Chapter 156： The wonders of movie history

"Academic awards?"

Throwing the black towel to an assistant casually, Duke looked at Sophia with interest, "Let me guess! Tom returned to Los Angeles the day before yesterday. If you count time, the Oscar nominees luncheon should be held. "Independence Day" got an Oscar nomination? Is it best director? Best picture? Or best screenwriter?"

"Do you think that is possible?"

The monotonous nasal sound is full of sarcasm, "Independence Day has not held a filming, no canvassing party, no promotion of awards, and a professional score of only three points. Do you think it may win the Oscars?"

"Impossible." Duke could only shake his head.

"But there is still good news." Sophia laughed. "Independence Day was nominated for best visual effects."

Duke cast his mouth indifferently, "It's like nothing."

"Independence Day" has an infinite possibility of getting this award. After all, in terms of visual effects alone, it can beat all the ten streets of last year's films, but this award will only be awarded to the special effects producer Industrial Light and Magic.

"If you want to take the golden man." Sophia tilted his head and looked at him, "Duke, you must choose to switch to realism."

"For the Oscar Junior→, Golden Guy, make me look like me?" Duke shook his head directly, "I won't do that. Even if I want to take the Golden Guy in the future, I won't make a movie that meets the tastes of those old men. , My favorite is still non-realistic themes."

"Then you will be a frequent visitor to another award." Sophia gave a teasing smile, "Congratulations, Duke, you have not only won another nomination for the most awards, you are also the number one favorite."

"What award?" Duke had a bad premonition.

"Golden plum... it announced the nominations before the Oscar nominees luncheon."

Probably because of too many nominations, Sophia had to open the work log. Check out the specific nominations you wrote down earlier, "Independence Day won seven nominations out of 10 Golden Plum Awards. The film is the number one favorite for the worst film. You got the nomination for the worst director, Bill Pullman the worst. The actor, Will Smith’s worst supporting actor. Harry Berry’s worst supporting actress. The script is the worst script. Skywalker’s sound effects have the worst soundtrack..."

After that, Sophia looked at Duke seriously, as if he wanted to see his sad, painful, or angry reaction, but Duke was still the same as before, and seemed not at all concerned, and based on Sophia’s understanding of him, this Duke in this case. I really didn't care about it.

"You really don't care?" She still asked.

"Why should you care?" Duke opened his hands. "I like the movies I make, and most of the audience like them. Why should I care about the voices of a few people?"

"This is golden plum!"

Hearing Sofia's words, Duke walked over and patted her on the shoulder. He knew that the golden plum is Sofia's biggest pain. The film critics used the worst supporting actress to humiliate her.

"The awards led by film critics are nothing but hooliganism."

Throw a sentence casually. Duke walked towards the set and asked his assistant to notify the departments to start shooting.

at the same time. In a large conference room in a Manhattan hotel, many well-known film critics from the New York State area gathered. This is a meeting of the New York Film Critics Association, and it is also a statistical discussion about the final attribution of the New York Film Critics Association Award.

The New York Film Critics Association, the earliest and largest local film critics association in the world, has been awarded the New York Film Critics Association awards since 1935. It is one of the three major film critics awards in the United States and an important indicator of the Oscars.

The Film Critics Association Award is also one of the means for professional film critics to influence the awards given by various universities in the award season.

The meeting gradually came to an end, and when the vote count was over, David Denby, the film critic of "The New Yorker", suddenly stood up.

"Everyone. One more thing." He said loudly, "It has nothing to do with our awards, but other aspects. Have you seen the nomination list announced for the Golden Raspberry Award?"

Many people are nodding.

"Last year, there was a film and a director that seriously touched the entire film critic industry." David Denby's eyes were full of Limans, "I have to admit that we lost the fight with Duke Rosenberg. The market battle! But now! In the awards season! In this season that belongs to us! We must fight back!"

"David is right!"

"The New York Times" chief film critic a?o? Scott said slowly, "Even if "Independence Day" got close to 360 million US dollars at the North American box office, even if North America has more than 90 million views, even if the global box office is close to 9. 100 million dollars, even if the audience praised 84%, it still cannot change the fact that it is a bad film and that Duke Rosenberg was the worst director last year!"

"We are going to nail Duke Rosenberg and Independence Day on the pillar of shame!"

The speaker is Lu Ramnick from the "New York Post", "The Golden Raspberry Award is the best reward for him!"

