Chapter 338-Chapter 339 The shocking film rating system(1/2)
Teus Clay's face became extremely ugly. Although he had not seen Sister Sando's tragic situation, he had heard others talk about the whole story of this matter, so when I heard me compare him with Sister Sando and gave him a warning, he was always arrogant and couldn't accept it at once.
"Mr. Corleon, can I understand that your words are a threat to me?" Yutus Clay asked sternly.
I smiled brilliantly: "Sir Bishop, if you insist on getting along with Sister Sando, then I have nothing to say."
"You!" Yutus was almost choked to death by my words, and stood up and pointed at his body and shivered.
Hayes saw the situation and quickly smoothed out: "Andre, Bishop, you should not be angry, solve this movie first and then talk about something else."
He said this, all members of the Code Executive Board in the review room were repeatedly known.
"Mr. Corleon, if you cannot give a reasonable explanation of this movie and cannot satisfy our Codex Executive Board, this movie will definitely be deleted!" Yutus Clay returned to his cold affection just now and smiled twice.
He laughed, even worse than crying.
I let out a long sigh and said, "You need to explain, okay, Master Bishop, ladies and gentlemen of the Code Executive Board, I will give you an explanation."
Many people in the room picked up paper and pen and prepared to record what I wanted to say.
"I have summarized the accusations of this movie just now. It is divided into three types of accusations, one is a horror shot, the other is accusations of religion and the church, and the last is a scene of the accusations of the bishop, and I will explain them separately."
I glanced at the proud Yutus Clay, then retracted my eyes and turned my attention to more than a hundred people in the room.
"The bishop said that there are so many lights in the world. Why did Stiller have to take such dark shots? I can only feel funny about this accusation. As the archbishop of the Western Diocese, I think we landbishops must be very familiar with the Bible. At the beginning of the Bible Genesis, the first sentence said, "At first, God created the heaven and earth, the earth was empty and chaotic, and the abyss was dark, and the spirit of God was running on the water." Later, God said that there was light, and there was light. God separated the light from darkness, and there was day and night. I think everyone here was very familiar with this. So please ask
Our Bishop. If there is no darkness, where will the light come from, no darkness, where will the day and night come from, no day and night, where will the world be there? Where will your church be there?! The Bible says that darkness is also a good place, because it can make people wake up and recognize good things. I think Stiller's "Imperial Hotel" is to reflect the light of the land of God in this darkness, so that people can feel the beauty of the world and the greatness of God. I think such film works are much more profound than those films where lights and wine make the soul fall into material desires?!"
Hughwahwahwahwah, under the leadership of Donner Laputa, there was a burst of applause in the review room. Yutus Clay pouted in his seat, unable to say a word.
As early as when I was dealing with Sister Sando, I learned a trick. That is, to deal with so-called religious people, you must use religious methods to fight back, otherwise you will have a 120-year-old truth and will be of no use at all.
No matter what happens, these religious people always use God as their weapons. God says what they are and what God thinks... Once the card of God is shown, no matter how reasonable you are, you can't do anything to them.
Therefore, the best way is to bring God out and let God tell him that he is wrong to say that, and he has nothing to say.
I am very glad that I have a great understanding of the Bible and can draw a lot of words from it as my argument. These words, as religious scriptures, cannot be overthrown even if the Pope comes.
Under my striking opening rebuttal, Yutus Clay blushed and had nothing to say.
And this is just my beginning.
"The bishop said that the horror shots in "Imperial Hotel" are of no use except for having nightmares. I think this sentence is fundamentally wrong, because at least it can also allow parents of children to sleep with their children, and then enhance the relationship between parents and children. In this era, the connection between people has become increasingly farther and farther away, so how can we say that there is no use?"
Hahahaha, many people were amused by my words, and some people who looked like parents nodded thoughtfully.
"It is unfair to define these shots as horror shots. I think in Hollywood, everyone knows what real horror shots are. Those horror shots are purely exciting to the audience's visual senses. But when you look at the so-called horror shots in this movie, these shots have extremely profound connotations. They not only set off the atmosphere and highlight the inner world of the movie characters, but also play a crucial role in expressing the theme of the movie. If these shots are to be deleted, the movie will collapse suddenly. This is unfair and extremely vicious."
