[US Entertainment] Best Director

I went to California myself.

According to the address given by Garfield, he soon came to a small town in California.

There is a long gravel road leading to Lawrence's residence, and two rows of red maples are planted on both sides of the road.

At a glance, it looks like a sea of ​​orange-red flowers.

They quickly found Lawrence's residence along the path.

This is a post-modern villa.

The simple and clear railing is like a digital model in a cyberpunk movie.

Prairie rang the doorbell, and soon an old woman came out.

"I'm Pryris Klander, I'm looking for Mr. Lawrence to discuss the new movie." Pryris politely reported his name and purpose of visit.

The old woman opened the door friendly, looked at Praris, and said softly.

"Of course I know who you are. Oh, you are exactly like the picture."

Prairie smiled.

The old woman politely brought Prairis to the living room.

"Lawrence is still taking a nap, why don't you have a cup of tea first?"

Prairie nodded.

The old woman poured Prairis a cup of hot tea.

Take the tea and take a sip.

The old woman looked at Prairis with a smile.

"This is black tea from China, what do you think?"

"The taste is very pure." Prairis replied.

There is a square bookcase next to the shelf opposite the sofa, which contains DVDs of various ages.

After a cursory look, Prairis found his previous works in the most prominent place on the bookshelf.

It was played alongside "Covered Bridge," "Pride and Prejudice," and "Kill Bill."

Seeing Prairis looking at the bookcase, the old woman said with a smile.

"Lawrence loves your Sagan, he always says you have Woody Allen influences."

Prairie smiled.

This isn't the first time she's been paired with Woody Allen.

Like Pryris, Woody Allen is not a box-office director. Most of his films are literary films that reflect the complex relationship between men and women in the city. However, due to his unique literary and artistic personal temperament , as well as the historical record of personally supporting dozens of movie kings and queens, he has always occupied a special position among literary youth and Hollywood.

As a hardcore member of literary youth, Prairie was also a loyal fan of Woody Allen in his previous life, but since Woody Allen was exposed in the purge operation after the Weinstein incident After falling in love, Prairis changed from being infatuated with Woody Allen to simply liking Woody Allen's movies.

So when the old lady asked if she liked Woody Allen, she thought about it.

In fact, among all the films made by Woody Allen, who produces a film every year and can be called a model worker in Hollywood, Pryreth's favorite is "Blue Jasmine" starring Cate Blanchett in 13 and "Blue Jasmine" in 17. Kate Winslet starred in "Ferris Wheel", but now it's 10 years, and Woody Allen hasn't even made his masterpiece "Midnight in Paris".

After deliberating for a long time, Prairis still chose Woody Allen's "Midnight in Barcelona", which won the Golden Globe not long ago, as the answer to the question.

"I quite like Mr. Woody Allen's 'Midnight in Barcelona'."

The old woman obviously lacked interest in hearing this answer.

She had seen Midnight in Barcelona.This is last year's Otti film, and Woody Allen's public relations company sent the DVD of "Midnight Barcelona" here, but as a member of the Academy for more than 40 years, she does not quite accept Woody Allen Allen portrays the foursome relationship in the film.

"That's really a movie with chaotic relationships." The old woman commented slowly.

Prairie smiled.

Take a sip of tea.

There was a sound in the house, as if someone opened the door.

"Lawrence should be up." The old woman stood up.

Priris also stood up immediately.

The old lady walked upstairs first, and then came down again after a while.

Same as Prairie.

"Lawrence is awake, he is waiting for you in the study."

Prairis followed the old woman up to the second floor.

Different from the post-modern style on the first floor, the entire decoration style on the second floor is pure European style.

The old woman opened the door of the study for Prairis.

walked in.

The sunlight illuminated the whole room through the window, and the white-haired Lawrence was sitting behind the desk in the center of the room.

Despite his age, Lawrence seemed to be in good spirits.

He smiled at Prairie.

"I kept you waiting, sit down."

Pryreth took the chair opposite Lawrence.

Lawrence put on his glasses, squinted, and looked at Prairie.

A long time, he said.

"You seem a little different from what I imagined."

"What's the difference?"

