Chapter 1974: 1974 Halo of Fame and Fortune
"Tell me, after tonight, is there another group of outstanding practitioners who will be eliminated." David's deep voice, with a hint of aftertaste and deep thought, rang softly in Hugo's ear.
This kind of David made Hugo a little strange—he was always used to David’s grinning face, and he seemed to be able to strategize between talking and laughing, but now David’s brows could clearly feel the traces of time, all The irritability and noise are slowly settling down.
Following David's line of sight, Hugo saw James Cameron surrounded by people. Although Hugo also created history tonight, the focus of attention is not inferior to that of James, but in a strict comparison, Hugo is still slightly inferior, just as James said in his arrogant acceptance speech, "I am the king of the world ".
Even if you can't understand James' arrogance and arrogance, even if you don't like the bombardment of commercial movies, even if you hate James' arrogant self-righteousness, no one can deny that the glorious summit of "Titanic" has strongly shaken the the entire film industry. This great achievement alone is enough to put James on a par with industry leaders such as Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
Therefore, more than one-third of the audience is now surrounded by James, and the noisy scene almost makes people think that this is the "Titanic" box office celebration rather than Oscar night.
Hugo instantly understood the meaning of David's words. At the beginning, Ernst was eliminated after the change of the "Male and Female Thieves", and gradually faded out of people's sight; and now the era of change led by "Titanic" It has come, so does it mean that another group of practitioners will be eliminated?
Like Steven Spielberg, like David Geffen, like George Lucas.
David's question caused Hugo to fall into contemplation. In fact, according to the historical development track, this is indeed the case.
Although after entering the 21st century, directors such as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese still have a large number of works to release, the old Martin only realized his Oscar statuette dream in 2006; but In fact, this group of directors who created the pinnacle is indeed gradually fading out of people's sight.
George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Oliver Stone, Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Ron Howard, and more all began to move behind the scenes to The identity of the producer is active in the field of film; directors such as Clint Eastwood, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton, etc. still maintain the number of their own works, and then repeatedly in During the awards season, they occupy the attention, but most of the time they stay away from the spotlight and concentrate on the creation of their own works.
Even James Cameron, who made history, has gone farther and farther on the road of creation. He has created an "Avatar" in ten years, which is shocking to the world, but more often he completely disappears from the public's sight.
Correspondingly, Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, Peter Jackson, David Fincher, Lee. Ann, J. J. Abrams and other new-generation directors began to occupy the public's attention. At the same time, the wave of new directors set off by Marvel has become the mainstream of society-hard-hitting comic book adaptation movies, and a flowing list of director replacements.
From this perspective, history has indeed changed again. The change of the mode of the entire film production industry has led to the directors who reached the peak of their creation in the 30 years after the birth of "Male and Female Thieves", their influence has gradually been weakened, and their light has been robbed by the blood of the new generation.
But are they really eliminated? of course not. What is different from thirty years ago is that the change this time is that technology has changed the industry and brought movies into another direction of development. The number of directors is also decreasing, and those truly excellent directors are still tirelessly innovating.
David's question is actually Hugo's most curious question right now. This time, there has been a slight deviation in the development track of history, so what kind of turbulent waves will the future development of the film industry cause? Whether Marvel movies will still dominate, whether Disney will still turn "Star Wars" into another money printing machine, whether Universal Pictures, which lacks animation-adapted movies, has completely lost its competitiveness, and whether DreamWorks can change The decisive force of the market...
"Then let us wait and see." Hugo said softly, not sure if he was answering David or telling himself. After the voice fell, it fell into a silence. It was like a paradise isolated from the world in the noisy and extraordinary party scene, and people enjoyed a rare moment of tranquility.
However, this tranquility was quickly broken, and Barry Meyer appeared in front of Hugo with joy, and celebrated Hugo's victory tonight-although "LA Confidential" produced by Warner Bros. It fell short at the last moment, but it was still a victory. Compared with the achievement of 200 million US dollars achieved by "Titanic", "LA Confidential" cost only a quarter of it, but achieved a completely comparable result. score. Barry's mood couldn't be happier.
