Movie Master

The premiere of Murder with a Borrowed Knife is over, but the premiere ceremony is not yet over. After the film screening, the next part is the interview with reporters. A polite social occasion, but crucial for film promotion.

Javier looked at Tom who was surrounded by reporters. Obviously, at the scene of Murder with a Borrowed Knife, the biggest star is still Tom. In tonight's premiere, Tom undoubtedly brought a huge surprise. The role of Vincent, who is indifferent to the bone marrow, evil to the blood, and cruel to the soul, is not only the first villain in Tom's acting career, but also Tom's first villain on the big screen. The biggest breakthrough in the world, except for the very first debut, people almost forget the person Tom Cruise and devote themselves wholeheartedly to Vincent's world. This is definitely a phenomenal breakthrough. Therefore, as soon as the free exchange session started, Tom was overwhelmed by the turbulent crowd of reporters.

Javier knew he should interview Tom—it was an assignment for The New York Times—but he wanted to interview Lance more than Tom. So, he went straight through the bloated crowd, walked forward, and then saw Lance surrounded by a dozen reporters.

Although compared to Tom who is surrounded like cotton candy, the surroundings of Lance are obviously not at the same level, but the lively scene still shows the popularity of this new director. Javier quickly squeezed in and listened quietly to everyone's interview with Lance. The topic undoubtedly revolved around Murder with a Borrowing Knife, especially regarding the positioning of the movie. In the early publicity, Paramount will Murder with a Borrowing Knife It is defined as a purely commercial film, but today's perception has obviously overturned this definition, and the mystery was unveiled with a gesture that shocked the audience.

So does this mean that the audiences of 'Murder with a Borrowed Knife' and 'Ocean's Twelve' are different? The reporter's question circled around and returned to the most high-profile matchup tonight.

There was a slight smile on the corner of Lance's mouth, If this can bring more audiences into the cinema to watch my work, then yes. This sly answer made several reporters couldn't help chuckling. Obviously, Lance intends to avoid the confrontation that was previously hyped up to the end.

Javier hurriedly said, Lance, after watching the movie, we can all find that the lighting of each shot has been carefully adjusted, including the lighting in the subway in the last scene, so that we can hardly recognize it. Los Angeles. Excuse me, is this intentional? If so, why?

Our lighting engineer and photographer will be very happy. Lance nodded to Javier, obviously very satisfied with such a problem, Indeed, we have spent a lot of thought on the lighting, hoping to use the special effects of the lighting Create a sense of ambiguity between reality and fantasy. You don’t feel like this is Los Angeles, then we have achieved our goal.”

But, wouldn't such a method strip away the sense of reality? It makes the whole story lack the support of reality. A voice standing next to him interjected and raised his voice to ask. Everyone followed the voice and saw that it was Roger. - Ebert - the nation's most famous film critic.

Lance looked at Roger, the corner of his mouth slightly raised, and then calmed down, I hope this won't look too weird. The subtext is: this is his intention.

Roger didn't speak, but looked into Lance's eyes seriously, as if he wanted to dig out more truth, but Lance didn't stop too much, and was soon attracted by the reporter's question again, Lance After using a lot of unconventional lighting to create a sense of alienation, the overall pace of the movie seems very slow, not like a commercial movie, but more like a European art movie, is this also intentional?

Lance turned his head and asked Jonathan Gerrard, Can I understand that this is an appreciation of film art? Lance's arrogance caused the corners of the reporters' mouths to rise, and Roger just said again. He stayed for a while, then turned around and left without making a sound.

From the corner of his eyes, Lance kept a firm focus on Roger. After watching Roger leave, he turned to the reporters again. Roger will be at the premiere of Borrowing Knife - which is a huge surprise, you know, Warner Bros. will not forget to invite Roger. It should be said that, whether it is lighting, positioning, or editing, I try to convey the emotion of the movie through vision. As for how to understand it, every audience has different ideas. In my opinion, this is a movie. A stylized commercial film.

Seeing Lance open his eyes and talk nonsense, everyone laughed lightly, and Jonathan's expression also seemed meaningful.

