"The Lighthouse by the Sea" tells the story of two lonely tower keepers.
Adapted from the work "The Lighthouse" by a famous American and American writer.
This novel was very sensational in this world in the 1980s, and indirectly promoted the legal protection and support of love among special groups.
The rights to adapt the novel were bought early by director Marie Vane, who spent nearly ten years preparing the film...
After Zhou Yang flipped through the script for a while, he suddenly felt that this movie looked very much like a scene from "Brokeback Mountain", but there seemed to be no direct or indirect intimate scenes.
The script is not uncomfortable to read, at least the script adapted by director Mary Vane seems to purely describe the hard work and loneliness of the night watchman on the isolated island day and night.
There is actually nothing to change in the script.
Zhou Yang didn't know the current environment in America, let alone what those lighthouse people were like. He only made partial adjustments to some trivial lines in the script and wrote some self-righteous suggestions.
After writing it, I felt it was inappropriate, so I threw the suggestion into the trash can and handed the script to Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen glanced at the advice on the trash can, and then looked at Zhou Yang in confusion.
"Director Zhou, isn't this such a pity..."
"It's no pity. The script is very good. There are no problems and nothing to add."
"good."
Zhao Zhen is a contracted artist of Huaxing...
Naturally, every film I accept has to go through China Star's contract and review process.
The film "The Lighthouse by the Sea" was offered a salary of two million U.S. dollars. Although this is not enough in front of many first-line celebrities, it is a considerable amount of income for Zhao Zhen. The most important thing is that this is his
The first leading role in his career, well, even though it was a heroine, he cherished it very much.
After signing the contract, Zhao Zhen was obviously very happy.
But then he seemed to think of something, hesitated for a while, and looked at Zhou Yang as if he mustered up the courage: "Director Zhou, can I take a look at the things in the trash can?"
"Well, if you are interested, you can read it, but the writing is messy and there is nothing interesting to read."
"fine!"
After hearing Zhou Yang's agreement, Zhao Zhen felt like he had found a treasure.
He lowered his head and took out the crumpled piece of draft paper from the trash can and carefully stuffed it into his arms: "Director Zhou, have I gone over to ponder the script of "Infernal Affairs"?"
"Go ahead..."
Zhou Yang smiled and nodded.
Not long after Zhao Zhen left, there was a knock on the door.
Zhou Yang raised his head.
James Bunter pushed the door open.
"Mr. Zhou Yang, you are very talented and will go a long way in the film industry. I give this note to you. I hope it will be helpful to you..."
James Bunter is gone.
He originally wanted to give "Infernal Affairs" some help to repay Zhou Yang's favor for the "Jaws" script, but later found that "Infernal Affairs" did not need help. After thinking about it again and again, he finally compiled the "Movie Notes" he had compiled over the years.
Give it to Zhou Yang.
He is quite optimistic about Zhou Yang.
After Zhou Yang took over "Movie Notes", he felt like he had found a treasure. He couldn't wait to read it as soon as he saw James Bond off.
The notes contained not only information about the director, but also about the actors, the set, the equipment and the storyboards. The details were so eye-opening for Zhou Yang.
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The days passed day by day, and May 20th came in a blink of an eye.
After the craze for "The Grandmaster" gradually subsided, countless filmmakers felt the pressure in the Chinese film industry in May.
"Sevier" is released for 20 days
The box office reached an astonishing RMB 400 million.
There seems to be no suspense about "Jurassic"'s box office record of 530 million.
No one could have imagined, not even the director himself, Kadelph, that this movie would be so awesome, and that it might even defeat the king of Hollywood horror films, "Jurassic."
Of course, he was excited, excited, even ambitious...
When he was invited by the China Film Association, he was actually reluctant to come to China.
He actually looks down upon these Chinese filmmakers, and he is born with an inexplicable sense of superiority.
It seems that in recent years, any movie you make can be a hit in China as long as it has a Hollywood name.
In fact, this is indeed the case, and there is no way to refute it.
When he came to China, the group headed by the China Film Association gave him a very high-level reception...
He saw pairs of adoring and passionate eyes, countless young directors around him, and various praises.
Once you become a god, you will naturally attract everyone's attention.
While drinking and drinking, he inevitably swelled. Although he still smiled on the surface, he became more and more contemptuous of these Chinese directors.
No wonder these people can't make any good movies, they are all "film savages" who have never seen the world.
When he returned to Hollywood, he smiled brightly and said some decent words when being interviewed by reporters.
