One important reason why Julia Roberts had such a hysterical attack is that she has no relatives in Hollywood.
Just like Marilyn Monroe back then, Jane Russell, who worked with her, said that during the filming of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", Jane Russell could go home and spend time with her relatives on the set every day.
Depressed, Monroe could only accumulate all kinds of discomfort every day, and only one person could bear it.
After playing a few rounds of mahjong at Ronald's house, Julia Roberts has regained some feelings about ordinary people's lives, and her mood has improved greatly.
"Oh, when we were filming Steel Mulan, it would be great if there was mahjong..." Diane and Roberts used to have a good relationship. After playing eight rounds, they stopped to have a rest and eat.
"I really like this kind of game, finding order from disorder. I want to play more in the future..." Julia Roberts was still holding a card table and looking at it. This kind of game can really solve some problems.
trouble.
"How is your new film? Is Spielberg strict? I also want to see your praise. How do you feel about it?"
Diane asked Julia Roberts about the content of "Captain Hook". This movie is a collection of big stars, and Julia Roberts got the role because of "Pretty Woman".
"I don't know, I haven't watched the daily dailies, I guess... I guess it's okay." Julia Roberts glanced at Ronald, and the conflicts on the set should stay on the set.
"How about your new movie? I haven't had time to go to the cinema to watch it yet..." Julia Roberts is also interested in Diane's new movie. There is actually a strong sense of competition among female stars...
"Ha, do you want to watch it? Ronald just got two video tapes. You can watch them at home." Diane took out the video tapes that Ronald prepared for Princess Diana and inserted one into the video recorder.
"Oh, you look so sexy..." Julia Roberts saw the scene where Kate, played by Diane, appeared in the office of Garfield, played by Tom Hanks, and photographed a professional woman from behind.
She has blond hair, a hot figure, a very thin waist, and a protruding buttocks. Roberts couldn't help but sigh that it is really good to have a director husband. How many people would be fascinated by filming a female star like this?
"Haha, the director of photography that Ronald hired is good at shooting, right?" Diane's vanity was greatly satisfied. Ronnie is very good at making women in ordinary scenes look professional and sexy. This
The photography team fulfilled his request very well...
"Why are you watching this?" Ronald passed by by chance and was surprised when he saw "Other People's Money" on the TV.
"Julia wants to see..." Diane answered first.
"Why don't you go to the screening room and watch it? If you want to see it, I can transfer a copy." Ronald thought that it would be a waste of money to watch his work on the TV.
I spent so much time, did so much lighting, and took so many rounds of shots, all to show that magical star’s face on the screen. Even though I use the largest model of Sony’s Trinitron TV at home.
The camera, but compared with the close-up of several meters high on the screen, it was still a blur.
Ronald felt a little dissatisfied. The shots of his works were all carefully designed. He also made careful adjustments in the editing room. Some shots and editing can only be seen on the big screen with the director's unique ingenuity.
When it is shown on TV like this, a lot of the feeling of the work is completely wiped away, as if the quality of the work has been dropped several notches.
"No, no, I'll just watch the video. We rarely have the opportunity to go to the cinema to watch movies. Especially our own works. By the time the movie is released, we have actually made one or two more movies. The plot at that time
To be honest, I had forgotten all about the scene and scene, so I had to pretend to be interesting during the interview..."
Julia Roberts is talking about the current situation of popular stars in Hollywood. Young actors certainly don't have this kind of worry. After making a movie, they have no other job and they have to worry about whether the movie will make them famous.
But it's very wrong to make movie appointments with big stars. Every time they act, they can't watch their own performances right away. The stars themselves don't know exactly what the finished film will look like. After finishing a crew, they will immediately forget about the character and the plot.
, and then invest in character creation for the next movie.
Moreover, stars often have to attend movie promotion interviews. Every time they are interviewed, the reporters ask about their roles in the previous three movies. Sometimes the stars give some superficial remarks and do not involve details, and sometimes they are really
It's because I forgot.
"What did you say?" Ronald frowned. Julia Roberts' words seemed to have touched something. He had that feeling of inspiration coming to him but not being able to grasp it.
"What did I say? I actually want to watch Diane's performance, but isn't it a bit troublesome..." Julia Roberts thought Ronald was being disrespectful to her and didn't go to his private screening room to watch the movie of the hostess.
, any dissatisfaction, the feeling of being despised is back.
"No, I have forgotten what you just said..." Ronald frowned even more tightly.
"Oh, I said I rarely have the opportunity to watch my own movies. I don't really like watching my own movies, it makes me nervous..."
"That's it..." Ronald suddenly had a flash of inspiration and he understood.
The Oscars are basically decided by the actors who make up the largest proportion of the judges. Many of them have not actually watched the nominated movies. That’s why as the end of the nomination period approaches, there are so many movies that want to compete for awards to squeeze in that time period.
But Julia Roberts' words reminded him that watching movies on the big screen is actually just an obsession of directors like them, right?
Most of the audience, including the actors, watch this kind of drama. In fact, how much difference can it make if they watch the video on TV?
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"I have some things to deal with, you can do it on your own..." As soon as Ronald figured it out, he knew that this was a very genius idea. He was going to call the daydreaming people to discuss this issue. Before leaving, he also
He said to the two female stars, "I suggest you go to the screening room to see the copy. I spent a lot of energy in the editing room to ensure that Diane's shots were flawless..."
"Ah, hahahaha..." The two women burst into laughter. Diane came over and kissed him as a compliment.
…
"That's just the idea. Do you have any opinions? Are you in favor or against it?"
Ronald went to the study and convened a meeting. After he expressed his ideas, everyone looked at each other in shock. This tactic was simply unheard of.
