Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 46 Romance Film Director

As the awards ceremony progressed, Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman won the Best Actress and Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Film respectively for "Driving Miss Daisy";

The winners for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Drama Series were Tom Cruise for "Born on the Fourth of July" and Michelle Pfeiffer for "Baker"!
As expected, the Best Foreign Language Film award went to the Italian film "Cinema Paradiso".

Backstage at the awards ceremony, Aaron Anderson was having a drink at the bar with Giuseppe Tornatore, who had just received his award.

"I'm going back to Italy tomorrow!"

"So soon, there must be some celebration going on at Miramax," Aaron reminded.

Giuseppe Tornatore shook his head and said, "I need to get back to the set of 'Family Trip' as soon as possible and come back before the Oscars."

By then, "Family Journey" must have been completed.

"Okay, next time you go to Italy, I'll treat you well again," Giuseppe Tornatore patted Aaron on the shoulder.

Afterwards, Giuseppe Tornatore returned to the award ceremony venue and is now presenting the next few major awards!

Aaron wasn't very interested in attending award ceremonies because they were too boring, but the Golden Globe Awards were much more cheerful;

Oscar, Aaron has never experienced it personally, but he learned from TV and newspapers that sitting there for several hours must not be pleasant.

After the award ceremony, it would be nice to go home with Nicole Kidman. Thinking about this, Aaron went to the bathroom.

On the way, I also met Bruce Willis and Demi Moore. Like Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis is also an actor who came to prominence late in life.

He has been developing in the drama industry for many years and has always played small roles in movies. The movie "Die Hard" two years ago made him famous and became one of the tough guys in Hollywood!

When Aaron came to the bathroom, he sniffed and smelled a strong smell of marijuana. There must be an uncontrollable drug addict in the cubicle pursuing pleasure.

After running the water and just about to take a shower, the cubicle door was pushed open and a somewhat frail figure walked out.

The two of them happened to look at each other, and Aaron recognized the man. "Good evening, Mr. Donnie!"

Yes, the person who came out of the cubicle was none other than Robert Downey Jr., the second generation of Hollywood.

Robert Downey Jr. rubbed his face and came back to his senses, "Well, good evening, want one?"

As he spoke, Robert Downey Jr. took out a specially made cigarette.

Aaron shook his head and said with a smile: "Thanks, I have something else to do later!"

Robert Downey Jr. didn't say anything, just gestured and walked away.

Aaron has no intention of making friends with a Hollywood drug addict like this...

As the festival drew to a close, Driving Miss Daisy won Best Picture – Musical/Comedy;
"Born on the Fourth of July" won the Best Picture and Best Director awards in the drama category and was the biggest winner;
Veteran Hollywood actress Audrey Hepburn finally won the Golden Globe Lifetime Achievement Award Cecil B. DeMille Award!
Aaron and Nicole Kidman were about to leave the Beverly Hills Hilton when they ran into Steven Soderbergh.

“Aaron, are you really leaving CAA?”

"Well, this is not true. What about you? What's your situation of staying abroad all the time?"

Steven Soderbergh was somewhat helpless, "I am a bit confused right now, there are no suitable projects." "Sex, Lies and Videotape" will also participate in the British Academy Film Awards, the French Cesar Awards and other award ceremonies in order to increase its fame.

"You're still young anyway. If you have a project, you can start preparing for it first and gain experience."

Nicole Kidman on the side also laughed and said, "If you find a suitable role, you can find me!"

Steven Soderbergh nodded and said, "I'll consider it, don't worry."

"Okay, let's leave first," Aaron put his arm around Nicole Kidman and waved to her;

"Sex, Lies, and Videotape" is unique among independent films and is not bad, but it is difficult to achieve anything at the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars!
Independent films need a work that can break the rules, and box office is the most direct reflection of a film's influence;

Today's independent films do not have the capital to compete with big studios. They have to wait until Disney acquires Miramax in the future and then combine Disney's resources with Miramax's public relations techniques.

After Nicole Kidman got in the car, she looked at Aaron Anderson and asked, "Steven Soderbergh really has no projects?"

Aaron started the car and said casually, "How could it be that there is none? After all, he is the winner of the Cannes Palme d'Or;"

"I negotiated several projects for him, but Steven's demands exceeded the producers' expectations, and we couldn't reach an agreement."

"Yeah, she's the youngest winner of the Palme d'Or, so the qualifications must be quite high," Nicole Kidman also understood.

"So, he decides on the project himself!"

Unfortunately, the success of "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" can only be described as okay. Hollywood is a commercial society, and box office is more important than awards.

Although European art films have always looked down on Hollywood commercial films, Hollywood films are dismissive of all foreign films.

It is undeniable that the United States has the largest film market and the most complete film industry. If you can't enter Hollywood, you can't be considered to have international influence!
Steven Soderbergh thought that with the Palme d'Or, he could make demands on Hollywood, but he didn't know that he was just a newcomer and the box office of "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" was only 2400 million US dollars, so he didn't have much say.

Young people still don’t realize the cruelty of Hollywood!
That night, Nicole Kidman, dripping with sweat, lay in Aaron's arms, "Honey, do you want to invite director Edward Zwick to direct your film Ghost?"

Aaron rested his head on his hands, "Yeah, he's quite suitable for this type!"

In fact, Aaron also considered Rob Reiner, the director of "When Harry Met Sally..." and Gale Marshall, the director of "Pretty Woman";
However, these two are veteran directors and are also suitable for romantic love dramas, but the price is much higher.

Especially with the success of When Harry Met Sally…, not to mention Pretty Woman which will be released in March, this is a masterpiece that is going to be a masterpiece.

Rob Reiner and Gale Marshall's value will increase further.

"Have you found investors?" Nicole Kidman was still very anxious. She hoped to gain a foothold in Hollywood quickly!

"Well, don't worry. I'm looking for a distributor for 'Phone Booth' right now."

Moreover, once Pretty Woman is released and achieves good reputation and box office, Aaron Anderson’s name will naturally be mentioned;
After all, last year he had tied himself to this movie through Warren Beatty.

If a romantic film like this could be a huge hit, who would dare to say that another romantic film they're optimistic about, "Ghost," wouldn't be a huge hit?
　Come on, everyone, please support me and give me some motivation...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)