Ronald's firm support for Cameron played a key role. No matter how tough the new executives were, they could not withstand the pressure from the top. They gave Cameron unprecedented loose conditions, and the film duration was relaxed to two
At 30 hours and 30 minutes, he doesn’t have to worry about the movie not being able to tell the story it deserves.
Science fiction movies are different from other themes. They need more space to lay out the world view. What kind of science is feasible in this world requires extra time to tell the audience. For example, the key to supporting breathing in "The Abyss"
For liquids, at least five minutes should be spent in advance to prepare the scene. The protagonist relies on this for survival at critical moments so that it does not feel abrupt.
Ronald feels that his influence is still in place. One of the big reasons is that "Die Hard" produced by him and Joel Silver achieved unprecedented success. Starring Bruce Williams
Leith has successfully transformed from a TV star to a movie star. Australian Rupert, the big boss of 20th Century Fox, hopes that Ronald can continue to create miracles...
"How are the preparations for the sequel?" Ronald understood the truth and found Joel Silver, who had been working on the sequel to Die Hard.
"I have found a very good novel, let's continue the adaptation process of the first one..." Silver still had the same scrawled face, wearing pajamas, holding a cigar in his mouth, holding a blonde beauty in his arms, sitting on the table
Picked up a novel and threw it to Ronald.
Ronald flipped through "Fifty-Eight Minutes" quickly. This is a story about how a police officer at the airport thwarted an attempt by terrorists to hijack his wife's flight.
This novel was published by Walter Wagg in 1987. The original novelist of the first novel, Roderick Thorpe, was not written by himself. But the story is very exciting and has a similar structure to the original work. It was written by a
The police detective faced his family at the crime scene, and finally used his intelligence to save them and other hostages.
Anyway, the movie only needs to replace a few key elements in the novel and change it to the mighty John McClane.
Joel Silver was very happy when he saw that Ronald agreed to adapt the novel. He patted the beauty's butt and told her to go away and not hinder him from discussing confidential matters with Ronald.
"The protagonist is definitely still Bruce Willis, but we have replaced all the supporting characters, which will definitely make it cheaper..."
"For her?" Ronald said to the beautiful woman's back?
"How's it going? Pamela Anderson, the Canadian bomb. She is a cheerleader for the Canadian professional football team. She recently came to Los Angeles. I recommended her to Playboy. She will become a cover girl for a certain month..."
Joel Silver laughs wildly. After Die Hard, the quality and quantity of beauties throwing themselves into his arms has increased dramatically.
"Are you out of your mind?" Ronald pointed to his head, "The success of the first film largely depends on the harmonious chemical reaction between Bruce and the supporting characters. This is not a competition.
A traditional muscular action movie, without the heroine Bonnie Bedelia and the black supporting actor Reginald Will Johnson, Bruce's magic will fade by half!"
"Are you serious? Is that so?" Joel Silver almost dropped his cigar. No matter what, what Ronald said must make sense anyway. "What about Alan Rickman? Film critics said he
He is one of the most charismatic villains in Hollywood history, do you want to bring him back?"
"Damn it, it's okay if you didn't say it, but I regretted it once I said it. He was written to death in the first film. Who knew he would be so popular with the audience... Forget it, A-level productions can't be played.
The twin brothers' tricks..."
Ronald regrets that he completely killed off Alan Rickman's character in the first film without leaving any room for it. Otherwise, letting him continue to battle wits with MacLean in the sequel will definitely create a lot of trouble.
With a good plot, it will be much easier to publicize and distribute.
"Where's the director? John McTiernan?" Joel Silver feels that this job as a producer is the easiest since he entered the industry. He listens to Ronald for big things, and for small things, he can do whatever makes him happy.
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"He has to go..." Ronald was unhappy when he heard McTiernan's name, deceiving the producer and letting the actor take unnecessary risks. He likes to make his own decisions so much, why not be a producer himself?
, it’s better to take the risk.”
