"Murphy, look at Hollywood,"

Sitting at the same table, Roger Albert said to Murphy earnestly, "There are not many directors with a unique and distinctive style like you, every time your work comes out, people can see progress, Hollywood movies need directors like you, stick to your style, and one day you will reap fruitful fruits." ”

"Different styles bring different surprises," Murphy gestured to Roger Albert with his glass, "Stylized films can definitely find their own place and outlet in Hollywood." ”

Roger Albert took a sip from his glass of water, "Your existence proves that Hollywood has more than those seriously homogeneous films." ”

Murphy smiled modestly, "You're too much praise." ”

On one side, he was discussing the stylization of Hollywood films with Roger Albert, and on the other side, Quentin Tarantino was sitting next to Harvey Weinstein and talking about him and Sin City.

"When I was shooting, Murphy told me that digital photography could make it easier to achieve some special results, and I was a little skeptical, but now I believe it,"

Speaking of which, Quentin Tarantino slapped his thigh hard, "This guy is simply amazing!" Murphy picked up something that had been abandoned by Hollywood for a long time, that tough and extreme style, and this time it was bound to bring a super brilliance! ”

Harvey Weinstein drank a glass of wine and looked in a good mood, "I can already foresee that he is going to succeed again." ”

"It's not just about success," Quentin Tarantino shook his finger, his words were more from the perspective of the director and the audience, "With the support of digital technology, Murphy's filming is as easy as drawing on a drawing board, many people think that Murphy's shooting is just a recreation of the comics, but the truth is that anyone who thinks so has a problem with their heads!" ”

Quentin snorted heavily in disdain, and then said, "How much is the difference between a movie and a comic?" Can the two be confused? Without Murphy's superb camera sense, as well as carefully prepared storyboards and sketchboard artwork, would this film have achieved its current effect? ”

"Impossible!" Harvey Weinstein shook his head without even thinking about it.

He fully agrees with this, without Murphy's words, there is absolutely no "Sin City" that can be seen now The cool audio-visual picture, Frank Miller's comics, only provide the plot and character settings, but in terms of image style and camera movement and other details, it is Murphy who gives comprehensive guidance to the final movie.

Murphy even played a key role in organizing the plot footage and controlling the pace of the film.

"Murphy did a very good job of controlling the atmosphere and rhythm of the film, and the rhythm of the comic story, which originally seemed a little scattered, was extremely tight."

Taking a sip from his glass of water, Quentin continued to say to Harvey Weinstein, "Murphy gave the film a super watchability, there was no cold scene for two hours, from beginning to end, my nerves remained in a state of excitement all the time, and I hated that the time was too short until the end of the film." ”

Harvey Weinstein smiled, knowing that because they both had different styles, Quentin liked Murphy very much, and the two had endless topics in common.

From the beginning of the project, in fact, there was a faint voice circulating within the crew, saying that Murphy was not filming a movie, he was simply using the camera to make comics, and that he, the director, was insignificant at all, and was completely a puppet of Frank Miller.

But is that really the case? If the directorship was really given to Frank Miller, there would never be this film!

Fools also know that a manga master and a film director are two different things!

"Let's put it this way, Harvey, the story of the Frank Miller comics is very scattered and the pacing is a bit sluggish, and it is not suitable for turning directly into a movie,"

Quentin Tarantino has also heard some discussions, and after watching the movie at this time, he naturally wants to support Murphy, "You and I both know that Murphy did not copy the comics at all, but intercepted part of the story, and made the narrative within each story very concise and crisp, many twists and turns are surprising and unconsciously chaotic, and the fast-moving rhythm does not give people the feeling of rush or pile-up." ”

Harvey Weinstein certainly knows what he said, he has seen the film five times since it was finished, and the editing led by Murphy can be described as superb, and the pace of the film is much tighter than the scattered comics.

Judging from the connection between the stories, the first paragraph of "Sin City" has the fastest rhythm, and Muffle, played by Seth Rogen, basically surprises people every minute; The second paragraph of "Sniper" is Zhang Youchi, the beginning and end are very wild, and the middle part uses lengthy dialogues to show the characters' personalities; The third paragraph of "Yellow Bastard" is the slowest paced, but it is not boring at all, Murphy seems to be mischievous to test the patience of the audience, but in fact he is secretly accumulating emotions, and when the final emotions accumulate to a certain extent, the plot suddenly soars, which is not only in line with the tenacity of Robert Downey Jr.'s character to endure humiliation, but also gives the viewer the pleasure of sudden release of emotions.

