novelraw Chapter 396 Closing Ceremony
Chapter 396 Closing Ceremony
"Which film is participating in the Venice Film Festival? Why is it "Lost in Translation" for a while, and "Little Miss Sunshine" for a while?"
Some unidentified netizens expressed similar doubts, and did not understand the relationship between the two movies at all.In fact, if you pay a little attention to entertainment news or film and television news, you will know that the two movies have no similarities except for a common participant.
"It's always been "Lost in Translation". The movie that Eve directed is not finished yet!"
"I am looking forward to the movie starring Eve. I am also in a strange country, and I can understand people's feelings in a foreign country. This is definitely a must-see movie for me this year."
"Eve has another movie coming out? Why do I feel like I can see her movie every month?"
"There seems to be no repetition in these movies. I hope there will be more. I am willing to pay to go to the cinema!"
"According to our news media reports, the Venice Film Festival is not very competitive this year. Can she win the award?"
"As an audience who was lucky enough to be at the scene, I would like to remind everyone that the whole movie is really good, especially the performances of Eve and Bill Murray are very interesting. Who would have thought that these two people could have a chemical reaction? .”
"The gossip has come out, this year Venice is very likely to give "Lost in Translation" an award, it depends on what it is."
"It is obviously not that simple to be praised by both the European media and the North American media at the same time."
There are more and more discussions about "Lost in Translation" on the Internet, and distributors in various countries are also working hard to promote it, and are preparing to release it after the film festival is over.
As for what kind of slogan can be printed on the poster, it all depends on the results of tonight.
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In the Venice Hotel, Eve looked a little apologetic at the Armani staff not far away who were working overtime and changing their clothes. She wanted to let them rest, but she was worried that the progress was not enough, so she could only choose not to bother.
The red carpet dress arrived with the staff, and after letting her try it on, she found that the waist and shoulders were a bit wide and needed to be modified.
After the party last night, there were countless phone calls from Eternal Films, and the e-mail box was also full of mails. The staff far away in North America were completely overwhelmed, almost using one person as two.
Some distributors want to see the script of the movie, while others ask in what form the distribution rights will be sold, whether it is a buyout or a share.
In the case of a buyout, Eternal Pictures can only get the buyout fee. No matter how the box office in the area is, it has nothing to do with itself. It can quickly withdraw funds and achieve profitability while isolating risks.
As for sharing, the advantages and disadvantages are very obvious.The advantage is obviously that the higher the box office of the film, the higher the income that Eternal Pictures can get as a film producer. The disadvantage is that the capital pooling is slow and the supervision is weak.
Eternal Pictures has only been established recently, and cannot form a complete monitoring network in various countries and regions of the world. The distribution companies in some regions are very barbaric, and they will not give a real box office figure at all. .
Therefore, when choosing a partner, Eve pays attention to a word of stability.In some irrelevant countries and regions with little box office potential, buyouts are used, and in places where the box office market is large enough, reliable and reputable partners are selected.
Even if it makes less money this time, it’s okay, the important thing is to establish this channel, because in the future, Eternal Pictures will have more films that will need to be distributed overseas.
It's not that she never thought of cooperating with big companies such as Universal, Disney, and Warner Bros., but these companies have very high distribution commissions, and at the same time, they will not favor "Little Miss Sunshine" in terms of resources.
Any big company has a film released during awards season, don't they come to feature their own films and come to feature their competitors' films?
Robert looked at Eve who was sitting on the balcony watching the scenery, and jokingly said, "The closing ceremony is coming soon, are you a little nervous?"
"It's not the first time I've participated in an awards ceremony. This kind of film festival doesn't even have a nomination session. How can there be Golden Globes and Oscars?" Eve raised the water glass in her hand, "I was thinking, one day I will direct It would be great if our films can participate in this kind of film festival.”
"Actually, your "Little Miss Sunshine" is completely qualified. You have become famous, and at the same time, you have a good relationship with the organizing committee of the film festival. Even if you can't enter the main competition unit, you can be shortlisted in any attention unit. The main problem It's just that the timing is not coincidental, and it happens to be staggered with these film festivals."
"That's true." Although Eve didn't intend to develop in Europe, the Cannes Best Actress was not in vain, and now Venice also has hope, and she is much closer than other directors.
The competition works of the film festival are selected by people, and people will have various preferences, and it is impossible to be 100% fair.
"I'm actually thinking about Keanu's situation. His "The Matrix 2" shouldn't be too bad at the box office." Eve doesn't remember the box office figures of her previous life at all, and now Keanu is so popular. Well, the audience has been looking forward to it for so long, and Warner's promotion is so strong, there is really no reason why it is not good.
