King of Hollywood

"You surprised me again, Ed, although you have surprised me many times." After withdrawing his gaze from the crowd that filed in, Spielberg suddenly said this with emotion.

"Probably because I, you, and Stanley are fundamentally different in certain aspects." Adrian shrugged without much reaction.

"This is what surprised me the most," Spielberg said, shaking his head. "Of course I know you are different from me and Stanley, Ed, but you can convince Stanley to take over his new work and even finish it soon." Yes. I know Stanley. He is slower than anyone to make movies. He is too perfect. He will never finish each movie without spending a year or two. That's why there are so few of his works, but you ..."

He sat and gestured without further words, but looked at Adrian with piercing eyes, as if he wanted to listen to his explanation.

"It's just persuasion. I won't know until the production is over. Maybe it will be completely different from what Stanley wants to express. Maybe it will become a second-rate pornographic movie like some media said. Who knows?" Ah Derian waved his hand exaggeratedly, and didn't answer Spielberg's question directly, anyway, he didn't ask the question directly.

"Don't think I'm an idiot, Ed," Spielberg laughed, "I said I knew Stanley, and if he hadn't seen something in you that he approved of, he would never have agreed to let another director Taking over his own work, even if he might leave this world with regrets, he is more stubborn than you think."

"Hmm... Well, to be honest, I have read "Fantasy Stories" before, but that was when I was in college," Adrian scratched his head and gave a wry smile, "The tabloids should have told you that I At that time, I was completely a prodigal son, and this book was also read as a erotic novel at the time. After cheering up, as I went deeper into making movies, many readings gradually changed, adding some of my personality, Read this novel again and you will have a completely different feeling from the original one. The strongest abandoned young man of the Nine Heavens of Audacity, the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty, the martial arts general, the king of the gods, the seal of the gods, and the throne The royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, for example, is inexplicably puzzled by the sense of crisis between husband and wife."

Hearing this, Spielberg suddenly made a soft "oh", and then made a look of surprise, and Adrian also laughed. His **** name has basically disappeared. Everyone knows it—it’s just that people in the circle know it better than ordinary people—not to mention that Spielberg’s two goddaughters have gone to netbsp with him; The idea of ​​making it into a movie, but I also know that Stanley has already obtained the right to adapt it early. Besides, Stanley and I have different ideas, so I just thought about it until the day I heard Clarkson say that he had an unfortunate stroke in netg, It is very likely that I will not finish this movie," Adrian continued, "At first I just took the attitude of trying, after all, this is a good opportunity. Later, when I learned more about Stanley's life, my interest also increased. It has become more prosperous, but it is no longer how to get the production rights from Stanley, but how to make it into the movie that Stanley wants."

There was a pause when he said this, he glanced at Spielberg, and then spoke again after considering his words: "Maybe I want to prove myself, or maybe I just want to pay tribute to Stanley. After all, he is a director with a unique style. For this reason, I locked myself in the room for five whole days before conceiving some content based on the script. Fortunately, these things were approved by Stanley, and I finally got the director of "Eyes Wide Shut". cylinder."

After a long breath, Adrian smiled and patted Spielberg who was thinking about what he said: "Okay, Steven, don't delve into these things anymore, I sometimes ng I don’t understand, those pictures appeared in my mind out of thin air, all I have to do is connect them together, maybe there are essential differences between me and you in some places, but there are essential differences in some places Agreed. So, let's change the subject, today is the screening of your new work, I missed the visit, I missed the trial screening, I must not miss this again."

"Okay, let's go in now." Spielberg, who was about to say something, let out a sigh of relief, then smiled and stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation. He couldn't help but sigh with emotion. A few years ago, Adrian respectfully asked him to watch "Jurassic Park" on the screen in his office for a long time, but now it gave him a vague feeling of looking up.

Spielberg will find Katzenberg and Geffen to set up DreamWorks, and he wants to make a big splash in business. Of course, it is because he won the Oscar for Best Director with "Schindler's List". Even if he is famous, he has not been influenced by Adrian. Unexpectedly, after they formed a new company with great ambitions, they have just started. Adrian's media has already acquired bsp; well, maybe they can't compare with him in business, but in film production Pielberg still has his own right to speak. However, Adrian quickly became the youngest Oscar-winning director, and now he can still get the approval of Stanley Kubrick and produce an unfinished new film for him. Movies—Spielberg has heard about the condition that Kubrick does not approve, and the movie cannot be released—not to mention that the script of the movie shown today is all written by Adrian, and Spielberg suddenly There is a feeling that I am old, so it is no wonder that I asked so many questions just now.

