“Laura San Giacomo Reluctant to Star in The Godfather Part III.”
Richard was at Ronald's house and told him about some recent developments in The Godfather III.
"Why? Isn't the role of Mary not enough to satisfy her?" Ronald drank black tea and had a breakfast meeting with Richard, chatting about business and some Hollywood news, which was also an important way for him to grasp the trends in the industry.
source of information.
"The real reason is unclear. San Giacomo has always played supporting roles. She was a supporting role in this year's critically acclaimed movie "Sex, Lies, Videotape." In "Pretty Woman," she was also Julia Roberts' wingman.
It is said that this opportunity to play an Italian woman is a very suitable opportunity. She can play the heroine. She is Italian herself and knows Italian culture and customs very well.
I talked to several people in the company, but they didn’t understand, and I asked the agent in San Giacomo, but there was no result.”
"Maybe, huh, it's because she knows the 'customs' of Italians too well..." Ronald suddenly said something.
"Hey, why don't you help us? Coppola was very helpful to us back then..." Diane heard Ronald's weird words and poked him.
"Francis (Coppola) said to me that this is an Italian story, and only a girl who grew up in a traditional Italian family would naturally understand the various problems faced by Mary in it.
I think San Giacomo may not be 'traditional' enough, and she knew it well. We don't have to worry, I think Frances will be able to find a suitable candidate to play Mary soon. Who can say no to the heroine of The Godfather Part III?
?”
"Oh...? Or Ronnie, you know Director Coppola, so we don't have to worry in vain..." Diane felt that everything Ronald said made sense, and immediately accepted the reason. He went to the inner yoga room and started
Daily stretching exercises.
"Huh?" Richard has been at CAA for a long time, and he can't be fooled by a few words. The look he looked at Ronald was full of suspicion.
"Francis told me that every time he made a movie, the whole family would always work together. His father had done the soundtrack for him before. When Nick (Cage) was cheap, he was also his favorite male protagonist..."
Seeing that Richard seemed to understand a little bit, Ronald added, "Nisita is Francis's main agent. If you also want to improve your status, you might as well tell these words to Rick (Nisita).
He will know how to do it..."
After listening to Ronald's words, Richard happily went to discuss with Niceta.
After listening to Richard's prompt and understanding what Coppola meant, Niceta took the initiative to mediate between him and Paramount. Two days later, Paramount's Sidney Ganis had to hold his nose and attend the meeting.
Coppola's daughter Sofia auditioned.
"hehe……"
When it came time for the audition, Sidney Ganis looked at Sophia's tragically high cheekbones and disproportionately big nose, and cursed Coppola in his mind for not caring about anything just to make money.
But once the movie project starts, it's like a rumbling train. If you don't get on board as soon as possible, the money you will burn every day will be astronomical. Anyway, as Ronald said, the audience must come to see Al...
Pacino's ending is such an unimportant "heroine", so let's just pass it by with our eyes closed...
"What do you think?" Coppola asked Sidney Ganis to express his opinion.
"I, well, have very Italian characteristics..." Sidney Ganis hated it in his heart, but in order for the project to move forward, he pinched his nose and said the only thing he could praise.
"Hahaha, of course it is. We Italians are good at acting. We have been exposed to it since childhood. We just need to act out the scenes in life..."
…
"The famous conductor Leonard Bernstein conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in Berlin today and performed Beethoven's Ninth Symphony 'Ode to Joy'. In the chorus part, the choir
Ode to Joy, the lyrics were changed and it was sung as Ode to Freiheit.
The choir includes singers from West Germany, East Germany, Germany, Britain, the Soviet Union and other countries."
"The Statue of Liberty is holy and beautiful, and her light shines...on the earth..."
Ronald looked at the TV, where a large group of singers were singing the tune of the Ninth Symphony and the Ode to Freedom.
Conductor Leonard Bernstein was a New York Jew, slightly younger than Karajan, who died earlier. They were both artists who entered the field of conducting before World War II, and were basically conductors of the same era.
All his life, Leonard Bernstein has been overshadowed by Karajan. Unexpectedly, the most important performance of Beethoven's music in Germany would be Leonard Bernstein, who often conducted Mahler's works.
