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As the year ticks forward to 2010, Murphy has also gotten some good news in the midst of the strife that never lacks every awards season, and after unremitting public relations efforts, there are quite a few judges within the academy who are inclined to support him and "The Wolf of Wall Street", although this does not guarantee that he will be nominated for Best Director and Best Picture at this Academy Awards, but it undoubtedly greatly increases the chances of appearing on the nomination list. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the same time, they are also working on a nomination for Best Actor and a nomination for Best Supporting Actor, with Robert Downey Jr. and Jonah Hill both on their own.

Like Murphy, CAA, and Twentieth Century Fox, they are all old people in Hollywood, and like film school, people are inevitably conservative when they get old, and although their actions seem more radical, they can't compare with those who are new to the industry and want a piece of the Oscar pie.

In mid-December, James Cameron's masterpiece "Avatar", which has been sharpened for ten years, was officially released in North America, and then began to sweep the world with an almost crazy momentum, and is about to create a new myth.

Twelve years ago, truckers once conquered the Oscars with commercial achievements, and proudly held up the little golden man at the awards ceremony and shouted 'I am the king of the world', with the super popularity of "Avatar" in North America and overseas markets, many people believe that James Cameron will make a comeback.

Because Murphy knows that his style is not very in line with the taste of the Oscars, and the themes and values that do not match the mainstream are unlikely to become the first target of countless Oscar judges, everything he does is to win the support of some judges, and getting the nomination he wants is a victory.

Therefore, the super hot market performance of "Avatar" will not have a substantial impact on his Oscar journey, but those films that are made completely according to the taste of the Oscars feel a huge threat.

Because of the precedent relationship, many people are worried that James Cameron and "Avatar" will conquer the Oscars again with outstanding box office results, and some of these adventurous newcomers naturally regard "Avatar" as their main competitor.

As we all know, the Oscars never rely solely on the film itself to compete for the winner, let alone as long as the film is good enough and sits there and waits, an Oscar statuetter will fall from the sky and hit it on his head.

Just like Hollywood, the Oscars were never a pure land, and there was a lot of infighting.

At a party, Meghan Ellison spoke to Murphy about her strategy and is putting it into practice.

This girl in her early twenties dared to think and do, not only invested in "Bomb Disposal Unit", which is very in line with the Oscars and the entire American social situation, but also invited the public relations manager of Okuhei Tan when he was campaigning to operate the entire public relations strategy of the film.

One of the most exaggerated is that Meghan Ellison instructed one of the producers of "Bomb Disposal Unit" to send emails directly to many Oscar judges, attacking "Avatar" and calling on the judges not to vote for "Avatar" and James Cameron.

Such PR is undoubtedly extremely risky.

However, Murphy also admits that Megan Ellison's strategy is clever, and when it comes to understanding and researching the industry, it is definitely above her brother David Ellison.

This kind of almost crazy, gambling PR would be tantamount to setting yourself on fire if applied to a director such as Steven Spielberg or other academic admirers, but it is a different story if the attacker is James Cameron.

James Cameron is a typical technical commercial film director, even Spielberg has made several art films such as "The Color Purple" and "Empire of the Sun", while James Cameron has always played what he is interested in, and does not attract Oscars and the academy at all.

The subsequent development undoubtedly proves this, Meghan Ellison sent a wide range of emails to the Oscar judges, of course, it is impossible to keep it secret, and was quickly stabbed out, but only the executive producer who sent the email was punished, and the punishment was not allowed to continue to participate in the relevant activities of this Oscar.

As for Megan Ellison and her investment in "Bomb Disposal Unit", it was not affected in any way, but the positions of many judges were affected by her email.

Of course, people like Murphy are well aware that this strategy seems to work quickly, but it will leave a lasting effect for quite some time.

Each circle has its own rules of the game, and those who break the rules of the game will not be welcomed, or even ostracized, and the bottom line rules of some games will not be easily touched by even Murphy.

Therefore, Meghan Ellison may benefit in a short period of time, but when this Oscar passes and the judges come back to their senses, the future will inevitably be subject to a series of liquidations, and the film she invested in will be doubly difficult to win the Oscar again.

Influenced by Meghan Ellison, Murphy deliberately went to the theater with Gal Gadot to watch the "Bomb Disposal Unit", which was once only known for him, and was pulled by Gal Gadot to the IMAX theater the next day to experience an honest IMAX3D version of "Avatar".

