Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Your new film is very different from the past..."

"Yes, I want to bring something new to Hollywood. Different from old-fashioned dramas, nor the latest and most dazzling special effects spectacle blockbusters, the audience needs to be moved, need to relax, and needs to laugh.

Nun Too Crazy is one such movie and I guarantee audiences will get what they want. Yes, just go and watch it, I guarantee you will be happy. "

"Thank you...Ronald, it's a pleasure to be interviewed by me." The reporter from the Hollywood Reporter put away the tape recorder. Having the opportunity to interview the Oscar winner for Best Picture is considered a moderate achievement.

Ronald, who has always avoided the media before, has recently accepted numerous media interviews for the first time for two new movies.

He didn't filter the questions, so it was very interesting to conduct such an interview.

In the interview, Ronald not only reviewed his Hollywood career, but also talked about some experiences with his wife Diane. What's even more surprising is that he responded head-on to some of the recent accusations from Hollywood about his use of videotapes to win awards.

First of all, this is not against the rules of the academy. In America, where the concept of doing things without legal provisions is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, this statement is very reasonable. You didn't expect this game, but I thought of it first. It worked very well and defeated you all. What's the problem?

The voices accusing him of using such tactics are nothing more than the words of boredom. The Oscars are not absolutely fair. If sending video tapes violates the rules, isn't it also unfair for those films that are specially released at the end of the year to impress the judges?

"What I am doing now is to make the awards fair again, and let the judges judge the award based on the quality of the performance and director, rather than the distribution ability of a distributor or agent during important periods, and the memory of the judges. Let’s decide…”

This kind of statement will definitely cause major discussion in Hollywood after it is published in the newspapers tomorrow. There really should be more producers like this, otherwise it would be too boring for the dull entertainment media to only report things that compliment each other.

This leads to Ronald's second argument. What he did was not only not unfair competition, but also made the selection more fair. The judges all have the opportunity to re-evaluate the actors' acting skills and the director's ability before voting, and the awards return to a fair basis.

"I even think that two weeks before the award nominations and the final award voting, it is necessary to hold a re-screening of this year's award-winning films in some specific locations in Hollywood that only the judges can attend. In this way, those films that were released in the end-of-year schedule can be The unfair advantage gained is smoothed out... everyone watches all the nominated films at the same time. With comparison, memory errors will not occur, so that there will be no such injustice as Barbra Streisand missing out on the Best Director nomination. What should have happened..."

As for the third point, which Ronald rebutted most fiercely, he refuted the attack on his wife Diane Lane's Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

"I know that when she was fourteen, her acting skills were praised by the great British actor Laurence Olivier. Several subsequent youth movies were also selected by directors like Francis Coppola.

I hate people who say she won the award because of me. In fact, we didn't make a movie together for a long time because she wanted to be better in the role of my wife. Also, because I often shoot movies outside, I need her to be at home, and she has missed a lot of good scripts.

Such a statement is extremely unfair to her..."

"How was my answer?" Ronald asked his public relations consultant, Pat Kingsley.

"Very good, your answer is very contagious. I think it would be good for you to become an actor. This not only respects those independent women (supporting their wives' careers), but also satisfies traditional women (protecting their wives from being attacked). ).

Generally speaking, you are still calling for fair competition and letting the quality of the film determine the award, which will be recognized by most of the bottom actors and audiences..."

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"Hahaha, you are really interesting. I think those Jews are going to be pissed off by you..."

The interviews with various media outlets were published the next day, and the first person to call was Jack Nicholson. This eccentric star could make the Jews speechless and laugh out loud when he saw someone talking.

"I didn't say anything wrong with the Jews...don't say that..." Of course Ronald knew that Barbra Streisand's award-winning film "Prince of Waves" had a Jewish cast, as did Warren Beatty's The department's "glory and enthusiasm" cannot be separated from the support of Jewish executives. After all, the protagonist of the biopic "Bugsy" was the most famous Jewish gangster in Hollywood's early years.

