Hollywood has a complete film industry system, an industrial system, and the status of each profession is determined by this industrial system, which is the most basic issue of industrial resource allocation.

Professional film critics themselves are a part of the industrial system of the film industry, and the biggest change between the present and the past is nothing more than a change in status.

Push forward more than ten or twenty years or even thirty years, those well-known film critics who are at the top of professional film critics, it is not an exaggeration to say that their film reviews are directly related to the success or failure of a film, or even life and death. Albert's name.

For the sake of commercial interests, Hollywood's production and distribution companies will naturally have a good relationship with them; In order to be well received, Hollywood's big-name movie stars sometimes have to bow their heads in front of them.

Similarly, a significant portion of their income comes from Hollywood.

When Jenkins Films was just getting started, this piece of the business was run by Julis? Stewart is responsible for not only providing film critics with round-trip air tickets and three-star hotel accommodation, but also preparing exquisite gifts, and exchanging or exporting benefits according to the status of each film critic.

For example, in addition to the remuneration offered by the media that contributed to the work, Hollywood companies will often pay far more than the remuneration based on the length of the film review and the praise of the film.

Of course, this PR fee can also be saved, but the professional reputation of the next film ......

Although there are many differences between the film industries on both sides of the ocean, there are actually commonalities when it comes to public relations costs.

To put it bluntly, in the era when the Internet has not yet emerged, these traditional film critics must be equivalent to the current Internet water army, but they are much more independent and advanced.

The open network and the replacement of the main movie-going crowd can be said to be the biggest reason for the sharp decline in the status of professional film critics.

From the current Hollywood Big Six to any small film studio. No one likes these vampires who sit on their backs and suck blood, and they sneer at themselves from time to time.

Therefore, when Ryan owned the huge platform of Disney, stopped cooperating with the vast majority of professional film critics, and his commercial blockbuster Zuò continued to sell well in their attacks, an irreparable gap has emerged between Hollywood and professional film critics.

The latter one appeared logically.

It does not affect the new generation of moviegoers who are the mainstream of the market, and they are not treated by the six major Hollywood labels, and the professional film reviews they write lack attention, so it can be said that it is natural for various media platforms to terminate their contracts with them. Even if it doesn't happen now, it will happen in the future.

Not to mention professional film critics, even the influential film magazines of the last century are now on the verge of death.

After the famous "Premiere" magazine ceased publication in the first half of the year, there were almost no popular film periodicals in the United States, and the more industrial "Hollywood Reporter" and "Variety" had a hard time.

It is no exaggeration to say that the profession of film critic has been completely marginalized by the entire film industry.

But. Ryan knows that film critics will not disappear, and the future will inevitably be an era of mass participation and even 'everyone is a film critic', and such an era will not be able to produce well-known film critics with great influence.

Like David? Denby, Todd? McCarthy and Roger? Albert's group of film critics can only be said to be a product of an era.

Of course. Today's film critics are not completely ineffective.

For example, their comments, from a certain extent, can also influence those college judges composed of old men as the core.

This is also the main reason why Disney is still funding a handful of film critics in the greater Los Angeles area.

Again, this group of old men who have lived through the so-called golden age. I still have some friendship with some veteran film critics, and I don't want the industry to completely melt away.

For example, Hollywood is well known. Now the Academy's rotating chairman, Frank? Pearson and Todd? McCarthy has been a good friend for decades.

After "Variety", "The New Yorker", "The New York Times" and other print media have terminated their contracts with their film critics, the current president of the academy, Frank? Pearson flew to Venice from the Canary Islands of Spain, where he was on vacation.

The oval hall has a beautiful curve, and the whole hall has no columns, and the view is wide; Gold accents, brown-red carpets, a silent interpretation of 'understated luxury', and a 20-foot-high ceiling is a bright Italian chandelier.

Beneath the chandelier, more than a dozen oak round tables are loosely arranged in two rows, and waiters in formal attire shuttle back and forth to serve a series of exquisite and delicious Italian dishes.

This is a pie hosted by Ryan in the form of a formal dinner, and it is also one of the PR actions of "Black Swan".

In other words, it was also a communicative person, and most of the guests were superficial and quickly put down their knives and forks.

Looking around, Ryan was talking to the president of the academy, Frank? Pearson whispered something, and Natalie stood up with her glass in her hand, this was a party for her, and she, the hostess, was naturally indispensable for socializing.

