~： Six hundred and thirty-four - the biggest nomination tragedy in Oscar history!

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Although he holds a large amount of Warner Bros. shares, Wayne has never tried to intervene in the management and operation of Warner Bros. Even at the shareholders' meeting, his representative just followed his instructions and unconditionally treated Jeff Luo. Binoff's proposal raised his hand.

Today's Warner Bros., as early as under his influence, has embarked on a very correct path. In addition, he is very clear that what he has learned and is good at has never interfered with the operation of the film company, but can only constantly make wrong decisions.

This is a giant company in the film industry, and its interior is definitely not monolithic. It is normal for various factions to restrain each other and compete.

Wayne has long understood that even if he tries to get into the management of this giant by relying on his shares, he is only adding a faction. It is far worse than the current situation. No one can ignore his influence within the company. .

Coupled with Jeff Robinoff's leadership, Warner Bros.' strategy has been very clear over the years, and various sequel films with large investment and production have emerged one after another.

Uninterrupted success can cover up all internal disputes. In the end, shareholders are only for revenue. As long as the company can bring them a lot of revenue, they don't care who sits in the CEO seat.

The turning point of the matter was when Jeff Robinoff personally revealed that he intended to retire at the peak of his career at a company executive's reception.

Today's Warner Bros. is the first production and distribution company in Hollywood. No one is not interested in the position of the leader, including some ambitious high-level executives. Alan Horn, obviously issued The one with an earlier voice.

But no matter who is interested in this position, there is no way to get around Wayne, which is a manifestation of his influence at Warner Bros.

Originally, in the hearts of countless company executives and shareholders, Bross-Rosenblum was the first choice. Whether it was qualifications or abilities, they were all qualified. Coupled with his good personal relationship with Wayne, everyone knew that now. The beginning is to work against him.

"Won't it bring turmoil to Warner Bros.?"

Knowing all the reasons, Wayne frowned for a while, then suddenly raised his head and looked at Bruce Rosenblum who was sitting beside him.

"At least not now."

The head of Warner Bros. distribution shrugged and said with an unpleasant expression: "But it won't be certain in two years. As long as Jeff is still around, no one will dare to make big moves."

In fact, the last thing Wayne wants to see is that Warner Bros., as he remembers, has too many people who can make various voices. When the company is caught in a struggle and the turmoil does not end, the film project will become the victim of the struggle. The executives of the red-eyed film company dare to use any means in order to achieve their own goals.

Just like Walt Disney in recent years, Michael Eisner's domineering style of behavior has made shareholders increasingly unbearable. When he can bring glory to Disney, everyone can live with his character, but when Disney is not happy, all kinds of struggles arise.

Today, Disney, the film project and the traditional animation project, are all very weak. When The Lion King has exhausted the last glimmer of hand-drawn animation, the interior has already begun, constantly challenging Michael Eisner for the limelight.

Although the current Disney Emperor can still suppress the constant internal opposition, this media group cannot be avoided. Infighting has become the main theme, and even some projects have all become victims of various internal compromises.

"but......"

Bruce Rosenblum's fingers tapped on the desk, making a rhythmic sound. The corner of his mouth twitched a few times, and hesitantly said: "Although Alan Horn is usually quiet, since Jeff was promoted to CEO, most of the film and television production departments have become his back garden.

You know, Wayne, if he wants to do something, even Jeff can't say no to it. In fact, despite Jeff's firm support for me, in most matters related to film and television production, he also follows the company's regulations, and sometimes I can't guess Jeff's thoughts. "

Nodding silently, Wayne certainly knew what the other party was worried about. Aaron Horn is in a free position, and it's far easier than Bruce Rosenblum to make some stellar results.

As he said, no one knows Jeff Robinoff's true thoughts. If the projects initiated by Alan Horn have been successful in the past two years, the company's executives and shareholders will be happy. Clearly seeing his ability, the final result is really uncertain.

"He can't get around you!"

Speaking of this, Bruce Rosenblum showed his true thoughts, stared at Wayne with extremely sincere eyes, and said: "Everyone knows that if you want to sit in that position, you must at least get your support, Wayne. Well, our partners have always been very good, and I believe you can understand what I mean."

"Of course, I understand."

Wayne nodded, giving him a reassuring smile.