My fierce words made the people from the Codex Execution Bureau begin to whisper. In fact, since they were selected into this organization, they all have a high appreciation of movies. They naturally understand what I said and understand that these shots are very different from those in ordinary Hollywood horror movies. Therefore, they believe that the reason why Yutus Clay deleted these shots is probably not just for social responsibility, but probably mostly because of his personal reasons.
This move is called isolating the enemy to the greatest extent possible and organizing it into its own united front.
Sure enough, Yutus Clay was feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles amid the discussions of the crowd. As a person who cherished his reputation, it was naturally uncomfortable to be poked at the back of someone. But he had no reason to refute at all, and even if he stood up to refute, he could only smear himself, which was what I wanted.
Grant, Stiller and others who were sitting in the first row smiled knowingly, and the guy Stiller actually gave me a thumbs up.
"The second accusation of the Bishop is that the characters in the movie are accusing the church of accusing Christianity, and because of this reason, these shots must be deleted. I think this statement is also untenable. Why is it untenable? The reason is very simple. Let me
You will know about the Book of Job in the Bible. The bishop said that the church inside blamed Christianity. I want to ask whether it was the church or God himself. Job dared to blame even God. How did God do? He did not attack Job, did not let out the fire to burn Job to death, but patiently unleashed Job and finally let him realize the true meaning. Compared with our tolerant and great God, I have to blush for our bishop. What you do. It is difficult for people to believe that you are a person who truly serves God!"
I stared at Yutus Clay, my eyes as if they were swords. Yutus Clay was sweating coldly under my gaze.
As a servant who has regarded himself as a servant of the earth all day long, others blame this and cannot refute it at all. For Yutus Clay, it is even more uncomfortable than killing him.
I smiled and said, "Fortunately, there are only more than a hundred of us here today. I think if the Lord of the Lord was published in the newspaper in this way, I don't know how disappointed and sad the believers would be."
Yutus Clay looked at me, and finally showed a look of fear in his eyes.
He knows more than anyone else about the media and public opinion. Not to mention anything else, a small-circulated Pravda, Pravda, became the most famous magazine in the West, which now occupied the high ground of public opinion in the film in one fell swoop. Dreamworks' influence on the media can be seen. If these things are made up by us in the newspaper today, the glorious image he has worked hard to build will be greatly damaged in the minds of believers, which is what he most unwilling to see.
In an instant, Yutus Clay seemed to understand why Sister Sando ended up with such a fate, and the Dream Factory owner who had never had any characteristics in his impression was even weak. He was actually so scheming and terrifying.
"Ladies and gentlemen, as mortals, I think everyone has troubled times in their lives. What should I do if I have troubles? I endure it alone or confess to God. It is precisely because we regard God as our relatives and are caring to God that we present our troubles before God. I think non-Christians will never go into the church to chat with God! So, the characters in the movie blame the church and criticize Christianity, in a sense, are no different from this distress. Besides, everyone knows that the church is not without error in some things. The church is not God-born.
To put it bluntly, it is just a servant institution serving God. Therefore, don’t proclaim the church as great as God. All in the church are humans. If people are humans, they have mistakes. If there is mistake, they have to accept other people’s accusations. If there is no such thing as a coronation, what is there to say? If the people in the church have such an attitude towards others’ accusations like our bishops, I think such a church is not a truly serving God’s organization. It is incompetent and should be cursed because it separates the connection between the people and the great God. I think this sin cannot be washed away no matter how much I repent. Bishop, do you think?"
Wow! The review room suddenly became messy.
Half of them are Christians. All Christians have been instilled with an idea since childhood that the church is sacred and inviolable. When they are baptized, there are three questions that must be asked, one is to believe in God, one is to ask if you believe in Jesus, and the other is to ask if you believe in the church. The church instills this idea in believers is undoubtedly to put on a sacred cloak to itself and is beneficial to its own rule. This has been like this for a long time. Therefore, my words made everyone think about it because they found that what I said is a fact and there is no mistake. When the church was first established, it claimed to be a servant institution serving God, and it was no different from ordinary believers, so it would naturally make mistakes. And in this case, if it is undoubtedly a heretic in the religious system of Yutus Crete.
It is heresy. But it is the truth. The contradiction between them is difficult to resolve.
