Chapter 143: The Critic's Appetite
"The judges praised Christopher. Hanks, who made a great breakthrough in his acting skills in "The Fifth Sally", performed amazingly. ”
"French director Claire. Dennis compliments Jennifer. Jefferson, the biggest highlight of this year's Venice Film Festival: 'Jennifer surprised everyone with her performance, she is the best actress of the American generation. ’”
"The Fifth Sally conquered Venice, the on-site purchase of the film was hot, and the distribution rights of more than 20 countries have been sold in advance"
"Judge Chung Ah Cheng on 'The Fifth Sally': 'I became Jennifer. Jefferson's fans'"
Although Hollywood doesn't buy the three major film festivals very much, this is mainly because the three major film festivals are not dominated by American films, if American films get attention and praise in Venice, the media still recognizes the style of the three major film festivals, under the influence of Weinstein's connections, these news conversations that really happened in Venice have also been sent back to China one by one, and with the east wind of Jennifer's injury, it has become the headlines of the entertainment pages of major news websites, so that "The Fifth Sally" has completed its first wave of publicity very well, It also ignited the curiosity of veteran movie fans about this god film-
"David. Finch, Christopher. Hanks, Jennifer. Jefferson, these three names can hold up 10 million box office for anyone. In IMDB's movie discussion section, veteran movie fan Romefan223 wrote excitedly, "Now that the three of them are together, it's my favorite thriller again, dude, just watching the trailer, this is already my most anticipated movie this awards season." After reading the report of the Venice Film Festival? Looking forward + looking forward to! Double anticipation! But I have to admit that I was surprised by Jennifer. Jefferson is the one who gets the praise, after all, looking at the styling, it seems that Christopher has more breakthroughs. ”
Titled 'The Fifth Sally' conquers the Venice Film Festival? When will it conquer us', the discussion thread quickly got more than a dozen replies, these veteran fans don't have much fan mentality, they look at the hundreds of movies released every year from the perspective of movies and performances, and they prefer to discuss more meaningful films than those big-budget commercial films. Therefore, on the discussion board, "The Fifth Sally" has received more attention than the commercial films starring Jenny and Chris before. Some fans have already reposted French and Italian film reviews to the forum for everyone to watch and satisfy their hunger.
"yes, Chris sacrificed a lot to win the award, but Jennifer's change is also remarkable," breeze13579 replied, "The part of the trailer where she plays by the river is simply amazing, she looks so different." I've always thought Jennifer was a talented actress, but she's always been in commercial films, and now she's finally reaching her potential, which is really nice - does anyone know when this film will be released? ”
"Does anyone predict who will be nominated for an Oscar in this Golden Triangle? Looks like David. Finch is going to be disappointed this year, both Chris and J.J. have received extraordinary praise, but the quality of the film seems to be rarely evaluated. "Someone reopened a post.
"Hey! Man, it's just been to a film festival, so let's jump to conclusions after watching it! Who doesn't know the taste of the festival, and if "The Fifth Sally" is selected in the competition unit, that's bad news. "This is David. Fincher's fans defend their favorite directors.
While everyone in the movie forum was enthusiastically discussing "The Fifth Sally", Jennifer and Chris's fan forums also had a completely different reaction, and most fans in Jennifer's forum were looking forward to her new work, and they would definitely support the box office, but there were also some people who were prepared for the film itself to be boring - after all, this is a psychological thriller, and for most girls who like to watch commercial films, if it weren't for J.J., they would definitely not go into the cinema to support such a movie.
And in Christopher's forum, the reaction of fans is more intense, after all, not everyone in Chris's fans can accept his appearance, for them, this is the most thrilling point of the movie, but there are also many fans who support Chris's decision to win the award as an actor, and the two sides have their own opinions, and several conflicts have broken out.
As for the mom-level fans who don't have much access to the Internet, many of them don't know that their favorite actor is going to star in this movie, because Weinstein simply doesn't have the money to do "The Fifth Sally" commercials on TV, and even if they have money, they won't act, because psychological thrillers don't work so well in TV commercials.
