Chapter 119: film critic

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The movie is just halfway through, and Roger-Ebert has already seen a lot from it.

Shots, plots and characters, etc., seem to be wandering in the bustling night scene of feasting and feasting in a trance-like way, making Las Vegas like a dreamlike fallen city.

Very few directors can achieve this effect.

It's not that the level is not good, but that it requires a good script, a suitable opportunity, and a little bit of luck.

Another point, John O'Brien's novel of the same name "Leaving Las Vegas", the plot in it is very good. Many of the plots in Mike Figgis' scripts are from the original novels without too many changes.

Obviously, Mike Figgis spent a lot of time, a little bit of polishing, and meeting Nicolas Cage, who in turn introduced Ryan to him, and finally got the much-needed filming funds.

It can be said that Mike - Figgis is not lacking in luck.

Sometimes a good film itself is an accidental product of luck.

At least in Roger-Ebert's view, every shot of "Leaving Las Vegas" shown on the screen is very delicate and contains deep meaning.

It may be slightly worse than last year's "Shoker's Redemption" and "Pulp Fiction", but it is enough to hit the Oscars.

It is not every year that there are scenes of competition between many excellent works like "Shaw's Redemption", "Pulp Fiction", "Forrest Gump" and so on.

Of course, when he mentioned the impact of the Oscars, he only meant the qualifications for nominations.

As for the end result, it will require multifaceted PR, just like Forrest Gump.

In many cases, the best film is not necessarily the biggest Oscar winner.

"Nicolas Cage's acting skills can't improve much." He said to himself.

The final ending in the film is not very happy, the hero Ben finally left the world; the heroine Sarah's ending is also very tragic.

Because she refused a transaction of money and body, she was beaten up by several clients.

The end of the film was deeply imprinted in Roger-Ebert's mind, and he couldn't help but gradually develop a good impression.

"This is a very good movie." Roger-Albert said to himself, "It's very exciting."

Robert on the side asked subconsciously: "It fits your taste very well!"

"That's right." Roger Albert said in a positive tone, "I will vote for it instead of turning the pencil."

There are many members of the academy, and most of them are elderly. It is impossible to spare a long period of time to watch every candidate film, so most people will choose to turn their pencils.

Of course, some people use darts to just fill in a name.

At the same time, it also gave the public relations company room to play.

Those public relations companies will mail each judge a beautiful video tape, or even a video recorder, and hold a public relations banquet.

"I understand what you mean." Robert nodded thoughtfully, and said, "It seems that Nicolas Cage is bound to win the Oscar for the leading actor trophy."

For a movie that wants to hit the Oscars, the actor will definitely spend a lot of dollars on public relations for himself.

Therefore, for theater companies, it is naturally desirable.

As the screening of the film ended, representatives of theater companies got up and left the screening room. At least for the time being, they would not express any opinions.

Next, Touchstone will hold several small test screenings.

The theater company will use film critics, audiences, evaluation agencies, etc. to evaluate from multiple aspects, and finally negotiate with the distribution company about the scale of screenings and the release cycle of the film.

It is impossible to make a hasty decision just because of a test screening.

Mike Figgis left with Roger Albert. It seemed that the two of them had a very pleasant conversation and seemed to have a common topic.

Ryan didn't step up to court a film critic, even if he was Roger Ebert.

It was Nicholas Cage who said goodbye and walked over.

"Roger-Albert!" Ryan curled his lips and didn't say much.

A famous film critic can be taken seriously, but not too much.

With proper PR, they'll know what to say, and Nicolas Cage doesn't even have to go there himself, begging for mercy.

"This is Hollywood, and Cage made the right choice." Sofia Coppola could see the contempt in Ryan's eyes.

"When you try to change, hit the Oscars, you will become like them."

In order to win an Oscar, there are many famous Hollywood stars who personally come to such famous film critics as Roger Ebert and take off their clothes one by one.

"Oscar Awards!"

Ryan glanced at Sophia, and said very frankly: "At least within 20 years, I don't need the honor of an Oscar statuette. As for 20 years later, time can change a lot of things."

A film critic twenty years from now will have two fundamentally different positions than a film critic now.

"I knew you would say that." Sofia Coppola showed an expression that she had known for a long time.

Ryan smiled and said: "For me, popular film is the real art, an art that belongs to the majority, not only in the hands of a few."

In addition, there is countless money, and art itself has never left money.

"Well, maybe you're right."

Sofia Coppola did not choose to argue, but only said in a reminding tone: "No top Hollywood director can bypass the Oscar statuette."

Ryan couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and said, "First of all, I want to correct you, not every top Hollywood director bows to Oscar, such as George Lucas!"

"Who can say that he is not the top director in Hollywood!"

As the father of Star Wars and the founder of Industrial Light and Magic, George Lucas has some unparalleled influence.

A topical character that any Hollywood practitioner in the 1980s and 1990s could not get around. However, he never won an Oscar for Best Director.

But no one can deny that George Lucas has contributed to the Hollywood film industry.

George Lucas!

Sofia Coppola was speechless~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It cannot be said that George Lucas is just an exception.

"It is said that Roger Albert once had some affairs with George Lucas." Ryan said meaningfully.

Roger Ebert was also one of the many film critics who abused "Star Wars".

However, George Lucas and "Star Wars" created a miracle.

The cost of the film was only about 10 million US dollars, and the final box office in North America was as high as 460 million US dollars, and the global box office was 775 million US dollars.

You know, this is 460 million US dollars and 775 million US dollars in 1977. When converted to the 1990s, the figures can be scary.

Those film critics who abused George Lucas and "Star Wars" were slapped hard, very loudly.

Based on Ryan's previous life memories, except for George Lucas and "Star Wars".

Next, James Cameron and "Titanic" not only gave countless film critics a slap in the face again. At the same time, he conquered the Oscar jury for the first time and became the "King of the World".

"I don't know much about what happened back then." Sofia Coppola didn't know the inside story of that year either, she only heard some people talk about it, and said: "However, it seems that the situation at that time was somewhat complicated."

"No one would have thought that Star Wars would end up being a success."

Even George Lucas had a hard time thinking of it himself.

"So, Oscar statuettes don't represent everything, and film critics can't represent everything either. At least George Lucas has proven it to the world." Ryan shrugged and said indifferently.

Facing the legendary deeds of George Lucas, Sofia Coppola chose to end the topic.