Hollywood Domination Chapter 143: A film critic’s appetite

"The judges praised Christopher Hanks, who made a great breakthrough in acting in "The Fifth Sally", and his performance was amazing."

"The famous French director Claire Denis praised Jennifer Jefferson, the biggest highlight of this year's Venice Film Festival: 'Jennifer's performance surprised everyone, she is the best actress of this generation in the United States.'"

""The Fifth Sally" conquered Venice, and the on-site purchase of the film is very popular, and the distribution rights of more than 20 countries have been sold in advance"

"Judge Zhong Acheng talked about "The Fifth Sally": 'I became a fan of Jennifer Jefferson'"

Although Hollywood does not buy the three major film festivals, it is mainly because the three major film festivals do not focus on American films. If American films get attention and praise in Venice, the media will still recognize the style of the three major film festivals , Under the influence of Weinstein's contacts, these news conversations that actually happened in Venice were also sent back to China one by one. With the help of Jennifer's injury, they became the entertainment headlines of major news websites, making " The Fifth Sally has completed its first wave of publicity very well, and it has also ignited the curiosity of veteran movie fans about this magical movie——

"David Fincher, Christopher Hanks, Jennifer Jefferson, any of these three names can support 10 million box office." In the movie discussion section of IMDB, veteran movie fan Romefan223 is excited He wrote, "Now the three of them are together, and it's my favorite thriller again, man, just watching the trailer, this is already the movie I'm most looking forward to this awards season. After watching the Venice Film Festival After the report? Anticipation + anticipation! Double anticipation! But I have to admit, I was surprised that Jennifer Jefferson was the one who received good reviews. After all, looking at the styling, it seems that Christopher has more breakthroughs."

Title 'The Fifth Sally' Conquers the Venice Film Festival? When will it come to conquer us' discussion thread, quickly got more than a dozen replies, these senior movie fans don't have much fan mentality, they completely view the hundreds of movies released every year from the perspective of movies and performances, and Compared with those big-budget commercial films, what they prefer to discuss is of course films with more connotations. Therefore, on the discussion board, "The Fifth Sally" received more attention than the previous commercial films starring Jenny and Chris. Some movie fans have already reposted French and Italian movie reviews to the forum for everyone to watch and satisfy their hunger.

"Yeah, Chris sacrificed a lot to win the award, but Jennifer's change is also very noticeable," breeze13579 replied, "The part where she plays by the river in the trailer is amazing, she It looks so different. I've always thought Jennifer was a talented actress, it's just that she's been in commercials before and it's nice that she's finally reaching her potential - does anyone know about this When will this movie be on demand?"

"Anyone predict who in this Golden Triangle will be nominated for an Oscar? It seems that David Fincher is going to be frustrated this year. Both Chris and J.J. have received extraordinary praise, but the quality of the film seems to be Few comments." Someone re-opened the thread.

"Hey man, it's just been to a festival, see it and then judge it! Who doesn't know what a festival tastes like, and if "The Fifth Sally" is in competition, it's bad News." This is David Fincher's fans defending their favorite director.

While everyone in the movie forum was discussing "The Fifth Sally", Jennifer and Chris's fan forums also had completely different reactions. In Jennifer's forum, most of the fans were looking forward to her For the new work, they will definitely support the box office, but some people are prepared that the film itself will be boring-after all, this is a psychological thriller. For most girls who like to watch commercial films, if it is not J.J., they will definitely Wouldn't go into a movie theater to support a movie like this.

And in Christopher's forum, the fans' reaction was even more intense. After all, not everyone of Chris's fans can accept his appearance. For them, this is the scariest point of the movie. But there are also many fans who support Chris's decision to compete for awards as an actor. The two sides insist on their own opinions, and several conflicts have broken out.

As for the mother fans who don't use the Internet much, many of them don't know that their favorite actor is going to be in this movie, because Weinstein simply didn't have the money to do "The Fifth Sally" on TV Commercials, even if they had the money, they wouldn't act because psychological thrillers don't do that well in TV commercials.

