On July 14, Warner held the premiere of "Batman: The Dark Knight" in New York.
Unlike the red carpets at other movie premieres, this time Warner deliberately used black instead of red.
However, these black blankets are not to show that Mr. Wayne is dressed in black, but to commemorate the late actor Heath Ledger.
Since January this year, Warner has launched a massive "deification" campaign.
Although Nanaya wanted to change the word, he really couldn't find a better way to express it.
Warner used all its resources to make Heath Ledger a great actor and transferred the cause of his drug addiction to the role of the Joker.
To this end, Warner Bros. used its own media group's two magazines, Entertainment Weekly and Empire, as publicity platforms and carefully compiled a series of articles to commemorate Heath Ledger.
Through these methods, Warner successfully attracted public attention and sympathy, and launched a series of commemorative and mourning activities.
It has been said before that no matter in Eastern or Western society, people are most tolerant towards those who have passed away.
As for the so-called truth, it is no longer important at this point.
Because the public has already believed that Heath Ledger, this great actor, was so deeply involved in the role that he could not extricate himself, and has invested too much sympathy in him.
In fact, when Nanaya arrived at the premiere, he saw countless fans standing on both sides of the black carpet holding candles to silently see Heath Ledger off.
This made Nanaya think of a sentence he had heard a long time ago.
The public will only believe what they want to believe.
It no longer matters whether Heath Ledger died from taking drugs or from being too absorbed in the role.
What's important is that Warner has turned Heath Ledger's death into a show and gained public approval.
So Nanaya would naturally not go and tell these fans bad things or the so-called truth.
Not to mention whether these emotional fans will fight for seven nights, even Warner will not let him go.
You have to know that in order to "deify" Heath Ledger, they have spent millions or even tens of millions of dollars in publicity expenses on the dead man.
If Nanaya messed up the place like this, I would definitely fight him to the death.
As for the actor Heath Ledger himself, Nanaya was more filled with sighs and regrets.
But there is one thing that Nanaya is very clear about.
If Heath Ledger hadn't died, he would definitely not have won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor next year.
Heath Ledger was unprecedented in winning an Oscar for his acting role in a superhero movie.
As for whether there will be no descendants, it is hard to say. After all, no one can predict what will happen in the future.
Who knows whether the Oscars were cancelled first due to ratings issues, or whether superhero movies declined before fans had a chance to speak out.
Nanaya didn't see the end in his previous life, so he didn't know if he would be lucky enough to witness this life-extending competition in this life.
Of course, no matter what, you have to act it out in full.
Because the premiere was themed to commemorate Heath Ledger, it was much more dull than the cheerful atmosphere of other movie premieres.
All the celebrities present were dressed in dark clothes and had only faint smiles on their faces.
Because they were just guests, Nanaya did not stay on the black carpet for long, but took Lily and walked quickly across the black carpet.
"Brother-in-law, don't we need to take pictures?"
Lily asked curiously.
Nanaya asked back: "What are you shooting? This is the set of The Dark Knight."
Lily curled her lips. When she was walking on the black carpet, she saw many guests taking photos.
Perhaps seeing what Lily was thinking, Nanaya smiled faintly: "Are you still lacking this little bit of exposure?"
"Brother-in-law, you are so mean."
Lily pulled Nanaya's arm and said coquettishly.
However, Nanaya felt nothing inside, and even felt like his arm had hit a wall.
"Congratulations, Director Kiryu."
As soon as I walked into the VIP lounge of the cinema, the film director Christopher Nolan came up to me with enthusiasm on his face.
"It has won the weekly box office charts for four consecutive times and is second in the history of global and North American films. This achievement really makes me envious."
Facing Nolan's smiling face, Nanaya also did not hesitate to smile: "You're welcome. I think The Dark Knight will also become a classic movie that is not inferior to Inferno."
In fact, Nanaya's original words were that he wanted to focus on "The Dark Knight". After all, from the very beginning of filming FZ, he had set "The Dark Knight" as his goal.
However, now that the achievement of "Purgatory's Flames" is so high, if Nanaya continues to say this, it would not be modesty but asking for a beating.
"Thanks."
Christopher Nolan was very happy to hear Nanaya's praise.
He hugged the woman beside him tightly and said to Nanaya: "This is my wife Emma Thomas."
"Hello."
Nanaya had heard a little about this female producer. He heard that she had served as producer on all of Nolan's films.
It can be seen that the smart and capable woman in front of him is comparable to Donny's wife Susan.
