The Greatest Showman (Big Play Bone)

Chapter 1729: Undertide 4

The Sundance Film Festival is still in full swing. For independent films, this is an annual carnival, and no one wants to miss it. Cheers all night, talks by candlelight, and enjoys wantonly. In just eleven days, Just let yourself be immersed in the ocean of the movie world.

At the same time, under the bustling scene of fan parties, there is a faint undercurrent.

Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein frequently appear in every corner of Park City. On the surface, they seem to be no different from the Sundance of previous years. The two brothers are from the Saints every year. Dans began to prepare for the awards season for the new year, and this year was no exception; but slowly and slowly, rumors began to spread everywhere—

Originally, "Burst Drummer" had hope to participate in the Berlin Film Festival, but in the end Renly chose the Sundance Film Festival, the main reason being "to sprint for the Oscars", relying on the accumulative reputation of "Drunk Country Folk Songs" and the "Blast Drummer" The media promoted the promotion of Lanli, and then added a bargaining chip for the second stage of "Gravity" academy public relations.

If only this is the case, then the rumors are just rumors, and their influence will be limited after all. But at the same time, two things happened in Los Angeles and New York outside Park City:

One is the rapid rise in the reputation of "Blasting Drummer". The mainstream media in the industry officially promoted Lan Li to the altar, believing that "he is an indispensable member of contemporary top actors"; the other is the interior of "Interstellar" According to the statement, Christopher Nolan's shooting progress was forced to speed up due to the relationship between Lan Li, and was finally completed a week in advance.

Things become interesting.

The former confirmed the statement of "academic public relations", as if everyone was endorsing Lan Li, the prospects of the awards season of "Gravity" suddenly became clear, and the argument that called for the second actor of Lan Li to spread like wildfire. Even Harvey Weinstein said at a private party, “Len Li’s strength is beyond doubt. You’ll know after watching'Burst Drummer', he is worthy of the second Golden Man”.

The latter illustrates the urgency of Lan Li. On the surface, he was absent from the college public relations, but he added a bargaining chip through Sundance. From the grand occasion of the symposium to the excitement of the premiere, the Lan Li in Park City overwhelmed him. Having gained the limelight of many Hollywood stars, there is no public relations but better than public relations, building a reputation and winning the hearts of the people, it can be said to kill two birds with one stone, even at the expense of the "interstellar" crew.

All of them are proof of Lanly’s "cunning" and "overbearing", and even Harvey "has to" give praise. It seems that the whole Hollywood has been in favor of the people, and no one dares to stand up against Lanly, if Oscar doesn't award the actor statuette to Lan Li, as if the law of heaven is too difficult to tolerate.

As a result, things become more subtle.

However, Warner Bros. and "Gravity" are in a dilemma. Originally it was just a rumors, there was no evidence to speak of, they solemnly explained the matter, instead they fell into the trap of their opponents, which tended to get darker and darker; but just let it go, and the rumors are getting stronger and stronger, and the atmosphere is not quite right. Up.

After thinking about it, Warner Bros. can only choose to deal with it low-key.

At a private party, Emma Thomas jokingly mentioned when chatting with friends, "Now it seems that Lan Li has surpassed Matthew McConaughey and has become the biggest favorite of the year. In order to compete for the Little Golden Man, All the nonsense has come out. I heard the absurd anecdotes of the awards season before, but I didn't expect it to happen to me."

Then, Emma Thomas took the opportunity to clarify the false rumors about "Interstellar Crossing" simply and casually, and implied that the technique of depicting competitors in such a way was too familiar, and it seemed to be the handwriting of the Weinstein brothers—no Solemnly defend, but clarify lightly, and simplify the negative impact of the matter as much as possible.

It is impossible to predict what impact these rumors will have on the college public relations in the second stage, but what is certain is that the Weinstein brothers once again demonstrated their subtle interpretation of the college public relations, seemingly invisible but sharp offensive. Is able to hit the key with a snake strike seven inches.

And everything happened in the little Park City. Although far away from the central area of ​​Los Angeles, the Weinstein brothers were still able to take advantage of their strengths and make things happen; as for the rumors in the "Interstellar" crew, what are the rumors? What came out, even Warner Bros. could not investigate clearly.

I can only say that the timing is too clever.

But in the face of such negative rumors, Lan Li never came forward to clarify, even in private small talks, did not even mention it in private, as if he had never heard of it, he still went his own way and stayed in Park City without heart. Enjoy this carnival party at the Sundance Film Festival.

