Hollywood Road

Compared with the works in recent years, "Diego Ross" can be said to be one of Murphy's smallest films. Due to the type of film and the nature of the awards season, Twentieth Century Fox used a typical small In the way of multiple screenings, the film will only be screened in two theaters in New York and three theaters in Los Angeles in the first week.

The film will be screened on a small scale, and of course there will be no grand premiere, but a special screening with the participation of media reporters and film critics is essential.

On the afternoon of December 26th, Murphy came to the Artistic Theater in Nokia Plaza. Different from the completely commercialized Chinese Theater in Hollywood, this is a theater dedicated to showing literary films, also known as the "art cinema" , Many small productions that hit the awards season in the past have been screened here.

When Murphy came over, Robert Downey Jr., Margot Robbie, and Kara Firth had already arrived, chatting with Bill Rossis and Grace in the theater's foyer.

There is still some time before the opening of the film, and there is no premiere, and the guests invited to participate in this special screening will not come very early.

"Where's Gail?" Margot Robbie walked over and asked, "Why didn't you come?"

Murphy nodded to his friends and partners, and replied, "She's negotiating with Netflix."

Now Stanton Studio has come up with a script outline and a general shooting plan, and has also recruited a screenwriter team to formally write the script. Netflix has also accelerated its pace. The negotiations between the two parties have reached the final stage, and they will definitely sign a formal agreement before Christmas. cooperation agreement.

Robert Downey Jr. came over at this time, "Unfortunately, Ross can't see this movie."

"I went to see him a few days ago." Murphy said in a low voice, "I have already told him about the movie, and I will ask someone to find a way to get him a player like MP4."

He filmed this movie for Ross. If Ross himself can’t see it, it will lose the greatest meaning. Although it is difficult to bring something to Ross, the supervision is relatively relaxed now. As long as he is willing to spend money, It's not impossible.

"Murphy..." Kara Firth also came up to Murphy, "The review committee has approved it, and will spend no less than eight million dollars on the award for this film."

She spread her hands and said, "This is the limit I can strive for."

"Thank you, Carla." Murphy patted Carla Firth's arm lightly, "Thank you for your support..."

If there is no support from a strong company behind the film, the difficulty will increase exponentially if you want to make a difference during the awards season.

Kara Feith shook his head, "Do we still need to talk about this?"

Murphy smiled slightly, and said, "If this film can't recover the cost, I promise, no matter how much the loss is, I will help 20th Century Fox make it back multiple times in the future."

"You..." Kara Firth knew that Murphy was joking.

Twentieth Century Fox has earned high profits from the cooperation with Stanton Studios. Not to mention those previous films with small investment and high output, even "City of Chaos" with a total investment of 300 million US dollars, it seems that there is It paid off at the box office, but after a period of later operation, the surrounding TV broadcasts and online on-demand became popular due to the ferment of word-of-mouth effect. Twentieth Century Fox not only successfully recovered the cost, but also achieved a profit of more than 40 million US dollars. .

And as time goes by, the movie will generate more and more profits, and more profits means more people have watched the movie, and the audience base for the second movie will be stronger, and the box office will explode. The more likely it is.

It is not difficult for a discerning person to see these.

Of course, this fellow Murphy's dividends are also frighteningly high, 25% of his total income in dividends...

This guy must be rich.

Kara Firth began to think that one day he would kidnap Gal Gadot and go on vacation together, something was wrong,

As long as it's expensive, let Murphy pay for it all.

After chatting with everyone, Murphy saw Grace, his public relations agent, and beckoned her over.

"Help me take a look." He whispered, "Where is there a private jet air show in the California area recently?"

Grace nodded immediately, "Well, I'll have someone check it out, and I'll get back to you in the afternoon."

Margot Robbie, who was standing next to Murphy, heard what they said and asked curiously, "Are you going to buy a plane?"

"Yeah." Murphy turned his head and said to her, "I'm going to buy a private jet."

In the past month, Gal Gadot has been negotiating and flying around. It is very inconvenient to take a flight. He plans to buy a business jet, which will also facilitate his travel.

Margot Robbie became interested, "Buy a Boeing 747, it can be converted into a flying palace."

Of course, Murphy would not listen to such unreliable suggestions, and said to her, "You should pay more attention to when you will be nominated for an Oscar."

"Oscar nomination?" Margot Robbie put one hand on her face, "It's too difficult for a blonde like me to win."

