Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 234 Berlin Premiere
Tang De has been accompanying Jessica Alba these two days.

In the past two days, the two of them had not done anything transgressive. They just lived like a couple. Even breakfast was cooked by Tang De.

"My angel." Tang De leaned on Jessica's belly and listened to the sound. Jessica patted his head: "Stop listening, you can't hear anything now."

Tang De smiled slightly and put his arm around her shoulders: "I was too impatient."

"I can understand you." Jessica leaned on Tang De's shoulder and said sweetly: "When I think that this little life is in my belly and will grow up slowly in the next few months, I feel so happy. I feel very happy.”

"Yes." Tang De hugged her and said, "I will hire some nutritionists and nannies from now on. Stop doing housework by yourself and take good care of your body."

"Hey, I'm not a weak girl, I can do it." Jessica shook her head at Tang De's protection: "I don't need so many people to look at me, I still have to continue working."

"Okay, okay. My angel, but even so, you have to have a nanny and a nutritionist to help you do something. After all, professional things have to be left to professionals."

"can."

"Then it's settled."

Only Tang De knew that this year’s Oscar was destined to go to Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed.”

Because Tom Cruise believes in Scientology, German officials refused to allow the film to be filmed at the Benderbrock World War II Memorial in Germany.

However, the preparations for "The Assassination of Hitler" were more difficult than those for "Inception."

For this reason, after the live broadcast ended, Tang De's two new movies "No Country for Old Men" and "Inception" once again gained everyone's expectations.

Of course, Scientology is not illegal in the United States, because the United States is not included in the countries that define it as an illegal organization.

When MGM and Sony announced the acquisition results of United Artists, many media focused their reports on Tom Cruise.

Therefore, Tang De has no plans to participate in this Oscar. Tang De's current job is to complete the preliminary preparations for "Assassination of Hitler."

This is Tang De’s second consecutive nomination.

Of course, it also includes management matters of New United Artists.

Because the film will involve filming at the Bundlerbroeck World War II Memorial Site in Germany, it must first obtain the consent of the German government.

Fortunately, after subsequent negotiations and the efforts of the German Film Association, the German government withdrew its original ban.

At the same time, they will also co-produce this film with United Artists, and the filming will be jointly funded by both parties.

If Tang De was older and more senior, he might actually be able to win a Best Picture award.

It is so famous, on the one hand, because it has poisoned many people in various countries, and on the other hand, because Tom Cruise is one of its members.

But this is better for Tang De. He doesn't care about the false reputation, he cares more about the tangible benefits.

The announcement of this combination surprised Hollywood fans, because most of the films shot by Tom Cruise are action films, while the films that Donde is good at are low-cost art films.

This news also caused a headache for MGM. Fortunately, everything can be solved with the help of money.

And this is only part of the obstruction. The other part is that the son of the film's prototype character Van Staffenberg came forward to claim that Tom Cruise did not have a correct and respectful attitude towards his father's past deeds and that he was the one to act. His own father made a bad and stupid decision.

Rumors circulated in many small newspapers that the Church of Scientology held a ceremony to select a girlfriend for Tom Cruise.

Therefore, the joining of Tom Cruise was interpreted by the media as a sign of leaving the comfort zone and trying various types of challenges.

"Shock Deal, the Man Behind Tom Cruise."

But there are still a group of conservatives who protest against Tom Cruise coming to Germany to film a movie.

Their new movie "To Kill Hitler" has confirmed its director and starring actors, Don Norton and Tom Cruise respectively.

This frequency surprises many people. You must know that even a master director would find it difficult to receive two nominations for two consecutive films.

Because it is indeed rare for actors to join movie companies, especially big-name actors like Tom Cruise.

During the intense preparations for the film, the Oscars were held as scheduled. Although Tang De did not participate in this Oscar, his film "Juno" was successfully nominated for Best Picture.

The movie "Juno" not only achieved a very high box office, but also won a lot of awards.

The 11th Golden Satellite Award for Best Musical/Comedy Film, Best Actress in Music/Comedy, the 12th American Critics’ Choice Award for Best Comedy, the 22nd Independent Spirit Award for Best Picture, etc.