However, no matter how fierce the reaction of the fans is, it is not as big as the reaction of film critics and producers: "The Fifth Sally" is an Olympic film, which everyone knows in their hearts, after all, you can know it by watching the schedule, but no one could have imagined that "The Fifth Sally" was really a success in Venice, and even overwhelmed the limelight of competition films, becoming the name mentioned the most by the judges, especially Christopher and Jennifer, the two of them were talked about the same number of times, At least what I saw in the newspapers and magazines was this--did these two people really contribute to the god-level performance? Will they really succeed this year?
For insiders, in fact, the film industry is not big, how many good movies are produced in the world every year, professional filmmakers have a number in their hearts, even if the global trend cannot be grasped, how many good films can be made in the United States, in fact, filmmakers know very well in their hearts. Maybe the general public will be dazzled when they look at the public relations articles in the newspaper, this is a masterpiece, that is a breakthrough work, but for professionals, what is blowing and what is water can actually be understood at a glance: for example, if the press release is based on the red carpet photos and interviews of the movie star himself, needless to say, the film must not have caused any splash at the film festival, even if the press release says 'won the praise of the whole jury', it is not credible at all.
And if the speaker is named, and even the occasion of the speaker is mentioned, then there is a real public relations draft, at least the real money spent on the speaker's public relations to praise these praises, after all, it is impossible for a newspaper to fictionalize what someone said, otherwise the speaker's refutation of rumors will damage the credibility of the media itself.
For example, in "The Fifth Sally", there are almost no photos of Jennifer, and it is completely a report quoted by the judges on various occasions? Although there will be a generous component, it can also be seen that "The Fifth Sally" is indeed in the limelight at the film festival, at least it has become the most talked about film among hundreds of films, and it can be regarded as stealing the limelight from other countries' films and maintaining a 'national prestige' for Hollywood...... Moreover, considering that Chris himself went to the Venice Film Festival, there must be more reports related to him, so if you count it this way, the best performance in the whole film is really Jennifer. Jefferson is good, at least the news related to her is directly quoted in the original words, and many of the news that praise Christopher is 'praise from the judges'.
Jennifer. Jefferson has only starred in an art film for the first time, is her performance already so good? "Many film critics and senior actors are a little itchy, the film industry is like this, other people's praise can only be used as a reference, in the end, what is the quality of the film, most people want to rely on their own judgment to decide.
"Harvey, you have to leave me a ticket when you order the screening."
"Jim, when exactly are you going to show it? Why don't you just hold an in-house screening at your home? ”
"Dear David, we would like to invite you to NYU to give a speech, do you want to put a new film test screening by the way?"
Calls from all kinds of people disturbed the core members of "The Fifth Sally", and it also fully showed that the attention of the film itself is skyrocketing, in this case, on September 10, that is, not long after the Venice Film Festival craze of "The Fifth Sally" faded, Weinstein Pictures announced two news.
1 "The Fifth Sally" has already recouped its costs and made a profit just by trading the rights at the Venice Film Festival.
2 "The Fifth Sally" will be screened in 20 cities in the United States in October, and two internal preview screenings are scheduled to be held in Los Angeles in early October. The address of the cinema and how to purchase tickets can be found under the statement.
There is no better way for a film to prove itself than money, and the fact that the Venice Film Festival attracted multinational rights deals is enough to show the quality of the film itself, and these two statements set off another wave of phone calls, and the phone calls in theaters were blown up by fans, and many curious, and less reserved film critics, in order to win invitations to the preview screening, also put □ paragraphs and contacted Weinstein - of course, there were also international rights agents attracted by the first news, who wanted to win the The agency of the fifth Sally" threaded the needle for its global release and earned a lucrative commission.
However, the rights agents are going to be disappointed, Weinstein Pictures has signed a multinational distribution contract with Broad Well, and resold the distribution rights to Disney in several box office countries, while the rest of the countries with smaller markets that did not have the necessary distribution in person were also sold at a pretty good price at the Venice Film Festival. The only thing these international agents can do is for future DVD agents to release ......
The gossip media is still in Jennifer, who has just been discharged from the hospital. Jefferson waited outside the house, guessing about her and Josh. Blanche's relationship development: Such a serious filming accident did not allow Josh to return to Hollywood with his girlfriend, although he also rushed back to Hollywood to visit J.J. Later, he only stayed for a day before returning to the set. This has made many paparazzi smell something suspicious - Josh, who has always been a model boyfriend, seems to be very unexemplary this time, is their relationship inevitably fading as they work together? This is not unusual, you must know that although there are many couples who are married because of dramas, working together seems to be the only way to break up couples, and several couples broke up after filming together.