"Over the past few years……"

The conversation comes back to David Denby, "The actors and directors who have won the Golden Plum Award have become objects of disdain by the North American audience. Almost no one can stand up. I have contacted the Chicago Film Critics Association and Los Angeles Film Critics. Association, they will make every effort to promote Duke Rosenberg to win the award."

"Also, it is said that he is shooting a new movie..." someone reminded.

"Everyone will understand what to do then, right?"

After this sentence, many people laughed.

Time slowly entered into late January. After seven months of long-term screenings, "Independence Day" withdrew from the North American theaters. The final North American box office stopped at $362.55 million, although there are still two "Planets" ahead. "The Great War" and Spielberg's "Jaws" and "et Aliens", but if you don't count the re-release results, "Independence Day" can be said to be the first box office result in North American film history.

Of course, this is the same as the box office rankings measured by inflation. It is just a self-comfort. The re-screening shows that the film has sufficient commercial value. Like "Shawshank's Redemption", it has just won nine Oscar nominations. If you log in to the theater again, you will inevitably continue to pounce on the street.

In terms of global box office, "Independence Day" has won US$895.21 million and will soon become the second film ever to exceed US$900 million.

However, inconsistent with the film’s outstanding commercial results, "Independence Day" and Duke are still being attacked by countless film critics. Many well-known filmmakers used the seven Golden Raspberry Award nominations for the film to ridicule in the column, and even the famous film critic Roger Albert directly classified "Independence Day" as the most untrue film in history. Duke was the most untrue film in history. Disappointing director.

The professional reputation of the film was completely unsaved. Perhaps it was stimulated by the super high box office. The professional score of "Independence Day" fell below 3 points, with a professional score of 2.95 points and 84% of the audience’s praise and super high The box office performance of the film has created a great spectacle in film history.

"Any director is successful in business. If he is not recognized by professional awards, he will be a craftsman at best and will never become a master. If he wins awards such as golden plum, it represents his director My career has begun to suffer a serious decline and is about to reach the end!"

——Roger Albert, Chicago Sun

As usual, the Golden Raspberry Award will not be awarded until the day before the Oscars ceremony, which is still early, but film critics can't wait to buckle the shoddy award on Duke.

Duke didn't bother to pay attention to these people. "Independence Day" has been dropped from North America, and the new movie is far from the time for real promotion. Confronting film critics did not bring any substantial benefits, and he was also busy with filming, so he didn't have the time and energy to continue talking with these guys.

Besides, even he has to admit that film critics have a great influence during the awards season.

With the end of the Oscar nominees luncheon, Tom Hanks returned to the set. It took another week for Duke to film the end of the film. According to the news he learned, it was not until he finished filming this part of the film that the next door "Brave Heart" ended on vacation-Mel Gibson was very helpless. It's time for the crew to take a break-to start filming a few closing scenes again.

As for Sean Connery, who suffered a severe leg injury. It is said that he was transferred to a hospital in London and had confirmed that he had a comminuted fracture of the calf bone of his right leg. At his age, he would have to wait to return to normal walking.

Apart from the hectic shooting, Duke also has to post-process some of the shots that have been taken. The Super Bowl is about to be held. He must cut out a sufficiently attractive commercial short for the producer and distributor to take a break. Time to launch.

The editor Mike Dawson was also summoned by him from Los Angeles to Dublin. After shooting every day, Duke and he would get into a rented post studio and continue to work overtime.

"Mike, the Super Bowl as a whole is fanatical, and our ads must maintain this style."

Thirty-second advertisements are not short or long. Duke must consider how to attract audiences. “Don’t think about the narrative, don’t think about the theme of the film, and don’t think about human care. What I want is the most intense and the most intense. The hot and cruelest war scene!"

This is the fourth film of the collaboration. Of course, Mike Dawson understood Duke's ideas and led the assistant to start busy according to Duke's requirements.

On the other side, Charles Rowan walked over and asked in a low voice, "The executives of the three companies asked me to ask you when the film is completed, and when it is recommended to be released."

"May! I will be able to finish all productions by early May at the latest!"

The filming has entered the late stage, and the overall work is progressing smoothly. Duke also has such confidence, "I suggest that the film premiere on the weekend before Memorial Day!"

"I will give your feedback back." Charles Rowan walked out of the studio.

After a few days of busy overtime, the commercial was completed on time. Duke will not return to North America to participate in Super Bowl Day. Instead, Duke will lead the main cast and crew to London before Super Bowl Day to prepare to participate in the first annual Victoria’s Secret. Catwalk! (To be continued...)

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