"Tom Cruise announced that he has joined United Artists and became the new president of United Artists!"

This has undoubtedly earned it higher expectations from many people, such as the Oscar.

But something embarrassing happened. When the German government received this request, it quickly gave a refusal.

The film received a total of more than 20 nominations and nine awards, which can be said to have won one-third of the awards in the United States.

Under the light of Tom Cruise, Tang De's figure looks quite dim.

However, the German government did not have any good feelings towards this organization, so it rejected MGM's filming application.

Two days later, after Jessica's arrangements were made, Tang De participated in several award ceremonies non-stop.

It's just that MGM and United Artists had to pay more money than originally budgeted.

"A complete break with his old employer, Tom Cruise will become the producer of his own movies."

"Superstar Tom Cruise and his business partner Paula Wagner announced that they have joined United Artists!"

Although the name of Scientology may seem upright, it is actually an illegal sectarian organization officially defined by Germany.

And not long after this news came out, another piece of news came out from MGM.

I have to admit that this old man's gangster movies are indeed good, and he is getting stronger as he gets older. He has always been active in Hollywood. Even when he is over 70 years old, he has not stopped making movies.

However, these two movies are still early for release, especially "Inception", which is undergoing post-production special effects production at Tang De's Digital Domain Company.

Layoffs and reorganization have been completed in the digital field, reducing the number of employees from the original 300 to about 100.

And the special effects direction has also been re-modified based on previous expertise, focusing on facial capture and 3D scene construction.

Although transformation is a very painful thing, if you don't transform, you will be eliminated by the market.

And "No Country for Old Men" participated in the Berlin Film Festival.

The reason why Tang De did not participate in the Oscars was because he was at the Berlin Film Festival, preparing to attend the premiere of his own film.

But before that, the judges and the festival chairman had watched all the participating films.

The chairman of the festival this time is Dieter Kerslick, and the judges come from all over the world. Palestine, Germany, the United States, Mexico, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Denmark and Nigeria.

These people sat together and watched and rated movies for half a month.

But when they saw "No Country for Old Men", they were very surprised.

"Doesn't this movie have a soundtrack?" When the movie started, judge Shi Nansheng from Hong Kong was a little surprised.

Because usually there is a soundtrack at the beginning of the movie, which is an important means to put the audience into the rhythm, but the movie "No Country for Old Men" is uncharacteristically without any soundtrack at all.

Paul Schrader, the chairman of the jury from the United States, sat next to Shi Nansheng and found it quite interesting after seeing the beginning of the film: "Keep reading, maybe it will be available soon."

Shi Nansheng nodded. Although she is not well-known in the entertainment industry as a producer, if we talk about her works, she must be famous.

"Infernal Affairs", "Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings", "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", and "Changjin Lake" were written by her.

In the domestic entertainment circle, he can be said to be a veritable producer.

The chairman of the jury, Paul Schrader, also has deep qualifications.

The script of "Taxi Driver", which won the Cannes Palme d'Or, was written by him, and he has deep qualifications in Hollywood, but he is not part of the mainstream business circle.

The two of them watched the movie screen light up, the deep blue contrasting with the orange of the sunset, while a narration sounded in everyone's ears.

"I became the sheriff of this town when I was twenty-five."

"Isn't it hard to believe?" "My grandfather was a policeman, and so was my father."

"My father and I are police officers at the same time. I think he must be very proud."

"At least that's the case for me, the older generation of police chiefs, sometimes they didn't even carry guns."

"A lot of people find it incredible."

"But many seniors are like this. I like to listen to their stories and never miss any of them."

"I always compare myself to them. I can't help but wonder how they did it back then."

"A few years ago, I sent a boy to Huntsville to sit in the electric chair."

"I arrested him myself and testified in court."

"He killed a fourteen-year-old girl. The newspaper said it was a crime of passion, but he told me there was no passion at all."

"For as long as he can remember, he has been planning to kill someone, and he said that if he was let out, he would kill someone again."

"He said he knew he was going to hell. I don't understand why he would be like this. I really don't understand."

