America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 320 318. Superheroes in Action

"This song, isn't it the theme song of Inception? Cobb and his team used this song as a wake-up signal."

Watching the big screen, many viewers found the highlight of Edith Piaf, played by Nicole.

"Yes, I realized it as soon as you said it. No wonder the Inception team used this song. It turned out that Nicole Kidman starred in two movies at the same time."

"Wow! Her acting is really good. She is heroic, proud and powerful in Inception, and miserable and distressing in La Vie en Rose."

"Look at her expression, like a frightened sparrow, she is afraid of everything."

"La Vie en Rose" is being shown on the big screen. As an award-winning work, Eric tried his best to pave the way for Nicole.

All the media and film critics who could be invited were invited to let everyone appreciate this masterpiece together.

The movie shows Piaf's life, from youth to death, not only good but also bad.

She was caught up in the war when she was young. Her mother was a street singing prostitute who had no time to take care of her, so that little Piaf almost died of illness.

She had never felt maternal love and hated her mother.

But at the age of 17, she gave birth to a child with a newspaper delivery man. Then she sang and wandered on the street like her mother, causing her 2-year-old child to die of illness.

Later, she met a noble man who discovered her singing talent and brought her to a high position in the music world.

Then Piaf became arrogant, started to act like a big star, began to indulge herself, and did not hesitate to fall out with the noble man.

She was extremely lacking in love and did not know how to pursue love. She fell in love with a married man who had three children.

Although she knew that this relationship would not have a result, Piaf was still deeply involved in it.

In the end, because she missed him too much, the man wanted to fly to her overnight, but he died in an accidental plane crash.

This blow completely broke Piaf's spirit. She began to have hallucinations and her mind became confused and abnormal.

To make matters worse, she suffered two car accidents during this period, which dealt a double blow to her body and mind.

Alcoholism, drugs, drug addiction, all bad habits.

But in contrast to Piaf's tragic life, her artistic career reached its peak at this time.

Like Van Gogh and Beethoven, many artists are like this. They can't live without madness, and they can only reach the pinnacle of art when they are on the verge of collapse.

Until the last moment of her life, the famous song "I Have No Regrets" came to her.

On the stage of the Olympia Theater, Piaf completed the most wonderful performance of her life.

Not long after, the French chanson queen died at the age of 47.

When she died, she weighed only 71 pounds, almost 65 kilograms.

In order to make "La Vie en Rose" well, Nicole specially learned French and practiced singing French chanson, which cost a lot of effort.

Those songs in the movie, as long as they involve scenes of stage performances, use her original voice, not film recordings.

This is exactly the same as Joaquin Phoenix, who is currently filming "Bohemian Rhapsody". Both of them have tried their best.

Ron Howard has also invested a lot of energy. Eric gave him all the power. He believes in the control of this big man over biographical art films.

Holding Nicole's hand tightly, watching her desperate cry because of Marcel's death, Eric couldn't help but be moved, and the heat in his eyes kept rising.

Looking at Nicole again, tears have hung on her face, and her mood has returned to the mood when she was filming.

"Honey, is my makeup smudged?" Nicole whispered.

"No, you are so beautiful, honey!"

"Huh, I feel a little blocked in my heart. Maybe it's like what Piaf wrote in her diary, try to pursue love, don't care about anything else!"

It can be seen that her emotions suddenly became very excited, and she seemed to want to hug and kiss.

To be honest, Eric also wanted to, but he had to restrain himself. Reason told himself that this would lead to an explosion.

Feeling her hand being held tighter, Nicole realized that she was too excited and wiped away her tears.

"Baby, I'll love you again when we get home."

"Yeah."

Finally, the more than two-hour movie came to an end with the singing of the Queen of Chanson.

As the lights came on, everyone stood up and applauded, and many people's eyes were a little red.

Eric and Nicole hugged each other, and no one would doubt it at this time.

