Hollywood Road

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Time is moving towards 2010 step by step. In the disputes that will never be lacking in every award season, Murphy has also received some good news. After unremitting public relations efforts, quite a few critics and critics in the academy are inclined to support He and "The Wolf of Wall Street", although this does not guarantee the best director and best picture nominations for this year's Academy Awards, it undoubtedly greatly increases the chances of appearing on the nomination list.

At the same time, they are also working on the best actor nominations and best supporting actor nominations, Robert - Downey Jr. and Jonah - Hill are their own.

Like Murphy, cAA and 20th Century Fox, they are all old people in Hollywood. Just like the film academy, people will inevitably be conservative when they are old. Those who have a share of the pie are incomparable.

In mid-December, James Cameron's masterpiece "Avatar", which has been honed for ten years, was officially released in North America, and then began to sweep the world with an almost crazy momentum, and was about to create a new myth.

Twelve years ago, the truck driver once conquered the Oscars with his commercial achievements, and proudly held up the statuette at the awards ceremony and shouted 'I am the king of the world'. With the super popularity of "Avatar" in North America and overseas markets, many Everyone believes that James Cameron will make a comeback.

Since Murphy knew that his own style did not fit Oscar's tastes, and the themes and values ​​in it were not in line with the mainstream, it was even more impossible to become the first target for countless Oscar judges to choose. Everything he did was to win over some of the judges. Support, getting the desired nomination is a victory.

Therefore, the super-hot market performance of "Avatar" will not have a substantial impact on his Oscar path. On the contrary, those films that are completely made according to Oscar's taste feel a huge threat.

Because of the previous precedent, many people are worried that James Cameron and "Avatar" will once again conquer the Oscars with their outstanding box office results. Some of the adventurous beginners naturally regard "Avatar" as the main competitors.

As we all know, the Oscars never depend on the film itself to decide the winner, let alone as long as the film is good enough, just sit there and wait, an Oscar statuette will fall from the sky, and it will fall on your head.

Like Hollywood, the Oscars have never been a pure land, full of battles.

At a party, Meghan Ellison told Murphy about her strategy for the Olympic Games, and she is also implementing it later.

This girl in her early twenties dares to think and act. Not only did she invest in "The Hurt Locker", which is very suitable for the Oscars and the overall American social situation, but she also invited the PR manager of Ao Heitan to handle the entire PR of the film. Strategy.

The most exaggerated one is that Megan Ellison ordered a producer of "The Hurt Locker" to send emails directly to many Oscar judges, attacking "Avatar" and at the same time calling on the judges not to vote for "Avatar" and James Cameron.

Such public relations is undoubtedly extremely risky.

However, Murphy also admitted that Megan Ellison's strategy is very smart. When it comes to understanding and research on this industry, she is definitely above her brother David Ellison.

If this kind of crazy and gambling public relations is used on Steven Spielberg or other academically admired directors, it is tantamount to getting burned, but if the person attacking is James Cameron, then completely different.

James Cameron is a typical director of technical commercial films. Even Spielberg has made several art films such as "Purple" and "Empire of the Sun" in a fake way, and James Cameron has always been playing what he is interested in. Things are not welcomed by Oscar and the Academy at all.

The subsequent development undoubtedly proved this point. Megan Ellison sent emails to the Oscar judges on a large scale. Producer,

And the punishment is not to allow him to continue to participate in this year's Oscar-related activities.

As for Megan Ellison and the "The Hurt Locker" she invested in, they were not affected in any way. On the contrary, the positions of many judges were affected by her email.

Of course, people like Murphy are well aware that this strategy seems to work quickly, but it will leave a hangover for a long time.

Every circle has its own rules of the game, and those who break the rules of the game will not be welcomed or even rejected. Some bottom line rules of the game, even Murphy will not easily touch them.

Therefore, Megan Ellison may benefit in a short period of time, but when the Oscars pass and the judges come to their senses, the future will inevitably be subject to a series of liquidations, and the films she invested in want to win again. For the Oscars, the difficulty will double.

Influenced by Megan Ellison, Murphy went to the theater with Gal Gadot to watch the once only famous "The Hurt Locker", and was dragged by Gal Gadot the next day I went to the imAX theater to experience an upright imAX3D version of "Avatar".