For one minute, the whole process was narrated by an old man, but the judges present did not feel bored at all.

"The narration at the opening is very good and very immersive." Paul Schrader gave a simple evaluation on paper. This is his own habit of watching movies. He will record all his feelings while watching movies so that he can Give a fair score when finished.

In fact, most of the other judges are like this. In order to maintain fairness, everyone will write and draw on paper to record the advantages and disadvantages.

"Advantages: The narration is very immersive. Disadvantages: No soundtrack." This is Shi Nansheng's notes.

But soon this impression was forgotten by her as the plot progressed.

Because they saw a suspect being taken back to the police station by the police.

And just when the policeman reported to the superior officer and said that no accident would happen and that he was very confident, the suspect choked him with handcuffs, dragged him to the ground, and brutally strangled him to death.

The police's leather shoes made black marks on the ground, scrawled like weeds.

It was also at this time that the judges saw clearly the appearance of the suspect, a funny man with a mushroom head, Antong.

After Anton strangled the policeman, he took back his weapon and drove a police car to stop an innocent and honest middle-aged man on the road.

When he wore a devilish smile, picked up the spring gun and shot the man without mercy, Shi Nansheng couldn't help but shiver down his spine.

She crossed out her notes and re-recorded: "Advantages: The plot is clean and neat, and the character of the perverted killer is established in a few scenes. Disadvantages: None."

After Anton appeared, they soon also saw Moss, the protagonist of the film.

Watching him take away the box of money left after the gang war because of greed, and then return to the scene of the fire because of his only kindness, wanting to give the dying man a drink of water.

But the gang's help had arrived, and a shootout and chase ensued. Moss was injured and escaped by diving.

At the same time, the perverted killer Anton is deciding the life or death of the store manager in a small convenience store.

"How much do these cost?" Antong came to the store manager with the purchased items.

The store manager glanced at it: "A total of sixty-nine cents."

"And gasoline." Antong added.

"Well, has it rained where you came?" the store manager asked casually.

Unexpectedly, these words made An Tong's expression become grim: "Where are you referring to?"

"I see you're from Dallas."

"Where do I come from, and what does it have to do with you?"

The store manager was a little confused. He didn't expect this customer to be so angry.

"Dude, I don't mean anything else." He looked up and explained.

"You don't mean anything else..."

"I'm just passing the time. If it makes you unhappy, there's nothing I can do about it. Do you need anything else?"

But Anton didn't seem to let him go and kept staring at him.

"Well, I think I'm going to close."

"Close the door?" Antong looked out the window: "What time does it close?"

"Now, close now."

"What's the time now?"

"Close when it's almost dark."

Antong stopped eating, shook his head and said, "Are you perfunctory with me?"

"Do you live in the house at the back?"

"Yes, that's right." The store manager didn't know why the man in front of him asked this. He felt vaguely insecure.

"What's the most you've ever lost by guessing a coin?" Antong put down the candy and took out a coin.

"I don't know, I can't tell."

An Tong flipped up the coin neatly and put it on the table: "Guess."

"why?"

"Just guess."

"I wonder why I'm guessing?"

"You have to guess, and I can't help you guess. That's unfair." Anton then expressed the concept he has always believed in: "You have been gambling all your life, but you are not aware of it. You have to guess." ”

"What do you get by winning?"

"everything."

"what?"

"You can get everything if you guess it right." Antong only said this sentence and stopped saying it, but the meaning behind his words was clear.

"Okay, let's go to the front." The store manager had no choice but to make a guess.

Anton removed his finger, it was indeed the front.

Shi Nansheng and Paul Schrader's hearts immediately lifted.

Because they all know that the moment that determines the store manager's life or death has arrived.

However, Antone abided by his words and did not kill the store manager. He just reminded: "Don't put this coin in your pocket. If it is mixed with other coins, it is not a lucky coin."

After saying that, he turned and left.

But the judges have already seen some paranoia of the killer from the plot.

“Great conversation.”

Paul Schrader couldn't wait to record it in his notes. He was vaguely aware that the real protagonist of this film was not Moss.

But this perverted killer, An Tong.

(End of this chapter)