Hollywood Road

"This is the video that CAA's European branch just sent over from Italy."

In the villa of Wave Manor, Gal Gadot watched Murphy slightly adjust the unique crystal display cabinet, shook the USB flash drive in his hand, and said, "It contains a routine speech by Benedict XVI of the Vatican. It will appear on the news of some TV stations tonight."

"Has this alarmed the Vatican?"

Murphy was not surprised at all. In terms of artistry, the Oscars are far inferior to the three major traditional international film festivals in Europe, but compared to their influence among ordinary movie audiences all over the world, the Oscars' effect is undoubtedly very powerful .

"Diego Ross" won the Oscar for Best Picture, which inevitably means that there will be a wide spread. Maybe the Vatican didn't care about such a film before, but after the Oscar aura is around, I'm afraid it's hard to ignore it.

These situations were within Murphy's expectations.

"Yeah." Gal Gadot also knew about Murphy's plan, and also seemed very calm, "Benedict XVI specifically mentioned the film "Diego Ross" in a routine speech."

"See you later."

After adjusting the position of the showcase, Murphy opened the door of the showcase and put the statuettes representing the best director and best editing inside, and then placed the statuette who won the best screenwriter award on the second floor.

According to the agreement between Murphy and 20th Century Fox, the statuette who won the best picture this time has been handed over to 20th Century Fox for safekeeping, and "Diego Ross" will also become a film that 20th Century Fox will own all copyrights .

If Twentieth Century Fox wants to contribute, of course they must see that it is profitable.

After all, Hollywood is a business circle where interests come first.

After putting away the statuette and closing the showcase, Murphy took a look at it from a distance, and then greeted Gal Gadot, "Let's go, let's see what the Pope said."

The two came to the study room on the first floor, turned on the computer, and plugged in the USB flash drive. Inside was a video file with a note beside it, indicating that Benedict XVI's speech on "Diego Ross" appeared at about eighth in the video. In a minute and a half.

Gal Gadot first opened the video and looked at it. Murphy saw that the front was all about religious affairs, so he simply asked her to drag the video to nearly eight and a half minutes, which probably didn't last much longer. Yes, Benedict XVI in the video really mentioned the film "Diego Ross".

"To the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' selection of Diego Ross, which has a fictional plot related to Catholicism, and which may do so much justice, as Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards, I would like to I am very concerned about it, and I regret the choice of Oscar. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should not interfere with religion at will! This is also very detrimental to the freedom of religion advocated by the United States..."

Although there are no harsh words, what Benedict XVI means implicitly is that he is quite dissatisfied with "Diego Ross" winning the Oscar for Best Picture.

Finally, Benedict XVI also stated that "the Holy See will ask Archbishop Marquez Costello of the Diocese of South Central California to thoroughly investigate the details related to the film."

"Let Archbishop Marquez Costello investigate?"

Gal Gadot turned off the video and couldn't help shaking his head, "Can I find out this way?"

"Never mind him." Murphy shrugged, "There are too many thieves shouting for a thief, so ignore them for now."

Now that he has no film released, "Diego Ross" has successfully won the Oscar statuette he wanted, as planned, and the Catholic matter can be put aside for the time being. Anyway, apart from the talk and public opinion, they Can't do too many things inside.

Moreover, he has already returned to the directors' union. If the Catholic attack is too much, the directors' union will not be able to sit idly by.

The directors union currently has more than 13,000 members, its composition and existence,

It not only represents the development level and future trend of the entire industry, but also makes active efforts to protect the rights and interests of directors, which can be called the greatest guarantee of the norms of the American media industry.

That night, the video of the Holy See of the Vatican and Benedict XVI appeared on many TV stations, including Net and Fox News in North America. Perhaps it was the criticism from this aspect that caused some people to be unwilling , On the subsequent news media and Internet media, many bad reviews about "Diego Ross" suddenly appeared, even bad reviews.

Stories like shady, bribery, and back-door deals, which had been around since the Oscars, were being pushed out again, but more negative reviews were directed at the film itself.

"It's not his own fault but the society's fault that a person goes on the path of crime. Murphy Stanton is really a godly logic!"

"Murphy Stanton is dead by the standards of the movie "Diego Ross"!"

"What kind of shit movie, it makes people drowsy!"

