"Diego Rose" is arguably one of Murphy's smallest films in recent years, and due to the genre and nature of the awards season, Twentieth Century Fox uses a typical niche approach to screenings, with the film only showing in two theaters in New York and three theaters in Los Angeles for the first week. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The film is screened on a small scale, and there will certainly be no big premieres, but a special screening with media reporters and critics is essential.

On the afternoon of December 26, Murphy came to the Artist Theater on Nokia Place, which is different from the completely commercialized Chinese Theater in Hollywood, which is a theater dedicated to showing literary films, the so-called 'art theater', where many small productions that have impacted the awards season have been screened in the past.

When Murphy arrived, Robert Downey Jr., Margot Robbie and Carla Firth had already arrived and were chatting in the theater foyer with Bill Rothes and Grace.

There is still a period of time before the film opens, and there is no premiere, so the guests invited to this special screening will not come very early.

"Where's Gail?" Margot Robbie walked over and asked, "Why didn't you come?" ”

Murphy nodded to his friends and partners, then replied, "She's going to negotiate with Netflix." ”

Now that Stanton Studios has come up with a script outline and a general shooting plan, and has also recruited a screenwriting team to officially write the script, Netflix has also stepped up, and the negotiations between the two sides have reached the final stage, and a formal cooperation agreement will definitely be signed before Christmas.

Robert Downey Jr. walked over at this time, "It's a pity that Rose can't see this movie." ”

"I went to see him the other day." Murphy whispered, "I've told him about the movie, and I'll have someone find a way to get him an mp4 or something like that." ”

Filming this movie, he was originally for Rose, if Rose himself can't see it, it will lose the greatest meaning, although it is more difficult to bring things to Rose, but now the care is relatively relaxed, as long as you are willing to spend money, it is not impossible.

"Murphy ......" Carla Firth also came to Murphy, "The review committee has approved that no less than eight million dollars will be spent on the film's awards." ”

She spread her hands and said, "That's the limit I can get." ”

"Thank you, Kara." Murphy patted Kara Firth on the arm, "Thank you for your support......"

If the film does not have the support of a strong company behind it, it will be exponentially more difficult to make a difference during the awards season.

Kara Firth shook her head, "Do we need to talk about that between us?" ”

Murphy smiled slightly and said, "If this film can't recover its cost, I promise that I will help Twentieth Century Fox earn back twice in the future." ”

"You......" Carla Firth knew Murphy was joking.

Twentieth Century Fox has earned high profits from the cooperation with Stanton Studios, not to mention those films with small investment and high output in the past, even if the total investment of 300 million US dollars in "City of Chaos" does not seem to have recovered from the box office, but after this period of late operation, the surrounding TV broadcast and online on-demand broadcast have become popular because of the fermentation of word-of-mouth effect, and Twentieth Century Fox has not only successfully recovered its cost, but also achieved a profit of more than 40 million US dollars.

And as time goes by, the film will generate more and more profits, and the more profits it makes, the more people will watch the film, the audience base of the second part will be stronger, and the more likely it is that the box office will explode.

It is not difficult for a discerning person to see this.

Of course, the dividends obtained by this guy Murphy are also scary, with a dividend of 25% of his total income......

This guy must be rich.

Carla Firth began to think about the day she kidnapped Gal Gadot to go out on vacation together, and the things didn't have to be right, as long as they were expensive, let Murphy pay for them.

After chatting with everyone, Murphy saw his PR agent, Grace, and beckoned her over.

"You can help me take a look." He whispered, "Where is there a private jet air show in the California area lately?" ”

Grace nodded immediately, "Well, I'll have someone check it out and get back to you in the afternoon." ”

Margot Robbie, who was standing next to Murphy, heard them and asked curiously, "Are you going to buy a plane?" ”

"Hmm." Murphy turned his head and said to her, "Prepare to buy a private jet." ”

In the past month, Gal Gadot has been negotiating everywhere, flying around, and it is very inconvenient to take flights, and he is ready to buy a business jet so that it can also facilitate his travel.

Margot Robbie was interested, "Buy a Boeing 747, it can be converted into a flying palace." ”

Of course, Murphy won't listen to this kind of unreliable advice, and said to her, "You should care more about when you can get an Oscar nomination." ”

"Oscar nomination?" Margot Robbie held her face with one hand, "It's so hard for a blonde beauty like me to win an award. ”

A media reporter began to walk in at the door of the theater, and Murphy didn't plan to continue talking to Margot Robbie on the topic, so he casually threw down the sentence, "Ugly, disabled, mentally problematic......"