She was multilingual, and though not fluent, a simple greeting was no problem, and with a smile that made her smile, Natalie walked from table to table, conversing with guests, familiar and unfamiliar.

Occasionally, she would look back at the main table, and Ryan would always be talking to the old men from Hollywood.

Sighing softly, Natalie knew that in Ryan's heart, the Oscars were much more important than the Venice Film Festival, and his priority was definitely the Oscar statuette.

Of course, she thinks so herself.

"Hi George."

Same as George? Clooney touched the glass, and Natalie took a sip of her wine, "I didn't expect to see you here." ”

"I'm on vacation in Italy."

George? Clooney shrugged his shoulders gracefully, "I came over after receiving Ryan's invitation, I still have some connections in Italy, and if you need help, just ask." ”

"Definitely."

That being said, Natalie would never speak lightly, she knew that once she asked the other party to help, it was not only herself who owed the favor, but also Ryan.

Ryan has done so much to help him achieve his dreams.

Natalie looked back at the main table, where the boy who had jokingly promised to give her ten scripts was making good on his promise to push her to the highest place step by step.

Shaking her head, Natalie scattered the unwillingness that came up in her heart, and Gail, who came over? Gado beckoned, and the two walked together to a slightly quieter place.

"Gail." Her brown eyebrows fell and wrinkled together.

"Did something happen, Nat?"

"Don't you think we should expand our social circle even further?" Natalie's brown eyes flickered, "Build an alliance that is interconnected and can maintain basic consistency in big ways." ”

"You mean...... "Gail?" Gado immediately understood, "Like the Australian gang, the British gang and those people?" ”

"That's right."

Seeing Natalie nodding, Gail? Gado sighed, "Don't you know, Nat? ”

"What?"

"You, I, Scarlett, Christine...... In short, there are several other people who are close to Disney. ”

See a waiter pass by, Gail? Gado paused, waited for the other party to walk away, and continued, "They are all called the 'Disney Gang'. ”

raised her eyebrows, but Natalie didn't say anything, the Disney brand on her body couldn't be erased.

"I mean......" she said, turning to head towards the main table, "we should unite more actors of Jewish descent or from Israel." ”

"Okay."

Gail? Gado nodded his chin in agreement.

His two lifelong rivals, one is the leader of the Australian gang, and the other is a symbol of the Hollywood fashion industry, and he always has a unique circle.

Ryan doesn't know much about Natalie's thoughts, but even if he does, he will only make fun of them, and regional and ethnic identities are common all over the world, and Hollywood actors often huddle together in this way, advancing and retreating together on certain events.

Of course, Natalie and Gail? Gado's ethnicity is inherently advantageous in Hollywood.

"Frank, I think you should know."

The other party flew to Venice for an old friend in the film critics' world, and Ryan also understood this, "Although I am very unhappy with Roger? Albert's vicious attack on "Transformers", but I'm not going to get along with all the critics, "Variety" and Todd? McCarthy's termination of the contract has nothing to do with Disney. ”

Frank? Pearson vs. Todd? It's no secret that McCarthy was a good friend for decades in Hollywood.

"Ryan, film critics have been around for decades." Frank? Pearson slowly put down his knife and fork, "They are an inseparable part of the film industry. ”

"I understand that."

Ryan just doesn't pay attention to film critics, and he doesn't have the mess of thinking about eliminating a profession, "Film critics aren't going away, and with the help of the Internet, the group of film critics will expand rapidly." ”

It's a pity that the influence and living space of professional film critics will be squeezed smaller and smaller.

Don't say that, Frank? Insiders like Pearson also understand that "times have changed. ”

He shook his head and said directly, "If I remember correctly, ABC TV has an evening movie recommendation program, and the ratings have always been good, I talked to Todd on the phone yesterday, and he doesn't want to retire for the time being." ”

For these words, Ryan can understand that from a public figure to a retired old man who is ignored, I am afraid that few people can accept it, and the influence of Vanity Fair is not so easy to get rid of.

Lowering his eyelids and thinking for just a few seconds, Ryan said, "I'll say hello to the show's choreographer." ”

Frank? Pearson immediately laughed, but Ryan suddenly raised his eyelids, looked at him and said, "Frank, I wonder if you've watched Black Swan?" (To be continued......)