I’m in Hollywood Chapter 163: No flattering factors
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In a misty mansion all day long on the British Isles, the hostess Grace woke up from a nightmare again, wiped her eyes, and started her busy day. Her husband was not at home, she must be strong stand up.
I do n’t know why. The servants at home disappeared a while ago, so she posted an advertisement for servants. Three people came to apply today.
A gray-haired gardener, an old-hearted lady, and a shrunken mute girl, the combination of three looks very weird, but no one has applied for so long after the advertisement is posted For reasons, Grace accepted them and introduced them to a series of house rules.
I do n’t know if it ’s because of the arrival of the three people. Various strange things began to appear in the mansion. The daughter Annie claimed that she saw a little boy, and Grace heard some strange sounds from time to time. Seeing the three new servants always muttering and seemingly planning something, Grace became more and more disturbed. Until one day, the husband who went out to fight suddenly came back. Excited Grace thought that the family had the backbone, and life would return to the right track again, but the husband did not have the joy of reunion in Grace, seeing his wife and children. Instead, he became sad, spent a few days at home, and suddenly left again.
The strange things in the old house continue, and with her husband ’s departure again, Grace ’s spirit becomes more and more tense, and finally one day she discovers that all the curtains in the old house have been removed. Reese repeatedly emphasized that two sick children could not see the sun, so the angry hostess blamed it on the three servants and drove them out.
The two playful children ran out of the garden in the backyard one evening, and the little girl Annie found three tombstones. Upon closer inspection, she was shocked to find that the three tombstones were inscribed on the tombstones. The name of a new servant, and at the same time, the three servants also came out of the darkness again. Annie shouted his brother and ran to the gate, and Grace, who stumbled upon the "truth", rushed out quickly with a rifle , Guarding the child back to the ancient house, blocking the three ghosts from the door. When Grace repeatedly prayed for the three ghosts to let her family go, the two children who returned to the upper floor made a cry of exclamation, and Grace prayed to climb the stairs and push open a door, because of the spiritist ’s Spiritually, Grace finally saw another family in reality.
Everything and everything makes Grace have to face reality. It turns out that she and her two children are dead.
Hugging two children helplessly, the heartbroken hostess had to recall that sad past.
In the shouting voice of Grace and the two children, the movie officially ended, and the subtitles at the end have not yet been produced, so the lights in the projection room were lit directly.
"Eric, how is this time?"
Jonathan · Demme asked unconfidently, although he made a lot of changes in accordance with the opinions given by Eric, but Jonathan is still not sure whether it will satisfy Eric.
The Others was made in filmed in mid-June, and part of the post-production was carried out locally in United Kingdom, because some shots have to be made from time to time. The entire crew has been in United Kingdom until July before returning to United States.
After 《Running Out of Time》 ended, Eric once went to the shoots site of United Kingdom for a visit, personally watched the site shoots, and checked some of the shots completed by Jonathan shoots. Eric was very satisfied with the results of shoots of Jonathan. Perhaps it was affirmation before Eric. When Jonathan confidently edited the version he produced, the so-called Director edited version, to Eric, he was still confident that he spent a lot of energy editing the version that would be subject to Eric Approved.
But reality poured a pot of cold water on Jonathan fiercely, Eric frowned, after watching his edited version, directly signaled the staff to play from the beginning, while recording while watching while swiftly waiting for the video to be broadcast again After finishing, Eric has written more than 20 amendments on the notepad, involving lens, soundtrack, editing and other aspects, basically equivalent to completely pushing the Jonathan editing version.
Although Jonathan is a little dissatisfied, after all, he does not have the final editing rights, and he can only make drastic changes based on the opinions given by Eric.
After completing the production again according to the opinions of Eric, Jonathan is regarded as a film again, and I feel that this version is indeed much better than the version I edited before. Not only is the plot more compact, the suspense setting is also more confusing, and more focused The creation of a psychological suspense environment also makes Jonathan admire this young man in his twenties.
Although Jonathan has made a lot of preparations to get the position of this movie Director, some of the ideas originally proposed are also in line with the Eric vision, but many methods still can not escape the old horror film, this is not Jonathan I do n’t want to change it, but many habitual things are n’t meant to be changed if I want to change it. Innovation like this is easier said than done in any circle.
