Chapter 183

"Hello, this is Langley hall. I think I missed your call. Please leave a message."

The voice of a tape recorder came from the phone. Without leaving a message, Andy Rogers hung up his cell phone and looked at Rodrigo Cortes sitting in front of him. "He's out for a walk. Today is another day's work. He needs some time to rest and adjust."

After three consecutive days of interviews, there have been more and more media. Before and after, lanli has been interviewed by more than 120 media. Naturally, this number can't be compared with "black swan" and "city robber", but it is far ahead in independent films. Such a situation, Rodriguez and Andy are far from expected.

Rodriguez didn't mind, nodded, "I understand. I've only been interviewing for half a day today, and I feel headache. " He is still in a state of lingering fear. "I didn't understand when I heard that interviewing was very tired. Now I finally know that interviewing is a physical work."

From the perspective of outsiders, interview is just sitting on the sofa and asking me questions. But after personal experience, we know that interview requires not only brain power, but also physical strength. By the second half of the interview, the feeling of dizziness was really cloudy.

"He should be back soon. What's the matter with you?" Andy's face is always with a warm smile, but the style is vigorous, without procrastination, quickly cut into the theme.

The Toronto Film Festival will come to an end one day later. Although it is almost impossible to win the people's Choice Award by "burying alive", the key point is not the award, but that Toronto is a part of the whole award season. So, he has a lot of work to do next.

Rodriguez and Andy have been in touch for several times, sweeping away the Spaniard's lazy style and immediately saying, "actually, I'm here to ask your opinion. So far, I have received a total of four offers, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. I really don't know much about the issue. I was a little confused for a while. I need some reference opinions that can calm me down. "

"Four?" Andy felt a little surprised because the number was still less than he thought.

This is Toronto, not Sundance or Venice. Toronto itself is a huge distribution and trading market, and it is also the last large-scale trading market in the whole year. After missing it, although there are a few film festivals after that, the quality is bound to be unsatisfactory if there is no distributor left after the big wave. Therefore, almost all publishers are searching here for Taobao.

According to the development momentum and track of the past few days, whether it is the topic effect or the audience's word-of-mouth, "buried alive" is in a rising curve, and the distribution company should be more optimistic about this work. Although the gimmick of "buried alive" itself is not enough, and even the blue gift bonus is still limited, it also means that the transaction amount of publishing copyright will not be too high, and even some small distribution companies can join the competition.

But now there are only four? This is not a positive signal.

"Yes, four." Rodriguez did not recognize the doubts in Andy's words, and a bright smile appeared on his face, "one is focus film, the other is Fox Searchlight."

Andy's eyebrow gently raised, the fundus of his eyes also showed a trace of clarity.

These are the two largest independent brands in the industry in North America at present. The competitive strength of the award season is equal to that of Weinstein pictures, not to mention who gets the final award every year. However, in terms of nomination, these three brands are well deserved leaders“ The fact that "buried alive" can be recognized by these two issuing brands is a happy thing in itself. As long as the news is released, other waiting issuing companies will be willing to join the competition.

The invitation of two issuing companies is even equal to that of 20 companies.

"Then there are two companies, lion gate and roadside attraction." Rodriguez recalled it carefully before he said, "I haven't heard their names. I'm not sure if I'm right."

Andy nodded to understand that these two companies are not as famous as the first two, but they are definitely not nobody.

Lion Gate is a little more famous. This Canadian company started as a distributor and then made it. It started with thriller, horror and suspense movies such as "chainsaw thriller", "American psychopath" and "Requiem of dreams". In recent years, it has gradually ranked in the forefront of second tier distributors.

The roadside attraction may be a little less popular, but the company is more focused and only does distribution. After years of precipitation and development lag, it ushered in a full-scale rise last year. The two works "Dolphin Bay" and "I love you morris" won the best documentary Oscar in the award season.

The strength of these four distribution companies is absolutely not inferior, which is far beyond Andy's expectation.

As he expected, the strong topic and word-of-mouth rising curve "buried alive" in recent days undoubtedly has a huge attraction for distribution companies. Not to mention the prospect of the award season, at least it can attract enough box office when it is released; In addition, the distribution power of this work will not be too expensive, and many distribution companies are willing to sell it.

