Chapter 877： Brotherhood

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"Good evening, dear Mr. Bell, I mean, Mr. Bell, Mr. Bell." It was Harvey Weinstein who spoke, with a genial smile on his face, not deliberately cheerful or hidden. Inner joy, this seemingly unassuming smile, has a kind of affinity that makes people feel good. While speaking, accompanied by his own voice, he nodded to Teddy Bell and Evan Bell respectively, "Nice to meet you. I'm Harvey, this is Bob."

"Teddy, Evan." It was Teddy Bell who came out to socialize. Seeing that Harvey Weinstein didn't put on airs, he introduced himself casually, "I can sit down with Mr. Weinstein for an interview. , this is an affirmation of our company's work." The Weinstein brothers' good vision can be said to be well-known in Hollywood, and not all the movies they like are good works, but at least it shows that this work has worthy of attention.

"Haha, Teddy, you obviously embarrassed us by saying this. Evan's eyes have never missed it, and his works are always able to make people's eyes shine." Harvey Weinstein laughed heartily He got up, although he said polite words, but the sincere tone was not stiff at all, which made the talker feel very comfortable. "By the way, looking at my memory, I actually forgot the most important thing. Evan, congratulations, congratulations on winning your first Silver Lion Award."

Without waiting for Evan Bell to react, while Harvey Weinstein was still saying this, Bob Weinstein, who was sitting next to him, took out a small box with exquisite packaging. Harvey Weinstein As soon as Ernstein's voice fell, Bob Weinstein went on to say that there was no room for Evan Bell to interject. Obviously, the two brothers had a tacit understanding. I want to send a bunch of flowers, but think about men sending flowers to men. It's too strange, so I finally decided to choose a small gift. I don't know if Evan smokes or not, this is a lighter, even if he doesn't smoke, it is also a decoration Very refined."

Bob Weinstein's speech is also very artistic, with a little ridicule and a little humor, and he can justify his speech, which makes people unable to find a point of refutation for a while.

Evan Bell sighed inwardly. Sure enough, the Weinstein brothers showed their excellent social skills as soon as they met. The two Bell brothers were still too young compared to them. However, on the surface Evan Bell did not reveal any emotions. He just took it over with a smile, "Thank you very much. It seems that this week is my lucky day. Not only did I win the Silver Lion Award, I met new friends, and I also got gifts. I should go buy a lottery ticket tomorrow and try it out."

Evan Bell also has something to say in his words. The sentence "Meeting new friends" has virtually narrowed the distance between the two parties. This is an art of speaking that is not easy to detect in the language. It is very important in social situations.

"It's true that you need a bit of luck to win an award, but more often you need strength. If you don't have strength, you can't even be shortlisted, so what about luck." Harvey Weinstein's words are absolutely true If you win an award, you need strength to rely on it at any time. "The 'mysterious skin' this time is really good. If someone ignores it because this is the second work you directed, it will be fatal. Wrong. Everyone should go into the cinema and watch this movie. I think everyone will have something for themselves." Harvey-Weinstein hardly put any effort into it. He quietly shifted the topic to "mysterious skin".

"Oh, no, no. Even if I win the Silver Lion Award, this work is destined to not be widely promoted, and the audience is not so easy to buy." Evan Bell said modestly, in fact, at the same time Let's take a step back and see what the Weinstein brothers' positioning of "Mysterious Skin" is. "Homosexuality, pedophilia, AIDS... that kind of stuff doesn't get the audience to go to the cinema."

It's like "Vera Drake", which just won the Golden Lion Award, because of its sensitive subject matter, even if it wins the grand prize, it is destined to not be widely released; the same is true for "Going to the Sea", which won the Silver Lion Award, the Jury Award. Evan Bell has known this for a long time. At the Sundance Film Festival where "Death Illusion" was released, this was not the case for the "believers" who won the grand prize, because it involved many sensitive topics such as religion and politics. In the end, the screening can only be limited in some ** theaters. That's it. Winning the award does not mean audience recognition, it can only be said that the organizer of this award ceremony, the affirmation of the artistry of this work, is nothing more than that.

"Evan shouldn't care about these, the box office, the media's evaluation, and the sensitivity of the subject matter, so these are not problems at all." Bob Weinstein took the topic with a smile, with a trace of exploration in his eyes , seems to want to understand Evan Bell's mind.