However, when it came to the wife of this great director, Nanaya recalled a meme he saw on the Internet in his previous life.
Some people say that the fate of the protagonist's wife or girlfriend in Nolan's movies is not good, probably because his wife is too strong.
So our great director had some strange emotions.
This is obviously a joke, but think about the characters in Nolan's movies -
The Dark Knight…the heroine dies;
"Interstellar"…the protagonist is a single father;
"Inception"...the protagonist's wife committed suicide and put the blame on him.
EMMMMM...
Thinking of this, Nanaya looked at Ms. Emma with a strange look.
"Hello, Ms. Thomas."
"Hello, Director Kiryu."
However, Nanaya still shook hands with the other party.
"Hello, Director Nolan."
Lily greeted the director and his wife enthusiastically.
"Hello, Miss Wettin." Nolan took the initiative to extend his hand to Lily.
"Hello, hello."
While shaking hands, Lily glanced at Nanaya proudly out of the corner of her eye.
Nanaya pretended not to see it and discussed the producer's experience with Ms. Emma.
Probably because they had finished entertaining other people, the Nolans stood beside Nanaya and Lily and chatted with them.
This was obviously a show of goodwill towards Nanaya and Lily, but Nanaya was happy to exchange ideas with this talented director.
Unlike himself who cheats, Nolan is deified in the hearts of movie fans because of his awesomeness.
The two sides do have a lot in common to talk about.
For example, Nolan and Nanaya both like IMAX very much.
In fact, Nolan's obsession with IMAX technology would be unacceptable if Nanaya hadn't intervened.
Nolan should be the first commercial film director to successfully promote IMAX technology.
Of course, as artistic creators, there are also many differences between Nanaya and Nolan.
The biggest difference is probably the attitude towards computer special effects.
Because he is a loyal film fan, Nolan always uses real shooting instead of computer CG technology unless necessary.
The situation on Nanaya's side is just the opposite.
Unless CGI technology is not up to standard, he will try to use CG to solve anything that can be solved with CG.
Similarly, Nolan is not very fond of 3D.
He believes that only movies shot on film will have the texture that a movie should have.
"I think we can't convince each other at all." Nanaya shrugged his shoulders.
Nolan nodded: "Yes, there are big differences."
After saying that, the two of them smiled at each other.
Lily took the initiative to interrupt and said, "Hey, brother-in-law, Director Nolan. I think you two can definitely have a competition~"
"Forget it." Nolan shook his head and said, "I don't think The Dark Knight can reach the second place in film history."
Although he is very confident in his movie, Nolan does not think that "The Dark Knight" will have the same success as "Inferno".
After all, although the performance of "The Dark Knight"'s previous film "War Begins" was good, it was far from reaching the level of being deified.
Even Warner didn't think the movie would perform very well, otherwise why would they go to so much trouble to hype Heath Ledger.
Don't you just hope that the movie can perform better at the box office?
It can be said that even the producers themselves did not know that "The Dark Knight" had unlimited commercial potential.
It's just like Nanaya would never have thought that "Purgatory's Flames" would become as popular as it is now.
"I'm more interested in something else than the box office competition."
Nolan said as he looked at Lily in front of him.
"Ms. Wettin, are you interested in working with me on one movie at a time?"
"Ah?"
Faced with Nolan's invitation, Lily was stunned at first and then immediately looked at Nanaya.
"This... is up to my brother-in-law to decide."
Lily said shyly.
Nanaya was a little surprised.
But he was still very happy about Nolan's invitation.
After all, Nolan's films have performed well both in terms of reviews and box office performance, and he is considered one of the few commercial directors who can do both.
But I still have to say something ugly first.
"Of course." Nanaya nodded, "As long as Director Nolan doesn't mind this girl's acting skills."
Then Nanaya was kicked by Lily.
"Haha, no way." Nolan laughed nonchalantly, "Ms. Wettin's acting in Fate is very good."
Nanaya spread his hands and said, "She just plays the role of Artoria."
So Nanaya was kicked again.
"Haha, the way you two get along with each other is really interesting."
"Well, I'm her brother-in-law after all. Hey!!"
Nanaya jumped to the side to avoid Lily's powerful King Kong kick.
Judging from the opponent's posture, it seemed that he was planning to break Nanaya's foot.
[What's wrong with this girl? Has she really been spoiled by Ryan and me? ]
Lily noticed that Nanaya was glaring at her, so she crossed her arms and turned her head to the side.
"Hmph~"
[What an interesting couple. ]
Nolan watched the interaction between Nanaya and Lily and made this judgment in his heart.