Hollywood Road

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By mid-February, before the 82nd Oscar Nominees Luncheon, the North American box office of "The Wolf of Wall Street" was still growing slowly, reaching a total of more than 203.56 million US dollars, although it was far behind the wildly aggressive " "Avatar", but for a film with a production cost of only 80 million US dollars, this can be said to be a big hit.

Subsequently, the Oscar nominees luncheon was held at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Unlike previous years, Murphy did not let the busy Bill Rossis do it for him, but appeared in the banquet hall of the nominees luncheon in person .

As Robert Downey Jr., Jonah Hill and others were still doing publicity all over the world, Murphy walked into the No. 1 banquet hall of the Hilton Hotel alone on behalf of the entire "Wolf of Wall Street" crew.

"This way please, Director Stanton."

A waiter led Murphy to the table at the front of the banquet hall. Murphy took a special look before he went over. The people sitting there were basically people from the top buildings in Hollywood, such as representatives of the crew of "Avatar" Jon Landau, Walt Disney animation director John Lasseter, and Hollywood's top stars... Leonardo DiCaprio!

There was a time when Murphy was close to Leonardo DiCaprio because of Robert Downey Jr., but now...

Murphy shook his head slightly. Leonardo DiCaprio is not only a movie star, but also a very successful businessman. When certain interests are in front of him, the fragile friendship between the two It collapsed.

Of course, he also knows very well that this is the norm in Hollywood or any business circle. It is impossible for everyone he meets to become James Franco, Robert Downey Jr., Seth Rogen, and Jonah Hee. A buddy like Er.

"Hi, Jon."

Walking to the banquet table, Murphy first greeted the big fat producer from 20th Century Fox. Jon Landau saw that the person coming was Murphy, so he quickly stood up and hugged him, " Wow, Murphy! Nice to meet you."

Afterwards, under the introduction of Jon Landau, Murphy shook hands with John Lasseter. The two parties have not met before, but they are known to each other for a long time.

Murphy, in particular, has a good impression of Pixar's non-children's animations, and was also a great love in the past. He specially chatted with John Lasseter, the core figure of Pixar's Five Tigers.

From John Lasseter's mouth, Murphy also learned that he came for "Up". It is said that this classic work of Pixar Studios is likely to become the first Oscar nomination in history. The Best Animated Feature Film!

If it is really nominated, it will undoubtedly be a great honor for Pixar Studios. On the one hand, it is the best praise for their persistent creation, and on the other hand, it is also the effect of the expansion of the Oscar's best film nomination list.

Starting from the 82nd Academy Awards, the list of Oscar nominees for best picture is no longer limited to five, but can have up to nine! In other words, if there are too many excellent films produced that year, the judges may fill the nomination list of nine films;

This can be said to be the biggest reform made by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the Oscars in recent years, allowing some outstanding commercial films such as sci-fi and cartoons to enter the nomination list and act as accompanying runners.

Therefore, whether it was Bill Rosses or Robert Downey Jr., they all believed that the difficulty of "The Wolf of Wall Street" being nominated for best picture was far less than Murphy's best director, which still had only five places. nominate.

Seeing Murphy talking and laughing with John Lasseter, Leonardo DiCaprio felt a little uncomfortable, but he is also an old man in this circle, and he didn't do anything, just sat here peacefully.

He could see that Murphy's attitude towards him had changed dramatically compared to before.

If it was in the past, the first person to greet him after he came over must be himself.

Leonardo DiCaprio understands why, but he doesn't feel any guilt, and he has released goodwill through his agent. Whether the other party accepts it is beyond his control.

Having said that, when we got along with each other at that time, with Murphy Stanton's utilitarian character, what he did might not be much better than himself.

"Hello, Leo."

When he was in a trance, Leonardo DiCaprio heard a familiar greeting, he quickly shook his head, came back to his senses, looked at Murphy who was already sitting next to him, and pulled out a formulaic smile , "Hello, Murphy."

After saying this, he stopped talking.

Murphy nodded to Leonardo DiCaprio and said nothing more.

The two of them didn't say they knew everything, but they also knew a lot, so there was absolutely no need to pretend to be enthusiastic.

