Chapter Seventy-Three: Awards Season

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After Rachel followed Sid out, the girls immediately chattered about it. "Why did you say the director was looking for Rachel?"

"Could it be that Rachel is favored and is going to be transferred?"

This kind of thing comparable to winning the lottery happened around him, which made the women excited. But when this happens, some people will be happy, some will be sad, and some will be jealous. Especially those actors who play the same role as Rachel McAdams, who are in the same ensemble, will have an unbalanced mentality.

Reese and "Sister-in-law" Katie Holmes looked at each other helplessly, and did not say anything superfluous.

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After Sid examined Rachel's acting skills, he randomly determined that this was indeed Canada's sweetheart's literary queen, Rachel McAdams.

"This is my business card, my next movie, there should be an interesting role for you, I think you can try it then. Although it had been foreshadowed, Sid's words made Rachel McAdams jump for joy.

"Thank you, director, thank you, thank you. Sweet girl Rachel thanked again and again.

The other party was so enthusiastic, but Sid was a little surprised, he smiled and scratched his head: "It's nothing, it's just a gesture." For him, it's just a matter of getting ahead of the time when Rachel McAdams entered Hollywood.

And the few movies that Rachel starred in "later", which were popular and popular, could be handed over to Fire Lion Pictures to form a crew to produce.

The scene at the airport is completed at a rapid pace with the speeding red sports car driven by Julie and R.

After leaving the airport, the rest of the city scenes, whether it is the protagonist's zombies wandering in the abandoned streets, or the scenes in the human city, Sid filmed nothing major problems. Although there were twists and turns and challenges during the period, Sid and the elites of the crew still solved the problems and quickly advanced the shooting.

It can be said that apart from the unexpected harvest of Rachel McAdams, the future sweet sister, Sid has not encountered any real accidents. In this intense and methodical process, August passed quickly.

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September is an interesting dividing point in the international film industry, on the one hand, as a series of global film festivals represented by the three major European film festivals, will end with the New York Film Festival in September. On the other hand, the North American awards season, led by the Toronto Film Festival, will also kick off this month.

A series of films with the Oscars as the key target began to accumulate momentum, whether it was to build momentum or public relations, large and small film companies began to exert their efforts either explicitly or covertly.

The name Robert Remy is undoubtedly an unfamiliar name to the average person, or to people in the industry in general. But for those in the global film circle, the name is definitely not to be overlooked.

Because he is the current president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which is commonly known as the Academy of Oscars. So when he stepped on the red carpet of the Toronto Film Festival, the crackling flashing lights flashed at him. Although it stands to reason that the New York Film Festival is also an American film festival, it should be more liked by the Academy of Sciences.

But in fact, anyone who knows Hollywood circles knows that the competition between the film circles on the east and west coasts of the United States is no less than the shootout between the east and west coasts of the rap music industry. Compared with New York, the Toronto Film Festival, which focuses on communication and screening, is the object that is more favored by the college.

Therefore, as the first Qiang of the Oscars every year, the Toronto Film Festival was originally the focus of the college's investigation. Robert Remy, as the chairman of the board of directors, will participate as a symbolic representative.

"Mr. President, what is the movie you are most concerned about this year?"

"Mr. President, do you have any filmmakers to follow?"

As the reporters asked, Robert Remy pressed his hands down and smiled and said, "Gentlemen." ”

The reporter suddenly fell silent, watching the crowd forbid because of his actions, which made Robert Remy feel great.

He said: "I am very concerned about every potential new director and outstanding veteran filmmaker, which is also the consistent purpose of the academy, to treat every excellent and attentive filmmaker equally." ”

Hearing the other party's formulaic answer, the reporters on the other side were suddenly a little interested, although they didn't dare to leave, but many of them wandered away from the world.

After dealing with reporters and patiently walking the red carpet, Robert Remy asked like an assistant, "Do you know the address?"

"In the third screening hall of Zone E. The assistant replied succinctly.