Hearing the question of Jonathan, Eric did not rush to answer the question of Jonathan, but leaned on the seat to carefully compare the differences and similarities between the original movie in my mind and the movie I just watched, Firefly Among the three films "The Others", 《Steel Magnolias》 and 《Scent of a Woman》 with additional investment, Eric is the most promising for the prospect of Box Office of "The Others", so he is also most interested in this movie.
The other two films 《Steel Magnolias》 and 《Scent of a Woman》, Eric are much more decentralized than "The Others", 《Steel Magnolias》 is entirely responsible for Herbert · Ross, Eric does not even participate in editing, and 《Scent of a Woman》 ’s final editing rights are In the hands of Eric, but in the future, the opinions of Al · Pacino will be very respected. In comparison, the production of "The Others" seems to be a bit "one-way." He also knows that the Director editing version that completely overthrows Jonathan is very hurtful, but in order for this film to be successful on Box Office, he had to do so.
When I first saw the edited version of Jonathan, the reason why I was able to list so many revisions at once was not the talent of Eric itself, but the reference to the original movie in my mind.
Even if his previous life has such an extraordinary talent, it has been worn away in so many years of lameness, and the rest is only the professional skills imprinted in the habits of Basic Instinct, just like a dozen in the kitchen. The master of the year, without using his mind, can simmer a table full of colors and flavors only according to his habit.
For a movie, even if it is the same script material, the difference between the movies edited by different people will be very large. Eric previous life has heard that someone re-edited through the lens, and edited a classic serious historical movie into a vulgar funny film, and the lines, materials, music, etc. have not changed, but the camera has been rearranged. Therefore, Eric is not demanding to be able to perfectly reproduce "The Others" exactly the same as in memory. Besides, the previous life film is not flawless. For example, the plot returned by Grace ’s husband is too plain to create a horror film. Due to the tension and suspense, Eric made some modifications to the plot of original in this version.
It took about ten minutes to compare them carefully, and Eric nodded gently: "Yes, basically, just make one or two minor changes in the details. As for the release, Jeffrey, Inform the person in charge of the other four Film Studio besides Fox and Columbia to see if they are interested in participating in an internal audition. "
Jonathan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Eric affirmation, and Jeffrey was hesitant: "Eric, it ’s not good not to inform Fox and Columbia, after all, is our cooperation with these two the closest?"
The Eric booth explained: "In view of the current situation, there will definitely be no small personnel changes after Columbia is acquired by Japanese. It is difficult to say how Japanese will operate after it gets Columbia. I am still a little worried about the division of 《Running Out of Time》 Can you get it back on time, so do n’t cooperate with them in the short term. As for Fox, they already have the rights to distribute my next two movies, and giving them will only cause us to grab resources from our own movies. "
Jeffrey suggested: "You can't do this. We invite people from Fox and Columbia as usual. As for the final cooperation or non-cooperation, wouldn't it be our final decision? If you don't invite, it would be rude."
Eric lowered his head and thought about it, or nodded: "Okay, just do what you say, and 《Steel Magnolias》 is also put together for a screening. As for 《Scent of a Woman》, let it go for the time being, let Al slowly toss Well, as long as it can be screened on a small scale at the end of the year, anyway, this movie is used to impact Oscar. "
After the two discussed the film release, Jonathan · Demme had the opportunity to interject: "Eric, will you go to Venice Film Festival in September?"
"Yes, I will at least go to the opening ceremony or awards ceremony," Eric replied.
In the three major film festivals of Europe, Venice Film Festival is the one that has the closest connection with the Chinese film industry. Eric previous life is very interested in Venice Film Festival. This time I just had a chance, of course I have to go there.
Speaking of it, it has been a year since I was born again. Eric has been busy. There is no time to relax. Maybe the trip to Venice can be used as a vacation. As for the award, the expectations of Eric are not too great. Although the plot setting of "The Others" is very novel, this movie is not only a commercial movie, but also a horror movie. Either of these two categories is very discriminated by the film festival judges, and This film includes these two least pleasing factors, and it is already a very good result to be shortlisted for the main competition in Venice.