"I think the best thing Murphy did was the violent scenes in the film." Harvey Weinstein also doesn't hide his admiration for the film, "The stylized action scenes he created are the most satisfying to me!" ”

Judging from the violence index, this film can definitely set a record for this year's Hollywood films, shootings, blood, and beatings are all trivial, and extremely bloody and cruel scenes such as exploding, dismemberment, beheading, and piercing the heart with an arrow are simply commonplace in Murphy's hands.

"It's more violent than my Kill Bill!" Quentin Tarantino admits this, but admires Murphy's technique, "These scenes of violence are extremely bloody and brutal, far better than 'Kill Bill', but Murphy's clever use of visual style softens the violence." ”

Speaking of this, Quentin Tarantino shook his head, and suddenly felt that he deliberately used black and white images to process the bride vs. the eighty-eight murder team in "Kill Bill", which was too pediatric compared to what Murphy did.

is also a cult film, compared with Murphy's "Sin City", his own "Kill Bill", there is a clear gap.

This rising star seems to have a tendency to surpass himself.

Seeing this, Quentin Tarantino knew that he had to work hard and couldn't always mess around like this.

Of course, if that guy Murphy has a fun idea in the back, he must let him call himself, and everyone can have fun together.

A young man suddenly walked up to the table and whispered a few words in Harvey Weinstein's ear.

"Quentin, feel free to do so," Harvey Weinstein stood up, "I have something to get out of here." ”

Quentin Tarantino waved his hand casually.

Harvey Weinstein straightened his suit slightly, buttoned it up, followed the young man, nodding to his greetings as he walked through the ballroom and into a larger lounge on the left.

Pushing open the door to the break room, inside was a black woman with a file bag, none other than Jones Butler, who had changed positions.

Motioning for the young man to close the door to the break room, Harvey Weinstein walked over to a single couch and sat down, asking, "The statistics are out?" ”

"As soon as the statistics on the corporate side were over," Jones Butler sat down, "I rushed over." ”

She handed the bag to Harvey Weinstein, who didn't take it, but said, "You just say I'll listen." ”

Retracting the file bag, Jones Butler didn't look at it, and said directly, "After the preview screening, our publicist contacted eight professional film critics, and they all had a positive attitude towards the film, and there would be no problem with the post-op-ed. Also, Kenneth Turan, Todd McCarthy, Joe Mornstegan and Roger Albert are also a few top film critics who are less likely to be influenced by PR and we have not reached out. ”

"I've talked to Kenneth Tulan, Todd McCarthy and Roger Albert," Harvey Weinstein said, "and all three of them like Murphy and the film and shouldn't give it a bad review." ”

Jones Bartley took out his notebook and wrote it down.

"In terms of media reporters," she closed her notebook, and said, "because of time and occupation, we can only have a rough statistics, 38 of the 46 entertainment media reporters who participated in the preview screening gave praise, and nearly 20 of them thought the film was very exciting, which left a deep impression on them!" ”

Hearing this, Harvey Weinstein nodded slightly, and as he expected, Murphy did a good enough job.

"What about the audience who participated in the test screening?" He asked.

Jones Butler immediately said, "There were forty male and ten female viewers who participated in the test screening, with the former giving the film an A+ rating by more than thirty; Nine of the latter gave the film a rating of B or less, and only one of them gave an A-......"

This is a very clear indication of Sin City's main audience.

So, Harvey Weinstein advised, "Inform the propaganda department of this data, abandon all propaganda measures for female audiences, and increase publicity among adult men." ”

Jones Bartley also recorded this, and then added, "On the cinema side, a total of 15 representatives from eight cinema companies participated in our preview screening, and all of them believed that the film had some market potential and that their companies were willing to put in enough screens. ”

She thought for a moment, "Emperor Entertainment and All American Artists also expressed their willingness to increase the number of screens by another 10 percent on the basis of the previous agreement. ”

This is undoubtedly good news, the more screens, the higher the box office the film is likely to get.

Harvey Weinstein has been in a good mood since the end of the screening, and he stood up and ordered, "Go and inform the departments that there is still a week between now and the premiere, and do the final publicity and distribution." (To be continued.) )