Zhang Ran is not too worried about the movie script, if Aziva Gosman can't do it, just find a screenwriter to write it, there are enough excellent screenwriters in Hollywood, he doesn't believe that this story can't be changed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhang Ran's real concern is the application of multi-part montage and monolithic scene scheduling, both of which are huge challenges for any director, so he needs good enough helpers. The most important purpose of his visit to the United States this time is to select the main creative personnel for the film.

In fact, after completing the first draft of the script, Zhang Ran, Rob Freman, and other producers drew up a list and invited Hollywood's top film creators to join. They have set ten candidates for each position, and these people are all Oscar nominees and even winners.

Summit Entertainment is somewhat famous in the United States, has participated in the production of many movies, and most of the main creators are willing to participate, plus Zhang Ran is somewhat famous in the art circle, which is also attractive to many people.

The interview for the main creator was held in an office at Summit Entertainment's Santa Monica headquarters, and because the interview subjects all had faces and faces, it was impossible to wait for the interview outside the office with a bunch of people waiting for the interview like the actors.

At 8:20 a.m., when Zhang Ran walked into the office, Rob Freman was waiting inside.

Zhang Ran said hello to Rob Freman, sat down on the sofa, and took the interview materials on the table to look at them slowly.

The next interview is John Mayer, who is arguably a big name in Hollywood, and so far he has been nominated for four Oscars, two of which have been won, including "Memoirs of a Geisha" with Zhang Ziyi. In addition, he also served as the art director of special effects blockbusters such as "X-Men" and "Wanted".

It is quite common in Hollywood for a well-known figure like John Mayer to participate in an interview, and many people will even fly to another city to attend an interview and then fly back; not at home, let alone winning an Oscar, even if you have a Golden Rooster Award nomination, you can't interview him. You say let's have an interview, and he will immediately say, you look down on me, you don't even know me!

This is also something that can't be helped, Hollywood movies have become a complete industrial system, there are a large number of excellent creators, and anyone can replace them in this system; and there are too few excellent production personnel in China, if you want to change someone, the level may be different, but Zhang Ran believes that with the acceleration of China's film industrialization, this situation will gradually improve.

Just as he was thinking, the office door was pushed open, Zhang Ran came back to his senses, and looked up at the interviewer in front of him. In his fifties, he is chubby, and he looks like a very kind and easy person to get along with. Zhang Ran looked down at the information in his hand, it was John Meyer, yes.

Zhang Ran hurriedly stood up, although John Meyer was here for an interview, but the achievements of the people were there, he didn't dare to have the slightest neglect, and said very politely: Mr. Meyer, hello! Please sit down, let's sit down and talk!"

After John Mayer sat down, Rob Freman beckoned to the secretary and brought him a cup of coffee.

Zhang Ran looked at John Mayer and said with a smile: "I have seen many of your works, "Memoirs of a Geisha", "Chicago", "Elizabeth", etc., each of them is a masterpiece, and the strong and beautiful visual effects deeply shocked me and left a deep impression in my mind. ”

John Meyer laughs: "I'm glad to hear you say that, I've seen all your films, you're a very creative director, and I'm looking forward to working with you." I've been to a lot of interviews, but I've never been so nervous, I watched the LA Times interview and I liked your idea, and I'd be very sad if I didn't get the film. ”

Hearing John Mayer say this, Zhang Ran felt a little proud in his heart: "The art styles of the films you participate in seem to be very different, but I don't know why, I always feel a little Edward Hope, do you like his paintings?"

Edward Hope was a particularly important painter in the United States, and his paintings influenced many directors. When Ridley Scott was filming Blade Runner, he showed the art director a photo of Edward Hope's famous painting "Nighthawk" and told him that this was the mood he wanted. Hitchcock was even more of a die-hard fan of Edward Hopper, and he had a lot of scenes in the film imitating Edward Hopper's paintings.

John Meyer was secretly surprised in his heart, this young man's senses were too acute, and this could be seen? He nodded: Yes, I like his paintings, the whole scene of his paintings is surprisingly silent, the light is very bright, but the heavy shadows under the light are shrouded in a sad atmosphere, and we can always feel a heavy sense of loss and loneliness. I think each of us has moments of loneliness and loss, so when I look at his paintings, I can always empathize!"

Zhang Ran, a fan of Hitchcock and a fan of Edward Hopper's paintings, said: "I think Hopper's paintings are not just depicting the loneliness of the whole city, but the loneliness of the whole human race." I think people are lonely, but I feel that even though we are all lonely, each of us can be saved!"

John Meyer laughed: "I forget which critic said that Zhang Ran's films are actually all tragedies, but they don't make people despair, he always leaves hope, and that hope makes us feel warm, which is the most touching thing about his films!"

Zhang Ran laughed and said, "Then I must read this article, he is so right!"

Zhang Ran chatted with John Mayer for a full hour, basically talking about art, realism, futurism, etc., and the two could be said to want to talk happily, not at all like an interview, but like an old friend chatting.

