"Thank you for all this you do for Sophia. Francis Coppola came over to greet Ronan: "Without your help, Sofia's new film would not have gone as smoothly as it is now." ”

Ronan shook hands with him and said with some humility: "Mr. Coppola, you are so polite, it is Sophia who has brought a masterpiece to the entertainment of Relativity. ”

Francis Coppola was very impressed with Ronan, saying: "If you need help in the future, just call me." ”

He exchanged business cards with Ronan, said politely, and took his leave and went somewhere else.

Ronan put away Francis Coppola's business card, and it was a good fortune anyway.

Francis Coppola's influence is indeed not as great as it was twenty years ago, but no one can ignore the Coppola family, especially Francis Coppola has an old relationship with many people in Hollywood.

For example, George Lucas, in the early years Francis Coppola could even be said to be half of George Lucas's film teacher.

"It's just a lucky person with a good family background......"

I don't know whose muttering came here, Ronan turned his head to look, and the person who spoke was a middle-aged woman with an unfamiliar face.

The ordinary-looking middle-aged woman noticed Ronan's gaze, knew that she was speechless, and immediately walked away.

Ronan didn't have the idea of going for trouble, which is a fact, but this kind of fact has to be seen in two parts.

First of all, if it weren't for the surname Coppola, Sophia Coppola would indeed not have the influence she has today, and it would not have been possible to change her career as a director after being frustrated as an actor.

Secondly, the family background itself is a part of personal ability, and a good family background has brought many convenient conditions to Sofia Coppola, and also gave her the opportunity to contact and learn various skills in the directing industry, and she can easily start as a director.

Strictly speaking, Ronan is similar to Sofia Coppola in some situations, and his development to the present is inseparable from his family background.

If it weren't for a small and established production company, how could it have been successful in financing at that time?

The pull-piece meeting went very smoothly, Sofia Coppola was like a star-studded moon, with Francis Coppola and George Lucas personally appearing to canvass for votes, and it is estimated that most of the people who came to the pull-piece meeting will vote for Sofia Coppola and "Lost in Translation" when the nomination vote is due.

The Embassy Pictures is also trying to find ways to do its work, and various public relations meetings and promotional activities have also been released.

There are three key awards for this film: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress and Best Director.

Of course, at this stage, they are all nominations, and we must first ensure that we get the nomination before we can talk about anything else.

Scarlett Johansson's Best Supporting Actress is not very difficult to nominate and equally difficult to win.

As for Best Actress, a film called "The Devil Woman" has begun to be screened, and only those who have watched this film know how far Charlize Theron fought for the heroine.

Someone once compared the photos of Charlize Theron dressed up in 2000 with the makeup photos when she starred in "The Devil Girl", not only do you look like two people, but they are simply two extremes of human beings.

Beauty and ugliness to the extreme.

Young, beautiful, and naturally beautiful actresses are God's favorites, but if you want to win the Oscar for Best Actress, there has always been an unwritten unspoken rule - you must self-destruct your image!

vaguely remembers that Charlize Theron has some large-scale scenes in "The Witch", and I don't think many people will be interested......

In addition, for Best Film and Best Director, being nominated is a victory, and winning is a don't have to think about it.

"The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" is about to be released, this literary masterpiece with a special status in the history of European and American fantasy literature, adapted into a movie, and a great success, and now the trilogy is about to end, the Oscars will obviously give their own affirmation.

Although the film is as young as the original, and the characters in it are black and white, no one can deny the greatness of the trilogy.

Most importantly, Tolkien is dead!

The Oscars have always been generous with awards related to people who have passed away, such as the former Joker, and someone can win an acting award for a superhero comic book role, which is unimaginable in the more than 70 years of Oscar history.

But when a person dies, Oscar will say something.

In fact, since the release of the first two parts of "The Lord of the Rings", and only a few technical awards at the Oscars, many discerning people can see that the judges are waiting for the moment when the trilogy ends.

In mid-December, "The Return of the King" was released in North America, and the quality of the film proved to be worthy of everyone's wait.

This is definitely the pinnacle of a magic movie, although the length of the film will make many fans have a sore bladder.

In the future, when the real director's cut version is released and listed, you need to take half a day to watch it, otherwise you won't be able to watch it.

In fact, in the "Lord of the Rings" series, there are some battle scenes that the audience will find inexplicable, and the theatrical screening version is not very clear, these are the pots of editing and director Peter Jackson.

