"You are one of the most talented young directors I've ever seen."

Sitting at a table, Roger Albert looked at Duke opposite him, like a knowledgeable and experienced teacher, teaching students who are talented but incompetent, "You have unique features in capturing the picture, the logical editing of the video and the use of lens technology..."

He said earnestly, "You should not waste these on vulgar commercial movies. Go to the movie circle. Only there can you hone your extraordinary artistic cultivation."

"Art?" Duke showed a puzzled expression.

“Only there, you can get artistic recognition,” Roger Albert said, “you can become a top director.”

"Mr. Albert, you are the authority in the film critics. I am young and have experienced few things. I believe you will not lie to me."

Speaking of this, Duke thought for a moment, then said again, "Can directors who only shoot commercial or popular movies not reach the peak of the movie world?"

"Public?" Roger Albert shook his head directly, "Public means vulgarity, art has always been in the hands of a few people! Duke, your desire to destroy completely exceeds the pursuit of art. This is a wrong path..."

Then, he changed into a sad expression, "I admire you very much, Kenneth, and several other film critics, and you also admire your talent. You are young, talented and enterprising. If you can correct the wrong steps you just took in time..."

How did the critics appreciate? Duke had the urge to roll his eyes, but he still endured it. He really didn't care about the critics or something.

Besides, can’t you really become the world’s top film director when shooting popular movies? It seems that James Cameron has never made literary and artistic movies, but his status in the film industry is no one to shake.

With a mature concept, Duke will never change his plan by just listening to a long comment from a film critic, even if the person is called Roger Albert.

"That...Mr. Albert."

This was completely a disagreement in philosophy, and Duke finally couldn't help it, "As far as I know, George Lucas was through..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Roger Albert, "Lucas? Has he ever won the Oscar for Best Director?"

The famous film critic's face was not very good. Duke's unintentional words touched his heart's pain. More than ten years ago, he also insulted "Star Wars" as a member of the movie destined to be aborted. The slap he was slapped in the face back then, even if he remembered it now, his heart would feel a little painful.

"I think Oscars don't mean everything, right?" Duke tried his best to ease his tone.

"Brave the Deadly Island" is about to be released, and it is not good to have a quarrel with these top critics. Although he doesn't care about their voices, these guys still have some influence.

The two of them can be described as completely different in their ideas about the movie. Roger Albert said a few more words, and saw that Duke was just evasive, so he simply left.

"Oscars don't mean everything..."

Suddenly, with monotonous nasal words coming from the back, Sophia walked over, pulled a chair, sat directly next to Duke, and joked, "Director Rosenberg's self-confidence is completely overwhelming."

"Everyone wants to take the Oscar Little Golden Man." Duke shrugged and said indifferently, "but there is no need to take it too seriously."

No matter what other directors do, Duke will not shoot films that are trying to win the best director just because he wants to win the best director.

"Why don't you go upstairs for an interview?"

If this kind of topic is debated, there will be no result in a day. Sofia simply changed the topic, "The media reporters have a good response to the film."

"The focus of publicity is now Lee." Duke spread his hands and said, "Besides, I am a director, not a star who needs exposure."

The Sean Connery incident is still fermenting. As his ex-wife joins the ranks of accusations, more and more black history has been dug out by the media. Under Warner's public relations planning, the media has constantly compared Christopher Lee with him. By the way, even the role of John Mason and "Break into the Deadly Island" have been constantly mentioned by the media, and the publicity effect has completely met expectations.

In addition to routine publicity projects, the preliminary publicity of "Brave the Deadly Island" is also mainly focused on Christopher Lee's legendary experience. After the film is released, it will focus on new publicity points.

This is the most basic claim strategy in the film, and the publicity party will never throw all the cards out at once.

The party's public relations are mainly Warner, and Duke is just a guest. He only needs to smile when he should smile and say something together. He is not a arrogant and rigid person. He understands that this is just the most normal interpersonal communication in Hollywood.

Of course, the relationship between these film critics who are lying on the film industry is all false, and the most important thing is the checks and expensive gifts given by Warner Bros.

According to Robin Grand, Warner offered a $250,000 budget for Roger Albert alone.

Even if the other party has newspaper columns and film review programs, this is still a sensational number.

The PR party lasted until it was over very late. When Duke walked out of the hotel, he felt his face almost froze.

