Chapter 999 999 Against the Prototype

"Interview with the Vampire", which premiered this week, and "Pulp Fiction", which premiered four weeks ago, actually formed a confrontation. This is a situation that cannot be explained by common sense, but it happened.

Is it because "Pulp Fiction" is gaining momentum now, and all the topics related to movies are so hot, so the media is "boring" discussing this topic; This is the way to promote the film, which is why such a hot topic of discussion has emerged.

It was only after many years that people realized that it was the three male actors who really put "Interview with the Vampire" and "Pulp Fiction" on both sides of the confrontation! Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Hugo Lancaster, who are less than five years apart in age, reached their peaks in a similar time period, thus forming a long confrontation, and "Night" The encounter between "Interviewing the Vampire" and "Pulp Fiction" is a monumental first.

The top three gathered to a tripartite confrontation, and the second week of November was the historic starting point.

Tom Cruise, born in 1962, is undoubtedly in the prime of his acting career. In 1983, "Good Guys Are Crazy" made this super handsome man emerge, and then in 1986, "Top Gun" made him a famous actor. Top icon, and since then, the success of "Rain Man," "Born on the Fourth of July," "The Sugar-Coated Trap," and more has cemented Tom's current status in Hollywood, where he currently works with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison-Ford together, constitute the top of the pyramid of Hollywood actors.

Hugo Lancaster, born in 1967, can be said to be in a stage of rapid rise. The "Dead Poets Society" in 1989 once made people think that this handsome boy would rise rapidly, but who knew that he would fall into A three-year low period, and finally reached its peak at the Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony. But after that, Hugo bounced back from the bottom and broke out a strong appeal in a row. Four consecutive works exceeded 100 million at the box office, an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and a Cannes Film Festival Best Actor trophy. Unattainable heights.

However, since Hugo has only risen in the last three years and has not stood the test of a longer period of time, the overall momentum is still slightly inferior to that of Tom in Changhong for ten years.

Brad Pitt, who was born in 1963, is standing in a position ready to go. Before entering the film industry, Brad spent many years in the TV circle and accumulated a lot of popularity. The popularity of these unexpectedly broke out for the first time in "Crazy Flowers" with two women as the protagonists. Brad, who had a small but outstanding role, unexpectedly enjoyed the attention, and the subsequent "Love in the River" let him The real meaning appeared in front of everyone, and last year's "California Killer" tested his acting skills again.

This made Brad instantly hot, playing the leading role in "Interview with the Vampire" and "The Burning Years" - the latter will be officially released in mid-December.

There are many clues linking these three actors. First of all, they are all actors from the transition period of Baby Boomers to Generation X. These actors have experienced the hippie culture movement, the glory of Woodstock, the rise of punk, and their The mind is independent and liberating, and at the same time, there is no lack of innovation and independent courage; secondly, the three actors have handsome faces, but they have different temperaments, which can be said to fully meet the needs of different markets; finally, the three actors have They have been more or less recognized in terms of acting skills, which gives them the possibility of further development.

Under such circumstances, the three-legged confrontation between Tom, Hugo and Brad was initially formed.

However, relatively speaking, at present, Tom and Hugo are obviously in the limelight. As a latecomer, Hugo has launched a strong impact on Tom. In addition to the test of time, Hugo has actually surpassed Tom faintly. Interestingly, Hugo's first work came out in 1982, while Tom hit the big screen in 1981.

Brad is still relatively young. First of all, he has no works that can prove his box office appeal. The popularity is false, but the box office is real. "Interview with the Vampire" is the first time Brad has the ability to hit the box office. The position of the male protagonist in his works, and he is still teaming up with Tom, so his prospects are also optimistic.

Secondly, his recognition for his acting skills is far inferior to the other two. Neither "Big River Love" nor "California Killer" can bring him any nominations.

Even so, the successive rise of these three actors has become a topic of conversation.

The strong attack of "Interview with the Vampire" and the head-on collision of "Pulp Fiction" also became the first head-to-head confrontation between the three actors - or should be said to be a staggered confrontation, which opened the future between the three of them. Ten years of competition.

