Hundreds of journalists filled the huge news hall of the Venetian Film Palace. It seemed that all the reporters who came to report on the Venetian Film Festival attended the press conference. Not only were the seats prepared by the organizers far insufficient, but even the aisles and corridors were filled with reporters.

"Except for this movie..."

As the news conference was in progress, a reporter from the UK privately told another French reporter that the media's views best reflected, "In addition to Murphy Stanton and the famous Stanton party he led, are there any other movies and stars worth interviewing? Who can have their super influence? Who can shoot a movie from the media's standpoint?"

When he heard his words, the reporters around him nodded vigorously. The "Focus" just screened was simply showing their strength to media reporters!

Questions were asked one by one, and any person from the Stanton party was the focus of questions asked by media reporters, and the questions were from movies to life to gossip, which were all kinds of.

Murphy seemed very relaxed, as if he was forgotten by reporters. However, from the questions asked by media reporters, he could clearly hear them. He dare not say 100%, but at least 95% of the reporters were completely in the camp of "Focus".

This is also one of the reasons why he dared to choose to shoot this film and premiered it in Italy, the Catholic base camp. Media reporters will naturally have a good impression of the film!

The reporter asked questions one by one. At the beginning, they were basically talking to Robert Downey Jr., James Franco, Margot Robbie, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hillty.

"Director Stanton..."

The reporter from Britain stood up and threw the question at Murphy, "This is a movie based on real events. Is it a challenge for you to shoot "Focus"?"

Murphy knew very well that the reporter could not let him go. The previous neglect was just to concentrate the firepower in the end, so he had already prepared.

"Yes, this serious subject matter is a test of conscience and a severe challenge for anyone!" Murphy looked serious. He knew what to say was the most beneficial to himself and the film. "One day ago, I occasionally saw the report of "Focus" that year and found that such a serious incident was gradually forgotten, and similar ** incidents are still happening. I feel that I have the responsibility and obligation to adapt this into a movie. This may not help too many people, but it can always make many parents of children more alert to some people!"

A reporter from France stood up, "I heard that this video has encountered many difficulties in preparation and shooting. How did you complete the creation?"

"This movie is about to die three times. I mean, I almost died with the intervention of foreign forces. Even with such a cast and a very good script, as well as all the producers and studios, it is still very difficult to bring it to the screen under the current social situation."

Murphy thought for a while and said, "This is an external factor, and it took a lot of effort to overcome it."

"Is the shooting process the situation you planned? Did you encounter any accidents?" another reporter asked, "How much help did your team give?"

"This is the ideal scene for the director..." Murphy said with a smile, "Each scene in the script is described clearly and concisely, the storyboard is drawn perfectly, and you can handle the storyboard and shoot without much effort. You can immediately tell how to splice the scenes during editing. On the set, everyone has enough sleep and their salary is generous."

He changed his voice, "Dreams are full, reality is skinny. But, in some ways, this is not a good thing. There is chaos in the filming process, and many troubles make people suffer a lot of troubles, but it is also because of these that making movies has a charm."

"I can't live without my team." Murphy said very directly, "Movies are the art of cooperation. Only directors or actors can never achieve a play. Only through the cooperation of multiple parties such as actors, shooting teams, post-production, etc. can a script scene be drawn into a storyboard, then the storyboard, then the scene is filmed, and then edited to form the film we want. With these stages, many people say that movies are subtraction, and from an idea to an implementation, it is always a lot worse."

A man from the United States stood up and asked, "Director Stanton, is this movie correcting the old-school investigative reports that have disappeared in the Internet age?"

"Of course!" Murphy nodded without hesitation, "The news industry has changed dramatically in the past 10 years, but I'm not sure if the public knows what they have lost. The Boston Globe is a local newspaper, not a national newspaper like the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. I think many stories are valuable only in local newspapers. Although this story finally caused a sensation across the country and even the world, it first originated from a local newspaper. I'm not sure that viewers who have watched this movie will say, 'Wow! This no longer exists!' The iceberg has begun to melt. These newspapers have disappeared, and they have been eroded by this new media era."

