I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 597
[Chapter five hundred and ninety-two internal preview]
Chapter 592
Many years later, the soldier Ryan, who was already in his twilight years, came to the Normandy cemetery where 120,000 lives were buried again, and touched the unforgettable name on the white tombstone, as if returning to the year.
The sound of the waves around the landing craft was like the uneasy cry of the soldiers before the war. The habitually trembling fingers unscrewed the aluminum kettle. Captain Miller took a gulp of water, and his deputy also stuffed a ball of chocolate into his mouth. Try to keep yourself calm.
With the cue from the helmsman that the landing was about to happen, Captain Miller and his second-in-command Horvath began to hurriedly once again reminded the soldiers to pay attention to the landing. However, these words did not seem to have any effect, the hatch opened, and the rapid machine gun The sound of strafing immediately caused the soldiers in the cabin who had no time to respond to collapse.
This tragic scene that did not give any buffer space immediately caused many audiences in the screening room to gasp, and the constantly shaking lens of the portable camera gave people an immersive illusion.
The next picture is even more heartstrings tense.
Some people struggled to jump into the water, but were hit by bullets and never surfaced again; some struggled toward the shore, but fell on the way before they got close to the beach; Looking at the wounded comrades, after the sound of the cannon, he found that only half of the corpse was left in his hand…
Eric saw that a female executive of the publishing department sitting not far to the left had already covered his eyes with a face full of expression. , and most of the others also showed a solemn look.
Glancing at Catherine beside her, the woman clutched the armrest of the seat tightly with her fingers, obviously not in a relaxed mood.
After the 20-minute invasion of Normandy.
With the camera cut to the mail room.
Eric clearly felt that everyone in the theater was greatly relieved.
Someone raised their hand and seemed to want to applaud the just-successful war scene, but quickly realized that this kind of movie was not suitable for such a reaction, so they let it go.
Eric looked at Katherine who was not at all relaxed, patted her hand, leaned over and said softly, “How about we go out for a walk?”
This is the first time after the final cut of “Saving Private Ryan” At the internal preview meeting, Catherine shook her head and said, “Is this bad?”
Eric stretched out his hand and drew straight down, and said softly, “You have such a straight back. You are blocking other people’s sight.”
Catherine Her mood was already extremely uneasy, and she felt a lot more relaxed when she heard Eric’s slightly joking remark. She felt that Eric directly took her hand and wanted to pull her up and leave together.
Catherine quickly broke free, but the whole The man had already left his seat, so he had to walk out of the theater with Eric.
The projection room was on the first floor of the Firefly Studios Administration Building. The two left the projection room and closed the door to cut off the sound of the movie. The surroundings immediately became quiet.
Because it’s Saturday.
Although there are still many crews working in the studio, there are not many people working overtime in the administrative building.
Eric put his hand in his pocket, glanced at Catherine, who was slender in a black leather jacket and jeans, and said, “Would you like to go to my office for a cup of coffee? Anyway, we’ve seen it many times, wait for them to see Let’s come over when we’re done.”
Catherine dared to be alone in a room with this little man who always made her feel confused, pointed to the concrete corridor outside the floor-to-ceiling glass window, and said, “Let’s go outside for a walk.”
“Ok,” Ai said.
Rick took the lead.
The park of Playa Vista Studios is generally a northeast-oriented rectangle, parallel to the Bellona Canal that flows through downtown Culver.
Eric looked at Catherine who walked out of the administrative building, and looked back with some worry in his eyes. He found a topic and said, “Catherine, I have always been curious, what is the ” in the name of Bellona Canal next to the studio. I mean, you know what?”
Because of her deep understanding of classical oil paintings, Catherine was very familiar with some of the Western mythological figures involved. Although she was a little absent-minded, she blurted out without hesitation: “That is a tall and beautiful god of war in ancient Rome…” said After finishing this sentence, the woman immediately realized something and glared at Eric, but there was no annoyance in her eyes, but a hint of shyness that was not easily discernible.
Eric smiled and said: “I think the name Bellona is very nice and suitable for you. The name Catherine is too popular.”
“Then do you know that Bellona corresponds to the goddess of war Ennio in Greek mythology. She is a very bloody and cruel woman. According to legend, after the Trojan horse slaughtered the city, Troy bleeds into a river, but she drank all the blood in the city while she was drunk.”
Eric spread his hands innocently: “This kind of thing doesn’t need to be studied so deeply. Well, I’ve never heard of such an unpopular side story.”
Katherine smiled and said with a faint smile, “You brought up this topic first.”
“Well, it’s my fault,” Ai said. Rick smiled and shook his head: “Then say something else, what’s your plan next?”
Catherine said: “Take a break, walk around, and then come back to work, remember Betsy, she said Columbia University There will be a pop art exhibition next week, and I’m going to see it.”
Eric only vaguely knew that some pop art was a representative of popular culture, and he hadn’t delved into what it was.
“Maybe I’m going to New York recently, will you still stay in that hotel in Soho?”
Catherine recalled the time the two spent together at Sixty Soho three years ago, and everything seemed as clear as yesterday. , said involuntarily: “Maybe, but, also… Maybe live in Becky’s house.”
“It’s not good to disturb others, I have a high-rise apartment at the exit of Sixth Avenue, you can see Central Park, maybe you can live in There.”
Catherine stopped and stared at Eric for a few seconds. Seeing that the little man didn’t look guilty at all, she became embarrassed: “You, you have to live by yourself, I’d better go to the hotel. , so that no one will disturb.”
Eric still had a faint smile on his face, and said calmly: “ok, give me a call when you live. Maybe we can still be neighbors.”
Catherine felt that she was simply There is an urge to run away.
This little bastard.
How can you be so stubborn, so rascal.
