Christopher Nolan, in fact, is a very special director.

His speciality is not that he is obsessed with the series like George Lucas, nor does he embrace business like Steven Spielberg, nor does he grasp special effects like James Cameron, but he started with the series, exploded with business, and fought special effects with real shots, but in the end, he was crazy about playing his own stuff there.

In Roland's previous life, there was such a sentence.

'Produced by Nolan, it must be a high-quality product'

The reason for this sentence is actually quite simple.

Because of the movies he made, they were widely loved by the public.

Unlike George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and James Cameron, who emphasize the neatness of the system, Christopher Nolan has his own ideas, never sticks to the status quo, and his whimsical ideas have made him on the altar, but it is precisely because of his superhuman genius style that he has become the object of jealousy of the judges, so in terms of awards, there is no result.

That's right, this is the god of Nuo in the eyes of fans.

Anyway, everything is not good, it is someone else's problem.

But—

Is this really the case?

The first feature film he filmed, "Following", was only screened on a small scale;

His second feature-length film, "Fragments of Memory", did not even have a box office return as good as Ang Lee's "The Wedding Banquet";

Under this circumstance, Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney supported him to take over the filming of the third feature "Insomnia";

But the lineup of Al Pacino + Robin Williams + Hillary Swank made the film lose to his grandmother's family, with an investment of 46 million and a global box office of 11.3 billion, which cast a shadow on his promotion path;

But after that, he suddenly became popular;

Because he filmed "Batman".

"The Mystery of the Shadow" does not lose money, although the investment of 150 million yuan only got a global box office of 370 million, but among them, there is a North American box office of 200 million, it is precisely because he began to make a profit, so Warner continued to invest in his "Deadly Magic", and the same capital preservation results allowed "The Dark Knight" to be approved, so it ......

He's on fire!

Before the launch of the "Batman" series, or rather before the release of "The Dark Knight", Christopher Nolan was a niche director immersed in his own world, but after the death of Heath Ledger......

All his movie ratings have skyrocketed!

"Following", which no one has seen before, has soared to more than 50,000 ratings!

"Memory Fragments", which only received tens of thousands of ratings, drove all the way to a million!

"The Mystery of the Shadow", which already has 200,000 ratings, has a fivefold number of ratings in a short period of time!

"Deadly Magic", which can be returned to its roots, has been highly praised by more than a million people!

The number of likes for "The Dark Knight" even exceeds two million!

You must know that "Titanic" and "Avatar" combined, which is only this number!

And when Heath Ledger won Best Supporting Actor, "The Dark Knight" could not be nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture......

The word 'for' was hit on the public screen by Christopher Nolan's fans!

Fans can't understand why such a profound film as "The Dark Knight" can't even get a nomination, and when they continue to plan, the failure of "Deadly Magic", "The Mystery of the Shadow", "Insomnia", and "Memory Fragments" is even more unbelievable!

Oh no......

When it comes to the loss of "Insomnia", these fans maintain a high degree of unanimity.

They felt that Christopher Nolan was not well-known at that time, and he couldn't command Al Pacino, Robin Williams and others at all, let alone play as he wanted under the control of Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney, so they ......

The problem of failure is not the director's!

Hehe!

Co-author Steven Soderbergh's act of giving "Memory Fragments" a platform, doesn't exist?

And after that, the failure of "Inception", "The Dark Knight Rises", "Interstellar", and "Dunkirk" was directly blamed by them on the fact that the Oscar judges don't like suspense films, commercial films, science fiction films, and ......

"The Shape of Water" is shameless!

Anyway, it is the top of the fairy, proud of the world, with my keyboard, there is a sky!

On the one hand, he kept saying that Christopher Nolan's movies have a certain threshold and must be watched more to understand it, while on the other hand, the box office of all high-scoring movies has never soared!

On the one hand, it has been repeatedly stated that talented filmmakers like Christopher Nolan have been suppressed by old-school schools, and on the other hand, what about the other side? But based on the cheapest website rating, to prove how much the audience loves him!

Excuse me？

Is there something wrong with this logic?

Be!

It's true that the box office is not the only criterion for measuring a movie!

But it's the most direct measure of people's love!

Not to mention two billion!

When one million or two million people took the initiative to score and kept saying that they would brush more, they couldn't pile up a billion box office?

Isn't the love of fans just a little mouse click!

Blaming someone else for all the problems in this case?

Isn't it funny to be Ning!

In this way, Christopher Nolan's reputation is actually limited by his own fans.

As a guy who doesn't even bother to talk to the outside world, he has been filming what he likes, but his fans have to press the heads of passers-by to make others like Christopher Nolan's works.

The point is, once you show doubt, more than eighty percent of the guys say 'you are stupid'.

In this way, how could he be accepted by mainstream awards?

In the case of spontaneous fandom, Christopher Nolan did not push the major commercial awards, so when he was unknown, the judges were even less likely to favor him, and on August 30, Sony cooperated with the main creative team of "Memory Fragments" to participate in the 57th Venice International Film Festival, on August 31, after the film entered the main competition unit and was officially screened-

Unexpected accidents happened.

According to the vision of Evelyn Watson, the president of Warcraft Film and Television, with the relationship, "Memory Fragments" can brush up on several awards in Venice, although the Golden Lion and Silver Lion are too exaggerated, but other classification awards can still be thought about.

But after the Sony staff contacted all parties according to her intentions, the judges who had seen the movie all showed embarrassed looks.

