Chapter 185

The Toronto Film Festival is coming to an end, but the upsurge has not abated at all. On the contrary, it has become more and more intense.

After the premiere of "the king's speech", it became the most popular film festival of this year. The hot momentum easily surpassed all the competitors before, and completely exploded the public praise among the audience. Ten shows were arranged in just two days, but the demand still exceeded the supply. Gaofeng Changlong not only broke the highest data of this year's Film Festival created by "buried alive", It has also surpassed "Slumdog Millionaire" and become the most sought after work at the Toronto Film Festival since the 21st century.

At the same time, the performance of "buried alive" after six more shows is really gratifying. Not only all the tickets are sold out, but also there is still a long peak at the gate of each show. You can clearly feel that this topic work has gathered countless eyes in Toronto, occupied the focus of all parties all the way, and successfully occupied a place on the international stage.

The topic of "black swan", "blue Valentine's Day", "scorched earth city" and other popular works has always been high. Although the Toronto Film Festival does not award official awards, only the people's choice award is a big prize, the official will still give additional recognition to some works, such as the best Canadian Feature Film and the best Canadian debut, In order to inspire Canadian local creation.

Therefore, it is inevitable that which work will become the biggest winner in Toronto will start this year's award season with the fruitful results of the North American unveiling war, which has also become the focus of heated discussion.

Among the many focuses, the rise of generation Y is undoubtedly an important hot spot - Natalie Portman, Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, James Franco, and Langley hall. All the five actors are members of generation Y, and their performances have been praised by many people, These five actors are able to make a difference in the competition for acting awards in this year's award season.

Natalie, who has been famous for a long time, is undoubtedly one of the most eye-catching members. This year's "black swan" has been singing all the way since its debut in Venice. Half a month later, the praise wave after wave has already occupied a powerful position before this year's award season officially opens.

The performance of confusing performance and reality in "black swan" is vividly reflected in Natalie. When she starred in the film "black swan", she also blurred the boundary between performance and reality. For a time, she was unable to extricate herself. The difficult ballet performance in the film was praised.

However, the latest issue of "Entertainment Weekly" has revealed that Natalie used a double in the performance of "black swan". This immediately triggered a heated discussion.

In an exclusive interview, Natalie said that due to the lack of professional training for many years, her ballet level really can not meet the requirements of the role, so the film uses a double. However, most of the dances were performed by her, at least 85%. In the interview, Natalie also talked at length about how she grasped the beauty of ballet in the film, and how she worked hard to complete the dance shooting and so on.

It's not a problem to use doubles. Anyone who has a basic understanding of ballet knows that it's a professional skill that needs to be accumulated over time. As an actress, Natalie can't reach the professional level, so it's not a problem; But the point is that the focus of the film's publicity is that Natalie is not crazy and does not survive. With this revelation, the taste of the film changes, and the impression falls down.

For a while, the reporters were busy again. No one knows what impact this will have on Natalie's Oscar prospects.

In the process of college public relations, any negative news may become a stumbling block, just like the US presidential election. The most famous case in history is the famous battle of the Weinstein brothers, which overturned "Saving Private Ryan" with "Shakespeare love story". At that time, in the face of a powerful competitor, the Weinstein brothers hired the water army to discredit their competitors on the Internet and the media. At the same time, they spent twice or even triple the publicity costs of other competitors, Public relations activities were carried out in an overwhelming way. As everyone knows, it is still the most controversial term in the history of Oscar.

Now, before the opening of the awards season, Natalie has had some negative news, which is hard to estimate. However, first of all, Natalie is her own initiative to disclose, frankly lenient; Secondly, there are still nearly five months to go, which can be remedied or forgotten. So, everything is unknown.

This news really made "Entertainment Weekly" gain a lot of attention, even surpassing "American weekly" which was hot recently because of the dispute between Langley and James, and once again lit a fire for the upcoming Toronto Film Festival.

First, "the king's speech", then "the black swan", and then "buried alive" appeared again. Before the closing ceremony, it seemed that the energy accumulated before all burst out.