He shook hands with Howard Lang again: "Howard, you have completed an excellent work of art."

The 50-year-old man smiled and nodded: "This is the result of our joint efforts. You provided an excellent script, and Nicole contributed amazing acting skills. Everyone is perfect."

Many film critics and reporters also came up nearby.

"OMG! Nicole, you shocked me today, it's perfect, absolutely perfect, especially that long shot of more than four minutes."

"Your emotional changes are great, absolutely subversive, I like it, I like it very much!"

"Thank you, Joe!"

"I like that part the most, too, that long shot is heartbreaking, I have seen many Piaf biopics, but there is no doubt that "La Vie en Rose" is the best."

"Howard, you old guy actually came up with such a great movie again, almost made me cry, look, see if it's red?"

"Well, it seems not. You are too tearful."

"Haha. But I was really moved. And you showed Piaf's shortcomings and neurotic behaviors. That's good. I like this objective expression."

Howard Lang pointed at Eric: "Now the most powerful screenwriter in Hollywood is standing in front of you. Theoretically, this should be his work. I can't even find a few places that can be changed."

Eric waved his hand: "Without a good director, no matter how good the script is, it's useless, isn't it?"

As an art film, and an art film that aims to win awards, "La Vie en Rose" is destined not to be screened on a large scale.

There are only more than 500 theaters opening, and the box office for the first three days of the weekend is not particularly high. After all, art films are actually more suitable for watching at home.

But the advantage of art films is not comparable to commercial films, that is, the screening time will be very long, lasting until the end of the Oscar ceremony.

If it wins the grand prize, the scale of the screening will instantly expand to the whole United States and last for about another month.

Of course, if you don't win the award, you will have to leave in disgrace, and you may even be cursed and abused by the theater owner behind your back.

The scale of screening of "Napoleon the Big" is not very large. Unlike "La Vie en Rose" which is unanimously praised by everyone, its reputation is very polarized. Those who like it think it is great, and those who hate it think it is too boring and too weird.

As a campus youth movie, this situation generally does not occur, because the movie abandons the commonly used campus youth protagonist.

The protagonist is a boring, dull, and non-special male protagonist, just like most people in reality, but different from the protagonists in most movies.

A solo dance of the male protagonist in the movie will be brought to the game world by Yamaguchi in the future and become the dance prototype of the male blood elf.

Eric doesn't know how much box office "Napoleon the Big" can get, but based on the current performance of more than 13 million, it is obviously a success, after all, the cost is only 400,000 US dollars.

Scratch cards, sometimes you can really win big prizes.

Monday, Los Angeles.

The Christmas holiday is not over yet. Some families are used to watching TV while eating breakfast, while others watch after breakfast.

In the morning, since there are fewer entertainment programs, the father usually controls the remote control to watch the morning news.

After the host Emma Davis finished reporting a piece of news, she suddenly took the manuscript handed over by the side.

Seeing this scene, experienced people know that there must be a major emergency, and they can't help but concentrate their attention.

"Dear viewers, here is a news interruption. The Los Angeles Prosecutor's Office just sent a report."

"Police Chief Greer Strange held an emergency press conference and announced an emergency message. Let's turn the screen to the scene."

Then the camera switched, and a middle-aged man with a serious expression appeared in the screen. Those who pay attention to local news know him.

Wearing a police uniform, the man shouted: "I am Los Angeles Police Chief Greer Strange. Danger has appeared again. We are looking for you!"

"Los Angeles needs you, New York needs you, and the whole United States needs you. There is a girl in danger who needs your help."

"Come on, superhero, show your courage and bring hope and light to the people of the whole United States!"

"Come on, superhero!"

Looking at the police chief speaking strange words on the TV screen, people who don't know him are confused. What the hell is this? I traveled through time?

But soon someone helped them solve the puzzle.

"Dad, don't you know? This is a public welfare dream-making event."

"A little boy under 5 years old is born with leukemia. His parents are worried that he can't hold on any longer and hope to fulfill his wish."

