Harvey has been playing awards season for more than a decade, and strictly speaking, the concept of "awards season" came about because of the rise of the Weinstein brothers. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Info The deep meaning of Ian's words, Harvey naturally understood it very well, but this old fox would not be easily moved, he laughed hehehe, "Are you sure?" You know, there's only one Lancelot-Strello in the whole of Hollywood. ”

The subtext is that if Lance is willing to go out in person, the college's public relations will be much simpler.

Ian's eyes lit up slightly, and a smile rose from the corner of his mouth, "Ha, there is indeed only one Lancelot-Strello in Hollywood." The same words, the faint mockery and banter in Ian's tone expressed a completely different meaning, Lance is not a heartthrob like Tom Hanks in Hollywood, on the contrary, Lance has offended countless people, if it weren't for the success of every Lance work, I'm afraid Lance would have become a street rat by now.

Lance was nominated for the Oscar for Best Director three years in a row, but passed by for three consecutive years. Of course, every year he loses to better opponents, that's true; But no one can be sure that Hollywood's rejection and disgust of Lance's thorn has played a role.

"But there's more to it than just one Strello now." Harvey played Tai Chi well and quietly rounded the topic back.

With the rise of Chaos Pictures, the four Strello brothers have really entered the power list in Hollywood, even the retired and turned commentator Gawain can not be underestimated, Gawain's network in the sports world has a vital role in the network of Chaos Pictures, and many top people in Hollywood are valued sports fans. Harvey only heard about it the day before yesterday, and Jack Nicholson also stood up and endorsed the "Fury Road" - Jack is a well-known die-hard fan of the Los Angeles Lakers in Hollywood.

"Haha, I'm an outsider. Hollywood, the Vanity Fair, is curious to stand outside, but it's confusing to be in it, it's like a siege, isn't it? So, I'd better stay outside. Ian's meaningful words caused Harvey to raise his head and laugh.

Harvey noticed Ian's gaze not far behind him, turned his head to look over, and then saw Brad Gray, "I knew he wasn't going to miss the event, the other bigwigs were waiting for the Golden Globes to kick off, and he was the only one who came to experience the ice and snow of Park City." Harvey turned around and asked curiously, "If I'm not mistaken, Brad took a fancy to Lance's talent when he first appeared at Sundance, right?" ”

When "City of God" landed at the Sundance Film Festival, Harvey and Brad were direct competitors, and in the end, Harvey and Lance had some unpleasantness, and the North American distribution rights of "City of God" fell into the hands of Paramount. But now Harvey's tone was as if he didn't remember anything like that at all.

"Really?" Ian also followed the act of pretending to be stupid, anyway, he didn't come to Park City back then, "However, if that's the case, I'm not surprised, Brad has been in charge of Paramount for a few years, and the independent film department has grown rapidly." After Brad took over the position of CEO of Paramount, the first thing he did was to pay attention to the development of independent departments, not only distribution rights, but also committed to production, this year's "Babel" and "Dream Girl" are all independent labels under Paramount, Paramount Advantage Productions and Distribution. "I should go up and say hello and talk again." Ian then said goodbye to Harvey and walked over to Brad.

Harvey looked at Ian's back, his eyes gradually deepened, although he was indifferent just now, but he had to admit that Chaos Pictures was a very smart move.

What Ian meant was that the battle for this year's awards season had changed because of the chaos of the summer and the chaos of last year's Oscars, and now it was more of a battle between traditional big studios and independent studios. Judging from the current situation, "Babel", "Departed", "Dream Catcher", "Letter from Iwo Jima" and other works are all produced by the six major studios, and only "Little Sunshine Beauty" and "Queen" are from independent labels.

The rise of Chaos Pictures is a powerful shock to major labels, but it is a new hope for independent companies. Because Chaos Pictures proved that independent labels can not only produce excellent works of art, but also make achievements in business, and even break the monopoly of the six major film companies and occupy a place on the year-end box office list.

Now, Warner Bros. has its sights set on winning this year's awards season, but what is the Academy's perspective?

For the Academy, after last year's turmoil, the last thing they need is for a deviant work like "Fury Road" to further disrupt the order, if they choose "Fury Road" just for the sake of ratings and market feedback, it will inevitably outweigh the losses, not to mention the disturbances between the Academy and Reims; The best solution is to choose "The Departed", which not only performed well at the box office, but also had Martin Scorsese and a number of big names, which is tantamount to vetoing the innovation and breakthrough of Chaos Pictures.

