Chapter 655

"This is the video that CAA Europe just sent from Italy."

In the villa of wave manor, Gail gado looks at Murphy's crystal display cabinet, shakes his USB flash disk and says, "it's a routine speech by Benedict XVI of Vatican. It's estimated that it will appear in the news of some TV stations as soon as this evening."

"Did it disturb the Vatican?"

Murphy is not surprised at all. In terms of artistry, the Oscar is far less than the three traditional international film festivals in Europe. However, compared with its influence in the world's ordinary film audience, the effect of the Oscar is undoubtedly very strong.

"Diego Ross" won the Oscar for best picture, which means there will be a huge range of dissemination. Maybe the Vatican didn't care about such a film before, but with the aura of Oscar, I'm afraid it's hard to ignore it.

This was what Murphy had expected.

"Well." Gail gado, also aware of Murphy's plan, also appeared calm. "In a regular speech, Benedict XVI specifically mentioned the film" Diego Roth. "

"I'll see later."

After adjusting the position of the display cabinet, Murphy opened the door of the display cabinet and put the little golden man representing the best director and best editing in it. Then the little golden man who won the best screenplay award before was put on the second floor.

According to the agreement between Murphy and 20th century fox, the best picture winner has been handed over to 20th Century Fox for safekeeping, and "Diego Ross" will become a film with all the copyright of 20th century fox.

If you want fox to contribute in the 20th century, of course, you should let them see that it is profitable.

After all, Hollywood is a business circle where interests come first.

Put the little golden man in place, close the display cabinet, Murphy opened a little distance to have a look, and then called Gail gado, "come on, let's see what the pope said."

The two men went to the study on the first floor, turned on the computer, inserted the USB flash drive, and there was a video file with a label beside it, indicating that Benedict XVI's speech on "Diego Ross" appeared about the eighth and half minutes of the video.

Gail gado opened the video first and watched it. Murphy saw that the front was all about religious affairs, so she simply asked her to drag the video directly until it was nearly eight and a half minutes, and it probably played for a little while. Benedict XVI in the video mentioned the film "Diego Ross".

"I am very concerned that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AFIS) has chosen" Diego Roth ", a film with a fictional plot related to Catholicism, and may have great justice, as the best film of the 84th Academy Awards. I am also very sorry about the choice of Oscar. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AFIS) should not regard itself as the best film To interfere in religion at will! This is also quite unfavorable to the religious freedom advocated by the United States... "

Although there is no harsh wording, Benedict XVI's overt and covert meaning is that he is quite dissatisfied with "Diego Ross" winning the best picture Oscar.

Finally, Benedict XVI said, "the Vatican will let the Archbishop of Marquez Costello of the Diocese of South Central California thoroughly investigate the details related to the film."

"To Archbishop Marquez Costello?"

Gail gado turned off the video and shook his head. "Can you find out?"

"Whatever." Murphy shrugged. "There are so many things that we should not pay attention to them for the time being."

Now that he doesn't have a movie to show, "Diego rose" has successfully won the Oscar he wants as planned. For the time being, they can let go of Catholic affairs. Anyway, they can't do too many things in a short time, except for verbal abuse and public opinion.

Moreover, he has returned to the director's Union. If the Catholic attacks are too much, the director's union can't sit back and watch.

At present, the director Union has more than 13000 members. Its composition and existence not only represent the development level and future trend of the whole industry, but also make positive efforts to protect the rights and interests of directors, which can be called the biggest guarantee of the norms of the American media industry.

That night, the video of the Vatican Vatican and Benedict XVI appeared on many TV stations, and CNN and Fox News in North America broadcast it. Perhaps this attack caused some people's reluctance, and then many bad comments or even bad comments on "Diego rose" suddenly appeared in the news media and Internet media.

News like shady scenes, bribes and private deals, which have been around since the Academy Awards ceremony, has been pushed out again, but more bad reviews have also begun to focus on the film itself.

"It's not a person's fault to commit a crime, it's a society's fault. Murphy Stanton is really divine logic!"

"In terms of the standard of" Diego Ross, "Murphy Stanton is dead!"

"What bullshit movie, make people sleepy!"

