Chapter 409 Global Attention
Although many people on the Internet say that little Gilbert is on the road to becoming the king of movies, this is the first time that someone has publicly made little Gilbert the king of movies.
When little Gilbert heard this, he was a little moved and a little weird.
He almost thought that Kane Waxman was his guiding witch and made him the King of Elden.
But in fact, Kane Waxman's role is really similar to that of guiding the witch.
It can be said that when little Gilbert was still inexperienced, it was Kane Waxman's help that allowed little Gilbert to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood.
In terms of importance, Kane Waxman is no less important than Spielberg, who introduced Little Gilbert.
It's a pity that such a producer announced his retirement today.
But the road still goes on. Little Gilbert has grown up, and Kane Waxman feels that he has completed the mission given to him by God and can retire with peace of mind.
At the end of the awards ceremony, all the winners came on stage, leaving behind this group photo of the 75th Oscar winners that was still talked about many years later.
The award ceremony ended successfully, but Gilbert's glorious moment had just begun.
Although Gilbert Jr. has won the Oscar for Best Director before, it feels like the attention he received this time is much greater than last time.
Little Gilbert's limelight even surpassed tonight's Oscar winner and best actress, Adrien Brody and Charlize Theron, stealing most of the media's attention.
The reason is not difficult to guess. Past winners of Best Film Review and Best Director often face a problem.
They did win awards, but their work wasn’t impactful enough.
When "Titanic" won the award, James Cameron was in the limelight and became the most eye-catching person in the audience. It was because "Titanic" was so influential.
Similarly, the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is also a widely influential film series. The global box office of the series of films has exceeded 4.5 billion US dollars, and the direct output value has exceeded 10 billion US dollars.
The last film, "The Return of the King," was not only a box office hit, but also a huge success at the Oscars, winning thirteen statuettes.
How could little Gilbert, who created this miracle single-handedly, not become the focus of media and public attention?
Those traditional media that are slow to respond are fine, but on the Internet, public opinion among netizens has exploded.
"Great, director Gilbert Jr. can only be called great."
"From 1991 to now, little Gilbert has brought us countless joys and touches, and he will continue to do so in the future."
"Celebrate it guys, I'm going to have a drink tonight!"
"The bar party is ready. Are there any in Chicago? They are all sexy and hot beauties!"
Oscar night is a pinnacle night for the cast of "Lord of the Rings."
At the subsequent Vanity Fair celebration party, the cast of "Lord of the Rings" became the center of attention.
But little Gilbert, the center of the spotlight, left the party not long after the party started.
Everyone wanted to toast, but no one could be found. In the end, Charles Rowan said that little Gilbert had gone back.
Everyone had no choice but to express regret that they could not congratulate little Gilbert in person and get closer to each other by the way.
At this time, little Gilbert had returned home, and the trophy had been solemnly placed on the display stand.
You can see dozens of trophies of various sizes on the display stand.
There are also Naomi Watts' Best Actress trophy, Jennifer Connelly's Best Supporting Actress trophy, and now Charlize Theron's Best Actress trophy.
Of course, the most numerous trophies in the display cabinet are actually little Gilbert's own trophies, including not only the Oscar, but also some others.
Naomi Watts looked at the display cabinet with satisfaction and said to little Gilbert: "It looks like we have to order a few more cabinets. I'm afraid this cabinet won't fit in the future."
Little Gilbert held Naomi Watts' hand and said, "When guests come from now on, take them here for a tour first."
Naomi Watts agreed: "Okay, it would be best to develop a photo project, how about ten dollars a time?"
"That's right." Little Gilbert actually thought this suggestion was good: "If I don't have any money in the future, this is a good way to make money."
Naomi Watts rolled her eyes at Little Gilbert: "It's better to sell the trophy. The famous director Little Gilbert's trophy should be worth a lot of money."
Little Gilbert smiled and saw that it was getting late, so he helped Naomi Watts back to the bedroom to rest.
The discussion about tonight’s Oscars has actually just begun.
The next day, the front page headlines of all entertainment media were reports about last night's Oscar victory for "The Return of the King."
“Compared with the dark horses in previous editions, the 75th Academy Awards is an Oscar with no suspense and no surprises.
The final film, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," adapted from John Ronald Reel Tolkien's novel "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, swept the Oscars and became the biggest winner.
The film won 13 awards including Best Picture and Best Director. This finale is quite perfect. ”—Los Angeles Times
"This magical epic produced by Warner Pictures and Disney has more than 20 main characters, although it was not nominated for any acting awards.
However, such achievements can make the film industry proud and famous in film history.
The most calm and talked-about thing about this Oscar may be the domineering style of "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King". ”—"Variety Show"
"The first two parts of 'Lord of the Rings' only won a few technical Oscar awards. The success of The Hobbit ultimately destroyed the Lord of the Rings, completely overturning the tradition of fantasy movies doing nothing in the most important Oscar awards.
Becoming the first film of its kind to win Best Picture. It is foreseeable that more films of this type will appear in Hollywood in the near future. "-"Movie"
In addition to the American media, the British and Chinese media are paying close attention to this Oscar event.
