I’m in Hollywood Chapter 499: referral

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Eric raised his eyebrows slightly in doubt, and said with a smile: "Do I already have a" former convict ", but how can I not remember this?"

Kathryn heard from the tone of Eric that the little man was about to start a certain mode of acting, simply holding his glass slightly in front of him and saying nothing.

Watching the woman make a defensive posture, Eric did n’t export anymore, raised her wrist and looked at the watch, said: "It's still five minutes away, hasn't Neil Jordan come yet?"

"Isn't it five minutes," Kathryn looked at his watch and said so.

"You didn't tell me on the phone last time, how could you know him?"

Kathryn replied: "Last month I went to United Kingdom for" Saving Private Ryan ". I attended the premiere of a movie at the invitation of a friend. It was Neil shoots, called" The Crying Game ". I think this one The film was great. I chatted with him at the reception after the premiere. Neil is a very talented person. During the conversation, he said that if he wanted to go to Hollywood, I would think of you. I hold a big Film Studio in here, surely I will not refuse to sign a few talented Director? "

Eric nodded: "Of course I will not refuse, as long as he is really capable, he will definitely be able to break his place in Hollywood."

The Director and Actor of the Europe countries have developed to a certain extent in their own countries, and they almost want to develop towards Hollywood, and they do not have natural ethnic barriers like Asians. Therefore, many Europe Director can often successfully enter Hollywood If you can adapt to the rules of Hollywood again, it will definitely be quite moist.

However, Eric will not hear someone introduce a certain Director, so it is easy to meet with each other. The reason for agreeing to the introduction of Kathryn Bigelow is mainly because Eric has some knowledge of Neil Jordan in memory, this Irish Director The most famous movie is that "Interview with the Vampire". On the phone, Kathryn told Eric that Neil Jordan was interested in the change of a vampire novel.

A few minutes later, a dark-haired white man in his forties finally arrived at the manor and saw that Eric and Kathryn were already waiting for themselves. I'm a little apologetic.

"Neil, this is Eric Williams, Eric, this is Neil Jordan," Kathryn introduced the two. Eric reached out and shook the other side, and led the other side towards the villa.

Entering the villa, Neil Jordan tried to suppress his thoughts of looking around, smilingly chatting with Eric.

The three people sat down at the small round table beside the glass curtain wall. Neil Jordan looked at the endless sea level outside the window and finally exclaimed: "Mr. Williams, it is so gorgeous here, just like a dream."

"Thank you, Neil, just call me Eric." Eric said with a smile. The three of them talked about some recent movies and switched to vampire without knowing it.

"I heard that" Four Hundred Years of Surprises "originally wanted shoots to become TV series. The Actress named Winona. Reid discovered this script and introduced it to Coppola. In the second screening, film critic got very high scores. In this case, Coppola can almost finally make up for the shortfall caused by his Film Studio from this movie in the past few years. Although "Fear of 400 Years" has not yet been released However, there is no doubt about the reputation of this movie and the prospect of Box Office. I feel that taking advantage of the vampire craze caused by this movie, it is a good choice to make an vampire theme movie, "Neil Jordan said eloquently, obviously doing some homework.

After the success of "The Crying Game". The development of Neil Jordan in the Europe movie circle has reached a bottleneck. If you want to get better development, entering Hollywood is undoubtedly the best choice.

Eric has heard the praise of "The Crying Game" in Europe from Kathryn. He previous life has also heard of this movie, but he only knows some simple information and did not see it as a film. In the chat, Eric did not feel surprised to hear that Neil Jordan said that the producer had sold the distribution rights of North America to Miramax.

However, since coming by invitation, Neil Jordan certainly did not expect to be able to impress Eric with just a mouthful of leather, but took out the video tape of "The Crying Game" from the carry-on bag, and Eric also praised this one Felt a little curious about the movie, and took them to the manor's screening room.

Seeing that Neil Jordan was interested in the videotapes and film copies in several big lockers in the projection room, Eric enthusiastically introduced it to the other party, and Kathryn took the tape of "The Crying Game" to the projection equipment.

After debugging the videotape, press the play button. Kathryn accidentally glimpsed several videocassettes stacked next to the video recorder. He picked it up and looked at it. He raised the Eric coming over: "How do you see this kind of film? "

Eric saw Kathryn holding a box of 1990 version "Captain America", shook his head and said: "Don't mention it, these **** will almost hurt me."

These video tapes are exactly what Eric asked Tina Fey to find for themselves. These years have changed Marvel Comics's movie work, but after watching it, Eric has no thoughts about Tucao. , Special effects ... there are no special effects at all, and the action design is also terrible. In short, except for the comic hero who can be distinguished from the protagonist's wear in the movie, there is no other half of the Marvel Films in the Eric memory. Style, Eric also almost understand why Marvel Comics had so many Superhero characters in the mid-nineties, but came to the edge of bankruptcy.

Kathryn heard the complaint from Eric, smiled, put down the video tape, got up and turned off the light of the projection room, sat next to Eric, and whispered while the movie was opening, "You would n’t be Seeing Warner's "Batman", do you also want to participate in the movie? "

Eric deliberately whispered in a mysterious tone: "Yeah, it's a pity that it's not yet time, but you must not disclose this matter, otherwise it will definitely be preempted by others."

"I'm too lazy to take care of your business," Kathryn replied, quieting as the movie on the screen began.

Although Neil Jordan sitting on the other side of Eric is focused on the screen, his attention has not left the conversation between the two. Hearing the last sentence of Kathryn, he could n’t help but raised the eyebrow. The two parties may not be able to distinguish, but he, a bystander, can clearly discover the difference in the tone of Kathryn's speech to Eric, which is a kind of intimacy that only appears between lovers.

