"Since you are going to retire, don't stand up and fire your own guns. Please take care of your mouth and hands! Please don't point fingers at Warner's movies in the future. If you really want to comment, please give a low score?"

At the end of April, an executive director of Time Warner bombarded the famous film critic Roger Albert and begged him to let go of Warner's videos and not to give 10 ratings to the films produced or released by Warner. This is definitely the best weapon to drive away the audience.

Perhaps movies and cinemas are indeed good places to avoid crises, and the world economy in 2009 is still shrouded in crisis.

However, not everything becomes the victim of crisis. Just like when faced with the dark reality during the economic crisis in 1929, people chose to hide in the virtual world for excitement and entertainment. In 2009, it was once again proved that movie entertainment was a favorite choice for people in the crisis era, and to some extent, it became a spiritual refuge for people.

Perhaps it was stimulated by the total box office in North America that exceeded 10 billion US dollars for the first time last year. Since the beginning of this year, the box office of movies in North America and even the world has been rising all the way, and several inconspicuous films have achieved good box office results.

In fact, as early as January, this trend had begun to emerge. North American audiences, who were upset by the financial crisis, spent more time watching movies. Major Hollywood companies found that all kinds of films could be sold, with the highest box office in January in the past being only $841 million, while January 2009 was an astonishing $1 billion.

Some less famous low-investment films such as Paranormal, have all achieved success this spring, while some of the high expectations have been squinted.

Among them are two super-major productions "The Prophet" and "The Watcher" released by Warner Bros.

The box office failure of these two films is also the biggest reason why Warner senior executives criticized Roger Albert.

"This is the best science fiction movie I've ever seen, with thrillers, suspense, wits, and in need, it's very awesome!"

Roger Albert not only showed a ten-thousand for "The Prophet", but also gave two iconic thumbs, and "The Watcher" also received the same treatment.

"A thrilling sound of the work, the image and characters work together to create an absolutely bizarre, illustration novel-like visual experience. The film has a strong internal motivation, and we can feel that the film focuses on saving the dilemma of the desperate world."

If Roger Albertken had made such an evaluation more than ten years ago, Warner's senior executives would not only not get angry, but would also happily transfer an additional bonus to the other party's account.

But what about now?

In the past five years, Roger Albert has shown movies with a score of more than nine points, and 99% of them have lost their box office. Instead, the worthless movies he beat has been sold out one after another, and some tabloids even gave him the title of "Crow's Mouth".

"The Prophet" and "The Watcher" certainly did not leave this category. The former has been lowered from North America, and the production cost of $115 million has only been exchanged for more than $71.9 million in box office.

After the latter was released in March, the box office in North America has not exceeded $100 million in the past two months, which angered senior executives of Time Warner, who have high expectations for DC comics movies.

To be precise, the movie's box office is not good and has nothing to do with Roger Albert, but in the past five years, the movies he has been watching have failed one after another. It has made people wonder if he has a magic power that can curse the movies he has watched, making the audience unconsciously want to stay away.

"Roger Albert's praise is equivalent to a box office murder."

This view gradually formed a consensus within Hollywood. Some film companies even exaggeratedly wanted to re-relate them to him, so that the other party would never give a thumbs up at their own films.

The alternation between the old and the new is a natural law, and those who do not adapt to the times will eventually be eliminated.

This month, another incident that sensationalized the world's film industry. Roman Polanski participated in a movie event in Switzerland. On his way from a hotel to the red carpet, he was arrested by the Swiss police, which once again made headlines in the media.

The US Department of Justice responded immediately and contacted the Swiss side, hoping to extradite Roman Polansky, who had been hunting for many years, back to the United States. If the extradition is successful, the director's remaining life is very likely to be spent in prison.

The Swiss Ministry of Justice later rejected Roman Polansky's request for bail because he had a criminal record of escaping.

According to Swiss law, the United States will have 60 days to file an extradition request and submit it to the Ministry of Justice for review. If approved...

This incident not only caused a strong response in the Polish and French film industry, but also instantly activated Hollywood, which was originally quiet after the Oscars.

