King of Hollywood Chapter 35: Promotion of new movies

As the plot continues to develop, the audience finally sees the basic clues and frames. The actor Leonard has not only lost his wife because of the rapist, but also suffered from short-term amnesia-the director specifically used it here The bar waitress spitting into the hip flask to make an explanation, but also caused the audience's laughter-the protagonist of the rest of the life used photos to help him remember, and began to tirelessly search for the **** thinking Revenge for his wife.

　　It's just that the director used a two-line approach of narration and retelling to tell the story. Although the structure is very novel, it seems inevitable that it is a bit difficult. If you don't pay attention, you may miss some clues. For example, the actor is obviously related to Teddy who was shot by him in the beginning, and he is also weird when explaining his symptoms by telling the same person who also had short-term amnesia and killed his wife. It is a pity that there are too many clues and they are intertwined, and the plot develops very quickly, which is difficult to understand.

　　 But for this reason, this movie is very attractive. If it is not in a movie theater, someone might jump up and ask to replay a certain clip.

　　 Finally, the movie is at the end, everything has been revealed, even if there are a lot of clues left by the audience, they still understand the ending. Teddy was a policeman. He had helped Leonard find a criminal who raped his wife, and Leonard had revenge for it, but he forgot. Then Teddy used him to kill a drug dealer and swallowed $200,000, and Leonard, who knew it all no longer trusted him, and took pictures of him not to be fooled. In the end, under various factors, Leonard killed Teddy as the murderer of his wife, so there was a beginning scene, but it is unknown whether Leonard will forget.

　　 As the subtitles were played, the lights turned on. However, there was no applause in the theater, only intermittent discussions. Although I have roughly understood what this story is, it is not easy to see in many places. For example, is it true that the person with transient amnesia in Leonard's mouth is really someone else, or is it just his imagination? Was his wife killed by the **** or was it caused by him? The audience exchanged their opinions, forgetting that the movie was over.

　　 "It looks like this movie has failed, and there wasn't even applause." Adrian, who was sitting in the back of the crew, said with a sigh, "I have to say, Dan, you really disappoint me."

　　 "I?" Sitting at Laverne Dennis looked at Adrian inexplicably.

　　 "Yes, you are an actor, shouldn't you take some responsibility?" Adrian was serious about his face.

　　 "This..." Dennis looked down for a while, and after a while sighed: "Cate and Joe are also actors."

　　 "That's different," Adrian waved his hand immediately, "You have the most drama."

　　The Cate sitting next to him finally couldn’t hold back and laughed out loudly: “Okay, Ed, don’t make fun of Dan anymore, didn’t you hear their discussion? Maybe the applause will sound right away Of."

　　 As soon as the words fell, the applause rang. There was only one person at the beginning. Most of them were added after a few seconds. It was just because of the discussion of the plot of the movie. Slightly sparse.

　　 "How is it?" Cate immediately proudly lifted his chest.

　　 "Very good, very good." Adrian laughed and kissed her beautiful face with a smile.

　　 Joe Pantoriano patted Dennis on the shoulder and said with a serious tone: "Let’s go, Dan, this has become a place for them to flirt. "

Several crew members around 　　 chuckled abruptly. Cate was a little embarrassed to stop coughing.

　　 "Okay, guys, it's almost the same, we should also leave." Seeing that the audience has begun to go out in twos and threes, Adrian stood up to greet everyone to go back, but he was caught when he walked into the aisle The person stopped.

　　 "Hello, Mr. Adrian, I’m John Bateson of the Los Angeles Evening News, can I ask you a few questions?" said the first man with brown hair and fair features.

　　 "Mr. Adrian, I am a reporter from "East Republic", can you talk about your movie?" The man behind Bateson stretched out his hand. He has a very striking ear and is a French. People, because he uses French.

　　 There are still a few people behind them who are introducing themselves in their native language or quirky English. Adrian nodded his head and glanced at Laffern who was behind him. Laffern shrugged slightly. Shrug.

Are all tabloids? Well, it doesn't matter. Adrian smiled and raised his hand: "Thank you for your support, please ask me if you have any questions. Of course, please don't be too tricky. I think you definitely don't want me to say something like no comment?"

　　Although the mainstream of the Berlin Film Festival is a politically oriented film, it can be regarded as one of the most influential film festivals in the world. There are still many outstanding films, such as the one that was taken at the 64th Oscar "The Silence of the Lambs", the best movie and the best male and female characters And like Dennis, Anthony Hopkins and Judy Foster, the main actors, also attended the Berlin Film Festival.

