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Frank looked at the man in front of him, if he remembered correctly, Lance was only in his early thirties this year, although he had released a lot of good works as a maker before, but it was only in the past two years that he really became famous, as if overnight, this man began to become hot. However, those rumors and fame are false for Frank, because he knows how this glitzy vanity fair works.

Today, or at this moment, Frank has changed completely. Not only is Lance a director with strong ideas and strong ideas, but he also has the ability to bring them all to life, even to the next level.

Thinking about Lance's age and experience, how could Frank not be amazed.

"So, a thought-provoking popcorn, that's your ambition?" Instead of being led into the pit by Lance's impassioned words, Frank was a little more sober, because Frank knew that it was too difficult to combine business and art at a high level.

"L.A. Confidential", "Truman's World", etc., which came out at the end of the last century, and the "Lord of the Rings" series launched at the beginning of this century, "Chicago", etc., can be regarded as a model, but objectively speaking, these works are biased, for example, "Chicago" sacrifices a lot of philosophical dialogues for the sake of entertainment, and the core content such as the ugly face of Vanity Fair and the entertainment of the news media to death is only pointed, although this movie won the Oscar, but it is more about the times to create heroes, in terms of overall quality, It is also a work that is more commercial than entertaining.

Popcorn. It is only composed of sweetness and aroma, and after chewing, all the flavors are dissipated, but now the popcorn is required to have an aftertaste, and it can also taste some depth and layer, which is not only difficult for strong people, but also cocooning. It's like you can't ask for a cup of honey water to drink the sweet and sour. Nor can commercial popcorn be required to show the depth and level of literary films.

Thought-provoking and popcorn, these two words are inherently contradictory. However, Lance was going to try it once.

"Sin City" can be said to be an action movie or a crime movie, but it is undoubtedly a commercial movie, and the viewing shock brought by the powerful visual effects is different from "Titanic" and "The Day After Tomorrow", but the viewing experience effect is similar. In the previous Robert Rodriguez's version of "Sin City", he pushed this visual experience to the extreme, with the contrast between light and shadow, black and white, and color tension reaching the extreme. It's amazing, but it's very weak in terms of core ideas.

Not only professional film critics, but also many viewers have accused the film of not having high moral content, and the ideological core is also very superficial. The visually striking image is overly focused on showmanship, and the role of color and light is infinitely magnified, so that the image itself loses its meaning and does not play a role in promoting and interpreting the plot. Technically, this is called a "transition shot" - also known as a "waste shot"; The simple and clear story lacks connotation, and the simple plot of happiness and revenge even lacks the beginning and end. It's just a screenshot of bloody and violent revenge, and the whole movie doesn't seem to say anything, it's just an admiration for violence.

Even "Spider-Man" meaningfully illustrates a truth: the world needs heroes, and heroes also need faith, and the stronger the ability, the greater the responsibility. But "Sin City" has nothing, just cool looks, exaggerated expressions, and movie-like event images. It is neither like the hysterical rant of violence in punk music, nor like the mockery of reality in the imaginary world of absurdist literature.

It's a feast for the eyes, but it's just a feast for the eyes. The biggest difference between Sin City and Transformers is that Robert injected a completely different visual style into the work, opening up a whole new genre. This makes Sin City a cult masterpiece.

Lance does not intend to deprive Sin City of this charm, and in fact, he has always believed that it is also a great success for commercial popcorn movies to reach such extremes. If it weren't for the sin trilogy, Lance wouldn't have made changes to the script, but would have completely followed Robert's version from the previous generation to create a hearty visual feast. But now, Lance wants to go one step further on the road of art, so he needs to add more repercussions and aftertastes to this visual feast.

This is an incomparably difficult task, this is a difficult challenge to climb to the sky, and this is a self-inflicted problem. However, Lance does not intend to back down, let alone surrender, on the contrary, he will rise to the occasion with confidence.