However, no matter how fierce the fans' reaction is, it is not as great as the reaction of film critics and producers: "The Fifth Sally" is an Olympic film, and everyone knows this well. You can tell by looking at the schedule, but no one would have thought that "The Fifth Sally" would be a real success in Venice, and even overwhelmed the limelight of competing films, becoming the most mentioned name by the judges, especially Christopher and Jennifer, the number of times the two are talked about is almost the same, at least that's what I read in newspapers and magazines-could it be that these two people really contributed to god-level performances? Are they really going to succeed in the Olympics this year?

For insiders, the film industry is actually not that big. Professional filmmakers know how many good films are produced in the world every year. In fact, filmmakers are very clear in their hearts. Maybe the general public will feel dazzled when they read the public relations articles in the newspaper. This is a masterpiece and that is a breakthrough work. But for professionals, what is blowing and what is water can be understood at a glance: for example The same is to participate in the film festival to issue a press release. If the press release mainly focuses on the red carpet photos and interviews of the movie star himself, it goes without saying that this film definitely did not cause any splashes at the film festival, even if the press release says "Get all It is not credible at all if the judges praised it.

And if the speaker is named, and the occasion of the speech is mentioned, then it is a public relations draft with real materials, at least it has spent real money to publicize the speaker's praise After all, it is impossible for a newspaper to fabricate what someone has said, otherwise the speaker's rebuttal will damage the credibility of the media itself.

Like "The Fifth Sally", there are almost no photos of Jennifer, and it is completely a report quoted by the judges on various occasions? Although there will also be lenient elements, it can also be seen that "The Fifth Sally" is indeed very popular at the film festival, at least it has become the most frequently talked about film among hundreds of films, and It can be regarded as stealing the limelight of other countries' films and maintaining a "national prestige" for Hollywood... Moreover, considering that Chris himself went to the Venice Film Festival, there must be more reports related to him, so if this is the case, the entire film The best performer was really Jennifer Jefferson. At least the news related to her was directly quoted from the original words. Many of the news that praised Christopher were "praise from the judges".

"Jennifer Jefferson has only acted in an art film for the first time, is her performance already this good?" Many film critics and senior actors are a little itchy. It can only be used as a reference. Most people want to rely on their own judgment to decide the quality of the film.

"Harvey, you have to leave me a ticket when the show is ordered."

"When the **** are you guys ordering, Jim? How about an in-house screening at your house?"

"Dear David, we would like to invite you to give a lecture at NYU. Would you like to have a preview of the new movie?"

Phone calls from all kinds of people disturbed the core members of "The Fifth Sally", which also fully demonstrated that the degree of attention of the film itself is rising in a straight line. Under such circumstances, on September 10, That is, not long after the Venice Film Festival craze for "The Fifth Sally" faded, Weinstein Films announced two news.

1 "The Fifth Sally" has already recovered its cost and made a profit only through the copyright transaction at the Venice Film Festival.

2 "The Fifth Sally" will be screened in 20 cities in the United States in October, and two internal previews are scheduled to be held in Los Angeles in early October. The address of the on-demand cinema and the way to purchase tickets can be found below the statement.

For movies, there is no better way to prove themselves than money. Attracting multi-national copyright deals at the Venice Film Festival is enough to demonstrate the quality of the movie itself. The phone calls were blown up by movie fans, and many curious, but not so reserved film critics, in order to win the invitation letter for the preview, also played a part and contacted Weinstein-of course, they were also unavoidable. The international copyright agents attracted by the first news, they want to win the agency rights of "The Fifth Sally", and help it to be released around the world, earning a generous commission.

However, these copyright agents will be disappointed. Weinstein Pictures has signed a multi-country distribution contract with Bowei Distribution Company, and has resold the distribution rights of several ticket warehouse countries to Disney. As for the other markets The smaller, country that didn't have the requisite in-person distribution, also sold for a pretty decent sum at the Venice Film Festival. All these international agents can plan is the release of future DVD agents...