First of all, "Hollywood Reporter" revealed that focus pictures and Fox Searchlight are competing for the distribution right of "buried alive" in North America. The recognition of these two top independent brands is exactly the greatest appreciation for this work; Then the "New York Times" revealed that Weinstein pictures and Lion Gate pictures also joined the competition, especially Weinstein pictures' joining made the competition interesting——

The Weinstein brothers' goal remains the same every year, that is, the Oscar, which reminds people of the focus topic that the upsurge has not completely dissipated. Who can win the Oscar nomination, Lanley or James. Now the Weinstein brothers are targeting "buried alive". Does that mean?

The news about "buried alive" waves after waves, no less than "black swan", this small cost thriller suspense film seems to have become one of the most popular works in Toronto this year.

Of course, a large part of the reason is that the distribution rights of other popular works have been sold out for a long time. Toronto is the last stop of the trading market, which enables "buried alive" to seize the sight of major publishers.

However, in this year's Toronto Film Festival, the world premiere of the works, "buried alive" to occupy the number one hot spot, this is the best affirmation.

Then, "American weekly" finally said, "focus pictures successfully won the North American distribution right of the popular works' buried alive '!"

"American weekly" is also "American weekly". At this year's Toronto Film Festival, this magazine, which started with gossip and entertainment news, really made a lot of headlines. First, it led to a wave of discussion about "generation Y" actors, and then it revealed the follow-up trend of the biggest dark horse in Toronto this year, easily surpassing many other powerful competitors, In the war of news report, he gained the advantage of half position.

According to the report, in the fierce competition, the focus film industry, with a high price of 4.5 million US dollars, extracted its teeth from Weinstein pictures and Fox Searchlight, and pocketed the black horse, which is rising strongly in Toronto this year, causing a great uproar among all people.

This transaction price easily exceeded the 3 million production cost of "buried alive", making the crew profitable in one step; At the same time, it also occupies a place in the transaction list of this year's Toronto Film Festival. At present, Weinstein pictures, which is second only to the transaction price of "blue Valentine's Day", has collected the North American distribution right of this work with a price of 6 million US dollars, becoming the best in Toronto this year.

4.5 million U.S. dollars, which is incredible for an independent film. Every year, the average transaction price of the Sundance Film Festival is less than 3 million. Occasionally, it can break out the sky high price of 6 million or 8 million, but that is still a minority.

Behind this figure, one can see the fierce competition of distribution copyright. Obviously, focus film industry has spent a lot of energy in order to stand out; Second, it can be seen that the focus film industry has enough confidence in the box office prospects of the film. Whether it is a dividend or a buyout, the next "buried" box office must obtain at least 8 million or even 10 million data, so that the focus film industry will not lose money.

In short, "buried alive" once again earned enough attention. Before the closing ceremony, this oily black horse once again declared its strong sense of existence.

However, as expected, "buried alive" was not the focus of attention at the closing ceremony and award presentation ceremony of Toronto Film Festival, neither was "blue Valentine's Day". The bet between lanli and Ryan failed to win or lose. It was a draw.

"The king's speech" came from behind in the competition. It won the people's Choice Award of the 35th Toronto Film Festival and became the biggest winner of this grand event. In addition, "scorched earth city" won the best Canadian Film Award, and Director Dennis Villeneuve successfully attracted attention from all over the world.

It is worth mentioning that Weinstein Film Co., Ltd. collected the North American distribution right of "the king's speech" as early as Venice Film Festival. At present, this work has gained a positive voice in Toronto. From the early feedback of film critics, it is basically at the same level as "blue Valentine's Day" and "scorched earth city"; However, the audience's pursuit of this work is very active. The affirmation of the people's Choice Award undoubtedly contributes to the future of the award season. The Weinstein brothers are obviously confident.

By the way, the people's choice winners of the past two years have all won the best picture Oscar nominations.

The Annual Toronto Film Festival has finally come to an end. It also marks the opening of the award season in North America. Many works have been put on the stage, giving people a glimpse of the preliminary pattern of this year's award season. There are black horses, hot horses, cold horses and mainstream movies. It can be predicted that this year's award season will be very lively, and the media reporters will be excited, Can't wait to get ready for the journey.

But for Langley, he had only one idea: it was over.