hollywood draw

On May 8, 1998, "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" was officially premiered at the Hollywood Temple Grand Theater in a short period of time.

At the invitation of Paramount Pictures, starting at 7 o'clock that night, a group of celebrities in the circle led by Tom Cruise and others stepped onto the long red carpet at the entrance of the theater. Paramount spent a lot of money on the premiere for the influence of this film, and the media invited by the scene exceeded 100.

The fans present were happy. They frequently had close contact with the stars walking on the red carpet, and there were also many lucky people who got their autographs.

The premiere seems to have officially ignited the flames of the summer season from the moment the stars walk on the red carpet. The enthusiastic movie fans and media all symbolize this year's movie viewing carnival and will soon start from the Los Angeles Temple Grand Theater.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the highly anticipated summer science fiction masterpiece "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" officially started screenings. At the same time, commercial theaters in major mainstream cities across North America simultaneously opened 2,300 advanced stages.

"The director is a woman after all, and there are some things still..."

In the screening room of the main venue of the Temple Grand Theater, Tom Cruise, as a close collaborator of Paramount Pictures, was also invited to participate in the platform. The movie was already halfway through the screening, and his brows frowned slightly on his sunny and handsome face, and shook his head gently.

"Dear, do you think there is something wrong with this movie?"

Nicole Kidman, who was sitting aside, felt uncomfortable when she heard her husband's contemptuous murmuring at women. However, her expression did not change. She turned her head and looked at the man beside her and asked in a low voice: "In the columns of major newspapers, all the film critics gave this film a good rating..."

"Film critic, hum."

Tom Tom curled his lips disdainfully, glanced at the woman staring at her with her big eyes, turned her head and continued to look at the big screen, and whispered: "That's just a bunch of lees lying on the film company, sucking blood wildly. Now is not their huge influence awards season."

At first, Hollywood film companies discovered that once they entered North America's annual summer season, the influence of film critics will decline rapidly. In the past two years, many celebrities in the circle have also discovered this. Not only the summer season, but even in the Christmas season, the influence of those film critics will decrease sharply.

But Hollywood's inherent film promotion channels include columns of major film critics in newspapers, and this inertia will not disappear for a while. Compared with the production cost of a film and the huge publicity investment, the "directional funds" given to film critics are not so conspicuous. So far, no large company that is not short of money is willing to risk divest these "lees" from the movie distribution.

Everyone knows that the effect of these "leeches" helping to promote together is not big or small. But once these "leeches" are excluded from the movie promotion channels and they cannot make money, the effect of their throwing dirty water on the movie will definitely be great. This is human nature and cannot be properly solved.

"The director has a good idea. The first half of the film is almost always showing the reactions of human nature after facing disasters from different angles."

Looking at the film on the big screen, Tom Cruise continued to whisper to his wife. "It's a pity that the effect is not perfect at all, and it also caused the film to be very slow from the beginning, which is not friendly to ordinary audiences at all!"

There are some things he didn't say. In his opinion, the slow pace of the movie in the early stage has become an unstable factor in the film's theater market. After all, this is a science fiction movie that plays a commercial masterpiece. Business, in front of science fiction, which is very important.

Others such as videos are not innovative, similar stories are familiar, and video routines are common in Hollywood. Compared with the above point, it seems that it is no longer important.

In fact, many people on the scene knew very well that such a production method that could not be wrong, or a production method that was not innovative, was the first choice for large companies like Paramount, because at least the things that appeared in the films now are elements that have been proven to be successful countless times by Hollywood.

For large projects invested in by large film companies, stability is the theme that overwhelms everything. They don’t need the director to shoot any new ideas. Such a large investment cannot allow the director to take risks and play new ideas. As long as the film can meet the mainstream market aesthetics, it is enough.

Nicole Kidman looked at her husband deeply. No one knew better than her. The outside world's outlook on Tomco's arrogant, conceited, quirks, etc. actually covered up the man's smart brain and sharp market insight. Every superstar who can reach the top of Hollywood cannot be a real fool.

Especially his sentence "The director is a woman after all." Although this sentence made her feel uncomfortable when she heard it, she had to admit that wanting to express it too much in the movie and causing the overall story rhythm to be slow, is the most common problem for female directors to make.

These are rare advantages in independent art films, but once they are put into commercial popcorn movies, the effect is hard to say.

"Can't Paramount's top executives see these problems?"

Nicole Kidman was stunned for a moment and asked the man beside him in a low voice.

"Of course, it can be seen that there is never a shortage of senior film viewing experts within large film companies."