Robert rolled his eyes, "Ma'am, you still care about yourself. Evan revealed that Warner's forecast for the first weekend of "The Matrix 2" is $9000 million."
Eve was stunned for a moment. She knew that the box office of the movie would blow up, but she didn't expect it to be so high, because the MAPP rating of "The Matrix 2" is an R-rated movie, and this type of movie directly restricts the admission of children.
But the coolness of "The Matrix" is the most attractive to teenagers, which is a bit uncomfortable. I don't know how many teenage audiences fell in love with Keanu Reeves after watching "The Matrix".
"North America or the world?"
"Of course it's North America, the global box office can't be counted so quickly." Robert only hated that he wasn't Keanu's agent, otherwise he would have bought the villa directly with the full amount of the commission.
Eve thought about it carefully, and said with some uncertainty: "9000 million US dollars should break the box office record, right? I remember that "Hannibal" at the beginning of the year seemed to break the opening record of an R-rated film."
"Yes, "Hannibal" opened to $5800 million, and "The Matrix 2" went straight to 9000 million. I don't know when this record will be broken. I hope it depends on "The Matrix 3."
In the first three days of the weekend, the box office in North America was close to [-] million, which is definitely an explosion, and the popularity in the global region is also very strong. If there is no accident, it will become the highest-grossing film in Keanu's acting career.
The higher the box office of "The Matrix 2" and the more popular Keanu is, the more valuable the overseas distribution rights of "Little Miss Sunshine" will be.
"Don't worry, the box office of the movie you starred in is also very good, and there will be such phenomenal movies in the future." Robert said comfortingly. Now Eve's cumulative box office figures are very gratifying, ranking among the top among actresses, but she is not as good as male actors. There is still a big gap in the comparison of actors.
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Everything is good in Venice in September, but the wind is too strong!
Outside the red carpet, there was almost a strong wind of level [-]. Everyone's clothes and hair were fluttering with the wind, especially the long hair of the actresses made the hair stylist want to cry, the bangs were overturned, the long hair covered the face, etc. , any picture can be used as the kind of black history, with disheveled hair and downcast appearance.
One after another, the carefully prepared looks of the actresses were destroyed by the strong wind, and Eve was also a little worried. She simply tied her long hair behind her head and made a bun.The hair of the fish that escaped the net is scattered down, adding a bit of coziness and following, and it is more messy and sexy, and it will not be too formal.
The audience next to the red carpet enjoys the same treatment as the media workers, except that everyone is dressed very warmly and windproof. When they see actors and directors they are familiar with, they will cheer and applaud, and they are not cold at all because of the weather.
Eve didn't go with Sophia and the others, but entered the banquet hall first, but most of the people inside didn't know each other.
Hollywood awards ceremonies are very lively. Even if the candidates under the stage are not friends, at least they are familiar with each other and can call each other's names, so they won't be as unaccompanied as they are now.
Anyway, Eve didn't know anyone in the past. Ethan Hawke and the director Richard were still in Venice yesterday. I don't know why they didn't attend the closing ceremony today. Did they already know in advance that they would not be eligible for the award?
Compared with the excitement of the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony was basically only those film crews who were expected to win awards and those who voluntarily stayed to watch the excitement, and the rest were very few.
Eve could only smile and say hello to the filmmakers before and after, and hoped that the rest of the "Lost in Translation" crew would come soon.
Accompanied by the live singing and music by local Italian musicians, vivid photos appeared on the screen on the stage. They were all kinds of photos captured at this film festival, many of which made people smile knowingly, while others It is to see the audience's crazy love for the movie!
Immediately afterwards, the films shortlisted for the main competition unit also appeared on the screen with their own exciting content. Eve saw Charlotte played by herself and Bob played by Bill Murray wandering the streets of Tokyo.
After the festival chairman Marco Müller's Italian speech in English, everyone stood up and applauded the participating films.
Fortunately, the speech was relatively short, and the overall progress was very fast, and one award after another was awarded.
The special award in the contemporary film unit was taken away by the Chinese film "Seafood", and the announcement of the awards in the main competition became tense.
"Lost in Translation", the best screenplay award most recognized by the media and film critics, was actually won by a familiar name. This Mexican director named Alfonso Cuarón was full of excitement. Except for Eve, no one knew what he would do in the future. Become the darling of Oscar and become one of the famous three masters of Mexico.
Eve silently wrote down this director, whether she starred in his film or let Eternal Pictures invest in it, she would not lose money!