Chapter 120: It's complicated
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At a French restaurant in Burbank, Carla Firth sat across from Murphy and Gal Gadot and talked about the new project, "Due to the subject matter, Twentieth Century Fox and Weinstein Pictures will not invest more than $80 million in production." ”
Although it was a collaborative project between the two companies, Twentieth Century Fox undoubtedly dominated because of Quentin Tarantino's accident.
"Hmmm......"
Murphy just nodded, and didn't say much, this can be regarded as a temporary project, he is still sorting out the clues, in order to complete the most basic script of the project, the specific amount of investment will have to wait for the script and project plan to be formulated, before there can be an overall concept.
"Quentin's style ......," Carla Firth seems a little worried, "and it's clear in his work that the style is sometimes too absurd and biased towards B-movies, and this style will win the hearts of some fans, but it will drive away many more." ”
"Don't worry." Murphy smiled, "Quentin promised me, and our agreement is very clear, Quentin is a screenwriter who provides the outline and main storyline, and nothing else will be involved, this is a project I lead, my style is very similar to Quentin, but there are also big differences." ”
In addition to playing with "Planet Terror", his films, although also typical of noir style, are different from Quentin's absurdity and more serious.
Of course, you can't expect a film that kills Hitler directly to be too realistic, there will inevitably be some absurd elements in it, but these elements must be properly controlled, and they cannot be unrestrained.
And the more serious the content and theme of the film itself, the stronger the black humor effect in contrast.
Since he has resisted this burden for Quentin, Murphy naturally will not completely follow Quentin's previous route, especially the large off-topic dialogues that non-Quentin film lovers can't bear, and he will limit them when he organizes the script.
Either way, it is necessary for the film to make some appropriate changes and adjustments according to his wishes.
After a few more things about the yet-to-be-named project, Carla Firth and Gal Gadot turned to the topic of fashion, from clothes and accessories to this year's Paris Fashion Week, and from Fashion Week to some of the celebrities in the fashion industry.
Women will always have endless topics to talk about fashion, Gal Gadot has experienced professional training as a model, strictly speaking was once a member of the fashion circle, as for Carla Fez, look at her exquisite makeup and carefully matched clothes every day, you can know her fashion sensitivity.
Murphy became a listener through and through.
Fortunately, Carla Firth and Gal Gadot turned around and finally returned to the movie, but it was still related to fashion.
"Gail, have you read the book and the script?" Kara Firth suddenly asked, "How's it going, interested?" ”
"I think ......," Gal Gadot frowned slightly, "there seems to be something wrong with the heroine's mind, she has a strange perception of fashion and the world, and I don't think I can play such a role." ”
She turned her head to look at Murphy, "I still have to learn how to be a good producer." ”
Carla Firth sighed softly, "The heroine does have some problems, but this character ......"
Speaking of this, she shook her head again, "You better continue to be a producer, and I'll find someone else." ”
"What are you talking about?" Murphy looked at Gal Gadot and then at Carla Fez, "Why can't I understand?" ”
"A movie," Gal Gadot replied succinctly, "and a character." ”
"Because of my rivalry with Dave Scola, there was an adaptation project that I had been working on for two years." Carla Firth said in detail, "I originally wanted to invite Gail to play the heroine, but forget it, the heroine's thinking is peculiar and not suitable for Gail. ”
"Hmm." Murphy nodded.
Next to Gal Gadot, he said, "It is a project based on a novel called "The Devil Wears Prada", which is said to be based on the experience of Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine. ”
After she said this, Murphy remembered that it seemed that he had not heard the news about the release of "The Devil Wears Prada", and combined with Carla Fez's words, this film was undoubtedly pressed into the hands of Carla Firth, who held the power of Twentieth Century Fox production.
This can be regarded as an indirect change brought about by him.
Seeing that Murphy's expression was a little strange, Gal Gadot asked, "Have you read that novel?" ”
"I've seen a little." In fact, Murphy knew that Gal Gadot's current interest was not in the actor at all, and he didn't say anything about letting her star in this film, but asked, "Why do you say that the heroine thinks a little weird?" ”
He vaguely remembered that the former heroine Anne Hathaway was robbed by Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt with a very low sense of existence, and he didn't remember any strange performances from her.
