Chapter 198 Do you want to invest in other movies...
"Isn't her mother sick? I heard...Ronald...do me a favor and do yourself a favor, don't let her star in your movie..." Michael Douglas, after receiving Ronald
After receiving the call from De, he went to his father Kirk to learn the whole story. After learning the real reason, he immediately came back and called Ronald.
"Why? She is a very good actor. It would be a pity not to let her film like this..." Ronald asked deliberately.
"I can't tell you the specific reason, but this matter Claudia has annoyed a lot of people. If you insist on..." Douglas was a little annoyed and embarrassed. This matter is the collective will of many Jews. Even he
It is impossible for liberal Jews to go against popular opinion on this matter.
Moreover, it was not convenient for him to directly tell Ronald, an outsider, the reason. However, it was still inappropriate to target Ronald’s friendly attitude of coming over to say hello without any reason. This kind of thing cannot be exposed, otherwise the Douglas family
reputation will be damaged.
He thought about it and changed his approach, "Claudia's mother is sick, right? I can find a charity foundation and give her some donations..."
"Ha, I think she is talented..."
"Oh, for Christ's sake, don't give her a role!" Michael Douglas became anxious and yelled a phrase commonly used by Christians on the phone.
"Hahaha, okay, I listen to you, Michael. Thank you for reminding me about this matter." Ronald no longer deliberately made the bad detective find out more behind-the-scenes content. "In this way, I will give her a behind-the-scenes job.
, secretary, marketer, everything is good, just give her an income, now she needs money to help her family..."
"As long as she doesn't appear in movies and TV shows, I don't care..." Michael Douglas felt Ronald's respect, and the two of them came to a consensus not to waste time on this crappy matter.
Ronald finally arranged for Claudia Wells to work at Daydream Pictures as a white-collar film marketing assistant, receiving film dealers and making some phone calls to movie theaters to promote films, so that she could still be on time every day.
She returned from work to take care of her mother. In addition, Michael Douglas's charitable foundation provided money for Claudia Wells's mother to get a qualification for disease research, and her big problem was finally solved.
"You are really kind to the female star, Ronald... But this time Claudia will not be able to return to the screen in the short term. Is this what you are doing..." Agent Richard said to Ronald
I don’t quite understand the approach. This way of taking in a female star and not being able to use it in his own projects. Could it be that he has fallen in love with a beautiful woman again?
"Hey, you don't understand, Richard. You haven't participated in many movie promotions. If buyers from various movie theaters come to the Las Vegas movie festival to buy next year's movies, bang,
Suddenly it dawned on us that the marketing manager of our daydreams was Jennifer Parker from 'Back to the Future'...
Bang! What do you think? Many of these buyers are movie fans, and most of them are men...hehehehe..."
"Oh..." Richard didn't really believe it, but on the surface he gave a thumbs up to Ronald's clever plan, "If you want to have something happen with her, you must tell me according to the old rules and let me do it.
Tell her..."
"Hey, am I just a pervert in your eyes...?" Ronald patted Richard on the shoulder and said dissatisfied. He himself has attended many movie premieres and attended many fan meetings.
, I know very well the huge influence that the appearance of such a star has on fans.
"Tuk Tuk..." Ronald's current assistant, the fat girl Richie Lake, knocked on the door and came in, "The screenwriter of The Silence of the Lambs, Mr. Ted Talley, is here."
"Invite him in, thank you Richie." Ronald shook his head. This fat girl's star luck was basically over. She appeared as a future star for one minute at the Oscars and even had sex with handsome guy Patrick Dempsey.
Dui Wu did not save her stardom.
There are actually not many roles with "special figures" like this in Hollywood right now, and there may only be a few in a year. Lake still has to compete with all kinds of veteran supporting actresses ranging from 25 to 45 years old.
"Hello, Mr. Ted Talley, please sit down, please sit down..."
Ronald stood up and greeted Tully, a well-educated screenwriter. He was a graduate of Yale University and the Yale School of Drama (a graduate program). This was his first screenplay writing assignment and he took it very seriously.
This meeting with Ronald.
"I read your adapted script, and I'm very interested in why you left out a large part of Starling's scene?"
"The Silence of the Lambs" is a feature-length novel. In addition to the protagonist Hannibal, there are also many supporting roles, such as FBI director Jack Crawford and the warden Chilton who imprisoned Hannibal. But Tully
The adaptation takes the perspective of Starling, a female FBI intern, and turns a character who didn't have much plot in the original work into the center of the entire story.
"This is what I think." Tully felt relieved. This question showed that Ronald read the script carefully. "Audiences who have not read the novel will regard Hannibal as a frightening character because they lack the previous experience.