But he quickly adjusted. Although Adrian is young, there is only one person like him at present, so it doesn’t matter if you really want to look up in the future. Spielberg is still a good businessman after putting down the guide tube. The dry stock of the factory also has a share in the media, and Adrian has always respected him, so why bother about these things?

Adrian is also quite clear about Spielberg's thoughts, so he also tried his best to fabricate such a long paragraph. Just now he realized that he had done a little too much. Since he took over the film, familiar directors or producers have been surprised by his behavior, and Kubrick has many styles in film production. It's well known, what would people think if he managed to produce something "almost" Kubrick in such a short amount of time?

Even if he is a miracle director, even if he has created many miracles, even if people will always find explanations for unexplainable things in the subconscious, but... you must know that the purpose of Adrian's taking over is not just Nicole Kidd Man, he also wanted to take this opportunity to add more brilliance to his halo. If he added too much, it would be dazzling, and it would not be a good thing if he could not increase to this level in the future.

Be moderate and know how to make trade-offs. In addition to the advantages of luck and rebirth, Adrian has been able to get to this day smoothly. One of the reasons is also the character of always keeping calm and controlling his desire to do things as tight as possible.

Of course, these are things that may happen, which means they may not happen, but there is no harm in being cautious. So instead of letting people guess at will, it is better to take the initiative to give an explanation to guide the topic. As long as a well-known person in the circle takes over his explanation and speaks for himself, then even if there is a problem, it will be much smaller, and Spielberg is A good goal.

Well, now is not the time to talk about this, and this is not something that can be done once or twice, so after finding his position, Adrian waited for the movie to start while talking and laughing with others, and the main program tonight is Screening of Saving Private Ryan.

Needless to say, the opening ten minutes are still very violent, bloody and real. Although the fierce scenes of Omaha Beach are not 100% replicated, they are more brutal than the battle scenes of any other war movie. Dreamworks worked hard for this screening, and had a special communication with the theater, so the sound effects are so good that people feel like they are in the scene, and even a lady screamed when the flame gunman was hit and exploded come out.

Spielberg's control of the rhythm is indeed top-notch. After the intense scene is over, people are not able to relax. The rows of female typists appearing and the heavy narration read out at random continue to capture the audience their hearts. He also knows how to cater to the mainstream American values. For example, Ryan's mother received three death notices at the same time, and the subsequent debate on whether to rescue her child reached a high level when Eisenhower took out Lincoln's letter; Needless to say, Captain Miller, played by Tom Hanks, led eight people on a rescue journey. Various things happened in the middle of the journey, the cruelty and coincidence of war, and the paradox of eight people saving one. out. When they finally found Ryan, but the other party refused to leave, saying that they had been ordered to guard the bridge, which again showed the responsibility of a man.

This is an arduous battle, perhaps not as intense as the previous battle scenes, but no less brutal than the first landing battle. Especially when the German soldiers pierced the dagger bit by bit into the body of a member of the eight-man team during the fight, Adrian heard the long-lost scream again.

The movie finally ended, the eight-member team was wiped out, and Ryan survived in the end, and then lived to marry a wife and have children according to Captain Miller's instructions. Steven Spielberg deserves to be a top-notch director who is able to tout American mainstream values ​​so appropriately and at the same time show cruel war scenes. .

However, he quickly adjusted himself. There are plenty of good movies, and he kept a lot of good things for himself, so this didn't prevent him from boasting in the lounge afterwards: "It's very good, although I know it will be great. It's an excellent movie, but it still exceeded my expectations, if I were to direct it, it would definitely not have such an effect."

"If someone else said this, I would definitely agree, but you..." Spielberg shrugged, half-jokingly looking a little meaningful.

"I'm serious, Steven," Adrian shook his head, "For example, after the landing, Captain Miller drank from a kettle with trembling hands. I conceived this picture when I was writing the first draft. In my thinking, it should be from top to bottom, first showing the trembling hands closing the water bottle, and then his somewhat out-of-focus eyes, but your conception is obviously better."

He said this sincerely, because this was originally made by Spielberg. In his previous life, he was quite impressed with this lens. When he wrote the first draft, it naturally came out of his mind. Produced by Pierberg, but a lot of changes have taken place. He chose to cut in from the side, and then switched once quickly and slowly when Captain Miller was drinking water, so that this shot is more like a survivor the taste of.

There are several scenes in the whole movie that have changed and become more outstanding, so Adrian still sighs like this.