The gossip media are still waiting outside the home of Jennifer Jefferson, who has just been discharged from the hospital, speculating about the development of her relationship with Josh Blanche: such a serious filming accident did not allow Josh to return home with his girlfriend Hollywood, although he also rushed back to Hollywood to visit J.J, but he only stayed for a day before returning to the crew. This made many paparazzi feel suspicious—Josh, who has always been a model boyfriend, seems to be acting very unmodelly this time. Could it be that their relationship will inevitably fade as they work together? This is not uncommon. You must know that although many couples met because of drama, working together seems to be the only way to break up couples. Several couples broke up after filming together.

Of course, in addition to this point, they are also concerned about the almost inevitable lawsuit between Disney and Jennifer. Jennifer is completely a work-related injury, and the crew must bear full responsibility. How are the lawyers for both parties? After all, few people can reach an agreement outside the court, and most of them have to go to court to be judged by the law. ——In terms of Jennifer's worth, her appetite for claiming less than one million is considered small. After all, considering the height she fell at that time, if she was unlucky, she would have more than a slight concussion.

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"Thank you, Bob," Jenny said softly on the phone while turning the silent TV channel on her large and comfortable sofa, "don't say that, you are too kind , no, no, one and a half million is a very generous number, I have nothing to dissatisfy..."

After a few polite words with Robert Iger on the phone, Jenny smiled and said, "It's a pity that I can only lie down recently, otherwise I will definitely come to the party last night, I hope you like my gift, yes , Cesare spoke to me on the phone last night... as long as Amanda liked my gift... yes, I've got the script, but haven't read it yet—"

Building a good personal relationship with the company CEO, in fact, it is often difficult to tell who is benefiting. For example, in this incident, Jenny gave up suing the crew for high compensation, but the crew did not treat her badly, medical expenses and Follow-up treatment costs are all covered, and 1.5 million cash compensation is a fair compensation amount for a mild concussion. Of course, the crew prop master who was doing maintenance at that time had already been fired from the crew. ——With the tacit cooperation between the two parties, Weinstein signed the overseas distribution rights of "The Fifth Sally" to his old club Disney, which is tantamount to easing the relationship between the two parties. Robert Iger also made an offer to Jenny A very lucrative new contract: In addition to the commercial film that the two parties originally planned to invest in together—that is, "Alice in Wonderland" that Jenny intends to star in, Miramax, a subsidiary of Disney, is also willing to jointly invest with Jenny's Big Dream For a movie, Jenny will choose the script and she will act. As long as there is a partner with a schedule, whether it is a producer, director or actor, Disney has a way to let them star.

The meaning of this invitation is actually tantamount to telling Jenny that Disney intends to make an actress for her. If you go through a needle and go through a thread, no one will believe it. After Michael Eisner forced the Weinstein brothers out, Miramax has not recovered until now. Except for the Olympic films that were cast and shot during Weinstein's administration, few new projects can be mentioned. of. And Weinstein turned into "The Fifth Sally" in a blink of an eye-for the directors, they may not all agree that Eisner forced the Weinstein brothers away, but after the two parties broke up, they have not continued to cooperate possible. Not long after Iger took office, he started cooperating with Weinstein and got the distribution rights of this hit. For the directors, it doesn’t matter which one is more suitable for Disney. Say it?

After so many exchanges of interests, the relationship between Jenny and Robert is no longer based on flattery and flattery. In a hurry to choose a script, she must put quality first and create a masterpiece for Austria. As for other things, Disney can take care of her.

And of course Jenny can't be indifferent to his enthusiasm, although in her opinion, it is better to count on Weinstein than Disney: she has always heard that Weinstein almost controlled the entire Oscar, but she didn't hear it. It is said that Disney has the reputation of being an Oscar professional, but being able to get closer to Robert will definitely have great benefits, such as "Alice in Wonderland", although it is impossible for her to play Alice, but whether it is the Queen of Hearts or White Queen, if you can participate in the investment with just a splash of soy sauce, then Dameng's dividends will be calculated in hundreds of millions, the difference is only a few hundred million. This is not to mention that if Dameng makes its own movies in the future, it can still get a very good global distribution contract, and establish its own global distribution system with the help of Disney-if there is such a day.

After finishing the call with Robert, Jenny let out a sigh of relief, turned on the TV, and watched "Survivor" patiently.

