Chapter 341

"So you're going to watch this documentary this afternoon?" It was Jessica who spoke, as if Cornell had never appeared before, and didn't care about the potential scandal. Even at this time, Cornell could still be seen kicking ice debris at the door.

This calm atmosphere, let blue Li once again look at with new eyes, "yes, I decided to line up to see, you?"

"I'm going to see another movie, 'Tyrannosaurus Rex'..."

The two finally got quiet, exchanging the experience of watching the film in the past three days. Compared with Toronto and trilliureid, independent films of Sundance are like stars in the sky. There are many works that Lanley has never seen or heard. Although the quality of the works varies, the pioneering spirit and exploration spirit of these independent filmmakers have opened Lanley's eyes.

After drinking coffee, Jessica took the lead to leave, and Tyrannosaurus Rex played earlier.

To stay alone, instead of rushing to pour the rest of the coffee into his mouth, Langley reflected on Cornell's words. He doesn't worry about those shadowy rumors. I believe Andy will handle them well; However, when he heard something just now, a message flashed through his mind.

After a careful recollection, lanli finally remembered“ After being disqualified for the "three days of crisis", Lion Gate was suspected of violating the rules and making low-level mistakes in the process of public relations, which led to a disaster.

As a matter of fact, the reputation of professional film critics is average, audience feedback and box office performance are not satisfactory, plus the theme of the thriller plot, it is not easy to occupy a place in the award season.

However, the complexity of the award season can not be generalized. Just like Meryl Streep, she also won the Best Actress Oscar nomination by virtue of "the queen in Prada". When people see Meryl's name, they subconsciously choose it. This sense of trust from time can not be shaken, and it is the same as the brand value.

Paul Haggis is the director and screenwriter of "three days in danger". He was the director who beat Brokeback Mountain with "car crash". As a gold medal screenwriter, he also contributed such masterpieces as "million dollar baby", "letter from Iwo Jima", "decisive battle in Ela Valley", "007: battle at the Royal casino", which can not be underestimated in Hollywood.

In addition, the hero of the film is Russell Crowe, and the supporting actor is Liam Neeson, who are Hollywood actors with strong connections and solid reputation.

Lion Gate film naturally hopes that the film can make a difference, but it didn't expect that it would be self defeating if it wanted to be good.

The so-called college public relations is actually to attend all kinds of award ceremonies and carry out publicity; Attend all kinds of media occasions and cooperate with interviews; Attend all kinds of private parties and socialize. This is similar to the election.

For example, part of the reason why "crash" could overturn "Brokeback Mountain" in those years was that the traditional white elderly judges refused to watch "Brokeback Mountain" because of their rejection of homosexuality. Lion Gate pictures, the distribution company of "crash", seized this opportunity, printed 60000 DVD discs and sent them to the judges of the college, And every so often they called to ask the judges if they had watched the film and how they felt.

However, public relations is an ambiguous word, and it is easy to fall into the trap of bribery, bribery, secret trading and other negative links. Therefore, in order to avoid violations, the Academy of film arts and Sciences has formulated relevant policies. However, there are policies above and Countermeasures below.

The Weinstein brothers are no doubt adept at drilling holes in the rules.

In 1998, after "Shakespeare's love story" won the Oscar nomination, the Weinstein brothers quickly prepared a series of celebration parties for director John Madden, including three influential senior judges of the Academy. In fact, it's against the rules of the Academy: the producers can't hold social events for nominees with members of the Academy.

But the Weinstein brothers explained, "I'm sorry to have three college members present, but it was a news event. If you want to make news, you'll have to bring in some celebrities. "

Similar to the edge ball, even the college has no choice but to acquiesce.

This time, Lion Gate pictures, eager for success, was caught by the academy by accident. It's not surprising that it made a warning to others. However, to take a step back, the competitiveness of the "three days of crisis" is limited, and it is not too regrettable that none of the nominations above the Golden Globe Award have been received, and they have been deprived of the qualification to compete.

The reason why this news attracted Lan Li's attention was that he thought of "burying alive". He finally remembered why he didn't get any nominations in his last life!

In the last century, the distribution company of "buried alive" was Lion Gate pictures. At that time, Lion Gate pictures was suspected of illegal canvassing and was disqualified by the college. As a result, in the subsequent Oscar nomination list, no trace, nothing.