After John Meyer left, Rob Freman asked, "How does it feel? ”

Zhang Ran nodded slightly and said: "Yes, when I talked to him, I found that I seemed to have a natural tacit understanding with him, he has the same views on art and many things as me, and he can help me complete this movie very well, but I am not in a hurry to make a decision, and I will talk about it after everyone has seen it, maybe there is something more suitable!"

After about half an hour, the second interviewer walked into the office, and it was Dante Ferretti. Dante is as influential in the industry as John Mayer, having been nominated for seven Oscars to date, including twice, and in recent years has become the artistic director of Martin Scorsese.

After the pleasantries, Dante smiled, "Martin said, you're going to challenge multi-part montage and monolithic scheduling in this film, I think that's pretty cool! These two techniques haven't been used in movies for almost 30 years! And I haven't done science fiction before, so I want to try something new." ”

Zhang Ran laughed: "I'm looking forward to this, but the only thing I'm worried about is that Martin will be angry!"

In the next few days, Zhang Ran interviewed a lot of excellent creators, these people who participated in the interview are outstanding artists, each of them is famous, and it will not be bad for any of them to do it, it must be a first-class level. The reason why he interviewed so many people was that Zhang Ran hoped to find someone who had a tacit understanding with him or had a feeling, and only in this way could he help him complete the test of the two skills.

Just when Zhang Ran was busy with the interview, the much-anticipated "Twilight" was officially released in North America.

Most of the mainstream media in North America shook their heads and waved their hands and sighed lamentingly for "The Twilight Zone": "It may be enough for the readers of the original book, but for fans, the excitement and attractiveness of this film are obviously not enough", "Wandering in the middle ground between B-grade horror films and youth romance dramas, the result is that the four are not like and give up halfway", "Try to show the ** of women concretely, but unfortunately the director lacks the corresponding control and insight", "The gentleness for the youth can also be explained as: the plot is stale and not tense, the stunts are cheap and not amazing, and the makeup effect is funny, The language of the lens is boring". In the bad reviews, "Twilight" has a pitiful Rotten Tomatoes freshness of 54 and an MTC score of only 57.

Despite the constant bad reviews of the mainstream media, it could not stop the girls from going crazy about "Twilight", and countless movie fans and audiences throughout North America poured into movie theaters, setting off a frenzy of movie-watching, and young girls lined up in the ticket halls of many movie theaters.

After the first-day box office was released, Rob Freman excitedly asked Zhang Ran: "Robin, do you know how much the first-day box office of "Twilight" is?"

Zhang Ran knew that the box office of "Twilight" was very high, but how high it was, where did he remember, and muttered: "It should be more than 30 million, right?"

Rob Freman said excitedly: "39.95 million, second only to "Batman Begins 2: The Dark Knight" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark 4" among the movies that have been released this year, surpassing "Iron Man"!"

Zhang Ran was also a little surprised, and said with a smile: "It seems that we are lucky to have developed a blockbuster series!"

On the basis of the big hit on the first day, "Twilight" continued to do amazing performances on Saturday and Sunday, and continued to go crazy.

Soon, the box office of the first week was released, and "Twilight" sold a shocking result of $72.55 million in 3,345 theaters with a single score of $21,689, abusing last week's champion "007: Quantum of Solace" and the new film Dinis 3D animation "Star Dog" into dogs.

"Twilight" scored 72.55 million in the first week, ranking fourth in the film history in November premiere results, second only to "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", and ranked fourth in the first week box office in 2008, second only to "Batman: Night Knight", "Raiders of the Lost Ark 4", "Iron Man", and surpassed "Van Helsing" to rank first in the premiere of the vampire movie generation.

Affected by "Twilight", "007: Quantum of Solace" fell by 59.4% at the box office, and the Disney animated film "Genius Star Dog" dubbed by John Travolta received good media reviews, Disney expected the box office to reach 40 million in the first week, but under the impact of "Twilight", it only gained a pitiful 27 million.

Since the global box office explosion of "Harry Potter", the six major Hollywood studios are looking for the "second Harry Potter series", but no matter "Dragon Knight" and "The Golden Compass", they all failed miserably, and the six major failed one after another.

The only thing that can comfort the Big Six is that according to the 3-day screening of "Twilight", the movie has dropped significantly, and the stamina is definitely not good. Therefore, it is not easy for the long-term box office of the movie to exceed $200 million.

The reason for this result is that the movie-watching crowd is relatively single. According to statistics, 75% of the audiences who contributed to the box office of the film in the first three days were women, and 45% were over 25 years old. In other words, "Twilight" relies entirely on female audiences to support the show.

For Summit Entertainment, even if "Twilight" is now directly offline, it will make a lot of money, how can you think about the decline, and the whole company is now in a carnival. However, in addition to the carnival, Summit Entertainment did not forget to announce the official launch of "New Moon", the sequel to "Twilight", as soon as possible.