hollywood draw

Unlike the chaotic downtown of Los Angeles, the Santa Monica villa area in the suburbs is much safer.

At the home of Todd McCarthy, a famous critic of the Hollywood Reporter, the critic, who is known for his bitterness and meanness, stared at the TV in front of him in a daze.

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"Oh my God, that madman who worships darkness, what shocking masterpiece has he created!!"

Thinking back to the trailer just now, Todd McCarthy was shocked by the light and shadow language expressed in it with his professional vision and experience.

The contrasting colors set off a sad metropolis, which deeply impressed the top film viewing expert.

Moreover, using this unprecedented publicity method, this wonderful trailer in just 30 seconds was delivered to tens of millions and hundreds of millions of public. Warner's promotional and promotional initiative will surely change the promotion methods of all distribution companies after 1993.

This famous film critic knows that if nothing unexpected happens, the alternative and trembling film of "The Joker" will become a super box office bomb in this summer!

With a "bang", he turned off the TV that was playing the rest of the advertisements, picked up the phone at hand, and dialed the number of another old man in Los Angeles, another film critic.

The phone was answered quickly, and before he could speak, a quick breath and speech came from the opposite side.

"Todd, what did that child do!? Damn it, Wayne Greenberg, the child released a demon. I was stunned by the scenes just now. In just a few dozen seconds, he concentrated almost all social problems in North America..."

"Hey, hey! Kenneth!" Todd McCarthy had to interrupt the other party's long speech, otherwise the serious matter would never be discussed in a short time. "We feel the same, damn it, listen to me!

We both must contact Warner Bros. Otherwise, their internal preview will definitely not give priority to film critics. We have to take the initiative to order Kenneth."

There was a pause on the other end of the phone. "You mean we are going to participate in their internal preview? Todd, this is difficult! Warner Bros. must have to go through the preview by themselves to make sure that there is no room for modification before they will invite us and theaters before the film is released!"

This is a normal film release program. The production company will only invite theater companies, media and film critics before they are released after their own film viewing experts, watch the trial screening once or several times, and ensure that the film has no problems.

Otherwise, if an accident occurs during the screening, the professional reputation of the film will collapse. At least you have watched it first, and if you are unsatisfied, you can also ask the director and producer to modify it. If you are really dissatisfied, you can even ask the producer to re-edit!

"There is a way, it depends on whether you are willing to sell favors." Todd McCarthy dared to make this call, so he naturally thought of going around Warner Bros. "I remember you and Wayne Greenberg hit it off at first sight? Go and find the director himself, who is the leader of this project, and the producer is just a decoration!"

He may not remember anything else, but Kenneth Tulan and the director hit it off at first sight and had a great time at the party. He remembered it very clearly.

This idea is not a good idea, especially for Kenneth Tulan, which once again caused silence on the other end of the phone. Kenneth Tulan knew that as long as he went to find that director, this matter would definitely not be a problem.

But the price I have to pay is that no matter how the quality of the film is after it is released, I have to sing praises for him, and I spare no effort. This is the default rule, and I don’t even have to communicate with him with Warner Bros.!

"I agree. I will call Wayne Greenberg tomorrow." Before he could be happy, Kenneth Tulan's words came again. "I can't pay the price myself. Since I can't help but want to watch the movie in advance, the reviews you posted on "The Hollywood Reporter" must be in line with my pace!"

"No problem, then that's it. I believe his new video will have a hurricane impact on Hollywood, which is now seriously integrated in assembly mode!"

After saying that, he hung up the phone, ignored the Super Bowl that had only watched half the game, and walked directly to the computer in the living room.

Todd McCarthy has never been a pedantic and conservative old-school film critic, and his ability to accept new things may be more than most young people in North America.

As the big head monitor entered the boot interface, the host made a "buzzing" startup sound. He skillfully opened a new gathering place for online movie fans, and there were a large number of hardcore movie fans on this newly discovered website.

‘I movie database (IMDB for short)’, an online database he accidentally discovered about movie actors, movies, TV shows, movie stars and movie production.