In this life, at the Toronto Film Festival, Lion Gate was also one of the most powerful competitors to "bury" alive. But in the end, they chose the focus film industry, and lenley gave them their opinions.

In fact, at that time, Lan Li didn't think much about it. He just talked about it on its own. He didn't remember the last life at all. Did not expect, unintentionally but dodged a bullet“ It's impossible to know whether "buried alive" still retains the hope of impacting the Oscars because it has switched to the focus film industry.

Thinking of this, Langley dials Andy.

It's not Andy who answers the phone, but his assistant Nancy Kingsley, "... Randy, Andy's not convenient now, or will you call back later?" Nancy's voice was a bit awkward.

Andy's furious voice came from the background of the phone. "Does he have no brain? I've seen arrogant, I've never seen such stupid! Who does he think he is? idiot! idiot! Idiot After that, there was a series of rude remarks, which was very unpleasant.

Lanli was slightly surprised.

Since he met Andy, he has always been a smiling Maitreya Buddha image, and he doesn't even feel too aggressive. He takes it for granted that Andy is an introverted and strategic personality, but now it seems that even the upper class can break out. What's more, Andy is not one of those British aristocrats.

"I'll call back later." Lan Li didn't ask a word more and hung up with a smile.

But less than two minutes after the phone was put down, Andy called back and said, "blue, what's the matter? Is everything all right in Sundance? " The gentle smile came from the other end of the phone, as if nothing had happened just now.

"Good, I'm fine." Lanli nodded in affirmation. Compared with Toronto and triliureid, lanli's life has become much more convenient now that he has an assistant around him. "I'm calling to ask you about our current situation. Is everything ok?"

Andy frowned slightly. "What did you hear?" He knew that lanli's personality was not aimless.

Randy said Cornell's question briefly, and then heard Andy sigh. He couldn't help but smile. "What happened?"

Andy rubbed his temple. He didn't intend to tell Lan Li that everything had been dealt with anyway. But on second thought, he decided to open his mouth. "Chris sparring wrote an email privately, sent it to the college, and boasted about his work. Fortunately, the public relations team of focus film immediately found out that he intercepted the email, so as to avoid causing disaster."

Chris Sparling, the screenwriter for buried alive.

Lan Li only met him a few times and nodded his head to say hello. He didn't know each other very well. What did he write Looking back at Andy's anger just now, I think it's definitely not that simple.

"It's about praising yourself so much that you think you deserve an Oscar nomination..." Andy said only half of his words, then took a deep breath. "In short, it's an email of arrogance and conceit. More shameless than Nicolas charter. I know that people in Hollywood are always confident and proud, but it's the first time I've seen such a cheeky person. "

Before Andy became Langley's agent, they had discussed the topic of "actor's confidence", but now it comes out again. Lan Li was dumbfounded and laughed, "after being too arrogant, it can be explained as ignorance."

Nicholas chatier is the producer of the "bomb disposal unit". In last year's award season, the competition between the "bomb disposal unit" and "Avatar" was particularly fierce, even the bayonet became popular. Nicholas privately sent an email to the Academy judges, hoping that they would vote for the "bomb disposal unit" instead of "for the $500 million movie.".

The Academy explicitly prohibited any form of private canvassing e-mail. After the east window incident, it caused an uproar. However, at that time, the Oscar nomination list had been announced, and the Academy could not cancel the nomination. In the end, it just banned Nicholas from attending the award ceremony and made a hasty decision.

However, in order to make up for the scandal, the public relations team of the "bomb disposal unit" was so busy that it recovered the situation and finally won the title.

Now, Chris's behavior is even more serious than Nicholas's, Langley immediately understood, "hard work."

A simple words, but let Andy mouth appeared a smile. In the past three days, he has been busy wiping Chris' buttocks. It's almost like his feet are on fire. It's hard to control the collateral damage to a minimum. He hasn't slept for 70 hours. Now the pressure is at its peak, and three cups of espresso can't relieve any of it.

Think about it carefully. If he didn't have expectations for lanli, he would pay close attention to every move of "buried alive" in the award season; If he had not interfered in the publicity and public relations of "buried alive", he would have put the focus of this year's work on this work; If it wasn't for the focus, the film industry would check the communication of the whole team under his tireless request

So the present situation is unimaginable. The end of "three days of crisis" is the tomorrow of "buried alive".

It's chilling just to describe it in your mind. Rao is Andy used to big scenes, but also out of a cold sweat.