As the night grew deeper, the top conference room of the Fox Building in Century City was brightly lit. Several Fox executives, including Townsend Rossman, the Caa brokerage team led by Martin Bob, and the main creators including Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, all sat around the sides of the long conference table.

"I got the feedback statistics of the audience survey at the preview of "Brave the Deadly Island"." Martin Bob hung up the call he just received and said slowly.

For Hollywood giants, there are not many secrets in this circle, and the results of the preview meeting are generally not within the confidentiality of major companies.

Martin Bob had no intention of keeping it a secret and said directly, "Warner has collected a total of 456 questionnaires, of which the a and a+ score questionnaires are as high as 415, and there are only 17 comments below c!"

Everyone's faces were not very good, and Townsend Rossman's brows even frowned slightly. This was a complete hit of the preview reputation of "The Speed ​​of Life and Death". If the audience's reputation box office conversion rate is based on the "The Speed ​​of Life and Death", "Break into the Death Island" would probably create amazing North American box office results.

For a moment, Townsend Rossman had the idea of ​​postponing the release date of "The Night Visit to the Vampire", but then gave up. "The Night Visit to the Vampire" was released on the first weekend of the fifth month since its start filming. Coupled with the intensive post-production promotion, Twentieth Century Fox invested nearly five million US dollars in publicity expenses alone. If the film rashly changed the release date, a considerable part of these funds would be wasted. Not only will the early publicity work of the film turn into useless work, the contract signed with theaters will also be invalid, which means there is still a penalty for liquidated damages.

Besides, "Night Visit to Vampire" also held a preview some time ago, and its reputation for preview is no worse than "Breaking into the Deadly Island". The only disadvantage is the type of the film.

"Townsen, the other party lacks a top star in the publicity." Martin Bob looked confident on the surface, as if "Night Visit to the Vampire" would be as good as Caa's past packaging projects. He looked at Cruise sitting next to him, "Don't forget, we have Tom."

Tom Cruise habitually raised his chin. He does have the capital to be proud. Today's first-line superstars have box office appeal that is incomparable to the Internet information age. Since "Top Gun", he can be regarded as the guarantee of the top spot in the movie.

No matter from which perspective, "Night Visit to Vampire" is not only not worse than "Brave the Deadly Island", but also steadily overwhelmed. According to Hollywood's past experience, there is not much difference between the films released at the same time, and it often reflects that there are quite a number difference in the box office.

Fox's senior executives discussed a few words and then finalized the final plan. "Night Visit to Vampire" kept the original release date unchanged, and at the same time increased publicity efforts. Whether Tom Cruise has had some scandals or gossips recently, it is necessary to attract the public's attention and media attention.

How to better promote the movie? It is not only the 20th Century Fox that faces this problem, but also Duke and Warner Bros. Just like "Night Visit to Vampire", if "Brave the Deadly Island" is rescheduled, it will also face huge losses. Moreover, there are commercial masterpieces released every weekend in the summer season, and none of them are easy to pinch. If the film exits the summer season, then all the early publicity work will be ruined.

Fortunately, the commercial "Brave the Deadly Island" was once debuted in the Super Bowl, which left a deep impression on the North American public and to a certain extent made up for the gap in actor appeal.

Before May, "Break into the Deadly Island" and "Night Visit to the Vampire" appeared in major media in intensively. Media and critics who participated in the preview of the two films shook their flags and shouted, launching the last and most critical publicity bombing.

Although "Brave the Deadly Island" is obviously more suitable for the popcorn atmosphere in the summer, Duke will not take it lightly. This era is the stage when Tom Cruise is rising all the way, Brad Pitt is also accruing popularity, Kelsten Dunst is also a well-known child star. With the readers of the original novel, "Night Visit to Vampire" is definitely a strong opponent.

But he was not afraid. If he retreated because of fear of competition, it would be better to withdraw from this cruel circle as soon as possible. Which top director did not rush out of the encirclement of works?

As the first weekend of May approaches, Warner's preparations for the premiere of the film are gradually getting ready. The premiere of the film is finally arranged on the entertainment square of Alcatraz Island. If the premiere is attractive, "Break into the Deadly Island" will be better than "Night Visit to Vampire".

However, the film ultimately depends on its own quality and commercial performance, and these will have to wait until the premiere before there will be specific feedback.

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