Movie Master

Frank looked at the man in front of him. If he remembers correctly, Lance is only in his early thirties this year. Although he has released many excellent works as a producer before, it is only in the past two years that he really became famous. Overnight, this man became hot. However, those rumors and reputations are all false to Frank, because he knows how this flashy Vanity Fair works.

Today—or at this moment, Frank has completely changed his mind. Lance is not only a director with strong ideas and firm ideas, but he also has the ability to put these ideas into reality, and even elevate a work several notches.

Considering Lance's age and experience, how could Frank not be amazed.

So, a thought-provoking popcorn, is this your ambition? Frank was not led into the pit by Lance's impassioned words, but became a little more sober, because Frank knew that he wanted to turn business Combined with the high degree of art, this is really too difficult.

L.A. Confidential and The Truman Show that came out at the end of the last century, etc., and the Lord of the Rings series and Chicago that were released at the beginning of this century can all be regarded as examples. Each work has its own biases. For example, Chicago sacrificed a lot of philosophical dialogues for the sake of entertainment. It only pointed to the core content such as the ugly face of Vanity Fair and the entertainment to death of the news media. Oscar, but it is more a hero created by the times. In terms of overall quality, it is still a work that is more commercial than entertainment.

Popcorn itself is only composed of sweetness and aroma. After chewing, all the flavors will disappear, but now it is required that the popcorn should have an aftertaste, and it can also taste some depth and layers. This is not only What is difficult for the strong is even more self-binding. Just like you can't ask for a glass of honey water to taste ups and downs, you can't ask commercial popcorn to show the depth and layers of literary movies.

Thought provoking and popcorn, these two words are inherently contradictory. However, Lance decided to give it a try.

Sin City can be said to be an action movie or a crime movie, but it is undoubtedly a commercial movie. The day after tomorrow”, but the movie-watching experience is similar. In the previous version of Robert Rodriguez's City of Sin, he pushed this visual experience to the extreme. The contrast between light and shadow, black and white, and color tension reached the extreme, which is amazing, but at the core It seems very weak in thought.

Not only professional film critics, but also many audiences have criticized that the moral content of the film is not high, and the core of thought is also very superficial. Images with strong visual impact are overly focused on showing off skills, and the effects of color and lighting are infinitely magnified, so that the image itself loses its meaning and does not play a role in promoting and explaining the plot. From a professional point of view, this is called a transition shot. ——Also called waste scenes; simple and clear stories lack connotation, and the simple plot of joyful grievances even lacks succession and transition. It just intercepts bloody and violent revenge clips. The whole movie does not seem to explain anything, just advocating violence. That's all.

Even Spiderman explained a truth meaningfully: the world needs heroes, and heroes also need faith. The stronger the ability, the greater the responsibility. But Sin City has nothing, just super cool shapes, exaggerated expressions, and moving pictures similar to movies and TV shows. Realistic sarcasm.

This is a visual feast, but only a visual feast. The biggest difference between Sin City and Transformers is that Robert injected a completely different visual style into this work and opened up a new genre, which made Sin City a cult classic.

Lance does not intend to deprive Sin City of this charm. In fact, he always believes that commercial popcorn movies can reach such an extreme, which is also a huge success. If it weren't for the composition of the crime trilogy, Lance would not have made changes to the script, but would have completely followed Robert's version in the previous life to create a hearty visual feast. But now, Lance hopes to take a further step on the road of art, so he needs to add more repercussions and aftertaste on the basis of this visual feast.

This is an extremely difficult task, this is a difficult challenge, this is a problem that asks for trouble. However, Lance does not intend to back down, let alone surrender, on the contrary, he will face up to difficulties with confidence.

No. Facing Frank's question, Lance shook his head and said with a smile, This is my bottom line. To create a classic masterpiece and complete a complete trilogy series is my goal. Ambition. The reason why the trilogy is difficult is not only because of the continuation of ideas and the unity of style, but also because of the rise of the theme and the deepening of the layers. The whole must be a rising equation.

