In a big house on the British Isle that was foggy all day, the hostess Grace woke up from a nightmare again, wiped the corners of her eyes, and cheered up to start the busy day, her husband was not at home, and she had to be strong.

I don't know why, some time ago, all the servants in the house suddenly disappeared, so she posted an advertisement for a recruitment of maids, and today three people came to apply.

A gray-haired gardener, a spirited old woman, and a cowering mute girl looked very strange, but because no one had applied for the advertisement for so long, Grace accepted them and introduced them to a series of rules about the house.

I don't know if it was because of the arrival of the three of them, all kinds of strange things began to appear in the mansion, her daughter Anne claimed to have seen a little boy, Grace also heard some strange noises from time to time, and she also noticed that the three new servants were always muttering as if they were planning something, and Grace became more and more uneasy about this. Until one day, the husband who went out to fight suddenly returned, and the excited Grace thought that the family had a backbone, and life would be back on track again, but the husband did not have the joy of reunion in Grace, and when he saw his wife and children, he became sad, and after spending a few days at home, he suddenly left again.

The strange things in the old mansion continued, and with the departure of her husband again, Grace's spirit became more and more tense, and finally one day she found that all the curtains of the old house had been removed, and Grace repeatedly stressed that the two sick children could not see the sun, so the angry mistress blamed the three servants for this qiē and drove them out.

Two playful children ran out of the backyard garden through the window one night, the little girl Anne found three tombstones, and upon closer inspection, she was shocked to find that the tombstones were engraved with the names of the three new servants who appeared in the house a few days ago, and at the same time, the three servants also came out of the darkness again, Anne called out to her brother and ran towards the gate, and Grace, who had stumbled upon the 'truth', also rushed out with a rifle and escorted the children back to the old mansion, blocking the three ghosts from the door. When Grace repeatedly prayed for the three ghosts to spare her family, the two children who returned upstairs let out exclamations, and Grace prayed to climb the stairs and push open a door, because of the psychic's conjuring, Grace finally saw another family in reality.

Qiē made Grace have to face the reality, it turned out that she, along with her two children, were already dead.

Helplessly hugging her two children, the heartbroken hostess had to recall the sad past.

With the dreamlike cries of Grace and the two children, the movie officially ends, and the ending credits have not yet been made, so the lights in the screening room are directly lit.

"Eric, how is this time?"

Jonathan Demmy asked unconfidently, and although he had made a lot of changes based on Eric's advice, Jonathan was still not sure if he would be satisfied with Eric.

It was filmed in mid-June, and part of the post-production was done in the UK, because some shots had to be reshot from time to time, and the whole crew stayed in the UK until July before returning to the US.

After the end, Eric went to the UK to visit the filming site, personally saw the live shooting, and checked some of the shots that Jonathan had completed, and Eric was very satisfied with Jonathan's shooting results. Perhaps it was Eric's previous affirmation, when Jonathan confidently showed his edited version, the so-called director's cut, to Eric, he was still confident that the edited version that he had spent a lot of effort would be recognized by Eric.

But the reality poured a basin of cold water on Jonathan, Eric frowned and watched his edited version, and directly signaled the staff to play it from the beginning, while watching and making records quickly, and when the film was broadcast again, Eric had written more than 20 revisions on the notepad, involving shots, soundtracks, editing and other aspects, which was basically equivalent to completely pushing Jonathan's edited version to it.

Although Jonathan was a little unconvinced, he did not have the final editing rights after all, so he could only honestly make significant changes according to the advice given by Eric.

After completing the production again according to Eric's opinion, Jonathan watched the finished film again, and felt that this version was indeed much better than the version he had edited before, not only the plot was more compact, the suspense setting was also more confusing, and it was more focused on the creation of a psychological suspense environment, which also made Jonathan admire this young man who was more than 20 years younger than himself.

