I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 461

[Chapter 458: Elegant Violence]

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Eric briefly told the story outline of “Mrs. Smith”, Nicole listened carefully, and when Eric finished speaking, he said: “It doesn’t sound special, it must be another movie when it was filmed. Killer shootouts and other gimmicks are popcorn movies.”

“The solidification of human thinking is very serious. The word innovation is easy to say, but harder to do. You can find similarities in 99% of Hollywood movies. The key is how to shoot.”

Nicole gave Eric a blank look: “I just said my thoughts, you don’t need to rise to the level of ‘human’.”

Eric smiled: ” In fact, your understanding of this story is only at the most superficial surface. Of course, it must represent more than 90% of the audience’s thoughts. But if you carry out a deeper deconstruction, this story is the reality of marriage in people’s real life. portrayal.”

“Huh?”

“John and Jane’s marriage is the standard love at first sight, and in reality, many marriages are the product of this impulse. However, they don’t really know each other, although they love each other, but Instead of opening their hearts to each other, they cautiously guard against each other, which is doomed that they cannot maintain their marriage for a long time. When the initial passion subsides, the relationship between the two parties tends to be dull and boring, and eventually they have to go to psychological counseling At the same time, they received an order to kill each other. Because of this change, the invisible barrier between the two collapsed. At the same time as they attacked each other, they began to really understand each other. This is the real marriage relationship. Very similar. When the husband and wife fall into a dispute, the other side of themselves that they have been careful to cover up will open up to each other, and eventually. This marriage will either be reborn, or it will fall apart.”

Eric finished, seeing Ni But he has put down the tableware in his hand, resting his chin in one hand, and staring at himself in a trance.

“What’s the matter, do you suddenly admire my erudition? Chill, relax. You’re not the first, and you won’t be the last.”

“I was just thinking. When will you, ‘John Smith’, confess his true identity to me?”

Eric smiled and didn’t answer. He knew that many people around him were very curious about the special things he showed. How did it come about, someone has asked more than once.

However, this matter is destined to never be explained, and Eric has no intention of explaining it to others: “In many film and television novels, the protagonist tends to remain in a mediocre state for a long time, because of the stimulation of certain things, it is a blockbuster and eventually becomes The superheroes who save the earth, such as Superman, Spiderman, etc.”

Nicole made an unbearable expression: “Don’t talk nonsense, I don’t ask.”

“Ok,

then let’s continue to say “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” ”. You are the heroine, this script can be used as the first film that Disney and Columbia cooperated with, just enough for Paula Wagner to be the producer. It’s a lot of work.”

Nicole nodded and looked at Eric Road : “Eric, how about you play John Smith? Didn’t you play “Back to Seventeen”?”

Eric shook his head: “I don’t have time.”

Nicole also knew that she was a little whimsical Now, compared to when he starred in “Seventeen” a few years ago, Eric now not only has to take care of the huge Firefly Film Group.

He also directed “Jurassic Park” himself, and some other films from his hands.

It’s impossible for Eric to let go completely. In this case, he simply can’t spare half a year to appear in movies.

The main work of “Jurassic Park” will not start until after the Oscars at the end of March. After the acquisition of Disney, Firefly Pictures is also on the right track. The cooperation with Columbia has also been finalized, and Eric has a month of leisure. time.

Therefore, although there is no time to participate in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”, there is still plenty of time to write the script of this movie in person. The script of one minute and one page, according to the memory in my mind, is slightly modified according to the current time background, Knocked out in less than a week.

These days, Nicole has also been living in Sharphorn Manor, personally watching Eric typing out the script of “Mrs. Smith” on the computer, and occasionally taking a few photos by the paparazzi when going out with Eric, It is inevitable that there will be some gossip and gossip.

After the “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” script was released, both Disney and Columbia quickly saw the script, and although there was a slight criticism that the film was not a special effects blockbuster, Columbia quickly accepted the project.

After the project was confirmed and Eric just had time to participate, Disney and Columbia couldn’t wait to start the preliminary preparations. In just one week, the budget table for the film was made, because it was the first film of the cooperation between the two sides. To make sure nothing goes wrong, the movie budget is fairly generous.

In the screening room, Eric, Katzenberg and Peter Cooper watched the shootout on the screen together. “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” involved a lot of shootout scenes. However, in the list of director candidates given by Disney and Columbia, None of them can satisfy Eric, and for Eric, when it comes to shooting scenes, the first thing that comes to his mind is, of course, classic Hong Kong films such as “The Heroes” and “Blood”.

“The most important thing in Hong Kong’s action films is to make the audience happy. You see, this shootout scene, the setting of the plot, the foreshadowing of the atmosphere, and the intense three-minute shootout at the end all reflect the director’s superb control skills. For Mr. & Mrs. Smith, what I wanted was a kind of elegant violence, a feeling that even if the hero and heroine were holding large-caliber shotguns, they looked like they were flirting with each other, not what Hollywood directors are better at Cruelty and realism,” Eric explained softly while looking at the movie screen, and what was playing on the screen was the famous Fenglin Pavilion shootout in “The True Color of Heroes”.

The three-minute gunfight scene without any lines was completed in one go. For ordinary audiences, this scene is just the climax of a movie, but many directors regard this scene as an important imitation object.

“Eric, don’t you want to invite those Hong Kong directors who can only make B-level films to direct “Mrs. & Mrs. Smith”?” Peter Cooper’s tone was a little disdainful, he did not appreciate the wonderfulness of “The True Color of Heroes” Instead, he sneered at the rough sets and images of Hong Kong films.

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“Why not?”

“It’s nothing, I’m just a little worried that they will screw up the movie,” Peter Cooper replied with a smirk, feeling the toughness in Eric’s tone.

Eric also didn’t want to get into a fight with Peter Cooper, explaining: “The film market in Hong Kong is too small, in order to ensure that the cost is recovered, the directors there have to compress the budget, which does not mean that they will only make B-rated films. ”

Eric, did you like the director of this movie?” Katzenberg pointed to the movie that was playing and asked.

Eric nodded, although Wu Baige’s painting style suddenly became fascinated by epic films in the later stage of his career in the original time and space, a “Wind Whisperer” broke his Hollywood road, and a “Peace Wheel” completely lost his life. The development of the mainland, but when it comes to shooting shootout films, the top films in the history of Hong Kong movies are basically Wu Baige’s works. If you count the time, Wu Baige should almost enter Hollywood, because “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” is still in the works. For the sake of making the sequel, Firefly has always kept in touch with the Hong Kong side, and now it is just time for the other party to match up.

(To be continued)

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