Chapter 1237 1237 Shut up Collectively

There are many reasons why the media is reluctant to report a work. The biggest possibility is that it has no reporting value. Hollywood has new works that start shooting almost every day, but most of them are not newsworthy. Naturally, no media is willing to report. But apparently "Death Ramble" doesn't fall into this category.

From the DreamWorks investment to the Tim Robbins writing and directing, from the script based on the true story to the joining of Susan Sarandon and Hugo, there is really too much attention on "Death Row" , enough to attract news media coverage. Even if it weren't for a large-scale discussion, it would not be like the current situation: there is no media coverage except for the "Los Angeles Times", not even a newsletter. This is too abnormal.

Dawes-Carter knows why.

The "Seven Deadly Sins", which was just finished not long ago, really offended a large number of people. The secret and closed filming of the crew is not a big problem. After all, there are a lot of crews that need to close the filming. The "Seven Deadly Sins" is not an accident, it is important What's more is the tough attitude of the crew that is unwilling to cooperate, which makes many media reporters very angry.

Director David Fincher is a tough guy, and his violent and uncooperative attitude gave reporters a special headache; Morgan Freeman, one of the main actors, has always been a low-key personality. He often smiles when he sees media reporters, and then leaves silently. , let the reporters want to exert their strength but have no foothold; what is surprising is that Brad Pitt, who has always been willing to cooperate with the media, also seems to be sluggish this time. Several interviews were ended hastily, and his attitude seemed very perfunctory and even more strange. What's more, Brad's agent Martin - Baum actually acquiesced, which made reporters completely confused.

Of course, the most important thing is Hugo.

Since the absence of the press conference, Hugo has completely refused all interviews with reporters. Even if the blockbuster incident of Michael Jackson occurred during the period, Hugo still looked indifferent, which made the reporters Very aggrieved: they were the passive side facing Hugo now. They needed to beg Hugo for an interview, and Hugo's arrogant attitude made them feel shame.

Journalists know that this is the law of Hollywood. When actors were unknown, they begged reporters to conduct interviews and reports, and they cherished every interview opportunity; when actors became popular, reporters begged them to interview, because this newspaper did not interview, and that newspaper was on the bench. , the competition is extremely fierce.

Therefore, even if reporters dislike these actors who "play big names and put on airs" in every possible way, even if reporters curse and sneer at these actors behind their backs, they still have to rush up with a smile at work. This is the rule of the industry and their job.

In the past three years or so, Hugo's rising momentum is unparalleled, so reporters have suffered the most at Hugo's, not to mention the bad things that happened during this period. The scars of the witch trials have not been completely eliminated - Michael- When Jackson clears his grievances, the first to be blamed is the pretentious uncrowned kings. This has become a nightmare for the news media, and it is estimated that it will not completely retreat within the last year or two.

Journalists always wanted to see Hugo deflated, but they failed every time, and they kept fighting. When "Life and Death" was released before, the reporters teamed up to boycott the work - or to be more precise, to boycott Hugo, but unfortunately they seemed to be ill-prepared. The box-office plundering stance kills a piece of armor.

As a result, the media compromised.

But this time it was different. When "Death Ramble" confirmed that Hugo was the lead actor, the "New York Post", "National Enquirer", "Daily News", "Houston Chronicle", "USA Today" "Headed several newspapers and magazines to take the lead in launching this campaign, wanting to teach Hugo a hard lesson.

They won't be doing any kind of coverage of "Death Ramble"!

"New York Post" they chose "death row walk", the reason is very complex, but also very simple.

First of all, the influence of the film's main lineup is limited. Tim has a wide range of contacts in the circle, but he has always been a tepid old man, and his friendship with everyone is also limited; although Susan is quite influential, as a woman As an actress, her network reach and influence radiation are also very limited.

Secondly, although this is a project where Steven Spielberg is the producer, everyone knows that he invested in Hugo's face, so he must not be so concerned about this project. A ten million dollar investment is painless. What's more, this is a work of DreamWorks. DreamWorks, which has only been established for half a year, does not have so much energy and resources to invest in such a low-cost work as "Death Ramble" - this is also what DreamWorks chose for the previous two works. Great reason for low investment indie films.

The last and most important point, "Death Convict Walk" itself is not a potential work, just like "Before the Sunrise", no matter how bad the reputation of this type of literary and artistic work, no matter how powerful the actors' appeal, the impact Power is limited. The 1990s was never the era of independent films, because the time had not yet come. After "Pulp Fiction" broke into the sky, it still takes time for the environment to change.

