Chapter 319 Strong Competitor
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After returning to Los Angeles, it was time for the USC Film School to go on vacation. He, the most famous student, had almost missed the whole semester of classes. Facing Professor Gretel's somewhat helpless lecture, Ryan promised that he would definitely fall behind. After making up his homework, graduation is not too difficult for him anyway.
Although he spent less and less time in school in recent years, Ryan still learned a lot of useful knowledge, coupled with his rich experience on the set, his understanding of Hollywood production is not inferior to any other classmate.
And he made a name, the pseudo-documentary-style horror movie produced by David, Darren and others has been completed, as planned, and handed over to Huahua Films for distribution, Ryan just gave some hints, Those professional propagandists will understand the specific method of operation.
Viral marketing is not a new thing. It has been around for many years. Now that there is a sound network in North America, coupled with the first large-scale application, it should be able to achieve the desired effect.
However, this kind of hurtful thing should be used once less.
Anyway, he is the largest shareholder of Huahua Pictures besides Drew, and most of the funds will flow into his pockets obediently. Of course, he is not a vampire, and the people who make the film are his classmates and friends. If they can succeed, they must be indispensable corresponding dividends.
In addition, it was the two scripts that were planned in Australia.
Although there were some accidents in the middle, generally speaking, Ryan is still going according to the original plan, and every year he will release a movie in which he plays the leading role, which can be both popular and popular.
Well, it shouldn't be a problem for the movie planned for next year to be popular, but it will be more difficult. According to the experience of the previous life, it is not bad if the cost can be recovered.
The film was, of course, Ryan's autobiographical novel by Valadeszro Spellman, the pianist who had been persecuted by the German Nazis. After seeing the people sent by Pai Kingsley to negotiate, they did not pay a sky-high price for the adaptation just because the purchaser was Ryan, but asked to donate half of the proceeds from the film to several Jewish survivor organizations.
Ryan has long agreed, maybe with his name, the movie will be profitable, but how much?
After all, people who like this kind of dull movie are a minority in the whole world. Moreover, the cold taste in autobiographical novels will not be as dramatic as Schindler's List.
However, in order to increase his bargaining chip, Ryan doesn't mind whether the collaborator or the work is an angel or a devil.
so,
The first director Ryan thought of was Roman Polanski, an old guy who hid in France and never dared to return to North America. He was a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp. Shooting this kind of subject has a natural advantage.
As for the other movie, it was the novel about gladiators that he published in Vanity Fair a few years ago. David Geffen even had people contact Pai Kingsley. He wanted to buy the right to adapt the film, but after being politely rejected by Ryan, he probably understood something and gave up completely.
If you follow the average person's thinking. I will definitely shoot Gladiator first to increase my qualifications, and then use The Pianist as a special subject that cannot be ignored. To compete for best actor.
It's a pity that I met Ryan who doesn't like literary films very much. He would rather put behind the unsure Gladiator than use a purely so-called art film to reach the peak of his acting career.
A dull movie that will make many people fall asleep, even if it gets the statuette, how many audiences will remember that character.
Because he liked popcorn too much in his previous life, he would inevitably wear colored glasses in his understanding of movies.
Of course, all of these are still uncertain factors. In order for the movie to appear, he must first come up with a complete script.
In addition to writing the script, the most urgent thing for Ryan is to go on a diet and exercise, so as to meet the requirements of the remaining shots of Cast Away. Follow a plan formulated by a nutritionist and fitness trainer.
The only difficulty lies in the nutritional package. After eating too much of some monotonous food, it is difficult to have an appetite.
Time has come to June 6th, 1944. Today is the famous 'd' day. The premiere of Saving Private Ryan in North America was specially chosen on the anniversary of the D-Day landing. Such a special time The corresponding theme, coupled with the huge appeal of Ryan, Tom Hanks and Spielberg, immediately attracted a lot of attention.
The film participated in the Cannes Film Festival, and the media unanimously applauded it, driving a wave of movie viewing.
Contrary to Ryan's expectations, Saving Private Ryan was a big success at the Cannes Film Festival. Although Tom Hanks lost the best actor, Spielberg took home the Palme d'Or, even though American audiences don't think much of awards outside of North America, which can be regarded as adding a layer of halo to the film.
