Xiangjiang old events [entertainment circle]

Hearing Kubrick's words, Su Yun remembered a joke she had seen, which was said to be Kubrick's favorite.

The joke said that after the director Spielberg went to heaven, an angel told him, God likes the movie you made very much, let me fulfill your wish.So Spielberg said he just wanted to meet Kubrick.

Angel shook his head, saying that Kubrick didn't want to meet people.

When Spielberg, who was rejected, was frustrated, he suddenly saw a familiar figure of a bearded old man passing by on a bicycle, so he hurriedly asked, "Isn't this Kubrick?"

"No, that's God, but he always thought he was Kubrick." Angel replied.

Although it is just a joke, it also accurately shows the status of this great director who is known as "has the perspective of God", and he is the well-deserved "God of Ku" in the hearts of many movie fans and many Hollywood first-line directors.

Of course, his on-set tyrant madness is as famous as his work.

Perhaps because of the works out of the circle, most people think that he is like a high god, holding an almost abnormal indifference to the characters in the story: he is avant-garde and even somewhat deviant, and likes to put human nature bloody Cutting open, absurd and exaggerated to surreal pictures, and sending out knives are absolutely unambiguous...

So much so that some people think that his films are actually made for future generations, because his contemporaries simply cannot fully appreciate the underlying depth.

This also caused his films to have mixed reviews when they were first released, and then as time went by, some people gradually began to see some advanced ideological revelations contained in the films, carry them forward, and interpret those gods. part of the truth.

"I just like to try new things, that's why I like you so much." Kubrick said on the phone, "In your eyes, there seems to be something beyond the times... I don't know how to explain and describe it , but I understand that's what I've been after."

If she hadn't confirmed with the system and knew that she was the only reborn person with the system in this world, Su Yun would have been surprised by Kubrick's words.

Kubrick is undoubtedly one of the group of Hollywood directors who are particularly capable of technological innovation, but it is unexpected that his brain, which is constantly improving and unconstrained, almost makes him touch the details about the world, the future, and technology.

In any case, no matter how well she pretends on the surface, the essence from the future hidden deepest in her heart will never be erased.

Because, that is the mark engraved on her by an era.

Just as people in this era cannot understand the ever-changing technologies of later generations, the knowledge engraved on her by information technology has become her vision and essence beyond the times. When she meets people like Kubrick, she will be impressed by them. Discover the side of her that is out of tune with this era.

Fortunately, Kubrick is also a person who strides quite a long way, wandering in the interval between genius and madman, so she will not exclude her essence beyond the times, but deeply obsessed with it.

Because of this, Kubrick wants to use her to test the tolerance of the art palace, to test the invisible "line" formed by barriers such as skin color, country, history, etc., to see if this line can be recognized. Great "art" spanned.

In particular, the most important and beneficial point is that she is still an underage child—even if the race is divided because of the skin color, adults will naturally resist adults with a different skin color than themselves, But for children of different skin colors, there is always a bit of tolerance.

This is one of the reasons why people are called people, a kind of tolerance that comes from "love" and "morality".

It is for this reason that Kubrick calls her "God's favored child."

Combined with that joke, Su Yun had some different ideas.

However, what Su Yun didn't know was that because of various reasons, her characters in the films she collaborated with Kubrick always had a typical character ending that was different from Kubrick's style. This is an evaluation with a lot of puns: Kushen is basically willing to step down from the altar and become a person when he is cooperating with Mary...

One is that when Su Yun and Kubrick collaborated on a movie, they were not written to death in various ways; the other is that Kubrick really liked her, and when he worked with her, he didn't have the usual semblance of a film. The indifference of "God" has the warmth of human beings instead.

Many people believe that this is the reason why the films they collaborated with are different from other Kubrick-style films, which need time to accumulate and accumulate before they can be promoted, but they will kill the Quartet as soon as they come out and stand the test of time.

When the aloof God possesses the warmth of human beings, it may reduce the deep connotation it has always had, but it will also touch the softest point of people's hearts because of this seemingly ruthless affection.

After a few more brief chats about the preparations for the film, Kubrick got into the subject: "I'm trying to get Warners to get the maximum amount of money for this movie—since I've worked with them on A Clockwork Orange. "After that, I have a lot more power to speak."

After rambling on about the production requirements he envisioned, he began to start from the perspective of remuneration: "My price has already been set, and it will basically not change, so I am trying to increase your remuneration. After all, according to According to the usual practice, you may only be paid tens of thousands of dollars to star in this movie..."

