Four Hundred and Eighteen - a Sincere Sermon to Wayne

"Todd McCarthy, a special column film critic for The Hollywood Reporter, is also one of the representatives of the Mesozoic film critics."

Seeing that the corners of Naomi Watts' lips were raised and she smiled unconsciously, Bruce Rosenblum smiled and said, "His film reviews are usually known for being harsh and harsh, but whenever Wayne's new film is released, he will It will be like a different person. Most of the movie reviews are mainly praise. As we all know, Todd McCarthy is a die-hard Wayne fan."

"I know him." Naomi Watts rolled her eyes. She knew that Wayne and the executive had a very good relationship, so she asked without any cover-up. "I want this famous film critic to have fun every time." To praise Wayne’s film so much, Warner Bros. must have spent a lot of public relations money?”

As early as three or four years ago, when the Australian actress was chatting with Wayne, she heard the other party comment on the group of film critics. In the man's words, they were a group of leeches sucking the blood of the production company. He said it a lot. , she also gradually understood the meaning.

"No, you guessed wrong."

Bruce Rosenblum suddenly grinned. It seemed that if the situation was not right, he could bend his waist. "Nami, if Wayne knew that you had so little confidence in him, he would be heartbroken."

Naomi Watts raised her eyebrows and said nonchalantly, "Really? Are you sure that man will be sad for a certain woman? Don't be ridiculous, Bruce, no one will know him better than me. You know, for a while, Including me, he looks at women like they are pets or toys."

The distribution director of Warner Bros. listened for a moment and shrugged helplessly. Of course he knew what kind of man Wayne was. He was a typical Hollywood boss. He always accepted women who came. At most, he had a reputation in this area. It's better, he will definitely do what he promised the woman.

Over the years, he has seen many big bosses acting like this. Kevin Tzuhara, who has been promoted to CEO of Time Warner Group, is like this, and now Jeff Robinov is also like this. Even he I am the same.

"Nami, I can see that you are the most special person to Wayne, and you are also the mother of his child. This is important, isn't it?"

"Uh-huh." Naomi Watts nodded, obviously not denying this. She looked at the movie reviewers not far away again and asked, "You just said that I guessed wrong. Where is the mistake?" ?”

Bruce Rosenblum put away his smile, picked up his glass and took a long sip. "It's very simple. Although Warner Bros. provided Todd McCarthy with public relations, they couldn't let him praise Wayne so generously. Therefore, he really liked "The Departed" and it was not because of our public relations."

"Like it"

The group of film critics were still discussing the film, and most of them had high praise for Wayne. These nice words also reached Naomi Watts' ears word for word. .

Everyone likes to hear compliments, even if the person being praised is not herself, the Australian actress also likes to hear them, but there is still a trace of doubt in her heart. Listening to the opinions of these so-called professional film critics, it is obvious that they are very optimistic about Wayne and this "The Departed".

However, Naomi Watts also watched the movie from beginning to end, and even the creator of the movie occasionally explained it, but apart from the Greenberg-like dark style that could be seen at a glance, she really didn't see anything. What a special place.

If there is anything special, it is that it far exceeds the scale of Wayne's previous works. The scale of blood, violence, foul language, etc. is very large. In the second half of the film, she was slightly disgusted and disgusted by watching it.

She had read the original script of "The Departed" a long time ago. At least in the script written by Wayne, the scale was much smaller than in the movie. After watching the movie, she found that the entire story was handled crudely and directly. It can only be said that the pictures are always more shocking than the words.

Naomi Watts really wanted to know the opinions of other women, but the words of these people at the cocktail party were obviously not true enough. They would only praise the film.

So she raised her head, looked at Bruce Rosenblum seriously, and asked, "Bruce, is this movie really that good? To be honest, among all Wayne's works, this is my least favorite."

What people didn't expect was that Bruce Rosenblum nodded. "Nami, I don't like this film either. Wayne's extreme production method in "The Departed" is destined to have a crisis of polarizing reputation. However, this does not prevent me from a professional perspective. , recognizing the greatness of this film."

The Australian actress burst into laughter and joked, "Maybe the reason why those people praised the film was more or less polite."

