Chapter 544: Brush up on the sense of existence
"Thank you for your encouragement, Mr. Lee. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Meryl smiled as she raised her glass.
Aunt Mei, who is only thirty-six years old, is still a little bright, and her temperament is also very good, if it were four or five years ago, Li Xu might have found a way to try something fresh or something.
Although he was later dubbed the New York hermit by some fans, especially Chinese fans - married early, lived in New York, and was low-key - the crew and husband and wife still did this kind of thing.
The most well-known is that he and Jack Nicholson were in the middle of the filming of a certain movie, and the car shook in the protagonist's exclusive trailer, which was heard by the entire crew.
This kind of gossip can't be washed away at all, so her fans changed their tunes and pressed this on other female stars, and they also caught a lot of stupid forks, and some people even wrote them into novels.
Now, Li Xu doesn't have that mind, and Aunt Mei is not the kind of woman with a high appearance, unless she takes the initiative to give her a hug.
After chatting for a few more words, he immediately shifted his position, and came to the "Oscar Night" party specifically to comfort, and the friendship between them was not deep, and he also had a Best Director statuette, which is something that other directors can't get.
"So I'm here to comfort you, Steven can not care, anyway, he didn't nominate for Best Director, Kurosawa-kun...... It doesn't seem like you need to prove yourself with this, right?" Li Xu said as he looked at George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Akira Kurosawa among the others on the other side.
Spielberg has a "The Color Purple" shortlisted for the Oscars this year and won ten nominations, but unfortunately there are heavyweight nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress, but there is no Best Director.
But this is not the worst, the worst thing is that none of the ten nominations were caught, and all of them failed.
"I gotta say, Eddie, 'The Purple' is like something you picked up compared to 'Out of Africa.' Spielberg said in a deliberately disgruntled tone.
"Purple" Li Xu also has investment - as long as it is Spielberg's film, he has the right of first refusal - and as long as it is a film he invests in, it will basically be named a producer, so Spielberg is not wrong to say this.
"It's a pity, Steven, the name of the previous movie should be changed, and it would be more appropriate to replace it with "The Last Emperor". Li Xu said seriously.
Lucas immediately laughed, but Kurosawa was unmoved, continued to drink, and took off his sunglasses rarely.
"Well, I admit, the direction of PR is all on the side of "The Last Emperor", but ...... I love this movie. Li Xu spread his hands again at this time.
This excuse is still no problem, after all, he drew so many storyboards with his own hands, and he is still flying around on both sides of the Pacific Ocean to thread the needle, which is known to people like Lucas and Spielberg, who have a close relationship with him and have a relationship with Akira Kurosawa.
"The only pity is that Kurosawa-kun still didn't win the best director. Li Xu sighed, as if he was really sorry.
"It doesn't matter," Kurosawa waved his hand, "It's enough for 'The Last Emperor' to get the best movie, Li ...... Mr. Lee was right. ”
He was talking in English, so he was a little confused about the title, but he didn't care about it: "But, Mr. Li, my next movie is about to start preparation, when will you see ......?"
"So fast?" Li Xu was slightly surprised, he remembered that after "Chaos", Kurosawa didn't have a "Dream" until 90, why did it have to be advanced now?
"Yes, the matter of "Chaos" can already be put down," the old man said, "Anyway, what the critics will say, I can already guess, the distribution will be left to others to do, it is rare to have a stable source of funding, I still hurry up to direct another film, there are not many such good things." ”
There is resentment in the tone, well, it is understandable that "Chaos" is not very well received in Japan, in fact, since the 80s, the domestic media have been constantly saying that Kurosawa's creative standard is constantly declining.
They are the ones who say that Akira Kurosawa shows the backward side of Japan, they are the ones who say that Akira Kurosawa is a business card of Japan, and they are the ones who say that Akira Kurosawa is no good.
To be honest, this is really similar to Lao Mouzi, except that Lao Mouzi has never won an Oscar - in this way, it seems understandable that the guy has a grudge against the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in another time and space.
"Well, I will. Li Xu was not ambiguous, "Just give me a Japanese film company after making a budget." ”
"I'll just say, Ming, Eddie has always been so generous. Lucas laughed.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Lee. Kurosawa smiled as well, and he owed a debt in his seat.
But he didn't know that Li Xu had already decided, and it didn't matter if his budget was suitable, if he exceeded it too much and wronged himself, he would have to squeeze out every drop of oil from him.
After a few more conversations, it happened that Katherine Kennedy came over again, so the topic was brought to "Young Sherlock Holmes".
This movie was produced by Spielberg and Catherine together, and it also won a Best Visual Effects award at this year's Oscars.
He is currently supervising a Sherlock Holmes movie, and if nothing else, it is still Industrial Light & Magic who is in charge of the special effects, and it is still the fat man John Lasseter who did the special effects for "Young Sherlock Holmes".
That's right, it's that John Lasseter, the founder of Pixar, why did Li Xu ask him to come.
"Anyway, that's it, George, John Lasseter will have to be in charge of the special effects for which of my films. Li Xu finally said this to Lucas.
"Well, I've wanted to see what you imagine 2015 to look like anyway. Lucas laughed.
At this time, it was almost the same, and Li Xu came to the "Oscar Night" party, mainly to brush up on his presence.
For a person who can interfere with the film academy's awards if he wants to, he has no interest and no need to attend the awards ceremony. However, he has ambitions for Hollywood, and he is also playing in the film industry, and his public relations for "The Last Emperor" and "1942" this time is still quite big, and he still needs to show his face to show that the party in "Vanity Fair" is the best place.
After all, as mentioned earlier, the "Oscar Night" party. It was at his suggestion.
Waiting for Zunlong to come over, he humbly said hello to a few big people, and after a few more words of laughter, Li Xu was ready to leave.
Of course, he didn't forget to call Chen Chong and Wu Junmei: "It's time to go, there is something to do tonight." ”
"Got it, godfather. Chen Chong did not hesitate at all, but Wu Junmei was still a little reluctant.
"Junmei can play for a while if she wants. Li Xu, who saw it in his eyes, then said.
"Yes...... Is that okay, godfather?" Wu Junmei was a little surprised.
"Absolutely, as long as you don't overdo it. Li Xu smiled, "Remember to go back on time." ”