Colleges don't like to be out of line, they like tradition; Colleges don't like provocations, they like harmony; Colleges don't like features, they like neatness; The academy doesn't like the heterogeneous, they like the mainstream.

"Fury Road" is almost a synthesis of the academy's disgusting factor, but "Fury Road" is precisely the essence of independent film companies. Although in the past six years, the status of independent films in the Oscars has gradually increased and received more and more attention, in fact, independent companies are still building their works according to the preferences of the academy, losing the edge and sharpness of independent films themselves. For example, "Pulp Fiction", such as "Ice Storm", such as "Requiem for a Dream", such as "Magnolia", and "Mulholland Drive", these truly independent masterpieces can win Oscar nominations, but they will not be able to win the approval of the Golden Man - to be precise, the recognition of Best Picture, just like last year's "Brokeback Mountain" and this year's "Fury Road".

In the long run, the advantages of independent film companies will be lost, and the big studios will also master the shooting methods of academic style productions, which will further encroach on the already small market of independent companies.

From the current point of view, Chaos Pictures is the best choice to break this vicious circle, if "Brokeback Mountain" was successful last year, then this year will be a different situation; But the problem is that "Brokeback Mountain" does not have it, so the heavy responsibility falls on the "Fury Road". From a rough point of view, "Fury Road" is indeed the most exclusive genre of the academy, but thinking back to the controversy set off by the film in the summer, political correctness has stood on the moral high ground, and the depth of the work, artistic height, and commercial breadth, "Fury Road" has an irrefutable advantage.

The question is whether anyone is willing to push the "Fury Road" – a united effort to push the "Fury Road" to make history.

Ian found Harvey, in fact, he took a fancy to the future plan of Weinstein Pictures, and they can be sure that the two Harvey brothers left Miramax not to do nothing, so in the future, Weinstein Pictures will inevitably face the same situation as Chaos Pictures. Ian wants Harvey to help Chaos Pictures.

However, in Harvey's view, the entanglement of interests between the Academy, Warner Bros. and other forces is not so simple, and Chaos Pictures is not so great, not to mention, it is not so easy to break the prejudice of the Academy and break the blockade of giant crocodile forces. It's not just a showdown between independent studios and big studios, all of them have made wedding dresses for Chaos Pictures, so can they really win for themselves? To be more precise, can the breakthrough of the "Fury Road" really change the pattern of reality and change the trajectory of history?

But Harvey also admitted that Chaos Pictures chose this year's Sundance Film Festival to attack, and now the whole of Hollywood is focused on the Golden Globes, but they are still conscientiously supporting independent films in Park City, which is bound to be supported by many independent film companies, especially those with weak power, and unity is the only way out. As long as they are united, this force cannot be ignored.

Don't underestimate these independent film companies, they may only occupy less than 10% of the American film market, and the number of judges in the academy is not dominant, but there is a fact that cannot be ignored: only a small number of actors can participate in commercial blockbusters every year, but they can appear in independent films every year - especially those who expect to win the Golden Man are countless, and it is definitely not a small number to gather this group of actors, screenwriters, makeup artists, lighting artists, etc.

Even Harvey himself, although he does not jump to conclusions, has to think deeply about what it will bring to him by supporting the "Fury Path", and what positive impact supporting "Babel" or "Departed" can bring to their future development. This account must be carefully calculated.

From this point of view, Ian's work has served its purpose. Harvey's gaze fell deeply on Ian and Brad, the two of them seemed to have just mentioned him, both waved their hands to say hello, Harvey also raised his right hand with a smile, waved, and muttered in a low voice, "This move is indeed beautiful." It's just that I don't know which Strello's idea. ”

Following the summer file, Chaos Pictures also showed its edge in the awards season, no longer keeping their eyes dirty, and for the first time really showed their claws and fangs, even in the face of the stubborn blockade of the academy, even in the face of the menacing Warner Bros., they still launched a head-on confrontation without fear, which was something that DreamWorks was not able to do back then - DreamWorks has always chosen to join forces with major film companies during the awards season, and "American Beauty" has teamed up with Universal for college public relations.

Hollywood is really getting more and more interesting these days.