"Brother Coen?" Lan Li was a little surprised. They had only met twice. Once in Berlin, once in Oscars, and only had a few words to talk to each other when they met. Not to mention friends, they were not even nodding.

After carefully recalling their two brief encounters, Renli vaguely captured some clues, so he asked, "Joel, or Ethan?"

"Is there any difference?" Andy and the Coen brothers were not too familiar with each other, so they didn't understand.

The Weinstein brothers, Harvey is the one that is more popular when people mention it; but when they mention the Coen brothers, the two brothers are more like a whole, bundled up, "But it should be Joel."

"Oh." Lan Li sighed softly. Joel was the one with a irritable and impulsive personality. He shook his head with a chuckling, "Then, I don't know. If it were Ethan, I would have thought that they would have any works that they would want to negotiate with me; but if they think about it carefully, it is impossible. If the works are done, they can talk to you directly." There is no need to hide them.

"The same is true for my first reaction. But he didn't mention it." Andy nodded and gave a positive reply. "I took a look. There was no news in the industry, and there was no movement in Paramount and the Focus. So, it shouldn't be an invitation to a new work. I wondered when you were so familiar with them, and I also called twice."

The Coen brothers are industry leaders in the independent film field, and their industry influence is unquestionable. When they were just starting out, they were always small independent companies responsible for investment and production, and 20th Century Fox was responsible for distribution, which was the case throughout the 1980s. After becoming famous, their rights to publish their works caused a lot of competition.

In the past few years, the four works of the Coen Brothers have been divided by Paramount and Focus Pictures, and have gradually formed a stable cooperative relationship. Therefore, when exploring the latest developments of the Coen Brothers, Andy took the lead in asking these two companies, but unfortunately, he got nothing.

Focus Pictures is a leader in the independent field and is affiliated with Universal Pictures. The Coen Brothers' long-term cooperation with them is understandable; but why would they rather choose a top company like Paramount than cooperate with the Weinstein Brothers? This is off-topic, but it is also a big deal in the industry.

In fact, in the years after the millennium, the Coen brothers and the Weinstein brothers worked twice. One side was the leader of independent films, while the other side was an important behind independent films. The cooperation between the two sides can definitely be called a strong alliance.

At that time, the works of Coen brothers were invested and produced by an independent small company, while the Weinstein brothers, who were still working for Disney's Miramax Films, took over the distribution. Logically, this should be a "one plus one greater than two" cooperation, but in fact it was a complete disaster.

After just two cooperations, they parted ways.

According to industry rumors, the cooperation between the two brothers was very unpleasant, especially the strong-minded Harvey and Joel, who had many conflicts and even almost fought. Although these rumors have never been confirmed by the parties involved, it is not surprising that industry insiders believe it.

Because Harvey Weinstein is a well-known "scissors hand" in the industry.

As a producer, Harvey's goal has never changed. Oscars are the only priority. In order to win the Oscar, Harvey will directly interfere with the director and editor's post-production editing and production work.

In fact, producers intervene in editing work is a taboo in the industry.

For production companies, in order to ensure the quality of the finished product, they firmly control the final editing rights. Only a few top directors can enjoy the privilege of the final editing rights. Some young directors do not even have the first editing rights for the first version; but even so, the producers will not directly interfere in the editing, but instead hire editors they trust to complete all the work.

The American Editors Union has extremely strict relevant regulations on the functional allocation of film post-production work.

However, Harvey completely ignored all relevant regulations, repeatedly interfered with the work of directors and editors, and even edited the works beyond recognition. If the director disagreed, Harvey would even pry open the door lock of the editing room, and then hire an editor to complete the editing according to his own ideas, and he would not hesitate to break up with the director.

For this reason, Harvey won the title of "Scissors Hand" and was also criticized and excluded by countless directors.

But why is Harvey's position in the industry still getting higher and higher? First, Harvey's toughness is targeting the target. Those young directors who are not unknown are the main victims. Harvey knows how to judge. Second, Harvey's industry public relations ability is speechless. With his fierce vision and accurate positioning, he created the awards season era.

Character is one aspect, but strength is another aspect.

The most famous example is Alfonso Caron's friend Gilmo del Toro.