After returning home after watching the film, Gal Gadot specially asked Murphy, "If they can all be on the list of nominees, which of the three films "The Wolf of Wall Street", "Bomb Disposal Unit" and "Avatar" is the most likely to win the best picture. ”

"We're going to get out first." Murphy took the glass of water handed by Gal Gadot, took a sip, and continued, "My style is not the type that the Oscars like, and if you want to win a heavyweight award, especially the best picture, you still need to accumulate. ”

Gal Gadot looked at him, "What about the two?" "Bomb Disposal Unit"? ”

Murphy nodded, "If only these three films compete for Best Picture, judging from the content theme and public relations situation of the film, the winner will only be "Bomb Disposal Unit". ”

He went on to explain, "The themes of this film include anti-war, humanitarianism, confusion of self-perception, and the distortion of human nature by war. The style of the film is very tough, and the whole is shot in a documentary-style hand-held, which is very real and shocking. ”

Gal Gadot nodded and said, "I think the pacing and editing are also remarkable.

"That's right." Murphy said.

In fact, he personally thinks that Catherine Bigro's later "Hunting Ben-****" is better, that film does not deliberately highlight or interpret a theme, and its reproduction content is far greater than the performance.

However, because of the sequelae of excessive public relations, and the intention of rushing to the Olympics is too obvious, the results in the Oscars are far less than those of "Bomb Disposal Unit".

In his opinion, the details and some themes of "Bomb Disposal Part" are indeed lacking, mainly because the source of the script is Chris Hedges, a liberal writer and New York Times reporter who has long been concerned about the Middle East.

But Murphy still has to say that Katherine Bigelow is a very good female director, and she is not inferior to many directors in Hollywood.

is also a female director, she is much more capable than Sofia Coppola, who has countless resources behind her.

"Speaking of 'Avatar', I think the film's contribution to film technology is no less than the emergence of color film and sound films." Murphy sat next to Gal Gadot and talked about the movie that makes the actor disgusting every time he watches it, "but it's more like a CG cartoon than 'Bomb Disposal Unit', and the theme and content are too old-fashioned." ”

"Is it old-fashioned? I don't think so. ”

Gal Gadot completely disagrees with Murphy's words, "I don't think the story of 'Avatar's' is old-fashioned, simple, or not deep enough. ”

Hearing her say this, Murphy had no choice but to shrug his shoulders and ask, "What about your reasons?" ”

"Let's put it this way." Gal Gadot is obviously very assertive and does not blindly follow Murphy's point of view, "If you use literature as an analogy, "Avatar", like "Star Wars", is actually folk literature, a fairy tale, not a realistic novel. ”

She thought for a moment and continued, "Many moviegoers nowadays are too accustomed to modern narratives in the style of fiction, they have become accustomed to looking for metaphysical meaning and revelatory value judgments in complex and entangled stories, and they like the kind of plot full of contradictions and conflicts, and there are countless possible references behind them. ”

Murphy nodded slightly, the audience actually likes to interpret movies very much, and can often interpret things from some movies that the screenwriter and director have not thought of at all.

"But 'Avatar', like 'Star Wars', is a 'source story' story, an extremely simple, primitive, and typed theme."

The more Gell-Gadot says, the clearer his thoughts become: "This is the case with folk tales or circulating narrative poems, their ideas cannot be as complex and profound as Borges's novels, but they cannot be said to be shallow or uninspiring." I think the narrative of the whole Avatar is very clean and clear, and the pacing is quite good. ”

She spread her hands, "The first half of the rhythm of "Titanic" is actually a bit dull and sluggish, while "Avatar" will naturally stand on the side of the na\vi people as the story progresses - this is the advantage of being like a folk tale, otherwise the audience's position will become very hesitant and confused." ”

Murphy shrugged, neither agreeing nor denying.

Having said that, once and now combined, "Avatar" has been watched many times, and every time he sees the male protagonist betraying mankind, he wants to vomit, especially in the final climax scene, every time he wants the male protagonist to die quickly.

'People. The setting of 'treacherous' or something, it's really weird.

Seeing that Murphy disagreed with his point of view, Gal Gadot couldn't help but pout, and Murphy diverted the topic at the right time.

"It's not early, let's go see how the dinner is going, this is the first time Rose has come over, if we don't do well, Donnie should be poisonous again." (To be continued.) )