The reason why the British media is paying attention is because the original work of "The Lord of the Rings" is a British literary work.
There are two reasons why the Chinese media are paying attention. One is that "Hero" was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
The other reason is because of the special relationship between "Lord of the Rings" and China. After all, this series of movies has created a good box office in China, and it was filmed in China.
In view of the influence of "The Lord of the Rings" in China, the news broadcast at 7 o'clock every night even gave dozens of seconds of reporting footage, making Little Gilbert's name once again widely spread in China.
If we were to choose one of the most famous Hollywood directors in China, Gilbert Jr. would definitely be the undisputed number one.
Not only that, the Sixth Princess of China also specially broadcast the award ceremony. When the award ceremony came to an end, the host commented like this:
“Director Gilbert Landrini Jr., beloved by our country’s moviegoers, achieved a great victory at the Oscars.
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" broke the award-winning record of "Ben-Hur" and "Titanic" with a record of thirteen nominations.
The trilogy series received a total of thirty-three Oscar nominations, won nineteen of them, and also created Oscar history. "
Later, "Film Weekly" commented: "In his twelve years of acting, Gilbert Jr. has brought fourteen movies to the audience, including "Saving Private Ryan", "The Matrix", and the "Lord of the Rings" series. excellent work.
Nowadays, Gilbert's career total box office has exceeded 8 billion US dollars, surpassing Spielberg, George Lucas and others, becoming the number one person in Hollywood.
And now, he has won the Best Director trophy twice at the Oscars, which undoubtedly makes him complete the step to dominate the world.
Considering that he has not celebrated his thirty-third birthday this year, he is also in the golden period of the director's creative career.
We have reason to believe that this beloved super director will continue to be brilliant. "
Indeed, compared to other Hollywood directors, Gilbert Jr. has become the most popular director among Chinese movie fans because of his legendary nature and strong connection with China.
Discussions on the Chinese Internet are more lively than those on the North American Internet.
Chinese netizens are very eloquent and even wrote a limerick for little Gilbert, which goes like this:
“Movies have been around for nearly a hundred years, and mediocrity has passed by like shooting stars.
If God had not given birth to me, Uncle Gilbert, Hollywood directors would be like a long night. "
Although it doesn't rhyme, it doesn't seem to be very smooth, and the name has some homophones. But this limerick fully reflects the love Chinese movie fans have for little Gilbert.
It is also because of this that the Shanghai International Film Festival, held in early June, took the opportunity to send an invitation to Little Gilbert, inviting him to participate in the Shanghai International Film Festival with his new film "Pirates of the Caribbean".
In the past two years, the influence of the Chinese market has gradually expanded, and many Hollywood movies have begun to pay attention to the promotion of the Chinese film market.
When "The Return of the King" was released, little Gilbert made a special trip to China to promote it. This time it was to participate in the Shang Hai International Film Festival again, and little Gilbert did not refuse and agreed to the invitation.
However, the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean" was not at the Shang Hai International Film Festival. It was at best a premiere in China.
The real premiere will be held at Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean Park.
This can be considered an advertisement, using movies to advertise Pirates of the Caribbean Park to attract tourists and increase revenue.
The Oscar buzz hasn't ended yet, and while it's still hot, Warner and Disney released the DVD of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
In order to attract movie fans to buy, this version of the DVD has added a lot of never-before-seen content, including exclusive behind-the-scenes content.
In addition, the deluxe edition DVD also includes the trailer for "Pirates of the Caribbean". Because of the trailer, the deluxe version of the DVD is in hot demand.
In fact, if you want to tell Little Gilbert, the relationship between Warner and Disney is simply too ugly. Not long after the DVD of "The Return of the King" was released, the DVD of the trilogy was eagerly released.
But even if it looks so ugly, movie fans are happy with it and empty their wallets to support the movie.
Among them, the content of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is the most surprising to movie fans.
These days, the means of releasing trailers are quite limited. They are basically released on TV or on a big screen in a commercial plaza, such as Times Square.
One characteristic of this kind of advertising is that you cannot study the details, you cannot pause it at will, and some of them can only be seen once, after all, there are other advertisements on TV.
You don’t have this trouble with DVDs, you can watch them as long as you want.
In fact, Gilbert Jr. has long planned to lay out the future Internet video industry. The Internet is closely related to the activities of young people, and it will be an important propaganda position in the future.
It's a pity that the resolution of online video playback is not high nowadays. Putting trailers on it may have negative effects.
Now we can only wait for the technology to develop further, and at least the image quality must reach 720P to meet the needs of Internet promotion.
Similarly, if Internet videos want to replace DVDs, the picture quality requirements will be higher, otherwise everyone might as well watch DVDs!
Movies have developed to this day, and the important thing about a movie leaving the theater is not just the director and star, or the simple plot.
As technology advances, picture becomes an important dimension.
This is why Gilbert Jr. continues to embrace new technologies. He is not an old-school director.
If you don't embrace new technologies, you will be eliminated by them sooner or later. This is something little Gilbert cannot accept.
(End of chapter)