Chapter 2077： Prototype

In the torrent of history, only a small number of people can see the development of history, and then achieve a career that will last forever. But more people have no way to see the overall situation and the distant future, they can only be forced to follow the trend.

This was the case at the end of 1998. Following the "Independence Day" in 1996 and the "Titanic" in 1997, 1998 once again ushered in a historical turning point, and the prototype of the awards season has already appeared for the first time. The people at the helm of the eight major Hollywood studios do not have a clear blueprint, but they can already vaguely perceive that after the era of blockbuster movies, the rules of the game for all award ceremonies will change.

It's just that everyone is crossing the river by feeling the stones, unable to master a truly effective method, so the first real awards season in film history seemed very chaotic. This confusion was concentrated in the last week of 1998. A total of ten new works were released this week, four of which were large-scale reflections.

"Adams" starring Robin Williams, "Stepmother ( by Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon, teen movie "Death College (the., The remake of the King Kong movie "Giant Gorilla Joe Yang (... and so on, the scale of reflection of all the works has reached more than 2,300 theaters and ancestors.

Although these works are aimed at the prosperous Christmas market, the investment of "Miaoshou Qingzhen" and "Joy the Giant Monkey" both reached 90 million US dollars, and "Stepmother" as a comedy movie also spent 50 million. The cost in US dollars, but this makes the entire movie market seem a bit crowded, so that people are dazzled.

In addition, as many as six works have been screened in theaters below fifteen!

Terrence Malick’s "Thin Red Line (the.. red. aimed at World War II, and was considered to be comparable to "Saving Private Ryan" when it was screened internally; Jean West En-Pan defeated Hugo at the Venice Film Festival to win the title of "floating world men and women" is also on the list this week.

Steven Zelian wrote the screenplay again after "Schindler's List" and served as the director for the second time. "The Forbidden Truth (a... is adapted from the novel focusing on what happened together. The incident of drinking water pollution in 1979; "Everything is done (the. starring French legendary actor Isabel Huppert, and "The." of., will also be released this week.

Finally, "Girl. The Demon", starring Charlize Theron and adapted from a true story, also premiered in four theaters this week.

Among the six works, including "Flying Thoughts", they are actually dedicated to impacting the awards ceremony. Although "Thinking of Flying" is only the director’s debut, the addition of two powerful actors, Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh, plus the story about the dream of flying, makes the movie quite popular. expect.

If the motive of "Flying Idea" is not so obvious, then the ideas of the other five works can definitely be said to be "Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone".

The "thin red line" actually moved Terrence, who had been in the shadows for 20 years, and invested more than 52 million yuan. It also invited Sean Penn, John Travolta, George Clooney, Nick Knott (.), John Cusack, Woody Harrison (.), Adrian Brody and other powerful actors joined. Obviously, the goal is to focus on the position of the best film and best director, and is determined to compete head-on with "Saving Private Ryan".

The "Forbidden Truth" investment of up to 75 million US dollars, plus John Travolta, Kathy Bates (kathy. Bates), Harry Dean-Stanton (harry. Dean). ) And other powerful actors joined, known as the combination of "Yihai Xiongfeng" and "Trumen's World"-using court litigation to explore the cruel reality of society, and some people even made this work a part of John's career. Best performance.

In addition, "Floating Man and Woman" and "Female. Demon Head" are all works whose performance is greater than the whole, and are attacking the actor awards; "Everything is done" is attacking the best foreign language film and the best actress.

These six works are undoubtedly typical "prize winning works." When the film company first invested in the production of these works, it was aimed at the awards of the award ceremony-including the "thin red line", this grand war movie twenty Century Fox invested only a little over 50 million yuan, which was far from "Saving Private Ryan", and the screening time was also placed near the end of the year. Obviously, Twentieth Century Fox has high hopes for Terrence, and they are even more looking forward to the film's ability to win at the awards ceremony-mainly the Oscars.

Such an unprecedented lively scene is new to everyone in Hollywood, but at this time movie audiences have not really felt the atmosphere of the awards season, but feel that the art theaters at the end of the year suddenly become lively and extraordinary. , But for people in the circle, they can already vaguely touch the model of the awards season, and truly feel that the wave is inevitably pouring down.

