The annual Sundance season has come to an end, but the atmosphere in Hollywood has suddenly become tense, as if overnight people had gone from peacetime to pre-war alert. Fifteen months have passed since the "911 Incident," but the aftermath of the incident has not dissipated, and the cold winter of 2003 has not yet had time to pass, and the aftermath has finally erupted.

On January 27, the day after the Sundance Film Festival ended, the UNMOVIC provided the Security Council with a verification report. According to the report, Iraqi officials have been very cooperative, providing considerable new material and information on the development of missiles and biological weapons over the past four years.

Although there is no evidence that Iraq still possesses nuclear weapons, there has been a violent upheaval in American politics. The current president, Ge-Bush, has taken a tough stance, saying that terrorists must be dealt with harshly, and that the United States will launch military strikes at all costs to contain the terrorist threat if necessary.

For a while, the whole world was in a hurry, and even the awards season in full swing could not dispel the tension that everyone in Hollywood was in danger, because the possibility of the United States launching a war against Iraq was gradually rising, it seemed that the war was on the verge of breaking out, the problems left over from the "911" incident were being further stimulated, and the confrontation between radicals and anti-war forces was unfolding in various parts of the United States.

Against this backdrop, the Sundance Film Festival could not dispel Hollywood's unease, and even the Golden Globes were once thought to be canceled. But in a tense atmosphere, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association held its 60th Golden Globe Awards as scheduled, trying to reawaken people's positive and optimistic attitudes with singing and dancing. But unfortunately, the decline in attention is very obvious, and even the attention of the news media is far from comparable to that of previous years.

Immediately afterward, all eyes were on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, whose attitude clearly represented the mainstream attitude in Hollywood.

Not surprisingly, the college was steadfast in its opposition to the war and repeatedly expressed its pro-peace stance.

However, as time progressed, the possibility of war not only did not weaken, but also heated up. The whole of Hollywood is panicked, and under the call of many anti-war people, many people have publicly stood up and said that the academy should suspend this year's Oscars, not only because the singing and dancing party is very inappropriate in such a context, but also because the academy needs to express its firm anti-war stance in this way, play a representative role as a public opinion leader, and truly transmit its voice to the White House.

The whole of Hollywood was swept up in it, no one was exempt, and almost everyone was closely watching the progress of the war, and the anti-war elements, led by Sean-Penn and Al-Pacino, bravely and boldly stood up and expressed their opinions, strongly expressing their desire to cancel this year's Oscars.

But the United States is not monolithic, and Hollywood is not.

While calls for the Oscars to be cancelled remain high, only a handful of people are willing to stand up for the idea, especially since only one documentary filmmaker and one animated short film director among the candidates to win this year's Oscar nominations have come forward and said that they will refuse to attend the ceremony that night if the Academy insists on hosting the Oscars.

This is Hollywood - or rather, this is the reality of society, where there is no exception in the face of absolute interests. Companies have already put all their energy into the year-end awards season, and if the Oscars are suddenly cancelled, it means that their efforts over the past year are about to fail, which is undoubtedly a huge blow, and even many independent film studios will suffer a huge blow and become unsustainable.

What's more, in order to maintain peace, to oppose the war, and to cater to the current status quo, many film crews have already thought of publicity plans, hoping to use people's panic to further stimulate the film market. It's like the lipstick effect in the context of the great economic crisis, just like the United States, which made a lot of war money in World War I and World War II.

So, no one wants the Oscars to be canceled.

However, this has no impact at all on the fledgling Chaos Pictures. In this torrent, Lance can only be regarded as a nobody, he cannot influence the entire pattern of the war, and the entire social situation has very limited impact on him. However, Diorama Pictures is different, as the backbone of the current second-tier production company, Ryan cannot be left alone.

If not, how to deal with the relationship with the academy and the media, and if so, what attitude and position should be taken to show up, this has become a headache for every company; Whether the production plan and scheduling plan of the next card will conflict with the war must take into account the impact of the potential war on the market, which has also become a question that every company must think about.