Anyway, this kind of action movie doesn't really have high requirements for the director. It just needs to have experience in action shooting and know how to respect the producer and the stars. The acting has a stable team formed in the first film, Ronald is responsible for the special effects, and the rest is all.
There are jobs that many people can do.
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After finishing preparations for the lucrative sequel to "Die Hard," Ronald went to discuss his starring role with Bruce Willis.
Sure enough, Willis was very happy to hear that he could work with the original cast again, especially the actor who played McLean's wife and black partner. In fact, this star's acting skills rely on intuition. Having old partners working with him made him happy.
Here comes another relaxing and enjoyable job.
The dubbing work he has to do for Amy Heckerling's "Look Who's Talking" has been completed. If he completes it in five days, he will receive a dividend equivalent to his salary for the first Die Hard movie. Bruce Wei
Leith felt that Ronald was his lucky star.
"You have to discuss my salary with my agent. This A-level production is a reflection of my worth. You can't give me too low..."
Ronald chuckled to himself, this star whose career line is gradually moving up actually talks like an ordinary blue-collar worker.
"Of course, I will give you the treatment of a first-line star... Fox also hopes to set an example for you to successfully transform into a TV star, and will not treat you badly..."
"Do you have seven million dollars? Ronald, can you tell me the truth?" Bruce Willis pretended to discuss with Ronald in a low voice, but in fact he was showing off to his wife Demi Moore while returning the money.
She winked.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "It should be more than this, of course it will not exceed the salary of the best actor winner..." Ronald gave a measure, the new best actor Dustin Hawke
Fuman, his agent tried his best to package his qualifications as a two-time best actor, offering him a salary of 8 million, scaring away a lot of movies that wanted him to star.
"Ah, hahaha..." Willis touched his head and laughed. While laughing, he took out his wallet from his trouser pocket, took out two hundred-dollar bills and handed them to Demi, "Honey, I want to talk to Ronald
Have a drink, take care of the child, and I’ll give you the money..."
"Papa..." This vulgar American blue-collar worker's behavior made Demi so angry that she hit him hard on the arm several times, then turned to Ronald and said, "I'm going to prepare something to eat."
Yes, you can chat with Bruce here more..."
After enjoying an exquisite meal of takeaway food on the sofa in the living room, Ronald got up to say goodbye. In the end, it was Demi who saw him out.
"Ronald, how have you considered the matter I asked you last time?" Demi Moore did not forget the role she entrusted to Ronald last time. She recognized that Ronald was nostalgic. Under the same conditions,
As long as you ask him frequently, you will definitely be given priority.
"I have a thriller novel The Silence of the Lambs and I am rewriting the script. Would you consider dating the heroine of the perverted murderer Hannibal, the FBI trainee agent Starling?"
Ronald asked her semi-seriously that this role was a bit troublesome and needed a female star to dilute the theme, but female stars were generally unwilling to play such a role that would pollute their own image.
"Do you really think I'm suitable for acting? As long as you say a word, I will listen to you..." Demi put her hair behind her ears with her hands. She did not forget that her upper and lower circumferences were one size larger after giving birth.
Use your biggest capital.
"I'm just kidding, you're not suitable for this kind of role, you're too strong, Demi..." Ronald looked at the other party carefully, the mature style replaced the pure purity and sexiness, Starling is a fresh college graduate, Demi...
This kind of temperament that is revealed from time to time, wallowing in the vanity fair, does not match well.
"Papa..." Demi was so angry that she hit Ronald several times on the arm. "Don't forget about me, Ronnie."
"No, what do you mean by that?"
"Don't forget that I am also an actor..." Demi looked at Ronald with innocent eyes. She used her excellent acting skills, which made Ronald feel as if his innocence had returned.
"I haven't forgotten that time..." But after one sentence, Demi's secret was revealed again. She is still the actress who can do anything to climb up in order to achieve her career goals.
