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The annual Sundance has come to an end, but the atmosphere in Hollywood has suddenly become tense, as if people have gone from a peaceful age to a pre-war state of alert overnight. Fifteen months have passed since the "September 11 Incident", but the aftermath of the incident has not dissipated. The cold winter of 2003 has not had time to pass, and the follow-up impact finally broke out.

On January 27, the second day after the end of the Sundance Film Festival, the UN Monitoring Committee provided a verification report to the Security Council. The report says Iraqi officials have been very cooperative, providing considerable new material and information on the development of missiles and biological weapons over the past four years.

Although there is no evidence that Iraq still has nuclear weapons, there has been a violent turmoil in American politics. The current President George Bush (e-Bush) has a very tough attitude, saying that terrorists must be severely cracked down. If necessary, the United States will launch military strikes at all costs to curb the threat of terrorists.

For a time, the world was in turmoil, and even the award season in full swing could not dispel the tension that everyone in Hollywood was in danger, because the possibility of the United States launching a war against Iraq was rising step by step, and it seemed that the war was imminent. The remaining problems are being further stimulated, and the confrontation between radicals and anti-war forces is unfolding in various parts of the United States.

Under such a background pattern, the Sundance Film Festival cannot dispel Hollywood's uneasiness, and even the Golden Globe Awards were once considered to be canceling the awards ceremony. But in a tense atmosphere, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association still held the 60th Golden Globe Awards as scheduled, trying to reawaken people's positive and optimistic attitude with singing and dancing. But unfortunately, the decline in attention is very obvious, and even the attention of the news media is far from being comparable to that of previous years.

Immediately afterwards, people turned their attention to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, whose attitude clearly represented the mainstream attitude of Hollywood.

Unsurprisingly, the Academy was steadfast in its opposition to war and repeatedly expressed its stance in favor of peace.

However, with the passage of time, the possibility of the outbreak of war has not only not weakened, but has been further heated up. The whole of Hollywood was panicked. Under the call of many anti-war people, many people publicly stated that the academy should suspend this year's Oscars, not only because it was very inappropriate under such a background, but also It is also because the college needs to express its firm anti-war stance in this way, play the representative role of a leader of public opinion, and truly convey its voice to the White House.

The whole of Hollywood has been involved, no one can be an exception, almost everyone is paying close attention to the progress of the war, the anti-war movement headed by Sean-Penn and Al-Pacino The activists have bravely and boldly stood up to express their views, and strongly expressed their desire to cancel this year's Oscars.

But the United States is not monolithic, and Hollywood is even less so.

Although the voices calling for the cancellation of the Oscars are high, there are only a handful of people who are really willing to stand up for this idea, especially among the shortlisted candidates to win this year's Oscar nominations, only a documentary director and an animated short film The director came out and said that if the Academy insisted on holding the Oscars, they would refuse to attend the awards ceremony that night.

This is Hollywood—or, in other words, this is the real society. In the face of absolute interests, there are no exceptions. Major companies have put in all their energy for the awards season at the end of the year. If the Oscars are suddenly canceled, it means that their efforts in the past year will be in vain. This is undoubtedly a huge blow, and even many independent film producers The company will suffer a huge blow and it will be difficult to survive.

What's more, in order to maintain peace, to oppose war, and to cater to the current situation, many film crews have already thought up promotional plans, hoping to use people's panic to further stimulate the film market. It's like the lipstick effect under the background of the great economic crisis, like the United States, which made a lot of war fortune and rose strongly during World War I and World War II.

So, no one wants to cancel the Oscars.

However, this has no impact on the fledgling Chaos Film Industry. In this torrent, Lance can only be regarded as a nobody. He cannot affect the entire war pattern, and the entire social situation has very limited influence on him. However, Diorama Films is different. As the backbone of the current second-tier production companies, Ryan cannot stand alone.

Whether or not to attend the Oscars has become a headache for every company. If not, how should they deal with the relationship with the academy and the media? If they do, what attitude and position should they appear in? Every company has a headache; whether the production plan and schedule plan of the next card will conflict with the war, the impact of the potential war on the market must be taken into account, and this has become a problem that every company must think about.