Now it seems that the four companies are famous in the industry. It's really a surprise.

"What's your opinion?" Andy didn't come to a conclusion immediately. He's just Langley's agent, not the producer of "buried alive". He can't make a decision for Rodriguez, so he still needs strategy when discussing.

Rodriguez showed a bright smile, some simple and honest, but did not hide his excitement, "if it is up to me to choose, it must be the choice of famous.". Isn't it true that the more famous you are, the more resources you have? "

Andy was so frank and simple answer to laugh, "yes, but also, the more famous, the more cards they have. Like the Fox Searchlight. "

Because of Natalie, Andy has conducted a lot of investigations behind the scenes. He has a deep understanding of the "black swan" and the Fox Searchlight. He does not intend to target them, but to avoid them making use of lenley again. Lenley is now in a completely passive new position. If he is not fully prepared, it is easy to fall into a disadvantageous situation.

"Now they have confirmed the distribution rights they have won, including 'Black Swan', '127 Hours' and' don't let me go '," the three works all have one thing in common: the performance of the protagonist has been unanimously affirmed. Their publicity resources are limited. When allocating and using them, what position do you think "buried alive" can be in

Andy's words let Rodriguez show a look of consternation, "127 Hours" is also theirs? Then why are they coming to contact us? " 127 Hours. "Isn't the momentum much better than ours?"

In the face of Rodriguez's question, Andy doesn't have an accurate answer. He has a few guesses. For example, for the operation of "black swan" award season, Fox Searchlight can completely buy the distribution right of "buried alive", and then ask Langley and Natalie to cooperate with the publicity. This is a win-win situation. Andy knows that he won't refuse it; For another example, they can wait for the price to sell, see the follow-up trend of "127 Hours" and "buried alive", and play the role of double insurance. After entering January, they can abandon the weak and ensure their overall strength this year.

"It doesn't matter. The important thing is, do you have the confidence to have an advantage in the competition? " Andy pointed to the point, which made Rodrigo stunned, then shook his head, looking a little lonely, he asked, "should we choose the other two small distribution companies?"

"The advantage of small distribution companies is that they have limited resources, so they will tilt all the resources on hand towards one work to ensure that this work can win." Andy explains that this gives Rodriguez renewed hope, "but the roadside attraction is out of the question this year. Now they have won the 'winter bone' at the Sundance Film Festival, and then they have won the 'meicuo' in Europe. Their ability has reached the limit."

What Andy didn't say is that it's very likely that one of these two works will be sacrificed. If it's not unexpected, it's a "beautiful mistake" - because it's a foreign language film, the best foreign language film selection system of the Oscar is independent, and the way of public relations operation is also different.

In other words, regardless of the future of the winter bone awards season, roadside appeal is now saturated. It is estimated that the tentative offer to "bury alive" is just a strategic inquiry. After all, the distribution rights of "buried alive" are not expected to be too expensive.

Rodriguez's shoulder was obviously sagging, as if he had been hit. It's hard for independent films.

Andy gave a smile. "What I just said is just for the award season. If you just want your works to be shown in theaters, you will not be disappointed if you choose any one. The distribution ability of these four companies is worth affirming. You only need to choose a price in your mind and package service. After you are satisfied, you can sign a contract directly. "

Rodriguez sighed, "I know I'm greedy. But... "

Before the Toronto Film Festival, he just thought that it would be the most perfect result for a film to find a distributor. Once he missed Toronto, the future film festivals would be even more hopeless. However, after landing in Toronto, the film has received so much praise and caused such a boom. In the past few days, it has been as fantastic as a dream, and he inevitably has his ambition: if he can be buried alive, he can go further in the award season, if he can win a nomination for an award ceremony, if the film can also become a work of great interest in the award season

The mentality of worrying about gain and loss is really hard to balance.

Looking at Rodriguez's expression, Andy knew that he wanted to brew emotions, so he said again, "do you want to listen to my opinion?"

Rodriguez immediately raised his head, and a ray of hope flashed through the confusion of his eyes. "Of course, that's what I came here for today! Do you have any comments? "

Without waiting for Andy to speak, the door opens. Andy and Rodriguez look at it at the same time.

It's Langley.