"I will remember it and see if there are any opportunities for cooperation..." Ronald said goodbye to her.
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"You seem to attach great importance to this movie..." In the car, Richard handed over a bunch of audition photos of female stars who took the initiative to promote to Ronald. He had blocked more than 90% of the self-recommendations, but
There are always dozens of pictures every week recommended by various powerful people or with special looks.
"I won't watch it... The sequel to Die Hard is obviously about making money. You can just sit back and collect money. Of course it's worth investing some energy." Ronald waved his hand to show that he stopped looking at the photos of beautiful women.
"As for Silence of the Lambs, have you decided? Are you going to direct it yourself?" Richard took the photo back and inserted it back into the envelope. It was one thing that Ronald didn't want to see it, but he didn't show it to him according to the rules.
That was another matter, and Richard was always very decent in that regard.
"Hey... I'm a little unsure. This movie requires a lot of lens language design and some unconventional image tones. I don't have time to meditate on the design. I'm too busy and I've lost my sense of being a director.
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Ronald sighed. He expected that this movie would be able to earn back its money at the box office, and the film critics would not have too many good things to say about the subject matter. But it must be very enjoyable to shoot as a director.
Historically, thrillers have always been a field that only masters can shoot well. This script is a subcategory of psychological thrillers under thrillers. It focuses on mobilizing the audience's psychological factors. There are no screams, no sudden monsters, and no electricity.
Demons like Saw only rely on mobilizing the audience's psychological suspense to scare them enough to achieve a satisfying effect.
Those who have always been able to shoot this kind of psychological thriller well are all characters who have left their names in film history. For example, "Rear Window" was shot by Hitchcock in his heyday, and "Rear Window" was shot by Orson Welles who returned to Hollywood and let go.
"The Beautiful Lady", he also wanted to put down other things and go all out to create once.
But as his fame and daydream business gradually grew, it also brought a lot of responsibilities. Ronald felt that he had dug a hole for himself for money. If there was someone as capable as Spielberg's Kathleen Kennedy
As a general manager, you can just focus on your art.
"If you find someone else to take the photo, do you have any good candidates now?"
Ronald asked Richard that this movie needs someone who is proficient in various genres of films and has his own style of images to direct it.
"Why are you asking me? Don't you already know the most suitable candidate?" Richard handed Ronald the latest newspaper he had compiled.
"Who?" Ronald couldn't think of any film under his Daydream banner that was suitable for this kind of movie.
"Did you forget the shot?" Richard smiled, Ronald was really busy now.
"Oh?" Ronald slapped his head. Roger Coleman's senior brother at the university, Jonathan Demme, was indeed a suitable candidate.
The director has a masterful use of genre films, and his image and sound design are rich in texture. Most importantly, his movies are easy to tell at a glance who wrote them, which is a feat for a psychological thriller like "Silence of the Lambs"
Very important quality.
Moreover, Jonathan Demme has two very powerful abilities. First, all the supporting characters have the same look, which is the master's standard. Any supporting character in the master's movies can stand up to the character.
This is different from commercial films like "Die Hard" where you will always find some flaws when you watch it repeatedly.
Second, and perhaps more importantly, Demme has a knack for blending genres. His Scattered Loop starts out like a romance, becomes a psychological thriller halfway through, and ends like a psychological thriller.
It became an action movie.
This is exactly what thrillers like The Silence of the Lambs need. Psychological thrillers often need other aspects of rendering to guide the audience into the designed track. Dialogue alone is definitely not enough. This ability is actually very strange. Not everyone
All the great directors have it. Ronald doesn't have it either. He makes romance films, which are romance films, and musicals, which are musicals. The audience won't have any strange exclamations like "Why did you get here?"
"What project is he working on now?" Ronald asked Richard, fearing that his senior brother would not have time to shoot his movie.
"I'm currently out of work..." Richard laughed. This Jonathan Demme is also a director with a lot of personality. When he makes a movie, he needs scripts that interest him, and he also needs to have greater artistic decision-making power.
