Chapter 883 The most dangerous place in the world
Hearing Scarlett's words, Duke couldn't help but took the invitation letter from her, just glanced at it, and then returned it. Over the past few years, he has received many similar invitations almost every year.
Looking at Hollywood, under the cover of fame and fortune, there are always many unnoticed existences.
This invitation letter is one of them.
The content inside is actually very simple, that is, to invite Duke to a masked adult party, which is very common in Hollywood, especially at the end of the summer and during the awards season, various adult parties in the name of celebration emerge in endlessly.
As early as more than ten years ago, Duke was targeted by this kind of club, but he never participated in it.
When he was young, he did have a chaotic life, but he never participated in this kind of adult party, and the chaos of this kind of party was far beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and the scenes even surpassed some films produced in the San Fernando Valley.
Duke didn't participate, but he knew a lot of inside information, and it was easy to say, because Leonardo DiCaprio was a frequent visitor to this kind of party.
This party organized by the adult club Snctm is aimed at Hollywood celebrities and celebrities. The admission ticket is as high as 30,000 pounds, and the invited objects are not only male stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, but also a few Numerous female stars.
Actual participation of female stars, not less than male stars.
Not only that, according to Leonardo, the male and female stars who are in love, and Hollywood couples with open marriages all buy tickets.
It's a pity you don't go.
Seeing Scarlett accompanied her new girlfriend to the garden, Leonardo sat next to Duke and told him about the party he had just attended a few days ago, Many well-known actresses participated this time, although Masked, but I recognized them immediately.
Duke just shook his head. I have to consider Scarlett's feelings.
Although Scarlett always said that monogamy was against human nature, Duke knew that was just saying.
Just like the relationship with Ivanka Trump, he doesn't intend to do some messy things behind his girlfriend's back.
He is not a noble person, and there is even a whole Pacific Ocean away from him, but he still has some self-consciousness in this regard.
subsequently. Leonardo DiCaprio recounts some of the events at the party, which, if you find a suitable description, would be like the party in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut generally.
I met Rachel McAdams at a party and the mole under her mask was so obvious.
After drinking the coffee in the cup, Leonardo looked excited, And Lily Collins, this chick who has undergone plastic surgery is so recognizable. She is also very open. I saw with my own eyes that she was surrounded by three men, that kind of scene...
Duke was not surprised by what Leonardo said, just like Leonardo? DiCaprio was famous. It's no secret in Hollywood that Rachel McAdams and Lily Collins are regulars at such parties.
Of course, these two don't care much about their reputation in this regard.
After lunch, Duke sent off Leonardo DiCaprio. Cheng Cheng left Malibu by car and came to the Warner Building in Burbank.
The time has entered September. The North American box office of The Dark Knight Rises is slowly approaching 600 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office is also close to 1.5 billion U.S. dollars. Although affected by a series of events, the film is still a great success.
but. Duke isn't here for The Dark Knight Rises, but for The Interview, starring Seth Rogen and James Franco.
After intense preparation and shooting, this film was transferred to the post-production stage last month. If there is no accident, all the production work of Interview will be completed at the beginning of next month, and then it will be released around the end of October.
In any case, The Interview is a low-budget film, and October, the traditional low season, is the most suitable for the film to be released.
Due to the relatively sensitive subject matter, Warner Bros. has never promoted this film, and the plot and content of the film are also strictly prohibited by Duke from spreading to the outside world. Now that the film is getting closer and closer to the release time, they want to get a good box office and create a certain amount of publicity. For the sensational effect, we must find a way in terms of publicity.
In an office at Warner Bros., there are only Duke, Doug Walter and Jamie Johnson.
In fact, there is no need to do too much work in the early stage of publicity.
Looking at the two executives of Warner Bros., Duke said unhurriedly, It's not difficult to cause a sensation.
Doug Walter nodded slowly.
Jamie Johnson on the other side said directly, As long as we disclose the subject and content of the film, many people will spontaneously hype and promote it for us, especially North Korea.
Du Ke reminded, You have to weigh political factors too.
Don't worry, Duke. Doug Walter said indifferently, Do we care about North Korea?
It is impossible for Hollywood movies to enter North Korea through formal channels, and to discredit and slander North Korea is an absolute political correctness in North America and even in the entire Western world.