The people in the review room were in chaos, and Yutus Clay was even more confused. He was completely in a state of dementia and didn't know how to answer my words. Because as the bishop of the church, he knew better than anyone that the church put such a sacred cloak on himself was actually for his own rule and stability. One or two thousand years of history have proved that the church not only made mistakes, but sometimes made big mistakes. This is well known. He began to be scared because he discovered that if I were asked to continue talking, not only would his prestige be damaged, but the image of the church would probably be suppressed by me. What's even more terrifying is that he could not refute me. It's not the Middle Ages that the other party would be so bad that the other party would be labeled as a heretic and executed. The United States has freedom of speech, so he could not do anything to me at all.
For me, it has always been my personality to strike while the iron is hot: "So, those who accuse the people of the movie of the church are those who truly love God and believers of the real God. And those who accuse them and insist on deleting these shots have no idea how sincere he has to God."
"You!..." Yutus Clay, who was sitting on the role, rolled his eyes and almost fainted.
At this time, he was completely defeated by me. His majesty was gone, and his supporters were all hanging their heads and hanged their heads.
One goes up and the other goes down. The "Dreamworks School" led by Donner Laputa is filled with enthusiasm and bursts of applause.
When I raised these shots to the height of religion, when I declare that anyone who deleted these shots would be dishonest to God, both Yutus Clay and others retreated. In this era, in people's minds, although the church is shining, compared to the great God, it is simply a firefly and the sun with a brighter light. Yutus Clay would not be confused about what would happen if he insisted on his own ideas.
I smiled, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then continued, "The last point is, about the cameras mentioned by the Bishop, this problem is a problem that almost all Hollywood directors have to encounter. I think I have said it countless times before, and the facts have proved my point of view. This point is very simple, that is, these cameras are not simply sensory stimulating shots, but organic parts of the movie. If the Bishop and others who cannot understand this, I suggest you can go and read the previous records of the Codex Executive Board, which should be fine.
I have said so much about the past, thank you all."
I nodded, then walked off the podium with a red face.
"Boss, it's so good!" Stiller's muscles twisted on his face with joy.
Such a rebuttal immediately turned the situation around, and a one-sided situation appeared in the review room, even those who had previously supported Yutus Clay were shaken. As for Yutus Clay himself, he no longer had the courage to refute me on the podium again.
"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone should rest for ten minutes. After ten minutes, vote on this movie." Hayes walked onto the podium and announced a temporary rest.
Grant and others walked out of the room, and were dragged into his office by Hayes.
"Andre, I'm very sorry today. Although I don't think your movie has any problems, the Bishop..." As soon as I entered the office, Hays expressed his apology to me.
"Mr. Hayes, don't say anything sorry or not. I respect you, so there is nothing wrong with what you do. You are the chairman of the Code Execution Bureau, so you have to think about the overall situation. Besides, if you have different opinions, let him put forward it. This is also democracy." I shook my head and smiled.
Hayes smiled embarrassedly when he heard me say this.
"Boss, you are already polite enough to that Yutus Clay today. If we withdraw the movie and refuse to review as we did last time, then Sister Sando will be the end of Yutus Clay!" Stiller raised his eyebrows and said in a slut.
Grant suddenly laughed at the side: "Take it down! Stiller, if you withdraw the movie and refuse to review it, it will only be the loss of DreamWorks, which hit Yutus Clay's thoughts, and people still want it."
"Why?!" Stiller didn't understand and pulled Grant.
"Why?! It's very short answer. If this "Imperial Hotel" is the local word for your boss's movie, then withdrawing the movie and refusing to review will definitely cause anger in society. Then under the pressure of public opinion, Yutus Clay will definitely be kicked out of the Codex Execution Bureau, but your movie will not work. If you withdraw the movie and refusing to review, the people will only express their dissatisfaction, which poses a threat to Yutus Clay, and will suffer huge losses to DreamWorks. Do you understand?" Grant laughed.
Only then did Stiller wake up as if he was dreaming: "So I am not as famous as my boss."
Grant smacked his lips and pointed at me and said, "So, your boss is really high in doing things in the name of God. He is so high that people like Yutus Clay have to lower their heads. Because he is stinky, and he is not as bad as God."
I shrugged: "Although I say that, I will have to look at the voting results later."
What will happen?
"Andre, I think it's really harder to deal with than Sister Sando, our Bishop. With him in the future, I guess every movie in your DreamWorks will encounter such problems. He will cause trouble, and it's not a big deal for you to come over and explain it again and again. You have to think of a solution once and for all." Grant said to me earnestly.
Stiller hummed at the side: "It's so easy to think about once and for all, that's to kick him out of the Codex Executive Board."