Then Robert Remy followed the assistant who led the way, and walked forward with a brisk pace. Although he ostensibly told reporters that the academy treats everyone equally, everyone will have their own preferences, and the academy's member and president, Robert Remy, is no exception.

Like Taylor Swift, who came to be known as the "Grammy's daughter", the Academy Academy also has its own preferences and likes and dislikes.

One of the most obvious standards of likes and dislikes is the dispute between the east and west coasts!

As an Oscar Academy that originated on the West Coast, it has always prided itself on its populist aesthetic that entertains the masses. But the East Coast film scene, centered in New York, prides itself on its distinctive and elegant aesthetic. This natural antagonism has existed in both the Los Angeles and New York film circles almost from the beginning.

The most obvious result of this confrontation is that a large number of film masters born in New York in the 7 and 80s have repeatedly created excellent works, but they have never been recognized by the Oscar, the highest temple of world cinema. For example, the most famous tragedies, Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen, are like this.

Martin Scorsese's two classics in the 80s, "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull", were either ignored by the Oscars or only nominated and did not win.

As for Woody Allen, he is more of a European director than an American director. Woody Allen is a thunderous presence in non-American film circles, and he has always been a guest of honor at European and global film festivals. But only in the Oscars, he is not treated at all, and he doesn't even bother to give a nomination.

Although the number of members of the East Coast Academy gradually increased after the 90s, and the situation of the East and West Coast disputes gradually decreased, the proportion of students from 6,000 students is still a significant disadvantage, and there is still a long way to go to completely change this Qian rule.

When Robert Raimi arrived at the screening room, the audience in the medium-sized movie hall was almost full, and when he took the assistant's pre-occupied position, the lights in the theater began to turn off, and then a white gold lion head appeared on the big screen.

Then, in a regular sound of printing, the camera dispels the black picture in a circle, and a man stands bored in front of a photocopier......

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"These three short films are simply amazing!" one reporter excitedly said to his companion, "I can't believe that anyone can make three films of this high caliber in one go." Although it is a short film, it is not inferior to a feature film at all. ”

"What's your favorite?" asked another reporter.

"Black Hole, of course, is short, powerful, like a striker's powerful shot, straight through the heart. The first reporter said.

But even if it's short, Black Hole still has enough twists and developments to give people a succession of surprises. The third reporter lifted his glasses and said calmly.

"Yes, but I still like 'The Pistol with Six Bullets', the British black humor, it's so expressive. The second reporter said that he was a British-born journalist, "If I hadn't known that Sid Leon was a complete Los Angelesman, I would have thought he spent his childhood in England." ”

"And which one do you like?" the two men in front of them turned to the third reporter with glasses.

"I? I still like 'Curfew'. The man with glasses smiled slightly: "That kind of natural aura, I haven't seen it in a new director for a long time." Also, I really liked the little girl's performance, and the aura in that performance matched the sense of color created by the movie. ”

As a few reporters drifted away, they were still excitedly discussing the movie they had just seen.

Robert Remy put down the stirring spoon, took a sip of black coffee, and then looked at the president of the Toronto Film Festival opposite, "Old friend, what do you think of Sid Leon's short film?"

The gray-haired old man opposite him smiled after taking a sip of black tea: "You have been eavesdropping on the audience conversation for a long time, and you just want to ask me this?"

As a new rookie director, Sid Leon, although he swept the global box office at a young age with the novel DV horror film "Ghost Story".

Although the media touted it badly, that kid first appeared on Oprah's show, and then on the cover of "Time Magazine", and he was in the limelight for a while. But in the film industry, especially in the director circle, there are still reservations about this kind of rickety DV movies.

After all, film movies must not only pay attention to the camera position, but also involve the integration of the crew, no matter how you look at it, it is not simply a DV, and children who have made a "movie" can play around.

So Sid's debut of his trilogy of short films at the Toronto Film Festival is definitely an eye-catching move. The media and reporters have long been impatient, and a large number of media have sent reporters to come.