After a long breath, a smile appeared on the corner of Tom Ge's mouth, but the tone of speaking had a meaning and was joking. "In fact, if this movie was put into the whole Hollywood, the rhythm was slightly slow and unobtrusive. Similar movies are everywhere. The reason I say this is because I want to compare it with whom I want to compare it with!"

Hearing her husband's words, Nicole Kidman blurted out: "Wayne Greenberg!"

"That's right."

Tom Cruise moved his butt a little, adjusted his sitting position, nodded slightly, and said, "If this film is put together with Wayne's film, the slow pace will become a fatal flaw. Should I make a bet, Nicole?"

Others may not know this, but Tomco, a business superstar, knows it very well. Especially after his personal relationship with Wayne became better and better, the two of them exchanged views on the movies many times.

“no!”

Nicole Kidman shook her head directly. She had witnessed the rise of the Dark King with her own eyes. It can be said that all normal market rules are useless when put on the other party. She was unwilling to make a bet that she didn't believe she could win.

After a little recollection, she suddenly looked at the man beside her and whispered: "I remember that Wayne's films have slower paces, right? For example, the "Joker"..."

"He is more sober than anyone else and needs to understand what the audience wants to see."

With a compassionate look, Tom Ge glanced at the middle of the front row, where the main creative team of "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" was sitting, especially the female director Mimi Ryder. Then he leaned towards the woman beside him and explained in a low voice:

"We two have talked about this issue more than once before. When Wayne is making a slow-paced story and needs to tell the audience, he usually pulls all the audience into his story rhythm at the beginning of the film, just following the story of the protagonist of the movie, he is good at this!

Nicole, think about it carefully, in recent decades, Wayne has been the best director in Hollywood to use "empathy". This is exactly what others cannot learn, and it depends entirely on talent! And when he started with the Batman series, he combined this unique talent with modern commercial elements.

In fact, if you are careful enough, you can see the effect from the movie "The Joker" back then. It is because of his natural storytelling ability and the increasingly fast pace of modern commercial films that the great "Batman: The Dark Knight" appeared."

Listening to the man's narration, Nicole Kidman nodded silently. Some things were not revealed and might be ignored all the time. She smiled with a self-deprecating smile. People only saw the amazingly dark style in that man's movie, but they always ignored them. He was a serious traditional academic director, the kind of traditional academic director who was the best at telling stories!

Perhaps only by reaching the same level can we understand the idea of ​​the Dark King. For example, the top superstar in the circle around her, to a certain extent, they are successful people of the same type, and they can understand each other from the perspective of their affairs.

It seems that when people mention Wayne Greenberg, they can't wait to blurt out the terms Dark movie masters and art masters. However, after Tom Geum's narration, to put it bluntly, Wayne has never ignored commercial elements and is not stingy with these vulgar elements in the eyes of ordinary people.

Thinking of this, Nicole Kidman immediately widened his eyes, turned his head to look at the husband beside him, staring at the handsome face in surprise and asked: "If Wayne abandoned the so-called artistic elements and used commercial elements to the extreme, wouldn't that be..."

"Don't doubt it's "The Flash"!"

Tom Tom looked at his wife with deep appreciation. There were not many people in the entire circle who could figure this out.

It seems that everyone has been misled by the "good news" in the circle. A dark king who suddenly changed his dark style will inevitably suffer the first Waterloo in his life, but Tom Cruise never thought that way. He always felt that Warner Bros. was setting off smoke bombs.

After saying that, he continued to look at the big screen with a sarcastic smile on his lips, and no longer cared about his wife who suddenly realized it. Some things are actually very simple to figure out, but a few people who can figure it out are all waiting to watch the fun. No one is so stupid that they say it out loud, right?

After the screening of "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth", Nicole Kidman met the man's two sides again. When Tombe held her and came to the main creator to send blessings, the man smiled and shook hands with director Mimi Ryder enthusiastically and said loudly:

"A great science fiction film that makes people cry! Director Ryder, you use delicate techniques to describe how family, friendship, love, etc. become different from the past when people face the end of the world! I wish you a big box office sales."

The man's completely different tone did not surprise Nicole Kidman. She just looked at the rare female director in the circle in front of her with a hint of pity.

Under the leadership of the staff, when leaving the theater and walking towards the hotel, Tomco ignored Pat Kingsley, turned to look at his wife, shrugged and said:

"Don't look at me like this, Nicole, I'm telling Mimi Ryder the truth. It's just one thing that it takes a certain age and experience to experience what I'm saying..."