[US Entertainment] Best Director

Spielberg went to see a screening at Hollywood Yard.

Screenings are held in movie theaters on the coast of Santa Monica.

After reading it, I haven't spoken for a long time.

These are the two feelings he had when watching it on the computer.

The texture of the big screen made it easier for him to capture some details.

Evening wind, sand, debris...

These seemingly unremarkable things in the past have a different kind of charm when they are put on the big screen.

Spielberg can't accurately describe this unique aesthetic feeling, but one thing can be described, and that is reality-a rough beauty that is different from the past.

After watching the movie, go home.

Spielberg clipped the ticket stubs into his notebook.

The moment he closed it, he suddenly saw a line of small words on the corner of the ticket stub - "All the box office box office of this film will be donated to Iraqi refugees. Thank you for watching."

The words are very small, only a small line, but it made Spielberg think a lot.

From the time he insisted on making Prairis commercial, he always thought of the time when "Approaching Iraq" had just finished filming.

Is the business path he planned for her wrong?

Maybe she is a natural literary director?

After a long silence, Spielberg opened the mailbox.

A read email from DC lay quietly in the mailbox.

The mouse moved to the delete button, but it was not clicked for a long time.

"Green Lantern".

DC is about to launch a heavy capital masterpiece.

Since Nolan's two "Batman Begins" and "Batman: The Dark Knight" came out one after another, DC's series of movies have been praised to the altar at once.

Even Zack Snyder's "Watchmen", which just released this year, did well at the box office, with messy storytelling and all relying on fighting to win.

As the new hero of DC, as long as "Green Lantern" is not too poorly shot and captures DC's consistent dark adult style, then the box office will definitely not be too bad.

This is a rare opportunity.

But, is Prairie really suitable?

After a long hesitation between deleting and forwarding, Spielberg called his youngest son, Theo, who was studying drama in England.

It was quickly connected.

Theo's voice was slightly hoarse, apparently just waking up from a dream.

"Hello? Father? What's the matter with you so late?"

"I wanted to ask you something," Spielberg said.

There were some crackling sounds from the other end of the phone, as if standing up.

"You ask." Theo said vaguely.

"Do you remember Prairie? That girl you were telling me about."

"Of course I remember. She is now the star of our school. Old Mike often mentioned her in class, but why did you suddenly ask about this?" Theo was a little puzzled.

Spielberg wasn't trying to hide his relationship with Prairie.

"I accepted her as an apprentice, just a few years ago."

"..."

"What do you think of her film style?"

"...It's very artistic."

"Like it?"

"...that counts."

"Do you think she is suitable for a commercial film?" Spielberg finally asked.

"Business?"

"Correct."

"Is she going to make a commercial film?"

Theo froze.There was a little surprise in his tone.

"You seem a little incredulous about her making a commercial?" Spielberg asked.

Theo hesitated for a while, "It doesn't count... After all, even you have been in business. The unique asset attributes of a movie determine that it will never be purely a work of art. A real top director must be a A marriage of commerce and art...but...."

"But what?"

Theo frowned, "I still can't imagine Prairie's appearance in a commercial film...all the commercial films currently on the Hollywood market seem to deviate from her temperament.

"Deviation?"

"Yes, unless she is given another series like Nolan's "Batman"."

"You think DC is right for her?"

"Not really... Her aura is too special... It's just a little bit in line with DC." Theo replied.

"you're right."

Spielberg pondered for a long time.Hang up the phone.

On the screen, letters from DC flashed brightly.

Finally hit send.

Pryris received the email early the next morning.

Under the promotion of many philanthropists, "Approaching Iraq" swept the Internet with a frightening momentum, and at the same time, the 92 screening locations around the world were also full.

According to incomplete premiere statistics, the first-day global attendance rate of "Approaching Iraq" has reached as high as 99%, while the commercial blockbuster "Wolverine" of the same period is only 87%.

A Caesar Award and a Golden Lion Award.

A "Sagan" that stepped into the global billion club, and an "Approaching Iraq" that became popular all over the world.

Needless to say, the name of the top European director has been confirmed.

Mailboxes are filled with movie offers from various studios.

The last time I saw this scene was after "Letters from Iwo Jima" won the Oscar for Best Picture.

