Chapter 774 College President and Black Swan

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Hollywood has a complete film industry system, an industrial system, and the status of each occupation is determined by this industrial system. This is the most basic issue of industrial resource allocation.

Professional film critics themselves are a part of the film industry system. The biggest change between now and the past is nothing more than a change in status.

Going forward ten, twenty or even thirty years, those well-known film critics who are at the top of professional film critics say that their film reviews are directly related to the success or failure of a film, or even life and death. That is a well-known film critic. In the era of calling for wind and rain, in that era, even a metropolis like Chicago came up with a road named after Roger Albert.

For commercial interests, Hollywood production and distribution companies will naturally have a good relationship with them; in order to receive praise, Hollywood's big-name movie stars sometimes bow their heads in front of them.

Likewise, a significant portion of their income comes from Hollywood.

When Jenkins Films was just starting out, Julie Stewart was in charge of this business. Each audition meeting not only provided film critics with round-trip air tickets and accommodation in three-star hotels or above, but also prepared exquisite gifts. The status of each film critic is to exchange or export benefits.

For example, in addition to the remuneration provided by the media that contributed to the well-known film critic, Hollywood companies will also send a remuneration that is often far more than the remuneration based on the length of the other's film review and the degree of praise for the film.

Of course, this PR fee can also be saved, but the professional reputation of the next film...

Although there are many differences between the film industries on both sides of the ocean, there are actually commonalities in terms of public relations costs.

To put it bluntly, in the era when the Internet has not yet emerged, these traditional film critics are equivalent to the current Internet army to a certain extent. Just to be and senior a lot.

The open network and the replacement of the main film audience can be said to be the biggest reasons for the sharp decline in the status of professional film critics.

From the current six major Hollywood labels to any small film studio, no one likes these sucking blood on their backs. A vampire who sneered at himself from time to time.

So, when Ryan has this huge platform of Disney. They stopped cooperating with the vast majority of professional film critics again, and when their major commercial productions continued to sell well under their attacks,

An irreparable gulf has emerged between Hollywood and professional film critics.

Everything after that happened naturally.

It does not affect the new generation of moviegoers who are the mainstream of the market, and is not welcomed by the six major Hollywood labels. The professional movie reviews written by them lack attention. It can be said that it is natural for various media platforms to terminate their contracts with them, even if they do not appear now. . It will still happen in the future.

Not to mention professional film critics, even the influential film magazines of the last century are now on the verge of death.

After the famous Premier magazine was suspended in the first half of the year, there are almost no popular film journals in the United States, and the more industry-oriented Hollywood Reporter and Variety are just as difficult.

It is no exaggeration to say that the profession of film critic has been completely marginalized by the entire film industry.

However, Ryan knows that film critics will not disappear, and the future must be an era of public participation and even 'everyone is a film critic'. In such an era, it is unlikely that there will be any more influential and well-known film critics.

Critics such as David Denby, Todd McCarthy and Roger Albert can only be said to be the product of an era.

Of course, the current film critics are not completely useless.

like their comments. To a certain extent, it can also affect those academy judges with old men as the core.

That's the main reason Disney is still funding a handful of film critics in the greater Los Angeles area.

Similarly, these old men who have experienced the so-called golden age still have a little friendship with some old-fashioned film critics, and do not want the industry to completely dissolve.

For example, it is well known in Hollywood that the current presidents of the Academy, Frank Pearson and Todd McCarthy, have been good friends for decades.

After Variety, The New Yorker, The New York Times and other print media terminated their contracts with their film critics, Frank Pearson, the current president of the academy, flew to Venice from the Canary Islands, Spain, where he was on vacation.

The oval-shaped hall is beautifully curved, and there is not a single column in the entire hall. The view is expansive; the golden trim, the reddish-brown carpet, silently interpret 'understated luxury'. Twenty-foot-high ceilings were lit by bright Italian chandeliers.

under the chandelier. More than a dozen oak round tables are loosely arranged in two rows, and waiters in formal suits shuttle back and forth among them, serving guests a series of finely crafted and exquisite Italian dishes.

It was a party Ryan threw as a formal dinner, and it was part of Black Swan's PR campaign.

In other words, it's also a networking party, and most of the guests are just scratching their heads and quickly put down their knives and forks.