However, the three of Duke are also very clear that it is still very difficult to make Interview a sensation by relying on this alone, and it is still very difficult to make a large profit.
Now that the Internet is developed, hackers are hard to guard against. It is not difficult for Warner to use these two aspects to make some fuss.
In early October, Warner Bros. released the first trailer of The Interview on Instant Share, causing an uproar across the United States and the world.
This fall, James Franco and Seth Rogen will try to assassinate Kim. 'You're going to go into the most dangerous place in the world, where Kim's people believe everything he says. Not only can he Talk to dolphins and never poop...'
After the dialogue, there is a close-up of Golden Three Fatty played by a South Korean actor: wearing a uniform, with one hand on his hip, and a thick cigar in his mouth, full of local arrogance. The most recognizable is Kim San Pang's unique hairstyle - parted, combed back, cropped short above the ears - in North Korea, this hairstyle is called ambition.
This nonsensical short video trailer sparked a global Internet frenzy and became the most popular video for instant sharing.
As expected, the North Korean side took the initiative to stand up.
Only two days later, the North Korean side came forward and issued an official statement saying that this was an act of war and that if the US government allowed the film to be broadcast, North Korea would take decisive measures.
The statement said the blatant broadcast of the movie trailer for the desecration and assassination of North Korea's supreme leader was an act of terrorism and war intended to subvert North Korea's state system and insulting the dignity of North Korea. , It is intolerable by the international community.
The statement particularly emphasized that the good life of the North Korean people is closely related to the concern of the supreme leader.
The permanent representative of North Korea to the United Nations also stated that the U.S. government should ban the release of the film The Interview on the grounds that the main story line in the film involves the assassination of Kim Sam Pang. A leader's film is tantamount to supporting terrorism and an act of war.
Of course, Warner Bros. and the Interview crew, who had prepared in advance, must not be so fast, and they all stepped forward to respond.
Writer and star James Franco responded on an instant share when North Korea first protested, Generally people don't want to kill me for a movie unless they spend $12 Read it first before talking.
Seth Rogen, who was referred to as a second-rate director by the North Korean side, was also very relaxed in his response: North Koreans often do such funny things... It's just a comedy movie, what threat can it pose?
The entire Western world has become accustomed to North Korea's attacks and threats. In the eyes of everyone, the North Korean government has always been thundering and raining little—just in the past few days, a state-level news media in North Korea published a comment criticizing the U.S. Military action: The situation is very serious, a nuclear war may break out at any time, It is useless to criticize, only ruthless punishment and iron fist can work against the United States...
The whole world also regards these remarks as a joke.
In today’s era of collective carnival on the Internet, not to mention the Western world that regards North Korea as a terrorist country, even the neighboring countries that have always supported North Korea, the Internet only regards North Korea and its government as a joke for carnival. The emoticons derived from Jin Sanpang are even flooded on some of the most popular social networking software in this country.
But North Korea's protests were completely ignored, and Warner Bros. insisted that the film be released on schedule.
In fact, the trailer also caused some controversy in North America.
In addition to the MPAA rating system, the Hollywood film industry mainly relies on self-discipline in the setting of plots. However, if the plot of the movie contains attacks or allusions to real people or entities, it may be subject to legal proceedings from the other party. Allusions to the current leader of a certain country by name, such as assassination, may be considered terrorist tendencies.
Because of this, although even the president of the country dares to assassinate in Hollywood movies, the targets of these assassinations are usually virtual characters.
Based on this, the name and name of the assassination target in the Interview and the insistence on scheduling the file after being publicly expressed dissatisfaction by the parties inevitably make people feel that it is a kind of double standard-North Korea is now a full member of the United Nations , Jin Sanpang is its legal leader, and it is allowed to insinuate personal attacks on it, which obviously follows another standard.
In particular, it is difficult for North Korea to provide any box office revenue for Hollywood entertainment films now and in the future, which also makes this double standard more justified: Chaplin was forced to change the title of the film The Great Dictator, while MGM's Red Dawn was first filmed in 1984. The villain was the Soviet Union. After the remake in 2011, it was hurriedly changed to North Korea before it was released. One of the important considerations is not to offend the fans of the country concerned because of these little things and affect the box office. , and such worries are almost non-existent in North Korea.
For example, nowadays, who would dare to think that any Hollywood studio would dare to name and name leaders across the ocean? (to be continued ^)
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