Tailor-made.

These are Ethan's exact words. The Coen brothers have created a tailor-made work for Lan Li, which is absolutely incredible.

It's not uncommon for top directors in the Hollywood film industry to tailor a work or a role to a specific actor, and the most straightforward example of this is "Kill Bill", which is Quentin Tarantino's work for Uma Thurman.

But leaving aside for the moment the unpleasant first meeting between the Coen brothers and Lan Li, Lan Li is only twenty-two years old, and his rise is extremely fast, but after all, he is still too young to become the muse of art creators, which is not so easy, not to mention that their friendship is not at all a friend.

Even George Clooney, who has a close personal relationship with the Coen brothers, has collaborated on many works such as "The Three Kings Who Escaped from Prison", "Burn After Reading", "Long Live Caesar", "True Love and False Love", etc., he still did not get such treatment, but now, Lan Li has given them inspiration and received such special treatment.

This...... It was a huge surprise.

Andy, who was sitting in the passenger seat, couldn't help but show a confused look. More than surprise and excitement, there are more doubts, in the timeline he doesn't know, Lan Li and the Coen brothers have such a deep friendship?

Immediately, Andy looked in the rearview mirror and caught the surprise and stunned in Lan Li's eyes, a little relieved, it seems that Lan Li also knows nothing. So, Andy looked at the Coen brothers with great interest, what kind of medicine were they selling in their gourds, and what was the job offer going on today?

Ethan and Joel obviously didn't anticipate how terrifying the bomb they threw out of their hands was, and the two exchanged glances, both with similar joy and joy in their expressions, completely immersed in the brainstorming of artistic creation, and you pieced together the clue blueprint of the whole story one by one.

"I mean, you're one of the inspirations, important sources! On top of that, we went back to Greenwich Village in the '60s and told the story of that era with reference to the 60's folk singer Dave-van-Ronk's autobiographical memoir, 'The Mayor of McDoug Street'. ”

Dave Van Lunk, Tom Paxton, Phil-Ochs, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan...... They have all struggled in Greenwich Village, hitting walls, bleeding and rampage, not for success, nor for glory, but simply to find their own worth. ”

"Of course, we also borrowed from the Don Quixote album and the folk dilemma of the whole era, and finally, we created a virtual folk singer character based on you and Van Rangk, and placed him in Greenwich Village in the sixties, but we will not tell the story of how he succeeded, not even his personal biography, but through him to tell the story of an entire era, a whole wave. ”

"Right now, we're thinking about the movie title, 'Don Quixote' is a good choice, like you say in the album, it's a lonely place that can't be looked back to, and Don Quixote is stuck in place, but ...... else"

"Also, we're thinking about a Van Ronk album called 'About Dave-van-Ronk,' and maybe we could use the name of the lead actor and 'About XXX' as the title. ”

……

The whole conversation is in a fragmented state, and it is difficult to sort out a line of thought or context, as if opening a box of puzzle pieces and dumping all the pieces in a hurry, the amount of information is extremely large, but people are at a loss for what to do, and it is a mess.

It's even more unfriendly for laymen or young people who don't know folk, don't know about the sixties, don't know Greenwich Village, don't know about the cultural wave, and the unfamiliar words keep jumping out one after another, and they understand every word, but the whole paragraph after piecing it together can't understand the ins and outs of the story, let alone the meaning behind it.

It's like a book from heaven.

That's because that's how the Coen brothers talked, and a brainstorm erupted between Joel and Ethan, and all the information was cathartic like a meteor shower, and the whole carriage was filled with their voices, but only their voices, and no one could intervene at all, and it was extremely difficult to even keep up with the rhythm.

Although the Coen brothers' eyes always fell on Lan Li, as if they were explaining to Lan Li, and seemed to be inviting Lan Li to join, the pace of their conversation was very fast, and the excited and crazy temperament really made people unable to intervene, immersed in their own world.

It wasn't until the end that Joel and Ethan looked at Lan Li at the same time and cast an inquiring gaze, which gave Lan Li room to interject.

