Chapter 228: The Fall (8/8)
Director Liu Jie's reputation in the industry is still good.
He has won the Best Unit Award at the Venice Film Festival, five awards at the Golden Goblet Award at the Shanghai Film Festival, and the Best Screenplay Award at the Horse Awards...
He took the route of winning the prize!
Generally, directors who take the award-winning route belong to a niche faction, but the public reputation must also be okay.
Jia Zhangke, Lou Huohua, even if Wang Xiaoshuai, although the public doesn't like them, they will still say that these are all good directors!
It is said that Yang Mi and Liu Ji cooperated because of a class visit, "Rescue Against Time"...
Liu Ji collaborated with Huo Jianhua in "Hide and Seek", the movie had a box office of 73 million, which was his first transformation into a commercial film, and the box office was okay...
Jianhua didn't talk much, Yang Mi ran up and was super active, and we chatted for a while. Later, her agent called. ’
'I've coached actors before, so I still have some experience. I have participated in a certain horse award for three years, and every year there are nominations from actors, and the agency may think that if you cooperate with me, you may get some awards. ’
You see, he has a beep in his own heart!
In the first three days of the weekend, the box office of "Baby" was 18 million, and the film schedule was directly cut to 6%, and it was predicted that the total box office would be difficult to break 25 million...
The box office failed, and the director lost his temper...
Shouting to the official media...
It's a bit hard to describe!
The selection of actors, like betting on horses, is about buying and leaving.
Before buying, there must have been considerations, there have been comparisons, since it is possible to win, it is possible to lose, and if you win, you can't complain when you lose.
It's the rule!
Sometimes I really think that the so-called art practitioners in the film and television industry are really indescribable, and they usually behave so highly, but they kneel blindfolded in front of capital, look down on the audience, and superstitious about the illusion created by capital, so you deserve to hit the street.
In fact, the box office of a film like "Baby" is already very good, and the box office of several films directed by Liu Ji is basically at the level of 10 million...
Invest 40 million, blood loss?
There are more loss-making movies every year!
Everyone scolds the media and the audience...
By the way, the box office of "Nobody" exploded, close to 400 million in the first weekend, and there are still 20 days before the release of the next blockbuster "Venom: Deadly Guard", no surprise, there is no problem with the box office of 1.5 billion, the only worry is that the schedule in late October and early November has never been very hot...
……
Hotel, "Joker" director Todd Phillips is talking to screenwriter Scott Sharp about the next day's shooting...
There are a few big scenes left, all of which are climactic scenes!
A bunch of group performances need to be mobilized, but Shen Ming doesn't need to act along, he just needs to do his job, and the images of him and a group of people will be edited together in the later stage...
There are two scenes going to be filmed tomorrow, one is the death of Penny Frank and the other is the death of Maury Franklin...
The script arranges that Penny dies in front of Arthur, and Scott Sleep doesn't feel the excitement enough!
"I think... Or arrange for Arthur to kill his own mother?"
Todd Phillips nodded: "yes, I think it could... He was fed up with the world, fed up with his mother's lies, and after killing his mother, his humanity completely collapsed!"
"How do you kill it?"
“… Shoot, or push her downstairs?"
"It's not good to shoot, push down the stairs ... It's not good, I think it's okay to use a pillow, watching myself kill my mother, Arthur completely got rid of humanity!" The more I thought about it, the more exciting it became, Todd looked up at Shen Ming, and finally realized that Shen Ming had been stunned, didn't speak, and quickly asked, "Arthur, what's wrong with you?"
After a while, Shen Ming replied quietly: "... It's not filming now, you can call me Shen!"
Scott Slip: "... Shen, I don't think you have to stay up late, you eat very little every day, and if you stay up late, I'm worried that you won't be able to bear it!"
“… Rest assured, I'm feeling good now..."
Except for the high school meeting, Shen Ming hasn't stayed up late for many years...
It felt really great, the dopamine stimulation made him extremely excited!
Todd Phillips took one look at Scott and said, "But according to the shooting plan, we won't shoot that scene until tomorrow night!"
“… It's okay, I can keep going!"
……
Surveys show that if people with a regular schedule and stay up once or twice will not feel completely sleepy and tired the next day, on the contrary, they will feel excited!
Commonly known as: Back to the light!
Ahem, just kidding, it's actually the result of dopamine secretion!
Of course, staying up late has become a habit, and dopamine secretion will not give you a sense of excitement, but will make people old and tired overnight...
Shen Ming is now in a state of extreme emotional excitement, that is, he has forgotten words...
Hospital.
Morning, Arthur
Walking into the hospital room shared by his mother and the patient, he passed an old woman who was closest to the door, panting in bed.
His mother was seen in the bed by the window.
He pulled back the blue curtains to separate the bed and give him and his mother some privacy.
Arthur sat on the edge of her bed.
Mom smiled when she saw Arthur...
Arthur leaned against her.
He spoke quietly, but with irrepressible anger - he knew where he came from!
"Mom, remember how you told me why God made me laugh?"
The expression on his face was still gentle: "You say, God is going to bring laughter and happiness into this world, this fucking world of Tema-"
“Happy?”
Penny, Arthur's mother, has been calling Arthur 'Happy', and she wants Arthur to be happy for the rest of his life...
"It's not God, it's you, it's one of your boyfriends, how can you do such a thing? What kind of woman are you? What kind of mother are you?"
"What's my real name?"
Penny doesn't speak, her eyes are fixed elsewhere, she doesn't dare to look at him...
"Tell me, Mom, I know I'm adopted. What's my name, and who am I?"
“H-H-HAPP…”
"Happy? I'm not happy at all! I'm not happy all my life!"
He reached behind her and grabbed one of her pillows, and he put his face close to Penny, very close, and whispered, "But do you know what's funny?
"Happy, I'm a mom... You..."
"I used to think that my life was just a tragedy, but now I realize that this horse is a comedy. ”
He pulled out the pillow and put it over Frances Conroy's face, his feet straining...
Five minutes later, Shen Ming slowly withdrew from the room, leaving what the clown had done to his mother on the other side of the curtain...
Todd Phillips looked at the monitor and thought it was okay and could be transferred, so he waved: "Arthur..."
"Call me a clown!"
"OK, Joker... Shall we transition?"
Shen Ming sat on the chair and tried to open his eyes: "Yes..."
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