I’m in Hollywood Chapter 348: Tempted thinking
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At the edge of the upcoming astronomical tide in Australia, Johnny let Bowie go. When he heard a colleague swear that Bowie had arrested him when he returned, Johnny murmured, ‘He wo n’t be back’. [ads: This site has a new website, shorthand method: strawberry, .cmxsw]
After finding Bowtie, Johnny also completed the first and last mission of his FBI career. After ending Angelo ’s wish, he dropped the FBI badge and began to pursue himself, or he was confused.
Unlike Johnny, Bowtie understood his goal from the beginning. He took his friends to travel all over the world, looking for higher, bigger and more dangerous waves, burning his passion and pursuing the most natural wildness .
They lived unscrupulously, disobeying the power system, and not based on moral common sense. In this spirit-killing world, they created a system of their own. But this system is destined not to be allowed by the real world, and Johnny, which represents the rules of reality, the moment when Utah broke into their lives, they were doomed to the end of their destruction.
The moment I finished watching script, Eric understood why previous life had never watched this movie. The free and rebellious views expressed in "Point Break" are incompatible with the conservative concept of life of most Orientals. This movie is destined not to be approved by too many people. Without approval, it is difficult to spread and can only be regarded as a classic in small circles.
Seeing that Eric put down script, Kathryn Bigelow immediately got up and prepared to deal with the various problems that Eric might have on script, but Eric did not do so, but instead picked up the budget table and continued to look up.
"20 million USD is not enough," Eric looked at the budget table and looked up to Kathryn Bigelow: "If shoots is carried out in full accordance with the script plot, a large number of skydiving lenses and surfing stunts will definitely increase the cost to 30 million USD, plus the later cost of announcement , This movie needs 80 million to recover the cost. "
80 million?
Kathryn Bigelow was stunned. The total Box Office of her last movie "Perak Blue Sky Envoy" was only more than 8 million. Although the cost of 3 million was less than that of "Perak Blue Sky Envoy", the movie also made money for investors. But at this time, I heard that this movie needs Box Office of 80 million USD to fully recover the cost. Kathryn Bigelow was upset.
She is just a woman. She does n’t have the madness of Cameron, and even Cameron has a moment of collapse. The Box Office task of 80 million USD will be burdened as soon as the film starts. This kind of pressure is not for everyone. It is now 1990. In this era, Hollywood produced hundreds of movies each year, but the number of movies with Box Office exceeding 100 million USD per year tends not to exceed 10, and the number of movies with 80 million USD does not exceed 20.
Not to mention Kathryn Bigelow is very clear, "Point Break" is not a Hollywood commercial. This made her take a subconscious look at Cameron. She originally wanted shoots, an art piece that satirized the federal system to expose human nature. There were not many surf shots and skydiving shots. In that case, the cost would not even exceed 10 million USD.
But the script in front of me was made with the staff of Cameron. Undoubtedly, those big scenes were added under the turmoil of Cameron.
Eric glances at Kathryn Bigelow to Cameron's small movements, and at the same time confirms his guess more.
He had previously watched "Blood Corpse Night" and "Thunderbolt Blue Sky Envoy" of shoots before Kathryn Bigelow, and he clearly understood the style of Kathryn Bigelow's works, therefore. When I just read script, I was basically able to guess which plots the Cameron stuffed into.
"Eric, script can also make some adjustments to reduce some unnecessary scenes. In this case, 20 million USD is enough," Kathryn Bigelow said, slightly lowering his head to pick up the script in front of Eric and tumbling a few times. Soon it was put down again.
I do n’t know if it ’s an illusion. Eric seems to see Kathryn Bigelow talking. His face flushed slightly, remembering that the woman had just flipped the small movements of script, Eric determined that he had read it correctly, and Kathryn Bigelow had just blushed.
Obviously. The woman is using the old trick of Cameron, first confirm the movie, as for the filming later, the investors have run out of money and let the investors figure it out, but Kathryn Bigelow is obviously not as cheeky as Cameron. Therefore, the unnatural expression will appear.
"But I think this script is very good and does not need any modification," Eric took script back, learned the movement of Kathryn Bigelow, and turned a few times.
