I’m in Hollywood

There were originally two films that Firefly used to go to Austria this year, Interview with the Vampire and Pulp Fiction.

However, after the Oscar nominations were released, Eric discovered that although Interview with the Vampire received good reviews in the industry and made Firefly a lot of money at the box office, vampire movies were not as popular with Oscar judges as comedies. Although Firefly did a lot of work for the film's Oscar PR, it ended up with only inconsequential nominations like Best Makeup and Best Sound.

In the end, the important task of Firefly's impact on the Oscars fell on Pulp Fiction.

Although Eric joked with Kapoor that he would probably fall asleep at the awards ceremony, the Oscars are often ridiculed for being too long. However, except for those guests who are aging and lacking energy, it is difficult for most people to feel stuck in the tense and hot atmosphere of the Oscars ceremony.

I have to say that it is quite interesting to watch this award ceremony that is completely different from the original time and space.

The original Schindler's List has been moved forward by a year. In addition to Pulp Fiction, the more popular nominated films this year include In the Name of My Father, Farewell to the Piano and Intersection of Life. And Eric was a little surprised to find that two Chinese-language films appeared in the films nominated for the best foreign language film this year, one was called The Wedding Banquet and the other was called Farewell My Concubine, but the best foreign language film award was finally awarded. It fell to Penelope's Belle Epoque.

In addition, Eric also noticed Jane Campion, who was nominated for best director for The Piano. The Australian female director stopped at a nomination without any suspense. Although he has not learned in detail, Eric also knows that very few women have been nominated for best director in the history of the Oscars, and there should be none in the past decade or so. That's going to be a big deal for next year's Best Director Oscars, and if Katherine wins another Best Director nomination as a woman for Saving Private Ryan, the Oscar judges will likely want to consider ignoring female directors for two years in a row The resulting public risk is gone.

After winning nothing for the best actor, the best actor and the best actress in a row, Quentin also lost to Robert Altman of Intersection of Life in the competition for the best director without any suspense. Robert Altman, who shot the satire of Masaharu, has been nominated for best director three times before. Although the original time and space lost to Steven Spielberg, this time, no one really can guide the Oscar for the veteran director.

When Robert Altman and presenter Clint Eastwood left the stage, Eric standing backstage had a hunch. This year's Oscars, Pulp Fiction may still only win one Best Original Screenplay Award, but Eric doesn't care about this, as long as Pulp Fiction gets enough box office.

Hearing the announcer calling out his name, Eric walked towards the stage with the envelope containing the best picture results.

As soon as he appeared, there was a very warm applause from the stage.

Eric walked to the microphone with a smile. He thought that the applause would stop there. Unexpectedly, the applause from the audience not only did not stop, but became more and more enthusiastic.

The Oscars are actually a party where everyone cheers for each other. As the host of an awards ceremony joked, a group of millionaires present awards to each other. Eric's popularity and power in Hollywood has grown in recent years, and it's not too surprising to receive such treatment.

The applause rang for half a minute before Eric squeezed his hand and glanced under the stage. He said with a smile: Actually, when I received the invitation of the presenters, I was very apprehensive.

Although there is no obvious laugh in this sentence, the audience still laughed softly.

I always thought that such an important award should be at least 60 years old to be a suitable presenter, but the director immediately retorted me and said, you have already done all the things that others can only do when you are 80 years old, and you can go to present the award. , so I came up.

Along with the laughter from the audience, Eric said solemnly: But don't have any expectations, even if this award is awarded by me. The golden man will never be pure gold.

The audience knew that this was Eric's joke about his personal wealth, so there was another burst of laughter, Eric cleared his throat, and said, Of course. The best picture represents an honor, it is the six thousand of the academy. The affirmation of the value of a film by many professional judges is definitely not something that money can replace, so let’s take a look at the outstanding nominated films this year.”

After Eric finished speaking, he gestured to the screen and walked to the side.

Clips from the five nominated films, Pulp Fiction, Intersection of Life, Farewell to the Piano, In the Name of the Father and Farewell to the Lovers appeared on the screen one by one.

Eric watched clips of these films. I'm also not sure who will win the best picture this year.

Compared with awards such as Best Director and Best Actor, which are relatively small in size, the Best Film is unanimously selected by a total of more than 6,000 judges from various jury associations, which means that the best film belongs to the previous most The best director and best actor and actress can be reflected to a certain extent. If a film wins more important awards, then the film can basically be said to have locked in the best film.

But this year has been a thoroughly small year for the Oscars, and no single film has been a big winner. The best director went to Robert Altman of Crosspoints of Life, the best actor went to Daniel Day-Lewis of In the Name of the Father, and the best actress went to Hawley Brown of The Piano. Hunter, the best original screenplay was taken away by Pulp Fiction. The best supporting actor and actress also belong to different films. The largest jury associations have made completely different choices. It seems that the result of the best film will be Look at the private public relations efforts.

Although he still doesn't know who it will be, Eric can be sure that after this year's Oscars, the media comments will definitely be much more lively than before.

After all the introductions of the five films were over, Eric walked to the microphone again, opened the envelope in his hand and glanced at it, glanced under the stage, his eyes quickly found the location of a crew, and his eyes narrowed involuntarily. , because he saw two acquaintances around the crew, Elizabeth in a white dress and a fat man named Weinstein.

Because of Eric's brief hesitation. Everyone in the Los Angeles Music Hall followed Eric's gaze, and some people made soft comments.