"And Tommy's great acting," Spielberg laughed. "He was in his prime at the time, so he had that effect. When we repeated the shooting the next day, it was no more Not in that case."

"Well, it looks like you will have another masterpiece, Tommy." Adrian turned his head and said to Hanks.

"Thank you, it's an honor to cooperate with you." Hanks was as humble as ever.

"Hey, Steven, is Tommy flattering?" Adrian asked deliberately, raising his eyebrows.

"Generally, we never deny our work, so...it should be counted." Spielberg said with a smile.

"Okay, red, then..." Hanks showed a helpless look, "Do you feel honored to cooperate with me, two directors?"

Adrian and Spielberg looked at each other, and then the three of them laughed out loud. After talking like this for a few more minutes, seeing the number of guests in the lounge starting to decrease, probably the number of reporters around outside had started to decrease as the movie ended, Adrian then left, but he didn't intend to go back.

"Hi, Rui Fan, Jacques, how are you doing?" He went straight to the Phoenix brothers.

"Hi, Ed, nice to meet you." Rui Fan smiled and shook hands with Adrian, for whom he has always been grateful.

"I have to say, in today's movie, you all performed very well, although you didn't play for a long time." Adrian patted the two of them.

Jacques Phoenix played the role of the doctor in the eight-member team, who was the first to die in battle, while Rui Fan played the role of the rescued object, who came out towards the end. However, although the playing time is small, they all have impressive performances.

"Thank you, thanks to your recommendation." Rui Fan shrugged.

"Come on, Rui Fan, I'm not blind, the media's evaluation of you is almost back to what it was before." Adrian said with a smile and shook his head.

Although the slow pace of "Stealing Fire" has been criticized a lot, and the duel between the two film stars has also attracted most people's attention, but Rui Fan still has a lot of bright spots in it. Afterwards, he starred in another low-budget movie, this time playing the role of an honest young man who was told to commit a crime in ignorance, and then struggled desperately to jump out of the trap. .

Although the movie didn't have much box office, the word of mouth was pretty good, especially Rui Fan's performance won the praise of many film critics, and the negative news caused by the previous drug admission was almost wiped out.

"Frankly speaking, you brothers are very good. Needless to say, you and Jacques, Silver's debut novel is about to be released. If it weren't for the fact that you two are his brothers, maybe I would arrange it in "" Saving Private Ryan was released before." Adrian said jokingly.

As the summer vacation, one of the two golden movies every year, how could Adrian not arrange money-making movies? The Sixth Sense has been a long time coming. As a child of the Phoenix family, Silver has inherited a lot of acting skills, and his performance is definitely not much worse than that of Hayley Joe Osméng.

"We are very grateful to you, Ed, really." Jacques said pretending to be serious.

"Thank you for Silver too." Rui Fan smiled and shook his head for his younger brother, and then said.

"If you want to thank me, you might as well have a good talk with Silver. He is very talented in acting, but his greatest interest is singing. Well, there are indeed many people who make movies and make records. You two Maybe he will play a cameo in Keanu's band occasionally? But if the two develop at the same time, the final result may be that both are mediocre." Adrian said, "Personally, I hope he He can go further in acting, but it also depends on his own choice, it doesn’t matter if he really wants to perform together, maybe he can achieve surprising achievements in both aspects in the future.”

"I'll talk to him, Ed." After exchanging glances with Jacques, Rui Fan nodded in agreement.

"Great," Adrian clapped his hands lightly, then looked at Rui Fan with a smile, "Then, let's talk about your affairs, Rui Fan."

"Me?" Rui Fan looked at him puzzled, "Is there anything else?"

"A role." Adrian smiled unchanged, "A good role, I don't think there is a more suitable role than you, so I really hope you can agree to it."

As he said that, he spread his hand to Jacques again: "Sorry, Jacques, there are no main characters in this movie who died before and after and didn't meet."

"Well...it doesn't matter..." Jacques immediately burst out laughing.

This joke originated from Spielberg. He once complained to Adrian that although Rui Fan and Jacques don't look very similar, they can still be seen as brothers when they stand together, so Spielberg has no idea how to arrange them. It was a headache. This was originally the story of saving the children of the Ryan family. It is obviously inappropriate for the two brothers to go to the battlefield together and die in battle, so after much deliberation, Jacques was finally arranged to die in front to solve this problem.

"May I know what kind of character it is?" Rui Fan netbsp; "It's very simple, an upright policeman," Adrian replied with a smile, "a Los Angeles policeman in an upright era."