Chapter 345 This Shot Seems a Little Off

In fact, this is not the first time it has happened.

Related incidents have often occurred in Hollywood's decades of history.

Is it useful?

It is actually useless for normal movies. At most, it can block the release schedule, and then make it lose some first-mover advantage and fall a little at the box office.

But it is indeed useful for movies that are really bad and are at the Oscar threshold.

For example, there are still two weeks before the Oscar registration deadline.

Before that, "1937" needs to be screened for a week.

If the relevant designated theaters are PR and say that they will not screen it for you, so that you miss the time, then you will naturally be ineligible.

This is also the biggest disadvantage of "1937" participating in the Oscars without going through the three major European gold medals.

Because according to the rules, those who have won awards in the three major European competition units will automatically qualify for the Oscars, and do not need to go through the process of screening in the designated screening units for a week.

So if "1937" does not have some connections this time, its road to the Oscars will be in danger.

But the matter of connections is naturally not difficult for the current Lu Ping'an team.

Hu Qingquan and Dell immediately visited Sidney Ganis, the chairman of this year's Oscars. He is known as the invisible godfather of Hollywood and is the boss who created "The Godfather 3" and "Forrest Gump".

During the years when he was re-elected as the chairman of the Oscar Jury, the status of the Oscars soared, and it was on par with the three major European awards, or even surpassed them.

This time, the two sides were able to meet so quickly. On the surface, Dell, the public relations matchmaker, was actually the main reason for Lu Ping'an's fame.

Lu Ping'an is already an international director, a big director, so naturally there will be some conveniences.

His movie is competing for the Oscar, and it is a movie with Hollywood capital and team involved. It is naturally not okay to block him without any reason.

But Sidney Ganis also said: "Hu, I am not interested in your contradictions. We are not the United Nations. We only care about movies."

The meaning is very clear. Don't mix other things with movies.

Or, it's okay if you mix a little. After all, it's a realistic movie. It's really unlikely to be completely out of touch with reality.

But you can't go too far. After all, this is the United States and the Oscars.

Hu Qingquan said confidently: "We didn't mean anything else. We also understand the rules of the Oscars. Lu is just a simple director, a director who devotes his life to art. The same is true for this movie. It's just that the other party has been aggressive. Now they are anxious before it's even released. I think you know what's going on, right?"

"I know, but I said that I only care about movies."

"I understand. Then please believe me, "1937" will definitely surprise you! Lu has been preparing for this movie for five years!"

"Five years?!"

Sidney Ganis' eyes widened when he heard this.

Hu Qingquan packaged it like this, so his interest naturally came.

In fact, according to the normal process, he should be the first person to see the movie.

But who made the movie rush? So far, only a few people in the Film Association responsible for classification have seen it. Sidney thought about calling and asking later.

"Believe me, Lu is a genius and will never disappoint international filmmakers."

Hu Qingquan continued to show confidence.

The result was also very smooth. Two days later, Sidney would organize some people to watch the movie together and personally witness this "movie that will surprise people".

After temporarily dealing with the chairman, Hu Qingquan and others continued to deal with other people.

Oscar-related, well-known film critics, directors, media people, etc.

They were also invited to watch the movie.

In fact, this is actually public relations.

And speaking of it, I really have to thank Xiaorizi again.

Without their doing this, "1937" would not necessarily attract such high attention in such a hasty process.

Of course, what the relevant forces did was not without effect.

Among the many people invited by Hu Qingquan, about a quarter explicitly refused.

Regarding this issue, Lu Ping'an, who rushed to the United States that night, probably knew that this was actually related to the market.

Now the largest ticket market in Asia is Japan, not China, and Hollywood has not yet fully developed to the point that the producer later said, "We dare not offend the Chinese, but we don't care about Japan."

The impact of the market is naturally not small for a commercial consortium.

But now it is enough, because "1937" has its own unique features.

Artistic flow, everyone may be able to lie with open eyes, but technical flow, it is really hard to deny.

Soon the time came to the screening day.

The invited people arrived at the scene, and the number of people who came was a little less than the initial appointment.

Hu Qingquan and Wattsberg's faces were not very good.

Fortunately, Oscar President Sidney still came.

He knew what was important and what was not, otherwise he would not have made Oscar the "Big Four" in just a few years.

After arriving at the place, Lu Pingan met Sidney. Sidney was very friendly to Lu Pingan. After shaking hands, he smiled and blessed: "I hope this movie will really surprise the whole world."

Obviously he already knew that this was a "one-shot" movie.

It's just that it's difficult to shoot a flower in one shot.

But he is very confident in Lu Pingan.

After all, he is a genius director.

At the same time, he has made many contributions to the Oscars.

Without him, the influence of Oscar in China would not be as great as it is now.

"Let the movie speak for itself."

Lu Pingan replied confidently, and then invited the other party in.

Soon, a group of more than 60 people sat down in the theater.

These people had different attitudes, some supported, some were neutral, and some had other purposes, with the latter two being slightly more common.

In a word, the future of Lu Pingan and "1937" really depends on the movie.

The movie is good, that's for sure.

But this "good", at least for now, is still very subjective.

Soon, the screening began, and Hu Qingquan came on stage to thank everyone for coming, and then started the screening without any nonsense.

The lights dimmed, and most of the people present had calm expressions.

It seemed that no matter what the movie was going to be, the result had already been decided.

But as the main film began, everyone's expressions quickly changed.

The film opened with a dilapidated town.

Broken walls, thick smoke, and the sound of gunfire that came and went, a sense of chilling coldness came over.

Then the camera moves, a group of Japanese soldiers trots past, the camera moves down, is that a pile of...corpses?

Before I can think about it, a corpse moves, and the two surviving protagonists stand up.

Corpses, two protagonists covered in blood, and the blue sky.

The overall picture instantly conveys a sense of fragmentation that is torn but harmonious.

The gray-red main color of the ground shows the cruelty of war and blood, and the blue sky shows the insignificance of human beings under the sky.

The film critics at the scene were amazed.

The artistic sense of the picture of this movie is amazing.

The cruelty of war and the beauty of nature can be combined so perfectly!

Before I can think about it, the protagonist moves, and the two survive. After talking, they know that the tall protagonist has just become a soldier and was originally a rickshaw driver in Nanjing City, and the short one has been a soldier for three months. He is the tall one's childhood friend, and it was he who pulled the tall one into the team to serve as a soldier.

After a sigh, the two began to discuss escaping.

At this time, another Japanese soldier approached from a distance, and then with the cooperation of BGM, the tension came.

The two protagonists began to hide in the mass grave, avoiding sight while looking for a way to survive.

At this time, many people have been attracted by the plot.

However, professional film critics have been attracted by other aspects.

How many minutes? More than 3 minutes, right?

This shot seems to be wrong