"This price is too bad for a lead actor, screenwriter, and post-production lead!" Kubrick shouted nervously, and then said, "I plan to let you, as the author and screenwriter, Fight for the usual 2.5% box office profit sharing for the author and 5% for the screenwriter.”

"Are you so confident in this movie?" Su Yun was very moved, but couldn't help asking.

"Mary, do you know? In my life, the two 'people' I value most—one is Napoleon, and the other is my little artificial intelligence robot." Kubrick sighed, "But If you want to shoot them, according to the production costs I have calculated before, it is an astronomical figure."

Speaking of this, Kubrick sighed deeply: "Napoleon" and "Artificial Intelligence" are themes he had thought about a long time ago, but he has never been able to shoot them.

Because of the huge cost of filming, the former just happened to encounter the recent Napoleon-themed films, and they all encountered "Waterloo" like history.

Therefore, the Napoleon theme, which has failed at the box office one after another, makes no production company willing to take risks and invest again.Even if he wrote a sincere and detailed production note that looked like a money-saving guarantee for this purpose, he still failed to pass the "money" level.

As a last resort, he had no choice but to stop the project he had been thinking about, and went to shoot "A Clockwork Orange" instead.

As for the latter "artificial intelligence", in addition to the reason of money, the reason of technology is more serious.

Originally, Kubrick thought that these two projects might accompany him into the coffin. Unexpectedly, meeting a magical girl from a mysterious ancient oriental country in one night may make one of his dream projects come true. ...

"For example, the "Artificial Intelligence" I originally envisioned, it is very likely that it will require a production budget of more than 3000 million U.S. dollars—maybe more than that." Thinking of the previous records of the "Artificial Intelligence" project, Kubrick was very moved. "But because of you, the cost of this film may be reduced to $500 million, and I will try to strive for a more generous figure."

"Most importantly, you also let me see a brand new technology, even better than all my original ideas!"

Su Yun, who stood on the shoulders of many predecessors and was dragged to the sky by the system's golden thigh, smiled shyly.

Sure enough, the knowledge learned will never disappoint people.

With this knowledge, she has become the most important factor in reducing dimensionality and hitting "God".

After thanking Kubrick for her preference, Su Yun mentioned the re-examination list she had selected so far.

"The production of a movie is to start thinking about how to save money after thinking about how to burn money." Kubrick laughed, "I never really want to use big-name stars with high salaries, because these people The rate of return is too low.”

"Of course, for the sake of the box office, I will also consider some stars with good cost performance, because even if people watch movies to appreciate the story, art has to adapt to reality."

Knowing that Kubrick is not one of those "artist" directors who only care about art and don't care about the box office, Su Yun is relieved: it is best to be able to take into account both artistic effects and commercial box office, but if you need to do something about it If there is a choice, she will choose the commercial box office without hesitation.

Investors and production companies are not winners, but sharks who are the most profit-seeking. Even if the artistic awards are soft, those who cannot make money are box office poisons. Don't think they will invest any more money.

For example, those art film directors in the Hong Kong circle brought actors on stage to receive awards, and the investors in the audience lost money and were so angry that they went to the hospital... This is not a joke, but real old news.

Su Yun's calculation is very clear: in the early stage, everything should be in line with the box office, and she would choose "normal" commercial films to invest in; when the external factors such as fame, status and money are gradually gathered, then she can slowly try to earn word of mouth and invest regardless of profit or loss. Make an art film.

Don't seek the best of both worlds, but seek security.

Like when she was still in the rising stage, it was only later that she could make money.

After a long conversation with Kubrick, Su Yun got Jane Fonda's contact information from Kubrick.

"We in Huaxia have a saying that 'hearing is believing, seeing is believing'. Although I recommend her to you, you still have to see the real situation with your own eyes." It's not far away, so Su Yun plans to take a walk there tomorrow.

When I am extremely tired, I always fall asleep at night.

Early the next morning, after telling Zhuang Long, Lin Jingying, Vivian and others that she had something to go out, Su Yun hurriedly ate breakfast and prepared to go out.

Unexpectedly, just after opening the door, I saw Tom carrying a basket.

Su Yun flipped over the square silk on the basket and took a look, she was very happy: this child is really good, the role is almost assigned to him, and he even knows how to bring delicious-looking pies and jams to treat her. "bribe"!

"Come in, I'm done auditioning for you, I have to go out!" Considering the time limit, Su Yun hurriedly pulled Tom, who was bewildered, and walked into the wooden house.