But when he looked back and saw the accompanying staff, when the assistant director asked him how he felt about Hua Xia, a bright and indifferent smile appeared on his face.
"These filmmakers are not a big deal at all..."
"History is always surprisingly similar..."
"It is undeniable that there will be some stubborn resistance in the future, but the Chinese film industry is actually our colony..."
"I'm just going to see the colony."
He is laughing.
The assistant director also laughed.
Just when everyone was extremely happy, he received a call. Not long after, he saw a Chinese man coming to him respectfully.
"Who are you……"
"My name is Zhao Sicheng..."
"Oh? Director Zhao?" After seeing this person, Kadelph seemed to have some vague impression. It seemed that he had had a serious quarrel with another Chinese director named Zhou Yang before.
"yes!"
"You are looking for me..."
"I want to make a movie and need your help..."
"Why do you need my help?"
"No one wants me in Hollywood. I have nothing, but I have a good script..."
"..."
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May passed by in a hurry.
June has arrived in the blink of an eye.
The weather is getting hotter.
The investment in the promotion of "Night Walker" is simply astonishing. Not only did it spend money to purchase hot searches from several of the most well-known media outlets in Hong Kong and mainland China, but the words "Night Walker" appeared on Weibo almost every day.
, the content is either about the scandal between the male and female protagonists, or some sparks between the kings and queens, or how difficult and difficult the filming was, and the conflicts between director Jiang Ge and Zhao Shaohui, Zhao Tianwang and others in the crew...
In short, how does the news attract people’s attention?
I don’t know if it’s because the promotion of “Night Walker” was too vigorous, but “Infernal Affairs” seemed unusually quiet.
Countless reporters gathered outside the crew of "Infernal Affairs", but they stayed there for nearly half a month without getting any news. It was so low-key that it was incredible.
When he finally caught Liu Tianwang, Liu Tianwang looked confused.
"to be honest……"
"It's been nearly a month since I filmed the movie "Infernal Affairs," and I don't even know what I'm filming..."
"I don't have the complete script. I only know that I play a very upright and upright policeman in it."
When asked about John Williams, Liu Tianwang shook his head: "I don't know, he has never been to the set..."
Obviously, such an answer cannot create any explosive points. At most, it is news like "The script of "Infernal Affairs" is mysterious", and netizens are unlikely to pay too much attention to it.
Time continues to pass day by day.
All the media wanted to dig up news about "Infernal Affairs", but after digging for a long time, they found that they couldn't dig up anything at all.
Over time, the originally bustling media began to pay less and less attention to "Infernal Affairs", and even many media outlets who paid attention to John Williams felt like fools.
How could Zhou Yang compose some incredible music and attract the attention of John Williams?
Isn't this nonsense?
Although he knows some music and has some talent, he has only been exposed to music for how long? And the gap between him and John Williams is really huge!
What kind of amazing music can you make out of this? Isn't this the same as a sow clinging to a tree?
How could there be such nonsense in this world?
"Of course I believe in Mr. Zhou Yang's talent."
"But what to say about this?"
"There are some rumors, but I'm not sure they're true. I just had a casual chat today..."
"Probably the crew of "Infernal Affairs" spent a lot of money to invite John Williams to help edit the episode of "Infernal Affairs", and then asked John Williams to help promote it..."
"Of course I don't believe this rumor. I don't think Mr. Zhou Yang needs to be like this. I believe in Mr. Zhou Yang's character more. I think this is not hype, maybe it is a misunderstanding..."
"You know, in this era of Internet traffic, there are many rumors and rumors, and three people become tigers. Who knows..."
June 3rd.
After Jiang Ge was asked about "Infernal Affairs" during an interview with reporters, Jiang Ge may have drunk too much, but he smiled and said something pertinent when facing reporters.
but……
Sometimes life is really full of drama.
When Django said these words in front of all the media and returned to the set.
He saw the assistant walking in with a serious look on his face.
"John Williams seems to have been driven crazy by Zhou Yang!"
"What? What's crazy?" Jiang Ge was a little stunned when he heard what his assistant said, and then his eyes widened in disbelief.
"Just now, one of my friends in "Infernal Affairs" told me that John Williams seemed to cry and laugh sometimes, and sometimes smash things in anger...especially when he saw Zhou Yang,
John Williams seemed to be extremely excited. Although his friend was far away and had no idea what Zhou Yang said to John Williams, John Williams' behavior was very abnormal, as if he was swearing.
What's unfair... God is partial and so on..."
"Is the information accurate?" Jiang Ge frowned.
"It should be true!" The assistant's expression became more solemn.