"But 'Other People's Money' is still in theaters, and 'Silence of the Lambs' still has some long runs. Will releasing the video now affect the box office?"
Michelle Cannold is familiar with the distribution process. Nowadays, Hollywood usually releases video tapes about six months after the movie is released. Because as soon as the video tape is released, it is inevitable that someone will use professional equipment to pirate it, and by then everyone will have given up on it.
Partial profit was made.
"That's not a problem. You guys entered the industry too late. In fact, I participated in Paramount's first movie to be released on video, 'Flashdance.' It was released on video while it was still in theaters, and guess what? The box office went up."
Ronald, this is a bit unreasonable. Lightning Dance is because the main selling point of the movie is the sexy dance. After everyone saw the exciting chair dance, they all wanted to watch it again on the big screen.
If you want to watch this kind of drama in close-up, the subtle expressions of the actors convey all kinds of unspoken emotions. This kind of movie-watching habit places too high demands on the audience, and most people just watch one plot.
But Michel Cannold did not continue to object. He knew in his heart that Ronald wanted to win the award.
If this method can work, then Daydream will have a secret weapon in its hand, which will have a special advantage when judging awards.
Besides, if it gets multiple Oscar nominations or even wins, it will definitely boost the movie’s video sales. This has been proven by many award-winning movies in the past.
"Does this need to be approved by the director?" David Simkins also asked a question.
"Now we are only discussing whether it can be done theoretically. I will discuss the specific matters with Jonathan..."
"Theoretically it can be successful. This is a clever trick. People in the past did not think of this because of blind spots in their thinking. However, there are still some technical problems."
Public relations consultant Michael Gray first confirmed that Ronald's idea was genius, and then he raised a technical question.
Theoretically, the Oscar organizing committee prohibits such direct public relations to the judges. Therefore, public relations companies can only use roundabout methods, hold various parties, invite judges to participate, and use this method to canvass votes.
Sending a videotape to the judges would violate the fair competition rules of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organizer of the Oscars.
Ronald nodded. This is a "technical detail" worth noting, but my idea is still very good. Lawyers will give appropriate solutions to these technical problems.
After discussing with his Daydream colleagues the strategy for this year's Oscars, Ronald breathed a sigh of relief. He went to take a shower and then called Richard and Niceta.
To do this, there was a more important "technical detail". It was inconvenient for him to talk directly to temporary agent Kevin Huwen, so he could only ask Richard.
Richard had just finished working on David Letterman. On behalf of Letterman, he was making preliminary contacts with people from several TV stations. After receiving a call from Ronald, he rushed over with Niceta regardless of fatigue.
to Ronald's home.
"This is a wonderful idea...but it won't be sudden after you use it once..."
After listening to Ronald's idea, the two agents were very impressed, but Niceta still thought of an important question.
This method of sending video tapes to deepen the judges' memories is useless after using it once. As long as it works once, everyone will do it the next year. But they know that what Luo Jian wants most is the best.
Director Award.
This time his "other people's money" has no chance of nomination. If it is used this year, it will be equivalent to exposing this secret weapon in advance.
"I've thought about it, but it's not that hard to think of sending people tapes. Sooner or later someone will figure it out. I had a good year, how can you stop people from other studios from doing it next year?"
"Why……"
Everyone sighed. This was a matter of course. Video tapes were not an important profit point for movies a few years ago. But in the past few years, the number of video recorders has been growing rapidly, and video tapes have accounted for an increasing proportion of movie profits.
big.
A few years ago when Ronald was nominated for Best Director, even if videotapes were sent, many of the judges did not have video recorders at home.
"So, the question now is how to get the home addresses and contact information of these judges..."
Another reason is that no one from other studios has done this before, maybe this is it.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organizer of the Oscars, does not publish the list of judges in order to prevent anyone from sending expensive gifts for public relations purposes.
This regulation was also patched in the early days of the awards. After the studio discovered that winning the statuette had a strong effect on increasing the audience's love for its stars, they went out of their way to do various public relations and patch it up.
At that time, the Oscars were mainly monopolized by the eight major studios. There were also many internal administrative decisions on who to vote for the actors under their banners.
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Then stuff some luxury goods coupons into the card, or put a check more directly... These are all very useful tricks.
In subsequent reforms, this rule was changed. The list of judges is no longer publicly announced, and is only kept in the academy for the convenience of sending ballots.
Abuse of private public relations is also prohibited. If a nominated film wants to be publicized by the judges, it must be done openly and openly through activities organized by the academy. Private public relations are limited to parties, private banquets, union activities and other very few events.
inside the item.
Therefore, if you want to realize Ronald's new public relations idea, you must find someone who knows who the Oscar judges are to assist...
Of course, the one who knows best is their agent. Every judge who is eligible to vote will have his or her agent make some public relations arrangements before the awards season. For example, their votes will be pooled and used in exchange for some industry insiders.
resources, etc.
Whoever has the votes, and whose votes have not yet been decided for whom to vote for, can be used in exchange for public relations. No one understands this better than the agents of CAA.
Niceta and Richard also felt that the matter was of great importance, and immediately discussed a rough plan. They first discussed the matter privately with the young agents on their side, such as Kevin Huwen.
Instead of telling them what they wanted to do, they only suggested holding a public relations party, and then at the party, they privately asked them for their home address... In this way, even if someone found out, there would be no time to copy what Ronald did.
After the discussion was settled, Ronald looked at his watch and chose to call Jonathan Demi, a New Yorker who was already late at night.
"Jonathan, I'm Ronald. Yes, it's urgent. You have a lot of signatures to sign..."