I’m in Hollywood

After Returning to Seventeen, although Eric received many invitations, he no longer appeared in any movie scenes, not even a cameo. But even so, because his rise is so legendary, personal photos appear in newspapers and magazines every three days. Therefore, even if you cannot be recognized at a glance when you are walking on the street, there will always be someone who feels deja vu.

As there were more and more people in the library hall, the guests who participated in the art exhibition also looked at Eric more and more, but most people seemed to think that it was just similar and did not come up to chat. mean. In order to avoid unnecessary harassment, Eric had to take out his sunglasses and put them on. This look was a bit unusual in the hall, and was even teased by Catherine for this.

This picture is about the golden apple. When the human hero Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis held the wedding, all the gods were invited, but the goddess of discord, Eris, was rejected. Reese broke into the wedding scene and took out a golden apple, which he said was going to be given to the most beautiful woman present, which sparked a dispute.

Zeus' wife Hera, the goddess of wisdom Athena, and the goddess of love Aphrodite all believed that they should be the one who got the golden apple. In the case of no dispute, Zeus appointed Paris, the prince of Troy, who was shepherding sheep on Mount Ida, to adjudicate the case. dispute.

The man who is thinking in the picture is Paris, and the three goddesses are on the right. Paris awarded the golden apple to Aphrodite because of Eros' promise to make Paris fall in love with the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris then, with the help of the god of love, kidnapped Helen, the queen of Sparta, who was considered the most beautiful woman in the world, which caused the Trojan War.

The two walked to an oil painting in the northwest corner. Catherine explained to Eric in a low voice. Although she majored in art criticism at Columbia University. However, he did not explain the composition and colors of the works in the exhibition hall to Eric, but only told the various background stories involved in these oil paintings. Although many of them were known to Eric, he did not interrupt the woman. It means, but it sounds interesting.

After Catherine finished speaking, she glanced at Eric, who looked thoughtful, and asked in a low voice curiously, What are you thinking, do you feel a little bored?

Of course not. Eric shook his head: I was thinking about going back to Los Angeles and asking them to make a project about the prospects of European mythology and history in film development. The subject matter of this type of film is a big gold mine. With special effects and artificial constraints, there hasn't been a lot of great work in this genre over the years.

Catherine is the type of person who loves to incorporate work into her instincts, so instead of teasing Eric thinking about work in this situation, she asks: You mean epic movies like Ben-Hur and Spartacus?

Ben-Hur and Spartacus are both European epic movies produced by Hollywood in the early 1960s. The former tells the story of Jewish Ben-Hur's resistance to the invasion of the Roman Empire.

At that time, he won 11 Oscars, becoming an insurmountable record in Oscar history. Although Titanic in the original time and space surpassed Ben-Hur in nominations, the number of awards was only equal to Ben-Hur. The latter is the famous work of film master Stanley Kubrick.

At that time, the two films were all super-invested films, and both used as many as tens of thousands of extras. Today, when the Hollywood industry has developed to an extremely standardized level, this artificial scale is difficult to replicate.

Eric left the Golden Apple with Catherine, saying as they walked, It's true that, like Ben-Hur and Spartacus, these two classics were based on literature at the time rather than historical facts. Changed, and I think that's what made them both hugely successful at the box office and awards.

Katherine asked: Why can't it be adapted according to historical facts, I think it is more real?

The two stopped in front of another painting, and Eric explained: But the real history is always too cruel and unpleasant. If you develop this type of film, the investment must be at the level of a mega-production. , if you want to recover the cost, you have to make a large-scale adaptation of history to suit the taste of modern audiences. Again, the audience always sees what they want to see.”

After Eric finished speaking, he looked at the woman beside him. Although Catherine's works are not many so far, they always relish and convey some kind of social cognition to the audience. Recognized by awards, a little carelessness will also arouse the disgust of the audience.

In the original time and space until more than ten years later, Katherine, The Hurt Locker taught a bomb disposal on the Iraqi battlefield as a calm bystander, without commenting, but after everyone watched this movie, they would It is natural to have aversion and resistance to war, and this is the best way to promote anti-war.

Catherine glanced at the oil painting in front of her eyes. This time, instead of explaining it to Eric in a low voice, she said, I feel like you are talking about my movie?

Eric smiled: Yes, you can see that I just didn't have any words pointing to your movie, but you can understand my purpose. This is the best way to convey a concept.

Catherine remembered what Eric said a few months ago on the set of Thriller, and fell into a brief thought. Eric didn't bother and stood by and waited silently.

When it was about twelve o'clock, Eric chose the Golden Apple that caused the two of them to talk, signed a check for $50,000 and handed it to the organizer. As for how much of this money could be used for the so-called Orphans and disabled children are not what Eric considers.

At noon, Katherine's friend Betsy Murphy took the two of them for a simple lunch, but they didn't go back. In the afternoon, at the suggestion of Betsy Murphy, the two listened to an auditorium in Columbia. gave a four-hour lecture on European history.

During the lecture, Becky Murphy was always very curious about Eric's performance. As Catherine's best friend, Becky Murphy had already heard about Catherine's divorce from Cameron. Qi Murphy occasionally whispered with Katherine, and occasionally glanced at Eric with ambiguous eyes. (To be continued..)u