Made in Hollywood

"Academic awards?"

Throwing the dark towel to an assistant, Duke looked at Sophia with interest, "Let me guess! Tom went back to Los Angeles the day before yesterday. If you count the time, the Oscar nominee luncheon should be held, so to speak. Is Independence Day nominated for an Oscar? Best Director? Best Picture? Or Best Screenplay?"

"Do you think that's possible?"

The monotonous nasal voice was full of ridicule, "Independence Day has not held a film screening party, did not hold a canvassing party, did not promote the promotion of the awards, and the professional score is only three points. Do you think it may win the favor of the Oscars?"

"Impossible." Duke could only shake his head.

"But there is still good news." Sophia laughed. "Independence Day was nominated for best visual effects."

Duke curled his lips indifferently, "It's the same as nothing."

The possibility of "Independence Day" winning this award is infinite. After all, in terms of visual effects alone, it can throw off all the ten streets of last year's films, but this award will only be awarded to the special effects producer, Industrial Light and Magic.

"If you want to get the statuette." Sophia tilted her head and looked at him, "Duke, you must choose to switch to the subject of realism."

"To make me not like me for the Oscar statuette?" Duke shook his head directly, "I won't do that. Even if I want to get the statuette in the future, I won't make a movie that suits the tastes of those old men. What I like is still non-realistic themes.”

"Then you will be a frequent visitor to another award." Sophia showed a teasing smile. "Congratulations, Duke, you have not only won the most nominations for another award, but also the number one favorite."

"What award?" Duke had a bad premonition.

"Golden Raspberry... It announced the nominees ahead of the Oscar nominees luncheon."

Probably because there were too many nominations, Sophia had to open her work log to check the specific nominations she had written down earlier, "Independence Day won seven nominations out of ten awards for the golden raspberry, and the film is the number one worst film. Hot, you got the worst director nomination, Bill Pullman was the worst actor, Will Smith was the worst supporting actor, Harry Berry was the worst supporting actress, the script was the worst script, and Skywalker sound effects won the worst Bad soundtrack..."

After finishing speaking, Sophia looked at Duke seriously, as if she wanted to see his reaction of sadness, pain or anger, but Duke was still the same as before, and he didn't seem to care at all. In this case, Duke really didn't take it to heart.

"You really don't care?" she asked again.

"Why should you care?" Duke spread his hands. "I like the movies I make, and so do most of the audience. Why should I care about the voices of a few people?"

"This is golden sour plum!"

Hearing Sophia's words, Duke walked over and patted her on the shoulder lightly. He knew that the golden sour plum was Sophia's biggest pain. Those film critics used to humiliate her with the worst supporting actress.

"Critics-led awards are just hooliganism."

Leaving a casual sentence, Duke walked towards the set while asking his assistants to notify the departments that they were ready to start filming.

At the same time, in a large conference room of a Manhattan hotel, many well-known film critics from the New York State area gathered. This is a meeting of the New York Film Critics Association, and it is also a statistical discussion on the final attribution of the New York Film Critics Association Awards.

The New York Film Critics Association, the earliest and largest local film critics association in the world, has awarded the New York Film Critics Association awards since 1935.

The Film Critics Association Awards are also one of the means by which professional film critics influence the major academic awards during the awards season.

The meeting was drawing to a close, and just as the votes were being counted, David Denby, the film critic of The New Yorker, suddenly stood up.

"Everyone, there is one more thing." He said in a loud voice, "It has nothing to do with our awards, but other aspects. Have you seen the nominations announced for the Golden Raspberry Awards?"

Many people are nodding.

"Last year, there was a film and a director that seriously touched the entire film critic industry." David Denby's eyes were full of Limans, "I have to admit that we lost the battle with Duke Rosenberg. Battle of the market! But now! In awards season! In our season! We must fight back!"

"David is right!"

A?O? Scott, the chief film critic of The New York Times, said slowly, "Even if Independence Day gets close to $360 million at the North American box office, even if there are more than 90 million viewers in North America, even if the global box office is close to 9 $100 million, even if the audience is 84% ​​positive, it still doesn't change the fact that it's a bad movie and Duke Rosenberg was the worst director last year!"

"We're going to nail Duke Rosenberg and Independence Day to the pillar of shame!"

The speaker is Lou Ramnick from the New York Post, "The Golden Raspberry Award is the best reward for him!"