, replacing the first performer of Beethoven's symphonies, Karajan.
When it comes to the level of an artist, life span is also very important. If you live a few more years and all the artists of the same period as you have passed away, then in those few years, you will be the most authoritative.
"West German Chancellor Kohl passed through Berlin's famous Brandenburg Gate on his way to East Germany to meet with East German Prime Minister Modelo. From now on, West Germans and West Berliners can travel to East Germany visa-free.
Before this, West Germans traveling to East Germany and East Berlin had to apply for a visa days or weeks in advance. If they planned to stay, they had to exchange at least 25 marks per day. These restrictive conditions prevented residents from going spontaneously. Starting tomorrow, West Germans
The travel regulations are as loose as those in East Germany after November 9th..."
Watching the follow-up reports on the Berlin Wall on TV, Ronald and Diane were equally dumbfounded. The whole world seemed to be turning upside down. Things that had seemed unchanged in the past few decades, and things that had been taken for granted, were now beginning to loosen up.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The new generation of East German young people watch pirated Hollywood movies and listen to pirated British, American and West German pop music. Culture smuggled from Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia
Products have made them, like young people in the West, love MJ, break dancing, and dirty dancing, an art full of individual liberation, more than traditional literary and artistic forms.
Various parties that lasted for more than a month at the breach of the Berlin Wall were still going on. On the TV, a young man, Ronald, was holding a double-speaker tape recorder and dancing wildly to the music.
And it is difficult to tell whether they are East Germans or West Germans.
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"Ronald, the West Berlin Film Festival has sent you an invitation to participate in the 40th Film Festival from February 9th to 20th next year... to serve as a member of the jury."
In the evening, Niceta called Ronald. The organizing committee of the West Berlin Film Festival conveyed this urgent invitation through the MPAA.
"Huh? Why? I thought these European film festivals don't like Hollywood people as judges." Ronald was very surprised. He participated in the three major European film festivals mainly to sell copies. As for affirming his ability
Awards are often not available.
European film festivals at most give some preferential treatment to Hollywood stars. As for directors like Ronald who make commercial films full of the smell of copper, they are not well received by the jury.
"You were specially invited by the organizing committee because of your special contribution to the Berlin Wall incident and promoting cultural exchanges between East and West Germany..." Niceta laughed.
"Contribution through pirated copies? Hahaha...I haven't collected money from them yet?"
All joking aside, Niceta asked Ronald to think carefully because his wife Paula Wagner's main client at this West Berlin Film Festival, Tom Cruise's new film "Born on the Fourth of July," is also going to be produced.
Participate in the competition of the main competition unit.
If Ronald becomes a judge, then it will be like having one of his own among the judges.
"Well, I have to ask my friends, is West Berlin safe now? What if East Germany has second thoughts and the Alliance comes over?"
Ronald's worry is not completely unreasonable. The previous film "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" starring Juliette Binoche tells such a story. There have been many incidents where the Alliance has taken action against a brother who has second thoughts.
times.
Moreover, the most powerful garrison in the Warsaw Pact is now located in East Germany.
"You said it, it's true. I have to talk to Paula..." Niceta originally thought that Ronald was an excuse not to go, but when it came to the alliance's thunderous methods, the American still had lingering fears.
Ronald didn't delay and immediately called Little George.
"George, please analyze it for me. Is it dangerous for me to go to West Berlin now?"
"Hahaha, that's definitely not possible." George's current status is sensitive, and the media slightly exposed his intention to run for governor of Texas, which attracted severe criticism from his competitors.
Her mother, Barbara, didn't like the media describing her husband as a leader who used nepotism to push her son to take over. She personally asked George Jr. to stop the election plan. George Jr. reluctantly gave up the plan, but he resigned from the Texas Rangers in advance to avoid suspicion.
It's impossible for the manager to come back, and now he's gone to Washington, D.C., where he's hanging out.
George Jr. lives very comfortably in Texas and doesn't like the serious and rigid atmosphere in the Special Administrative Region, but his news channels have become much smoother.
"You are a famous director in Hollywood. The leader of the alliance likes movies and may be a fan of yours. He will not do anything to you. At most, he will take you captive to the Moscow Film Studio and ask you to help him make a few movies there.
