Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Chapter 1245 The Silence of the Lambs Premiere

"Oh my gosh, Jodie Foster likes men again, big news!"

At the premiere of "The Silence of the Lambs" at the Ziegfeld Theater in Manhattan, New York, reporters suddenly discovered that Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster suddenly appeared at the theater gate with a man.

The two of them moved intimately, and they looked like a couple at first glance. Immediately, a large number of flashlights began to flash, and the light almost lit up the street.

Journalists in the industry are well aware of Jodie Foster's orientation, but there is no public report. Now that she suddenly appeared with her suspected boyfriend, we can finally write gossip about her again. Otherwise, for a female star at the level of a movie queen, every interview is about acting, producing, directing, all kinds of serious content, and the editor would be disgusted with the manuscript she writes.

Jodie Foster is wearing a black dress, and her upper jacket is intentionally buttoned only two times, revealing the silk shirt underneath. She is small and exquisite, and she is also wearing a bright yellow long silk scarf, which is shoulder-length. Hair, looks very intellectual and sexy.

"Judy, introduce us to your new friend." The reporter didn't recognize the man next to him, who also had long hair and looked excited. He quickly stepped forward and put the recorder to their mouths.

"Randy, Randy Stone is the casting director, and I'm working with him on my new movie. Yes, I'm going to be the director."

"Hey, you're not very friendly..." Randy Stone stepped forward to stop the reporter who couldn't help but added at the end, "You must remember my name in the future and don't do it again." Treat me like a nobody."

"OK, Randy." The reporters nodded in agreement. From now on, you will be a frequent guest on the gossip pages, even if we don't remember it.

"I told you, right?" Jonathan Demi, who was chatting on the side, said to the stunned Ronald.

"Well, ah..." Ronald was in a strange state. Not only because Jodie Foster was a little doubtful about whether his kiss was between a man and a woman yesterday, but also because she actually found a man to appear in public. It was a bit... how should I put it? It seemed that she saw a friend who had a one-night stand suddenly at a party. Introducing her date.

"Let's go in." Helen Slater nudged Ronald. She had passed AngLee's audition and officially played the role of Wang Bozhao, or Wang Yetong, as he used the pseudonym to avoid trouble, in the movie's wife.

"It's so surprising. She lived with Kelly McGillis before." Ronald touched his chin and went into the theater with the director to watch the first commercial release.

Jonathan Demme's editing skills are also superb. This is the first time for Ronald to watch "The Silence of the Lambs" in a large screening room. On the giant screen, this nervous emotion is amplified to the greatest extent.

The cold-toned scene at the beginning sows the seeds of nervousness and fear in the audience. The subsequent scene of meeting Hannibal in prison is even more foreshadowing, making people nervous and speechless. When Anthony Hopkins's gentle appearance suddenly appeared in prison, the audience was at its highest level of tension and suddenly relaxed. They all wondered how such a humble gentleman could be a serial murderer. ….

This relaxation was short. Jonathan Demme "teased" the audience at a very high level. After taking a big breath, he suddenly used Hopkins to calmly tell the horrific plot of eating others in a Shakespearean dramatic accent.

The audience just felt chills after getting into the plot. The horrors were gradually added up, reaching a climax when Hannibal opened the handcuffs with a ballpoint pen refill in the hotel, killed the guard and escaped.

Cold violence, coupled with an elegant symphony, Jonathan Demme's control is very clever, and the audience does not feel anything disharmonious at all, as if a serial killer like Hannibal should use this method to kill Only by getting out of trouble can he be worthy of his IQ of killing people with words.

Even after watching the whole show, Ronald was still squirming around in his chair a little uncomfortable. He suddenly discovered that every once in a while, there would be an uncomfortable squeaking sound. It was the sound of old-fashioned seats being tortured by spectators who felt as uncomfortable as he did.

The audience is convinced of Hannibal's intelligence, but has conflicting feelings about his behavior. The man is teased by the warden and the audience hopes that he will be freed. But his violent crimes made viewers want him to be caught.

As for the heroine, Agent Claire, the audience also has an ambivalent attitude. I hope she can get ahead, but I don’t want her to fall into the trap that old white men like FBI directors set for young women.

In the end, when Agent Claire broke into the den of dragons and tigers alone, single-handedly killed the kidnapper and rescued the senator's daughter, the audience suddenly relaxed. They all sympathized with the petite woman and hoped that she could successfully become a regular employee.

At the end of the movie, when Hannibal called back from the Bahamas and made his final call to Agent Claire, the audience's calm mood was lifted again...

The movie came to an abrupt end right here. Everyone in the audience's faces turned red as they were rubbed, and a sense of release mixed with fear and joy made them applaud non-stop.