In this case, Lan Li, Rooney Mara, Ryan Gosling, Tom Holland and other friends attended the symposium where Catherine Keener was a guest, and actively participated in the discussion; that Xiang, Lan Li and the Coen brothers went to a small screening of a documentary and had an in-depth conversation with several documentary directors.

In this case, Lan Li watched a Somali movie "Fishing without Nets" with David Fincher and Rooney Mara, and then had a lively discussion during dinner, which attracted the participation of other fans; that Xiang, Lan Li, Noah Baumbach and Wes Anderson talked about a documentary "Fuqiu" at a private party.

It can be seen from all aspects that Lanly is enjoying the fan atmosphere of the Sundance Film Festival, and he has watched many movies actively and participated in the discussion enthusiastically and actively, completely like a fanatical fan. It's like attending the Berlin Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, and Toronto Film Festival before, but the rhetoric of the awards season has nothing to do with him.

But it is undeniable that Lan Li's figure also appeared in every corner of Park City, especially active.

Before the end of this year's Sundance Film Festival, Lanly also organized a "round table meeting" in his own name—allowing every interested audience to attend.

The so-called "round table meeting" should actually be called a campfire meeting more appropriately.

At the end of the street in the small town of Park City, surrounded by three cliffs, there is a wide open space, now covered by white snow, but the official Sundance staff cleared a space, and then Lan Li invited a crowd Friends came to the open space, lit a bonfire, sat in groups, and discussed film works and performing arts, especially the works that Sundance just released this year.

It's actually the Stars version of the official forum.

The biggest difference is that there is no YouTube online live broadcast and no on-site ticket restrictions. Every interested fan audience can come and leave at any time. At the same time, everyone is allowed to express their opinions and opinions as much as possible, including the main creative of the film crew. Staff are also welcome.

This extraordinary "round table meeting" pushed the atmosphere of Sundance to a climax.

According to incomplete statistics, the meeting lasted for nearly six hours. Except for a few core members such as Lan Li, Rooney and Ryan, the other participants only participated in a part of it, and their departure It did not cause too much sensation, because the on-site discussion was really too heated and too exciting.

Before and after, more than 30,000 spectators participated in this meeting. Among them, the number of spectators who stayed around the bonfire also exceeded 3,000. The bustling discussion has evolved into a group debate. All audiences and guests are allowed to "flow." ", change your position anytime, anywhere, choose the movie works and topics you are interested in.

This seemingly nonsense round table has become the finishing touch of the 30th anniversary of the Sundance Film Festival, not because of the gathering of stars, but because of close communication, which broke the shackles of stage and lighting, and also broke. The barriers between creators and audiences have truly transformed the film festival into a party, allowing every film enthusiast to exchange ideas on an equal footing.

Even Robert Redford personally appeared on the scene, and expressed a sigh, "If it weren't for Lan Li, this thing would never have happened."

You have Zhang Liangji, and I have a wall ladder.

The Weinstein brothers made frequent small actions. UU Reading www.uukānshu.com used a blitz strategy to take full advantage of the current situation and created an alternative opposition frenzy against Lan Li; at the same time, Warner Bros. didn’t need too much power. Eat a dumb loss. But this is just the beginning of the second phase of the awards season.

But Harvey overlooked a small detail. They did not release the rumors of the "Interstellar" crew. However, he didn't care, because the appearance of this rumor was beneficial to them, and the source of the news was not important. Anyway, are there few people in Hollywood opposing Renly?

Absolutely no one remembers that the news originally came from a large party organized by Andre, and it seemed to spread overnight.

In this regard, Andre was not surprised.

Andre clearly knows whether the rumors are related to Thomas Tour, the Weinstein brothers will not care, and other opponents of Hollywood will not care, even Andre does not need to care, because the core of the whole thing The key point is: Kevin Tsujihara's idea, if he believes that it has something to do with Tur, then Andre's goal has been achieved.

Whether or not Kevin Tsujihara believes, and whether he is willing to believe it, is the root. As for the evidence, these things were originally rumors of catching the wind, and there is no evidence at all.

Compared with the activeness of the Weinstein brothers, Lanly is also running around. In stark contrast to Los Angeles and the mainstream media of social networks, in the small town of Park City, Lanly’s reputation is steadily increasing. Both independent film creators and experienced film enthusiasts have established a deep bond with Lan Li.

As for the award season?

Lan Li never seemed to take it to heart. Compared with the glorious moments brought by a little golden man, the good times of discussing movies are eternal.