Chapter 614： shortlisted

Firefly Pictures headquarters building.

Thomas gently pushed open the door of the editing room, and said to Lyman, who was sitting attentively behind the editing table, "It's already 12:15, do you want to eat?"

Lehmann didn't turn his head back, his eyes were always fixed on the monitor screen in front of him, and he was controlling the cropping footage, "Wait a while, I'll finish cutting this section first, it'll be fine right away."

Thomas stretched and walked lightly aside, occasionally looking up to check the progress of his work.

The rough cuts of "No Country for Old Men" were basically done by Ryan and Thomas. It was not until the current stage of re-cutting that Lehmann took up the heavy responsibility and personally controlled it in retreat every day.

With such a lot of time and energy, the duration of "No Country for Old Men" was quickly controlled within 115 minutes, and the rest is to make another round of fine-cutting for the feature film, which can control the rhythm more delicately and orderly. Of course better.

After all, editing is a process of excellence.

About ten minutes later, Lehman archived the material, organized some auxiliary editing items such as notes and scoreboards, and then went to lunch with Thomas.

This guy didn't go to the cut room in the editing room to sleep on the floor until midnight last night. When he woke up, it was past 11 o'clock, and he was still a little out of energy.

Afterwards, the two drove to a Japanese restaurant for a meal, and when they returned to the company, Joseph came over again.

He's here to report, including getting Lyman to sign off on something.

——In addition to the speeding up of Paramount and Warner's dividends, and the last budget of "Pan's Labyrinth" approaching the end of filming, and Liam wanting Lehman to go to a cocktail party composed of several Oscar judges .

In fact, in principle, in the Oscar selection stage, the relevant judges are not allowed to contact the film crew on the shortlist.

But are there policies above and countermeasures below?

For this event, you can't allow everyone to participate in "normal" social interactions, and prohibit any communication, right?

Therefore, on the eve of the Oscars, the number of similar banquets has skyrocketed.

Layman was helpless. He took a few invitations and glanced at them. He picked out a few that were quite convenient, and then said, "Just turn down the rest of the invitations. I'm impatient to interact with these party animals every day."

Of course, it's definitely impossible to not go to any of them. Those old guys are getting older, and they are holding grudges more than each other. They just show a little contempt, and it is estimated that they will all be offended. In the future, don't even think about participating in the Oscar carnival of Vanity Fair.

Joseph nodded, and took out a few more statements for Lehmann to sign, "It seems that our company won't be able to win any awards at this year's Oscars."

"Well, our focus last year was a bit too ignorant of in-depth feature films." Lyman replied casually: "I'm going to go to the Oscars in two days. You remind Liam to set aside one day to go too. Expand the distribution circle on the spot."

After Joseph left, Lyman continued his unfinished editing work.

Today is March 4th, Saturday.

The third weekend of Prada.

Due to the hype of Anne-Hathaway's feminist stance, and the fact that there is no strong enemy in the second half of February, the film's box office performance has exceeded Lehmann's expectations.

At present, in the entire North American film market in 2006, "Prada" briefly became the top-grossing film in the beginning of the year when none of the other masterpieces were released.

In addition, on the first day of overseas release, the film still maintained the excellent performance of the film in North America, and directly won the daily box office champion in many countries and regions, with a total of 7.52 million US dollars on the first day overseas - because of the different currency exchange rates, in fact Replaced by the actual box office figures of movies in various countries, it still seems exaggerated.

Of course, the release by Fox this time also allowed Fox to taste the sweetness of working with Firefly.

It is estimated that it will be more difficult to limit the development of fireflies from the source in the future.

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When Alejandro Gonzalez-Inarido returned to Los Angeles, he was accompanied only by his own direct line of filming team.

He came to the Oscars with Babel.

According to the plan made at the beginning, as long as the film is shortlisted, the follow-up will go to Europe, buy and sell copyrights, and recover the shooting cost as much as possible.

In fact, literary films really don't have a big box office market.

Only a small number of audiences who specifically love such films still give some support to literary directors.

In today's increasingly mature entertainment industry, who would like to be taught some great truths in their spare time?

Even if you can understand, can you do it?

However, even if the prospects of literary and artistic films are getting slimmer, this kind of carrier still needs someone to shoot.

——Of course, it's really intentional, not an astringent work under the banner of literature and art.

And there is no doubt that Alejandro is a director who is willing to make films with his heart.

At this time, he came from Mexico.

Lehmann is also full of affection and desire to win over this strongman who is one of Mexico's three great heroes who is particularly concerned with literary and artistic themes, and who will win two Oscars in the future.

So, as soon as he got the news, he immediately changed his clothes and went to the airport to pick him up in person.

Alejandro still has a full chin beard, and he is a little darker than before. It is estimated that he went to New Mexico to shoot a lot of sunshine.

After returning to the company, the entire Firefly Building has now been occupied by Lehmann, and the first to fifth floors have been reasonably classified as a divisional office, and the employees' office area has also been greatly expanded.

Thanks to the convenience of renting an office building in this area, Lehmann doesn't have to rush to buy a building.

At this time, the house price is still rising. As long as you buy it, you will definitely vomit blood after a year.

After Alejandro and the others came, Lyman greeted Liam and Ryan for a small celebratory reception.

Right now, their goal is definitely the Oscars, plus whether they can win awards.

In the shortlist, Lyman's "Monster in the Lake" last year was nominated for the best visual, best sound effects and other leftovers, and "Babel" was nominated for the best foreign language film.

Speaking of which, the best foreign language has a high gold content, and the competition is also the most intense. After all, the Oscar is an award played by Americans, and works from other regions have a large base if they want to come in.

And the 78th Oscar nominees for a total of five best foreign languages, the Italian "Beast in the Heart" (a movie about inner fear, also discusses the issue of lesbianism, the most impressive thing is that it has been telling a truth: Everyone has a dark side hidden in their hearts, so don't try to tempt people's hearts, because people's hearts can't stand temptation.)

French "Merry Christmas" (based on true events, tells the story of soldiers from all over the world during the First World War on Christmas Eve, the whole film gives people a kind of fairy tale warmth, director Christian Cassillon uses his writer-like style. The delicate style of writing tells the whole plot development.)

In addition, Pakistan's "Heaven Now" and Germany's "Hope and Resistance" and "Babel".

As for the odds of winning each film, "Beast in the Heart" has a sharp subject matter, "Merry Christmas" is the most comfortable overall sense, and the remaining three films, including "Babel", all feel almost meaningless - it's not that the film is not good~ www.novelhall.com~ But someone is better.

According to the Oscar selection rules, those that have already been released are judged.

Even compared to the box office, "Merry Christmas" is the highest. Although it is silly to compare the box office data for literary films, it can also give a glimpse of the audience's acceptance of the film.

And "Babel Tower" was screened on a small scale in December last year, and the results were really not good.

Combining all the calculations, the hope that "Babel Tower" can win the crown is not high, but it is always a good thing to be shortlisted. With this level of qualifications, going to the European Film Festival will attract some regional distributors.

After the banquet was over, Lehmann led Alessandro to talk with his good friend Guillermo Arriga.

I congratulated them for the hard work of filming. The two also felt that Lehmann cared about them, which really made them feel warm.

——To put it bluntly, this is a sense of disparity in status.

The so-called human heart is still worth pondering for a lifetime.

"Tomorrow, I'll take you to the judges' gathering to broaden your social circle." Lehmann had a long conversation with the two, and finally gave them an order.

Alessandro, of course, happily nodded yes.

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