Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 164 The Crying Game
Aaron doesn't really care about what's happening with Disney, but the same can't be said about a possible deal with Time Warner;

The successive sales of Columbia TriStar and MCA Universal have already changed the face of Hollywood, and now another major media group may be in for a deal?

Aaron, who returned from a Caribbean vacation, attended the US premiere of "The Crying Game" in Burbank, Los Angeles;
"The Crying Game", which just returned from the Toronto Film Festival, has received praise from many critics!
Aaron and Dawn Steele sat in the theater's green room, talking about Time Warner for a few days.

"As I recall, besides the seriously ill Steve Ross, Gerald Levine is the most powerful person at Time Warner right now."

Gerald Levine had been staying at Steve Ross's East Hampton, Long Island, home where he was recuperating since last Christmas.

After gaining Steve Ross's favor through his family, he took the opportunity to convene a board meeting this spring and kicked out his old rival NJ Nicholas.

“Yeah, Steve Ross should have considered Gerard Levine as his successor!”

Dawn Steele spread his hands and said, "Steve Ross has advanced prostate cancer and won't live long."

Aaron leaned back in his chair and tapped his knees with his fingers. "The Seagram Group that acquired Time Warner is quite interesting."

"They own Seagram's Gin, Martell, and Chivas Regal, and yet they want to enter the Hollywood entertainment industry?"

Moreover, the Seagram Group is now the major shareholder of the DuPont Group, and the shares of the DuPont Group are the largest assets of the Seagram Group. The wine and beverage business certainly cannot compare with the military-industrial complex!

"I heard that the 40-year-old Edgar Bronfman Jr., the president and CEO of Seagram's, wants to break into Hollywood."

Dawn Steele explains.

Edgar Bronfman Jr.? This is the third generation of the Jewish Bronfman family.

"Edgar Bronfman Jr. operates through CAA, and Michael Ovitz recommends Time Warner for them, including movies, television, publishing, magazines, cable TV, games, etc.

"Time Warner's comprehensiveness, except for the lack of a movie theme park, is the most extensive!"

After hearing what Dawn Steele said, Aaron felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

As long as Seagram sells DuPont shares, he will have a lot of cash flow. After all, DuPont is so profitable, which is indeed something Hollywood cannot refuse.

Aaron stood up and smiled, "It's not that easy to get into Hollywood. If the wealthy families want to gain a foothold in Hollywood, it's not enough to just have money!" Look at Sony, look at Panasonic, Japanese companies are waving around huge amounts of money.
Because "The Crying Game" was released by Crescent Films as an art film, the scale was not large, and the film had to rely on its own reputation;
Because this movie has a huge twist and is very controversial, the promotion is mainly based on suspense!
In the theater, as the screening of "The Crying Game" began, Aaron also sat in his seat and watched it. This independent film is no worse than "Boyz on the Hood":

Fergus, played by Stephen Rea, was originally a member of the Northern Irish Republican Army. One day, they kidnapped a black British soldier, Jody (played by Hollywood actor Forest Whitaker). Fergus guarded him. As they spent time together, Jody and Fergus began to get to know each other and gradually developed a friendship.
Later, Jody asks Fergus to visit his girlfriend Dill (Jay Davidson) in London if he is killed;

Soon after, the IRA sent Fergus to execute Jody. Deep in the jungle, Fergus let Jody go, but unfortunately, Jody was crushed to death by a British tank that came to attack the IRA camp.
Fergus escaped from the Irish organization, changed his name and came to London to look for Dill, the girlfriend that Jody had told him before his death.

And Fergus finally finds Dill, a beautiful black woman, in a nightclub;

Fergus fell in love with Dill and began to pursue her. Not long after, when the two fell in love, Fergus was surprised to find that Dill was actually a man, but with a gentle appearance and a transvestite hobby, always dressed as a woman.

After this painful discovery, the relationship between the two began to reverse, Dill fell madly in love with Fergus, Dill could now do anything for Fergus, and Fergus was increasingly moved by Dill's true love.

Soon after, Fergus's girlfriend Gad, who was in the Republican Army, suddenly appeared and was furious at Fergus's betrayal;
She told Fergus that the Republican Army had already sentenced him to death, and she ordered Fergus to assassinate a judge and die with him.

Fergus knew that he was doomed, but he wanted to settle Dill before his death so that Dill would not be implicated by him.
So he asked Dill to change into men's clothes and live in a hotel. Dill couldn't bear to see Fergus die, so he secretly tied the sleeping Fergus to the bed, delaying the time to assassinate the judge.

Gard and his companions wait for Fergus to appear, but when he fails to do so, his companion attempts to carry out the mission himself but is killed;
Gad drove off and went to Diehl's apartment. She rushed into the apartment with a gun, but Diehl shot and killed Gad first.

Fergus asked Dill to leave immediately, and he sat down to wait for the police. After wiping the fingerprints off the gun, he pulled the trigger again...

The Crying Game has been quite controversial, receiving both positive and negative reviews:

Mick LaSalle, critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, reviewed The Crying Game: "This captivating new film from Irish director Neil Jordan is both a political thriller and a love story, weaving various sexual and political currents into a dreamlike narrative."

Wesley Lovell, critic for The Hollywood Reporter, wrote: "Discovering oneself amidst chaos is the perfect metaphor for 'The Crying Game,' a film exploring race, identity, sexuality, and perception during turbulent times in Ireland."

Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan said: "Suspenseful and emotionally complex, deftly blending politics with matters of the heart, 'The Crying Game' is something unexpected, a challenging new way to tell a very old story."

Richard Collis, critic for Time magazine, commented: "Neil Jordan examines the tough questions of life and death, sex and friendship, duty and loyalty, freedom and bondage, masculinity and femininity, and all the ambiguous issues in between with a thrilling naturalism."

Perhaps Aaron has found someone to direct Interview with the Vampire!
(End of this chapter)