In the version edited by the director, the battle scene is too long, which makes the film too long, and the length of the film is directly related to the number of screenings in a single day, which has become a key factor affecting the box office.

The most typical, the Siege of Minastiris, the Battle of the Plains of Paliano, and the Battle of the Black Gate in "Return of the King".

And The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.

I believe that many viewers will be curious about the goats on Thorin Oak Shield, these mighty mounts fell from the sky? Peter Jackson has always liked to play the Condor from the sky, when did he switch to playing the goat?

After watching the Director's Cut DVD, these are actually all understood.

The goat didn't appear out of nowhere, it was the clip that caused it to appear out of nowhere.

Of course, the pot naturally has to be carried by Peter Jackson.

"The Return of the King" is a masterpiece, and its biggest flaw is undoubtedly too long-winded, but this does not prevent it from becoming the first Oscar favorite as soon as it was released.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy has a grand and perfect ending, and the end is arguably everyone's biggest worry before.

Peter Jackson, the man who was born specifically to adapt Tolkien, ultimately didn't let the fears become a reality.

When Ronan went to see this movie, he also relived the years when his passion was burning.

In that young age, how many people were excited by the pre-war encouragement of the plains of Pelenno, King of Sieudon, and how many people were stirred by the cry of the Black Gate of Aragon.

In the era that Ronan once experienced, there was no magic movie that could catch up with the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, even the "Harry Potter" series had a gap.

At the same time, "Lost in Translation" began to expand the scale of screenings with great fanfare, and since mid-December, the film has expanded to 200 theaters, although it is still screened on a single screen in each theater, but with the blessing of publicity and good word-of-mouth, the box office has not collapsed after expanding the screening.

In the first weekend after the expanded screening, "Lost in Translation" skyrocketed to $3.62 million at the box office, with a single theater box office revenue of more than $15,000.

The film's total North American box office revenue has reached $6.67 million, exceeding the cost of production.

And the expanded screening has only just begun.

Based on the feedback from "Lost in Translation", Embassy Pictures will maintain communication with the theater line and gradually increase the number of theaters screened, but before the Oscar list is released, the scale of screenings will not exceed 1,000 theaters.

Having said that, an independent literary film like this also has a more emotional authorial style, and its screening scale will not be particularly large.

"Lost in Translation" is a typical niche movie.

After the release, it can attract a large number of audiences, on the one hand, it is the publicity and marketing and the quality of the film, and on the other hand, it is also inseparable from the influence of Sofia Coppola herself.

This is also an advantage that Sofia Coppola naturally brings.

How many people can be born to star in a film like "The Godfather"?

It's a blessing, but it's also a pressure, and in the early to mid-nineties, Sofia Coppola became the quintessential figure of Hollywood nepotism.

Now how highly critics speak of her and "Lost in Translation", and how miserable she was when she was scolded.

In some ways, this is a "Bai Fumei's counterattack" drama.

At the newly announced Gotham Independent Film Awards, "Lost in Translation" won something, because "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" is naturally not eligible for the award, and "Lost in Translation", as a small independent film, won two awards: Best Picture and Best Actress.

The Gotham Independent Film Award is also one of the outpost awards of the Oscars, and being able to win several awards also helped "Lost in Translation" to hit the Oscar nomination.

"Are there any new plans after this movie?"

After a film pull, Ronan asked Sofia Coppola, "Are you ready to shoot a new film?"

Sofia Coppola smiled and said in a nasal voice: "Not for the time being, I plan to take a year off, and the new project will be discussed in 2005." ”

Ronan nodded, and asked again, "To rest for so long?"

Sofia Coppola said very naturally: "I don't want to make myself too tired, it is possible to rest longer. ”

Ronan looked at her, Sofia Coppola is not an ordinary director, she doesn't need to work as hard as Uwe Ball, Brother Bao has been working with Relativity Entertainment for one film project after another, and even the few breaks he has gone to Irvine to find the love of his heart to cry and complain......

No way, Sofia Coppola and Uwe Ball are not comparable at all.

Ronan also completely broke off the idea of letting Sofia Coppola direct that female work.

While busy with these, there was news from George Clint that the crew of "Survival in the Wilderness", which had been running around the world for most of the year, had finished all filming and returned to Los Angeles.