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Thank you for everything you have done for Sofia. Francis Coppola came over to greet Ronan specifically: Without your help, Sofia's new film would not be as smooth as it is now.

Ronan shook hands with him, and said with some humility: Mr. Coppola, you are too kind, it is Sofia who brought a masterpiece to Relativity Entertainment.

Francis Coppola had a very good impression of Ronan, and said: If you need help in the future, just call me.

He exchanged business cards with Ronan, said something politely, and left for other places.

Ronan took Francis Coppola's business card, which was a blessing anyway.

Francis Coppola's influence is indeed not as great as it was twenty years ago, but no one can ignore the Coppola family, especially Francis Coppola has an old relationship with many people in Hollywood and has an extraordinary relationship.

For example, George Lucas, Francis Coppola can even be said to be half of George Lucas's film teacher in the early years.

It's just a lucky guy with a good family background...

I don't know whose muttering came here, Ronan turned his head to look, and the person who spoke was a middle-aged woman with an unfamiliar face.

The ordinary-looking middle-aged woman noticed Ronan's gaze, and immediately walked away knowing that she had slipped up.

Ronan didn't have the idea of ​​looking for trouble. This is a fact, but this fact must be divided into two parts.

First of all, if it weren't for the surname of Coppola, Sofia Coppola would indeed not have the influence she has today, and it would be impossible for Sofia Coppola to become a director after being frustrated as an actor.

Secondly, family background itself is a part of personal ability. A good family background has brought many conveniences to Sofia Coppola, and also given her the opportunity to get in touch with and learn various skills in the directing industry. start.

Strictly speaking, Ronan's situation is similar to that of Sofia Coppola, and his development to the present is also inseparable from his family background.

If it weren't for an established small production company, how could the financing be successful at that time?

The rally went very smoothly. Sofia Coppola was like a star, Francis Coppola and George Lucas appeared in person to canvass votes. It is estimated that most of the people who came to the rally will wait until they are nominated. When voting, everyone will vote for Sofia Coppola and Lost in Translation.

The embassy film industry is also trying its best to do work, and various public relations meetings and promotional activities have also been released.

There are three key awards for this film: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress and Best Director.

Of course, it is all about nominations at this stage, and we must first ensure that we get nominations before we can talk about other things.

Scarlett Johansson's best supporting actress, nomination is not difficult, winning is equally difficult.

As for the Best Actress, a movie called The Devil has already started to be screened. Only those who have seen this movie will know how far Charlize Theron has fought for the heroine.

Someone once compared the photo of Charlize Theron dressed up in 2000 with the photo of Charlize Theron with makeup when she starred in The Devil. Not only do they look like two people, but they are simply two extremes of human beings .

The extremes of beauty and ugliness.

Young, beautiful and naturally beautiful actresses are God's favorites, but if they want to win the Oscar for Best Actress, there has always been an unwritten unspoken rule - they must self-destruct their image!

I vaguely remember that Charlize Theron had some large-scale scenes in The Devil, it is estimated that few people will be interested...

In addition, for the best picture and best director, being nominated is a victory, and winning is a no-brainer.

The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King will be released soon. This literary masterpiece, which has a special status in the history of European and American fantasy literature, has been adapted into a movie, and it has been a great success. Now that the trilogy is coming to an end, Oscar will obviously give itself affirmation.

Although the film is as juvenile as the original book, and the characters in it are black and white, no one can deny the greatness of the trilogy.

Most importantly, Tolkien is dead!

Oscar has always been generous with rewards related to people who have passed away. For example, the former clown, someone can win an acting award for a superhero comic character, which is unimaginable in the more than 70 years of Oscar's history.

But when a person dies, Oscar will express something.

In fact, after the release of the first two parts of The Lord of the Rings, and only a few technical awards at the Oscars, many discerning people can see that the judges are waiting for the end of the trilogy.

In mid-December, The Return of the King was released in North America. Facts have proved that the quality of the film is worthy of everyone's expectations.

This is definitely the pinnacle of fantasy cinema, although the length of the film will make many fans bladder ache.

In the future, when the real director's cut version is released and released on the market, you need to set aside half a day to watch it, otherwise you will not be able to finish watching it.

In fact, in the Lord of the Rings series, there are some battle scenes that the audience will find inexplicable, and the theater version is not very clear. These are the faults of the editor and director Peter Jackson.

