Hollywood legendary director

Firefly Pictures headquarters building.

Thomas gently pushed open the door of the editing room and said to Lyman, who was sitting behind the editing table, who was very focused: "It's past 12 and 15 o'clock. Are you going to eat?"

Lehman didn't turn his head back, his eyes were always on the monitor screen in front of him, controlling the cropping of the lens material, "Wait a while, I will finish this section first, and it will be fine soon."

Thomas stretched his waist, walked lightly aside, occasionally looking up to see the progress of the work.

The rough cuts of "Old Nowhere" were basically done by Ryan and Thomas. Until now, Lehmann has taken up the heavy responsibility in the re-cutting stage, and personally controlled it every day.

With such a lot of time and energy perfusion, the duration of "Old Nowhere" was quickly controlled within 115 minutes, and what was left was another wave of fine cutting for the positive film, which can control the rhythm more delicately and orderly. better.

After all, editing is a process of excellence.

About ten minutes later, Lehman archived the material, sorted out notes, record boards and other auxiliary editing items before going to lunch with Thomas.

This product was cut into the middle of the night before going to sleep on the floor in the editing room. When I woke up, it was past 11 o'clock, and the whole person was still a little bit sluggish.

Afterwards, the two drove to a Japanese food restaurant for a meal, and when they returned to the company, Joseph found him again.

He is here to report work including getting Lehman to sign to advance a certain matter.

——In addition to the speeding up of the money sharing between Paramount and Warner, and the final budget of "Pan's Labyrinth" is coming to the end of filming, Liam also wants Lyman to attend a cocktail party composed of several Oscar judges. .

In fact, in principle, during the Oscar selection stage, the relevant judges are not allowed to contact the film crews on the shortlist.

But are there any countermeasures under the policy?

For this event, we can’t allow everyone to participate in "normal" social interactions and prohibit any contact, right?

Therefore, on the eve of the Oscars awards, the number of similar banquets soared.

Reluctantly, Lehman took a look at the many invitations, and picked out a few of them that were fairly convenient. Then he said, "Just push away the remaining invitations. I'm impatient to go to these party animals every day."

Of course, it is impossible not to go to one of them. Those old guys are older, and they are more vengeful than the others. They just show a little contempt. It is estimated that they will all be offended. Don't even want to participate in the Oscars in the future.

Joseph nodded, then took out several reports and gave them to Lehman for signing. "This year's Oscars seems that our company won't get any awards."

"Well, our focus last year was a bit too ignorant of in-depth storytelling." Lehman replied casually: "I'm going to the Oscars in two days. You ask Liam to remember to set aside one day and go too. Broaden the distribution circle on the spot."

After Joseph left, Lyman resumed his unfinished editing work.

Today is March 4th, Saturday.

"Prada" will spend the third weekend.

Due to the hype of Anne Hathaway’s feminist stance, and the schedule in the second half of February, the film’s box office performance actually exceeded Lehman’s expectations. It is estimated that the final draw will be around 170 million.

At present, in the entire North American film market in 2006, with no other masterpieces being released, "Prada" has briefly become the No. 1 box office movie of the year.

In addition, on the first day of overseas release, the film still maintained its excellent performance in North America. It directly won the daily box office championship in many countries and regions. The total amount of money on the first day overseas was 7.52 million US dollars-because of the different currency exchange rates. The actual box office numbers for movies in various countries seem to be exaggerated.

Of course, this time it was released by Fox, which also gave Fox a taste of the sweetness of cooperating with Firefly.

It is estimated that it will be more difficult to restrict the development of fireflies from the source in the future.

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When Alessandro Gonzalez-Inarrido returned to Los Angeles, he was accompanied by his own direct team.

He came to the Oscar with "Tongtian Tower".

According to the plan made at the beginning, as long as the film is shortlisted, the follow-up will go to Europe to buy and sell copyrights to recover the shooting cost as much as possible.

The literary film actually doesn't have much box office market.

Only a small number of spectators who love this type of film still give some support to the art director.

Today, when entertainment is becoming more and more mature, who wants to be taught in their spare time?

Even if you can understand, can you do it?

However, even if the prospects of literary and artistic movies are getting dim, this kind of carrier still needs someone to shoot.

——Of course, it is really hard work, not a passionate work under the banner of literature and art.

And there is no doubt that Alessandro is a director who is willing to make movies with all his heart.

At this time, he came from Mexico.

Lehman was also full of favors and wins for this one of Mexico's three great literary and artistic generals, and the strongman who won two Oscars in the future.

Therefore, as soon as he got the news, he immediately changed his clothes and went to the airport to pick him up in person.

Alessandro still has a beard with a full chin, and he is a bit darker than before. It is estimated that he went to New Mexico to film and bask in the sun.

After returning to the company, the entire Firefly Building has now been covered by Lehman. The first to fifth floors have been reasonably divided into departments and offices. The staff's office area has also been greatly expanded.

Thanks to the convenience of renting an office building in this area, Lehman doesn't have to rush to buy a building.

At this time, the house price is still rising, as long as you buy it, you will definitely vomit blood after a year.

After Alessandro and others arrived, Lyman greeted Liam and Ryan for a small celebration party.

Right now, their goal is definitely an Oscar, plus whether they can win an award.

In the shortlist, Lehman was nominated for the best visual and best sound effects in last year's "Water Monster in the Lake", and "Tongtian Tower" was nominated for the best foreign language film.

Speaking of which, the gold content of the best foreign language is quite high, and the competition is fierce. After all, the Oscar is an award played by Americans, and works from other regions have a large base if they want to enter.

There are a total of five finalists for the best foreign language at the 78th Oscars, the Italian "Beast of the Heart" (a movie that talks about inner fear, and also discusses the issue of lesbians. The most impressive thing is that it has been talking about one truth: There is a dark side hidden in everyone's heart, so don't test the human heart, because the human heart cannot withstand temptation.)

French "Merry Christmas" (adapted based on real events, it tells a story about soldiers from various countries having an armistice on Christmas Eve during World War I. The whole film gives people a fairy-tale warmth. Director Christian Cassillon uses his writer like The delicate style of writing speaks out the whole plot development.)

The other is Pakistan's "Heaven At This Time", Germany's "Hope and Resistance" and "Tongtian Tower".

As for the odds of winning each film, "The Beast in the Heart" has a sharp theme, and the overall sense of "Merry Christmas" is the most comfortable. The remaining three including "The Tower of Babel" all feel almost meaningless-not that the movie is not good. But someone is better.

According to the Oscar selection rules, those that have been released are all evaluated.

Even if it is higher than the box office, it is also the highest in "Merry Christmas"-although it is silly to use box office data for literary films, it can also give a glimpse of the audience's acceptance of the movie.

"Tong Tian Pagoda" was screened on a small scale in December last year, and the results were really not so good.

Combining all the calculations, the hope of "Tong Tian Pagoda" to win the crown is really not high, but it is always a good thing to be shortlisted. With this level of qualifications to go to the European Film Festival, it can attract some regional distributors.

After the banquet was over, Lyman quickly led Alessandro to talk with his good friend Guillermo Ariga.

After consoling the hard work of shooting, the two also felt that Lehmann cared about them, and it did make them feel warm.

——To put it bluntly, this is a sense of status disparity.

The so-called human heart is still worth pondering for a lifetime.

"Tomorrow I will take you to a meeting of the judges to broaden the social circle." Lehman said to the two of them for a good call, and finally told them.

Of course, Alessandro nodded happily.