For this reason, Ryan had to spend a lot of energy attending various events, closely following the mainstream reactions of Hollywood, and avoiding making wrong decisions. With the changing situation, Ryan didn't have time to talk to Lance and the "City of God". After all, the possibility of the outbreak of war had already cooled down the Sundance jury award rapidly, and the attention has dropped rapidly, which is enough.

Lance clearly knows that this war is inevitable, because this is a game of politicians, and it is even more a game of the US global strategy. Whether or not weapons of mass destruction can be found inside Iraq, this war is imperative. After George Bush took office, the public support rate declined all the way and was in jeopardy. However, he relied on this war to show a tough attitude, regained the hearts of the people, and achieved re-election two years later.

Looking back at the height of more than ten years later, this war was a complete disaster, which triggered a series of follow-up reactions that were difficult to deal with. After the European refugee wave in September 2015, the U.S. government was even more critical. However, if we go back to the historical node in 2003, the Iraq war still cannot be stopped. This is politics and interests.

Faced with such a situation, even Paramount Pictures must be cautious. After returning from Sundance, Paramount held several meetings within Paramount, and finally determined a series of policies, including the screening schedule of "City of God".

In normal times, even if "City of God" wins the Sundance Film Festival, Paramount will not pay much attention to it. After all, this is just an independent film, and it is a foreign language film, which is really not worthy of a large producer. The company spent a lot of time; but in this sensitive season, the "City of God" is very special.

"City of God" is a work that has nothing to do with war, and Lance did not have any hints of war in the process of writing the script and directing the film. But the film has a lot to offer in this particular moment—even if that wasn't Lance's intention at all.

The chaotic and dark description of the slums in the movie can easily remind people of the disaster after the war, or the long period of recovery and reconstruction after the war; the unreserved description of violence and blood in the movie reveals overwhelming despair , it can easily awaken people's deep-seated rejection and aversion to war and violence; the treatment of several main characters at the end of the movie is also considered to be a satire and opposition to the ending of the war; especially the movie is produced by the United States. The crew went to Brazil to shoot, telling a story about a real world that seems to be thousands of miles away, but in fact is by my side, and the meaning of the allusion is even more vivid.

Therefore, Paramount believes that this work could not be more correct when it is released at this moment. It can not only reiterate Paramount's firm position against war, but also make the film resonate with more audiences.

With the right time, favorable location, and harmonious people, it seems that overnight, "City of God" ushered in an excellent release schedule.

After discussions with Paramount Pictures, the film's screening schedule was scheduled for Friday, February 21, the third week of February. "City of God" will be screened first in seven art theaters in Los Angeles and New York, and the pace of subsequent expansion has not yet been decided, and will be adjusted according to the film's premiere market reaction.

From the closing of Sundance to the premiere of "City of God", there was only a one-month interval, which can be said to be strike while the iron is hot. Although the awards season at the end of the year is far away, it is easy to be forgotten when the end of the year arrives, but after comprehensive consideration, this time is obviously the perfect fit for the "timing", and Paramount made a decisive decision immediately.

After "City of God" was finalized ~www.wuxiax.com~ the first wave of publicity started quietly. On January 31st, Javier took the lead in publishing a video on his blog. The title said, "True Real Audience Reactions—From the Sundance Film Festival."

The content of the video shows the reaction of the audience when watching "City of God". The editing style unexpectedly adopts a documentary style, recording everything in a real and simple way, from which we can clearly see the surprise and panic on people's expressions , Contemplation, confusion and despair, the sense of empathy and immersive reality aroused heated discussions.

Many real voices of audiences participating in the Sundance Film Festival spontaneously appeared on the Internet. They said that only after watching the film can they feel the reality, as if they were in the slums of the City of God Among them, I really feel the enthusiasm, restlessness, restlessness, fear and despair of that land.

Different from the heated discussion during Sundance, this time the discussion is more real and profound. Everyone is expressing their views and opinions on the "City of God". Combined with the recent wave of anti-war, it has quietly triggered More and more curiosity and anticipation.

On Monday, February 3, "City of God" quietly released the film's first promotional poster.

On the poster, a child who looked no more than seven or eight years old held a pistol in his right hand, looked down at the audience in front of the poster, pulled the trigger, and laughed heartily, showing his white teeth. There was an excited light in his eyes.

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