The president of this year's jury, Milos Foreman, the director of "One Flew Over the Asylum", said directly, "Without giving the Golden Lion for Best Picture and the Silver Lion for Best Director, there is something wrong with giving this film!" ”

When filming "Yin Yang Demon World" again, Jennifer Lee, the daughter of Vic Morrow, who was distracted by the propeller due to a helicopter crash, agreed with Milos Foreman, "That's right, for example, the Catholic Humanitarian Spirit Award, which is generally awarded to films that embody the humanitarian spirit of religious fire, not to "Fragments of Memory", which tells the story of revenge." ”

Giuseppe Bertolucci, the younger brother of Bernardo Bertolucci, the director of "The Last Emperor", thinks they have a point, "For example, the UNESCO Prize, what do you think of "Fragments of Memory...... I can't even bump into them......"

If the reasons given by the three acquaintances are relatively mild, then the words of Isabelle Huppert's friend Claude Chabrol are very sharp, directly explaining the problem, "This film does not seem to be suitable for the film festival." ”

"All film festivals."

That's right!

Like Harvey Weinstein's questioning, these judges also felt that the biggest highlight of this movie was the editing!

It's already a very Sven evaluation to use complicated editing techniques to turn ordinary stories into magic, obviously they can tell the story well, but they have to be tricky, that's what they really think!

And in this case, they don't know what reason to give the prize.

This situation is extremely regrettable to the Sony staff.

In fact, they themselves know that to let this kind of suspense film participate in the film festival is a brain disease!

Take the entries in this year's main competition unit, all the films have their own highlights, such as "When the Night Falls", "The Killer's Virginity", "Phantom", which is a same-sex film that serves LGBT people, and "Gospel and Utopia", which is a religious film about faith, and there are also directors who hunt for curiosity, but they are by no means suspenseful.

Kim Ki-duk is here to exhibit.

Although the work he brought was "Little Island", which made people goosebumps even more than "The Scarlet Letter" and "Sea Fog".

But that's good, it's about human nature.

In this case, the "Memory Fragments" of the show-off really has no advantage.

Just when Sony thought that even if they shook people, they might go home empty-handed, reporting the situation to Evelyn Watson, the president of Warcraft Films, became something they had to do.

After their debriefing, the mood of watching jokes spread wildly in the team.

"This bitch thinks that if you hug Roland's thigh, you can walk sideways in the circle? If you don't go to Cannes, which has the highest degree of commercialization, you have to go to Venice, which has a stronger artistic atmosphere? Isn't this a broken brain? ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! I really think of these film festivals as if they were my own home! ”

"And the judges are all their own people! Do you look at the judges now? ”

"Although the judges change every year, they can't form an effective line of interests like the Golden Globes and Oscars, but they also have to consider their reputation! Milos Foreman, Jennifer Lee, and Giuseppe Bertolucci are all engaged in art, how could they like this kind of commercial suspense film? And...... Is this broken movie a suspense? ”

When making the publicity arrangement, Evelyn Watson slapped them in the face and vetoed their plan.

And now......

Beeping quietly behind the other party's ass is already a very face-saving performance.

After all, Evelyn Watson, who was holding Roland Allen's thigh, was not someone they could provoke.

However, just when they thought that the unreachable Warcraft Film and Television was simply unable to twist the judges' preferences, on September 3, they won a heavyweight guest at the film festival -

Clint Eastwood.

When Master Dongmu finished watching "Memory Fragments......

On September 9, at the closing of the Venice International Film Festival, the Award for Emerging Director, named after the famous Italian producer Luigi de Laurentiis, was awarded to Christopher Nolan.

The award for the best debut film that encouraged the director to continue working was awarded to "Memory Fragments".

This situation made Sony, who was in charge of the promotion of the exhibition, speechless, but when they saw that Clint Eastwood was holding the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement, which symbolizes the highest honor, in the blessing of the organizing committee, the absurd and natural emotions suddenly exploded.

The judges don't want to give an award?

It's okay!

Because as long as I want to take it!

Venice may be the most respectful film festival in the world, but the people who make up the film festival always have weaknesses!

The judges don't give Sony face?

That's because you Sony don't have face!

Clint Eastwood sat down there, and two of the seven judges had to be called Uncle! The two of them have to call him brother!

Originally, Evelyn Watson didn't want to trouble the old man, but who made Sony so useless?

It's not that you are going to win the best film and the best director, and you can't win two small awards, so what's the use of you?

This situation made the guys in charge of the promotion of "Memory Fragments" as uncomfortable as eating flies, and when they flew back to America and reported the truth about what happened, the group that was working on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was also gone.

In '94, when he made the best foreign language film for "The Wedding Banquet", Roland still had to rely on them Sony.

In ninety-eight years, when he bought the Oscar for Best Actor and Actress, Roland gave up a profit of 300 million.

And now?

Like a crab, rampant!

In this case, if Ang Lee wants to win the award, he can't find Hollywood's biggest connection!

…………

Just as "Fragments of Memory" was progressing steadily according to Roland's expectations, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was rushing forward with Roland's push, on September 10, Microsoft's two acquisitions of ATi by Yahoo, Intel and Overwatch Ventures were approved by the European Union.

They unconditionally approved the two deals, and on the same day they approved, the American National Transportation Safety Board also submitted its own investigation report, saying that the aircraft produced by Airbus met safety standards.

The EU was furious at such a humiliating submission, but before they could figure out how to fight back, they were relieved by the good news that on September 13, Steve Jobs held Apple's new product launch as scheduled.

At the meeting, Steve Jobs introduced the Mac OS X priced at $29.95 to the world, and said that it will be sold with a new generation of Apple computers.

But when the news reached Roland's ears, the guy who was in Sydney, watching Sen Die's dad dive with his family, showed a satisfied smile, because while swallowing ATi and pushing Apple forward, he could also run rampant in the technology world.

"Others think I'm a crab in the film industry, but as everyone knows, I've swallowed half of the technology industry!"