The two then communicated a few words about the release of "The Flash". He pointed to his watch, got up and buttoned his suit jacket. Before leaving, he raised a hand to his ear, indicating that no matter what happened If you have any questions, you can call him at any time.

"Boss, do you have a different idea?"

After getting in the car back to the manor, Nina, who had always been like a little transparent, suddenly broke the silence as if she had guessed Wayne's thoughts.

Smiling, Wayne looked away from the car window and turned to look at the assistant. "You see it?"

"Guessed it."

Nina smiled. She really knew her boss too well, so if you just guessed something, you could figure out what the other person was thinking.

"Boss, I want to remind you that the right thing to do is to get out of the way completely. Whether it's Bruce Rosenblum, or Alan Horn, the head of film and television production, what we're going to do is here For two years, watch the two of them carefully."

Quite simply, with Wayne's influence in Warner Bros., if he supports someone with a clear attitude, then this person will definitely have the biggest advantage. After all, whether it is a shareholder or an executive, it is impossible to ignore his opinion.

However, if the normal practice of a capital is to watch the two sides compete. Give both sides enough space to show their capabilities, and the rest will be obvious, who can bring greater benefits to themselves, and who will support them in the end.

Not to mention personal relationships, when it comes to this kind of thing, there is no personal relationship to talk about, who can bring them greater benefits is more important than anything else. The reality is that personal relationships can be cultivated.

"No, Nina."

Wayne shook his head and said with a smile, "You neglected trust."

The trust he has built with Jeff Robinoff and Bruce Rosenblum has been slowly built over many years, and it will take a while to start building that trust again with others. many years.

"I knew it."

The assistant lady murmured and shook her head slightly. In her opinion, her boss is always showing an inappropriate human touch when he needs to be ruthless, which is not a good quality for a billionaire.

From Wayne's point of view, he doesn't want a struggle within Warner Bros., and at the very beginning, he chose to support Bruce Rosenblum with a clear-cut stand, which can largely avoid a lot of unnecessary competition. Appear.

Not only Nina saw it, I'm afraid even Jeff Robinoff has seen it in his heart, Bruce Rosenblum's character traits, harshly speaking, are not suitable Take your seat at the head of Warner Bros.

Of course, Wayne is also very clear about this. This Warner Bros. distribution executive is a marketing master in the industry. He can use all kinds of ways to announce the film and compete with other companies' projects at his fingertips.

However, everyone can see his own character. He has always remained vicious and narrow-minded after middle age, and used extreme methods for many things. These are far less stable than Jeff Robinoff's. Asking him to do film distribution, publicity, public relations, etc. is a very sharp knife, but as the leader of a media group, no one knows what such a character will bring to the company.

But Bruce Rosenblum has an incomparable advantage over Wayne, and that is trust. The director of distribution, who personally worked out the best director Oscar for Wayne's public relations, the tacit understanding between the two sides is completely incomparable to others.

"If Jeff does step down one day, then Bruce is in our best interest."

Seeing that Nina was still trying to persuade herself, Wayne gave a serious affirmation. There are some things he can't say, the fact is that there is never a trace of Alan Horn in his memory.

His arrival has virtually changed a lot of things. According to the normal trend, Kevin Tesuhara should still be the CEO of Warner Bros. This product is a typical Hollywood old-fashioned. After the success of the first and second films of Tim Burton's "Batman", he immediately interfered with the DC series, and later in "Batman Returns" and "Batman" "With Robin" had a big somersault.

It was precisely the arrival of Wayne that prevented Warner Bros. from taking any detours. His own film, coupled with the invisible influence, gave Warner Bros. directly the first revenue of the six giants, and also allowed Kevin T. Suhara was directly promoted to Time Warner CEO.

As for Jeff Robinoff, he is even more famous. He served as a high-level film and television production executive for the Warner Bros. film group for 17 years. During this period, whether it was the "Batman" trilogy with a global box office of more than 2 billion US dollars , or "Inception" with a box office of more than 800 million US dollars, and "The Hangover" with a box office of more than 1.3 billion US dollars, and "Gravity", which has won multiple Oscars, all of which flash behind his shadow.

And he also succeeded in taking the position of president of Warner Bros. with his stable management style and keen market insight for sequel films.