The corner of Frank's mouth pulled down, and he looked at Lance in surprise and absurdity, but found that Lance didn't mean to be joking at all, and that calm but calm smile made people want to believe him. Frank didn't speak for a long time, and looked at Lance with flickering eyes, as if he was thinking, hesitating, and hesitating...

Lance was not in a hurry, took a sip of whiskey slowly, shook the glass lightly, raised his eyes, saw Frank's still tangled expression, and laughed dumbly, Old cowboy, I thought you should be more straightforward than me. This is mocking Frank's hesitation and timidity.

This sentence made Frank laugh dumbfoundedly. He shook his head, then picked up his beer glass, raised his head and began to pour the beer down his throat. He cleaned up the whole glass of beer with arrogance, and finally put the beer glass upside down on the bar counter. On the ground, he wiped off the drink that fell from the corner of his mouth, and looked at Lance with a flushed face, I'll join! It was just three words, crisp and loud.

The smile on the corner of Lance's mouth finally bloomed. From planning Sin City, to tossing and turning in the face of many difficulties, to launching a counterattack for the camp step by step, until today, he finally won the trust of Frank Miller, Snatching food from Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, the adaptation of this classic comic book is firmly in the palm of its hand.

Although there is still a long way to go from success, at least he has the opportunity to challenge, not Robert and Quentin.

So, tell me, what do I need to do? Frank's personality is very bold. Since he decided to hand over the adaptation rights of Sin City to Lance, he stopped struggling and immediately entered his role. To be honest, my knowledge of movies is very limited. Personally, I think this is your major and you are the boss. I'd better stand aside and don't care about anything—except the script. Frank suddenly thought In addition to this most important thing, for adaptations, how to find a balance between the original work and the screenplay is the core point that cannot be ignored.

There was no celebration, nor any cheers. After a short period of joy, Lance let the turbulent thoughts quickly settle down, Script, this is where I need your help. Because Lance, Robert, and Quentin focused on In different directions, there will be many differences between the two versions of Sin City, so Frank's role is naturally different. In this movie, I plan to quote four stories, namely 'The Customer Is God', 'A Difficult Farewell', 'Cruel Killing' and 'Young Bastard'.

As soon as Lance's voice fell, Frank showed a thoughtful expression. As the author of the original work, he naturally knew these stories very well. He could perceive that there seemed to be no connection between these stories, but there was a network behind them. Connect all story threads. Of course, the comics of Sin City are originally a magnificent and huge background system.

I will break up each story a little bit and cut some content, but basically I will not adapt it. I hope to maintain the concise and neat pleasure of the story. Lance's words made Frank show a puzzled expression—since the script does not would make drastic changes, so what was his job? Then Lance announced, But I need you to do two things. To be precise, I will cooperate with you to complete this work.

Lance put himself in the position of cooperation, not because of his modesty, but because of the fact that such a huge and cumbersome workload is really difficult for him, not to mention that Frank is interested in every corner of Sin City. He couldn't be more familiar, he is the most suitable candidate.

The first is that I need to establish a clear context for each character. There is no need to have those delicate and delicate things. It can be simple and rough, but at least there must be a complete background. For example, what is Hardigan's heart knot? , why is he so obsessed with Nancy, and then, what is his evil side, and what is his justification.

Frank opened his mouth in surprise, and it was only then that he remembered that the core focus of the two people's conversation just now, and he obviously bore an unimaginable burden on his shoulders. In the four stories that Lance just told, there are at least a dozen characters, and each character needs to create a file. The trivial and heavy work of this work is indeed no small matter.

Second, Lance said without pausing, The endings of these characters need to be adjusted accordingly to complement the tone of the whole story. Looking at Frank's slightly puzzled eyes, Lance shrugged Shrugged, You know, if you use evil to fight evil, the ones left behind must be bad guys. I don't need their image to be tall, what I need is the degeneration of the whole city.

Just like the ending of Batman: The Dark Knight.