moment, the boyfriend next to the girl stood up and asked uncertainly: "Are you Wayne Greenberg?!"