"I don't agree with the original interpretation of Anna Wintour or Miranda."
As a former member of the fashion circle, Gal Gadot said without hesitation, "Fashion survives by being picky, but you can't see pickiness as the original sin of fashion, the successful people in the fashion industry I know, those designer magazine editors, are very picky about details, sometimes to the point of unbearable, but this is a professional requirement, it is their professional requirement that they must do it." ”
Perhaps once a member of the group, Gal Gadot clearly has a different understanding of the film in Murphy's memory, "Fashion is a very delicate and sensitive business, which cannot be separated from the attention to detail, in other words, we often say - the devil is in the details!" ”
Carla Fez, who was on the other side, also agreed with Gal Gadot's words and said, "What Gale is talking about is the survival rules of fashion, and those fashion practitioners tend to bring this cutting-edge pursuit of career into their daily lives, and they become demons in the eyes of their subordinates." ”
Listening to the completely different themes of the previous film, Murphy didn't know what to say, his knowledge of fashion was too limited, and he could only say that he had a different stance and a different perspective on things.
Gal Gadot laughed, she knew Murphy didn't understand this, and didn't say anything.
But Kara Firth said, "Let me give you the basics." Have you read that novel? ”
Murphy nodded as he had just said what he had seen.
Seeing Murphy nodding, Carla Firth then said, "In the novel, when the heroine Andy's colleague took out two belts, and he said that they were very different, Andy laughed, and she felt that the two belts were no different. ”
"This is the typical layman! Although the color of these two belts is the same, but their belts are not the same, they have different matching senses, with the same dress will have different effects, and distinguish these differences, find out the best match, this is the subtlety of the details of fashion, designers care about these details, although in the eyes of ordinary people, there is no difference at all, but in the eyes of designers are completely different, this is the difference between professional vision and non-professional vision. ”
Carla Firth took a sip of her water glass, and Gal Gadot thought about it and joined in.
"For example, if you pick out that blue striped sweater, you think you've chosen it according to your wishes............" she said of a line from the novel, "and this sky blue has generated millions of dollars in profits and countless jobs, and the incalculable ......amount of effort to make it."
Gal Gadot said seriously, "I think this passage is a good portrayal of the fashion industry. ”
Hearing this, Carla Firth nodded in agreement, "Every industry has its own characteristics. ”
"How does fashion affect the world? How does fashion spread from its cutting-edge haute couture to everyone? How does the fashion industry affect the lives of ordinary people? ”
Faced with Gal Gadot's extremely serious and beautiful face, Murphy had no choice but to spread his hands helplessly, he was a real layman in this regard.
"Every quarter, designers will discover some new ideas, new ideas, new colors, these things are extracted from a lot of inspiration and information, such as the sky blue, which is selected from nearly 100 blues on the color card, from dozens of similar colors."
Having worked in the industry, Gal Gadot clearly knows something, "and then the designer makes clothes and promotes the color; If it is noticed by other designers, it will achieve a cutting-edge small area of popularity; Then, the media magazine will judge what might be popular among the countless press conferences every season, and then the blue color will be noticed by them. ”
Since she started, she also said in detail, "The media conveys the message that blue is going to be popular to the public, and these messages will spread quickly, and the major stores will quickly follow up, which will become a popular trend." If this blue color is recognized by the public, it means that it has generated tens of millions of dollars or more in profits and countless jobs. Then among the popular things of the season, there are always some that will continue to deepen, and this blue will develop in depth after it becomes popular in fashion. ”
Murphy nodded slightly, still unclear.
Gal Gadot rolled his eyes and said, "So, no one should think that he has nothing to do with fashion, every choice he makes is a product of fashion; And all his choices are actually based on the choices offered by others. Often, the choice of a designer or the editor-in-chief of a magazine determines what kind of clothing ordinary people can wear. ”
"It's complicated." Murphy muttered.
"Of course! Do you think dressing up is a simple answer? ”
Murphy could only shake his head in the face of Carla Fez's question, his style of dressing strives to be concise, but for women, this is definitely not the case. (To be continued.) )