Hollywood Road

A typical commercial series like "House of Cards" certainly can't touch the universal taboo of most audiences. Murphy will have trouble with anything, and will not be troubled with the market and profit. He did not finalize the final version until after the New Year. The preparations for the first season of "House of Cards" also officially began.

Most of the staff behind Paul Wilson who filmed "Game of Thrones" will continue to work with Stanton Studios. A small number of vacant positions can also be resolved through recruitment. Hollywood will never lack waiting for opportunities. people.

Just after the New Year, the crew was formally established. Except for some necessary matters, Murphy basically handed over the preparatory work to Paul Wilson, and Gal Gadot will control the overall situation, and there is no need to worry about unexpected situations in the crew.

With the advent of 2012, the new Oscars are getting closer and closer. On the last day of 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mailed out votes for the Oscar nomination list to nearly 6,000 members, which has been approved. The "Diego-Ros" registered for review is naturally among the many candidates.

After the New Year, the scale of "Diego Rose" has expanded to 20 theaters. The media and professional reputation are still excellent. Although the audience's reputation is still the same as before, it is under the painstaking management of Murphy and 20th Century Fox. However, there has not been a significant decline, especially the arrest of Daisy, which led to a huge increase in fans’ favor with Murphy himself, and even this film received a large wave of praise.

However, the box office of the film has never been a big hit. The box office of the latest weekend has not even reached 20,000 US dollars. Even if the film critics praise the film very strongly, even the 2011 annual selection by the majority of the film critics association Among the top ten films, "Diego-Ros" is among them, but it has little effect on the box office.

Faced with this situation, Murphy really feels that the times have indeed changed.

In this era, professional film critics are actually not very instructive to the audience, at most affecting the box office in the first week. After that, audiences are more willing to trust relatives and friends, and even some fan rating websites on the Internet.

In Murphy's view, there are two types of film reviews in the United States: one is for ordinary audiences, and the other is academic film reviews. The vast majority of film critics work for mainstream newspapers, magazines, and television stations, and they are inextricably linked to the film industry. The connection is called Hollywood’s mouthpiece.

In the United States, it is often reported that film critics praised movies against their will for receiving various benefits. Such comments, which are not from an objective point of view, but involve personal interests, are often of little value, so as to mislead the audience.

However, in recent years, Murphy can clearly feel that the views expressed by professional film critics are actually not very instructive to the audience. Many film critics often comment on a certain film as bad, but the audience ignores it. The box office is still very good, and movies like "Diego Rose" that have a huge reputation for critics, but the audience does not buy it, are everywhere.

This is related to the development of the times and the prosperity of the Internet, and it is also inseparable from the commercial effects that will inevitably be added to the professionalization of film critics.

For example, people who make film reviews on TV programs must consider the ratings of the programs, attract the audience in form, and constantly find humorous and interesting words in the comments to win the audience’s favor, not how deep the views are. This makes He must take a positive attitude towards most films. If he continues to deny films, it is easy to make viewers feel disgusted with the show.

In order to please the public, in the process of reviewing movies, the critics themselves are also acting. At the same time, the field of vision of these critics is also greatly restricted. They can only comment on most mainstream movies. Industry is inextricably linked, and it is impossible to make independent, calm, and objective comments.

The film reviews written by scholars are quite different, but scholar film reviews can only be popular in small circles of intellectual circles or become teaching materials. For the market, there is no reference value.

From its release in mid-December to the end of the New Year, in more than half a month of three screening weekends, "Diego-Ros" has received numerous praises from the media and film critics, and the box office totaled only over 600,000 U.S. dollars. One point, as far as the box office performance of the movies selected during the awards season is concerned, it is not in the poor ranks, nor is it very good. Generally speaking, it is in the upper middle level.

At the same time, CAA, Stanton Studios, and Twentieth Century Fox's PR work for the awards season has not stopped. "Diego Rose" has also begun to win a series of Oscar outpost awards, and the awards will be announced at the beginning of the new year. In the Photographers’ Union of the list, Philip Raschel won the Photographer of the Year award for his outstanding long lens in "Diego Rose."

In addition, this film also won the best screenwriter nomination by the Screenwriter Guild and the Best Actor nomination by the Screen Actors Guild.