"This kind of rubbish movie can also get the best picture. Are the Oscar judges blind?"Influenced by the torrential bad reviews, the score of "Diego rose" on IMDB did not improve because of winning the best picture Oscar. On the contrary, in just a few days, it fell below 8.5, only 8.4.

Murphy knows what this wave of bad reviews is aimed at. The box office of "Diego Ross" in North America is very likely to exceed 100 million US dollars. However, after a week's expansion, the film's market potential and Oscar effect are consumed very quickly. The box office in North America has entered a stage of slow growth again. In the 20th century, Fox also started copyright negotiations with Nafi and TV stations. These adverse effects are eliminated Interest rate, may directly affect the income of the film.

It's normal to lose the little golden man who has been planning for a long time.

As he was preparing for a new plan, Murphy didn't pay much attention to the news. Just like Catholic affairs, it was enough for people to keep a good eye on it and report what happened in time.

However, his indifference does not mean that the media will not. When Murphy once left the Death Star building, he was blocked by several reporters, including Kelly Laporte, a female reporter from the Hollywood Reporter, whom he is familiar with.

"Murphy, there have been a lot of bad reviews, even bad reviews, about the film" Diego Ross. "

Seeing that Murphy didn't let the bodyguard stop her, and knowing that she had a chance to interview, the female reporter immediately handed the recorder to Murphy and asked, "what's more, Murphy Stanton is dead, what do you think?"

"I think it's normal." Of course, Murphy is not stupid enough to go to war with the water army, which is almost the opposite of the fans to a certain extent, because there are a lot of fans who follow or really don't like "Diego Ross" in those bad reviews and bad reviews.

He thought a little and said, "what is bad comment? If you feel unhappy after watching a movie, go to the scoring website and give a score. This is not bad comment. If you use rude words when writing comments, I'm afraid it's not bad comment either. A movie is a kind of consumer goods, and it doesn't have personality. If you don't like it, you can't criticize it too much. As for the evaluation of "XXX is dead", from the perspective of context, it is an evaluation of his creation, not a personal attack. "

Kelly Laporte asked, "will these bad reviews hurt your film?"

"Bad reviews of films that hurt me?" Murphy shook his head. "I don't think so."

"Why?" Kelly Laporte asked in good time.

"The most ideal environment for film review is objective, rational and in-depth discussion and analysis, but because of various factors, the current review environment is really not ideal."

Murphy is talking about the truth. There are too many people or teams living in the film industry. Like stars, many of them have to do something to attract attention. So he added, "it is not advisable for some media or individuals to use exaggerated language and uncontrollable emotions to evaluate films, but their practice can be regarded as a kind of performance rather than a kind of performance They are maliciously slandered because they are evaluated by a pair of brothers who complement the impetuous and pale wind. "

At this point, he put forward a position and style that the best director of an Oscar should have, "I think it's bad movies that really hurt movies, not the so-called bad reviews!"

This is a common sense, but looking around the world, there are always some people with ulterior motives who will deliberately confuse the public.

One of the functions of popular entertainment products is to carry the different feelings of the public towards them, and the topics derived from them are also the embodiment of their values.

Compared with the evaluation of different voices, the biggest scorn for these products is to be unknown in the market. There is a point of view in the film industry and its surrounding economy that curse is also the embodiment of consumption power. Excellent enterprises and products will not worry about curse. They can even create communication effects through curse, turning bad things into good things.

If a director can't even withstand such kind of criticism, he will be very vulnerable.

Being afraid of being scolded is a sign of self-confidence in one's own products. In addition, one of the biggest concerns is that business profits will be affected.

But in Murphy's eyes, if a film wants to make money at the box office, the most basic way is to make the film well and let the picky people speak as little as possible. If there are really people who pick the bone in the egg, naturally there will be a large number of audiences who like to drown out the criticism.

If the film is not well made, I hope to have a good box office and a good reputation. How can there be such a good thing in the world.

For example, "Diego Ross" is deliberately done this time, and some films are drowned by massive bad reviews and even curses, often because the audience has been cheated for many years and many times, and the anger can no longer be covered by daily means of fire fighting.

However, if Murphy doesn't care, it doesn't mean that he doesn't care. For example, some of his fans think that this time it's the Catholicism that's behind the scenes.