Chapter 338: Bad News
In addition to the annoying activity of "Change Daniel", "The Immortal Gardener" previously won the Giovanni Outstanding Film Award at the Venice Film Festival.
Daniel did not attend, and Rachel was pregnant and returned to the United States from Kenya. Aronofsky was quite strict with her travel controls.
It's not once or twice that the media has reported that they have made a big fuss because of this.
In the rich Hollywood gossip materials of love, marriage, and divorce, Daniel really doesn't know if Rachel and Arrow parted ways in the end, even if they have children, it is not easy to keep going.
Fernando's disappointment in Venice was nothing to him, and although he was highly acclaimed, he was not an award-winning professional. Instead, it was to Daniel who didn't go. Sandler, the impact is a little worse, how beautiful he was in Cannes with "The Pianist", how ugly the sarcasm of people with ulterior motives this time is.
That's the price you have to pay to stand on a high ground.
What's more, this time there are ready-made comparisons.
He gave up his role in "Brokeback Mountain" and took home a golden lion at this Venice Film Festival - even though Daniel himself never wanted to compete with "Brokeback Mountain" for the award. An Lee's breakthrough will basically become the most watched contestant in the entire awards season this year. Daniel is optimistic about the quality of "The Immortal Gardener", but its original book itself is not enough to meet the appetite of Americans, this film is more considered from the perspective of influence, DD Pictures and the United Kingdom, Kenya's official co-production, to speak out on social issues, is part of the impact project, can not be compared with "Brokeback Mountain" artistic value.
But the media didn't see it that way, and they saw "Brokeback Mountain" take the top prize. And "The Immortal Gardener" has only an inconspicuous "participation consolation prize", of course, it is concocted to produce a large report, especially what is special is that Daniel rejected "Brokeback Mountain" and chose "The Immortal Gardener", which can basically be included in the ranks of "stars with bad eyes".
This time. They don't even mention the widespread skepticism and protests from religious and conservative groups that "Brokeback Mountain" has encountered, not to mention the media response to Jack. Gyllenhaal chose to star in the film's cynicism.
"Don't care, it's no harm to stir up the heat, contact a few film critics, prepare for the preview screening, and see if it can be released around Thanksgiving."
Daniel shook his head. This kind of thing will become more and more in the future, and everyone's requirements for him will become higher and higher with his achievements.
"It's a question that needs to be ...... Well, measure it. Daniel's finger moved to one of them, and he didn't describe it with a solution, or a treatment, because of the problem. Not entirely a bad thing.
"Saw 2" will be fully released at the end of October as a horror film. It was also boycotted and protested because of its own bloodshed.
After coming to the United States, one of the things he became more accustomed to was to face protests.
If someone protests, don't do it, then don't do anything in the United States.
The government, parliamentarians will protest, and ordinary people will protest.
Parental protests are crucial to the film industry, and minority protests can sometimes get into trouble. They usually watch the film with a magnifying glass, and sometimes even a poster or a line will provoke repeated protests.
In addition to this, what environmental organizations. Various NGOs such as animal protection organizations and affirmative action coalitions will also raise objections at various levels, ranging from speech to organizing marches and even going to court.
In the face of these objections, sometimes ignore them, if the opponent is not strong enough and the topic is not attractive enough. But many times it takes time to mediate, and even a film will hire legal and social affairs experts to deal with these possible troubles, and in the early stage of the project, it is also necessary to demonstrate possible problems - although there will always be omissions, but try to avoid them.
This time, the protest of "Saw 2" is something that you don't need to care about.
The protesters are a mothers' group - certainly not as large as the National Parent Association, but a small group of mothers in New York who believe that their children tend to be violent after watching the last "Saw" film, so they chose to speak out to the media before the release of the second part, asking the MPAA's Parents Association to rate "Chainsaw" NC-17.
Before the release of the first part of "Saw". When Wen took the film to the Sundance International Film Festival, the version was NC-17, but they made a slight change and DD Pictures' public relations department did a lot of work to adjust it to the R rating. Of course, this episode can't be hidden from the media, so it is inevitable that it will cause some doubts.
Saw 2 also has an R-rated rating, which was the trigger for the protests.
"There weren't many protesters, and we didn't need to do anything." Sally was obviously a little incomprehensible about Daniel's handling of the matter, "What does it mean to weigh it?" Need to arrange for a statement, or a public statement? ”
Daniel nodded, "Do you expect these people to watch Saw Horror?" ”
"These moms? Of course not. ”
"So that's not what we're targeting, and if we're going to do something, it's not going to have any impact on the box office." Daniel smiled, "The company's publicists should have some ideas, you go follow up and see if they have a plan." ”
"You mean, take advantage of these protests?"
"Of course, why not? Isn't it the greatest compliment for a horror film to make people protest because of its horror level? Those who want to experience a baptism of horror should not miss such a work at all. ”
Sally nodded knowingly, "I'll follow up." ”
Daniel glanced at the documents in his hand and found that there was nothing special to consider, the promotion of "Wall-E" was about to begin, and this cartoon, which had attracted considerable attention, had been shrouded in everyone's eyes. DD Pictures, or Daniel's first work in the field of animated feature films, whether it wins or loses, the number of people who care about it is definitely not a small number.
But Sebastian is a very capable man, and Anston is trustworthy enough, and DD Pictures' publicity system has always been a strong department, and Daniel is not very worried about this work.
Dealing with the matter, Daniel breathed a sigh of relief, and during this time, the school, the company, and the set flew around, and the pressure on him was unprecedented.
He will be able to spend the day in Los Angeles tomorrow and fly back to Bataka Island early the next morning.
However, the real bad news stopped him. (To be continued......)