Standing aside, Nancy Black was short and almost out of breath among a group of big men. She managed to squeeze out half of her head and asked loudly, Lance, is this movie almost impossible? It’s just you and Tom, and you both did a great job, especially you, who surprised everyone and didn’t look like you were on the big screen for the first time.”

Lance stretched out his hands politely, and dialed the crowd on both sides. The reporters all sold Lance's face and retreated a little, which made Nancy finally find breathing space. She looked up and saw With Lance's gentlemanly smile, the air became hot in an instant. Can I take this as a compliment? Lance's teasing voice made the surrounding reporters chuckle.

Shrugging his shoulders, Lance replied seriously, Actually, I have to thank Tom for his cooperation during the filming process. As you can see, the film uses some unconventional techniques to capture the emotions and thoughts of the characters. Trying to juggle the tension of the action with the nuances of the performance is a tough challenge for an actor. Not only did Tom do a great job, but he helped me out a lot. Luckily, I didn't screw up Otherwise, the current situation would be embarrassing.

Lance raised his eyebrows, with a look of lingering fear - if his performance did not meet the requirements and ruined the overall quality of the movie, as a director, he could only smash his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

This ridicule made the reporters smile again, and then some reporters turned the question to Tom, Tom not only challenged the villain role for the first time in his acting career, but also gave an amazing performance. But how did you do it back then? Thinking about using Tom to play this role?

When Cliff, who was standing aside, heard this question, he knew that the development of the matter had completely fallen under Lance's control. He didn't need to listen to Lance's answer, he knew what was going to happen next... So Cliff turned around and left.

Taking a few steps back, Cliff turned his head to look at the auditorium behind him—Originally, the Los Angeles theater was in crisis, and some people even suspected that the 2,000 seats could not be filled at all. The space was full, and it could be said that there were no empty seats, and every face was filled with extremely excited expressions. Even if the movie screening was over, almost no audience was willing to leave.

Following the audience's line of sight, Cliff turned his head and looked at the crew members surrounded by layers of reporters. Except for Tom and Lance, the other crew members were also surrounded by many reporters, more than a hundred The size of the people blocked the open space directly in front of them; questions followed one after another, and the enthusiasm of the reporters made the indoor temperature rise again silently. Cliff realized that the audience was still reluctant to leave. They were waiting for the end of the reporter interview session, and then sought the opportunity to communicate face-to-face with the crew.

The noise, the unparalleled noise, from the standing ovation after the movie ended to the current noise, completely filled the empty Los Angeles theater, and this old theater glowed with incredible vitality at this time.

Suddenly, Cliff became a little curious about what the premiere of Ocean's Twelve was like. It wasn't about the scale or atmosphere of the premiere, but about how the audience reacted after the film's premiere, and how the reporters responded. What's the attitude, what's the evaluation of the film critics. Originally, Ocean's Twelve seemed to have won the battle for the premiere, but now, Cliff is no longer sure.

Due to the magnificence and magnificence of the premiere, the interview session of Murder with a Borrowing Knife has been going on for 35 minutes, and the screening of Ocean's Twelve has just ended.

The lights of the Chinese Theater came on slowly, and Barry Meyer, who was sitting on the seat, winked left and right, and the crew and propagandists began to applaud one after another. The applause rose little by little with the lights. The audience didn't react at first, but after hearing the applause, they started applauding one after another. But many people applauded and exchanged glances at the same time...

Variety film critic Michael Katenbach patted his hands politely, but looked around, and then saw the strange eyes of Mick LaSalle - he is Hollywood Reporter , the eyes of the two met slightly, a little helpless, absurd, and puzzled, but in the end it turned into a polite smile at the corners of their mouths, and they looked away.

It was only then that Michael noticed that the audience around him stood up and looked forward, only to find that the crew members headed by George Clooney and Brad Pitt stood up one after another and walked to the front of the stage—more than expected It was much earlier, instead of waiting for the audience to applaud repeatedly, but to stand up as soon as the applause sounded. Of course, this is not a film festival, it's just the premiere, so don't be too harsh.

So, Michael also stood up, clapped his hands politely, and glanced at the faces of the surrounding audience one by one, with different expressions, but they all carried a similar lack of interest. Michael's chest sank slightly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth showed a trace of regret, as well as a trace of sarcasm.