"Ah, that ..." Kathryn Bigelow raised his head with a happy face, Eric was very satisfied with this script, then the investment must be no problem, but after the woman looked up, she saw Eric imitating the action she just flipped script, face Suddenly, there was a clear blush. She realized that Eric was intentional. The little guy clearly saw through the intention in what he just said.
Eric originally wanted to make a few more ridicules, but when I saw the slightly embarrassing appearance of Kathryn Bigelow, I swallowed what I was going to say. Anyway, I already got the initiative, not to mention, Kathryn Bigelow does not look as strong as James Cameron .
"Okay, Kate, budget matters, we will make appropriate adjustments in the future when shoots, let ’s talk about script first, I want to know, what is your positioning for" Point Break ", or , What do you want to express? "
If you are a worldly person, you should understand that what Eric just said about budget, just want to take the initiative in negotiation, but Kathryn Bigelow, who is usually very uncommunicative, is not aware of this, listen By Eric, the woman quickly got up and said, "I prefer this to be a sports movie, a story about the pursuit of freedom. At the end of the story, the characters in the play all got their own belongings. Taylor forgave Johnny, Angelo died under the wall of robbers, Johnny left FBI, Bottey lost all of his partners, and rushed to the sea without turning back. "
Eric nodded slightly: "What about the plot of robbing with the President avatar?"
"Eric, first of all, I want to declare that describing this behavior does not mean that I endorse this behavior."
"Of course, I can understand this, otherwise the Director of the shoots perverted murderous movie should be caught in prison."
"No, this is not the same. The shoots movie Director is using **** lenses to satisfy the deep desires of human hearts. But I just want to convey my opinions like people."
Okay, I am still a young literary girl, a beautiful, restrained, uncommunicative young literary girl, I love it so much.
Eric heard the truth about women. I couldn't help but think of this idea, and then immediately said: "Kate, you can see from some lines, what you want to convey, should be a kind of irony to the federal system. But have you ever thought about it, The most annoying thing for the audience is preaching, so we only need to express these allegations in the storyline. If we say it directly, it will be inferior, you see here ... "
After finishing Eric, turning script quickly found a page and spread script on the coffee table between the two.
The body of Kathryn Bigelow leans forward slightly, and finally the whole person kneels on the ground and listens to Eric's point of view with his head turned sideways. Famke Janssen, who had been sitting quietly next to him, gradually noticed the two people who got together, but subconsciously looked towards Cameron. I saw that Cameron was sitting on the executive chair where Eric was often sitting with their backs, looking at the script in front of him.
Although it ’s not long to get along, Famke Janssen thinks he still knows something about Eric. At this time, he notices that Eric seems to have unconsciously joined together with Kathryn Bigelow, and keenly feels that this little **** is definitely opposite Woman Tempted thought, because Famke knew that the more serious Eric is, the more bad thoughts might be brewing in her heart.
It's really bold enough, the husband can just sit in the house. Not to mention the age of this woman, Tsk Tsk.
Famke Janssen watched with interest for a while, then raised his wrist and pretended to look at his watch and said, "Eric. It's already eleven, do you want me to prepare lunch?"
The Eric that was suddenly interrupted did not show any displeasure, but said to Kathryn Bigelow: "Kate, what do you and Jim like to eat, I let Fami prepare it."
Sure enough, Famke Janssen thought positively. If Eric is really unconsciously discussing script with Kathryn Bigelow, he suddenly interrupted, with Eric's temperament, it will definitely be very unhappy, but at this time there is no unpleasant look on the face of the bastard.
Instead, Kathryn Bigelow was discussing script with Eric. When suddenly interrupted, his face was somewhat unnatural, but he did not show an unpleasant look. Hearing the problem of Eric, Kathryn Bigelow said: "Anything is fine. , Jim and I do not pay attention to these. "
Eric just said to Famke Janssen: "Then call for some takeaway, according to the recipes we often order, yes, help us get two pens first."