Eric quickly retracted his mind and said, Then, the best picture at the 1993 Oscars will belong. Farewell to the Piano, Jane Chapman.

With the applause, a short-haired woman in her 40s stood up from the Piano Farewell crew, hugged the others one by one, and walked towards the stage excitedly.

Congratulations. Ms. Chapman, the Eric statuette handed him, gave him a polite hug, and stepped aside.

Taking advantage of Jane Chapman's acceptance speech, Eric, who was standing next to him, looked down the stage once again. In this era, the Oscar best picture has not yet flooded the stage with the whole crew like later. The crew members are still sitting in the same place.

Noticing Eric's gaze, Harvey Weinstein nodded politely at him, while Elizabeth raised her chin a little smugly, and evenly stretched out her finger and drew a 'c' letter in front of her. . Then he clenched his fists with five fingers and spread them out suddenly, making a gesture that symbolized destruction.

Even if Elizabeth didn't give these hints, Eric could guess the girl's intentions. Jane Campion's female identity is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Without Robert Altman, who has accumulated several Oscar nominations, it seems natural. With Weinstein's public opinion manipulation and award public relations ability, coupled with the huge News Corporation The support of the media may really make Jane Campion the first female director to win the Oscar for Best Director.

But because of Robert Altman, Weinstein knew that his chances of winning the best director were slim, so he turned to PR for the best picture, and successfully launched a female producer. This is obviously laying the groundwork for next year's Braveheart.

In this way, if Catherine is nominated for Best Director for Saving Private Ryan next year, if she doesn't get this award, the Academy will have enough reasons to distinguish, since they awarded such an important award as Best Picture this year to a person. female. The media will have no reason to accuse them of sexism.

Now that he has decided to support Elizabeth in his heart, and has also deliberately pushed Fox to acquire Miramax, Eric will of course not be angry at the girl's prudence. Anyway, next year, no matter who will be the big winner of Braveheart or Saving Private Ryan , in Eric's view, it is only the difference between left and right hands, otherwise Eric would not let the production of Forrest Gump be postponed for a year. What's more, compared to Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart obviously needs more awards to recover more profits.

Eric planned to go back to rest immediately after attending the award ceremony, but thinking of Forrest Gump, it happened that Tom Hanks also attended the award ceremony, so Eric planned to talk to Hanks about this first. , As everyone left the Los Angeles Music Center and went to the Vanity Fair Oscar dinner at the Hilton Hotel, although Eric has changed the history of Hollywood, the Vanity Fair party still appeared on time, but Eric has not been in the past few years. Can participate.

In the lively party hall, Eric and Hanks came to a quiet corner together and briefly introduced the plot of Forrest Gump to Hanks.

Hanks listened attentively to Eric's analysis of the plot, nodded and said: Eric, since it is the script you liked, of course there is no problem, I will ask my agent to make all those invitations tomorrow. No. Well, the story sounds interesting, maybe I should get the original and read it.

Eric shook his head quickly and said, The original work of the story is a somewhat absurd satire. I don't recommend you read it before reading the script. Because I plan to adapt it into an inspirational film showing the history of the United States from the 50s to the 70s. The protagonist Forrest Gump represents a simple and sincere attitude to life, if you read the original book in advance, it may have a bad impact on entering the role, and people's first impression bias is very serious.

Okay, just let me know when the film will start production, Hanks nodded with a smile and agreed. As for things like remuneration, of course he doesn't need to negotiate with Eric himself. Now it's usually left to the producers and Hanks' agent to negotiate.

The two chatted for a few words and then separated from each other. Eric greeted some acquaintances, and casually dealt with a few guests who came up to chat with them. When he saw Penelope and Kate, he planned to secretly take the two girls with him. Leaving the party early, but just as she was about to walk towards the two girls, Elizabeth led a group of people from the Piano Farewell crew over.

Eric, this is Ms. Jane Campion, and Ms. Jane Chapman...

Eric smiled and shook hands with each other one by one. Everyone knew the relationship between Elizabeth and Eric.

After the crowd dispersed, Elizabeth asked, Why ignore me, won't you be really angry?

Eric said with a smile, Looking at how beautiful you are surrounded by a group of people, I'm afraid to come up and block your light.

Elizabeth snorted softly, but realizing that Eric didn't mean to be angry, she was relieved and asked, What were you talking about with Tom Hanks just now?

In a movie, I intend to let him play the leading role, say hello in advance, Eric didn't mean to delay the production of Forrest Gump to take credit for the girl, he simply said, noting that Penelope He and Kate looked at him and made a gesture to the two women, motioning them to wait for him outside.

Following Eric's gaze, Elizabeth just noticed the backs of the two girls leaving, and teased in a sour tone: Those two seem to be the heroines of Charlie's Angels, why don't you get the three girls together? what?

Eric smiled and said, I'm too busy, so I only managed two, and the remaining one will take my time.

Just mess around, Elizabeth kicked Eric's leg lightly to show her dissatisfaction, then remembered something and said, You said you wanted to help Julia prepare the script, when will you bring it out?

At least wait until the New York thing is over, Eric put the goblet in his hand on the tray of the passing waiter, leaned over slightly and kissed Elizabeth's face in a low voice : If there is nothing else, I'll go first, I haven't slept well for a whole week.

Elizabeth shrank her neck. She really had something very important to talk about with Eric, but the two were so close, she also noticed the faint dark circles on Eric's face, thinking about this. Things were not in a hurry, so he nodded and let Eric leave the party. (To be continued.)(www.. )