Made in Hollywood

"Because the audiences of the two shows are completely different."

Here's the answer from Nancy Josephson, followed by some simple explanations for Duke.

In fact, to sum up in one sentence, the audience of Oprah's talk show is completely different from the potential audience of Duke's films. Anyone who knows a little about the former knows that 70% or more of the audience are forty percent. Housewives over the age of 2, and mainly small town housewives, and Duke's film?

This kind of fast-paced film with visual impact as its selling point, the main audience is the crowd between the ages of 17 and 35, and it is definitely mainly male! Even if there are many female fans, they are often young girls, not housewives.

Who can expect a housewife to pay for a film like this?

After listening to Nancy's explanation, Duke immediately thought of what kind of movies the housewives like the most, the bloody love movies that they love to the death.

Yes, the Oprah talk show is very famous, but it's not suitable for every movie actor or director. A director like Duke's style, except for the influence of the show's fame itself, doesn't actually bring much benefit, at least. Not much benefit now.

If one day, Duke transitioned to make a housewife movie, he would definitely contact Oprah.

Duke didn't follow the team's announcement of the national run, but he was still busy in Los Angeles, and the Independence Day holiday was quietly passed around. "Independence Day" also slightly changed yesterday's downward trend on this day, and the box office ushered in After a small rebound, it earned $18.56 million in a single day. No matter how big the surrounding resistance is, the film is firmly moving towards the $100 million mark.

The old day is over, the new day is coming, the sun rises and sets, and the bright lights in the studio in the suburbs of Chicago never go out. It seems that this is the only way to illuminate the darkness in Roger Albert's heart.

After receiving the news from the agent, the leading film critic turned on the TV and switched to the Fox channel. With his eyes hidden behind his glasses, he stared coldly at the young director who was talking nonsense on the show.

"Why did the film critics attack me and my film so violently? I think there is something behind this that everyone may have overlooked. The overall score of "Independence Day" is only 3.1 points. The praise rate is as high as 85%, and a large number of audiences ignore the criticism of the film critics and flock to the theater to watch "Independence Day". The fact that the audience does not care about their film reviews is the reason why the film critics are angry."

Roger Albert's face was gloomy, and Duke Rosenberg was completely exposing the scars of their industry, and he didn't mean to stop.

"Do you remember what the film critics said about Star Wars in the 1970s? Cheap entertainment and Lucas' doomed child! The result? Star Wars has become one of the symbols of American culture, with the most powerful The voice responded to the critics' lashings, crushing all their dignity."

There were bursts of harsh laughter from the TV. It was the voice of the audience at the scene. Roger Albert's face turned cold. He was one of them back then, and the film critics had a tacit understanding not to mention it. Incidentally, the young director put their scars in front of the American audience once again!

"Although "Independence Day" is not as good as "Star Wars", it will not fall under the attack of film critics. The first weekend box office and the high reputation of the audience have proved this. In fact, there is only one thing I want to say, now The film industry and the audience don't need to care what the critics think..."

The hand on the desk held a pencil tightly. Roger Albert seemed to regard the pencil as a young director on a talk show, and wanted to choke him to stop him from continuing.

"There have been great people like Andrew Bazin in the film critics who have made outstanding contributions to the development of the film industry, but when the first batch of film critics with extremely high professional and professional qualities retire, what is the current situation of the professional film critics? I don't know if you have read yesterday's newspaper. The film critic's column is full of vicious personal attacks on me. I am very surprised. Is this a film review that they claim to be instructive? Or is it to teach audiences across the United States how to use it? Vicious words swearing at people?"

Roger Albert's brows furrowed tightly. Although it was only the masterpiece of some film critics, it was directly detained by the other side in the entire film critic industry.

"The quality of film critics is getting lower and lower now. Except for swearing, they can't write any film reviews with real opinions. Their knowledge level and professional quality are very poor. What they write can also be called film reviews? What is a film review? ?Andre Bazin wrote in the film manual is the film review. Andre Bazin not only made comments, but also played a crucial role in the development of the film. Although he is not a director, he has a lot to say about the film. The theory has guided the development of the film industry.”

The people on the TV didn't mean to stop at all, as if they were attacking "Independence Day" recklessly, they were fighting back forcefully.

