Chapter 125 Eating Watermelon
By early 1993, the shortlists for the 50th Golden Globe Awards and the 65th Academy Awards were released.
As expected, Buried and Paranormal Activity did not receive any nominations.
Robert Downey Jr. was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama and the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in "Chaplin".
Tom Cruise was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
Director Robert Reiner, who attacked Link, was also nominated for the Golden Globe/Oscar Best Director Award for "The Last Thing".
After receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, Robert Downey Jr. expressed his feelings on a celebrity talk show.
He said that when "Chaplin" was released at the beginning of last year, it was suppressed by its peers. "Chaplin" received unfair treatment in promotion and distribution, which led to the film's box office performance being lower than expected.
Now "Chaplin" has been recognized by the judges of the Oscars and Golden Globe Awards, and has received multiple nominations including Best Actor.
This fully proves that "Chaplin" is a high-quality movie, and it also shows that the box office performance of a movie cannot represent the quality of a movie.
Robert Downey Jr. was very excited when he spoke, his eyes were red and his lower lip trembled constantly, like a man who had suffered a great injustice, tormented for more than ten years, and finally got his injustice redressed.
"This guy can really act, better than in the movies."
At the Provo holiday villa in Utah, it was snowing heavily outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. Monica sat cross-legged on the soft sofa, holding Liu Xixi in her arms.
Liu Qianqian nestled in her arms like a kitten, leaning against her big chest, staring at the TV screen with her big black eyes, motionless, allowing Monica to comb her hair.
"Maybe he's addicted to drugs. The media reported that he's an addict."
Liu Xiaoli is also unhappy with Robert Downey Jr.
"Link, do you think it's possible for him to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor?"
"The chances are slim. Among the nominees for Best Actor in a Drama Series is Al Pacino. This year, Al has a better chance of winning."
Link sat in front of the fireplace where a big fire was burning. He was shaking the iron rack and helping the three people grill meat.
On TV, Robert Downey Jr. wiped his eyes and said that although "Chaplin" did not perform well at the box office, it was recognized by various film awards. However, some movies have extremely good box office performance, with a global box office of hundreds of millions of dollars, but they are actually a terrible movie.
This kind of movie is useless except for making money and will be forgotten by the audience in a few years.
The host asked him if he was talking about "Paranormal Activity"?
Robert Downey Jr. shrugged his shoulders and said that it didn't need to be told, many people knew about the movie.
He also said that this kind of film sets a very bad example for his peers, causing many people to focus on "money" when making movies, blindly pursuing high box office and not paying attention to the quality and art of the film.
The huge sales of this kind of movies will not only lead to more and more bad movies, but also cause many good movies to not receive attention and rewards. Bad money will drive out good money, leading to the decline of the film industry and causing all filmmakers to lose their jobs.
This kind of movie is very very abominable and should be banned before it is released.
At the end, Robert Downey Jr. gnashed his teeth, as if he had a deep hatred for "Paranormal Activity".
The host asked Robert Downey Jr., if there are two movies now, one movie can get hundreds of millions of dollars in box office after its release, and the other movie can win the Oscar for Best Picture, which one would Robert Downey Jr. choose?
Robert Downey Jr. voted for Best Picture without hesitation, saying that he made movies because he loved the art of film, not to make money, and he didn't care about money at all.
The host also mentioned Robert Downey Jr.'s new movie "Twilight Zone," and asked about its release date in March next year. The host congratulated him on the box office success of his new movie.
Robert Downey Jr. interjected that he hoped the film would be recognized by professionals after its release rather than being a box office hit.
He appears to be very indifferent to fame and fortune.
Link shook his head, took out the roasted beef and shared it with Monica and Liu Xiaoli.
Although the taste is average, it feels great to make and eat barbecue in a villa in the snow.
After Robert Downey Jr.'s talk show was broadcast on ABC TV, it attracted a lot of attention.
Because he publicly accused Link and "Paranormal Activity" on the show, "Paranormal Activity" once again became the focus of public attention more than four months after its release.
Many filmmakers publicly supported Robert Downey Jr. and joined the ranks of criticizing Link and "Paranormal Activity", reiterating that Link is a garbage film director, "Paranormal Activity" is a garbage movie, and advising audiences to watch movies directed by Link with caution.
Because the criticism was so loud, Link had to take some time out from his vacation to deal with the matter.
The response was simple. He asked Michael Rison to accuse Robert Downey Jr. of double standards in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.
Before filming "Chaplin", Robert Downey Jr. starred in many commercial films, including "Jason Johansson", "The Babysitter", "Below Zero", "French Open", "Butterfield 8", etc.
The quality of these movies is very average, they are low-cost commercial films, and Robert Downey Jr.'s performance in several movies is also very average, similar to that of a male vase.
Now that Robert Downey Jr. has made a pretty good art film, he has started accusing others of making bad films. This is typical double standards.
With his qualifications, he is not qualified to blame anyone.
Guess What Pictures' response hit the nail on the head, leaving Robert Downey Jr. speechless.
Then Richard Gere, Dustin Hoffman and others stood up to speak for Robert Downey Jr.
It is claimed that what Robert Downey Jr. said was for the consideration of the entire film industry and his starting point was good. It was just that someone became arrogant after his success and refused to listen to the advice of others. This is not Robert Downey Jr.'s problem.
Before Link could respond, Quentin Tarantino responded on his behalf at a film event.
When Quentin was chatting about movies with several filmmakers, he talked about the experience of him and Steven visiting the set of "Paranormal Activity" in May.
At that time, he saw Link filming a movie in a villa, starring a man and a woman. He thought Link's new movie was a pornographic movie and suggested that Link change the script and not go astray.
But Link did not accept his suggestion and insisted on filming "Paranormal Activity".
He said at the time that Link's new movie would definitely lose money. As a result, after its release, this crappy movie grossed more than 600 million US dollars worldwide, an astronomical figure.
Quentin shrugged helplessly and said that when he saw the movie directed by Link, he never thought that such a movie would be a big hit and grossed more than 600 million US dollars worldwide.
It's simply a miracle.
Quentin said it was a good thing that Link did not follow his advice and change the script, otherwise the world would have lost a wonderful thriller movie.
Quentin used this incident as an example to talk about the problem of independent film creation.
He believes that independent film directors all have their own style, even if it has flaws and is not mature enough, it is their own style. Others who do not understand film creation should not point fingers.
Besides, Link’s two movies in a row were huge hits, both of which had box office revenue ratios of over 3,000 times, and there was no one in the film industry who could give him any pointers.
Quentin's words also caused heated discussions in the film industry.
Amid the controversy, the media also broke the news that Link and Richard Gere had a conflict at the premiere party of "Bram Stoker's Dracula".
The media claimed that a bloody conflict broke out between Link and Richard Gere at the party and the scene was very tragic.
This is a very big and fresh watermelon, and American people have joined in eating the watermelon.
(End of this chapter)
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