Mary got up and went to the kitchen to pour her a glass of water, she said with a smile. "Thank you - don't you really want to go back to the set now? At least there is no mobile phone signal there."

"What do you think? I want to stand up and run for hours." Jenny complained, "I feel like I'm growing flesh all over my body."

Because of the concussion, although she has been discharged from the hospital, she cannot return to the production team immediately to start work. She has to do a period of training in Hollywood, mainly lying down, and avoiding all strenuous exercise until the next follow-up consultation to confirm that she is completely Only when you recover can you return to the crew. ——It is true that Jenny still has occasional dizziness and vomiting now, so she dare not ignore the doctor's advice seriously, and become a housekeeper in a serious manner.

However, she is much busier than the average house girl who doesn't have much social life. Recently, friends from all walks of life have heard that something happened to her. After her phone can be connected, the concerned calls must be one after another. , and the concern of some bigwigs in the industry, she can't do it seriously, Jenny feels like a call specialist in a customer service center these days, drinking at least a few glasses of honey water to moisten her throat every day.

"I'll be back for a follow-up visit in a week." Mary said relievedly, "After that, you can run and jump—but Jane, do you really not consider the crew's proposal? Let the stand-in do the martial arts for you later , not much anyway..."

"Of course not." Jenny glanced at Mary, "I've done this for martial arts, how could I give up the gimmick of 'no need for a double' for the remaining few scenes?"

"But..." Mary struggled.

"Don't worry, the crew should be finishing my martial arts drama soon," Jenny said with relief, "After that, there will be some literary dramas, nothing to worry about, and after that, the naval battles will be filmed in China, and nothing will happen in the studio of."

"Okay," Mary sighed, "do you want to read the script that Disney sent you now?"

"I've checked it all over," said Jenny, "you can send it to Cesare's office, and let him pick the one that is most likely to win the prize..." Her gold finger failed in these It works in the candidate script, but she doesn't remember any of the Olympic films here, and she really can't read it with God, so the best way is of course to push it to the almighty Cesare.

"No problem, what would you like to have for dinner?" Mary asked courteously.

But at the same time, in another room, a cell phone rang again, and Mary rushed over to get it for Jenny, "Someone's phone."

She made a face at Jenny, and Jenny waved her hand and picked up the phone.

"Have you returned to China?" she asked—it was a prepaid mobile phone she bought to talk to Chris after she left for filming, so Mary didn't need to think too much about it. Chris's phone call.

"Well." Chris's voice was a little dull, "Are you home? I want to come and see you."

"Chris..." Jenny said helplessly, "There are at least 20 paparazzi around my house now...and you know what the gossip is spreading now—even Cesare came to visit me now We need to take Mary as a cover."

"Just open the door for me later." Chris hung up the phone after speaking, and Jenny stared at the phone for a while: It seemed as if she could not open the door for him if he really came. Whether the door is opened or not, it will be big news, and the news of not opening the door is obviously more vicious.

"Call Cesare." She told Mary, "Tell him that Chris is going crazy, if he doesn't want to see us in the headlines tomorrow, he'd better keep him—"

But before she finished speaking, the doorbell rang, and Mary glanced at Jenny suspiciously: "It's the doorbell at the back door."

Jenny pressed her forehead, "Oh, I'm starting to have a headache..."

In order to facilitate the owner to manage the garden iron gate, Jenny's house has a centralized monitoring center. Mary carefully looked at Jenny's face and turned on the computer on the coffee table, "Who's there?"

"Someone said that your house needs to repair the plumbing, Missy." A rough voice said, and a fat worker appeared on the monitor, "A guy named Chris called me."

Mary started to laugh, "Okay, come in." She pressed the door open button, and she could see from the monitor that a pickup truck drove into the courtyard. Two workers wearing hats and carrying tool boxes passed the camera detection of the paparazzi and entered the back door of the mansion.

"Does anyone need service? Missy." A moment later, Christopher put one hand in the pocket of his orange overalls and walked in happily whistling. While tearing off his fake beard, he winked at Jenny— ——Because of the fake beard, his voice was muffled, "You look really beautiful, girl."

