A typical commercial drama like "House of Cards", of course, can't touch the general taboo of most audiences, Murphy can't get along with anything, and he won't get along with the market and revenue, until after the New Year, he decided on the final version of the script, and the preparation for the first season of "House of Cards" has officially begun. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Most of the behind-the-scenes staff who followed Paul Wilson to shoot "Game of Thrones" will continue to work with Stanton Studios, and a small number of vacant positions can also be solved through recruitment, and Hollywood will never lack people who are waiting for opportunities.

Just after the New Year, the crew was officially formed, except for some necessary matters, Murphy basically handed over the preparations to Paul Wilson, and Gal Gadot will be in control of the overall situation, and there is no need to worry about unexpected situations for the crew.

With the arrival of 2012, the new Oscars are getting closer and closer, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences also mailed out the votes for the Oscar nomination list to nearly 6,000 members on the last day of 2011.

After the New Year, the screening scale of "Diego Rose" expanded to 20 theaters, and the media reputation and professional reputation are still excellent, although the audience's reputation is still the same as before, but under the painstaking management of Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox, there has not been a significant decline, especially Daisy's arrest, which has led to a great increase in fans' favorability towards Murphy himself, and even this film has received a large wave of praise.

But the film's on-demand box office has never been a big hit, and the latest weekend of on-demand box office did not even reach $20,000, even though critics touted the film very hard, and even "Diego Rose" was among the top ten films of 2011 selected by the vast majority of film critics associations, but it did little to promote the box office.

Faced with this situation, Murphy really felt that times had indeed changed.

In this day and age, professional film critics actually have little guidance on the audience, at most affecting the box office in the first week, after which the audience is more willing to trust the reviews of family and friends, and even some fan rating sites on the Internet.

In Murphy's view, there are two kinds of film critics in the United States: one is for the general audience, and the other is for scholars, most of whom work for mainstream newspapers, magazines, and television stations, and they are inextricably linked to the film industry, which can be called the mouthpiece of Hollywood.

In the United States, there are also frequent reports of film critics praising movies against their will because of various benefits, and such comments that are not from an objective point of view, but involve personal interests, are often of little value and can mislead audiences.

However, in recent years, Murphy can clearly feel that the opinions expressed by professional film critics are actually not very instructive to the audience, and many times many film critics unanimously comment on a certain film as poor, but the audience ignores it, and the box office of the film is still very good, while films like "Diego Rose" that critics have a good reputation but the audience does not buy it abound.

This is related to the development of the times and the prosperity of the Internet, and it is also inseparable from the commercial effects that will inevitably be attached to the professionalization of film critics.

For example, a person who makes a film review on a TV show must consider the ratings of the program, attract the audience in terms of form, and constantly find witty and interesting words in the comments to win the favor of the audience, rather than how profound the point of view is, which makes him have to take a positive attitude towards most of the films, and if he constantly denies the film, it is easy for the audience to be disgusted with the program.

In order to please the public, in the process of commenting on films, film critics themselves are acting, and at the same time, the vision of these film critics is also very limited, they can only comment on most mainstream films, as long as film reviews involve commercial interests and are inextricably linked with the film industry, it is impossible to make independent, calm and objective comments.

The film reviews written by scholars are very different, but the film reviews of scholars can only be popular in a small circle of intellectuals, or become teaching materials, and have no reference value for the market.

From its release in mid-December to after the New Year, in the more than half a month that it spent three release weekends, "Diego Rose" received numerous praise from the press and film critics, and the cumulative box office of the screenings was only a little more than $600,000.

At the same time, CAA, Studio Stanton and Twentieth Century Fox continued to press out for the awards season, and "Diego Rose" began to win a series of Oscar outposts, and at the Photographers' Guild Awards, which announced the winners at the beginning of the new year, Fili Raschel won the Cinematographer of the Year award for his brilliant long lens in "Diego Rose".

In addition, the film was nominated for Best Screenplay by the Writers Guild and Best Actor by the Screen Actors Guild.

The only pity is that due to Murphy's withdrawal from the Directors Guild in his early years, the film was not eligible to participate in the Directors Guild Awards, but it was nominated for Best Picture at the Producers Union Awards.