"A real film critic must have a profound cultural connotation, not only an understanding of popular culture, but also a profound professional understanding of movies. Originally, film criticism should be a very high-end profession, but now it is low-end, with a lot of mixed in. People who are very unprofessional go in, and these people do nothing but garner the interest of readers with vicious and sensational writing."

"Let's recall, what was the quality of film critics in the 1950s and 1960s? Now, the overall quality of the film critic team has seriously declined. How can you still see good film reviews now?"

The hand holding the pencil is getting tighter and tighter. Roger Albert finds that the other person is indeed a smart person. People are nostalgic, especially movie fans and industry insiders who have experienced the 1950s and 1960s. They must miss the original golden age. .

Duke Rosenberg is very good at taking advantage of this!

Although there was a rare praise in my heart, the people on the TV screen obviously did not intend to let them go.

"Most of the current film critics will only follow the trend. All commercial films will be defeated. Any fast-paced film full of visual impact is disdainful. How can they have their own opinions? Even if sometimes their opinions are right, a film is really bad, But when they were asked why they were bad, the reasons they gave were really eye-opening, and they didn't have the most basic professionalism at all."

"They never analyze the phenomenon. Today's film critics seem to be deliberately isolating the public and highlighting their own heights. own sublime."

"Film critics are deliberately separating from the public to show their sense of existence, but will not objectively analyze why a certain film is so successful, and where does it attract audiences? What are the advantages? They are naturally on the opposite side of the audience!"

Hearing these words that pointed to the essence of the truth, Roger Albert's hand tightened suddenly, the tip of the pencil snapped, and a layer of anger appeared on his face.

The other party is telling the truth, but it is the truth that all film critics are deliberately avoiding!

If this kind of truth becomes the consensus of the public and Hollywood, their influence in the hugely lucrative summer vacation will inevitably decline sharply in the future, and their income will drop sharply, even to the point where only the awards season can highlight their existence!

Finally, under the cold eyes of Roger Albert, the young director on the TV left the stage, but the next section seemed to be dedicated to his and Gene Siskel's movie watching a few days ago.

The TV screen played a mix of some scenes from "Speed ​​of Life", "Breaking the Dead Island" and "Independence Day", with Roger Albert's voice that sounded completely advocative.

"Duke Rosenberg's films have been loved by many fans since "Speed ​​of Life", and reached a peak in "Independence Day". During the three days last weekend, nearly 13 million people walked into the theater successively. After watching this film and making the highest opening weekend of $63.08 million in film history, why is his film so popular?"

"Duke Rosenberg values ​​the viewer experience and does three things very well."

"Love explosions! Critics find it annoying, but audiences think it's worth it. And Duke's explosions are different from other people's explosions. They blew up cars before, then blew up islands, and now blew up spaceships. People are pleasantly surprised. From 'Speed ​​of Life' to 'Brave Island' to 'Independence Day', Duke Rosenberg's explosion scenes can make audiences feel a new shock every time."

"Beautiful picture! Wide-angle large scenes are used a lot, and the picture looks relaxed and happy. "Speed ​​of Life" and "Brave to the Dead Island" rolled over and exploded on the highway, and the angle of view followed the tires. These are rarely seen in other movies. Yes, what Duke Rosenberg shows to the audience is always the freshest thrill."

"The subject matter is clever! The subject matter of Duke's films is highly conceptual, and he likes to use unconventional background settings, such as the tension and excitement brought about by the protagonist of "Speed ​​of Life" focusing on high-speed and narrow spaces, such as "Independence Day" Human beings are pushed to a dead end and fight back! Highly conceptualized works can attract people just by virtue of the story outline, and the movie has not been released yet, and it has already grabbed the attention.”

"In fact, there is a sentence that sums it up best. Duke Rosenberg has a talent for attracting audiences!"

Sitting there, Roger Ebert gradually regained his composure, and the show was all about taking what he and Siskel attacked as a propaganda point, bleaching the black stuff in their mouths white, according to Independence Day. Judging from the box office trend in a few days, I am afraid the publicity effect will not be bad...

Turning off the TV and thinking quietly for a while, Roger Albert has to admit that it is not a wise choice to compete with a popular summer director and film at this time. It seems that he should gradually restrain himself. Well, don't get it to a bad end.

He'll be waiting for Duke Rosenberg during the most powerful awards season for film critics!