Neil Jordan secret road seems to be that the legendary Hollywood tycoon in his early twenties is in love, but his mother ’s feelings are true, but he quickly converged. And subconsciously told myself that it is best to rotten this thing in the stomach.

Eric certainly does not know the thoughts of this Irish Director beside him. If he knows it, he will definitely scream injustice. He just put on this young skin!

The story of "The Crying Game" ​​happened during the independence war between Northern Ireland and United Kingdom. United Kingdom soldier Jody was kidnapped by Northern Irish soldiers. The Northern Irish Army wanted to use him as a bargaining chip in exchange for their captive companions, but in the end the exchange of captives was unsuccessful, and the Northern Irish Army decided to execute Jody.

Forgus, the Northern Irish soldier responsible for guarding Jody, became a good friend with each other while guarding Jody, so in the end, Fergus did not kill Jody in private, but let the other party go, but Under the circumstance, Jody died under the British tank. Later, Fergus came to London as an undercover, relying on the tokens Jody left him. I saw the 'girlfriend' Deere, whom Jodi had always cherished before his death.

Fogus fell in love with Deere at first sight, and the two quickly fell in love. However, in a small hotel in London, the moment before the two were passionate, Deere took off his clothes, and Fergus was surprised. It was discovered that Deere was originally a boy.

This surprisingly big turn left Eric a bit surprised, and at the end of the movie, Fergus was put in jail, but Deere did not leave.

Neil Jordan wants to express many feelings in "The Crying Game". In addition to unwarranted accusations of war, more of them are analyzing the contradictions and struggles of human nature. The plot of the film is bizarre, and it doesn't cost much pen and ink on homosexuality.

However, after watching this movie. Eric was most impressed. In the end, Fergus did not say that he died, but was imprisoned, and Deere was waiting for Fergus to be released from prison. This is a bit hopeful story in bitterness, with contradictions and tangles. Confused and struggling, depressed but not desperate, in Eric's view, this story is better and truer than those smashed movies that wish to tear all hope apart.

Although there were only three people in the auditorium, Eric applauded gently after the movie ended: "Neil, this is a great movie. I now have some regrets that Firefly did not get the distribution rights."

"Thank you for your appreciation, Eric, so glad you can recognize this movie," Neil Jordan replied. "The Crying Game" is his most satisfying work from the film for more than ten years. Hearing the young Hollywood tycoon's affirmation, Neil Jordan I also felt a little more confident in my entry into Hollywood.

Turn off the video recorder and Neil Jordan carefully collected the video tape before walking out of the screening room with Eric and Kathryn.

"So, are you going to the" Interview with the Vampire "of shoots Anne Rice?" Back to the rest area next to the curtain wall to sit down again, Eric turned the topic to the purpose of this trip of Neil Jordan.

"Yes, Eric, but of course, I have also done some understanding before." Interview with the Vampire "is a best-selling novel that has been published since 1976. The current film and television adaptation rights have long been out of the hands of Anne Rice, but under Warner. David Geffen Production Studio there, "Neil Jordan finished talking and looked at Eric, looking forward to the other party ’s reaction.

Although Neil Jordan's "The Crying Game" got a good response in Europe, after all, this movie is more inclined to literary and artistic films, otherwise it will not fall into the hands of Miramax, which is mainly based on the prize, and Europe is the most indispensable , Is the talented literary film Director.

So, even if Neil Jordan is interested in "Interview with the Vampire", but if he voluntarily recommends himself to Warner, 99% of the chances are that he will be rejected. Although this time he received a recommendation from Kathryn, he was able to He was given the opportunity to interview with Eric, but Neil Jordan did not have much expectation before, and now the results have made him overjoyed.

Of course Eric knows what Neil Jordan said, and after thinking for a while, it said: "copyright is not a problem, if Firefly is interested, Warner will not be stingy with Firefly, but the most important thing now is that you need to get it Come up with a production plan that will impress Production Studio. I think you should have read the original work of this novel many times? "

"Of course," Neil Jordan heard Eric say this, and nodded quickly: "I have also conceived some ideas for a long time. If you need, I can sort out the materials tomorrow."

Eric waved his hand and shook his head: "No, don't worry so much, you can take your time, as long as your plan is good enough, Firefly will definitely invest in this movie."

The three of them chatted until the evening. Eric saw Drew's small girl obliquely carrying a pink small bag and came in from the outside, reaching out to stop the girl: "Drew, let us prepare dinner for us," said After this sentence, Eric looked at Neil Jordan and Kathryn: "Do you guys like anything to eat?"

"No, Eric, I still have something to do at night. I'm afraid I can't stay and have dinner," Neil Jordan quickly got up and said goodbye. Although the two parties were very speculative, Neil Jordan didn't feel that they should stay with each other. It's better to have dinner in the restaurant outside, but this occasion is too private after all.

After hearing Neil Jordan say this, Kathryn also stood up.

"Since you have something to do, I won't keep you anymore," Eric didn't insist on keeping Neil Jordan, but looked at Kathryn: "You should have nothing to do at night?"

"I have!" Kathryn replied immediately, but his eyes dodged.

Eric stared at the woman for a few seconds before saying, "That's it, it's gone. Just stay and eat. Just talk about" Saving Private Ryan ". You didn't say you had some new ideas last time Is it? "

"You always do this," Kathryn subconsciously complained again, but instead of insisting on leaving, he sent Neil Jordan out with Eric. (To be continued.)