I’m in Hollywood

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Eric briefly told the story outline of Mrs. Smith, Nicole listened carefully, and after Eric finished, he said: It doesn't sound special, it must be another shootout with a killer shoot. Wait for a popcorn movie with gimmicks as a selling point.”

The solidification of human thinking is very serious. The word innovation is easy to say, but it is even more difficult to do. Ninety-nine percent of Hollywood movies can find similar companions. The key is how to shoot.

Nicole rolled her eyes at Eric: I just said my thoughts, you don't need to rise to the level of 'human'.

Eric smiled and said: Actually, your understanding of this story is only on the most superficial surface. Of course, this must also represent more than 90% of the audience's thoughts. But if you carry out a deeper deconstruction, this story is A true portrayal of marriage in people's real life.

Um?

John and Jane's marriage is standard love at first sight, and in reality, many marriages are the product of this impulse. However, they do not really understand each other, although they love each other, they do not open up to each other, but instead Carefully guarding against each other, it is also doomed that they will not be able to maintain their marriage for a long time. When the initial passion subsides, the relationship between the two parties tends to be flat and boring, and eventually they have to go to psychological counseling. At the same time, they accept When it came to the order to kill each other, because of this change, the invisible barrier between the two collapsed, and at the same time as they attacked each other, they began to really understand each other. This is very similar to the real marriage relationship. After the dispute, the other side of themselves that they have been careful to cover up will open up to each other, and in the end. This marriage will either be reborn from the ashes, or it will fall apart.

After Eric finished speaking, he saw that Nicole had put down the tableware in her hand, resting her chin in one hand, and looked at herself in a trance.

What's the matter, do you suddenly admire my erudition and talent? Chill, relax. You're not the first, and you won't be the last.

I was just wondering. When will you, 'John Smith', tell me who you really are?

Eric smiled and didn't answer. He knew that many people around him were very curious about how all the special features he showed came from, and some people have asked more than once. However, this matter is destined to never be explained, and Eric has no intention of explaining it to others: In many film and television novels, the protagonist tends to remain in a mediocre state for a long time, because of the stimulation of certain things, it is a blockbuster and eventually becomes Superheroes who save the planet, like Superman, Spiderman, whatever.

Nicole made an unbearable expression: Don't talk nonsense, I just don't ask.

ok,

Then let's move on to Mrs. \u0026 Mrs. Smith. You're the heroine, and this script could be the first Disney-Columbia film, just enough for Paula Wagner to be the producer. Do more than one thing.

Nicole nodded, looked at Eric and said, Eric, how about you play John Smith? Didn't you play Back to Seventeen?

Eric shook his head: I don't have time.

Nicole also knows that she is a little whimsical. Compared with when she starred in Back to Seventeen a few years ago, Eric now not only has to take care of the huge Firefly Film Group. He also directed Jurassic Park himself, and some other films from his hands. It's impossible for Eric to let go completely. In this case, he simply can't spare half a year to appear in movies.

The main work of Jurassic Park will not start until after the Oscars at the end of March. After the acquisition of Disney, Firefly Pictures is also on the right track. The cooperation with Columbia has also been finalized, and Eric has a month of leisure. time.

Therefore, although there is no time to participate in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, there is still plenty of time to write the script of this movie in person. The script of one minute and one page, according to the memory in my mind, is slightly modified according to the current time background, Knocked out in less than a week.

These days, Nicole has also been living in Sharphorn Manor, personally watching Eric typing out the script of Mrs. Smith on the computer, and occasionally taking a few photos by the paparazzi when going out with Eric, It is inevitable that there will be some gossip and scandals.

After the Mr. \u0026 Mrs. Smith script was released, both Disney and Columbia quickly saw the script, and although there was a slight criticism that the film was not a special effects blockbuster, Columbia quickly accepted the project.

After the project was confirmed and Eric just had time to participate, Disney and Columbia couldn't wait to start the preliminary preparations. In just one week, the budget table for the film was made, because it was the first film of the cooperation between the two sides. To make sure nothing goes wrong, the movie budget is fairly generous.

In the screening room, Eric, Katzenberg and Peter Cooper watched the shootout on the screen together. Mr. and Mrs. Smith involved a lot of shootout scenes. However, in the list of director candidates given by Disney and Columbia, None of them can satisfy Eric, and for Eric, when it comes to shooting scenes, the first thing that comes to his mind is, of course, classic Hong Kong films such as The Heroes and Blood.

The most important thing in Hong Kong's action films is to make the audience happy. You see, this shootout scene, the setting of the plot, the foreshadowing of the atmosphere, and the intense three-minute shootout at the end all reflect the director's superb control skills. For Mr. \u0026 Mrs. Smith, what I wanted was a kind of elegant violence, a feeling that even if the hero and heroine were holding large-caliber shotguns, they looked like they were flirting with each other, not what Hollywood directors are better at Cruelty and realism, Eric explained softly while looking at the movie screen, and what was playing on the screen was the famous Fenglin Pavilion shootout in The True Color of Heroes.

The three-minute gunfight scene without any lines was completed in one go. For ordinary audiences, this scene is just the climax of a movie, but many directors regard this scene as an important imitation object.

Eric, don't you want to invite those Hong Kong directors who can only make B-level films to direct Mrs. \u0026 Mrs. Smith? Peter Cooper's tone was a little disdainful, he did not appreciate the wonderfulness of The True Color of Heroes Instead, he sneered at the rough sets and images of Hong Kong films.

why not?

It's nothing, I'm just a little worried that they will screw up the movie, Peter Cooper replied with a smirk, feeling the toughness in Eric's tone.

Eric also didn't want to get into a fight with Peter Cooper, explaining: The film market in Hong Kong is too small, in order to ensure that the cost is recovered, the directors there have to compress the budget, which does not mean that they will only make B-rated films.

Eric, did you like the director of this movie? Katzenberg pointed to the movie that was playing and asked.

Eric nodded, although Wu Baige's painting style suddenly became fascinated by epic films in the later stage of his career in the original time and space, a Wind Whisperer broke his Hollywood road, and a Peace Wheel completely lost his life. The development of the mainland, but when it comes to shooting shootout films, the top films in the history of Hong Kong movies are basically Wu Baige's works. If you count the time, Wu Baige should almost enter Hollywood, because Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is still in the works. For the sake of making the sequel, Firefly has been keeping in touch with the Hong Kong side, and now it is just time for the other party to match up. (To be continued)