It’s foreshadowing and it’s hard to feel the reader’s trembling.
I cast a weak-looking Starling as the protagonist, and the audience will step into her perspective, and then begin to experience the horror of Hannibal from her perspective as an intern who longs to work as an FBI agent..."
Ronald was very satisfied after listening to the other party's explanation. This screenwriter has rich theoretical knowledge and strong ability. He is by no means the kind of theorist who talks on paper. And it is obvious that he loves this novel from the bottom of his heart.
The entire script has a tight rhythm and the selected content is well arranged, but there are still some parts that have not been completed.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "How much time do you need to complete the script?" Ronald asked.
"I need a month and a half, no, a month..." Ted Tully was overjoyed. He was afraid that Ronald would dislike the long adaptation time, so he reported a schedule based on working ten hours a day and seven days a week.
"You don't have to do this. You follow your original pace and I'll give you two months." Ronald said, taking out a check from the desk drawer and handing it to the other party.
"I bought the remuneration promised by Mr. Gene Hackman from him. In this way, your remuneration will be paid by me and Orion together. This check is an additional subsidy. You can find a place with beautiful scenery."
Go to a hotel, buy some delicious food, or make your partner happy, whatever it is, try to make yourself happy in the next time..."
From his previous experience with Cameron Crowe, Ronald knew that for screenwriters who are under time pressure, in addition to a delivery date, they need to be given a good pressure-free environment to cooperate.
"Thank you, Ronald", Tully was happy in his heart. This is his debut work. If it is written well, there will be more film screenwriting jobs in the future. Now he urgently needs some money to stabilize his family life.
"By the way, who do you think is the best choice for the heroine?" Ronald asked the other party their thoughts on casting. This is also his usual approach. Although he may not necessarily adopt it in full, he works with the screenwriter on casting more often.
Communication helps him understand the script.
"I think she is a woman who is weak on the outside but strong on the inside." Although Tully wrote a script for a movie for the first time, she learned a lot about Hollywood rules and roles, especially the heroine, from her friends and classmates. Generally speaking,
It's the director's ban.
"For example?" Ronald insisted. Everyone's interpretation of being weak on the outside and strong on the inside is different.
"Like Michelle Pfeiffer," Tully couldn't help but say what he imagined in his mind when he was writing. He really wanted his goddess to interpret this role.
"Hmm...", Ronald thought to himself. Sure enough, everyone has different ideas. In his heart, Pfeiffer has more of a "fragile" quality. To say that he is mentally strong, it seems to be in a dream.
The original version, Xinke Film's later version is better.
"What do you think of Jodie Foster?" Ronald asked.
"She? Well... she is also very... suitable..." Tully felt that Foster was too small, but what the director said must be reasonable, and it was not his turn to make the decision anyway.
"Haha, I'm just waiting for your finished manuscript..." Ronald saw that he was a little insincere, but he was still very sure that you were definitely not as good a choice as me.
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"Tsui Hark is here..." Michelle Cannold, who was in charge of distribution, came and knocked on the door.
"Ah, please come in..."
This Chinese-American director from Xiangjiang surprised myself a lot. His shooting speed was very fast. He finished shooting the scenes in Xiangjiang in just a few clicks. Then he returned to Los Angeles and used the sets of the first two movies to shoot the scenes here as well.
It's over.
Tsui Hark didn't need any rest. With the help of the editor, he spent two weeks in the editing room and completed the rough cut.
Ronald admired their shooting speed, but he was also a little unsure about the quality of the movie. So this time he invited Tsui Hark to talk about it.
"Our shooting speed in Xiangjiang is like this... This is because the martial arts here is not professional enough. If all the scenes were shot in Xiangjiang, it would probably be 30% faster..." Tsui Hark said about the shooting speed there.
Still quite proud of it.
"Professionalism is an industry standard. It doesn't mean that the martial arts team has to guest star in Rawia, nor does it mean that the lighting team has to guest star in pushing the camera..."
Ronald shook his head. What Xiangjiang people call professionalism is actually that people from all walks of life have one specialty and multiple talents. They can work part-time for each other. Therefore, the number of people in the crew is smaller than that of Hollywood productions of the same type and quality.
But this is absolutely not feasible in Hollywood. In addition to the higher production requirements in Hollywood and the need for more professional talents to work, the more important reason is that the labor unions here are rampant. Every type of work must have a labor union employment certificate.
If there is a stunt double here who pulls wires part-time, or a lighting crew comes to help push the camera every day, then the first person who will be unhappy is not the director, but the technicians whose jobs have been done by you.
