"This is the most entertaining of all my films."
In front of the theater, after Scorsese said this to reporters, he lowered his head and got into the car. The black car drove to the hotel where the crew stayed, followed by a van pulling cattle.
The cow will be sent away tonight.
The three Martins were not interviewed and got into the same car.
Nicholson, who has known the director for decades, said: "Scorsese is in a good mood. He is very satisfied with the film."
Martin sighed.
Nicholson asked: "You think the film is bad?"
"No." Martin recalled, "Just the three of us, we cursed more than 200 times in the film, right?"
Leonardo thought for a while: "Just a little more."
Martin said: "You know why I sighed? I was ashamed of the poor swearing language."
Nicholson shook his head: "Your focus is really extraordinary."
Martin said: "Swearing is also an art."
Back at the hotel, the three of them went to Leonardo's room to drink together. Before half the bottle of whiskey was drunk, three different text message alerts sounded at the same time.
Martin took it out and took a look, but it was Warner Bros.'s survey of premiere audiences that compiled the results.
Leonardo laughed: "The premiere audience gave an average A+ rating, the best result."
"It's really good." Martin said seriously: "I think I will get high positive reviews."
Nicholson echoed: "It's mainly Leo, the idiot."
There was a promotional event the next day, so the three of them didn't drink too late and left quickly.
Warner Bros. was so confident in "The Departed" that it lifted the film's various ratings that night.
By the next morning, the Rotten Tomatoes freshness score was as high as 95%.
In the comprehensive media score subsequently released by MTC, The Departed scored an average of 87 points.
The famous film critic Roger Ebert, who attended the premiere, gave a quick review in his column: "This is Martin Scorsese's best movie since "Goodfellas" in 1990. One of the best movies of the year."
The quality of the film is guaranteed, and Warner Bros. just put a little effort into it, and the media reputation has increased.
Another point is that Martin Scorsese has never made a bad film in so many years, nor has it been overly commercial.
This has given him a good reputation among critics.
In contrast, Martin's side is temporarily holding back because the film has not yet been released on a large scale.
Unexpectedly, because he chose a literary film like "The Reader", critics in Los Angeles had a pretty good impression of him.
Especially Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan.
He also attended last night's premiere and immediately wrote relevant comments in his column.
Unlike Roger Ebert, Kenneth Turan's focus is on Martin.
"Critics in Los Angeles have always believed that Martin Davis is an actor with great talent and artistic pursuits. This can be seen from his choice of "The Reader" in the first half of the year. Last night's premiere of "The Departed" "Walker" also proves this."
"Martin plays a criminal undercover in the police. With his superb performance, he deduced the inner complexity of the character and showed us a complex character composed of desire, power and betrayal. This complexity It makes it easy for the audience to empathize with the characters and deeply understand their decisions and actions.”
"There are many talented actors emerging in Hollywood, and Martin is bound to be one of them. He used an outstanding role to inject special magic into the new film directed by Scorsese. He deserves to be rewarded this awards season. "
On the streets of Toronto, during a break in a promotional event, Leonardo saw the "Los Angeles Times" sent by the crew.
He asked Martin: "Tell me the truth, do you have a butt deal with that Kenneth Turan? That old bastard has scolded me all these years, but he licks you like this!"
Martin's tone was deep and his eyes were distant: "There is no way, my artistic pursuit is higher than yours."
Leonardo dismissed this: "Do you have artistic pursuits?"
Martin told the truth: "It doesn't matter whether I have it or not. What the critics and the academy judges think is that I have it!"
Leonardo couldn't help it anymore: "Those people have brain problems. I didn't care about the Oscars back then. They disliked me for not paying attention to the Oscars and disrespecting art. Later, I actively moved closer to the Academy and strived for awards every year. They I feel that I am deliberately competing for awards, but I still disrespect art."
He asked Martin: "Is there something wrong with their heads?"
"No, there's nothing wrong with them, they just look down on you." Martin revealed a bloody fact: "If a black and ugly person pursues you, no matter how you behave or what you say, do you have a hundred ways to reject her? Woolen cloth?"
Leonardo said: "I can find a thousand ways at random." He then realized, pointed at his nose and asked: "Am I a black man?"
Martin shrugged: "Kate now understands what to do to become their white moonlight."
Leonardo looked down at his belly, pinched his face that was getting wider day by day, and understood what Bai Yueguang was.
Secretly sighing, what a bunch of perverts, isn't it good to appreciate beautiful things?