After a brief review, I found that most of them were invitations to literary films.

Leonardo, who had a little friendship at the Oscar dinner before, also invited her again.

Pryris took a brief look at it. Leonardo invited her this time to an out-and-out Olympic film that he was the producer of - "The President's Killing Game".

According to Prairie's memory, the film will star the famous Hollywood actors Ryan Gollins and George Clooney. The story of a victim who ends up being a victim of a power struggle.

Rights, humanity, and the environment.

A satirical film alluding to the authorities, a genre favorited by Hollywood.

If it wasn't for the cash-strapped, I'm afraid she can't even maintain her daily life for a long time, she really wanted to try this kind of art film that is completely different from European literary and artistic themes that only focus on individuals.

After personally replying to reject the invitation, Prairis began to review mailboxes again.

Spielberg's letterhead is at the unread end.

Think for a long time.

In fact, Prairis felt a little guilty.

At that time, she walked away after she had a disagreement with Spielberg on "Approaching Iraq", and she always felt a little sorry for Spielberg.

He is her teacher.

He planned the promotion of the new movie for her selflessly, but she didn't appreciate it.

No matter where you look at it, she has done something wrong.

There was a long silence.Finally opened the letter.

A line of big characters written on the title page made her hold her breath for an instant.

This is an invitation to a movie.

A real big production.

"Green Lantern".

And what made Prairis hold his breath was not the high investment, nor the huge momentum of DC, nor the awesome crew configuration mentioned in the article, but the "Green Lantern" - which made people The three characters that are frightening.

Later generations of "Suicide Squad" still struggled with publicity and actors, but "Green Lantern" simply gave up treatment.

The milk cow actor with milky pectoral muscles, the rubbish script, the hand-shaking camera that will be dissed when shooting graduation works, and the art design with serious aesthetic problems - all the awesome things make up this amazing movie A frightening film.

With an investment of 2.5 million US dollars and a large-scale release in 3816 theaters across the United States, it only ushered in a box office return of 5269w in the end, which can be said to be the best in the street.

Prairis looked at the script silently.

Finally clicked close.

Spielberg called at night to ask about Prairie's decision.

After Prairis stated to Spielberg that he did not intend to take over "Green Lantern", Spielberg, who was unexpectedly not much, just said good.

Prairie was a little surprised.

He hesitated for a long time, said.

"You seem to be a little different."

"I called Theo the other day."

"He likes your films very much, especially literary films. As for commercial films..."

"Your temperament is too special. Even if the DC is a little bit more suitable, it is still not your best choice. So you refused today...I can understand."

Spielberg paused, and said slowly.

"I was too impatient before. I always wanted to bring you to the Hollywood stage as soon as possible, but I ignored your own temperament. I didn't think carefully, I'm sorry."

When Spielberg said this, his tone did not fluctuate, but Prairis felt a little lost.

"It's my problem, and it has nothing to do with you, teacher. The teacher doesn't have to blame himself. It's me who should apologize."

Spielberg smiled.

"What's the next movie you're going to make? The erotica you talked about last time on Ellen's show?"

"No."

"what is that?"

"Commercial. A high-grossing commercial."

Commercial Film.

High-grossing commercial film.

"Green Lantern"

.......

Spielberg raised an eyebrow.

After hanging up, DC CEO Garfield Congreve called.

"Have you mentioned it to Director Klander?"

"mentioned."

"What's her answer?" Although it was a question, Garfield Congreve's tone was firm. He was very confident in "Green Lantern", or he was very confident in DC's brand. He believed in this The female director will definitely seize this rare opportunity... After all, the news that she was temporarily replaced by "Wolverine" can't be hidden from him, and "Green Lantern" has given her face by accepting her.

But following Spielberg's next sentence, Garfield raised his eyebrows in disbelief.

"What? She refused?"

Spielberg nodded.

"why?"

Spielberg was silent for a while, and answered.

"She seemed to feel that 'Green Lantern' had no box office potential."

Garfield's initial surprise turned to irritation.

"No box office potential? This is "Green Lantern." Does she know what "Green Lantern" is?"

"Of course." Spielberg cut off Garfield.

Garfield's neck was red from choking.

After a long time, let me say the next sentence.