These people rely on a certain professional type of work to make a living. They have received special training, have licenses, and have unions. If you encroach on their scope of work, they will come up to curse you, or even complain, and finally go to the union to expose the accusation.
Because of this, Tsui Hark's filming progress in Hollywood was much slower than in Hong Kong, which made him a little dissatisfied. But these are the rules in Hollywood. If you want to join the film industry here, you have to abide by the rules here.
The two talked about some similarities and differences in filming movies in the two places, and finally reached a consensus that future movies should be shot wherever they are, according to the rules there. There is also an additional point: Hollywood actors who go to Hong Kong to shoot movies have to pay these actors' unions
Members are given special treatment to prevent them from being dissatisfied and suing the union.
"I finally understand why Hollywood movie shooting costs are so high..."
Ronald nodded, you finally understand. I think you also have reasons to save costs in this regard.
The rough cut copy of Tsui Hark has been sent to the printing laboratory. Once it is ready, Weintraub and the cast of the film will be arranged to watch a test screening.
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"Piu..."
"watch out……"
On the day of the screening, Ronald and Weintraub were seated in the best seats, with stars Ralph Marzio, Noriyuki Morita, and the third Dragonboy girl, Rosamund Kwan.
Watch the internal preview.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The shooting style of the third part is indeed somewhat different from the first two directed by Ronald. At least the fighting style of Daniel and Master Miyagi is no longer the same.
It's completely karate-like. There are a lot of Eastern concepts in the movie such as inner strength, gang energy, etc., and the flying movements of high and high are also indispensable.
The most obvious difference is that the villains, including Qiu Yunbo and Qiao Hong, flew much farther after being kicked out by Mr. Miyagi's ancestors.
This is all the result of the help of Jackie Chan's team in Xiangjiang. They have many exclusive secrets that can make the fight look powerful and fierce.
"It's great..." After watching it, Ronald was the first to applaud. This movie suits his taste very well. In addition to the wonderful martial arts action, Tsui Hark's costume and color design are also extraordinary. It has a sense of oriental chivalry.
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Unlike the rough set style of Hollywood westerns, Tsui Hark's art design is more stylized, with a semi-realistic, semi-fantasy feel like Akira Kurosawa's "Shadow Samurai". Although I know it is fake, it is
It can attract the audience's eyes without leaving the screen.
"Bravo!" Weintraub also liked it very much. It was the first time for him to watch this kind of wild and unrestrained movie style, and it felt very good to be immersed in it.
"I can't understand..." His lover Susan looked at Weintraub and Ronald with a blank look on her face and didn't know what to say.
Ronald looked at the staff in the screening room, and many of them looked confused.
"My dear, what don't you understand? Isn't it easy to understand?"
Why are they flying in the sky, and why does the bad guy fly so far away after being slapped? Do they use magic? Do they have to recite a spell before punching? "
"Um, haven't you watched the TV series 'Kung Fu'? Where's The Green Hornet? The General?" Weintraub mentioned several TV series that were popular in America before the 1970s, but Susan, who was much younger than him, was
I haven't seen it either.
"They don't seem to know much about martial arts..." Rosamund Kwan was talking quietly to Tsui Hark.
"That's what ghosts are like..."
"Expand the test screening and let's see how the audience responds." Ronald glanced at Rosamund Kwan, who was staring at him with big eyes. He also realized that this different style seemed to be unfamiliar to American audiences.
It's still a bit unfamiliar. How it will turn out, whether it needs to be re-edited or even re-shot, will need to be determined through test screenings.
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The news of "Silence of the Lambs" has spread to a small area. Ronald spent a lot of money to buy the production rights and invited the screenwriter to revise the final draft.
Many of Ronald's connections have also revealed their intention to buy investment shares. For example, Ronald's partner Douglas Jr. and Steve Bannon, who he has worked with before, have already made reservations in advance.
investment amount.
This novel has sold well in America, and the previous series of stories with Hannibal as the protagonist have already attracted some fans, and many people are very interested in it.
This news really made people in Orion feel different. Directors who put art first do not have such box office appeal. Many film and television investors and some funds on Wall Street were too far behind in the queue for Ronald.
Take the initiative to find Orion Pictures, the producer that holds the other half of the investment, and ask for investment.
Mike Medavoy, the founder of Orion, was overjoyed to see this situation. His strategy was successful. Orion can't always find artistic directors to cooperate. Mike Medavoy proposed to find business partners like Ronald.
New ideas for director collaboration.
They haven't experienced this kind of momentum that has been hotly discussed in the circle before the project has been officially approved.
"Ronald..." The happy Mike Medavoy immediately went to meet Ronald for an interview. They Orion has many movies that need investment. Is Ronald interested?