Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 129 Why not write an autobiography?

"Professor Scorsese? I'm your student, and I'm taking your classic film appreciation class." Ronald accidentally found an acquaintance in the living room of Pia's house.

"Marty, this is the Ronald I told you about. He is now directing Gerald's daughter in a commercial." Isabella walked over and took Scorsese's arm.

"It turns out that her husband is my teacher." Ronald thought to himself, almost embarrassing himself again.

Isabella grinned mischievously, then went to the kitchen and brought Scorsese a plate of Italian meatballs to eat in the living room.

Marty talked to Ronald while eating, "I'm sorry, Ronald, I'm busy with a new movie right now, and I don't have time to go to Tisch for classes."

"I remember that your new film was filmed in Los Angeles before. I heard Mr. Roger Coleman talk about it. I probably happened to be back in New York at that time."

"Roger gave me the first opportunity to direct a feature film. He wrote you a letter of recommendation, comparing you with me when I was young. After confirming with me, New York University immediately admitted you."

"Mr. Coleman has given me too much praise," Ronald heard Scorsese say inside the recommendation letter, "thank you, Mr. Scorsese, for your recommendation."

"No," Scorsese thrust another meatball into his mouth, "Roger is a very old-fashioned guy, he won't lie in a recommendation letter."

"Watch more classic movies. All my filmmaking tricks are learned from old movies." Scorsese finished eating the meatballs, and Isabella brought him another glass of wine.

"Roberto may be going back to Italy, where his film was banned, so the American distributor canceled plans to release it in the United States."

"It's such a pity, his comedy talent is rare." Scorsese took a sip of his wine and said slowly, "His comedy is similar to Bucks Keaton, and the language requirements are not so high, yes It can have worldwide influence.”

"Ronald, my father is looking for you." Helen waved her hand over there, telling Ronald to go over.

Greeting the Scorseses, Ronald walks over and sees Gerard Slater again.This time he was wearing a brown coat and light-colored trousers. He looked like a successful man with a successful career.Clothing taste is really good, you can learn from it in the future.

"Mr. Slater." Ronald came over to say hello.

"Go and play, I'll talk to Ronald." Gerrard sent Helen away, and walked to the balcony with Ronald, where they chatted about Helen's advertisement.

"I just finished the second day of filming, and I'm editing." Ronald poured a glass of soda, "Helen seems to sing Karen Carpenter songs better, but the Carpenter band's cover copyright may be very good. expensive?"

"Most of Carpenter's songs are covers of old songs. It won't be very expensive for us to buy the original cover rights. But I don't want Helen to follow the road of a singer. This road is too hard." Gerald said something about his daughter Acting career planning, "I have put her in touch with ABC's 'After School Time' series, and she can star in an episode next year."

"This father really paved all the way for his daughter, but she may not necessarily listen to you when she grows up." Ronald thought to himself.

"Alright then, I'll edit this advertisement based on the footage of Helen playing and singing jazz, and I'll send the finished master tape to your secretary Stella for review."

Gerald nodded, indicating that he was no longer here.

The scale of the party this time was much smaller than last time, mainly Pia, some contacts with Isabella in New York, and some relatives of Bergman's previous two marriages.

Ronald watched the gathering of high-level TV stations in New York on one side, and the Italians in the literary and art circles in New York on the other.

"Wait a minute, my mother said that she would like to thank you in person. The drink you recommended to her made her feel much better." Seeing Ronald leave, Pia told him to wait a while before leaving.

"Ronald, thank you for your gift. I drink a small glass of the drink you gave me when I feel uncomfortable, and I can sleep at night."

Half an hour later, after greeting the guests, Ingrid Bergman specially called Ronald to the inner lounge to thank him in person.

"You don't have to, Ms. Bergman. This is a prescription my aunt gave me. I'm glad it works for you."

"I don't know how to thank you. Since I had the second operation last year, my body is always in disarray." Bergman spoke English with a funny Swedish accent, which the American audience liked very much.

"My aunt Karen is a big fan of your movie. I wonder if I can get an autographed photo for her. I think she will be very happy."

"Of course." Ingrid Bergman asked her daughter Isabella to bring a standard photo of herself and signed it, "Dear Karen, thank you for the ginger drink, it makes me feel great. ’ and handed the photo to Ronald.

"Mother, the biographer is here again, do you want to see her?" Pia pushed the door open and asked.

"No, they are only interested in my private life. I don't want to put my private life in front of all American people. They did it once 30 years ago. I don't want to do it again."