"It seems to be in terms of temperament." After a pause, "After reading your "Approaching Iraq", I always feel that you shouldn't be so melancholy, at least like Catherine Bigelow."

Seemingly reminded of something, Lawrence said again.

"This year Catherine seems to have made an Olympic film called..."

Lawrence paused.

"The Hurt Locker," Prairis said.

"That's right, "The Hurt Locker." Lawrence glanced at Pryris meaningfully. "In terms of the subject matter and the shooting location, it seems to be somewhat similar to your "Approaching Iraq."

Prairie smiled.

Lawrence went on.

"However, Catherine did not enter Iraq. She was stopped by the US military base in Kuwait outside Iraq, and could only go to Jordan, which is close to Iraq, to ​​shoot."

Glancing at Praris, he asked again. "How did you get in?"

"As a war correspondent?"

Prairie nodded.

"That overwhelmed Catherine." Lawrence said casually.

Prairie didn't respond.

When she didn't see Lawrence, she was still looking forward to it, but after chatting with Lawrence a few times, a feeling of unease emerged spontaneously.

She could feel Lawrence's disapproval of her strength at certain times, including the old lady just now.

Even if they have seen her movies and liked them to some extent, it is undeniable that in their eyes she still cannot be compared with those first-line directors who have been famous in Hollywood for a long time.

There is no other reason.

Her fame is too great, and her works are too few.

Since his debut, he has filmed only four films in total, and all of them are full of European philosophy.

In Europe, she is a first-line director and a myth, but for Hollywood filmmakers, she is a rising star, a newcomer who is not even as famous as a second-tier actress, and in the hearts of film critics, she is far inferior to those veteran Hollywood directors popular.

Those years in Hollywood in her previous life made her clearly understand a truth - "the most indispensable thing in Hollywood is the so-called genius".

Looking at Lawrence, Prairis suddenly felt a sense of crisis that he hadn't felt in a long time since his rebirth.

Lawrence flipped through the director's statement that Prairis had written a few days ago.

After 10 minutes, he put down the director's explanation.

He rubbed the bridge of his nose.

Holding his glasses removed, he appears to be in deep thought.But only he knew that his hands under the table were shaking.

Seeing a bosom friend for a long time, trembling with nostalgia.

For a long time, he looked up at Praris.

His gaze was unprecedentedly cautious and serious.

"I read your director's explanation, and I think it's very good. Maybe we can start talking about the specific world structure?"

Usually, the communication between the art director and the director starts with the character model and ends with the world structure.

From the beginning to the end, it can only show that the art director fully agrees with the character creation in the previous director's explanation.

Preris froze for a moment, then nodded.

After talking with Lawrence about five hours of world framing, Pryreth began to ask Lawrence about a suitable costume director and art director.

"Costume director you might want to consider Helmut Lang," Lawrence said.

"Hellmut Lang from Lost in Translation?"

"Correct."

Preris took notes.

"What about the art director?"

"What do you think of me?"

"you?"

"Correct."

"However, the art director is different from the art director. He needs to spend all the shooting schedule with the crew." Prairis has concerns about Lawrence's body.

He is already 86.

But Lawrence didn't seem to care, and repeated.

"I can. Really."

"..."

"If I can't do it when the time comes, the worst thing you can do is just fire me."

The tone was so sincere that it was almost impossible for Prairis to refuse.

"Okay..." Prairie replied hesitantly.

The old woman knocked on the door and asked if they wanted supper.

Lawrence nodded happily after getting a satisfactory answer.

He patted Praris on the shoulder and talked to her.

"Let's talk about work first, go and try Juliet's mashed potatoes, it's a rare delicacy."

After all, he winked playfully.

After dinner, Prairius declined Lawrence's invitation and took the initiative to leave.

After watching Prairis leave, Lawrence returned to the study.

Looking at the director's explanation still spread on the table, he picked up the phone.

He looked at the screen and called the most recent contact.

Connect soon.

"Stephen, you are really right."

"Her directorial exposition, not . . . herself, is special."

"From her, I seem to see the shadow of you back then."

"You have taken in a good apprentice, Stephen."