The woman was picking and choosing in a panic, and finally thought of a trick to ‘change the subject’ and said, “When the movie is finished, you asked me to save all those props for what to do, put those things in the warehouse in Ireland, How about a large storage fee every month?”
For the filming of “Saving Private Ryan”, the crew prepared thousands of sets of costumes during World War II.
There are also a variety of landing craft, off-road vehicles, and countless other pieces of props. These things cost tens of millions of dollars. Of course, Eric can’t be like many movies after the movie is shot. Dispose of it at will.
What’s more, he has a better recycling method in mind.
While it was fun to watch women clumsily change the subject, Eric didn’t keep teasing Katherine, just in case it scared off: “I’m going to use these things to make a mini-series of WWII movies, and It is in the same vein as the story of “Ryan”, which reflects the story of a company going deep into the enemy’s rear after the invasion of Normandy during World War II. Catherine. You have done so much preparation before, and you must know the history of World War II better than I do. Are you interested? To be the producer of this miniseries?”
Katherine asked: “The cost of war dramas should be high, right, how much are you going to spend?”
“With these props and the production team of ‘Ryan’, every episode The production cost will not be higher than 10 million, and I plan to make ten episodes first.”
“That’s 100 million dollars. “Ryan” only cost 70 million. I’m still worried about whether I can recover the cost. You have to spend 100 million to make a TV series.” Catherine shook her head, then laughed, watching He said to Eric: “I almost forgot, you are the richest man in the United States now, and you are not short of money at all.”
Eric has recently become accustomed to the words of people around him teasing him, and smiled: “I am the richest man in the United States. , but not a fool. Don’t worry, after the release of “Ryan”, there will definitely be a wave of war movies. Taking the opportunity to launch such a mini-series, it is no problem to recover the cost through multi-channel operation. I just want to buy a TV. Network, using such a mini-series can also enhance the brand effect of the TV network.”
Catherine shook her head: “I don’t understand this, but I have heard some news, I heard that the negotiation between you and the company broke down?
” K said: “There is no rupture, but it’s just at the last minute. It depends on whether the other side is willing to take a step back. If it goes well, I will go to New York next week to attend the signing ceremony.”
“Today is the 12th, the Oscars are awarded. The ceremony is held on the 21st,” Katherine said, suddenly not knowing whether she was relieved or lost, if this is the case, Eric must be back in New York after a few days: “I heard that they invited you to present the best award this time. Film awards, which rarely happened in the past.”
Because of the butterfly effect, Schindler’s List, which should have appeared this year, was moved forward by a year. This year belongs to the Oscar year, and none of the well-known directors has launched an individual. works.
For the sake of ratings, at the beginning of the year, the Oscar Organizing Committee Zhu Xi personally invited Eric to participate in this awards ceremony. At first, they hoped that Eric would be the first to appear to boost the popularity of the awards ceremony, but in three In August, after the new issue of “Forbes” magazine was released, the other party changed his mind again, hoping that Eric would appear last and award the best film of the heavyweight. This kind of award is usually given by a well-respected Hollywood celebrity, but with Eric. Rick’s strength and fame in Hollywood now, and no one will think that he is not qualified for the best picture award.
“Speaking of Oscar, tonight is holding a warm-up party at the Sunset Tower Hotel. Kapoor called and invited me to show up. Your brokerage contract is also there. Would you like to go with me?”
Catherine shook her head and said, “I don’t want to. , I plan to go home early to rest.”
Eric saw the fleeting heartbeat flashed across Catherine’s expression, but then refused, pondered for a while, and came up with a possible reason.
Not only Catherine, because of the cooperation with Firefly Pictures, Cameron’s brokerage contract is also in place. Catherine obviously doesn’t want to meet Cameron, so Eric will not say anything.
The two walked around the corridor in the park, and drank a cup of coffee in the cafe. They felt that “Saving Private Ryan” was about to end, and then they walked towards the administration building.
When entering the screening hall, the fluorescent lamps in the screening hall were already on, and the employees of the publicity department who participated in the internal preview were all whispering. When they saw Eric and Catherine walking in, everyone stopped chatting and was silent for a moment. After that, everyone applauded in unison.
Because the negotiations were suspended, Katzenberg, who just came back from New York to participate in the internal preview, walked over and said, “Ms. Katherine, congratulations on making a great movie, if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would have never seen it with my own eyes. I
‘ll believe it.”
Katherine knew Katzenberg wasn’t telling the whole story, and he must have meant that he would never believe it was made by a woman.
However, Catherine didn’t mind either, smiled and shook hands with Katzenberg, and said, “Thank you for your affirmation, Jeffrey.”
Katzenberg nodded, and then to Eric Said: “However, Eric, there are two very important issues with this film, one is the length, 170 minutes, close to three hours, I suggest that it is best to edit it again. In addition, it is the rating issue, this film If you cut out the bloody part, you will be able to get pg-13, but it will lose the authenticity of the scene, but if you don’t modify it, the r-level is certain.”
Eric knows Katzenberg’s character very well. As a workaholic, Katzenberg has many executives who are good at sociability, but he tends to be straight-forward when it comes to work, so he doesn’t mind Katzenberg. Grid’s confession, said: “Jeffrey, the rough cut version of this film is four and a half hours. Catherine and I have done the maximum trimming. I don’t think the 170-minute market can be shortened any more. As for the r-level , “The Terminator” has proved that an R-rated film does not mean a box office failure, so this is nothing to worry about. It is a war film after all.”
Katzenberg himself also realized this, from Ai After hearing the confirmation here, Rick did not continue to entangle. As a professional filmmaker, he also felt that the plot of the film was too tight to be modified. It was just a professional instinct and proposed to Eric. own opinion.
(To be continued.)
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