However, although his first two films, "Scattered" and "Married to the Gang", received a lot of praise from the director circle (with many innovative techniques), they were not very convincing at the box office, and the producers still did not like him.
No one has the same confidence as Ronald.
"Then invite him here and let's have a good chat..." Ronald thought to himself that the directors who graduated from Coleman University are all weirdos, but there is no doubt that they are very capable. They may have worked at Corman University.
Coleman received too much pampering, and his imagination could be used freely. Coleman did not interfere and cultivated the confidence and character of these people.
Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, and Jim Cameron are all people who have the ability to break through the existing Hollywood landscape and explore a new world for those who come after them.
"The media in America are just like the counterparts in London's Fleet Street that they mocked..." Ronald browsed through the newspaper. The media in New York started arguing. Their positions were no better than those of the London Sun.
How much better.
News coverage of the Central Park jogger's case has grown to ugly proportions.
The New York Times, unhappy with its chief rival in New York City, the New York Post, published a series of articles attacking black suspects, publishing a warning editorial against the use of the label and questioning why these "well-adjusted young people" would commit such crimes.
"Barbaric" crimes.
The claim that the upper-class community around Central Park, where the victims lived, had failed to fulfill their social responsibilities instead of pursuing the suspects, angered the New York Post, which has a larger circulation. This newspaper exposed five black people.
The name of the only black man among the suspects who is an adult and is not protected by minors, Kare Wise.
This incident caused the black community to unite and speak out in anger under the leadership of their black pastors. Two newspapers published in Brooklyn and Harlem with black readers as the main readers, "City Sun" and "Amsterdam"
News", retaliating by publishing the name of the victimized woman, Teresa Meili...
It is said that the publication of adult black suspects is allowed by law, and the protection of the names of victims of rape and violent beatings is required by law. The black newspaper violated the law first, but this matter was involved in the municipal investigation that will be carried out in the second half of the year.
long election.
The leading candidate in the Donkey Party primary was the black candidate Dinkins. Instigated by him and many black church pastors, no one dared to condemn this incident.
The reporters from the New York Times did not have the courage to expose this obviously illegal thing, which made many people who were not familiar with the law think that black people were taking advantage of the situation.
This cowardice eventually triggered a counterattack from the wealthy white community. Newsday, a stylish tabloid based in Long Island and Queens, fought back angrily and published the true circumstances of the victim Theresa Meili's injuries.
, her head was broken in 21 places, and one of her eyeballs was knocked off. In addition to losing a lot of blood, she was dragged on the ground for a quarter of a mile. Footprints were clearly visible in the grass at the scene.
Unprecedented racial antagonisms began to emerge, and everyone took sides based on their identity and background, rather than on merits.
Because some of the suspects have Latino and religious backgrounds, certain religious and Latino communities also sided with the blacks. The Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans sided with the whites because of their complaints about order and security.
New York is indeed a place with the highest concentration of media and law firms, and all parties have begun to discuss what ethnic groups should make up the jury to be fair.
"Fuxk, why does this New York Daily News even hint at my affairs?" Ronald turned to a tabloid "Daily News" with a large circulation, which hinted that a famous Hollywood director born in New York also suffered
Is it possible that there is a common suspect in the two cases? Does the director also need to appear in court to testify..."
"Call Rudy, what's going on?" Ronald's voice broke with anger. Didn't he promise that he wouldn't get involved? How did Rudy do it?
"Shxt! This is a newspaper published in New Jersey... Why did it report about Ronald..." Richard thought that he had neglected his duty and did not find any news that was unfavorable to Ronald. He hurriedly checked for a long time, and it turned out that
It is a newspaper that competes with the New York Post. Because it is published in New Jersey and distributed in New York, Rudy's restrictions on the media as the prosecutor of the Southern District of New York did not have an effect on this newspaper, and their reporters took advantage of it.