"Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace" has completed the final cut, compared to Donn's 168-minute first cut, George Lucas shortened the length of the film to 134 minutes, most of which is to cut a lot of Natalie's scenes.

This made Don somewhat embarrassed.

However, the two worked together very happily, and George Lucas also admired Donn as a young man.

A little selfishness, no need to care.

In fact, the framework of this movie has changed a lot from Lucas's original vision, the original plan was a planetary "story", and the current version is a real Star Wars.

By the last 40 minutes, the horn of Armageddon had been sounded, and there were four parts-

In the Queen's Palace, Queen Amidala led a group of subordinates to evade the pursuit of robots and fled in a thrilling way;

The robot armies of the indigenous Gangas and the Trade Legion fought 10,000 people on the grassland, and the scene was magnificent;

Anakin Skywalker pilots a spaceship, destroys a robot-controlled ship, and the stars explode;

Jedi Knight "Kuigang" and "Obi-Wan" vs. dark knight Darth Moore, this is the climax of the whole film, and it is also a scene that Don spent the most effort to shoot, with laser swords shining on the screen, and the Jedi style is stunning.

Donn's rhythm, in the era when commercial blockbusters were just getting started, was too tight and out of line. But it is the experience summed up by Hollywood after ten or twenty years of shooting commercial blockbusters.

Commercial blockbusters, especially special effects productions, have a passing plot, and the most important thing is to be wonderful!

Even Christopher Nolan, who is almost a god, teamed up with Leonardo Ricaprio to write a wonderful plot of "Inception", and the final box office was quite different from the prediction.

However, the plot is like the kindergarten "Transformers" and other movies, relying on super visual enjoyment, shocking the world.

Anyway, George Lucas's script is young and the plot is naïve and simple, so Don doesn't need to waste a lot of shots on the plot narration, it is better to take the route of "Transformers" and win by visual brilliance.

The final cut has been completed, and Donn has made three more small suggestions, and Lucas has agreed to the revisions, which is not a big problem.

What caused the two to argue was the future of special effects films.

In this film, there are many animated characters, according to George Lucas, all in the way of live-action animation, that is, computer production.

However, Donn made a change in the shooting, and most of the shots used motion capture.

"George, cinema is the art of acting. The movements of the human body are complex, and motion capture technology can make people's movements natural and smooth, with rich expressions and delicate movements. But live-action animation...... IMHO, even the best technicians can't simulate the tiny movements of human muscles with manual adjustments. ”

Don doesn't know much about special effects technology, but he has a pair of eyes that see into the future, and motion capture is definitely the only trend in future special effects blockbusters.

Even at one time, many pure cartoons, in order to make the characters more full-bodied, adopted live-action motion capture instead of live-action animation.

"I don't think it's necessary. George Lucas obviously disagreed, "Admittedly, as you said, motion capture will be more delicate and realistic, but can it be shown on the big screen? What is the resolution of the movie? In fact, you have also seen the sample film, live-action animation and motion capture, the actual effect is not much different, but the cost is several times less." ”

Tang people can't help but despise it in their hearts, and when you reprint it in 3D more than ten years later, you will know how big the gap between motion capture and live-action animation is.

"George, digital and 3D are the mainstream of the future!"

"But not now. ”

"We're on the front lines of Hollywood, and I think I have a responsibility and an obligation to push for technological change, and ......," Donn paused, "Isn't there an IMAX theater now? ”

"IMAX theaters? That's just a few? It's a waste of budget for the movie. ”

Donn glanced at George Lucas and sighed deeply.

Although through his efforts, he persuaded Lucas to revise the script and accepted his own suggestion. But in Donn's view, Lucas has become more of an investor than a filmmaker.

By contrast, look at another Jewish mogul, Steve Spielberg.

As long as it is a movie he likes, he will often spare no expense and strive for perfection.

This, of course, led to the bankruptcy of DreamWorks, but it also left behind a number of classic movies.

……

"Wedding Proud" has been produced.

In the whole movie, Don didn't participate much, and he was a producer, mainly to use his name to attract more attention.

Fortunately, Andrew O'Hare said that the movie sold well, and it is difficult to say whether there will be a box office miracle like "My Grand Greek Wedding", but it should be a box office hit.

Since the success of "Pretty Woman", comedy has been a low-budget, high-income focus genre, with Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz becoming popular, and Nicole Kidman also had a twist of fate with "My Grand Greek Wedding".

"Wedding Aoke" is different from those comedies that use women as the selling point, but the plot is centered on two men, revealing the warmth of love from a male perspective, which is unique and will definitely attract widespread attention.

Don naturally trusts Andrew very much, and Manola Daggis, who is tied for Andrew's status, is not idle, and she recommends another book to Don.

"This is Michael Cunningham's third published novel, which focuses on the story of three women. And the point in the book is amazing—life is a radiant halo, a translucent envelope that surrounds our consciousness from beginning to end. ”

Manora Daggis's words made Donn stand up directly, "What's the title of the book?"

"All the time. ”

"Okay!" Don slapped excitedly, "Manola, you know, the company is tight on money right now, and it's too busy buying Marvel to start making an art movie." But I promise you, as long as the funds are returned, I will make an art film immediately!"

Nicole Kidman had slept in his bed, and although she hadn't asked for it, Don always felt that he should take the initiative to pave the way for her career.

This is no ordinary female companion, this is a fairy playmate!

Don will definitely cherish it extraordinarily.

After a while, the secretary Reese reported, "The CAA has sent back the news that Avi Arad and Ike Patham have once again backed down and agreed to sell their entire shares at a price of $85 million. ”

Don thought for a moment, "Tell CAA, $80 million, you can make a deal!"

Reese was wearing a black and white professional dress, very much like a professional secretary, holding the folder, taking a pen to record a few times, and said: "Fox Pictures has a message, I hope to meet you and talk about the release of "Wedding Proud". ”

Don En smiled dumbly, "This Bill, I really don't want to let go of a penny, tell them that I will ...... soon"

"No, it's not Bill!" Reese said with the same confusion on her face as Donn, "It's Tom Rothman, the president of Twentieth Century Fox." ”

"Is that him?"

Tang En was stunned.

On the day of the Oscars, he thought there was something strange about Tom Rothman.

But I didn't expect that this guy would take the initiative to contact him to release a movie from Down Pictures.

Past...... Isn't there a feud?

Don was a little puzzled.