"Over the past few years……"

The conversation went back to David Dembey, "Actors and directors who have won the Golden Raspberry Award have become the object of rejection by North American audiences, and almost no one can turn over. I have contacted the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Association, they will all push for Duke Rosenberg to win the award."

"Also, he is said to be shooting a new movie..." Someone reminded.

"Everyone will know what to do then, right?"

After this sentence, many people laughed.

Time slowly entered the second half of January. After seven months of long-term screening, "Independence Day" was withdrawn from North American theaters. The final North American box office stopped at 362.55 million US dollars, although there are still two "Planet" ahead. The Great War and Spielberg's "Jaws" and "ET Alien", but if you don't count the re-screening results, "Independence Day" can be said to be the first box office score in North American film history.

Of course, this is the same as measuring the box office chart with inflation. It is just a kind of self-consolation. The re-screening shows that the film has sufficient commercial value. Like "The Shawshank Redemption", which has just won nine Oscar nominations, if it re-enters the theater, Inevitably continue to pounce.

At the global box office, "Independence Day" has taken in $895.21 million, making it the second film ever to break $900 million.

However, in line with the film's outstanding commercial achievements, "Independence Day" and Duke are still attacked by countless film critics. Many well-known filmmakers have sneered at the seven Golden Raspberry Award nominations won by the film in their columns, and even famous film critics. Roger Ebert outright called Independence Day the most underrated film of all time, and Duke was the most disappointing director last year.

The professional reputation of the film was completely lost. Perhaps it was stimulated by the super high box office. The professional rating of "Independence Day" fell below 3 points, with a professional rating of 2.95 points and 84% of the audience's praise and super high. The box office results have created a spectacle in film history.

"Any director, no matter how successful he is in business, if he is not recognized by professional awards, he is at best a craftsman and will never become a master. If he wins awards such as golden sour plums, it represents his director. The career has begun a serious downturn and is about to come to an end!"

-- Roger Albert, "Chicago Sun"

Traditionally, the Raspberry Awards aren't presented until the day before the Oscars, which is still early, but critics can't wait to pin the shoddy award on Duke.

Duke is too lazy to pay attention to these people. "Independence Day" has already been released from North America. The new film is far from the time for the real promotion, and the criticism with film critics will not bring substantial benefits. In addition, he is busy with filming. He just doesn't have the time and energy to keep fighting with these guys.

Besides, even he has to admit that critics are extremely influential during awards season.

With the Oscar nominee luncheon over, Tom Hanks returned to the set, and it took another week for Duke to finish the end-credits scene, which, as he learned, didn't stop him from filming it. , the next door "Braveheart" ended the vacation - Mel Gibson was very helpless to give the crew a vacation - and restarted the filming of the few closing scenes.

As for Sean Connery, whose leg was severely injured, it is said that he was transferred to a hospital in London. It has been confirmed that he has a comminuted fracture of the calf bone in his right leg. At his age, if he wants to return to normal walking, he will have to wait.

In addition to the hectic shooting, Duke still has to post-process some of the finished shots. The Super Bowl is coming, and he has to cut a commercial short enough to be attractive enough for the producer and distributor to take the halftime break. time delivery.

Editor Mike Dawson was also summoned by him from Los Angeles to Dublin. After each day's shooting, Duke and he would get into a rented post-production studio and continue to work overtime.

"Mike, the Super Bowl is a frenzy overall, and we're going to keep it that way with our commercials."

The 30-second commercial is neither short nor long, Duke must consider how to attract the audience, "Don't think about the narrative, don't think about the theme of the film, and don't think about humanistic concerns, what I want is the most intense and the most intense. The hottest, most brutal war scene ever!"

This is the fourth film of the cooperation. Of course Mike Dawson understood Duke's idea and led the assistant to start busy according to Duke's requirements.

On the other side, Charles Rowan came over and asked in a low voice, "The executives of the three companies asked me to ask you when the film will be completed and when it is suggested to be released."

"May! By the beginning of May at the latest, I can definitely finish all the productions!"

The filming has entered the late stage, and the overall work is progressing smoothly. Duke also has such confidence, "I suggest that the film premiere on the weekend before Memorial Day!"

"I'll give your feedback back." Charles Rowan walked out of the studio.

After a few days of busy overtime, the commercial was completed on time, and Duke will not be returning to North America for Super Bowl Day, but will lead the main cast and crew to London before Super Bowl Day, ready to participate in Victoria's Secret's first annual catwalk!