"Nope." In response to Frank's question, Lance shook his head and said with a smile, "This is my bottom line." It's my ambition to create a classic and complete a complete trilogy. "The reason why the trilogy is difficult is not only because of the continuation of ideas and the unity of style, but also because of the rise of the main theme, the deepening of the layers of advancement, and the whole must be an equation that climbs steadily.

The corners of Frank's mouth pulled down, and he looked at Lance in surprise and absurdity, but found that Lance was not joking at all, and the frank but calm smile made people want to believe him. Frank didn't speak, and looked at Lance with a twinkle in his eyes, as if thinking, hesitating, and hesitating......

Lance was not in a hurry, took a sip of whiskey slowly, shook the glass gently, raised his eyes, and saw Frank's still tangled expression, and smiled dumbly, "Old cowboy, I thought you should be better than me." This is a satire on Frank's hesitation and timidity.

One sentence made Frank laugh dumbly, shook his head, then picked up his beer glass, raised his head and began to pour beer down his throat, proudly drained the whole glass of beer, and finally put the beer glass upside down on the bar, wiped the wine that slipped from the corner of his mouth, and looked at Lance with a red face, "I'll join!" "It's just three words, crisp and clear.

The smile on Lance's lips finally bloomed, starting with the planning of "Sin City", to tossing and turning in the face of many difficulties, to fighting back and forth for the camp step by step, until today, he finally won the trust of Frank Miller, snatched the tiger from Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, and firmly held the adaptation rights of this classic comic book in the palm of his hand.

Although, there is still a long way to go to success, at least, he was given the opportunity to challenge, not Robert and Quentin.

"So, sue me, what do I need to do?" Frank has a very bold personality, and since he decided to hand over the adaptation rights of "Sin City" to Lance, he will no longer continue to struggle, and immediately enter his role, "To be honest, my knowledge of movies is very limited, and personally, I think this is your specialty, you are the boss, and I had better stand aside and don't care about anything - except the script." Frank suddenly thought of the most important thing, and for the adaptation, how to find a balance between the original book and the film script is a core point that cannot be ignored.

There was no celebration, no cheer, and after a brief moment of joy, Lance let the turbulent thoughts quickly settle down, "Script, this is where I need your help. Due to the different directions of Lance and Robert and Quentin, there will be many differences between the two versions of Sin City, so Frank's role is naturally different. "In this film, I'm going to quote four stories, which are 'The Customer Is God,' 'A Hard Farewell,' 'The Brutal Killing,' and 'The Yellow Bastard.'"

As the author of the original book, he naturally knew all about these stories, and he could perceive that there seemed to be no connection between these stories, but there was a net behind them that connected all the story threads. Of course, the "Sin City" comics are originally a vast and huge background system.

"I'm going to break up a little bit of each story, cut some of the content, but I don't adapt it at all, I want to keep the story concise and neat." Lance's words gave Frank a puzzled look - what was his job if the script wasn't going to be overhauled? Then Lance revealed, "But I need you to do two things, and to be exact, I will work with you to complete this work." ”

Lance put himself in the position of "cooperation", not because he was modest, but because of the fact that he was indeed incompetent for such a huge and tedious job, not to mention that Frank was very familiar with every corner of "Sin City", he was the most suitable person.

"The first is that I need each character to have a clear context, not to have those nuanced things, to be simple and crude, but at least to have a complete context. For example, what is the knot in Hardigan's heart, why is he so attached to Nancy, and then, what is his evil side, and what is his justification. ”

Frank's mouth opened in surprise as he remembered that the two of them had been at the heart of their conversation, and that he was clearly carrying an unimaginable weight on his shoulders. In the four stories that Lance just told, there are at least a dozen characters, and each character needs to create a file, which is indeed a trivial and onerous task.

"Second," Lance said without pause, "the endings of these characters need to be adjusted to complement the tone of the story." Looking at Frank's slightly puzzled eyes, Lance shrugged, "You know, fighting evil against evil, the end must be left with bad people, I don't need their image to be tall, what I need is the depravity of the whole city." ”

It's like the ending of "Batman Prequel: The Dark Knight".

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