Chapter 721: More Attempts
"Murphy Stanton is to blame for the dead!"
A commercial car slowly approached the Wave Manor, and the people in the car could clearly see through the special window glass that many people were gathered in front of the gate of the manor, and they were holding some banners and signs with various slogans written on them. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"The murderer is Murphy Stanton!"
"Murphy Stanton will be punished by God!"
Many of the slogans look a little shocking, as if Murphy has become the heinous Judas.
Looking at the signs, Robert Downey Jr., who was sitting on the passenger seat, said to a few people behind him, "It looks like Murphy is in big trouble." ”
"It's not just a big problem."
Margot Robbie, with her curly blond hair, said, "Those Catholic guys obviously want to ruin Murphy. ”
Seth Rogen, who was sitting in the row with her, asked, "Murphy is under a lot of pressure." ”
"These are nothing."
Jonah Hill in the back reached out and patted Seth Rogan on the shoulder, "What kind of pressure can break Murphy?" ”
He pointed to James Franco, who was sitting next to him, and said, "Magic is fine, Murphy is still far from collapsing." ”
"Do you think I'm not stressed?" James Franco spread his hands and said helplessly, "I just don't think much about these things. ”
When the car came to the door of the Wave Manor, some reporters saw Robert Downey Jr. through the front windshield and immediately surrounded it, but the security personnel inside the manor acted quickly, immediately opened the gate, put the commercial car inside, and then closed the door to block out reporters and protests.
A few minutes later, Robert Downey Jr., James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and Margot Robbie entered the villa one after another.
"You can sit as you like." Murphy was not polite to them, and then greeted, "Tea or coffee?" ”
The maid quickly brought them tea and coffee according to their different needs, and several of them talked directly about the current situation without being verbose.
"How so?" Gal Gadot said with a seeming ease, "There's always some pressure, and some people want to take advantage of this and hit Murphy a bit. ”
Murphy said more directly than Gal Gadot, "Last time I offended the Catholic Church, they not only want to get back to the field, but they have more intentions. ”
"More attempts?" Robert Downey Jr. was puzzled, "Not just for you?" ”
Murphy shook his head, "You guys overseas, you may not have seen that the attack surface of Catholic public opinion has expanded to cover the entire Hollywood movie. ”
Margot Robbie, who has been in Los Angeles, chimed in, "Recently, the media that are biased towards the Catholic Church have been saying that Hollywood movies are too violent, and that there is a problem with the self-censorship of Hollywood movies. ”
"What are they doing here?" Jonah Hill asked.
Seth Rogan thoughtfully said, "Catholicism seems to have a lot of ambitions. ”
"It's not ordinary." Murphy took a sip of his teacup and said with a smile, "I have definite news here, His Excellency Archbishop Márquez Costello of the Catholic Diocese of South-Central California, recently met with the leaders of various denominations such as Christianity, Judaism and Orthodox Christianity in the California area, and it is said that he is also going to visit several directors of the three major commercial cinema companies in North America. ”
Robert Downey Jr. immediately understood, "He wants to restore the moral censorship of Hollywood movies in the last century by the Catholic-led church?" ”
Everyone present, except for Murphy and Gal Gadot, looked at each other, the ambition of His Excellency Archbishop Erkes Costello was really not ordinary.
"He's thinking too much, isn't he?" Jonah Hill scratched his head, "This is not the forties and fifties of the last century. ”
"Therefore, we must first use public opinion to build momentum." Murphy shrugged his shoulders and said, "When the surging public opinion infinitely magnifies the negative impact of Hollywood movies, and the whole country begins to accuse Hollywood movies of lack of morality, it is not impossible for some people or organizations to stand up and call for it." ”
"Is it worth it?" Robert Downey Jr. shook his head.
Murphy reminded, "Think about it, once this is done, Catholicism will have a profound impact on Hollywood films, and what share of the world film market does Hollywood movies occupy today?" How widespread is it? You should know very well, right? If His Excellency Archbishop Márquez-Costello does this, how will the Vatican reward him? Cardinal archbishops are inevitable. ”
"I remember that Benedict XVI's tenure was not a few years away." Although James Franco is similar to Murphy, he is a typical non-believer, but he has a former Catholic wife in his family who knows something about the Catholic Church, "Archbishop Márquez Costello really did this, and it is not impossible for him to become a candidate for pope in the future." ”
Margot Robbie looked at James Franco and then at Murphy, and suddenly felt that Murphy could always see some things very thoroughly.