Jenny looked at the Gap home clothes she was wearing (crumpled) and touched her hair (disheveled everywhere), she looked at Christopher wordlessly, sighed, and nodded to the fat worker He greeted him and asked Chris, "Is he reliable?"

"Don't worry, Andy is Jack's brother, one of his own." Chris said that Jack was his assistant, and he turned around and punched Andy, "Brother, they have Xbox, PS2... everything , you can do whatever you want."

Jenny smirked and said, "Yeah, feel free to treat it as your own home, Andy."

Mary stepped up in good time, "I'll take you to the game room, do you need a Coke? Andy, why don't we go to the kitchen to get some snacks first..."

Soon there were only Jenny and Christopher left in the living room, and Chris shamelessly squeezed into Jenny and sat down, "Let me look at the back of your head—well, that bag is gone, and you don't look as good anymore." Much better."

Jenny looked at him angrily for a while, but she didn't hold back, and finally smiled. She raised her head and kissed Chris lightly, "I didn't expect you to come to see me."

"People have to live and date, even in Hollywood, don't they?" Christopher grinned at her, "But if you lived in Malibu, it would be so much easier - yeah, bite me , I haven't given up lobbying you to move to Malibu."

"I have no money." Jenny said angrily, "—by the way, where is your new play? Why hasn't the filming started yet? I thought you would go directly from Venice to England."

"I asked them to postpone it for a few days." Chris said, "I don't know why, I really want to go back to Hollywood and live for dozens of hours."

"Oh——Chris——" Jenny said warmly, and she took the initiative to lean into Chris's arms, "Thank you for coming to see me."

"Oh, so you already think that I came here specially to see you?" Chris touched her shoulder with a smile, and kissed Jenny on the forehead, "Some people's thoughts are a bit dangerous."

"I know you're worried about me," Jenny said, "I wasn't completely unconscious on the plane that day - thank you."

When it came to the flight that day, Chris frowned, and a gloomy expression flashed across his expression, but he quickly covered it up with a joke, "It's nothing, I'm mainly worried that if you die on the plane, no People can pay me for gas.”

"Yes, speaking of which, Mary asked Jack for your account," Jenny asked, "Jack won't give it——Chris, the money for this medical assistance is paid by Disney, so you don't need to waste money."

"Really?" Chris immediately reported a series of numbers, "I will send the bill to Mary."

"You seem to mind the gas money," Jenny said with a smile. "Are you sure you're not Jewish, Christopher?"

"I have, and that sounds very racist, you've offended me," Chris said, but then he laughed again, "Well, I'm not Jewish, but I'm about to join Judaism ——Looks like I wouldn't even get an Oscar nomination if I didn't do this..."

After all, he was pretending to be a plumber. Chris stayed for more than two hours and had to leave—although he and Jenny did nothing, Mr. Remember to open the door for me."

"Wait——" Jenny said quickly, she really didn't want to continue playing this kind of heartbeat game, "—I'm not interested in pizza now..."

Well, maybe the fear of Chris being discovered is just one reason, Jenny looked at Chris with wide-eyed eyes, "...but whether you can hide a body in the compartment of your minivan."

"What?" Chris was a little confused for a moment, but Andy, who came out while drinking Coke, his eyes lit up, "Kidnapping? Cool! I thought about doing this when I bought this car. They all Said that minivans and vans are the most dangerous kidnapping vehicles—"

Under the unanimous stares of Chris, Jenny and Mary, he clarified guiltily, "Of course, I'm just thinking about it... But it's okay, the rear compartment is very comfortable, there is a sofa bed there, I Sometimes I will take a nap in it."

Like Chris said, even in Hollywood, people have to date and fall in love, this minivan drove past the unsuspecting paparazzi, the bearded man in the passenger seat was curious about The paparazzi were pointing, under the eyes of several paparazzi, the minivan quickly turned the corner of the street, it stopped for a while, and when the bearded man got into the back compartment, it accelerated its horsepower and ran happily and unrestrainedly. Malibu...

The author has something to say: Note: I didn't seem to make it clear yesterday that Claire Dennis is a real person, a French female director, not a leading female lead in Homeland Security, and the two have the same translated name.

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