Although Jonathan has done a lot of preparation in order to get the position of director of this film, and some of the concepts proposed at the beginning are also in line with Eric's vision, many methods still can't escape the trap of old-fashioned horror films, it's not that Jonathan doesn't want to modify, but many habitual things are not said to be changed if they want to, and innovation is easier said than done in any circle.

Hearing Jonathan's question, Eric did not rush to answer Jonathan's question, but leaned back in his seat and carefully compared the differences and commonalities in the plot of the original film in his mind and the movie he had just watched.

For the other two films, Eric's decentralization is completely under Herbert Ross's sole responsibility, and Eric is not even involved in the editing, and although the final editing rights are in Eric's hands, he will also respect Al Pacino's opinion very much in the future when it is post-production. In comparison, the system is a bit 'willful'. He also knew that it would hurt to completely topple Jonathan's director's cut, but he had to do it in order for the film to be a box office success.

Originally, when I saw Jonathan's edited version, the reason why I was able to list so many revisions in one breath was of course not because of Eric's own talent, but because he had a reference for the original version of the film in his mind.

Even if he had a little extraordinary talent in his previous life, he had been worn out in so many years of waste, and all that remained was the professional skills imprinted in instinct and habits, like a master who has been in the kitchen for decades, without using his mind at all, and can cook a table of dishes full of color and aroma just according to habits.

For a movie, even if it is the same script and the same material, the film edited by different people will be very different. In his previous life, Eric had heard of someone re-editing a classic historical film into a vulgar comedy, and the lines, materials, music, etc. had not changed at all, except that the shots had been rearranged. So Eric is not demanding to be able to perfectly reproduce exactly the same as in his memory, besides, the previous life is not without flaws, for example, the plot of Grace's husband's return is too bland and does not create the tense and suspenseful atmosphere that a horror film should have, and Eric made some changes to the plot of the original version in this version.

After spending about ten minutes and comparing them carefully, Eric nodded lightly: "Yes, it's basically okay, just make one or two small changes in the details, as for the distribution, Jeffrey, notify the heads of the other four major studios except Fox and Columbia, and see if they are interested in participating in our internal trial meeting." ”

Jonathan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Eric's affirmative words, while Jeffrey hesitated: "Eric, it's not good not to inform Fox and Columbia, after all, we have the closest cooperation with these two?"

Eric explained: "Judging from the current shape, there will definitely be a lot of personnel changes after Columbia is acquired by the Japanese, and it is difficult to say how the Japanese will operate after they get Columbia, and I am a little worried about whether I can get it back on time, so I still don't want to cooperate with them in the short term, as for Fox, they already have the distribution rights of my next two films, and giving them to them will only cause us to compete for resources with our own films." ”

Jeffrey said, "You see if this will work, we invite Fox and the Colombian people as usual, and as for whether to cooperate in the end, don't we have the final say? ”

Eric lowered his head and thought about it, but nodded: "Okay, just do as you say, and, also put together for a test screening, as for it, put it down for the time being, let Al toss slowly, as long as it can be screened on a small scale at the end of the year, anyway, this movie is what he used to hit the Oscars." ”

After the two discussed the release of the film, Jonathan Demmy had a chance to interject: "Eric, will you go to the Venice Film Festival in September?"

"Yes, I'll at least go there at the opening ceremony or the awards ceremony," Eric replied.

Among the three major film festivals in Europe, the Venice Film Festival is the one most closely related to the Chinese film circle, and Eric has been very interested in the Venice Film Festival in his previous life.

Speaking of which, it's been a whole year since I've been reborn, and Eric has been so busy that he doesn't even have a moment to relax, maybe a trip to Venice can be considered a vacation. As for the award, Eric's expectations are not too big, although the plot setting is very novel, but this film is not only a commercial film, but also a horror film, either of these two categories is very discriminated against by the film festival judges, but this film includes these two most unpleasant factors, and it is already a very good result to be shortlisted for the main competition unit in Venice.