The influence of this website is still growing rapidly. IMDB's information includes a lot of information about the film, actors, lengths, content introductions, grading, and the most important comment section, and allows movie fans to rate the film themselves.

Sure enough, the simple information about the movie "The Joker" has been included on the website. Todd McCarthy skillfully clicked on the discussion version and joined as an ordinary movie fan.

First of all, he left a paragraph of his own words in the comment section of the video.

"How serious is the class solidification of this society? It has reached the point where it can be a good film material if you pick it up! So a great director like Wayne Greenberg was born in Hollywood. If you count the films he created, all of them are the lowest-class people expressing the most likely choices in the film: struggle! accusation! madness! absurd! distortion! The other side of the darkness in these people's hearts..."

This Super Bowl midfield advertising show may be just a fresh sense of excitement and expectation for the public. However, the impact on all practitioners in the circle is far more than that.

Also stunned at the TV were the main competitor of "The Joker", the director and producer of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

On the day of the Super Bowl, the most important North American non-official festival, Rayne Harlem could not take his eyes off the TV for a long time. He just wanted to see the results of the game. Unexpectedly, he saw the trailer of such a movie just as the midfield show began.

From the trailer that just finished playing, he judged that Paul was all about it. This is definitely more than a simple R-level film like the previous one, and the quality of this film is far better than the previous two small productions.

Especially the Daduhui that is shown in the film, in just a few dozen seconds, he, the old producer, was addicted to the atmosphere and had emotional resonance. This is simply terrible!

At this moment, as a competitor, Renny Harlem had to praise the director and had to admit that the young man Wayne Greenberg had reached the current level of his use of his style.

Such an alternative super commercial film is actually its own competitor!

And even if he wanted to avoid it now, it was too late. Considering this, he couldn't help but pick up the phone in his hand and dialed Paul Turner's number.

After the phone was opened, the two of them were silent, and only the sound of each other's breathing prompted each other to listen.

"Renie, you see it. The person who made this kind of promotional video plan is simply a genius. Warner Brothers' publicity and distribution department is really amazing!"

"No, Paul!" leaned weakly on the sofa, and Renny Harlem directly interrupted the other party's sigh. "It's the quality of the video, damn it, you all got it!"

Listening to the producer's weak and irritable voice, Paul Turner knew it was bad. No matter what, the producer could not admit defeat before the film was released. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" may not be as good as the other party's quality, but the box office performance really needs to be tested by the market to know.

What if the other party’s video is just a professional reputation but the movie fans don’t admit it? It’s not that there are many videos that are very popular but not popular. This is not the reason why the producers collapse first.

Sony Columbia specially put the film in the summer season of 1993 to make the performance better this year. If I had known this, it would be better to release it early in the Christmas season.

"Renie, there has never been any film company in the past, so luxurious that it has been advertised in the Super Bowl. It is hard to say how effective it is." After pausing, he continued: "It's nothing to be a huge trailer quality, maybe this is the essence of all his videos! There are many big productions that the audience doesn't buy into!"

The other party's words gave Rennie Harlem some reminders. Now, not only do you have to hope that a miracle will happen, but you also have to take the initiative to do something. You can't easily crush yourself by watching the other party's videos.

He did not continue to listen to the comfort of the Columbia distribution supervisor and hung up the phone directly.

Something has not been told to Paul that after seeing the sample, Warner Bros. directly adjusted the importance of "The Joker" to "The Destiny" led by superstar Harrison Ford, and "The Goose Assassination Order" led by Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington!

This production, which was definitely not of high importance, became the top level of Warner Bros. The same thing is, Hollywood has never been a secret, it depends on whether you want to know it deliberately.

But Renny Harlem happened to be following the other party. He didn't see the trailer before, and after seeing it, he could only feel a sense of despair spreading.

This DC Dark Storm, which was just thirty seconds, instantly swept across North America at a speed that no one could imagine, and also swept across four other countries of the five English friends.