Even if Wayne thought about it, he didn't recall any information about Alan Horn, but he felt that the name was familiar. Obviously, driven by various reasons, he chose to support Bruce Rosenblum without hesitation.

The possible turmoil in Warner Bros. is still far away from now. Wayne just ordered to let Nina stare at the information of Warner Bros., turn his head and continue to focus his energy on the upcoming movie "The Flash", and from time to time It needs him to be present at the awards stage.

Time is slowly advancing in his busyness, and the media are hyping the voice of "The Flash" versus "Godzilla", and as the awards season enters the high nest, it gradually fades away. On February 10, 1998, the North American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially held the Oscar nominee luncheon, announcing all the films nominated for the 70th Academy Awards.

The Oscars have 24 regular awards, 1 honorary award and 5 science and technology awards. At the same time, the nominee luncheon will be broadcast live to the world by ABC TV.

The recent development of Hollywood can be counted as the upsurge. The strong appearance of "Titanic" at the end of 1997, the Oscar Award in this circle's mouth, has made audiences and related practitioners in North America all right. This year's Oscars aroused strong curiosity.

The film "Titanic" did not exceed most people's expectations. It became the biggest winner at the Oscar nominee luncheon that day. At the same time, the film also broke a record with an unprecedented 14 nominations for the most Academy Award nominations.

There will be such a result, in fact, many people have already expected. Just before the Oscar nominee luncheon was held, the North American box office of "Titanic" had exceeded 450 million US dollars. In this data, it was only ranked behind "Batman: The Dark Knight", which cannot be ignored. Yes, there are still crazy audiences who go into the theater again and again to buy tickets and watch it again and again.

If you add the achievements made overseas, the global box office of "Titanic" has accumulated more than 1 billion US dollars, and the upward trend has not slowed down much. Up to now, even the so-called film market experts, no one can see how deep the market potential of this film is.

The Oscar nominee luncheon is not over yet, and the entire North American public opinion has turned upside down.

In contrast, this year's "Batman: The Dark Knight", which caused the same large-scale movie viewing storm and also crushed the entire world film market, the results announced at the nominee luncheon surprised countless people. There were only 8 nominations. This is obviously It has stirred the sensitive nerves of countless media.

Yes, "Titanic" is not an unrealistic film, but the film's commercial attributes are well known.

Since the North American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has bowed to the billion-dollar box office of "Titanic", or has bowed to the market, why does it treat "Batman: The Dark Knight" differently? Difficult because "Batman: The Dark Knight" is an unrealistic film? This obviously doesn't make sense.

Now that he has decided to bow his head to the market, since he has no way to ignore the huge box office of one billion US dollars and treat them differently, it is a fair refutation of what the academy advertises, especially "Batman: The Dark Knight" is still the number one box office in film history. Whether it is the North American box office or the global box office, it is the undisputed number one.

What excites countless media is that the 8-way nominations received by "Batman: The Dark Knight" show the Academy's contempt for the film.

Best Supporting Actor, Best Makeup, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Effects, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, and a Best Cinematography. It can be found only from the nomination list that there is not a sufficient award.

The attitude of the academy is obviously abnormal. There are no best picture, best director, best actor and actress, etc. It is really very different from the treatment of "Titanic".

On the day the nominee luncheon ended, public opinion in North America all pointed to the fairness of the college. Not only ordinary audiences, but even a large number of insiders do not understand, and do not understand why the academy has already bowed to the market, why should they stick to the last shred of ideas and choose to ignore non-realistic films.

To put it bluntly, is there really a big difference between a commercial film and a non-realistic film? As long as you have seen "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Titanic", the fool will know that the artistry of the former is far higher than the rough fanfare of the latter.

Just the morning after the Oscar nominee luncheon ended, almost all the media made relevant reports on their main pages. The Los Angeles Times, like a vanguard, began to complain publicly for "Batman: The Dark Knight":

"The biggest Oscar nomination tragedy ever!

On February 10, 1998, the North American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially held a nominee luncheon at the Beverly Regency Hotel, and "Titanic" led the way with an unprecedented 14 nominations. Hollywood's Dark Lord Wayne Greenberg's "Batman: The Dark Knight" received only 8 nominations in the technical category, which is the biggest Oscar nomination in decades!