To put it simply, "Death Ramble" is a soft persimmon, and it is impossible to have a shocking situation similar to "Life and Death" and "Sleepless in Seattle" - at least it is very unlikely.

Moreover, this time they are fully prepared. They are going to start from the start of "Death Ramble", to filming, finalizing, post-production, and then to the pre-promotion and release of the film.

This is the information age, when a film lacks the support of the media, it is almost impossible to open the situation. The reporters were eager to see what kind of results the "death row walk" would create, and whether Hugo would be willing to lower his arrogant head to beg reporters to be interviewed-they were all looking forward to this day.

In other words, the uncrowned kings are all looking forward to this day.

So when newspapers such as the New York Post launched the campaign, it needed to get a response from many newspapers. As the biggest competitor of the "Los Angeles Times" on the West Coast, the "San Francisco Chronicle" is very happy to cooperate with the trump card of its competitors; as the most humorous "Chicago Tribune" among the top ten newspapers in the United States, the "Chicago Tribune" gloatingly supported it, They were quite curious about the outcome of this time when the uncrowned kings "bullyed the small with the big" - bullying a soft persimmon with an investment of only 10 million US dollars is inherently invincible. What is even more interesting is that this is bullying by the big. Small results seem suspenseful.

In addition, many neutral media also expressed their support, not because they hated Hugo so much, but because there were no gimmicks worth reporting on the "death row walk", they simply stopped reporting it, and pushed the boat with it. Let's see what happens - maybe there will be a blast.

But it is obviously impossible to make all the media "shut up", not to mention that Hugo's strong appeal has been supported by a large number of media, even if there is a dispute, many media are willing to speak for Hugo, not to mention now What about this absurd situation; even just the appeal of the three media outlets "Washington Post", "Wall Street Journal" and "New York Times" is enough to sway the entire public opinion.

This is the weirdest part of this movement: The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times have all shut up, so have other Hugo-supporting media outlets, and even the Los Angeles Times has just shut up Newsletter reported.

This situation makes "Death Ramble" look like a college student pulling his classmates to shoot a graduation project. From the cast to the script, there is nothing worthy of attention, so even local newspapers and school magazines are reluctant to report. Even without Hugo, relying on the influence of Tim and Susan, this situation should not have occurred.

In fact, the "Los Angeles Times" originally prepared a formal report. Although there is no full page, it does have a half-page arrangement. Nicholas wrote a special report for this. The sparks produced by Guo and Susan's opposite scenes expressed great anticipation.

In addition, the "New York Times" also prepared a formal report, they cut the report from Steven's point of view, and discussed the reasons why he chose the "Death Ramble" project. This will also be a special feature, scheduled to be published in an important position.

But at the last moment, Rick persuaded the "New York Times" to withdraw the report, and the "Los Angeles Times" also changed the detailed report to an official press release, so the report was withdrawn. News media, including The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, etc., which have good cooperative relations with Hugo and Endeavour Elite Brokerage, all got Rick's call and removed their reports.

So that's what created the weirdly quiet situation now.

Rick learned of the New York Post's plan from Dawes immediately. He knew that the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times had prepared relevant reports. If a confrontation was to be formed, it would not be difficult. There is even a way to team up with innovative artist agencies to make the news of "death row walks" overwhelming. But in this way, the "New York Post" and their abacus have succeeded: they are the cheap and good party, and they have become the focus of the topic without any effort.

Rick thought about it carefully. First, "Death Convict Walk" requires a relatively quiet environment. This is an independent film that does not require much attention. Second, Hugo also needs a quiet environment to study acting skills, and reporters are harassed. It's the last thing he needs right now.

Thinking about it this way, in fact, the cold treatment of the media is in line with their needs, so why not push the situation and make all the news media shut up completely. This can actually make the "New York Post" their position embarrassing: there is really no news, so do they report or continue to not report it? If it continues to be unreported, then where is the news value? Their purpose of launching this campaign is to disgust Hugo, but the ultimate goal is to achieve breakthrough points and win sales. As long as they can get benefits, they don't care what Hugo did.

Therefore, Rick created such a situation after obtaining the consent of Tim, Steven and others.

All media collectively shut up, all media! So what should the New York Post and others do now?