The only pity is that because Murphy withdrew from the directors' union in the early years, this film was not eligible to participate in the directors' union awards, but at the producer's union awards, it was nominated for best picture.

The public relations promotion of this film has been carried out to the present, not only Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox, but also on the list of many media predictions, it is one of the popular films that can receive multiple Oscar nominations this award season.

Of course, the media also generally believe that Murphy may be nominated for best director Oscar again, but he cannot avoid the fate of continuing to accompany him.

Some professional media also analyzed the reasons and believed that Murphy was nominated. First of all, "Diego-Ros" was indeed very good and qualified for a best director nomination. Secondly, some social news media leaning towards Catholicism started from Christmas. Just before the holiday, Murphy's film infringed on the rights of the so-called Catholicism. Hollywood bigwigs are quite dissatisfied with foreign forces' interference in Hollywood's filming freedom, and may make tit-for-tat strategies.

As for continuing to accompany the running, the most important reason is that Murphy is too young. Now that the average age of the members of the academy is gradually getting closer to the 60-year-old mark, a young director who is less than 32 years old is still a commercial director and wants to take it. The possibility of getting to the Oscar for best director, Golden Man, is really limited.

In addition, Murphy was also a little strange. The Archbishop Marquez Costello was more patient than he thought, and he hasn't taken the initiative to speak out.

However, he quickly understood the key point. Archbishop Marquez Costello is not a Hollywood star, but a traditionally respected regional religious leader, who will not easily appear in the media!

After staying in a circle for a long time, it is easy to form inertial thinking. He is just an ordinary person, and it is inevitable.

After understanding this, Murphy immediately adjusted his strategy and asked Grace and Bill Rossis to take the initiative to contact the media and accept the first media interview after the Oscar nomination vote began.

On the one hand, it is to increase their exposure and make the final sprint for "Diego Rose" to appear on the final Oscar nominations. On the other hand, it is also to remind some people that Murphy Stanton was never the only one. The person who was beaten without knowing the fight back.

The interview was placed in the CAA Press Room of the Death Star Building. Murphy faced reporters from the "Hollywood Reporter", which had a considerable influence during the awards season.

The question to be asked was also drafted by Bill Rossis in consultation with the "Hollywood Reporter" in accordance with Murphy's meaning.

The layout of the interview venue is very simple. Two chairs stand opposite each other, and a small glass coffee table is placed in the middle for recording equipment.

Due to time constraints, at the beginning of the interview, the question of the reporter named Kelly Marlat came to the fore.

"In the media, on the Internet, because of the attack on "Diego Rose" and you, there are now full of controversies about the authenticity of the film." Kelly Mullatt looked at Murphy and asked, "You regret choosing such a subject. ?"

"No!" Murphy said directly without hesitation, "All the content I shoot is responsible to the audience and to the protagonist of the film. Even if I do it again, I will still choose to speak with facts!"

Kelly Marlat mixed with a question of her own, "Do you think that since the film is responsible to the audience, which is more important for its entertainment and thought?"

For other moments, Murphy will definitely say that commerciality is more important, but this interview is about the awards season, so of course you can’t say that.

Different situations answer different answers, this kind of thing is very simple for Murphy.

Murphy thought for a moment and replied, "Different directors will always make different choices. Even if someone makes hard and fast rules, they cannot restrict the appearance of various movies. There will always be movies made for different purposes. ."

"When I discuss with people on the Internet, the most difficult thing is to make them understand the intrinsic value of film as an art form, because film is generally regarded as entertainment in social life and everyone ignores this."

To a certain extent, Murphy is basically talking about it now, "The intrinsic value of a film is reflected in the lines, colors, editing methods, and the use of shots. It also reflects the values ​​represented and embodied by the producer and director. The culture and values ​​represented by the society and country they live in. These different values ​​are intricately integrated into the film, and sometimes it is not clear at a glance."

"Like the movie "Diego Rose"?" Kelly Marlat asked timely.

"Yes!" Murphy nodded, "I think Ross encountered many misfortunes at the critical moment when the most important values ​​and worldview were formed. These have seriously affected his future choices!"

"Including Catholicism?"

Hearing this question, Murphy nodded vigorously, and Kylie Marlatt asked again, "Some media and Internet have voices saying that the content you have taken is not true for Catholicism, and you are asked to delete the controversial part. ,What do you think?"