Murphy knew very well why Jordan Belfort wanted to take back the right to adapt "The Wolf of Wall Street" and who was behind it.

Similarly, Leonardo DiCaprio also knows that the distance between Murphy and the word "good guy" is as far as the entire Pacific Ocean. Is there a shadow of Murphy?

Murphy glanced at Leonardo DiCaprio for the last time, looked back, and chatted with Jon Landau about "Avatar". The global box office of this film has reached nearly two billion US dollars. Everyone can understand that as long as there are no major accidents like the outbreak of the third world war or the invasion of aliens, James Cameron will definitely surpass himself, and the truck driver will completely become a movie myth.

It's not that he never thought of directing this film, but he chose to give up after thinking about it a little bit, because there was almost no operability.

Leaving aside whether "Avatar" was James Cameron's idea ten or twenty years ago, technology alone is a problem that Murphy cannot solve.

As long as people with a normal head know a little bit, they will know that this film is a typical type that cannot be solved by a script and a director. Even writing a script is useless.

Since the beginning of this century, James Cameron has cooperated with Sony Electronics to start research on the latest 3D photography and motion imaging. Feasibility, and the latest 3D photography and other technologies that must be used in the production of "Avatar", the patent rights have been firmly held by James Cameron. Without the authorization of the truck driver, shooting anything is empty talk.

Of course, it is not impossible to use other technologies to shoot, and maybe it can also achieve the final film effect of "Avatar". The problem is that James Cameron, who is a technology madman, has invested nearly ten years in those new technologies. If it were another director, how many years would it take to advance other technologies to the point where "Avatar" could be filmed and produced?

How many directors are willing to devote so much time and energy to James Cameron?

As for the kind of "Avatar" that can be filmed and produced by writing a script, the effect of the finished film is not bad at all...

Murphy shook his head. Fortunately, he wasn't that mentally handicapped. To be exact, it's a compliment to describe this kind of thinking as mentally handicapped.

For things like movies, if you pay, you may not be rewarded, but if you don't pay, you will definitely not get rewarded. Just like Murphy has been complaining about the hero in his heart, "Avatar" has also received a lot of criticism, but no matter how many criticisms there are, now everyone The explosive box office results are the best rewards for James Cameron's crazy research on new technologies.

If Murphy were to evaluate it, he would say, "Movies are divided into before and after sound films, before and after color films, and before and after "Avatar"!"

Suddenly, Murphy felt someone staring at him. He didn't need to look, he knew it must be Leonardo DiCaprio.

With Leonardo DiCaprio's relationship network, it is not difficult to know that quite a few Oscar judges are dissatisfied with his actions to rush for the Olympics, and they will make unfavorable choices when voting.

Although the loss of "The Wolf of Wall Street", Leonardo DiCaprio's Olympic plan has not been affected much. According to the news obtained by Murphy, Leonardo DiCaprio will row Public opinion, the new film "Shutter Island" that was originally scheduled to be released in February this year, which was originally scheduled to be released in February this year, was moved forward to the end of December last year in Los Angeles, in order to win the nomination for this year's Oscar for Best Actor. Chance.

Frankly speaking, acting is a very subjective thing, and everyone's judgment standard is different, but Leonardo DiCaprio's acting skills have always been criticized, especially the exaggerated facial expressions and extremely prone to hair loss. Excessive force is something that the Oscar judges don't like very much.

But Leonardo DiCaprio is famous, rich, capable, and has a wide network of relationships. In many cases, as long as he chooses movies and roles for Oscars, he will basically appear on the list of Oscar's best actor superior.

The luncheon for the nominees began quickly, including Murphy, who had no interest in the meals provided at the luncheon, but just listened to the academy's rotating chairman Sid Ganesh and guest Anne Hathaway one by one publication of the list of nominations.

The list of nominations was announced very quickly. Listening to the names read out of Anne Hathaway's mouth, Leonardo DiCaprio's face began to turn a little ugly, because he invested heavily in "Shutter Island" " unexpectedly won nothing in the announced technical awards, and "The Wolf of Wall Street" directed by Murphy won a series of awards including best editing, best photography, best costume design, best art direction and best adapted screenplay. nominate.

Then, the list of nominations for the four most important awards jumped out of Anne Hathaway's mouth. (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. )