He paused and said, "There is another point. I want the movie to remind everyone that many sins actually happen around you. People who touch the sin are often still wearing angel cloaks!"

"Are you angry?"

The question was a middle-aged female journalist, "Are you very angry about the Catholic behavior?"

"Yes, very angry!" Murphy was heartbroken and showed the attitude he deserved at this moment. His acting index was directly out of the box. "These sins come from the Catholic Church! They not only do not face the problem, but also cover them everywhere, especially treating those who want to expose these sins and remind the society to carry out layers of persecution!"

He smiled bitterly, "Don't ask me why I know, because I've experienced this in person!"

There were laughter from reporters in the newsroom, and they knew what happened between Murphy and the Catholic Church.

Murphy did not laugh and continued, "After all, it is the Catholic Church, with many believers. The process of uncovering this cancer is extremely painful. It is like cutting off the spiritual pillar of a generation. The pressure from all aspects of society will make people collapse!"

He breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, I survived!"

A reporter from the Los Angeles Times stood up, one of the most famous liberal newspapers in the United States, and his position was also very inclined toward Murphy, a director with a Los Angeles identity.

"Murphy..." asked the reporter, "What kind of touch did the things that actually happened in the video give you?"

All the reporters pricked their ears, wanting to hear what amazing things Murphy would say.

"Over the whole year of 2002, from January to December, the focus team of the Boston Globe did one thing, which was to report on the sexual assault of minors in Boston. From the 13 priests involved in the case to the 249 people who were finally exposed, it later expanded to the world, and similar scandals broke out in Australia and Europe, which caused great responses, and was therefore awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism."

Murphy did not answer positively, and some questions did not need to be answered positively. "These priests only took on boys from poor families. What is extremely annoying is that they can molest seven boys in the family while leaving their mother silent and endured such pain for many years. The seven family! It is also a compliment. After the incident was revealed, the priest was just transferred to another parish in an understatement, which was only one of the 249 priests in the parish of Boston. According to investigations, there were about 1,000 children sexually assaulted by these priests. When they grew up, they called themselves survivors."

The newsroom was extremely quiet, and there was no other sound except Murphy's words.

"Survivor!" Murphy suddenly raised his voice and said sternly, "May I ask, have we been in the land that has been kissed by Satan?"

These words are sonorous and powerful, making countless reporters look at them!

Murphy's tone began to become heavy, "Before people learn the whole truth of a thing, people will only tend to believe the known or the most superficial layer, and the social concepts inherent in their minds, the level of personal education, and the amount of information they know will hinder their judgment and perception of the truth."

These are objective facts, and Murphy's words are also convincing. "For example, the priest represents God's authority. The same fault may be a sin for others, but he is a propaganda of the gospel. As a victim of sexual assault, the priest is the moral master. Resisting him is against authority and reporting the priest's sexual assault often requires greater courage for ordinary people, so that no one can present such a terrible event or be taken seriously."

"In the filming of the movie, there was a scene that shocked me. On Christmas Eve on the eve of the press, in the huge church, a pair of small choirs sang chants under the command, and the child's faces were filled with a quiet light. 'How much kindness, how much innocence, and quietly enjoying the peaceful sleep of heaven, the holy and kind night, the shepherd, in the wilderness, suddenly saw the light of heaven.'"

When needed, Murphy can always burst out energy far beyond the usual, even if it is a performance that he is not very good at. "They may not know how much boundless darkness is outside this church that almost swallows them, and how many adults are trying their lives to keep them safe. Perhaps there is no absolute good or evil in this world, but there is a strong person who acts by mistake and a weak person who obeys them."

Finally, Murphy said to countless reporters, "It is the media that is so hard and arduous that we can feel that the world has finally brightened up!"

As his words fell, the news hall fell into absolute silence. This silence lasted for less than three seconds. The applause rang without any warning. All the reporters put down their pens, notebooks, recorders and cameras in their hands, and applauded vigorously!
Chapter completed!