~： Four hundred and eighteen - a heartfelt sermon on Wayne

"Todd McCarthy, a special columnist film critic for The Hollywood Reporter, is also one of the representatives of the Mesozoic film critics."

Seeing that Naomi Watts raised the corners of his mouth and smiled involuntarily, Bruce Rosenblum said with a smile, "His film reviews are usually known for being sarcastic, but as long as Wayne's new film is released, he will It's like a different person, the reviews are mostly praise-based, and Todd McCarthy is known to be a die-hard Wayne fan."

"I know him." Naomi Watts rolled her eyes, she knew that Wayne and the executive had a very good relationship, so she asked without any cover, "I want this well-known film critic to play every time. To praise Wayne's film for life, I think Warner Bros. paid a lot of PR fees?"

As early as three or four years ago, when an Australian actress was chatting with Wayne, she heard the other person comment on the group of film critics. In the mouth of the man, this is a group of leeches that **** blood from the production company. , She also gradually understood the truth.

"No, you guessed wrong."

Bruce Rosenblum suddenly grinned, and it seemed that if it wasn't for the wrong occasion, he would be able to laugh and bend over. "Nami, if Wayne knew you had so little confidence in him, he would be heartbroken."

Naomi Watts raised her eyebrows and said indifferently, "Really? Are you sure that man will be sad for a certain woman? Stop teasing, Bruce, no one will know him better than me, know that for a while, Including me, he looked at women like he was looking at a pet, or a toy."

The director of Warner Bros. listened for a while and shrugged helplessly. Of course he knew exactly what kind of man Wayne was. He was a typical Hollywood tycoon. He was always open to women, and it was his reputation at most. Better, the things promised to the woman will definitely be done.

Over the years, he has seen many bigwigs with a similar style of behavior, such as Kevin Tesohara, who has been promoted to the CEO of Time Warner Group, and now Jeff Robinoff, the same is true, even he himself is the same.

"Nami, I can see that you are the most special one to Wayne, and you are also the mother of his child, which is very important, isn't it?"

"Hmm." Naomi Watts nodded, obviously not denying it, she looked at several film critics not far away again, and asked, "You just said I guessed wrong, where is the mistake? ?"

Bruce Rosenblum put away his smile and took a sip from his glass. "It's very simple, although Warner Bros. has given Todd McCarthy PR, they can't let him praise Wayne so generously. So, he really likes The Departed, not because of our PR."

"Like it"

The group of film critics were still discussing the film, and most of the people's opinions were full of praise for Wayne, and these nice words were passed into Naomi Watts' ears word for word. .

Everyone likes to listen to praise, even if it's not her, the Australian actress also loves to listen to it, but in her heart, there is still a little doubt. Listening to the opinions of these so-called professional film critics, it is obvious that they are very optimistic about Wayne and this "The Departed".

However, Naomi Watts also watched the movie from beginning to end, and even the creator of the movie occasionally explained, but except for the dark style of Greenberg that can be seen at a glance, she really didn't see it. what a special place.

If there is really anything special, it is far beyond the scale of Wayne's previous works. The scale of blood, violence, foul language, etc. is very large. In the second half of the film, she was faintly disgusted and disgusted.

She had seen the original script of "The Departed" a long time ago, at least from the script written by Wayne, the scale shown is much smaller than that in the movie. After watching the movie, she found that the whole story was handled crudely and directly. All I can say is that the pictures are always more shocking than the words.

Naomi Watts really wanted to know what other women thought, but what these people said at the reception was obviously not true, and they would only praise the film.

So she raised her head, looked at Bruce Rosenblum seriously, and asked, "Bruce, is this movie really that good? To be honest, this is my least favorite of all Wayne's works."

Unexpectedly, Bruce Rosenblum nodded. "Nami, I also don't like this film. Wayne's extreme production method in "The Departed" is doomed to have a crisis of polarized word of mouth. However, this does not prevent me from standing on a professional point of view. , recognize the greatness of this film."

The Australian actress laughed and joked, "Perhaps, the reason why those people praised the film was more or less polite."