　　Although Adrian, the director and producer of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", has received a lot of attention in the past few months, he is still a new director, and the news value of the director in the eyes of reporters is always no less than those of big stars , So well-known media have turned around those more well-known directors and superstars.

　　However, it doesn’t matter, it is better than nothing. A few months ago, when I was in Venice, even after "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" received good reviews, no reporter came to visit him-although taking Cate to play around is also one of the reasons.

　　Adrian's cooperative attitude has won many people's favor. The first question was the French reporter: "I want to know, what is the purpose of your editing, Mr. Adrian?"

　　 "Of course it’s storytelling. The editing methods that make people surprised or surprised or confusing are all for telling good stories." Adrian replied with a smile, but it is inevitable to call a idiot in my heart, although there are concerns Good thing, but if people are stupid, there is no way. Tabloids are just tabloids.

　　 "This is a surprising movie. Can I know who killed Leonard's wife?" This time I asked John Bateson of the Los Angeles Evening News.

　　Another one... Adrian shrugged: "I'm sorry, I can't just say this, I can only say that all the clues are in the movie. If you still have questions or something is wrong, you may wish to watch it again in the theater. ."

　　 Other reporters in the tabloids always asked questions around the plot, which made Adrian depressed. But it's right to think about it. The tabloids are chasing those lace news that are very eye-catching. They will come to visit him. In addition to just meeting, it is probably because the suspense of the movie is too attractive. From this point...not bad.

　　Because they were walking away while chatting, a group of people quickly came out of the theater, and Adrian immediately gave La Verne a look. Lavern nodded deliberately and suddenly said aloud: "If you are not satisfied, please ask Mr. Dennis Knight, he is the first protagonist of the whole movie."

　　 The reporters were startled and immediately surrounded Dennis. Sure enough, in the eyes of reporters, especially the entertainment reporters of the tabloids, the value of actors is still much greater than that of the director. Dennis was obviously flattered. Although there were only 7 or 8 reporters around and all were tabloid reporters, when did he get such treatment? Even after appearing in a movie with a good reputation at the box office. But he calmed down and responded with a smile, seeing that he liked the scene.

　　 Seeing that the reporters' attention was attracted by Dennis, Adrian dragged the Cate silently away. I believe that with Dennis's ability plus La Verne and Pantoriano to mention a little, there will be no problem.

　　 "Really, I still want to stay there and wait for them to ask me some questions?" After walking through two streets and seeing that those reporters could not find them, Cate suddenly complained like this, but look at that The crooked crescent eyes and the laughing expressions knew what she was thinking.

　　 "Well, then, superstar, Miss Cate·Beckinsale, how do you feel about your role this time?" Adrian asked with a smile.

　　 "Hmm..." Cate tilted his head for a moment, his face suddenly collapsed, "I feel...not very good."

　　 "Why?" Adrian was a little surprised.

　　"Think about it, my first character was a guy who smoked marijuana all day long, and had no sense of confusion, and there was no line in it; and my second character, full of swear words, was a victim. The killed boyfriend of drug trafficking...No one is normal." Cate sighed, "especially the makeup applied in "Memento"... It's so ugly, I don't dare to see it on the screen, it's really strange, When I was on the set, I didn't think it was ugly..."

　　Adrian couldn't help but laughed: "Okay~IndoMTL.com~ When you have time, I will see if there is a romantic comedy suitable for you. Those who are dressed up are **** and beautiful. The fascinating character."

　　Cate just wanted to say a good word, but when I saw Adrian's seemingly non-smiling look, I swallowed back.

　　 "What's wrong... isn't it?" Cate asked a little.

　　 "No, it's nothing." Then change Adrian and sigh, "Frankly speaking, you played great in "Memento", Bidan is better, second only to Joe."

　　 This is true. Although Dennis did a very good job, makeup and acting basically met the requirements of Adrian, but because of being too young, he did not do enough in some small details. Ordinary viewers may not be aware of it, but I have seen this Adrian countless times as an editor. Fortunately, the story is good enough to make up for this.

　　Cate is also young, even too young, but she doesn’t like Dennis, the lens runs through the whole movie; second, the younger she is, the more aura she is, and the more malleable it is, plus there is a pair Adrian, who is too familiar with the movie, slightly modified the script and guided it from the side, and specially made the makeup artist to hide her beauty from the ugly costume that was uglier than the original version, so it played very well.

　　 (I went to watch "Girls Secret Agents" yesterday, full screen CG, the translation of "sweet peas" and "big money" was also dead. But aside, these stories are actually very sad, It’s a pity that most people’s attention is focused on CG. But it also shows how important storytelling is for the director. Schneider is still a lot worse than Nolan. This movie could have been comparable to “The Dream” It’s a pity.)