From the "Joker" of the year to the current "Batman: The Dark Knight", it seems that the Academy seems to be unable to see the greatness of Wayne Greenberg. Especially now that this film has the number one box office in history, and it is recognized as the best work combining market and art in the world, and it is not even one of them!

What is the school's judging criteria? What are the reasons for the judges who participated in the voting? Many things are not known. After obtaining the relevant nomination results, this newspaper urgently launched a questionnaire among a large number of ordinary movie fans on the streets and in theaters. The results will definitely surprise the attention of all the Oscar judges.

According to the results of interviews with 920 moviegoers, more than 800 moviegoers said that Wayne Greenberg's "The Departed", which won the best director statue, is far less great than "Batman: The Dark Knight". More than half of the audience, doubting the fairness of the Oscars, said they would not watch this awards ceremony..."

There are also authoritative entertainment media such as "The Hollywood Reporter", "Entertainment", "Premier", etc. Similar reports. Several authoritative media have relatively consistent views. They all believe that even if the college does not like unrealistic films, it should not be completely Ignore the greatness of "Batman: The Dark Knight", let alone nominate only 8 technical statues.

For a while, the whole North America's remarks about the Academy were turbulent, which surprised countless people, such as "Oscar has no impartiality at all!", "This move by the Academy will destroy Oscar's reputation for nearly a hundred years!" And so on. .

The topic became hotter and hotter, and quickly spread out of North America at a speed that no one expected. Even in Europe, the birthplace of traditional movies, which has always viewed Wayne's films with a critical attitude, many media have expressed relevant views on this matter, and they have been ridiculing the Academy and the Oscars.

"Julia, stop! Replace this close-up of Barry Allen getting ready to run for a backup push shot."

In the Warners Studios studio, the post-production studio for "The Flash," Wayne watches the finished film, which has been thoroughly edited. The sound that suddenly sounded, obviously he had a new idea at this time.

"Boss, will it be better if this close-up is maintained as it is now?"

The assistant director Gilmour on the side, with his hands on his chest, heard Wayne call to stop and want to change again, frowned slightly, turned around and asked in a low voice.

Julia also turned her head at this time, and looked at the younger brother who was thinking with his chin in one hand. Replacing a shot is not a big deal. He was afraid that after this shot was replaced, a series of connected shots would have to be rearranged, and the workload would be invisible. got a lot bigger.

"Change!"

After thinking for a moment, Wayne waved his hand firmly and looked at Julia, the editor. "I need to get the audience into Barry Allen's heart and feel the 'cool' with him."

"Ok."

Julia shrugged, turned and repeated his request in a low voice. "Close-up of Barry Allen before running, changed from raising the mirror to pushing the mirror."

The motion of the camera in the film is far less complicated than ordinary people imagine. In simple terms, there are only eight types of motion, namely push, pull, shake, move, follow, lift, drop, and throw.

In particular, the two most commonly used by directors are pushing and pulling, such as Barry Allen's running close-up, which is about to be replaced. The angle gradually draws in the distance from the subject.

The extensive use of the protagonist of the movie to push the camera will also produce an effect that allows the audience to enter the heart of the protagonist.

Many directors like to use this technique a lot, and advancing the shot will stimulate the audience's subjective feelings. For example, the advancing close-up of Barry Allen can give the audience an illusion of empathy and experience the refreshing feeling of speed together.

Usually this method is more used in art films. The slow-moving shots can let the audience walk into the heart of the character and better feel the emotions that the director wants to output. Commercial films are not so complicated. The reason why they are used in this way is simply to increase the audience's sense of refreshment.

While Julia was adjusting the film, Nina gently tugged on Wayne's sleeve, waited for him to turn his head suspiciously, and reported in a low voice: "Because of the nomination issue for "Batman: The Dark Knight", there has been a commotion outside. God. The president of the academy called Jeff and suggested that it would be best for you to come forward in person and make some clarifications to the media."

Wayne knows better than anyone that the reason why the academy does this is simply that he has won all the honors the year before, plus "Batman: The Dark Knight" has no attitude to fight for it, everything is actually very normal. .

Coincidentally, when "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Titanic" are put together, it is easy for people to feel unfair, and the media's hype for the heat has formed the current situation of national grievances.

With a smile, Wayne nodded and said to the assistant: "ok, keep the arrangement simple. The work on "The Flash" has reached its final hour, and I don't have much time to waste on it."