I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 403
[Chapter 400 Epic]
After “Returning to Seventeen”, although Eric received many invitations, he no longer appeared in any movie scenes, not even a cameo.
But even so, because his rise is so legendary, personal photos appear in newspapers and magazines every three days.
Therefore, even if you cannot be recognized at a glance when you are walking on the street, there will always be people who will feel deja vu.
As there were more and more people in the library hall, the guests who participated in the art exhibition also looked at Eric more and more, but most people seemed to think that it was just similar and did not come up to chat. mean.
In order to avoid unnecessary harassment, Eric had to take out his sunglasses and put them on. This look was a bit unusual in the hall, and was even teased by Catherine for this.
“This picture is about the golden apple. When the human hero Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis held the wedding, all the gods were invited, but the goddess of discord, Eris, was rejected. Reese broke into the wedding scene and took out a golden apple, expressing it to be given to the most beautiful woman present, which sparked a dispute
. Thinking that he should be the one who got the golden apple, Zeus appointed Paris, Prince of Troy, who was shepherding sheep on Mount Ida, to decide the dispute.
The man in the picture is Paris, and the three goddesses are on the right. Because of Eros’ promise to let Paris fall in love with the most beautiful woman in the world, Paris awarded the golden apple to Aphrodite. With the help of Eros, Paris then abducted what was thought to be the human world Helen, Queen of Sparta, the most beautiful woman, which caused the Trojan War.” The
two walked to a painting in the northwest corner.
Catherine explained to Eric in a low voice.
Although she majored in art criticism at Columbia University.
However, he did not explain the composition and colors of the works in the exhibition hall to Eric, but only told the various background stories involved in these oil paintings. Although many of them were known to Eric, he did not interrupt the woman. It means, but it sounds interesting.
After Katherine finished speaking, she glanced at Eric, who looked thoughtful, and asked in a low voice curiously, “What are you thinking, do you feel a little bored?”
“Of course not.” Eric shook his head: “I After thinking about going back to Los Angeles, let them make a plan about the prospects of European mythology and history in film development. The subject matter of this type of film is a big gold mine. Unfortunately, because of the limitations of special effects and artificial intelligence, this type of film has been limited over the years. There’s not a lot of great work.”
Katherine is a type of person who advocates integrating work into instinct, so instead of teasing Eric thinking about work in this situation, she asks: “You mean epic Movies, like Ben-Hur and Spartacus?”
Ben-Hur and Spartacus are both European epics from Hollywood in the early 1960s, the former about the Jewish Ben-Hur rebellion The story of the invasion of the Roman Empire,
which won 11 Oscars at the time, has become an insurmountable record in Oscar history.
Although “Titanic” in the original time and space surpassed “Ben-Hur” in nominations, the number of awards was only equal to “Ben-Hur”.
The latter is the famous work of film master Stanley Kubrick.
At that time, the two films were all super-invested films, and both used as many as tens of thousands of extras. Today, when the Hollywood industry has developed to an extremely standardized level, this artificial scale is difficult to replicate.
Eric left the “Golden Apple” with Catherine, saying as they walked, “It’s true that, like Ben-Hur and Spartacus, these two classics were based on literature at the time rather than historical facts. Changed, I think this is the key to their huge success at the box office and awards.”
Katherine asked: “Why can’t it be adapted according to historical facts, I think it is more real?”
The two stopped in front of another painting, and Eric explained: “But the real history is always too cruel and unpleasant. If you develop this type of film, the investment must be at the level of a mega-production. , if you want to recover the cost, you must make a large-scale adaptation of history to cater to the tastes of modern audiences. Again, the audience always sees what they want to see.”
Eric finished looking at The woman next to her, although Catherine’s works are not many so far, she always relishes and conveys some kind of social cognition to the audience, and often it is just preaching. Attention can also be offensive to the audience.
In the original time and space until more than ten years later, Katherine, “The Hurt Locker” taught a bomb disposal on the Iraqi battlefield as a calm bystander, without commenting, but after everyone watched this movie, they would It is natural to have aversion and resistance to war. This is the best way to promote anti-war.
Catherine glanced at the oil painting in front of her eyes. This time, instead of explaining it to Eric in a low voice, she said, “I feel like you are talking about my movie?”
Eric smiled: “Yes, UU reading www. sonicmtl.com You see I just didn’t have any words to point to your movie, but you can understand my purpose, and this is the best way to convey a concept.”
Katherine recalled a few months ago in “Shocking Point” “On the set, Eric’s words fell into a brief thought, and Eric didn’t bother, just stood by and waited silently.
When it was about twelve o’clock, Eric chose the “Golden Apple” that caused the two of them to talk, signed a check for $50,000 and handed it to the organizer. As for how much of this money could be used for the so-called Orphans and disabled children are not what Eric considers.
At noon, Katherine’s friend Betsy Murphy took the two of them for a simple lunch, but they didn’t go back. In the afternoon, at the suggestion of Betsy Murphy, the two listened to an auditorium in Columbia. gave a four-hour lecture on European history.
During the lecture, Becky Murphy was always very curious about Eric’s performance. As Catherine’s best friend, Becky Murphy had already heard about Catherine’s divorce from Cameron. Qi Murphy occasionally whispered with Katherine, and occasionally glanced at Eric with ambiguous eyes.
(To be continued..)u
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