She suddenly remembered a sentence that Gal Gadot said about Murphy, Desire drives life!
Murphy continued, "Even if it fails, Archbishop Márquez-Costello will not have much to lose, after all, he is the regional archbishop of the church, whether it is the government or Hollywood, under normal circumstances, there is no way to take him. ”
Speaking of this, he couldn't help laughing, "Even if it fails, it can still hit me, presumably Archbishop Márquez-Costello has had an opinion about me for a long time." ”
These ideas and plans are indeed beautiful.
After a few discussions, Murphy left them for lunch and asked the butler to inform the kitchen, while Robert Downey Jr. asked, "What do you need us to do?" ”
Everyone else looked at Murphy as well, waiting for the leader of the Stanton party to call the shots.
"You better not get mixed into it." Murphy didn't want to cause trouble for his friends, "I can handle it." ”
Robert Downey Jr. didn't say anything, but after leaving Wave Manor, he didn't stay out of it, and expressed his support for Murphy through various forms.
That evening, Robert Downey Jr. updated his Twitter.
"This is not the first case in the history of world cinema in which an audience imitates a movie character to commit a crime, nor will it be the last. In the face of such a tragedy, any criticism of just one film is unfair and unreasonable. There is nothing wrong with the presence of violence in the film, because reality is not perfect in the first place. ”
As he said, in the history of North America, there are definitely not a few movie-related tragedies.
For example, when "Rejuvenation" was screened in 2008, a fan kept cheering for the film, which caused the people next to him to be very impatient, and when the persuasion failed, the latter decisively escaped from the pistol and shot at the former......
In fact, if you go to Google and search, there are endless conflicts caused by movies, and deaths and injuries also occur from time to time.
Perhaps, watching movies, which was originally for leisure and entertainment, will one day really become an "extreme pastime" that has taken its life.
Later, Jonah Hill and Seth Rogun and others also supported Murphy through their own channels, although this may not have much effect, but it can show the outside world the position and unity of the Stanton party.
Despite the war of words against Catholicism, there is a fact that cannot be ignored, and even Murphy cannot deny that the number of deaths and injuries caused by movies is increasing in the new century.
Why is it that the distinction between reality and dreams, which used to be clear, is now beginning to blur, and even more and more people are unable to distinguish between dreams and reality? To a certain extent, this has something to do with the new world of meaning created by the Internet.
After the advent of the Internet, the difference between reality and virtuality has become smaller and smaller; And the direction of technological production is to completely eliminate this difference.
In particular, with the help of the Internet's publicity and marketing methods, the film attaches great importance to interaction and participation, which can significantly increase the sense of substitution of the participants, and correspondingly, it will also bring some problems.
"What is a movie? To put it simply, it's about dreaming. ”
Thinking so in his heart, but Murphy wouldn't say that, he has been personally updating his social platform since he responded.
"Is it true that as some media have said, should the movie pay for these two shooting tragedies?"
"Imagine if there was no violence in the film, so clean that even the most conservative people couldn't pick out the problem, would the world be a better place? No more violence? The answer is not to mention, everyone will know. ”
"But in this impossible imagination, what we can be sure of is how false and empty the human spiritual world will become, and all artists and audiences will degenerate into demented children, pretending to be in a simple and perfect dream world."
"Film, like other arts, is a deformation and reflection of reality. It is true that there are many movies that exaggerate or advocate violence, but at the same time, there may be more movies that make the audience understand the seriousness of the problem of violence more deeply, and make people vigilant and reflect on where violence comes from and where the darkness is. ”
"It's not maybe the best of times, but it's clearly not the worst of times. A sociopathic madman, even if he doesn't watch any movies, comics, novels, play games, or listen to rock music, he may become a butcher thug who kills innocents indiscriminately. ”
"Of course, we have reason to ask film directors, producers and film companies to be more cautious and pay more attention when dealing with violent scenes, but such a tragic and tragic order is something that movies can't buy and shouldn't buy."
"In the real world, we don't need Chris Dane, we don't need magicians, we just need more sobriety, deeper reflection, greater courage and more passionate love for the world. Free choice and free will, rather than more filtering, protection, and control, can lead us out of the shadow of the shooting and into a brighter world. ”