At the same time, the screening hall, which can accommodate 1,600 people, kept making noises. This is the sound of the cushions of the spring chairs returning to their original positions after the audience stood up and left the old-fashioned seats. The long-term tension made many viewers eager to go to the bathroom to relieve themselves.

"Oh my God, I can't remember the last time I was so nervous when watching a movie." Ronald went over to congratulate Jonathan Demme.

"It looks like it worked well?" Jonathan Demme was also very proud of his work. Even he himself could not always make such a work. The performance of the actors, the cooperation of the FBI, and the unlimited funding and resource support given by Ronald were all very rare in commercial films.

"It's more than good, it's simply... a masterpiece." Ronald suddenly found himself sweating. Such a movie-watching experience has been rare since he entered the industry.

When watching movies, Ronald always involuntarily analyzes some shots, techniques, performances and other shooting contents. This "Silence of the Lambs" made him forget that he was a film director and immersed himself in it like an ordinary audience. ….

Of course, the Ziegfeld Theater, the largest screening hall in the United States, played an indispensable role in the premiere. The super-large screen, which is more than twice as high as the average screen, makes the audience's heartstrings tightly tied to the lovable FBI trainee agent played by Jodie Foster.

"Alas, it's a pity that this year this best movie theater in New York and even the whole country will be demolished." When Ronald went to thank the theater manager, the other party said such a thing.

It turned out that this large theater, which was built not long ago, was still out of touch with the times. Today's audiences prefer multi-hall theaters and choose the right show when they arrive. Although the viewing environment of the big theater is great, if the attendance rate is not enough, it will lose money every time it opens. In Hollywood today, there are only a handful of movies that can fill half of the seats in this big theater every year.

It is obviously not cost-effective to re-divide such a large screening hall. And New York does not have so many dramas that need to be performed in such a hall. Most of them can be solved at the Candy Box Theater on Broadway.

"Here in the future?" Ronald still has a lot of feelings for this theater. His first movie with a box office of over 100 million yuan, Breakdance, premiered here.

"It will be converted into a banquet hall for companies to hold product launches or fashion shows. Unfortunately, these are all very good chairs." The theater manager was very sad, he was about to retire.

"Does this equipment have a buyer? If not, please give me a contact number. I know a chain theater operator who will be interested."

Ronald took the other party's business card. In addition to the very expensive spring chairs, there are also high-power projectors and super expensive large screens. These are all very good second-hand goods. When the time comes, it will be a good deal to sell them to the new theater of the Palm Cinema Line.

"Congratulations..." At the post-screening party, Ronald hosted the celebration ceremony. A large bottle of fine champagne was poured into stacked champagne glasses. Many actors and staff took a glass and drank it all.

Many celebrities came to the premiere this time. Shirley MacLaine also attended the premiere. She played the role of a New York host and brought many beautiful beauties to the meeting. These were all models or actors who wanted to enter the film industry in one step.

So, they ignored the handsome male actors and surrounded Ronald and Jonathan Demme. They wanted to be noticed by the other party and say a few more words.

Ronald was calm, and Helen was with him. Although Helen was dressed very ordinary, she was naturally beautiful and a little cold, so the models and actors were a little afraid to approach.

Jonathan Demme had no female companion to block him. Whatever he said would cause a group of beautiful women to admire him sincerely. Although he knew it was not true, it was rare for a man to resist such a feeling and be intoxicated by it.

"I want to ask, can models like us enter Hollywood?" Among all the models, only one was still persistent and did not surround the director. Instead, she stared at Ronald.

"Who are you?"

"Heidi, Heidi Klum, I'm a model from Cologne, Germany."….

"In fact, the requirements of these two professions are opposite. If you want to be an actor, then don't be a model. Or, you can work hard to become a famous model first, so that someone will ask you to make a movie." "That's it?" This young model came to New York to try her luck. She was brought to the premiere of a Hollywood blockbuster by her friends. It would be good to meet a big-name director and listen to their advice.

"Oh, who is this beauty?"

As he was talking, Ray Liotta, an actor who had worked with Jonathan Demme and recently starred in Scorsese's new film "Goodfellas", came over to chat.

"Sorry, I have to go first." Ronald took the opportunity to leave.

"Hey?" Heidi Klum rolled her eyes when she saw Ronald running away. She ignored Liotta and walked straight away.

"Ronald, you are really clean." Next to him was the art director Polly Pratt. She came over to joke with Ronald.

"I'm ashamed to say that." Ronald smiled and hugged Helen. He knew that Pratt was still upset about her ex-husband's affair with an actress. This was half a compliment to him for not messing around, and the other half was still a teasing.