"No matter what, I'm rooting for you. You make me feel so happy, Ronald. It's been a while since I've had anyone fuck them hard. Besides, you've given me a lot of pleasure. I'll have more fun in the future." Don’t forget me about the character, it must be fun..."

Ronald put down the phone and said to himself, you better like money. After two weeks of shooting, I got five million. That means I know the goods and know how to use you (I dreamed about it).

This initiative to talk about his own ideas and methods has indeed had a good effect. At least his base has become more stable. Those famous non-Jewish stars and all the grassroots actors have long been angry about the Jewish control of Hollywood and the inequality of opportunities they have created, but the Jews are powerful and if they don't follow their words, there is no place for them to go in Hollywood.

Now someone has come out and advocates fairness, which is good news for these people. It doesn't matter whether Ronald's words are anti-Semitic or not. The most important thing is that they have a chance to choose.

Whether it is winning awards or making money, there is an additional non-Jewish choice. And choice is the most important thing...

"Ah, he makes sense... When I was filming Bonnie and Clyde, I had the same idea as him. Hollywood can't continue with the old way...

Awards? Ah, they are really great, I applaud them for winning. No, no, I think the judges are very fair, I think we are also great, but there is only one trophy..."

Warren Beatty also accepted an interview, and his speech was not angry at all. Anyway, the awards have been awarded, what's the point of saying these now? It's a good opportunity to make a good relationship with Ronald, and there will be more opportunities in the future.

Of course, the most important thing is that he had a son in his old age, and now he is in a good mood. He is happy to be a father with all his heart and soul, and is considering working harder to have a few more children. It's not like he hasn't won the little golden man before...

Another big loser in the award, Barbara Streisand, refused to be interviewed. She is the most depressed one.

He didn't win the award, and Ronald, under the banner of women's rights, was still complaining about not being nominated for director. Some words are really hard to say.

Although this kid is young, he speaks very maturely, like a politician who has been immersed in politics for more than ten years. He didn't mention Jews in every sentence, but every sentence was ridiculing the unfairness of Jews. Why is this so awkward?

The agent wanted her to come forward and said that the tactic of sending videotapes to the judges was unfair, but after Streisand evaluated the situation, she found that if this matter was not done well, it would be disadvantageous to herself.

People said that the videotape was to correct the existing injustice. If I go to refute, isn't it just admitting that I have done a lot of unfair things based on the release time and my Jewish identity?

"Oh, I agree with Ronald's opinion. The Academy should seriously consider holding special screenings for judges in Hollywood and New York before deciding on the nominations, so that everyone can compete on a fair horizon based on their performance...try to minimize the interference of other factors."

Martin Scorsese is the person who is most interested in Ronald's proposal. When he was interviewed, he singled this out and praised it.

For Scorsese, the biggest pain is that many judges are biased against some of his positions. For example, he is of Italian descent and a Catholic. He is dissatisfied with the fact that Jews are banding together to pursue awards, which makes the judges not very satisfied.

When voting, they will intentionally or unintentionally shift to the Jewish-dominated films released in the current season. As long as the film can be re-released before the awards ceremony and screened in the special screenings for the judges, it will be great news for him.

Of course, not everyone likes Ronald's proposal. The Academy has raised many objections. The spokesperson who was interviewed by the reporter gave many reasons, but they all came down to two words: "tradition".

The Academy and the Oscars have traditions!

This award, which was not important before, has now become the Academy's biggest purpose. The reason why the Academy has so many resources and such a great influence is all due to the Oscars.

So, any previous practice of the Academy is a precious tradition and must be respected.

In short, Ronald's speech was very good. We have always taken fairness as the highest criterion. Fairness for women and minorities is also the direction we have been working towards, and everyone has seen our progress.

