Chapter 108: Incredible
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"Boss, they're ready."
In a small building in Burbank, Jones Butler accompanies a big fat man to the pull-out room, saying as he goes, "I promise, the film is going to be a hit, it's the best horror movie I've seen in the last two years." ”
Harvey Weinstein turned his head to look at Jones Butler, "Is that little director really improving so fast?" ”
Jones Butler nodded solemnly, "Although it's not appropriate, I think the gap between "Hard Candy" and "Chainsaw" is like Spielberg's "Silly Girl's Escape" and "Jaws." ”
The film itself cannot be compared, but there are certain similarities in the changes in the directorial level between the two works.
The two walked to the front of the film room, Jones Butler took a step forward and opened the door, Harvey Weinstein walked in first, and there were several market evaluators from Miramax Films in the film room, and at the projector behind them, the director who had met once was taking two people, one fat and one thin, to prepare for the screening.
Murphy also saw Harvey Weinstein, for whom he was a real superboss in the industry, and immediately put down what he was doing and hurried to catch up.
"Hello, Mr. Weinstein." The appearance of Harvey Weinstein gave him some surprises.
The big fat man on the other side didn't say anything, but only nodded to him, and Jones Butler walked over and whispered, "How's the preparation?" ”
Murphy didn't care either, nodding, "You can start at any time." ”
Jones Butler glanced at Harvey Weinstein, waited for the fat man to sit down, and said, "Let's get started." ”
At Murphy's signal, Seth Rogan went to close the curtains, James Franco turned off the lights, and Murphy stood behind the projector, with the light coming on on the opposite screen.
All the people in the Pull Sheet Room, including Harvey Weinstein, had all eyes on the screen.
Murphy works as his projectionist with peace of mind, occasionally sticking his head out to look ahead, Miramax's people are watching the movie intently, many people's pens will fall on the notebook from time to time, and the main target of his observation is Harvey Weinstein, looking from behind, you can't see the fat man's expression, but his body is straight, it seems that he hasn't changed positions for a long time.
What does this mean? One is that he may be asleep, and the other is that he is completely attracted to the movie.
No matter how you think about it, Murphy thinks that the possibility of the first item is infinitely low, this is "Chainsaw", with his current ability, it is true that he may not be much better than the one he used to be, but it is not too bad, especially the heavy use of cross-montage, throwing out enough suspense and large-scale bloody shots.
In the East, these shots bring more disgust, but the traditional horror films in North America are completely different from the other side of the ocean, and often the more plasma, the more terrifying.
This is not Murphy's own opinion, but an objective existence.
A horror film, if it can't do even the most basic horror atmosphere, is bound to fail, his film will not, when Carey Mulligan's character jumps into a sea of syringes, you can obviously hear a few people let out a small exclamation.
Jones Butler was breathing fast and quietly, and even though it was the second time he looked at it, the 10,000-pin hole still looked creepy.
When Jonah Hill's fat man appeared in the gillnet maze, the appearance of blood, gastric juice, tears, and saliva flowing all together was simply ......
Harvey Weinstein finally changed his position, subconsciously raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and unconsciously thought of himself from this fat man, and his fat body shivered.
This film is really scary enough.
There is also a joint twisting frame in the back, which twists a person's body alive......
A few people turned their heads and looked back, wondering how perverted the director really had to be to come up with these fancy ways to kill.
What they saw was a young, calm, serious face.
Seeing the nurse break into the secret room, Harvey Weinstein nodded lightly, this is a very good horror movie, which can be said to combine many advantages of traditional Hollywood horror films, and cleverly make up for many shortcomings of traditional plasma films.
Harvey Weinstein has enough knowledge of Hollywood-produced horror films, many of which are similar plasma killings, which is of course also the demand of the market, because the smallest cultural barrier, the widest spread, and the most fans are always this kind of killing feast that doesn't require much brains, especially those series with sequels, such as "Ghost Street", "Friday the 13th", "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", ......
Even Miramax's ace series "Scream" can be summed up in this genre.
There is no doubt that these traditional killing movies have certain flaws, often using a far-fetched, perverted or supernatural excuse to create a vicious murderer, and the biggest attraction is nothing more than a variety of death methods that challenge the limit.
The biggest problem brought about by this is the audience's aesthetic fatigue, which directly leads to the downturn in the traditional horror film market in recent years.
And this "Chainsaw" is obviously different, although it shows people with violence and blood, it is actually rich in entertainment elements, traps, dark human nature, closed space, and the mystery of the real murderer.
The filthy sets, the chilling killing mechanism, and the painful abuse scenes are all wrapped in a strong sense of thriller, skillfully using the intricate clues before and after, and the cohesion and nesting of the plot are comparable to the exquisiteness of detective novels.
It's an excellent horror movie.
Harvey Weinstein made a judgment, but the fat face remained calm, such horror movies are indeed rare in recent years, but they are not as exaggerated as Jones Butler said, right?
But the next moment, he changed his mind.
The nurse was not the culprit, the corpse lying in the secret room stood up, his body was rickety, he looked old and weak, but his eyes in the close-up were extremely sharp, as if he could see through the world.
Then the flashback cross montage appeared, especially the police's words that "the murderer likes to see his masterpiece up close", which made many people suddenly realize.
Harvey Weinstein's hand grips the arm of the chair tightly, with a hint of surprise on his fat face, and despite the countless moviegoings, this ending is completely unexpected.
He couldn't help but look back at the projector, it was incredible how far the young director had made in just a few months. (To be continued.) )