Of course, in addition to this, they are also concerned about the almost inevitable claim lawsuit between Disney and Jennifer, Jennifer This is completely a work injury, and the crew must be fully responsible, how much to claim, it is likely to depend on how the lawyers of both parties hire, after all, this kind of thing is rarely agreed on outside of court, and most of them have to go to court to be judged by the law. - For Jennifer's worth, her claim of less than a million is considered small, after all, given the height of her fall at the time, if she was unlucky, she would have had more than a slight concussion.
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"Thank you, Bob," Jenny whispered softly on the phone as she turned the silent TV channel in her large, comfortable couch, "don't say that, you're so polite, no, no, one and a half million is a very generous number, and I have nothing to dislike ......
On the phone with Robert. Egger said a few more polite words, and Jenny smiled again, "It's a pity that I can only lie down lately, otherwise last night's party would have come to me, I hope you like my gift, yes, Cesare spoke to me on the phone last night...... It's good that Amanda likes my gifts...... Yes, I've got the script, but I haven't started reading it yet—"
Establish a good personal relationship with the company's CEO, in fact, in many cases, it is difficult to say who is benefiting, such as this incident, Jenny gave up suing the crew for high compensation, but the crew did not treat her badly, medical expenses and follow-up treatment costs are all included, 1.5 million cash compensation, which is a very fair amount of compensation for a mild concussion, of course, the prop master of the crew who did the maintenance at that time has been expelled from the group. -- With the tacit cooperation between the two sides, Weinstein signed the overseas distribution rights of "The Fifth Sally" to his old club Disney, which is equivalent to easing the relationship between the two sides. Iger also offered Jenny a very generous new contract: in addition to the commercial film that the two sides originally planned to invest in - that is, "Alice in Wonderland" that Jenny intends to star in, Disney's Miramax is also willing to co-invest in a movie with Jenny's big dream, Jenny will pick the script, she will act, as long as there is a scheduled partner, whether it is a producer, director or actor, Disney has a way to let them star.
The meaning of this invitation is actually equivalent to telling Jenny that Disney intends to rush out of a movie queen for her, which can also be seen as Robert's reciprocation for Jenny's support several times, after all, no one will believe Weinstein's decision without Jenny threading the needle. In Michael. After Eisner forced the Weinstein brothers to leave, Miramax has not recovered until now, and except for those Olympic films filmed during the Weinstein administration, few new projects can be raised. And Weinstein conjured up "The Fifth Sally" in a blink of an eye - for the directors, they may not all agree with Eisner forcing out the Weinstein brothers, but after the two sides broke up, there was no possibility of continuing to cooperate. And not long after Iger took office, he began to cooperate with Weinstein and got the distribution rights of this big hit, which is more suitable for Disney for the directors, which is more suitable for Disney, right?
There have been so many exchanges of interests, and the relationship between Jenny and Robert is no longer a shallow relationship established by flattery, Robert's attitude on the phone has become a lot more intimate and casual, and it is even hinted that Jenny should not be in a hurry to choose the script, and must put quality first to create a blockbuster, as for other things, Disney can worry about her.
And Jenny, of course, can't be indifferent to his enthusiasm, although in her opinion, instead of counting on Disney, it is better to count on Weinstein: she has always heard that Weinstein almost controls the entire Oscar, but she has never heard that Disney has any reputation as an Oscar professional, but to be close to Roberta, the benefits must be great, such as "Alice in Wonderland", although it is impossible for her to play Alice, but whether it is the Queen of Hearts or the White Queen, as long as you play soy sauce, you can participate in the investment, Then the dividends obtained by Dameng are calculated in billions, and the difference is only in hundreds of millions. That's not to mention that if Da Dream makes his own films, he can also get a very good global distribution contract, and build his own global distribution system with the help of Disney - if there is such a day.
Ending the call with Robert, Jenny breathed a sigh of relief, turned on the sound of the TV, and watched "Survivor" patiently.