For this reason, Ryan had to spend a lot of energy attending various events, keeping up with the reaction of the mainstream Hollywood and avoiding making bad decisions himself. In the midst of the changes, Ryan didn't have time to deal with Lance and the "City of God", after all, the possibility of the outbreak of war had already caused the Sundance Jury Prize to cool down sharply, and the attention was rapidly declining, which was enough.

Lance clearly knows that this war is inevitable, because it is a game of politicians, but also a game of American global strategy. Regardless of whether or not weapons of mass destruction can be found in Iraq, this war is imperative. After George Bush took office, popular support plummeted and was in jeopardy, but he relied on the war to show a tough attitude, regain popular support, and was re-elected two years later.

Looking back from the height of more than a decade, the war was a complete disaster, triggering a series of follow-up reactions that were difficult to contain. In the wake of the September 2015 influx of refugees in Europe, the U.S. government is even more referential. However, if we go back to the historical point of 2003, the war in Iraq cannot be stopped. This is politics, and it is also interests.

Faced with such a situation, even Paramount Pictures must be cautious. After returning from Sundance, Paramount held several internal meetings and finally decided on a series of policies, including the screening schedule of "City of God".

In normal times, even if "City of God" wins the Sundance Film Festival, Paramount will not pay much attention to it, after all, this is only an independent film, and it is also a foreign language film, which is really not worth the trouble of a major production company; But at this sensitive time, the "City of God" is very special.

"City of God" is a work that has nothing to do with war, and there is nothing allied at war in the process of writing the script and directing the film. But the film has a special meaning at this particular moment – even if that wasn't Lance's original intention.

The film's depiction of the chaos and darkness of the slums is reminiscent of the catastrophe that followed the war, or the long period of recovery and reconstruction that followed the war. The film's unreserved depiction of violence and gore reveals overwhelming despair, and it can awaken people's deep rejection and disgust for war and violence; The treatment of several main characters at the end of the movie is also considered to be a satire and opposition to the ending of the war; In particular, the film was shot by an American crew in Brazil, telling a story about the real world that seems to be thousands of miles away, but is actually around him, and the allusion meaning is even more distinct.

Therefore, Paramount believes that this work could not be more correct when it is released at this moment, not only to reaffirm Paramount's strong stance against the war, but also to make the film resonate with more audiences.

The time, the place, the people, it seems that overnight, the "City of God" ushered in an excellent release schedule.

After discussing with Paramount Pictures, the screening schedule of the film was scheduled for the Friday of the third week of February, February 21. "City of God" will be initially screened in seven art theaters in Los Angeles and New York, and the pace of subsequent expansions has not yet been decided, and will be adjusted according to the market response of the film's premiere.

From the end of Sundance to the screening of "City of God", there was only a month between before and after, which can be said to strike while the iron is hot. Although the awards season at the end of the year is far away, and when the end of the year comes, it is easy to be forgotten, but after all things considered, this time is obviously the perfect fit for the "time of the day", and Paramount made a decision immediately.

The first wave of publicity began quietly after the "City of God" was finalized, and on January 31, Javier's blog was the first to post a video with the caption, "Real Reaction from Real Audiences - From the Sundance Film Festival."

The video shows the audience's reaction to watching "City of God", and the editing style is surprisingly documentary, recording all the qiē in a real and unpretentious way, from which you can clearly see the surprise, panic, deep thought, dazed and desperate expressions of people's expressions, and the empathetic and immersive realism has caused a lively discussion.

The real voices of many viewers who participated in the Sundance Film Festival spontaneously appeared on the Internet, and they all said that only after actually watching the film can they feel that reality, as if they were in the slums of the city of God, and truly feel the passion, restlessness, restlessness, fear and despair of that land.

Unlike the heated discussion during the Sundance period, this time the discussion was more real and profound, with everyone voicing their opinions and opinions about the "City of God", which, combined with the recent wave of anti-war, quietly sparked more and more curiosity and anticipation.

On Monday, February 3, "City of God" unveiled the film's first promotional poster in a low-key manner.

On the poster, a child who looked no more than seven or eight years old, holding a pistol in his right hand, looked condescendingly at the audience in front of the poster, pulled the trigger, and then laughed heartily, revealing his white teeth and his eyes flashing with excitement.

It's just a poster, but it seems to tell all the stories of the "City of God".

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