"So you're going to watch this documentary in the afternoon?" it was Jessica who spoke, as if Cornell hadn't even appeared just now, and she didn't care about the potential scandal, even if Cornell could still be seen kicking ice slag at the door. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This calm atmosphere made Lan Li impressed again, "Yes, I decided to go and line up to have a look, what about you?"

"I'm going to watch another movie, 'Tyrannosaurus'......"

The two of them finally got quiet, exchanging the experience of watching the movie for the past three days. Compared to Toronto and Telluride, Sundance's independent films are like stars in the sky, and there are many works that Lan Li has never seen or even heard of, although the quality of the works is uneven, but the pioneering spirit and exploration spirit of these independent filmmakers have opened Lan Li's eyes.

After drinking coffee, Jessica left first, and the "Tyrannosaurus" was earlier.

Leaving alone, Lan Li didn't rush to pour the rest of the coffee into his mouth, but seriously recalled Cornell's words just now. He wasn't worried about those rumors at all, and believed that Andy would deal with them, but when he heard something just now, a glimmer of information flashed in his mind.

After recalling it carefully, Lan Li finally remembered. In the case of being disqualified from the election for "Three Days of Crisis", Lionsgate was suspected of violating the rules in the college's public relations process and made low-level mistakes, which led to a disaster.

"Three Days of Danger" is actually a mediocre reputation among professional film critics, audience feedback and box office performance are not satisfactory, coupled with the theme of thriller plots, it is not easy to occupy a place in the awards season.

But the intricacies of the awards season cannot be generalized, just like Meryl Streep, who also won the Oscar nomination for Best Actress with "The Queen Wears Prada", when people see Meryl's name, they will subconsciously check it, and the trust that has been precipitated over time cannot be shaken, and the brand value is the same.

The director and screenwriter of "Three Days in Danger" is Paul Haggis, who defeated "Brokeback Mountain" with "crash", and as a gold medal screenwriter, he also contributed "Million Dollar Baby", "Letter from Iwo Jima", "Battle of Elah Valley", "007: Battle of Casino Royale" and other masterpieces, which should not be underestimated in Hollywood.

In addition, the actor of the movie is Russell-Crowe, and the supporting role is Liam-Neeson, all of whom are actors with strong connections and solid reputation in Hollywood.

Lionsgate naturally hoped that the film could make a difference, but it didn't expect that it would be self-defeating to seek kindness.

The so-called college public relations is actually to attend all kinds of award ceremonies, publicity, attend all kinds of media occasions, cooperate with interviews, attend all kinds of private parties, and socialize. This is similar to elections.

For example, a very important part of the reason why "Crash" was able to overturn "Brokeback Mountain" was because the traditional white elderly judges, out of homosexual rejection, refused to watch "Brokeback Mountain", and Lionsgate, the distribution company of "Crash", seized the opportunity to print 60,000 DVDs in a desperate gamble, sent them to the college judges, and called every once in a while to ask if the judges had watched the film and how they felt.

However, public relations is an ambiguous/ambiguous word, and it is easy to fall into the trap of bribery, bribery, secret transactions and other negative links, so the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has formulated relevant policies in order to avoid violations. However, there are policies and countermeasures.

The Weinstein brothers are undoubtedly veterans of loopholes in the rules.

In 1998, after "Shakespeare in Love" was nominated for an Oscar, the Weinstein brothers quickly prepared a series of celebration parties for director John-Madden, which included three influential senior judges from the Academy. In fact, this is already against the Academy's rules: producers cannot host social events for nominees that are attended by members of the Academy.

But the Weinstein brothers' explanation for this was, "I'm sorry to have three House members there, but it was a news scene." If you want to make news, you're going to have to get a few celebrities. ”

Similar edge balls, even the academy has no choice but to acquiesce.

This time, Lionsgate, which was in a hurry, was accidentally caught by the academy, and it is not surprising that it was an example to the monkeys. However, taking a step back, the "Three Days of Danger" was already competitive, and it was not too regrettable to be denied the qualification for the Golden Globe Awards without a single nomination.

The reason why this news caught Lan Li's attention was because he thought of "buried alive", and he finally remembered why he didn't get any nominations in the previous life of "burying him alive"!

In the last life, the distribution company that was "buried alive" was Lionsgate, and at that time, Lionsgate was suspected of illegal canvassing and was disqualified from the college by the college. As a result, on the list of later Oscar nominees, there was no trace and nothing was found.

In this life, at the Toronto Film Festival, Lionsgate was also one of the strongest competitors for "Buried Alive", but in the end they still chose Focus Pictures, and the advice was still given by Lan Li.