Mary got up and went to the kitchen to pour her a glass of water, she laughed. "It's hard work - do you really want to go back to the crew now? At least there is no cell phone signal there. ”
"What do you say? I still want to stand up and run for hours. Jenny complained, "I feel like I'm getting flesh all over my body." ”
Because of the concussion, although she has been discharged from the hospital, she can't return to the crew to start work immediately, and she must do a period of recuperation in Hollywood, mainly lying still, avoiding all strenuous exercise, and not returning to the crew until the next follow-up visit is confirmed to be fully recovered. - Jenny does still have occasional dizziness and vomiting, so she doesn't dare not take the doctor's advice seriously, and she is serious about being a housemaid.
However, compared with the general otaku who don't have much social interaction, she is much busier, recently friends from all sides have heard that she has an accident, after her phone can get through, the phone calls of concern must be one after another, and there are some industry bigwigs who care, if you don't want to socialize seriously, Jenny feels that she is like a telephone commissioner in the customer service center these days, and she has to drink at least a few glasses of honey water every day to moisten her throat.
"I'll have a follow-up appointment in another week." Mary was relieved, "You'll be able to run and jump after that—but Jane, don't you really think about the crew's proposal?" Let the stand-in be the martial arts after you finish it, and there won't be much left anyway......"
"Of course not." Jenny glanced at Mary, "I've done this for martial arts, how can I give up the gimmick of 'no stand-in' for the sake of the remaining scenes?" ”
"But......" Mary struggled.
"Don't worry, the crew should be about to finish my martial arts," Jenny said with relief, "After that, there will be some literary dramas, there is nothing to worry about, and then the naval battle will go back to China to shoot, and nothing will happen in the studio." ”
"Well," Mary sighed, "are you going to read the script from Disney now?" ”
"I've read it through," said Jeanne, "and you send it to Cesare's office and let him pick me the ...... that is most likely to win the award," her golden finger didn't work in the candidates, she couldn't remember any of the Olympian films here, and she really couldn't read them now, so the best thing to do was to push it to the almighty Cesare.
"No problem, what do you want to eat at night?" Mary asked courteously.
But at the same time, in another room, a cell phone rang again, and Mary rushed over to get it for Jenny, "Someone's phone." ”
She grimaced at Jenny, who waved at her and picked up the phone.
"Have you returned home?" She asked—it was a prepaid phone she had bought to talk to Chris on the phone after she had left for filming, so Mary didn't have to think twice to know it was Chris call.
"Hmm." Chris's voice was a little dull, "Are you home?" I want to come and see you. ”
"Chris ......," Jenny said helplessly, "there are at least 20 paparazzi outside my house now...... And you know what the gossip is going on right now - even Cesare has to take Mary as cover to come to see me. ”
"Just open the door for me in a moment." Chris hung up the phone as he spoke, and Jenny glared at the phone for a moment: as if he did come, she would not open the door for him. Whether you open the door or not, it will be big news, and the news that does not open the door is obviously more vicious.
"Call Cesare." She instructed Mary, "Tell him Chris is going crazy, and if he doesn't want to see us in the headlines tomorrow, he'd better keep him—"
But before she could finish speaking, the doorbell rang, and Mary glanced at Jenny suspiciously: "It's the doorbell for the back door." ”
Jenny pressed the corner of her forehead, "Oh, I'm starting to have a headache......"
In order to facilitate the owner's management of the garden iron gate, Jenny's house has a centralized monitoring center, Mary carefully looked at Jenny's face and turned on the computer on the coffee table, "Who's there?" ”
"Someone said your house needs to be repaired, Missy." A gruff voice said that a fat worker appeared on the surveillance, "It's a guy named Chris who called me." ”
Mary began to laugh, "Okay, come in." She pressed the door button, and from the surveillance she could see that a pickup truck had driven into the courtyard. Two workers wearing hats and carrying toolboxes passed through the paparazzi's camera detection and entered the back door of the mansion.