"Such a rubbish movie can win the best picture, are the Oscar judges blind?"

Affected by the turbulent negative reviews, the rating of "Diego Ross" on ImdB not only did not improve because of winning the Oscar for best picture, but fell below 8.5 points in just a few days, only 8.4 points.

Murphy knew what this wave of negative reviews was aimed at. "Diego Ross" had a good chance of breaking through $100 million at the North American box office, but after a week of extended screenings, the film's market potential and Oscar effect were quickly consumed, and the North American box office Entering the stage of slow growth again, 20th Century Fox has also started copyright negotiations with Netflix and TV stations. These unfavorable news may directly affect the income of the film.

It is normal for some people to be unwilling to lose the statuette that had been planned for a long time.

As he was about to start preparing for a new plan, Murphy didn't pay much attention to the news. Just like the Catholic Church, it was enough for people to keep an eye on it and report any situation in time.

However, he ignored it, which doesn't mean the media wouldn't. When Murphy left the Death Star Building, he was blocked by several reporters, including the woman from "Hollywood Reporter" whom he was familiar with. Reporter Kelly Laporte.

"Murphy, there have been a lot of bad reviews, even bad reviews, about the movie "Diego Ross" recently."

Seeing that Murphy didn't let the bodyguards stop her, the female reporter knew that she had an opportunity to interview, and immediately handed the recording pen to Murphy, and asked, "What do you think about the fact that Murphy Stanton is dead?"

"I think this is normal." Of course, Murphy would not be so stupid as to go to war with the water army. To a certain extent, this is almost on the opposite side of movie fans, because among those bad reviews and bad reviews, there are a lot of follow-up or true Fans who don't like "Diego Ross".

He thought for a while and said, "What is a bad review? I feel bad after spending money to watch a movie and go to the rating website to give a score. —Movies are a kind of consumer goods, they don’t have personality, so if you don’t like them, you can criticize them too much. As for the comments like ‘xxx is dead’, from the context, it’s a comment on its creation, not a personal attack .”

Kelly Laporte asked again, "Will these bad reviews hurt your film?"

"Videos with bad reviews that hurt me?" Murphy shook his head directly, "I don't think so."

"Why?" Kelly Laporte asked timely.

"The most ideal film review environment is objective, rational, and in-depth discussion and analysis, but due to various factors, the current review environment is indeed not ideal."

What Murphy said is the truth. There are too many people or teams attached to the film industry to survive. Like stars, many of them must do something to attract attention, so he said, "Some media or individuals use exaggerated It is certainly not advisable to evaluate movies with language and uncontrollable emotions, but their approach can be regarded as a performance rather than malicious slander, because their evaluation objects, which complement the impetuous and pale wind, are a pair of brothers. "

Speaking of this, he assumed the position and style that an Oscar best director should have, "I think it is the bad movies that really hurt the movie, not the so-called bad reviews!"

This is common sense, but looking around the world, there are always some people with ulterior motives who deliberately confuse the public.

One of the functions of popular entertainment products is to carry the public's different feelings about them, and the topics derived from them are also the embodiment of their value.

Compared with the comments from different voices, being unknown in the market is the biggest contempt for these products. There is a point of view in the film industry and its surrounding economies that curses are also a manifestation of consumption power. Excellent companies and products are not I will worry about scolding, and can even create a spreading effect through scolding, turning bad things into good things.

If a director cannot stand even a little criticism for a film, the formation of such a fragile psychology is very intriguing.

Fear of being scolded is a manifestation of lack of confidence in one's own products. In addition, there is another biggest worry that is worried about the impact on commercial profits.

But in Murphy's eyes, if a movie wants to make money at the box office, the most basic way is to make the movie well and let the picky people speak as little as possible. If there are really picky people, there will naturally be a large number of favorite audience voices Mouth out criticism.

If the movie is not made well, I hope it will have a good box office and a good reputation. There is no such good thing in the world.

Like "Diego Rose" this time, someone did it on purpose, and some films are drowned by a large number of bad reviews and even curses, often because the audience has been cheated for many years and many times, and their anger can no longer be suppressed. Daily fire fighting means covered.

However, Murphy ignored it, but it didn't mean he didn't care about it. For example, some of his fans thought that this time it was the Catholic Church who was behind the scenes. 8 For more exciting novels, welcome to visit our Reading Academy