Hollywood Road

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

The film is screened on a small scale. Of course, there will not be a huge premiere, but a special session involving media reporters and film critics is indispensable.

On the afternoon of December 26th, Murphy came to the Artists Theater on Nokia Plaza. Unlike the completely commercialized Chinese Theater in Hollywood, this is a theater dedicated to showing literary and artistic films, which is the so-called'art theater'. Many small productions that impacted the award season in the past have been screened here.

When Murphy came over, Robert Downey Jr., Margot Robbie, and Carla Faith had arrived and were chatting with Bill Rossis and Grace in the front hall of the theater.

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

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

Murphy nodded to many of her friends and partners, and then replied, "She is going to negotiate with Netflix."

Now that Stanton Studio has come up with a script outline and a general shooting plan, it has also recruited the screenwriter team to formally write the script. Netflix has also accelerated its pace. The negotiation between the two parties has reached the final stage, and it will definitely be signed before Christmas. Cooperation agreement.

Robert Downey Jr. came over at this moment, "Unfortunately, Rose couldn't see this movie."

"I went to see him the other day." Murphy whispered, "I've told him about the movie. I'll let someone find a way to get him in with an MP4 player."

He originally made this film for Ross. If Ross himself can’t see it, it’s meaningless. Although it’s more difficult to bring things to Ross, the caretaker is relatively relaxed now. As long as you are willing to spend money, It's not impossible.

"Murphy..." Carla Faith also came to Murphy. "The review committee has approved it and will allocate no less than eight million US dollars for the award of this film."

She spread her hand and said, "This is the limit I can achieve."

"Thank you, Carla." Murphy patted Carla Faith on the arm. "Thank you for your support..."

Without the support of a strong company behind the film, the difficulty will increase exponentially if you want to make a difference during the awards season.

Carla Faith shook his head, "Do we still need to talk about this?"

Murphy smiled slightly and said, "If this film does not recover the cost, I promise that I will help Twentieth Century Fox earn it doubled in the future."

"You..." Carla Faith knew Murphy was joking.

Twentieth Century Fox made high profits from the cooperation with Stanton Studios. Not to mention the high-output movies with small investment in the past, even the "City of Chaos" with a total investment of US$300 million does not seem to be Recovered from the box office, but after the later period of operation, the surrounding TV broadcasts and online on-demand broadcasts became popular due to the fermentation of word-of-mouth effects. Twentieth Century Fox not only successfully recovered the costs, but also achieved more than 40 million US dollars in profit .

And with the passage of time, the profits generated by the film will increase. The more profit also means that more people will watch the film. The audience base of the second film 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, Murphy's dividend is also scary, 25% of the full income...

This guy must be rich.

Carla Faith began to think that one day he would kidnap Gal Gadot and go on vacation with him. Don't make things right. As long as they are expensive, let Murphy pay the bill.

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

"You help me take a look." He whispered, "Where is there a private jet air show in California recently."

Grace nodded immediately, "Well, I'll let someone check it and I'll get back to you this afternoon."

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

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

In the last month, Gal Gadot was negotiating around and flying around. It was very inconvenient to take the flight. He was going to buy a business jet, which would also facilitate his travel.

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

Of course Murphy would not listen to such unreliable suggestions, and said to her, "You should still care more about when you can get the Oscar nomination."

"Oscar nomination?" Margot Robbie supported her face with one hand, "it's too difficult for a blond beauty like me to win an award."

Media reporters began to come in at the entrance of the theater. Murphy did not intend to continue to talk to Margot Robbie on this topic, and casually dropped a sentence, "It becomes ugly, disabled, mentally troubled..."

"Hey, Murphy." Margot Robbie thought Murphy was teasing herself deliberately and raised her voice slightly, but Murphy ignored him and walked directly to Bill Rossis.

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

As a blonde beauty, she knows very well that relying on her face is really not enough to eat in Hollywood. If she didn't have a relationship between Murphy and David Robbie, who knows where she is now? Maybe he's still running around for a small character.

Then, Margot Robbie remembered Charlize Theron, who had worked with Murphy, and this South African woman was a model for all beautiful actresses like herself.

Charlize Theron’s successful transformation is definitely a role model for Hollywood vase actresses. They can converge beauty from their faces and put them in their hearts, or simply pretend to be ugly and torture themselves to torture the audience. This is a must for idols to be sent to the powerful. After the road.

Although the method is slightly stereotyped, beauty is like a distraction to test acting. I believe that few people can be completely distracted and focus on the so-called inner.

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

In fact, if you think about it carefully, is not it also a kind of discrimination to emphasize internally and neglect externally?

Margot Robbie shook his head and stopped thinking about it so much. Together with the rest of the crew, he started socializing with the guests who came to participate in the screening.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the theater was full of seats, and the screening of "Diego Rose" began on time.

"As a director, it is a taboo to make biographical films of people who are closely related to you!"

Sitting in the third row, Todd McCarthy, a columnist for the Hollywood Reporter, told his old friend Kenneth Turan, "Murphy Stanton has always been a smart man. Why would he be so unwise? s Choice?"

"Watch the movie first." Kenneth Turan pointed to the big screen that was lit up. "After watching the movie, I'll say anything else."

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

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

Everyone looks at the big screen. Although the investment in this film is not high, and there are not many promotional activities, but there is a lot of controversy and attention. Murphy Stanton filmed a biopic for his drug dealer friend...

If Murphy Stanton sings praises for his friends, then they have something to say.

The opening titles of the 20th Century Fox and Stanton Studios flashed quickly, and there were obviously overhead shots on the screen. At the beginning of the shots, the shots were a colorful panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles. As the shots became tighter and tighter, the colors of the images became more and more intense. The lighter the color, the darker and darker the hue, and eventually become black and white like dark clouds.

Against the backdrop of the black and white lens, the old, dilapidated and chaotic Los Angeles slums that flashed past the big screen did not look like the United States, but more like Africa...

Todd McCarthy couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice, "The use and transformation of lenses and colors is simply natural."

"Reveal the worst side of America..."

After removing the technical factors, the content contained in this shot happened to scratch the itch of an old man like Kenneth Turan. He was an authentic Los Angeles native. Wasn't the city of angels like this? He nodded, "A true artist must have the courage to expose the glitz and show the abscesses inside!"

Murphy Stanton is undoubtedly a very brave filmmaker!

Compared with 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 asks him this question for ten years, he will definitely answer: America is the paradise of this world!

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

As a result, his thinking as the net generation gradually changed, and his country is really bad enough!

After becoming a film critic, Kloss Ismail is known for his acrimony. Those films that the United States saves the world are always ridiculed by him!

If the world needs the United States to save it? Who will save the rotten United States?

Adhering to this concept, when he saw the most shameful aspect of Los Angeles, which is famous for its glitz, at the very beginning of a film, he was unreservedly revealed by the director, and his emotions were instantly mobilized.

The black-and-white picture was drawn closer and closer, and silhouettes gradually appeared in the lens, gunshots suddenly sounded, and a Latino fell to the ground. As the blood splashed, the picture returned to color in the blood red.