As for the suggestions of the members, such as giving a certain number of nominations to black people each session, such as adding some new judges, and such as re-screening movies before nominations, these are all good suggestions, but they should be considered appropriately under the premise of respecting the Academy's profound traditions...

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"Hahaha..." Ronald was sitting at home watching these reactions to his offensive and felt very happy. The Governor of Arkansas is indeed a character. Using his tricks, it really works well in Hollywood.

Defense is like a seal, leaving the opponent no room to attack. Offense is a combination of defense and attack, eliminating the opponent's counterattack.

Others can only be beaten and cannot fight back, otherwise everything is wrong. If you attack one point of Ronald's speech, then other points will attack him in return.

Well, it happened this year, otherwise he might really win. But I heard that if a candidate loses the presidential election, his political future will not be very good. Maybe it will take another 10 or 20 years for him to make a comeback.

Another good news is that "Sister Act" had a huge success in its first weekend.

It was released in 1,500 theaters and earned more than 12 million in its first weekend. Emil Adolino finally got the box office results he deserved.

Among the movies on the weekend, only the third episode of "Lethal Weapon" starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover had a higher box office than them.

But that was the sequel to two hit action movies that sold well. Ronald's low-budget comedy musical is indeed difficult to beat.

However, the sequel of another successful film series, "Alien 3", suffered a 57% drop in the second week, falling below "Sister Act".

"Why did this Alien drop so much?" Ronald was puzzled when he looked at the box office report. This science fiction film created by Ridley Scott was originally a low-budget horror film. But the sequel, with the blessing of his good friend Cameron, became a space action film. It is a rare movie whose reputation and box office are better than the first one, which is very rare.

This is also a movie that directly allowed Cameron to gain a foothold. Why did the third one become like this? It seems that it can only stay in the theater for three or four weeks.

"Is it still played by Sigourney Weaver? The heroine has not been changed, what's the matter?" Ronald originally thought that there was a problem with the casting of the production team, but now he sees that it is still the original cast. Why did it drop so much?

In order to solve his doubts, Ronald went to the cinema to watch a movie by himself.

"Jim, did you watch the third part of Opposite Sex?"

After returning, Ronald looked unhappy and called Cameron immediately.

"No, I'm preparing a new script. Since I can't shoot Terminator 3, I'll just write some scripts. What, is it good?"

"It's terrible. It completely ruined the second part you shot. I'm so angry. Why did Fox find such a new director to direct it?"

"It's not that bad, right? I heard that Ridley Scott's schedule is not good. They were going to ask him to go back." Cameron has of course upgraded his director's salary, and Fox can no longer afford him.

"Be more tolerant, Ronald. Our first movie was not perfect either..." Cameron felt that Ronald was a little too harsh. He heard that the director David Fincher used to shoot commercials and was very well received.

"Do you know? Ripley, played by Sigourney, finally found that she was parasitized by aliens in her body, and jumped into the steel furnace to die with them..."

"Ah?" Cameron's face was long. This plot is too...

He finally turned Sigourney Weaver's character into a strong and great female warrior in the second part, but how come she was parasitized by aliens in the third part? And she was thrown into a steel furnace. Isn't this... copying Terminator 2?

I don't know if they borrowed his ending because of the release of Terminator 2.

"And the little girl she saved..."

"Oh..." Cameron thought, I spent so much effort to write the story in the second part, how come it was messed up, and now he has no interest in watching it.

"Let's produce our own projects in the future, otherwise it's too regrettable..."

This kind of thing is really hard to avoid under the big studio system. Only by firmly holding the production rights of the film in the hands of the director can such things be avoided...

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"Hey, Ronald, you've been very popular recently..."

"Is everything okay? What's up? What do you think?"

"Are you home? I need to talk to you about something..."

"Are you coming to me on behalf of the Jews?"

"The Jews have to eat, too, Ronald. I want to discuss the new film with you..."

Mike McDavoy of TriStar Pictures called and wanted to visit. His new project encountered a little crisis and needed Ronald's help.