"The child named Wendy wants to be a superhero. The dream-making organization issued a petition not long ago, and I have joined it."

"Ah? What are you talking about, son!" The old father obviously didn't understand.

As the son put on his shoes, he said, "It's on Century Street, the event is there, you can come and have a look."

Watching his son riding away on his bike, the man turned his attention to the TV again.

The screen has come to a house, and the owner opened the door after hearing a knock on the door.

Scandium Chi Scandium Chi

With the sound of metal friction and collision, Iron Man walked in, and the cool gold and red armor instantly shocked the little boy. It can be clearly seen that the child opened his mouth in surprise.

"Wendy, I heard that you want to be a superhero, now is the time."

"Someone outside is in trouble, put on your battle suit, let's fight side by side!"

At this time, the child suddenly shouted, as if he had just come back to his senses, it turned out that there are really superheroes in the world.

He nodded excitedly and put on a small battle armor with the help of the staff.

"Now, let's go to save the world!"

"GO!"

Century Street, at this moment, both sides of the street were surrounded by people.

When little Wendy walked out of the house, cheers immediately rang out.

"Iron Man, say hello to everyone, I am Ironman!"

"HI, I am Ironman!"

Today's armor is made by the best prop master in MGM. It is not only beautiful, but also has some built-in functions.

For example, horns, cool lights and jet flight.

It was impossible to fly high, at most a few dozen centimeters above the ground, and the fuel was only enough to maintain flight for more than 100 meters, but it was enough.

Next to Century Avenue is Winnie Park, which has been rented by MGM.

Then, in the surprised eyes of the crowd, two Iron Men, one big and one small, took off from the ground, and flew forward with gas sprayed from the soles of their feet and palms.

After flying for dozens of meters, a little girl tied up appeared on the side of the road, shouting for help, and next to her was the Iron King who was laughing wildly.

"Come on Iron Man! You can't beat me!"

"Ah!"

As soon as the voice fell, the robot fell to the ground in the colorful beams emitted by the two armors.

The little girl untied the restraints and came to hug Wendy: "Thank you, Iron Man, you are a real superhero!"

The people on both sides of the road also applauded. Today everyone is very interested in playing games with a little boy.

Perhaps it is because of morality and sympathy, or perhaps it is because they once had a childhood with superheroes.

Continuing forward, the Red Skull appeared in the middle of the road with a group of minions blocking the road.

"Iron Man, you are not allowed to pass through here!"

"Wendy, there are so many of them, what should we do?"

"I don't know."

"Let's call for help, call for more superheroes, okay?"

"Okay!"

"Then shout with me, Steve, Thor, Natasha"

As the two shouted, the onlookers also shouted.

Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, Daredevil and other superheroes jumped out of the crowd, and everyone defeated the bad guys together.

Escorted by a group of superheroes, little Wendy came to Winnie Park.

A stage had been built here overnight, and he was carried to a high table.

The mayor of Los Angeles came up and handed him a key.

"Iron Man, thank you for your contribution to Los Angeles. Now I will give you the key to the city. You are a superhero worthy of respect."

Little Wendy happily raised the key above her head, and applause and cheers suddenly rang out from under the stage.

"Wendy, remember that you are already a superhero. Superheroes are fearless and dare to face all difficulties and challenges."

"I heard that you are sick, but would a superhero be afraid of being sick?"

"No, absolutely not!"

"That's right. We must face the disease bravely, overcome it, and inspire more people with your deeds, okay?"

"Yes!"

"In order to thank you for fighting evil, someone created a song and hopes to give it to you."

Swish!

The stage curtain suddenly opened to both sides, and more than 20 children stood there in two rows.

Little Wendy widened her eyes in surprise: "Missy, Liam, Olivia, Emma."

These children are Wendy's classmates, and Avril is standing among the children.

"Wendy, Iron Man, this song is for you, and for all real superheroes!"