"Polly..." Helen Slater went up and hugged Polly Pratt's shoulders. She respected this art expert very much. She admired this kind of independent and professionally accomplished woman.

"Hey, Helen, you are really good..." Pratt looked at Helen as if she were her daughter, and immediately softened her heart and started chatting with her.

"Polly, do you have any tips for raising children alone?"

"Oh, Helen, it's really hard to be a single mother, you have to be prepared."

...

"Polly is right, you are really a rare Hollywood director who keeps himself clean." A woman next to him came over and nodded to Ronald.

"Adele?" Ronald gestured to her. When Ronald went to the FBI Academy to visit the filming of "The Silence of the Lambs", he happened to be a guest agent. It was this female costumer named Adele Lutz who made clothes for him.

He remembered that this was a very professional costumer who really had a vision and taste for choosing clothes. She was not the kind of female costumer who was often seen in the crew and was inserted by someone's relationship and had never been a costumer.

"I have seen a lot in this industry, you are really good. I have never been very convinced by others. You are one, and my former brother-in-law is one."

"Hmm?" Ronald heard her say this, and took a look at Adele Lutz's appearance under the light, and found that this person looked arrogant, and seemed to be from a famous family. And she looked familiar, as if he had seen her somewhere.

"Who is your brother-in-law?" he asked tentatively.

"My former brother-in-law is Zhou Yinghua, the owner of R.Cho Chinese Restaurant."

"Aha, I ate at his restaurant in New York. It was a long time ago." Ronald remembered a lot of past events. "Is your sister okay now?"

Zhou Yinghua's wife is a former model of German and Japanese descent, Tianna Zhou. No wonder Ronald has an impression of her. Her maiden name before marriage was Lutz. It turned out that she was the sister of the fashion designer Adele.

"Don't you know?" Adele showed a sad expression, "She is dying."... It turned out that Tianna Zhou, the party queen, was unfortunately infected with... the virus when she cheated on someone a few years ago. Earlier last year, her cheating partner, a nobleman from the country of Mao, died of complications, and she was immediately diagnosed as an infected person.

The symptoms developed quickly, and the doctors had no way to treat her. Tianna Zhou went to California earlier, where she tried to treat it with meditation and vegetarianism, but it didn't work. When Adele saw her recently, she was very thin.

…

At night, when Ronald and Helen were alone in the mansion on Fifth Avenue, they sat on the big bed. Just at the critical moment, Ronald suddenly put Helen down and reached into the drawer of the bedside table to look for something.

"What are you doing?" Helen pushed him unhappily.

"This..." Ronald took out a box of safety measures, a high-end brand imported from Japan.

"I usually take measures." Helen smiled bitterly.

"I have to be responsible for you. Accidents are very harmful to women, especially actresses. You have to make a plan." Ronald quickly got ready.

"Ah..." Helen, with a flushed face, buried her face in Ronald's arms with satisfaction. Her lover still loves her very much, and from his tone, he doesn't seem to object to having a child?

…

"Ronald, we are going to succeed."

The next day, on the private plane back to Los Angeles to attend the premiere there, Jodie Foster took the initiative to sit next to Ronald. Yesterday's New York Daily News film review column was full of praise for The Silence of the Lambs.

"Yeah..."

Ronald quickly shrank aside and sat next to Jonathan Demme. Of course, his face was still facing Jodie Foster. "eaSre gave the movie an A- rating. This is the first time in history that a horror movie has received this rating."

Generally speaking, horror movies will be rated two levels lower by the audience. A- rating, converted into a general commercial film, is the highest level A+. This movie not only has good reviews from critics, but also has great commercial potential.

"Can I talk to you about the new project?" Jodie Foster was a little unhappy, but she quickly sat down next to Ronald across the aisle and quickly moved her face over.

"I usually sleep on the plane. Let's talk when we get there?" Ronald still had a grudge against Jodie Foster's boyfriend who suddenly appeared. Coupled with what Adele Lutz said, Ronald was a little scared now.

"Stingy..." Jodie Foster pouted, and then immediately changed her expression, "I really envy you. I heard that successful men are full of energy and can fall asleep on the road. No wonder you are so awesome." She took the blanket from the stewardess, covered Ronald, and tucked his neck. The stewardess was so angry that she was stunned. She finally had a chance to get close to the rich and handsome man, but it was snatched away by this Hollywood bitch. She deliberately turned her head and stepped on her high heels. "Please be gentle, Ronald is asleep." Jodie Foster also told the stewardess, and looked back at Ronald, who was already snoring slightly. 39314398.... (Remember to bookmark after reading for easy reading next time!)