This Mexican director entered Hollywood in the mid-1990s, even earlier than his two fellow villagers, because his interests and strengths were in monster movies. At that time, the "mutant DNA" in which Gilmore was responsible for writing the script was appreciated by the Weinstein brothers, and signed a contract in the name of Miramax Films to invest in production.

In 1997, after the filming of the film was completed, Harvey was very dissatisfied with Gilmore's editing version, and his posture was tough, and even locked Gilmore out of the editing room. Harvey himself completed the editing amateur level.

Gilmore is a gentle and friendly director. He always maintains a childlike heart under his strong body, so he later filmed a charming fairy tale work like "Pan's Maze". Faced with Harvey's strength, Gilmore stayed outside the editing room and watched his hard work be completely destroyed, but he was helpless. During that period, he almost fell into depression and could not extricate himself.

Later, after the release of "Mutual DNA", there were many bad comments. Harvey made a quick decision and chose to give up this work. Without any hesitation, he went directly to the cold palace. At that time, Gilmore, who was still a newcomer, fell into the dilemma of being called "Heavenly" and "Di Wumen", and his career was almost ruined.

Although Gilmore was just a young director in 1997, James Cameron admired his talent very much, and the two had a good personal relationship.

At the Academy Awards Ceremony that year, the "Titanic" swept across the army and reached the top strongly; and it took a year to wait for the "Shapes' Love History" that created the awards season and the college's public relations to take the stage of history. At that time, Harvey was still consolidating his career foundation step by step.

Backstage of the award ceremony, Harvey found James and boasted about his respect for artistic creation and appreciation of independent artists, hoping to cooperate with James. James was furious and mentioned Gilmore, but the two of them broke their faces in the background and fought.

James almost picked up the little golden man in his hand and smashed Harvey's head. The staff at the scene pulled the two people away in time and signaled that they were still live on Oscar and not to cause trouble, which curbed a riot.

One general succeeds and thousands of bones are woven.

Everyone is praising the Weinstein brothers for creating an era, but behind their success, they are struggling with the bodies of countless artistic creators in order to make the awards season. In order to achieve the awards season, they acquire the distribution rights of at least thirty works every year. If there are more, it may be fifty or sixty, but there are only three or even fewer ones entering the awards season sprint stage.

The Coen brothers, who are strong, confident and have a high reputation, not only did not fall behind in cooperation with the Weinstein brothers, but also had a slight advantage. After two hurried cooperation, they broke up. Even if the parties involved personally did not verify the situation, the tragic scene was predictable.

The topic returned to the Coen brothers. Since there was no news about Paramount and Focus, their purpose of finding Lanley was trapped in a maze.

"Maybe, they are inviting me to attend next year's Sundance Film Festival." Lanley expressed her most reliable guess.

The Coen brothers will definitely return to the Sundance Film Festival every year and spare no effort to promote independent films; while Lanli is the actor who has contributed the most outstandingly to independent films among the younger generation in the past two years, which can undoubtedly increase young people's attention to Sundance.

Andy patted his belly again, and he couldn't help but nodded slightly, affirming this guess.

For actors, the film festival is not only a platform for self-display, but also an advanced stage. Robert Redford is the initiator of the Sundance Film Festival. Through this platform, Robert's strong connections were demonstrated and Robert's position in the industry was also promoted.

Similarly, as long as the jury members of the three major European film festivals are invited, in addition to glory and attention, the industry's connections and peers recognize them, the harvest is also something that cannot be seen on the surface.

"Of course, it's possible that they just wanted to invite me to the party." Lanley added, which made Andy chuckled, "What did you do in the end? I've given them my contact information?"

"Yes." Andy nodded, pushed it away tactfully for the first time, and finally gave Roy the contact information. After all, the Coen brothers seemed to be just strangers. Lanley's personal contact information should not be leaked casually. You can communicate with Andy about work; but the second time, he did not refuse.

"I will ask again." Andy felt that Sundance's statement was more reliable. The Coen brothers have always done their best for the Sundance Film Festival. "Also, the film's promotion schedule has been completed, and Almeida Theater has confirmed that there is no problem. He missed the performance for two weeks. Who will attend this premiere? Ask Nathan, then list a guest list and send it to me."

"No problem." Lanley nodded in agreement simply and neatly.

"Edge of Tomorrow" is about to be released, and Renly must miss the performance of Almeida Theater for two weeks and return to North America to promote it.
Chapter completed!