Look at those who are good friends with Roman Polansky, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsis, David Lynch, Harvey Weinstein, Pedro Almodovar, Ethan Cohen, Jack Nicholson, Harrison Ford, Stephen Spielberg, Robert De Niro…

Heavyweight names can re-focus on the dusty tragic events and affect serious judicial trials. Hollywood bigwigs have always considered themselves privileged.

Especially the Jewish club in Hollywood will never allow an important member of itself to fall into the pocket of the US Department of Justice.

Those who had a deep friendship with Roman Polansky even began to run for him.

Or it would be more appropriate to put it another way. Hollywood does not allow top figures in the circle to be completely trampled by others, especially the other party is still a Jew.

"Jack, this is not a good idea. Coming out loud will only attract public disgust."

Sitting on the sofa in his living room, Ryan looked at Jack Nicholson and David Lynch who were visiting opposite him, "and thus pushing the incident to the side we don't want to see."

Out of respect, Jack Nicholson took off his signature sunglasses when he came in, "Are we doing nothing? I believe that if we support each other in a collective manner, the Justice Department will definitely be scruples, and the public will also change their positions appropriately because of our support."

"David, what do you think?" Ryan asked again.

“We always have our own attitude.”

The other party seemed a little dissatisfied with Ryan's cold response.

The two sides said a few more words, but there was no agreement on this, so Jack Nicholson and David Lynch had to say goodbye.

Ryan didn't keep much, and he still had some memories. The remarks supported by Hollywood celebrities in his previous life not only did not help Roman Polansky, but instead made his situation even more difficult.

If Ryan did not want to interfere in this matter according to his true wish, but while enjoying the privileges possessed by a Jewish, he naturally had to safeguard the interests of this class and watch over each other when possible. It can be said that it is one of the most basic rules of the Hollywood Jewish Club.

The joint visit between Jack Nicholson and David Lynch also fully demonstrates that he cannot be completely out of the matter.

He waved his hand to Charlize who had come down from the upstairs, and Ryan sat here, thinking for a few minutes, roughly thinking about the pros and cons of this matter.

If you don’t talk about anything else, Roman Polansky should be fine. After a series of hardships in his previous life, he finally paid 5 million euros bail and successfully escaped.

The result is here, how can I make a profit from it?

If you take action at the right time and show that you have played an important role in it, then the Hollywood Jewish Club will owe a favor, which can completely exert a huge or even critical influence in next year's Oscar selection.

As a relatively successful businessman, Ryan thought about how he should do it in a short time.

And now, he has to wait for Hollywood celebrities to speak out together and take the incident to a worse side.

However, in two days, many Hollywood celebrities such as Woody Allen, Martin Scorses, David Lynch, Harvey Weinstein expressed their views on this matter one after another. Their words may be different, and they always express their support for Roman Polansky.

"Expressing shock and anger at the Swiss behavior, which happened 31 years ago and the victim had already forgiven Polansky, and Polansky went to Switzerland and owned property there. What is even more incomprehensible is why he was arrested when he accepted an invitation to Zurich to receive the award?"

Many people were extremely angry and supported Polansky. Putting these people's names together was simply a Hollywood elite who's who.

However, things did not change because of Hollywood support. Hollywood stars unanimously supported the troubled director, which instead attracted strong public opposition, especially women and feminist groups.

Many women leave messages online and express their opinions bluntly. More and more public applaud Polansky's arrest, and their attention is focused on the case itself.

The well-known women in the United States also stood up. The female writer Kate Harding wrote in a column that Roman Polansky raped a child. We should not take anything else. Let’s start with this point. This is the detail that some people deliberately want to ignore."

This article became popular on the Internet. In just a few hours, the number of visits exceeded 100,000, which seemed to indicate a reaction.

Kate, commentary articles describing Roman Polansky, were published one by one in the famous implicit anti-Semitism media in North America, and they all applauded the belated arrests.

The incident developed dramatically, and the consequences seemed to be far beyond Poland's basic body. Some people who originally supported him, such as Ubi Goldberg, also began to turn against him and clarify his position. In the next few days, more and more female stars also joined this ranks.

Hollywood's actions to support Polansky have obviously had a counterproductive effect. (To be continued...)

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