And this thought didn't last for a few seconds. When she found that Wayne's figure was coming among the crew members at the entrance of the banquet hall, and then, almost most of the guests in the banquet hall surrounded him again, and everyone was praising him. Watching the video, talking about similar blessings.

Among the crowd, the most frequently heard sentence was that this was a shocking masterpiece, which had to make Naomi Watts overturn her judgment.

The lights on the scene were very bright, and she observed it very clearly. Most of the insiders who came forward to congratulate had smiles on their faces, but they were definitely not polite smiles. Since everyone is saying this, then this film is undoubtedly Just a masterpiece.

"You're a very smart woman, Nami." Bruce Rosenblum was also looking at the crowd, which, with Wayne at the center, became the central point of the entire ballroom. "This film is not made for female audiences at all. You can't find the beauty and splendor in it. It's normal. Not only the female group, but I believe there will also be many male audiences who will also not like this film."

Naomi Watts was waiting for the crowd to disperse, planning to go over there after the chat was over. "Hey, Bruce, didn't you just say that you don't like this movie yourself?"

"Don't get confused, I don't like the way the story is presented, but I love The Departed."

Bruce Rosenblum smiled brightly. "In other words, I love every step of Wayne's film, don't forget, I am the main person in charge of all his film distribution work, and almost every film's big sales can bring me a very good performance .

I believe that this film will become a carnival for some fans, and is very likely to be regarded as a classic in this genre by film noir fans, and it will also bring me a lot of money. "

His words are very realistic. As an executive of Warner Bros., dazzling performance means big and generous bonuses. In his eyes, movies have never been related to art, and are simply a product of business.

The two of them had been chatting leisurely by the side, but Wayne was very busy here. There were many people who came to say hello. He had to deal with all of them decently under Nina's prompt.

The ultimate goal of "The Departed" is still the Oscar statuette, so it is doomed. He cannot ignore any member of the academy with voting rights, representatives of every major media, and every film critic, big and small.

It seems that all practitioners in this circle have artistic attributes, but 90% of them have the same reality behind them. Here, if you think that you can get everything you want by making a good movie, that is the idea of ​​pure children.

"The Departed" is different from all his previous films. In this film, he doesn't just want the market. If he wants to gain something from professional awards, he must take into account the professional scores of film critic representatives, and Publicity channels represented by authoritative media.

Just like these well-known film critics in front of them, Todd McCarthy has his own column on The Hollywood Reporter, Kenneth Turan has his own position on the Los Angeles Times, and another relatively unfamiliar David Denby is a sign of The New Yorker.

"Wayne, I don't like your 'Happy Death Day' and 'The Clown'."

David Dembey, who had just met through the introduction of Todd McCarthy, was chatting with a glass of champagne.

"Happy Death Day, let's not mention the juvenile shooting techniques, while "The Clown's Horror" is completely commercial, you shouldn't shoot that kind of thing, it's wasting your precious creative period.

Since the 1990s, throughout Hollywood there are not many directors with such a distinctive shooting style, and among these few, you are the one who is likely to achieve the greatest achievement. I have carefully watched every step of your work before, and almost all of them have made great progress. Movie fans all over the world need a director with unique personal style like you. "

At this time, although Wayne had a smile on his face, there was already a hint of impatience in his heart, but he still raised his glass and gestured to the other party. "Thank you for the compliment."

To be honest, he doesn't have any good feelings for the group of film critics. Except for Todd McCarthy and Kenneth Turan in Los Angeles, he doesn't like film critics in other cities. In the past few years, these people have also been subjected to public relations. Talked bad about him.

The reason why Roger Albert, who was far away in Chicago, hated him in his heart was because of his condescending and didactic temperament. Now the much younger film critic in front of him also has a similar didactic temperament.

"Wayne."

Obviously, in the eyes of David Denby at this time, this young Hollywood director is not as difficult to speak as the outside world has said.

"You used the ultimate dark style to find your own way in Hollywood, and even in the world, stick to it, don't let all fans think that Hollywood can only produce popcorn like an assembly line, and you made this film. Very good, don't put too much emphasis on box office results, art is forever"

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