In the director's cut version, the battle scene is too long, which makes the film too long. The length of the film is directly related to the number of screenings in a single day, which becomes a key factor affecting the box office. The version finally released in theaters, You can only use scissors on the battle scenes on the basis of ensuring the smoothness of the narrative.

The most typical ones are the siege of Minas Tiris, the battle of Paliano Plains and the battle of Black Gate in The Return of the King.

And The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.

I believe that many viewers will be curious about the goats on Thorin-Oakshield. Did these mighty mounts fall from the sky? Peter Jackson has always liked to play Condor, when did he switch to Goat?

After watching the director's cut DVD, all these will be understood.

The goats didn't appear out of nowhere, they appeared out of nowhere because of the editing.

Of course, the blame still has to be carried by Peter Jackson.

The Return of the King is a masterpiece, the biggest flaw is undoubtedly too lengthy, but this does not prevent it from becoming the number one Oscar hit right after it was released.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy has a grand and perfect ending, and the unfinished ending can be said to be everyone's biggest worry before.

Peter Jackson, the man who was born to adapt Tolkien, finally did not let the fear become a fact.

When Ronan went to watch this movie, he also revisited the passionate years.

In that young age, how many people were excited because of the encouragement before the battle in the Pelennor Plain, King of Theoden, and how many people were excited because of the cry before the Black Gate of Aragorn.

In the era that Ronan has experienced, is there any magic movie that can catch up with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, even the Harry Potter series still has a gap.

At the same time, Lost in Translation began to expand its screening scale with great fanfare. From mid-December, the film expanded to 200 theaters. With the support, the box office did not collapse after the extended screening.

In the first weekend after the extended screening, the box office revenue of Lost in Translation soared by 3.62 million US dollars, and the single-house box office revenue exceeded 15,000 US dollars.

The total North American box office revenue of the film has reached 6.67 million US dollars, exceeding the production cost.

And the extended screenings are only just beginning.

The Embassy Pictures will maintain communication with the theaters based on the various data fed back from Lost in Translation, and gradually increase the number of theaters where it will be screened. However, before the Oscar list is released, the screening scale will not exceed 1,000 theaters.

Having said that, independent literary and artistic films like this also have a more personal and emotional author's style, and the scale of their screenings will not be particularly large.

Lost in Translation is a typical niche movie.

After the release, it can attract a large number of audiences. On the one hand, it is due to the strong publicity and marketing and the quality of the film. On the other hand, it is also inseparable from the influence of Sofia Coppola herself.

This is also Sofia Coppola's natural advantage.

How many people can star in a film like The Godfather as soon as they are born?

It was a blessing, but also a pressure, that in the early-to-mid-90s, Sofia Coppola became the poster child for nepotism in Hollywood.

How high the evaluation of her and Lost in Translation is now by film critics, and how miserable she was scolded back then.

In some ways, this is a Bai Fumei's counterattack drama.

At the newly announced Gotham Independent Film Awards, Lost in Translation has won some awards, because The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King naturally does not have the qualifications for awards. As a small independent film, Lost in Translation won the best film and two awards for Best Actress.

The Gotham Independent Film Awards can also be regarded as one of the outpost awards of the Oscars. It can win several awards, which will also help Lost in Translation hit the Oscar nominations.

After this movie, is there any new plan?

After a film session, Ronan specifically asked Sofia Coppola: Are you going to shoot a new film?

Sofia Coppola smiled, and said with a nasal voice: Not yet, I plan to take a year off, and wait until 2005 for new projects.

Ronan nodded, and asked again: You want to rest for such a long time?

Sofia Coppola said very naturally: I don't want to make myself too tired, and I may take a longer break.

Ronan looked at her, Sofia Coppola is not an ordinary director, and she doesn't need to work as hard as Uwe Ball. Since Bao Ge cooperated with Relativity Entertainment, one film project after another, even the rare rest time , all ran to Irvine to find the love in their hearts and cry from their hearts...

No way, Sofia Coppola and Uwe Ball are not comparable at all.

Ronan also completely cut off the idea of ​​letting Sofia Coppola direct that female work.

While busy with these things, a message came from George Clint that the crew of Survival in the Wild, which had been traveling to dangerous places all over the world for more than half a year, finished all filming and returned to Los Angeles.