Although not as good as James, Hugo is still the most sought-after person tonight, especially for major film production companies. Hugo's value as a producer has exceeded his value as an actor, and he can give film companies bring more benefits.
After all, actors can only shoot one work at a time, but the producers are different, as if Hugo was filming "The Truman Show" while also remotely monitoring the production of "As Good as It Gets". The same is true of these top guys including Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. Therefore, Hugo's status in the heart of the film company has not declined but increased.
On the surface, it seems that James is the focus of attention tonight, and the "Titanic" is even more beautiful, but laymen can only understand this when watching the excitement, and those old foxes in the circle know it. The real big winner tonight is the Hugo.
Barry chatted with Hugo for a while, and then the top executives of the Writers Guild of America, the Producers Guild of America, and the Screen Actors Guild of America all came over to congratulate Hugo. These union managers are different from the major film production companies. They have no overlapping interests with Hugo, but as a union, they need more people with strong appeal to become the spokesperson of the union and represent the union to communicate with major companies. Negotiate and safeguard trade union interests.
For example, Tom Hanks' status in the Screen Actors Guild of America is very lofty now. Even if he has not reached the height of universal response, he is not far away.
Now, the trade unions have also seen Hugo's influence - logically speaking, Hugo is only 30 years old this year, and he is not married yet, so even if the influence is far-reaching, it is very limited. It's like Tom Cruise, who has been in Hollywood for nearly ten years and has a good reputation in the Screen Actors Union, but he is far from reaching the height of Hanks. However, Hugo has become an exception. He now has the ability to challenge the major film companies on his own, and the union will naturally not let it go.
The expansion of influence among the labor unions also means that Hugo has truly entered the power center of the entire Hollywood, from the forward track of the production company to the industry practitioners, and then the reverse track from the industry practitioners to the production company, and at the same time There is also the entire horizontal track of Hollywood to other industries, and Hugo has stood in the middle of the torrent.
It is worth mentioning that the Screenwriters Guild of America couldn't be more enthusiastic about Hugo? - not just the influence of the script "As Good as It Gets", and not just the two films "L.A. Confidential" and "As Good as It Gets" The work once again emphasized the importance of screenwriters to people—many people mentioned Ernst to Hugo one after another, which was unexpected by Hugo. When Ernst was mentioned in his award acceptance speech, Hugo did it temporarily, but he did not expect to achieve incredible results. This was the first time that Hugo personally felt Ernst's influence on Hollywood-the irritable and irritable , lonely old man.
This is also the most ironic part of Vanity Fair. Honor, fame, and fame are things that cannot be seen or touched. After the spotlight disappears, they can't bring any improvement to life, but they make countless people crazy about it, and even pursue it at all costs. , and finally penniless and alone.
In many moments of such a night, Hugo would feel empty and confused, and then lower his head, looking at the ground on which his feet were stepping, the solid feeling reminded him of his position, standing firmly, Don't be carried away by the tide of fame and fortune, go with the flow.
He raised his head and searched around, but Hugo didn't see Leonardo's figure. He probably hid in a corner, but he didn't know whether Leonardo was hiding from the crowd or was trapped in a corner. Alcohol, drugs. Surrounded by goods and women, Hugo couldn't help feeling a little worried.
Saw Charlize instead - Charlize has managed to stand out among "Generation X" actresses ahead of Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Nicole Kidd after tonight's stunning show Mann, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock and others were the first to be recognized by an Oscar statuette, which was a huge success for Charlize. Therefore, tonight she also became the focus of the audience.
Originally, Charlize was very glamorous, but tonight's charming smile was even more attractive. The conversation and laughter turned all beings upside down, and many people came forward to strike up a conversation.
Looking at Charlize surrounded by people, Hugo couldn't help stepping forward, walking towards Charlize. The two of them were separated by half the hall, and their eyes met unexpectedly in the air. Let the two of them be dazed for a moment, just looking at each other quietly, the laughter and noise quietly stopped in their ears, and the dazzling light made everything perfect and moving.