Chapter 1208： It's just a small role

Although "Crash" won nothing at the Golden Globes, Lionsgate did not give up.

The Golden Globes are the Golden Globes, the Oscars are the Oscars.

"Brokeback Mountain" became the biggest winner of the Golden Globe Awards, but at the Oscars, it may not have the advantages of "Crash".

Lionsgate has already concluded that compared to "Brokeback Mountain", "Crash" has three major advantages at the Oscars!

First, the film's story takes place in Los Angeles, and most of the Oscar judges live in the Los Angeles area, so they have a deeper understanding of car culture and racial conflict than anywhere else.

Los Angeles is a city that pushes the planning concept of "bread pie" to the extreme, and "Crash" as a group play can be said to be a "bread pie" with roles, there is a natural tacit understanding between the two, and In such a place, the car is the primary vehicle for face-to-face human contact.

In this film, the crash is not just a car accident, but a symbol with sociocultural significance. Before the first shot of the film, the theme line has already emerged. "It's a touch. In any city, people need to walk, shoulder to shoulder, and even bump into each other. But in Los Angeles, no one will bump into you, Because everyone is hiding in cars made of steel and glass. We lose that normal friction, and when we collide, it's a crash, and that's when we get the feeling."

The second factor is group play.

There is no absolute protagonist in this film, but there are more than ten outstanding supporting roles. The previously announced Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award winner is Robert Altman, who is also the top master of group drama movies.

Precisely, "Crash" has inherited the essence of Ultraman, and has transformed the difficult group with more people and less drama into specialties. Not only are there many characters, but each character is shaped into flesh and blood, and even several of them have major incidents in the course of the plot. transformation. Such a film can use many actors at the same time, and use a relatively small number of scenes to give everyone a stage to fully play. Therefore, from the professional point of view of the actors, the film has a special charm.

Therefore, the film has a very high evaluation in the Actors Guild! Almost a perfect rating!

It just so happens that the Screen Actors Guild is the most influential union in Hollywood.

The third factor is that more and more Hollywood films are shot outside the United States because of the higher production costs in Hollywood. "Brokeback Mountain" is a large part of the filming in Canada.

This "loss" of film crews has caused a great negative impact on the film and television industry in the Los Angeles area, and various types of work are facing increasingly severe unemployment pressure.

In this situation, films like "Crash" that were shot locally in Los Angeles can have an effect similar to "patriotism" and "support for domestic products". It is not surprising that every country in the world has more or less a populist tradition of "supporting domestic products".

From the content point of view, the most remarkable thing about "Crash" is that it breaks Hollywood's precepts on the moral boundaries of characters and creates characters who have both virtue and vice. There are no absolute good or bad people in the film, everyone is more or less racially biased, creating misunderstandings and conflicts between different races, in which the "bad cop" played by Matt Dillon stepped forward to save and Ryan Phillippe played "" The tragic plot of "The Good Cop" makes people lament the contingency and unpredictability of life.

Collision is accidental to a certain extent. It is not necessary to dig out the ugliness of human nature every time, and it is not necessary to use the logic of overturning a boat of people with one pole to look at a group.

Although the film is gray, it is very bright in the bones, and it is very in line with the mainstream values ​​of the United States. It clarifies such a truth: no matter what language we speak, what different customs, what strange opinions we hold, in fact, most of us are kindhearted. .

At the end of the film, there is an even more unmistakable hint that this is a kind of delusion that the great unity of the people of all countries is a utopia, but as long as everyone takes a step back, put themselves in the other’s shoes and think about it, be a little more tolerant, people to people. There is no incompatibility between them.

This is probably the most respected value in America.

What does Brokeback Mountain celebrate by comparison?

Movies are art, and art should not have a fixed value concept, but should present colorful and different ideas.

But Oscar is different.

The Oscars are not cinematographic awards, but cinematographic industry awards.

If it were at the Cannes or Venice Film Festival, "Brokeback Mountain" would definitely beat "Crash" undisputedly, but at the Oscars... the role of political correctness and the US Propaganda Department must be fully reflected.

Lionsgate is ambitious in this regard.

There's still a month left until the Oscars, and another half a month before voting.

After the Golden Globes dinner, Lionsgate began to expand!

In one day, Lionsgate sent out more than 60,000 DVDs of "Crash" via FedEx!

Including the ones sent before, a total of 160,000 copies have been sent out!

Compared with the number of Oscar judges of less than 6,000, this number is terrifying.

Such enthusiastic behavior really "moved" many old judges.

Um!

Lionsgate is very dedicated to the Oscars and respects the judges!

Especially the movie "Crash" is really good.

Then, something happened.

The Oscar Organizing Committee sent a document to Lionsgate, clearly telling them that this excessive distribution of DVDs in large quantities has seriously violated the Oscar's principles of fair competition and fair selection, and is suspected of bribing the judges!

This letter poured cold water on Lionsgate's frenzied disc distribution.

...

"Warning? Just a warning?"

Dunn was a little dissatisfied when he heard that the Oscar Organizing Committee just issued a letter of warning to Lionsgate.

Mpaa's suggestion to them is to disqualify "Crash"!

Unexpectedly, Oscar adopted the means of Huairou.

They want to calm things down, Dunn definitely can't give this chance!

"Contact the media immediately! Get this out of the way! The wording of the article can be stricter, reporting all the tricks before and after "Crash", and the connection between Lionsgate and the Oscar judges. I would rather Look how thick-skinned those judges can be!"

When Tosca Musk heard Dunn's remarks, he couldn't help laughing and crying, "How can it be so exaggerated? Lionsgate...not Dunn Pictures."

"Huh?" Tang En frowned.

Tosca Musk laughed: "After receiving the notice from Oscar, Lionsgate immediately launched an investigation. Later, it was found that it was mpaa's complaint, and it was found that it was New Universal's proposal."

"so what?"

"Just now, we received a fax from Lionsgate, they told us that "Crash" will withdraw from this Oscar competition. At the same time, we apologize."

"Oh?"

This time, Dunn was surprised.

Tosca Musk said: "There is only one Dunn in Hollywood, and you are the only one who dares to single-handedly take on Hollywood. Lionsgate is just an independent film company. It annoys mpaa. What else can we do except retreat?"

Tang En smiled, "I'm quite aware of current affairs."

"Then what about this matter?"

"Since they took the initiative to admit their mistakes, let it go this time. Tell them that I have no intention of targeting Lionsgate, and they can continue to develop in Hollywood step by step, but they must abide by the rules of Hollywood, and don't do what they shouldn't do. Do it, don't even think about it!"

Tosca Musk nodded, "I see."

After she left, Tang En cocked the corner of his mouth, somewhat amused.

Yeah, just Lionsgate, a small character.

Even giants like Disney and Warner have been cleaned up by New Universal in the past few years, not to mention Lionsgate?

For them, voluntarily admitting their mistakes is probably the best outcome.

Now the new Universal, is really stomping to make Hollywood tremble three times.