Nicholson came over from the side at this time and said: "What are you afraid of? Even if you become like me now, the woman who should pounce on you will still pounce on you."
He looked at Martin and decided to stand over Leonardo: "Although you are 11 seconds old, although you are not older than him, you are better than him..."
Leonardo interrupted him: "Stop! Jack, stop talking. If you keep talking, I will jump off the building in shame."
Martin immediately criticized Nicholson: "You are such a bad person. How can you say that Leo has 11 seconds? Leo sprinted 11 meters for 100 meters. This sounds much better."
Leonardo nodded at the two of them: "On the day when I get the Oscar statuette, I will give each of you 50 black ones. Even if you cry, you have to finish those things!"
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Los Angeles, Pacific Film and Television Productions.
Accompanied by her assistant, Louise saw off Wu Maoting, an investor from Asia, and turned around and entered another reception room.
Thomas was waiting here when he saw someone coming in and said, "The premiere of The Departed was a huge success, with excellent word-of-mouth response from all aspects. Martin's performance was highly praised by critics. Can we start it here?"
Louise said: "The relationship between critics who have a good opinion of Martin has always been handled by you. You will continue to take care of it, and the academy judges will leave it to me."
There are more than 1,300 judges in the Actor category. According to previous experience, after applying for nomination, as long as you get 200 of the votes, you can basically guarantee the nomination.
Not every judge will vote during the nomination round.
Louise asked: "How are you talking about the people I have circled?"
Thomas said: "They made it clear that they would support Martin and mobilized certain resources to support him."
Louise nodded slightly: "We must do no less work."
Thomas knew that Louise and the rich woman in Atlanta had jointly invested in hiring a professional public relations team. He said: "The resources invested by the WMA have been handed over to me. At the key draw meetings, Ali Emmanuel will personally Show up to help canvass votes.”
Louise felt that it was not enough: "At the critical moment of nomination voting, it is best to have eye-catching news. There are too many judges, no matter how you urge them, they will not watch the film and will only choose to vote with their feet. Vote for someone you’ve known recently.”
"Martin made some preparations," Thomas said.
Louise nodded and added: "The praise of famous figures can also affect the choices of many people."
"Martin would do it himself," Thomas said.
Louise also said a key point: "Also pay attention to opponents' slander. Martin has been on a smooth journey in the past few years, and many others have been stepped on in the process of climbing up."
The two also discussed this matter.
Since Harvey Weinstein joined the game, not only has the amount of money spent on public relations doubled, but every year some scandal breaks out in a popular movie.
The whole city's campaign to smear the soldiers was a classic example.
After Thomas left, Louise returned to the office, made a phone call, and said, "Rita, start it."
Rita Public Relations Company is a special company that specializes in providing publicity and public relations services to the entertainment industry. The annual awards season is the busiest time for business.
Rita Baker, the company's founder and largest partner, was Louise's friend in college.
After receiving Louise's call, Rita immediately ordered her assistant: "Ask the first team to take action immediately and send out all the emails and emails prepared in advance."
On the same day, many members of the Screen Actors Guild and the Film Critics Association, as well as other Sentinel Awards judges, received an email in their email inbox.
"The new film "The Departed" directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Martin Davis will be released in North America on October 6..."
A few days later, another physical email with the same content appeared in these people's mailboxes.
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Four Seasons Hotel Beverly Hills.
Lukaku from News of the World was sitting in the lobby lounge, seemingly reading the newspaper, but his eyes were always looking at the hotel door.
The automatic door opened, and a familiar fat figure entered the hotel.
Lukaku whispered: "Harvey Weinstein is here."
Hazard picked up his bag and walked towards the lobby. After following Harvey into the elevator, he glanced at Courtois who followed him and said nothing.
The elevator dinged and opened, and Harvey entered the elevator.
Azar and several others followed the elevator.
He pretended to choose a floor, but then found that the button light on the same floor was on, and withdrew his hand.
The elevator rose quickly and when it stopped, Harvey got out of the elevator.
Azar also followed out, turned out of the elevator but walked into the corridor in the opposite direction to Harvey, took out a special mirror from his pocket, and secretly observed the situation behind him.
Some reporters at the News of the World have very special skills.
Seeing Harvey stop in front of the room, open the door, and then go in, Azar turned around and came back. From the room map, he determined the room number of Harvey's long-term private room and hurried downstairs.
After confirming the room, it will be easier to do the following things
(End of chapter)