"Who needs services? Missy。 A moment later, Christopher walked in with one hand in the pocket of his orange overalls, whistling merrily, and winking at Jenny as he tore at his fake beard, whose voice was a little muffled because of the fake beard, "You look so beautiful, girl." ”
Jenny looked at the Gap loungewear she was wearing (crumpled) and stroked her hair (all over the place), she looked at Christopher wordlessly, sighed, nodded to the fat worker, and asked Chris, "Is he reliable?" ”
"Don't worry, Andy is Jack's brother, his own person." Chris said that Jack was his assistant, and he turned around and slapped Andy, "Dude, they have an Xbox here, a PS2...... Everything, you can do whatever you want. ”
Jenny smirked and said, "yes, feel free to do it, just think it's your own home, Andy." ”
Mary stepped forward at the right time, "I'll take you to the game room, do you need Coke?" Andy, why don't we go to the kitchen and get some snacks first......"
Soon only Jenny and Christopher were left in the living room, and Chris brazenly huddled around Jenny and sat down, "I'll look at the back of your head - well, the bag is gone, and you look much better." ”
Jenny looked at him with some annoyance for a while, but she still didn't hold back, and finally smiled, she took the initiative to raise her head and kiss Chris, "I didn't expect you to really come to see me." ”
"Even in Hollywood, people have to live and date, don't they?" Christopher grinned at her, "But if you live in Malibu, it's much easier - yes, bite me, I haven't given up lobbying you to move to Malibu." ”
"I don't have any money." Jenny said angrily, "-By the way, what about your new play?" Why hasn't filming started yet? I thought you would go straight from Venice to England. ”
"I gave them a few days to postpone." "I don't know why, I'd love to go back to Hollywood for dozens of hours," Chris said. ”
"Oh-Chris-" Jenny said warmly, leaning into Chris's arms, "thank you for coming back to see me." ”
"Oh, so you already think I'm coming back to see you?" Chris smiled and touched her shoulder and kissed Jenny on the forehead, "Some people's minds are a little dangerous." ”
"I know you're worried about me," said Jenny, "and I wasn't completely unconscious on the plane that day—thank you." ”
Chris frowned at the mention of that day's flight, and his expression flashed a hint of gloom, but he quickly covered it up with a joke, "It's nothing, I'm mainly worried that if you die on the plane, no one will be able to pay me for gas." ”
"Yes, speaking of which, Mary asked Jack for your account," asked Jenny, "Jack won't give it - Chris, Disney paid for this medical aid, and you don't have to spend it in vain." ”
"Really?" Chris immediately quoted a string of numbers, "I'll send the bill to Mary." ”
"Looks like you mind the gas money," Jenny said with a grin, "Are you sure you're not Jewish, Christopher?" ”
"I have, and it sounds very racist, you've offended me." Chris said, but then he laughed again, "Well, I'm not Jewish, but I'm getting ready to join Judaism -- it looks like I wouldn't have gotten an Oscar nomination without that......"
After all, he was pretending to be a plumber, and Chris stayed for more than two hours, and he couldn't help but leave - although he and Jenny didn't do anything, Mr. Plumber was a little reluctant, "If you want to eat pizza, remember to open the door for me tomorrow." ”
"Wait-" said Jenny quickly, she really didn't want to play this heartbeat game anymore, "-I'm not interested in pizza ...... right now"
Well, maybe the fear of Chris being found was just one reason, Jenny looked at Chris, whose eyes widened wide, "...... It's about whether you can hide a body in the bed of your pickup truck. ”
"What?" Chris was a little confused for a moment, and Andy, who came out while drinking Coke, had his eyes lit up, "Kidnapping? Cool! I thought about doing this when I bought the car, and they all said that the pickup van and van were the most dangerous kidnapping vehicles—"
Under the unanimous stare of Chris, Jenny, and Mary, he vaguely clarified, "Of course, I'm just thinking about it...... But no problem, the rear compartment is very comfortable, there is a sofa bed there, and I sometimes take a nap in it. ”
Just like Chris said, even in Hollywood, people have to date and fall in love, this pickup truck drove past the unsuspecting paparazzi, the bearded man in the passenger seat was still curiously pointing at the paparazzi, in the eyes of several paparazzi, the pickup truck quickly turned the corner, it stopped a little, and when the bearded man got into the back car, he sped up his horsepower, and ran happily and unrestrained to Malibu......
The author has something to say: Note: It doesn't seem to be clear yesterday, Claire. Dennis is a real person, a French female director, not a female lead in homeland security, the two have the same translation name-
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