"Hey, Murphy." Margot Robbie thought Murphy was deliberately teasing herself, and raised her voice slightly, but Murphy ignored him and walked straight to Bill Rothes's side.

Margot Robbie looked at Murphy's back and quickly closed her mouth, as she found out that it was Murphy's hint to herself.

As a blonde beauty, she knows very well that she really can't eat enough in Hollywood with her face, and if she hadn't had a relationship between Murphy and David Robbie, who knows where she would be now? Maybe they're still running around for a small role.

Then, Margot Robbie remembered Charlize Theron, who had worked with Murphy, a South African woman who was the epitome of any beautiful actress like herself.

Charlize Theron's successful transformation is definitely an example for Hollywood vase actresses, restraining beauty from the face and putting it in the heart, or simply pretending to be ugly, torturing oneself and torturing the audience, this is the only way for idols to become powerful.

Although the way is a little patterned, beauty is like a distracting information to test acting skills, and I believe that few people can do it completely without distraction and instead focus on the so-called inside.

Hollywood is also happy to pay for their sacrifices, and major film festivals and awards are presented with both hands.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, isn't blindly emphasizing the inside and ignoring the outside?

Margot Robbie shook her head, didn't think about it so much, and joined the rest of the crew to entertain the guests who came to participate in the screening.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the theater was full, and the screening of "Diego Rose" started on time.

"As a director, it's taboo to shoot biographical films of people close to you!"

Sitting in the third row, Todd McCarthy, a columnist for The Hollywood Reporter, said to his old friend Kenneth Turan, "Murphy Stanton has always been a smart man, why would he make such an unwise choice?" ”

"Watch the movie first." Kenneth Turan pointed to the lit up big screen, "I'll talk about anything else after watching the movie." ”

Todd McCarthy's eyes also turned to the big screen, "Okay, let's watch the movie first." ”

Not only them, but there are also many film critics from other media outlets and Internet columns, but they are all much younger than them.

All eyes are on the big screen, and although the film is not very expensive and does not have many promotional activities, there is a lot of controversy and attention, a biopic made by Murphy Stanton for his drug dealer friend......

If Murphy Stanton sings praises to his friends, then they have something to say.

The opening credits of Twentieth Century Fox and Studio Stanton flash quickly, and there is an apparently overhead shot on the screen, starting with a colorful panorama of downtown Los Angeles, and as the camera tightens, the color of the picture becomes lighter and darker, and finally it becomes black and white like a dark cloud.

Set against the backdrop of black-and-white shots, the Los Angeles slums that flash from the big screen are old, dilapidated and chaotic, looking less like America and more like Africa......

Todd McCarthy couldn't help but whisper in admiration, "The use and transformation of lenses and colors is simply natural." ”

"Revealing the Worst of America......

This shot takes out the technical factor, and the content contained in it just tickles the itch of an old man like Kenneth Turan, who is an authentic Angelen, isn't this what the former City of Angels was like? He nodded, "A true artist must have the courage to uncover the glitz on the surface and reveal the abscess on the inside!" ”

Murphy Stanton is undoubtedly a very brave filmmaker!

Compared to the old men, several young film critics around him are also nodding, especially Cross Ismail, who has an online column and is influential on social networking sites.

"Is America good?"

If someone asks him this question, he will surely answer: America is the paradise of this world!

But when he grew up, he found that there was too much injustice in the country, too much darkness, too much corruption, too much disgusting stuff.

As a result, as a netizen generation, his thinking gradually changed, and his country is really bad enough!

After becoming a film critic, Cross Ismail became known for his vitriol, and the films in which the United States saved the world were always ridiculed by him!

If the world needs America to save it? Who will save the rotten America?

Adhering to this concept, when he saw the most unsightly side of Los Angeles, which is known for its glitz, in the very beginning of a film, it was unreservedly revealed by the director, and his emotions were instantly mobilized.

The black-and-white picture gets closer and closer, and a figure gradually appears in the shot, and a gunfire suddenly rings out, and a Latino falls in response, and as the blood splatters, the picture returns to color in blood red.