Heads Up Hollywood

Although "Crash" won nothing at the Golden Globes, Lionsgate didn't give up.

The Golden Globes are the Golden Globes, and the Oscars are the Oscars.

"Brokeback Mountain" became the biggest winner of the Golden Globe Awards, but at the Oscars, it may not have all the advantages of "Crash".

Lionsgate Films has already concluded internally that compared to "Brokeback Mountain", "Crash" has three major advantages in Oscars!

First, the story of the film took place in Los Angeles, and most of the Oscar judges live in the Los Angeles area, so they have a deeper understanding of car culture and racial conflicts than other places.

Los Angeles is a city that pushes the planning concept of "spreading the big pie" to the extreme, and "Crash" as a group play can be said to be a "spreading the big pie" of role distribution. There is a natural tacit understanding between the two, and In such a place, the car is the main vehicle for face-to-face human contact.

In this movie, a car crash is not only a car accident, but also a symbol of social and cultural significance. Before the first shot of the film has appeared, the theme line has already appeared-"It's a touch. In any city, people need to walk, shoulder to shoulder, and even bump into each other. But in Los Angeles, no one will hit You, because everybody's hiding in a car made of steel and glass. We lose that normal friction, and when we crash, it's a crash, and that's when we realize."

The second factor is group play.

There is no absolute protagonist in this movie, but there are more than a dozen outstanding supporting roles. The previously announced winner of the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement is Robert Altman, who is also a top master of ensemble movies.

Just right, "Crash" inherits the essence of Altman, and turns the difficult group with many people and few dramas into a specialty. change. Such a film can use many actors at the same time, and use relatively few scenes to give everyone a stage to fully develop. Therefore, from the perspective of the actor's career, the film has a special charm.

Therefore, the evaluation of the film in the Screen Actors Union is very high! Almost full marks!

It just so happens that the Screen Actors Guild is the most powerful union in Hollywood.

The third factor is that more and more Hollywood films are shot outside the United States because of the higher production costs in Hollywood. A large part of "Brokeback Mountain" was shot in Canada.

This "loss" of film crews has had a great negative impact on the film and television industry in the Los Angeles area, and all types of jobs are facing increasingly severe unemployment pressure.

Under this situation, a film like "Crash" filmed locally in Los Angeles can produce an effect similar to "patriotism" and "support for domestic products". This is not surprising, every country in the world has more or less a populist tradition of "supporting domestic products".

From the perspective of content, the most remarkable thing about "Crash" is that it breaks Hollywood's precepts on the moral boundaries of characters, and creates characters with both virtue and vice. There are no absolute good guys or bad guys in the film, everyone is more or less racially prejudiced, creating misunderstandings and conflicts between different races, in which the "bad policeman" played by Matt Dillon comes forward to save people and Ryan Phillippe plays The plot of the "good policeman" turned into tragedy makes people lament the accidents and accidents of life.

The car crash is accidental to a certain extent. It is not necessary to go online every time to dig out the ugliness of human nature, let alone use the logic of overturning a boat with one pole to flatten a group.

Although the film is grayish, it is very bright in its core and is very consistent with the mainstream values ​​of the United States. It clarifies such a truth: no matter what language we speak, what customs we have, or what weird opinions we hold, in fact, most of us are kind in our hearts. .

At the end of the film, there is a clear and unmistakable hint that this is a utopian delusion that the great unity of the people of all countries is a utopia, but as long as everyone takes a step back, puts himself in the other's place and thinks for the other, a little more tolerance, people and people There is no incompatibility between them.

This is probably the most respected value in the United States.

In contrast, what does "Brokeback Mountain" promote?

Movies are art, and art should not have fixed values, but should present colorful and different ideas.

But Oscar is different.

Oscar is not a film art award, but a film industry award.

If it was at the Cannes or Venice Film Festival, "Brokeback Mountain" would definitely beat "Crash" undisputedly, but at the Oscars...political correctness and the role of the US Propaganda Department must be fully reflected.

In this regard, Lionsgate is ambitious.

There is still one month until the Oscars, and the voting is half a month away.

After the Golden Globes dinner, Lionsgate started to expand!

In one day, Lionsgate sent out more than 60,000 DVDs of "Crash" via FedEx!

Counting those sent out before, a total of 160,000 copies have been sent out!

Compared with the number of Oscar judges who are less than 6,000 people, this number is terrifying.

Such enthusiastic behavior really "moved" many old judges.

Um!

Lionsgate is very obsessed with the Oscars and respects the judges!

Especially the movie "Crash" is really good.

Then, something went wrong.

The Oscar Organizing Committee sent a document to Lionsgate, clearly telling them that this excessive distribution of DVDs in large quantities has seriously violated the Oscars' principles of fair competition and selection, and is suspected of bribing the judges!

This letter poured cold water on Lionsgate's frenzied dish distribution.

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"Warning? Just a warning?"

Tang En was a little dissatisfied when he heard that the Oscar Organizing Committee had only issued a warning letter to Lionsgate.

The MPAA's suggestion to them is to disqualify "Crash" from the selection!

Unexpectedly, Oscar took a gentle approach.

They wanted to calm down, and Tang En definitely couldn't give this opportunity!

"Contact the media immediately! Get this matter out! The wording of the article can be harsher, report all the tricks before and after "Crash", and also tell about the relationship between Lionsgate and the Oscar judges. I would rather Look, how thick-skinned those judges are!"

Tosca Musk couldn't laugh or cry when he heard what Twain said, "How can it be so exaggerated? Lionsgate...is not Twain."

"Huh?" Tang En's eyebrows twitched.

Tosca Musk said with a smile: "After receiving the notice from Oscar, Lionsgate Films immediately launched an investigation. Later, it was found out that it was a complaint from the MPAA, and it was also found out that it was a proposal from New Universal."

"so what?"

"Just now, we received a fax from Lionsgate, telling us that "Crash" will withdraw from this Oscar competition. At the same time, they apologized to us."

"oh?"

This time, Tang En expressed surprise.

Tosca Musk said: "There is only one Twain in Hollywood, and you are the only one who dares to single out Hollywood. Lionsgate is just an independent film company, which has annoyed the MPAA. What else can we do except retreat? "

Tang En smiled, "It's quite current affairs."

"Then what about this matter?"

"Since they took the initiative to admit their mistakes, forget it this time. Tell them that I didn't mean to target Lionsgate. They can continue to develop in Hollywood step by step, but they must abide by the rules of Hollywood. Don't do things that shouldn't be done. Do it without even thinking about it!"

Tosca Musk nodded, "I see."

After she left, Tang En raised the corners of his mouth, a little amused.

Yeah, Lionsgate is just a small role.

Even giants like Disney and Warner have been dealt with by New Universal many times in the past few years, let alone Lionsgate?

For them, taking the initiative to admit their mistakes is probably the best result.

The current New Universal really makes Hollywood tremble three times by stomping its feet.