And such thoughts did not last for a few seconds, when she found Wayne's figure arriving among the crew members at the door of the banquet hall. Then, almost most of the guests in the banquet hall surrounded him again, and everyone was praising him. Watching the video, saying similar blessings.

Among the crowd, the most frequent sentence was that this was a shocking masterpiece, which had to make Naomi Watts overturn her own judgment.

The lights at Gu's scene were very bright, and she observed very clearly that although most of the insiders who came forward to congratulate had smiles on their faces, they were by no means polite smiles. Since everyone was saying this, there was no doubt that this film Just a masterpiece.

"You are a very smart woman, Nami." Bruce Rosenblum was also looking at the crowd, with Wayne as the center, becoming the center point of the entire banquet hall. "This film is not made for female audiences at all. You can't find the beauty and excitement in it, which is normal. Not only women, I believe there will be many male audiences who will also not like this film."

Naomi Watts was waiting for the crowd to disperse, planning to wait until the greetings were over before going over. "Hey, Bruce, didn't you just say that you didn't like this movie either?"

"Don't get me confused, I didn't like the way the story was presented, but I loved The Departed."

Bruce Rosenblum smiles quite brightly. "In other words, I love every step of Wayne's movies. Don't forget, I am the main person in charge of the distribution of all his movies. The success of almost every movie can bring me great results. .

I believe that this film will become a carnival for some movie fans, and it is very likely to be regarded as a classic among film noir fans. It will also bring me a lot of money. "

His words are very realistic. As an executive of Warner Bros., outstanding performance means large and generous bonuses. In his eyes, movies have never had anything to do with art, and are simply a product of commerce.

The two of them had been chatting leisurely, but Wayne was very busy here. There were many people coming up to say hello. He had to deal with them all decently with Nina's prompting.

The ultimate goal of "The Departed" is to win an Oscar, so it is destined that he cannot ignore any Academy member with voting rights, representatives of every major media, and every film critic, large and small.

It seems that all practitioners in this circle have artistic attributes, but 90% of them are equally realistic behind the scenes. Here, if you think that you can get everything you want by making a good movie, that is just a child's idea.

"The Departed" is different from all his previous films. For this film, he does not just focus on the market. If he wants to gain something in professional awards, he must take into account the professional ratings of film critics, and Publicity channels represented by authoritative media.

Just like the well-known film critics in front of me, Todd McCarthy has his own column in the "Hollywood Reporter", Kenneth Turan has his own position in the "Los Angeles Times", and another relatively unfamiliar David Denbigh is a signature of The New Yorker.

"Wayne, I'm not a fan of your Happy Death Day and You're A Clown."

David Denbigh, who had just been introduced by Todd McCarthy, was holding a glass of champagne and talking. He looked at the young man beside him who could be called a master, and he felt that his words were serious and thoughtful.

"Not to mention the immature shooting techniques of "Happy Death Day", but "Joker" was purely commercial. You shouldn't shoot that kind of thing, it's a waste of your precious creative period.

Since the 1990s, looking at the entire Hollywood, there have not been many directors with such a distinctive shooting style, and among these few, you are the one who is likely to achieve the greatest achievements. I have carefully watched every step of your previous works, and almost all of them are making great progress. Movie fans all over the world need a director with a unique personal style like you. "

Although Wayne had a smile on his face and a hint of impatience in his heart, he still raised his glass and signaled to the other party. "Thank you for the compliment."

To be honest, he doesn't have any good impressions of film critics as a group. Except for Todd McCarthy and Kenneth Turan in Los Angeles, he doesn't like film critics in other cities. These people have also been publicized in the past few years. Say bad things about him.

The reason why Roger Ebert, who was far away in Chicago, he hated from the bottom of his heart was because of his condescending preaching temperament. The much younger film critic in front of him now also had a similar preaching temperament.

"Wayne."

Obviously, in the eyes of David Denbigh at this time, this young Hollywood director is not as hard to talk to as the outside world said.

"You have used your ultimate dark style to find your own way in Hollywood and even around the world. Stick to it and don't let all fans think that Hollywood can only produce popcorn like an assembly line. Also, you made this film Very good, don’t put too much emphasis on box office results, art is always good”