This confrontation is really an interesting situation. First of all, Tom and Brad team up against Hugo. Objectively speaking, this is also the current situation of the entire Hollywood film market. It was Arnold and Tom, who had been very successful in the past two years, who also lost. "True Lies" currently lost the cumulative box office to "Life and Death", so Tom plus a Brad, definitely has the ability to compete with Hugo. competency.

Secondly, Tom and Brad are also more realistic objects in the movie. It is not uncommon for a movie to have two male protagonists or two female protagonists. There must be competition. Back then, it was a spectacle when the two heroines were both nominated for Oscar nominations. Then in "Interview with Vampires", two people are bound to have a high and low level - or it is a rare two people to advance and retreat together: either defeat together or win together.

The topicality of all this made the premiere of "Interview with the Vampire" a dazzling spark.

After the premiere, the topic of "Hugo Lancaster" became a hot topic, and when David Geffen showed up, people wanted him to talk about his feelings about working with Hugo on "Before Sunrise"; Tom - Cruise was expected to talk about competing with Hugo during auditions for "The Righteous Sea", "Sugar-Coated Trap", etc.; Brad Pitt was expected to talk Talk about the tit-for-tat feelings with Hugo during the audition process for many works such as "Love in the Big River", "River of Righteousness", "Schindler's List" and so on.

The two old foxes, David and Tom, are naturally impeccable, and their personal friendship with Hugo is inherently good, so the answers of the two can be regarded as perfect, so that the reporters can't find the opportunity to find a needle; but the cloth Ladd's side is obviously not the case.

Although Brad is older than Hugo, when it comes to experience in the entertainment industry, Brad is far inferior to his competitors, not to mention his experience with reporters. "Interview with the Vampire" is Brad's first film. The highly anticipated work, this is also the first time that he has truly stood in the center of the spotlight, so naturally he is in a bit of a hurry.

"Hugo, oh, he's a great actor, but we don't have any personal relationship, and I'm not very familiar with him." Compared with a year ago, Brad has gradually lost the edge and spirit of the young man. He also knew that the popularity of the two works "Love in the River" and "The End of the Wild Flower" was limited, especially after witnessing the demise of Tracy Jacobs, Brad knew more clearly He realizes that no matter how many rules the entertainment industry has, he still has to rely on his works to speak, otherwise even the CEO of a top production company who insists on his own words will still be precarious.

However, Brad is indeed competitive with Hugo, and he and Hugo have never been friends. Therefore, this answer is truthful and quite satisfactory, without too many positive or negative implications.

But hearing it in the ears of reporters is another taste. "I am not familiar with Hugo" is actually equivalent to "We are not friends", roughly equivalent to "We are opposites", and then roughly equivalent to "We are enemies". Never ignore the associative power of journalists, let alone such "clear" remarks.

But Brad obviously didn't realize this, so when reporters mentioned Hugo's work, he still chose to tell the truth, but not too sharply, "His work? I've seen 'Schindler's list. ', his performance is really good, but Liam Neeson's performance can't be ignored. 'Pulp Fiction'? I heard it's a very good work, I think if I have time, I'd like to watch it in the cinema a bit."

The interpretation of the reporters became, "Hugo is not as good as Liam", "I like Liam's performance more", "Hugo's performance is not worth mentioning", "I don't think rain Hugo's strength is so outstanding"...and also, "I haven't seen any of Hugo's works except 'Schindler's List', and I have no interest", "I am because of Spielberg and Nissen. It wasn't Hugo who watched that movie."

Also, by extension, "I don't care about 'Pulp Fiction'", "I'll consider it if I have time, but I'm doing publicity right now, so I don't plan to watch it", "I'm not interested in 'Pulp Fiction'" ...

Although Brad's words are quite satisfactory, there is still a tendency. This tendency reflects Brad's most real thoughts: he does regard Hugo as a competitor.

The reporters easily deciphered the deep meaning, and after the news media dramatized it, when the premiere of "Interview with the Vampire" ended, the news headline became, "'Hugo is not worth mentioning. 'Brad's next challenge book", and further escalated in the mouth of the "New York Post", a media that fears the world will not be chaotic:

"The 'Interview with the Vampire' crew is determined to crush 'Pulp Fiction', saying that the opponent is vulnerable!"

In an instant, the entire form of confrontation became tense, and the smell of gunpowder permeated the movie market almost overnight.