The Weinstein brothers have a deep understanding of Evan Bell's works since his debut. Each work can be said to be full of personality, even if it is a commercial blockbuster "Sniper Phone Booth", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Mechanical Enemy", It is also full of Evan Bell's style, which cannot be compared with other commercial films. So, Bob Weinstein will say this.

This time it was Teddy Bell who answered, "Why don't you care? There is no box office and Eleven Studios will lose money. Dreams are one thing, but if you can't even make a living, dreams will cease to exist. Therefore, we will still look at the opinions of the media, and we will also include the box office values ​​into the reference category.” What Teddy Bell didn’t say is that these reference data are all watched by him and Eden Hudson, and Evan -Bell pays little attention.

"It's a fact, it's a fact." Harvey Weinstein nodded again and again, "It's just that the difference between Eleven Studios and the big film companies is that the box office is not the first element of your reference data, nor are the awards, but the works. "Harvey Weinstein finished, giving Evan Bell a meaningful look.

Since they are going to negotiate, the Weinstein brothers naturally have a deep understanding of the entire Eleven Studio, and they are naturally clear about this. One of the reasons why the film companies in the circle are rushing to Evan Bell is that they are willing to believe that as long as it is a script that Evan Bell likes, it means that the quality of the script has passed the test. Feel.

Evan Bell was not surprised that Harvey Weinstein's pre-intelligence work was well prepared, so in the face of Harvey Weinstein's gaze, Evan Bell just smiled, "What about you? Mira And what about Max? Isn't that the case? 'Fahrenheit 911' made Disney miserable."

Evan Bell's abrupt mention of "Fahrenheit 911" immediately made the Weinstein brothers glance at each other, and there was a flash of strangeness in their eyes. Only the two brothers could understand the meaning of this.

"Fahrenheit 911" is a movie released in the same time period as "Love Notebook", and it also overwhelmed "Love Notebook" at the box office, and its box office appeal is surprising.

"Fahrenheit 911" is a documentary directed by Michael Moore. By telling the truth about the Iraq war and the war on terror, it directly fires at the US government, to be precise, at President Bush. Michael Moore bluntly stated that he doesn't care about the reputation of the film, he just hopes that the film can change the US presidential election in November. "If someone gives up voting for Bush after watching the film, the film is considered a success."

The government will definitely not like this kind of work. Disney, which has always paid attention to good relations with the government, immediately banned "Fahrenheit 911" from the US theaters, on the grounds that the film might cause trouble for the presidential election. For fear of making things difficult for the government in the future, other distribution companies did not dare to accept the film, including Miramax.

It is necessary to talk about the film control system in the United States here. The United States implements a grading system, and it is voluntary. In other words, the U.S. government has no right to order the ban of a certain film, because the U.S. Constitution provides citizens with freedom of speech. However, in order to have a good relationship with the government, these non-governmental organizations and film companies will take the initiative not to release films that the government does not like, or to give higher ratings.

However, "Fahrenheit 911" unexpectedly won the Palme d'Or at the following Cannes Film Festival, and it was also the first time that a documentary won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival With the halo of the Palme d'Or and the previous A stunt to ban distribution, Miramax decided to release "Fahrenheit 911" despite strong opposition from Disney. In this way, "Fahrenheit 911" can land in the United States.

The huge political impact caused by Miramax's release of "Fahrenheit 911" made Disney very angry. The Weinstein Brothers' insistence made Michael Inas furious. What annoyed Disney most was that Miramax, a subsidiary company, actually made public Rebelling against the head office's orders is not a good sign. It just so happened that although the agreement between the two parties only expired in 2009, one of the agreements stated that Disney had the right to renegotiate and confirm the agreement in 2005. So Disney has begun to consider sitting down with the Weinstein brothers to discuss the separation.

"Michael Inas always wanted to keep everything in his hands, power, that's what he valued most. He's got a pretty fitting nickname now, 'Tyrant'. So I think, a tyrant reigns The fairy tale kingdom is indeed different from Miramax's original intention." Harvey Weinstein did not shy away from his disdain for Michael Inas, their contradictions have become public, "Miramax is hope Dig out excellent works and let more audiences see these good movies, 'Mysterious Skin' is such a good work. We are very hopeful to get the distribution rights of this movie."

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