"But mother, you have more fans in America. They all want to read the biography that you personally identified. In addition to your love life, they are also very interested in the shooting process of many classic movies. For example, Casablanca, which everyone loves here. "

"She's out there. If you don't want to write a biography, you can at least talk to her and hear her views on the US publishing market." Pia also wanted to win, and I think this kind of conversation has been held many times.

"I can meet her, but don't mention the biography."

"Mother, you are always so stubborn about this. Ronald, are you my mother's fan?"

"Of course, I watched a lot of old movies starring Ms. Bergman in the film and television appreciation class, but the copies of the movies she shot in Europe are scarce, and I haven't seen them yet."

"Then you want to see my mother's autobiography?"

"Pia, you're always so stubborn..." Bergman interrupted Pia's attempt to detour to Ronald, and then both mother and daughter laughed, the genetic tendency of stubbornness was also obvious.

"May I ask why Ms. Bergman doesn't want to publish her autobiography?" Ronald was a little puzzled.

Pia gave Ronald a wink, telling him not to bring up the subject.

"It's okay, it was common knowledge 30 years ago, it was no secret to Ronald that he worked in the film industry."

Bergman began to explain why she didn't like publishing her autobiography.

It turned out that Pia was the daughter of Ingrid Bergman and her first husband. In 1949, Ingrid Bergman took the initiative to go to Italy to film Roberto Rossellini's film. As a result, the two lived together for a long time love, and gave birth to a son the following year.

In this way, Bergman divorced her first husband and left young Pia in America.In the 1950s, this was a deviant thing. Some politicians in America took advantage of the topic to brand Bergman as a bad example for women, and passed a resolution condemning Bergman in the Senate.

Bergman thus stayed away from Hollywood, and she did not appear on the American screen until 1957, when she starred in "Princess and False".

After her parents divorced, Pia went to Italy to live with her mother for several years, so the relationship between their mother and daughter, and her relationship with her two half-sisters is still very good.

"So, my mother didn't like her personal affairs to be exploited. She felt that writing an autobiography gave them another chance. It was not good for the children. They were accused of being the children of an immoral woman. In America In the eyes of conservatives, it is also a crime."

"It turned out to be like this", Ronald understood Ingrid Bergman's concerns, although it was an old story 30 years ago, Ronald's generation has seen many old Bergman movies on TV , but I don't know anything about this old incident.

Pia has been winking at Ronald, asking him to say something nice.

Ronald put himself in Bergman's shoes and thought about it. This kind of thinking is actually a bit wishful thinking. When rumors strike, it is of course a way to ignore them, but there are also flaws.

"Ms. Bergman, but if you don't write an authoritative autobiography to clarify the truth, your children will not be able to clarify those rumors. They will all say that children often cover up for their parents."

"Yes, mother. If there is an autobiography that you personally identify, we can take it out and tell the public that this is the truth. My mother is not that kind of person. What you said is all rumors."

Ingrid Bergman paused for a moment, then said to Ronald, "You have a good point, Pia, ask the biographer to come in and talk, maybe I should leave an autobiography."

Ronald left the door with a signed photo written by Bergman to his aunt.

"Ronald, wait for me." Helen also ran out of the room and into the elevator.

"Aren't you going with your father?"

"No, tomorrow I will belong to my mother." Helen pressed the elevator button.

Gerald poked his head out, "Helen, let me see you off, don't bother Ronald."

Helen pressed the door closing button, "I've already told him that you don't need to see him off." The elevator door closed before Gerald came over and started to descend.

"Can you take me back to my mother's house in Long Island?" Helen took Ronald's arm in the elevator and pleaded in a low voice, "I don't want my father to go to my mother's place. They quarrel every time they meet. For me, for my brother, And quarreled over their new partners."

Helen begged and put her arms around her. Ronald thought of Antonia, Elizabeth Sue, whose parents divorced too...why are there so many divorced families now?Is it a showbiz problem, or is America's ridiculously high divorce rate?

"Don't shake my arm. I'll take you to Long Island, but you have to show me the way. I don't know that place well."

Sent Helen home and greeted her mother.Helen's mother was a lawyer and an anti-nuclear protester. She didn't have much affection for people in the film and television industry, so she just thanked them verbally, and didn't invite Ronald to sit in.

After waving goodbye to Helen, Ronald found a phone booth and thanked Roger Coleman in Los Angeles.

I didn't know that Coleman's recommendation letter praised me so much, and compared him with Scorsese. It seems that the recommendation letter is the most important factor for me to be admitted.

"Hey, is that Ronald? I was looking for you. Great news. The rental fee of High School of Rock in New York has exceeded 100 million, and you have made money. Of course, this also means that I have made more money." Money, hahaha..."

　I just came back from a business trip, and the update is a bit unstable these days, please allow me to adjust it.

　
(End of this chapter)