Joel eagerly asked, "So, what do you think?"

Nathan, who was sitting in the back seat, was completely brain-burning, and he didn't know what the Coen brothers had just said, only heard a lot of unfamiliar names, and then ...... Nathan cast his gaze at Roy, only to find that Roy had an unfathomable expression, no mouth, no movement, and it was impossible to determine whether Roy understood or not.

Luckily, they don't need to understand, as long as Lan Li understands.

Here's the question, does Lan Li understand?

"I think George Strand should have fainted with excitement when he heard the news. Lan Li half-jokingly said, this time it was the Coen brothers' turn to be confused: George Slander?

Lan Li didn't explain, but pondered for a moment.

In fact, he didn't, or more accurately, he did, but he couldn't understand the frenzy in the Coen brothers' bones.

The wave of folk songs in the sixties, the wave of rock in the seventies, and the hippie culture that was active in that era deeply influenced the course of American history -

The simplest and crude example is that Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and others all bear the deep imprint of that era, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, James Cameron, Martin Scorsese and other directors all bear the indelible imprint of that era, as well as film, music, literature and even politics/politics, all of them.

Lan Li knew the ups and downs of that era and the ups and downs of those waves, but after all, he was just a bystander, not a participant. At least, not like the Coen brothers.

Joel was born in 1954 and Ethan was born in 1957, and like Spielberg and other directors of the golden generation, they really went through the 60s, the 70s, and gradually began to form their own artistic pursuits in the 80s. Folk waves, rock waves, hippie culture, all of it is in their blood.

Lan Li is just a bystander, tracing the splendor and madness of that era from the records of books and videos, just like the story of "Midnight in Paris", everyone is dissatisfied with real life and pins their spirit on some perfect golden age, and everyone in every age is escaping from reality and fantasizing about another golden age.

For the Lanli generation, they will always remember the splendor and glory of the 90s, and for the generation of the 90s, they will never forget the hundred flowers and a hundred schools of thought in the 80s, and similarly, for the Coen brothers, they will always remember the purity and simplicity of the 60s and 70s.

In a sense, Lan Li and the Coen brothers are similar in the depths of their souls, nostalgic for the source of their artistic inspiration, sticking to their inner paradise, but showing different characteristics of the era, but now through the medium of folk songs, they awaken each other's resonance. It reminded him of George Slander, the old man who missed the music market in the 80s.

After a small joke, Lan Li had no intention of explaining, so he changed the topic with a smile and continued.

"In the past, music and film were both carriers of art, carrying the creator's thoughts and flexibility, as well as the emotions and social weight of life, at that time, the dream was pure and simple, just to realize self-worth; ”

"Once upon a time, dreams made life bearable, even if they struggled with poverty and hardship, but they still had high expectations for the hot land of Greenwich Village, but now, dreams have made life unbearable, and the cruel reality has made dreams nowhere to put them, and Washington Square is still the same Washington Square, but it has been surrounded by McDonald's and Starbucks, and the bars like the pioneer villages have gradually disappeared into the long river of history. ”

Lan Li's gaze fell on Joel and Ethan, "So, you want to tell the story of that era, those pure and simple times. Everyone rushed into the tide like moths to a fire, becoming part of the whole era. ”

"Of course, not everyone can succeed, Bob Dylan has only one, but behind him, there are a hundred thousand people with the same dream. The only difference is that some people persevere, while others give up. Times have changed, and those who gave up in the past still chose to give up after all, and those who insisted in the past seem to have also chosen to give up. That turbulent era is gone forever. ”

Lan Li's words carried a hint of sadness, which made both Joel and Ethan exude extremely excited looks.

Joel's big mouth was almost about to scream, "God, God! That's it, that's it, it's exactly the same idea in our heads! Exactly! How is it possible! God, this is your movie, I'm serious, Lan Li, I'm serious! Please be sure to appear in this work, definitely!"

Lan Li still remembers this work of the Coen brothers vividly, because this is his personal favorite Coen brothers, and the name of the movie is "Drunken Country Ballad".