Media reporters began to walk in at the entrance of the theater. Murphy didn't intend to continue talking to Margot Robbie on this topic, and casually dropped a sentence, "Ugly, disabled, mentally ill..."

"Hi, Murphy." Margot Robbie thought that Murphy was deliberately teasing herself, and raised her voice slightly, but Murphy ignored him and walked directly towards Bill Rosses.

Margot Robbie looked at Murphy's back, and quickly closed her mouth, because she realized that this was a reminder from Murphy.

As a blonde beauty, she knows very well that she really can't get enough to eat in Hollywood with her face. If she didn't have the relationship with Murphy and David Robbie, who knows where she is hanging out now? Maybe he is still running around for a small role.

Then Margot Robbie thought of Charlize Theron, who worked with Murphy, the South African woman who was a role model for all beautiful actresses like herself.

The successful transformation of Charlize Theron is definitely a role model for Hollywood vase actresses. Conserving beauty from the face and putting it in the heart, or simply pretending to be ugly, torturing oneself and torturing the audience is a must for idols to powers. through the road.

Although the method is slightly stereotyped, beauty is like distracting information to test acting skills. I believe that few people can be completely undistracted and focus on the so-called inner nature.

Hollywood is also willing to pay for their sacrifices, and awards from major film festivals are presented with both hands.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, isn't it also a kind of discrimination to blindly emphasize the inner and ignore the outer?

Margot Robbie shook her head, and stopped thinking about it so much, and together with the rest of the crew, entertained the guests who came to participate in the screening.

At 7:00 p.m., there were no empty seats in the Art Theater, and the screening of "Diego Ross" started on time.

"As a director, it is a big taboo to shoot biopics of people who are close to you!"

Sitting in the third row, Todd McCarthy, columnist and film critic of The Hollywood Reporter, said to his old friend Kenneth Turan, "Murphy Stanton has always been a smart man, why would he do it so unwisely?" s Choice?"

"Watch the movie first." Kenneth Turan pointed to the big screen that was lit up, "After watching the movie, let's talk about other things."

Todd McCarthy's eyes also turned to the big screen, "Okay, let's watch the movie first."

Not only them, there are many film critics from other media and Internet columns sitting around, but they are all much younger than them.

Everyone is looking at the big screen. Although the investment in this film is not high, and there are not many promotional activities, it has a lot of controversy and attention. Murphy Stanton made a biographical film for his drug dealer friend...

If Murphy Stanton sings his friend's praises, they'll have something to say.

The title sequence of 20th Century Fox and Stanton Studios flashed quickly, and there was an obviously overhead shot on the screen. The shot began with a colorful panorama of downtown Los Angeles, and as the shot zoomed in and out, the picture became more and more colorful. The lighter it is, the darker and darker the tone, and finally it becomes black and white like dark clouds.

Against the background of the black and white lens, the old, dilapidated and chaotic Los Angeles slums flashed across the big screen. It does not look like America, but more like Africa...

Todd McCarthy couldn't help admiring in a low voice, "The use and transformation of the lens and color is simply natural."

"Revealing America at its worst..."

This shot excludes technical factors, and the content contained just scratches the itch of an old man like Kenneth Turan. He is a true Los Angeles native. Isn't the City of Angels once such a rotten situation? He nodded, "A true artist must have the courage to uncover the superficial glitz and reveal the inner abscess!"

Murphy Stanton is undoubtedly a very brave filmmaker!

Compared to these old men, several young film critics around are also nodding, especially Clos Ismail, who has an online column and is very influential on social networking sites.

"How is America?"

If someone asked him this question ten years ago, he would definitely answer: America is a paradise in this world!

But when he grew up, he found that there was too much injustice, too much darkness, too much corruption, and too many disgusting things in this country.

As a result, as an online generation, his thoughts gradually changed. His own country is really bad enough!

After becoming a film critic, Klos Ismail is known for his vitriol. Those films where the United States saves the world are always satirized by him!

What if the world needs America to save? Who will save the rotten America?

Adhering to this concept, when he saw the most unsightly side of Los Angeles, which is known for its flashiness, was revealed by the director unreservedly at the very beginning of a film, his emotions were instantly aroused.

The black-and-white picture got closer and closer, figures gradually appeared in the camera, gunshots rang out suddenly, and a Latino fell down in response. With blood splashing, the picture returned to color in blood red.