"She will regret it."

After all, he hung up the phone.

An angry Garfield called his assistant and brought him a list of alternate directors.

In order to show his sincerity, he approached her private teacher, Spielberg, and expressed his willingness to hire her as the director, but she still refused, and she refused with the ridiculous reason that she had no box office potential.

"Green Lantern"!This is Green Lantern!

Does this Prairie think they must have her in DC?

Flip page by page.

But until he read through the entire stack of materials, Garfield did not find his favorite director again.

......

Don’t talk about Nolan, Nolan said that he is already visually fatigued by DC, and the third "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" was finally discussed, and his worth is too expensive... 3600 The remuneration plus 25% share........A "Batman" series has risen like this... What does "Green Lantern" look like?

Let alone Zach Schneider.......The board of directors has not forgotten the money lost last time......

As for Martin Campbell who was considered before...it was good before considering Prairie....but after watching Prairius....Martin's movie seems to be a bit It's unsightly.

The unbelieving Garfield went over it again.

After turning from the first page to the last page again, Garfield had to admit...that Prairie Klander was really his best choice...again Or the only option.

The phone rang suddenly, it was the board of directors calling.

The board has been trying to rip him off lately and replace him with this young kid named Rich Ralph, because he produced "Watchmen" and got a good box office.

Although he was sure that he would not be replaced by that kid named Rich Ralph for the time being, he felt really uncomfortable being stared at by the board of directors every day.

After ignoring six board calls in a row, Garfield simply unplugged the phone line.

Then the next second...the personal phone rang.

Garfield opened the door angrily and called to his assistant, "Hey, lend me your phone."

Prairie was giving a commencement speech at his alma mater when Garfield called.

Due to her occupation, she does not often appear on campus. Since the filming of "Fingering Love", she has directly applied to the school to obtain credits through homework and remote teaching.

She majored in directing, and usually four or five students formed a group to raise funds to shoot a short film as a graduation project. However, due to her relatively full schedule, the school agreed to use her screened "Approaching Iraq" as a graduation project.

The school did this to help Prairis graduate and to be a favor, and secondly, to borrow the limelight of "Approaching Iraq".

A week after "Approaching Iraq" was screened around the world, the rating on IMDb has stabilized at 8.3, and there is even a gold label at the top of the page with a number-"133" written on it.

A layman may not know what this small number means, but an insider knows it very well.

This golden label is a symbol of IMDb's top 250. These 250 are all ranked by professionals with the most authoritative calculation method. If you want to learn film, then the first class at the film school must not be It will teach you how to use the machine and how to make a film, but ask you to read the top 250 on IMDb.

In the film industry, IMDb is a symbol of classics, and all the films on the IMDb TOP250 are destined to be remembered in the annals of history.

And today, "Approaching Iraq"——

IMDbTOP250 ranked 130th and third.

Supreme glory.

Prairis took the graduation certificate, walked up to the podium in the center of the hall in a bachelor's suit, and quietly talked about some of her thoughts on movies.

Under the stage, Theo looked at Praris complicatedly.

Since he knew that Prairis was his father's apprentice, the original feelings suddenly became complicated.

He used to always regard her as a goal to surpass, but she really walked too fast.

César Award....Oscar....Golden Lion Award....

《硫磺岛来信》IMDbTOP250第197名.......《萨冈》IMDbTOP250第16名.......《走近伊拉克》IMDbTOP第130三名。

Five years of working time, created three IMDbTOP250 movies.

In all fairness, he is not as good as her.

He finished the speech in silence.

After the end, Theo involuntarily came backstage.

Prairie is on the phone.

Through the crack of the door...he heard it.

"Don't divide the 3600w, it can't be less, you know I don't need your movie."

3600w...... Hollywood A+ movie stars are only 1500w+...... She, a director, actually called out a high price of 3600w? ? ?

You know, in general movies, the actors’ remuneration is much higher than that of the director. After all, in most cases, the actors are the decisive factors that affect the audience, and almost all the money made by the director is divided into the later box office..... .

As for the director with a price of 3000w+... He really has never heard of anyone except Nolan...

Even if Nolan still wants to share...

But as a person who has never made a commercial film, she came up with this asking price......

Is this girl....... crazy?