After returning home after watching the film, Gal Gadot asked Murphy specifically, "If they can all be included in the nomination list, which of the three films "Wolf of Wall Street", "The Hurt Locker" and "Avatar" won the best award? best movie possible.”

"We have to exclude it first." Murphy took the water glass handed by Gal Gadot, took a sip, and continued, "My style is not the type that Oscar likes. I want to win heavyweight awards, especially Best Picture , still need to accumulate.”

Gal Gadot looked at him, "What about those two? The Hurt Locker?"

Murphy nodded, "If there are only these three films competing for the best picture, judging from the film's content theme and public relations situation, only "The Hurt Locker" will win."

He went on to explain, "The themes of this film include anti-war, humanitarianism, self-awareness confusion, war's distortion of human nature, etc. Novelty. The style of the film is very tough, and the entire film is shot in a documentary style, which is very real and shocking.”

Gal Gadot nodded and said, "I think the pacing and editing of the shots are also remarkable.

"That's right," Murphy said.

In fact, he personally thinks that Catherine Bigelow's later "Hunting Ben-****" is better. That film did not deliberately highlight or interpret a theme, and its reproduction content was far greater than its performance.

However, because of the sequelae caused by excessive public relations, and the intention of rushing to the Olympics is too obvious, the results obtained at the Oscars are far inferior to "The Hurt Locker".

In his opinion, the details and some themes of "Bomb Disposal" are indeed lacking, mainly because the source of the script is an article written by Chris Hedges, a liberal writer who has long been concerned about the Middle East and a reporter for the New York Times. The work itself was not rigorous and heavy enough, which caused many bomb disposal experts to complain about the details.

But Murphy still wants to say that Catherine Bigelow is a very good female director, and she is not inferior to many directors in Hollywood.

Also a female director, she is much more capable than Sofia Coppola who has countless resources behind her.

"Let's talk about "Avatar". I think this film's contribution to film technology is no less than the emergence of color film and sound films." Murphy sat next to Gal Gadot and talked about this film that will always be remembered every time he sees it. I think the male protagonist is disgusting, "but compared to "The Hurt Locker", let alone a CG animation, the theme and content are too old-fashioned."

"Old-fashioned? I don't think so."

Gal Gadot completely disagrees with Murphy's words, "I don't think the story of "Avatar" is old, simple or not deep enough."

Hearing what she said, Murphy could only shrug and ask, "What's your reason?"

"Let's put it this way." Gal Gadot is obviously very assertive and will not blindly follow Murphy's point of view, "If you use a literary analogy, "Avatar" is actually folk literature and a fairy tale, just like "Star Wars" , rather than realistic fiction."

She thought for a while and continued, "Many movie audiences are too accustomed to novel-style modern narratives. They are used to finding metaphysical meaning and enlightening value judgments from complex and entangled stories. A plot full of contradictions and conflicts, and a story with countless possible referents behind it.”

Murphy nodded slightly. The audience actually likes to interpret movies very much. They can often interpret things from some movies that the screenwriter and director didn't think of at all.

"But "Avatar", like "Star Wars", is a 'source story' type of story, an extremely simple, original, and typified motif."

The more Gal Gadot said, the clearer his thoughts became, "This is the case with folk tales or narrative poems that have been handed down. Their ideas cannot be as complex and profound as Borges' novels, but they cannot be said to be shallow or without appeal. I I think the narrative of the entire "Avatar" is very clean and clear, and the rhythm is quite good."

She spread her hands, "The first half of the rhythm of "Titanic" is actually a bit dull and slow, but "Avatar" as the story progresses, you will stand in the position of na\\\u0026#o39;vi very naturally—— This is the benefit of being as clear-cut as good and evil in folk stories, otherwise the audience's position will become very hesitant and confused."

Murphy shrugged, neither agreeing nor denying.

Having said that, adding the past and the present, I have watched "Avatar" many times, and every time I see the male lead betraying human beings, he feels like throwing up, especially the last climax scene, every time he wants the male lead to die quickly.

The setting of "people. rape" is really weird.

Seeing that Murphy didn't agree with his point of view, Gal Gadot couldn't help but pouted, and Murphy changed the subject in a timely manner.

"It's getting late, let's go and see how the dinner preparations are going, this is the first time Ross has come here, if we don't do well, that guy Donny will be vicious again." (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please read here. )