Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 68 Movie Premiere
"Link, the movie is about to be released, are you nervous?"

At the entrance of the cinema, Chris Bauer was walking back and forth, looking very anxious.

"not nervous."

"You spent so much money promoting the movie, what if the box office data is too bad? Then you will lose all the money you made on Buried."

"It doesn't matter, I can make money again if I lose."

West Hollywood, Museum Art Cinema, the premiere of "Paranormal Activity" was held here in the afternoon.

The reason why the premiere ceremony was held here instead of the AMC theater in the Grove Shopping Center is because this theater is closer to the University of California, less than one kilometer away.

In addition to this one, the 14 cinemas showing the film at the same time are all located near universities in major cities.

the reason is simple.

Before a movie is released, the company submits it to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for rating.

After review, it was rated R-rated, which means restricted. Audiences under the age of 17 are required to be accompanied by their parents or adults to watch it.

This movie does not contain pornography, foul language, blood or violence, and could have been rated PG-13.

However, during the review, the MPAA believed that the film's plot was too horrific and did not meet the PG-13 requirement.

The audience of R-rated movies are mostly young people who like adventure and excitement.

When I see classic horror movies, I am happy to share them with people around me.

Showing the film in theaters near universities can, on the one hand, guarantee the box office performance of the premiere; on the other hand, it is also conducive to its dissemination and promotion.

As for this premiere.

Because during its promotion, "Paranormal Activity" was considered to be a documentary about real events, in which the male protagonist was dead and the whereabouts of the female protagonist was unknown. There was no director or screenwriter, and Guess What Pictures only obtained the screening rights of the film.

If Link brings Monica, Jeremy Northam and others with him, it will destroy the mystery of the movie.

There was no red carpet and no entrance ceremony.

At the premiere, Link and Guess What Pictures invited hundreds of film critics and media reporters to attend, as well as 62 enthusiastic readers who wrote ghost stories to newspapers during the promotion period.

As well as Jim Carrey, Sofia Coppola, Renée Zellweger, TNT host Billy Crystal and others.

In an interview with TNT, Link publicly said that he would shoot a movie with a handheld camera and invite Billy Crystal to watch it.

Today is the day to fulfill that promise.

"Billy, you're welcome."

In the movie theater, Link reached out and shook hands with Billy Crystal.

"Haha, Link, I'm the host, I tend to be more direct. If the new movie doesn't suit my taste, don't blame me for saying bad things about it on the TV show."

"No problem, you can say whatever you want, but I think you'll like this movie."

"Haha, I hope you're right."

After seeing Billy Crystal off, Link continued to greet others.

Including Aaron Couch, deputy editor of The Hollywood Reporter, Ross Stanton, editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times entertainment section, Max Blumenthal, editor-in-chief of the Herald Tribune, and famous journalist Thomas Miller.

As well as famous Los Angeles film critics Rudin Batchelor, William Wolff, Justin Zhang and others.

Some of these people are writers, some are journalists, some are filmmakers, and some are members of the National Society of Film Critics.

Before the advent of the Internet age, newspapers and magazines had a larger audience.

These film critics who often publish comments in newspapers have great say in the film industry and public opinion circles, similar to "opinion leaders".

Some unpopular movies have become popular movies under their recommendation, such as "Mean Streets" and "Life in Balance".

Some popular movies turned into terrible movies due to their criticism.

There are many such films, and almost all commercial films will be criticized by them.

Link remained calm towards these film critics because he knew what he wanted at the moment, which was more US dollars, luxury cars, luxury houses, a partner, and a stable and luxurious life.

Honor comes second.

As long as the movie does well at the box office, a few paragraphs of criticism in the newspapers won't cause any harm.

"Hey, Link!"

Link had just seen off an important guest when someone patted him on the left shoulder from behind. He turned around and looked to the left, and someone patted him on the right shoulder again. He heard sneering sounds from behind, and it seemed that there was more than one person.

"Hi, Sophia, thank you for dusting off your clothes, you're really nice." "Who dusted you off? I just wanted to test your reaction ability, and the result is that you are clumsy."

Sofia Coppola smirked.

The person who came was Sofia. She had changed into a more formal outfit today, a black silk halter dress, high heels, her long golden brown hair, a pearl necklace, and a rose gold bracelet.

She is dressed very ladylike, but the tone of her voice and her movements are far from the word ladylike.

Her companion was a tall girl, about eighteen or nineteen years old, with long golden brown hair, fair skin, a three-dimensional Eastern European face, and a pair of silver-gray pupils that looked very special.

Link was no stranger to this person either. He had seen her once at the premiere of "Chaplin". She was Milla Jovovich, who played the supporting actress in the film and was also the heroine of the future "Resident Evil" series.

"This is Mira. I brought her to see a movie. Where is Monica? I can't find her."

"That's her in the cap over there."

Link pointed to the front row of the audience.

"Monica is the heroine, why is it so mysterious?"

"This movie is a documentary, there is no performance and no heroine, please keep it confidential when you speak."

“You are spreading false propaganda.”

“It’s a publicity tactic.”

"Hmph, I don't care about the strategy. As long as the movie is not good, don't blame me for speaking harshly. Mira, let's go."

Sofia Coppola took Milla Jovovich to the audience to find Monica.

Link continued to greet the invited guests in the theater.

"Sophia, are you familiar with Link? Why do you talk to him so much?"

In the aisle, Milla Jovovich put her arm around Sofia's shoulders and asked.

“This is the second time we’ve met and he’s a very interesting guy and very talented.”

"You mean Buried? When Buried was released at the beginning of the year, my friends told me that the movie was cool, so I went to watch it out of curiosity. But I fell asleep within ten minutes of watching it. The movie was boring and uninteresting."

Milla Jovovich curled her lips.

Last year, the film "Return to the Blue Lagoon" starring her was nominated for five Golden Raspberry Awards after its release, which had a great impact on her career.

Later, with the coordination of her agency, she finally got an important supporting actress role in the popular literary film "Chaplin".

I wanted to make up for my losses with this movie and get some positive reviews.

As a result, I encountered the dark horse movie "Buried".

The media used the two films to compete with each other, and "Chaplin" was surpassed by "Buried" in both word of mouth and box office.

Not many people noticed her hard work in the movie.

It was all in vain.

“He wrote, directed, and starred in ‘Buried’ all by himself, and no one can deny his ability.

I have also read the script he wrote. The idea is great and the script design is very professional. Even my father praised him and said that he is a guy with great potential.

But this guy is one year younger than me."

Sophia glanced unhappily at Link who was talking to someone in the aisle. He was wearing a well-fitting suit and had a slender and upright figure. Although his facial features were not as three-dimensional as those of European and American men, he was still very handsome in the eyes of Europeans and Americans.

What is more attractive than his appearance is his temperament: proud, confident and ambitious.

Standing in the crowd, like a dazzling star.

Monica was right, this guy does have some charm.

Sophia snorted.

"Sophia, is that Monica?"

Milla Jovovich grabbed Sofia's arm and pointed at the plump woman in a black dress in the middle of the third row and asked.

"It's her. Link said her identity needs to be kept secret. Let's sit here first and go say hello after the movie. And by the way, tell Link that his new movie sucks."

Sofia and Mila found two empty seats in the middle of the fourth row and sat down.

(End of this chapter)