Famke Janssen got up and walked to the desk and pulled out two ball pens from the pen holder, and at the same time glanced at Cameron, Cameron was now frowning slightly at script, with a thoughtful look on his face, seeming to be thinking about how to achieve a certain lens, Obviously, she doesn't feel anything about the girl around her.
Famke really wanted to remind Cameron what she said, but she is not ignorant of Cameron. This big Director is said to have been married three times and is obviously also a flowery guy. In this case, Famke has just raised The thoughts dissipated suddenly.
Hand the ballpoint pen to Eric and Kathryn, the two took the pen, and soon wrote and painted on script.
Famke looked at it for a while, then shrugged slightly and walked out of the study.
James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow spent a whole day in the villa of Eric. Eric and Kathryn Bigelow discussed the details of shoots about "Point Break". At the same time, Cameron also watched several disaster films script of Eric. Finally, Cameron I have a strong interest in the script of "Independence", but it is not determined. The script of "Independence Day" is indeed very suitable for Cameron. The multi-line narrative is very similar to the "The Terminator" series. Eric believes that Cameron can definitely The filming of this movie is more exciting than Roland Emmerich.
However, Eric is not without worries. "Independence Day" is a special effects blockbuster. Even without Cameron, the budget is very amazing. If Cameron takes over, Eric is sure that the budget of this movie will at least double. Times, maybe even close to 200 million.
The North America Box Office of "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" in memory is only 200 million USD. "Independence Day" and "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" don't have much connotation, just a pure popcorn movie, and obviously don't have the great movie Box Office like "Titanic". Without absolute certainty, Eric will not rashly hand over "Independence Day" to Cameron, because the status of Firefly in Hollywood has just been determined. If 200 million USD fails to invest in Box Office, it will definitely hurt. After all, Cameron is not a panacea, just like "The Abyss", with an investment of 80 million, and Box Office is only 80 million. Although the subsequent overseas and DVD issuance can recover the cost, it is not destined to earn too much.
The following days, Eric discussed with Kathryn Bigelow about "Point Break", the preparation of "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" is also proceeding in an orderly manner, and, when Schwarzenegger was invited to appear, there were some situations, Schwarzenegger Although he is also an icm artist, he apparently has no friendship with Eric. For the invitation to "Terminator 2: Judgement Day", the other party's manager offered a high price of 15 million USD.
It's really sky-high. You know, the usual pay for top actor Hollywood in this era is only around 5 million USD. Schwarzenegger is equivalent to triple the average price in one breath. Eric is certainly impossible to agree.
The two sides were stuck in a stalemate. Although Schwarzenegger himself was relieved under the mediation of Cameron, the concessions were still not many, and Schwarzenegger was not even too interested in playing "Terminator 2: Judgement Day".
The Eric made a detailed investigation, only to understand the truth of the matter. It turned out that the roots were actually from the Germans.
Germans, yes.
However, speaking of it, it is not something that can be clarified in three or two sentences, which involves a lot, even starting from the merger of East and West Germany.
It turned out that since the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany and West Germany merged. In order to integrate the two countries economically as quickly as possible, the German government inevitably issued a large amount of currency, which caused a certain degree of inflation, and Germany ’s Mark appreciated. , Just like the appreciation of the yen, it will definitely cause domestic capital to flow to the international market.
Of course, this is only the root cause. The next step is the tax reform. The German high-income people ’s personal income tax is as high as 51%. The rich pay taxes every year. The German government encourages German investment to promote the development of Film Industry When making a movie, as long as the Germans put their income into the movie, then this income will not only need to pay personal income tax, but will have a certain percentage of tax refund. Moreover, this policy requires that the movie does not even need to be filmed in Germany shoots As long as copyright belongs to the Germans, it is fine.
Inspired by this policy, a large amount of German funds quickly flowed to Hollywood, and these investors also thought that they were not stupid. They were not interested in independent films at all, but only aimed at those big investments and big productions. Movies with big stars joining.
Under the matchmaking of some powerful producers of Hollywood, the Germans quickly took aim at the stars of Stallone and Schwarzenegger. The remuneration of Schwarzenegger and others also rose, and they all reported 15 million USD Sky-high pay. "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" just hit this trend of rising prices. (To be continued.)
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