In the "Female. Devil" screening ceremony, there were no too grand and cumbersome links, but Steven Spielberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sandra Bullock, The appearance of Jennifer Aniston and Nicole Kidman still attracted the focus of countless reporters.

Steven waited left and right, never waiting for Hugo's figure, hesitated again and again, did not hold back, walked to Charlize and Leonardo, pretending to be easy to ask, "Why won't Hugo come today? ?"

"Hugo went home. It's rare that he doesn't need to work this year. He went back to accompany Adam Interstellar Wizard." Charlize explained with a smile, raising his eyebrows and said, "Didn't Hugo call you this morning?"

"Yes, I was busy distributing gifts at the time. The call was answered by Kate, and I received his greetings." Steven originally thought that he would see Hugo tonight, so he didn't worry. He didn't expect Hugo. It turned out to be from Lanches. "I thought he would definitely show up today, but it seems I made a mistake."

"And the big crowd outside." Leonardo pointed to the lively crowd at the door. It seemed that there were more than a hundred people. This is for a movie that has no publicity and no premiere ceremony. , Such a scene is really rare. These more than one hundred people are all reporters-the audience has already entered the venue to watch the movie, and they are all looking forward to catching Hugo here, but now they are obviously disappointed.

Leonardo's words made Charlize chuckle, but Steven seemed to be worried. Leonardo noticed and couldn't help but said, "Why, do you want to find Hugo too?"

If it were normal, Leonardo would probably be scolded for this joke, but today Steven was obviously a little absent-minded. He looked at Leonardo, hesitated, and asked, "I do have something. I want to talk to Hugo, but it’s not very convenient on the phone.” Steven looked at the other people around—everyone was talking in twos and threes, no one was near them, his sight was on Charlize and Leonor. Duo paused separately, "Has Hugo mentioned the abnormality of the movie market recently?"

Charlize and Leonardo both looked at Steven confusedly. They obviously didn’t understand what was going on with these nonsense words. Steven had to reorganize his own language, "That’s it. Why are there so many recent screenings, and the number of internal screenings has also risen sharply? Today, six movies were screened at the art theaters in one day, and there are countless parties..."

While talking, Steven looked at the expressions of Charlize and Leonardo, only to find that neither of them understood, which made Steven a little discouraged. Indeed, the situation he said can be seen throughout Hollywood, and many people have felt the difference, which directly triggered the follow-up of major film companies-more and more internal screenings, more and more local movies, and more and more parties. The more exaggerated...Everyone has noticed the abnormality, but they don't know why, so they can only blindly follow, lest they miss the point.

Even people like Steven who can vaguely feel something is wrong, they can grasp some context, but they can't tell why. For example, the Weinstein brothers, they just acted on their intuition, but if they were really asked to come up with a theory or something, they would not be able to express it.

Steven knows even less than the Weinstein brothers—his keen sense of business has never been in publishing or socializing. He and David Geffen wanted to exert strength, but they always felt that there was no effort. This feeling was very bad, so he wanted to talk to Hugo.

Unexpectedly, Hugo would not come at all today, Steven couldn't help thinking, "Is it going to Lanches tomorrow."

At this time Leonardo had a sudden look in his eyes, "Oh, are you talking about awards season?" Both Steven and Charlize looked at him in surprise, but he He patted Charlize's arm, "Don't you remember? Before Hugo set off for Lanches, I didn't mean that the awards season is getting more and more lively now, and it is estimated that Los Angeles will be more crowded at the end of the next year."

Charlize also recalled at this time, "I know, but is what Hugo said and Steven said the same thing?"

Steven pursed his lips slightly, "What did Hugo say, please elaborate."

Charlize looked at Leonardo, and he explained it without rejecting it. "Hugo said that the Oscars are becoming more and more commercialized, and more and more works will be concentrated on November and December in order to impact the Oscars. It will be released this month, hoping to impress the judges even more. And because of the'Oscar movies' released during this time..." At this point, Leonardo also used his fingers to compare the gesture of quotation marks, showing a playful Smile, "There are more and more, so there will be more and more publicity activities and public relations activities for the judges, and the whole Los Angeles will be extremely lively. In the end..."

Leonardo gave Charlize a look, and Charlize added, "In the end, the original winter file will be divided into two parts, the holiday season and the winter file. The overlapping part is the awards season."