The film's PR campaign has been carried out so far, and not only Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox, but also on the list predicted by many media outlets, is one of the favorites to receive multiple Oscar nominations this awards season.

Of course, the media also generally believes that Murphy may be nominated for the Oscar for Best Director again, but he can't avoid the fate of continuing to run with him.

Some professional media also analyzed the reasons and believed that Murphy could get the nomination, first of all, "Diego Rose" is really good and has the qualifications to be nominated for a best director, and secondly, some social news media that tend to be Catholic have been attacking Murphy's film since before Christmas for infringing on the rights and interests of the so-called Catholic, and Hollywood bigwigs are quite dissatisfied with the interference of foreign forces in Hollywood's freedom of filmmaking, and may make-for-tat strategies.

As for continuing to run with him, the most important reason is that Murphy is too young, and now that the average age of the academy members is gradually approaching the 60-year-old mark, a young director who is less than 32 years old, or a commercial director, wants to win the Oscar for Best Director, the possibility is really limited.

In addition, Murphy is also a little strange, the Archbishop of Márquez-Costello is far more patient than he thought, and has not taken the initiative to stand up and say anything until now.

However, he soon understood the crux of the matter, that Archbishop Márquez-Costello was not a Hollywood star, but a traditionally respected regional religious leader who would not easily appear in the media!

After staying in a circle for a long time, it is easy to form inertial thinking, and he is just an ordinary person, and it is difficult to avoid vulgarity.

With this in mind, Murphy immediately adjusted his strategy and had Grace and Bill Rothes reach out to the media for the first media interview after the Oscar nomination voting began.

On the one hand, it is to increase his own exposure and make the final sprint for "Diego Rose" to appear on the final Oscar nomination list, and on the other hand, it is also to remind some people that he Murphy Stanton has never been a person who will only get beaten and not know how to fight back.

The interview took place in the press room of the CAA in the Death Star Building, and Murphy was confronted by reporters from The Hollywood Reporter, a media outlet that has considerable influence during awards season.

The questions asked were also negotiated by Bill Rothes in consultation with The Hollywood Reporter in accordance with Murphy's intentions.

The venue for the interview is very simple, with two chairs facing each other, and a small glass coffee table in the middle for the recording equipment.

Due to time constraints, the interview began with a question from a reporter named Kelly Malrath getting to the point.

"In the media, on the internet, because of 'Diego Rose' and the attack on you, there is now a lot of controversy about the authenticity of the film." Kelly Malrath looked at Murphy and asked, "Do you regret choosing such a theme?" ”

"No!" Murphy didn't hesitate and said directly, "Everything I shoot is responsible to the audience, to the archetypal character of the film's male protagonist, even if I do it again, I will still choose to speak with facts!" ”

Kelly Malrath mixed in a question of her own, "Do you think that since the film is responsible for the audience, which is more important, entertainment or thought?" ”

At other times, Murphy would have said that commerciality is more important, but this interview is about awards season, so of course I can't say that.

Different situations answer different answers, and this kind of thing is very simple for Murphy.

Murphy thought for a moment and replied, "Different directors will always make different choices, and even if someone makes a hard and fast rule, it can't limit the appearance of all kinds of films, and there will always be films made for different purposes." ”

"One of the most difficult things I do when I talk to people on the Internet is to get them to understand the intrinsic value of film as an art form, because movies are generally used as entertainment in social life and people ignore this."

To a certain extent, Murphy is now basically just talking, "The intrinsic value of the film is reflected in the lines, colors, editing methods, use of lenses, etc., and it also reflects the values that the producer and director represent and want to embody, but also reflects the culture and values represented by the society and country in which they live, and these different values are intricately integrated into the film, and sometimes it is not clear at a glance." ”

"Like Diego Rose?" Kelly Malrath asked duly.

"Yes!" Murphy nodded, "I think Rose suffered a lot of misfortunes at a critical moment in the formation of his most important values and worldview, and these seriously affected his future choices!" ”

"Including Catholicism?"

Hearing this question, Murphy nodded vigorously, and Kelly Malrath asked again, "There are voices in some media and on the Internet that say that the content you filmed related to Catholicism is untrue and asked you to delete the controversial part, what do you think?" ”