I shook my head: "It is unlikely. First of all, Yutus Clay is not Sister Sando, he is the archbishop. Not to mention the status of the people, it is now loved by believers. It is a bit difficult to kick him out. Besides, after Sister Sando's battle, we can't do this, otherwise one person will be kicked by us. Over time, others will gossip. Yutus Clay himself said just now, saying that the Code Execution Bureau is almost a branch of DreamWorks."
Grant agrees with my thoughts: "Andre is right, you can't do that."
Although Stiller was anxious: "Boss, what if you don't do this?! We won't have to suffer such difficulties in every movie asking for deletion or banning the screen. This is too painful!"
Hayes sighed: "In fact, it's not just your pain. Almost all film companies in Hollywood are suffering now. Now for a movie that is submitted for review, there are only two destinies, one is banned and the other is through review. Passing review is generally based on the movie's deletion and modification. Sometimes, I myself feel that the original charm and taste of those movies are of course gone. The artistic expression has been greatly damaged, but it's not deleted. There is no other way. After all, those shots cannot be seen by children, and they have to be separated from some special groups in society. To be honest, major film companies in Hollywood now have a very bad impression of the Codex Execution Bureau. If this continues, things will definitely happen in the future."
"Then is there no third way to pass the review except for banning the screening and deletion?" Holkina asked curiously.
"It's gone." Hayes and Grant shook their heads at the same time.
But Holgina's words made my eyes lit up.
"Who said there was no third way? I said there was!" I sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette.
"Andre, hurry up and tell me what good ideas you have!" Hayes was immediately excited when he heard my other solutions.
The current Code Execution Bureau is facing more and more oppositions. Almost all Hollywood film companies have a disgust towards this organization. In the long run, the organization may be overthrown by everyone one day. This situation is naturally something that Hayes doesn't want to see. If he can come up with a good compromise, then such a thing will not happen. So it would be strange if Hayes is not excited.
For me, every movie produced by DreamWorks will be required to be deleted again and again before it can be screened like today. It is simply a painful thing. I don’t want to give speeches to the people of the Codex Executive Board again and again, and debate with Yutus Clay again and again. Even if he has time, I don’t feel like a bishop.
So if we can find a way to make the movies screened without deletion, it will be very beneficial for the Codex Executive Board and for our DreamWorks itself.
"Actually, the method is very simple, it is the movie rating system." I spread my hands and said.
"Movie rating system?!What does it mean?!" Stiller couldn't help but understand. Even Hayes and Grant didn't understand what I mean by the movie rating system.
Historically, the American film rating system was proposed in 1968 and was quickly promoted and used. In fact, most countries in the century later had a rating system. For example, Hong Kong films were later divided into the first
It is suitable for people of any age. Second-A children are not suitable, but the second-B youth and above are those who are over 18 years old. This is what we often call the three levels of films: film rating, which is much more responsible than those in Hong Kong. After the establishment of 1968, this system not only protected the film to a certain extent, but also played a role in social responsibility. All of them were unanimously praised by audiences and filmmakers.
I took a sip of cigarette and explained: "The movie rating system, as the name suggests, is to set up several levels based on the audience of the movie, and then divide all the movies into different levels. This system is much better than the current movie censorship that can be passed or banned after being reviewed, and is much more humane."
"Andre. Do you mean to divide all movies into different levels?" Grant said excitedly.
"Yes, under this system, in a sense, if all movies are to be released, they should not be deleted. The only difference is that the audience will be restricted when watching this movie." I nodded.
Hayes was a little confused by the side: "Andre, for example, a movie with a camera inside, or a movie with extreme violence. What should a teenager do if he sees it? And if this is done, our Code Execution Bureau will not have much effect?"
I laughed: "Mr. Hayes, you are wrong. If you have a movie with a camera or an extremely violent shot, you can divide them into levels that are not allowed to be watched by teenagers? In this way, the power of the Codex Execution Bureau has not only been reduced, but has been enhanced, because like now, it has the power to rank movies. You must know that for a movie, being divided into different levels means that the number of people can watch the movie is different. This can have such a huge impact on their box office, so the power of the Codex Execution Bureau has not been lost later. Moreover, in this way, major film companies will not have a lot of opinions on the Codex Execution Bureau as they are now. For them, as long as they produce movies, you just decide to watch their movies, and you just decide whether there are more or less people who watch their movies."
To be continued...