Looking around, Ryan was whispering something to Frank Pearson, the president of the academy, and Natalie stood up with a glass of wine. This was a party for her, and her hostess naturally had to socialize.

She can speak many languages. Although she is not fluent and proficient, a simple greeting is not a problem. With a smile that is like a spring breeze, Natalie roams back and forth between the dining tables, meeting people who are familiar or unfamiliar one by one Guest talk.

Occasionally she would look back at the main table, where Ryan was always talking to the old men from Hollywood.

Sighing softly, Natalie knew that in Ryan's heart, Oscar was much more important than the Venice Film Festival, and his priority must be the Oscar statuette.

Of course, she thought so too.

Hi, George.

After touching the glass with George Clooney, Natalie took a sip of the wine, I didn't expect to see you here.

I'm on vacation in Italy.

George Clooney shrugged gracefully, I came here at Ryan's invitation. I still have some contacts in Italy, so feel free to speak up if you need help.

Will.

That being said, Natalie will never speak easily. She knows that once she asks the other party to help, it is not only herself who owes favor, but also Ryan.

In order to help himself realize his dream, Ryan has done too much.

Natalie looked back at the main table again. The boy who joked that he would give him ten scripts back then was fulfilling his promise and pushing her to the highest place step by step.

Shaking her head, Natalie dissipated the unwillingness that came up in her heart, and beckoned with Gal Gadot who came over, and the two walked to a quieter place together.

Gail. Her brown eyebrows fell and knitted together.

What happened, Nat?

Don't you think we should further expand our social circle. Natalie's brown eyes kept flickering, Build an alliance that communicates with each other and maintains basic consistency in major aspects.

You mean... Gal Gadot understood immediately, Like the Australian gang, the British gang?

Yup.

Seeing Natalie nodding, Gal Gadot sighed, Don't you know, Nat?

what?

You, me, Scarlett, Kristin... In short, there are several other people who are very close to Disney.

Seeing a waiter passing by, Gal Gadot stopped, and after the other party walked away, he continued, They are all called the 'Disney Gang'.

She raised her eyebrows, but Natalie didn't say anything. The Disney brand on her body couldn't be wiped off.

I mean... She turned to go to the main table, We should unite with more Jewish or Israeli actors.

All right.

Gal Gadot nodded in agreement.

The two opponents of his life, one is the leader of the Australian Gang, the other is the icon of the Hollywood fashion industry, and he always has his own circle.

Ryan doesn't know much about Natalie's thoughts, but even if he knows, he will only make a few jokes. Regional and ethnic identities are common all over the world, and Hollywood actors often form groups in this way. , to advance and retreat together on certain events.

Of course, the ethnicity of Natalie and Gal Gadot has an inherent advantage in Hollywood.

Frank, I think you should know.

The other party made a special trip to Venice because he was an old friend in the film critic circle, and Ryan also understood this, Although I am very unhappy with Roger Albert's vicious attack on Transformers, I will not talk to all film critics. People can't get over it, and the termination of Variety's contract with Todd McCarthy has nothing to do with Disney.

It's no secret in Hollywood that Frank Pearson and Todd McCarthy have been friends for decades.

Ryan, film critics have been around for decades. Frank Pearson slowly put down his knife and fork, They are an inseparable part of the film industry.

I understand that.

Ryan just doesn't pay attention to film critics, and he doesn't have the kind of messy idea of ​​eliminating a profession. Film critics will not disappear, and with the help of the Internet, the group of film critics will expand rapidly.

It is a pity that the influence and living space of professional film critics will be squeezed smaller and smaller.

That said, industry insiders like Frank Pearson also understand, Times have changed.

He shook his head and said directly, If I remember correctly, the TV station has an evening movie recommendation section, and the ratings have always been good. I had a phone call with Todd yesterday, and he doesn't want to retire for the time being.

For these words, Ryan can understand that from a public figure to a retired old man who is ignored, I am afraid that few people can accept it, and the influence of Vanity Fair is not so easy to get rid of.

Lowering his eyelids and thinking for just a few seconds, Ryan said, I'll say hello to the show's choreographer.

Frank Pearson laughed immediately, but Ryan suddenly raised his eyelids, looked at him and said, Frank, I wonder if you have watched Black Swan? (To be continued) ()