In fact, it is not such a strange thing to get back the Palme d'Or. Saving Private Ryan is under the banner of commemorating the victory of the Anti-Fascist War. The film's premiere place is France, where Normandy is located. The Cannes Film Festival is infinitely close to the Normandy landing Memorial Day, while anti-fascism, anti-Nazi and the humanistic thought in it are the mainstream values in the West.
First of all, the quality of the movie is guaranteed, coupled with various external factors, the judges will naturally consider it carefully, even if some people don’t like the subject matter of the movie, but in this day and age, they are not so idiotic as to openly shout slogans supporting the Nazis .
The premiere of this time is similar to the premieres of other films, the only difference is that just like what the Cannes Film Festival did, many veterans who participated in World War II were invited, many of whom were veterans of the 101st Airborne Division .
After enjoying the movie on the big screen again, Ryan attended a routine press conference. Many of the questions asked by the reporters, he had already answered in Cannes, and now he was just repeating them.
Ryan, your role and performance in the movie have changed a lot compared to before. From my point of view, this is a very successful attempt. How did you do it? Finally, a reporter asked about the The acting side of things.
It's very simple, play every role well with your heart.
Ryan gave a standard answer. If this is not the scene of the press conference, I believe many reporters will roll their eyes at him.
Opportunities are very important to actors, but if you can play each role well with your heart, then Hollywood is not full of acting schools. Looking at the guy who turned and left, many reporters thought so.
As expected, on the second day after the film was released, all major media gave favorable comments. Milestone in the history of war movies and the best war movie ever almost became Saving Private Ryan. Pronouns, no matter how critical the media is, they will not target the subject matter of the movie, at most they will just criticize the performance of the actors and there are too many goofy scenes in it.
Just like in Cannes, Ryan's performance in the film has been praised by most of the media, who believe that he is gradually breaking away from the inherent performance methods of Cat and Mouse Game and Titanic and has made great achievements. Big progress.
And Ryan left Los Angeles on this day and came to the Big Apple New York with the surprise brought by Julius Stewart from Russia. He not only celebrated Natalie's seventeenth birthday, but also participated in other A movie premiere.
Pixar Studio's second fully computer-generated 3D animation film is about to be released. Although it has a completely different audience from the R-rated Saving Private Ryan, the top management of Pixar decided to choose the premiere location of the film in New York, far away from Los Angeles.
This movie is not Toy Story 2, but A Bug's Life. In this life, there is no restraint from Disney. Except for a few expenses, almost all the profits of Toy Story belong to Pixar, and the stock price after listing has risen compared with the previous life faster and thus raised a lot of money.
Without those messy worries, the film production is more sophisticated. Out of confidence in Ryan and Pixar Studios, Paramount Pictures, as the distributor, has also invested enough theaters for the film.
Ryan certainly wouldn't be putting the movie in the same week as Saving Private Ryan, which opens the following weekend.
Pixar Studios is facing an extremely strong opponent this time. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Walt Disney put the hand-painted cartoon Mulan with an investment of nearly 100 million US dollars at the beginning of the summer file, but some voices in Disney Under the strong opposition of the A Bug's Life, this animated film from the other side of the ocean was not released on the same weekend as A Bug's Life, but was selected in the next week of the legitimate competition mode.
But everyone can see that those who now hold most of Disney's power are targeting Pixar Studios. They seem to want to use this method to prove their unshakable position in animated films.
Ryan has watched these two movies many times in his previous life, so he naturally knows a lot of their advantages and disadvantages. According to the rules of Hollywood in this era, the subject matter is drawn from a distant country, and it will definitely not be the opponent of A Bug's Life in North America. But in overseas markets, especially the Far East market, it will have an absolute advantage.
But even so, so what? The decline of hand-drawn animation is an irreversible trend. In a few years, not only Disney, but even DreamWorks will cancel its own hand-drawn animation department and devote all its energy to computer animation.
After paying a little attention to these matters, Ryan drove to Long Island. The villa he entrusted a real estate company to purchase on the most luxurious beach in the east of Long Island was already in place. (To be continued ()