In fact, Lan Li didn't think much about it at that time, he just talked about things, and he didn't remember this incident in his previous life at all. Unexpectedly, I inadvertently dodged a bullet. "Buried alive" can still retain the hope of impacting the Oscars, whether it is because it switched to Focus Pictures, it is impossible to know.

Thinking of this, Lan Li dialed Andy's phone.

It wasn't Andy who picked up the phone, it was his assistant Nancy Kingsley, "...... Lan Li, Andy is not very convenient now, or will you call again later?" Nancy's voice was a little embarrassed.

Andy's thunderous voice came from the background of the phone, "Does he have no brains? I've never seen arrogance, I've never seen such stupidity!Who does he think he is?Idiot!Idiot!Idiot!Idiot!"" followed by a series of foul words, unbearable.

Lan Li was slightly surprised.

Since meeting Andy, he has always been a smiling image of Maitreya Buddha, and he doesn't even feel too aggressive, he takes it for granted that Andy is an introverted and strategic, but now it seems that even if he is in a higher position, there are times when he explodes. What's more, Andy is not one of the British aristocrats.

"Then I'll call you later. Lan Li didn't ask a word and hung up the phone with a smile.

But less than two minutes after the phone was put down, Andy called back, "Lan Li, what's the matter? Everything is okay with Sundance?" The gentle smile came from the other end of the phone, as if nothing had happened just now.

"Good, everything is fine with me. Lan Li nodded in affirmation, compared with Toronto and Telluride, now that there is an assistant by his side, Lan Li's life has indeed become much easier, "I called you, mainly to ask you, our current situation, everything is okay?"

Andy's eyebrows furrowed slightly, "What have you heard?" He knew Lan Li's personality, and it was definitely not untargeted.

Lan Li briefly said Connell's question just now, and then heard Andy sigh lightly, and he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, "Is there really something going on?"

Andy rubbed his temples, he didn't plan to tell Lan Li, anyway, the matter had already been dealt with, but after thinking about it, he still decided to speak, "Chris Sparin wrote an email privately, sent it to the academy, and boasted about the work, but fortunately, the public relations team of Focus Pictures found out immediately and intercepted the email, which avoided causing trouble." ”

Chris Sparkling, the screenwriter of "Buried Alive".

Lan Li had only met him a few times, nodded and said hello, and did not have a deep friendship, "What did he write?" Thinking back to Andy's anger just now, it is estimated that things are definitely not that simple.

"Probably just praising myself and thinking that I deserve an Oscar nomination......," Andy said only halfway, and then took a deep breath, "In short, it's an email of arrogance and conceit." Much more shameless than Nicolas-Chariter. I know that Hollywood practitioners are always confident and proud, but this is the first time I have seen such a cheeky person. ”

Before Andy became Lan Li's agent, the two had discussed the topic of "actor's self-confidence", but they didn't expect it to pop up again now. Lan Li smiled dumbly, "After being too arrogant, it can be interpreted as ignorance. ”

Nicolas Chartier is the producer of "Bomb Disposal Unit", and in last year's awards season, "Bomb Disposal Unit" and "Avatar" were particularly competitive, and it can even be said that bayonets were red. Nicholas sent an email to the academy judges, hoping that the judges would vote for the "bomb disposal unit" instead of "voting for that $500 million movie."

The academy explicitly prohibits any form of private canvassing email, which caused an uproar after the incident, but at that time, the list of Oscar nominees had been announced, and the academy could not cancel the nomination, and finally just banned Nicholas from attending the awards ceremony, which was hastily resolved.

However, in order to make up for this scandal, the public relations team of the "Bomb Disposal Unit" was busy until the sky was dark, which saved the decline and finally succeeded in winning the championship.

Now, Chris's behavior is actually more serious than Nicholas, and Lan Li immediately understood, "It's hard." ”

A simple sentence made a shallow smile appear on the corner of Andy's mouth. For the past three days, he's been busy wiping Chris's ass/stock, it's literally his feet on fire, and it's been hard to keep the collateral damage to a minimum, he's not slept for seventy hours, and now the pressure is so extreme that three shots of espresso can't help alleviate anything.

If you think about it carefully, if it weren't for the fact that he had high expectations for Lan Li and paid close attention to "Buried Alive" during the awards season, if he hadn't interfered with the publicity and public relations of "Buried Alive" and focused on this work this year, if it weren't for Focus Pictures, which checked the entire team's correspondence at his tireless request......

Then the current situation is unimaginable, and the end of the "three days of crisis" is the tomorrow of "being buried alive".

Just describing it in your head is chilling. Rao is Andy is used to seeing big scenes, and he also broke out in a cold sweat.