Movie……"
"Uh..." Ronald couldn't figure out whether George was joking or not.
"I'm just kidding, don't worry, the alliance has no ideas this time. On the contrary, they want East Germany to go to West Germany for money, or even merge the two Germanys, which doesn't matter to them."
"Really? Impossible? Will the Alliance agree to the merger of the two Germanys?" Ronald is also an ordinary person who is used to the clear boundaries between the two camps of the East and the West. When he heard this news, his first reaction was also... It is not a rumor.
Bar?
"Really, if there weren't still opposition forces, the two Germanys would be starting merger negotiations now..."
"Then, will these opposition forces be launched... Will it be dangerous for me to go?" Ronald still didn't want to take risks. This was the forefront of the Cold War, West Berlin.
It was here that Kennedy delivered "Today, I am a Berliner" and former Commander-in-Chief Ronald Sr. delivered two famous speeches here: "Please tear down this wall, Mr. Secretary-General."
"Wait a minute, old Ronald's spell is quite effective? Has it really fallen down just a few days ago?" Ronald thought of this and felt a little incredible.
"Haha, where are you thinking? Who do you think the opposition force is? The Alliance military, or the KGB?" Little George was amused by Ronald's naive ideas about international politics.
"Isn't it them? Who is that?"
"It's the Prime Minister of Britain, Lady Margaret, and the President of France, Francois..."
"Aren't they on our side?" Ronald felt that all his common sense was challenged.
Why do the leaders of Britain and France oppose the merger of Germany and Germany? Aren't we on one side?
"Hey hey hey, they were beaten badly by the Germans in World War II. If we hadn't rescued them, they would have perished and stopped speaking German, hahaha..." George's international politics is not that good either. He is better than Luo
Nader has heard a lot of secrets, so he seems to be very organized when talking about them.
In addition to the psychological shadow caused by Germany on Britain and France during World War II, Margaret and Francois were both adults when World War II began. This kind of psychological shadow cannot be compared with someone like Ronald who learned the history of World War II from books.
compared to.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The more normal reason is that after the reunification of Germany, the growth of economic strength made Britain and France feel uneasy.
East Germany has a land area of more than 100,000 square kilometers, while West Germany has less than 250,000 square kilometers. In terms of population, East Germany has 16 million and West Germany has 62 million. After the merger, West Germany
The company, coupled with East Germany's labor force and market, and being relieved of the heavy national defense burden, the economic power it unleashed cannot be underestimated.
The population of Britain is 57 million, and that of Germany is 58 million. When the two Germanys merged, their land area and population had an overwhelming advantage over the two countries. This pair of European countries is now represented by Britain and France.
A situation headed by a permanent member of the Security Council will definitely have an impact.
From the perspective of self-interest and historical lessons, it is actually the most reasonable for Britain and France to become the biggest obstacles to the merger of the two Germanys.
In order to show his strength in front of Ronald, George Jr. also told him some secrets circulating in Washington and even the White House circles.
In fact, Mrs. Margaret had called General Secretary Mikhail earlier and advised him to take decisive action to prevent the collapse of the Berlin Wall as soon as possible.
Margaret said that they did not want a unified Germany, which would change the post-war borders, and they did not want to allow such a thing to happen, because such developments undermined the stability of the international situation and could endanger the overall security of the Western camp.
Francois, on the other hand, was more direct. He directly warned that the impact of German reunification would be greater than that when Mustache came to power, and that the entire Europe would have to pay for the consequences of reunification.
"However, we are happy to see something like this happen..." George finally concluded. In fact, America does not want Europe to be monolithic.
After hearing this news, Ronald knew that there is no risk in going to West Berlin next February. There are many benefits. As a cultural promoter, Ronald will definitely be welcomed when he goes. The pair will get more European pre-sale funds in the future
, is a great good thing.
Moreover, having served as a judge once means that you will have qualifications in the future. Maybe you can increase your network in Europe in the future. At least when you sold copies in the past, people will respect you more.
Made up his mind and accepted the invitation. Ronald got the jury list for the 40th West Berlin Film Festival.
Surprisingly, there is also Ronald's old acquaintance, the famous Italian left-wing filmmaker, comedy screenwriter, director, actor, Roberto Benigni...