When Alexander rushed from the United States to Europe to promote the fight club near the end of the Cannes Film Festival, he found that Levy's leisurely life in Europe at this time made him quite depressed.

"You are also the boss of our company, why are you so unconcerned about your company's movies?" Alexander really didn't understand Levy's participation in the film awards, "Our film awards have a lot of benefits, why are you living here so boringly!" ”

"What's the big deal, Pete and Norton are already sure of the box office of the movie, so why worry about it? What is a Palme d'Or worth? Regarding Alexander's attitude, Levy was unimpressed, "Moreover, where am I idle, and I have been actively working all this time, okay?" ”

"Do you want to say that you've bought a new story during this time? So, I'd like to hear which story you bought. ”

Alexander knew that Levy came to Europe and was quite concerned about buying other people's copyrights, and he claimed to have worked, which meant that he had bought a lot of copyrights.

This calmed Alexander a lot, and he knew that the story that Levy liked was definitely not bad.

"Well, I'll show you......," Levy nodded, "I've bought the rights to an adaptation of a novel - this is Jan Martel's new novel, called Life of Pi, based on Richard Parker's 1884 real-life shipwreck Eater Time." It's an interesting story. It's just that I can't shoot a movie for the time being. ”

The original novel of the story of Pi Pi. It was published in 2001. And as soon as the novel was published, Levy immediately bought the rights to adapt it.

Although it is said that Jantimar is Canadian, while Levi is American. But that doesn't stop them from using the Cannes Awards as a place where they buy and sell the rights to adapt screenplays – and Cannes itself is the venue for that, where there is a lot of dealing.

The original author, Jan Martel, expressed great concerns about the rights of film adaptation, and he did not think that the existing technology could bring his novel to life. Levy directly told him that he could wait until the technology was ready, and this argument persuaded him to sell the script.

"Why can't you make a movie?" Alexander was puzzled.

"I think this story should be shot in 3D. It could be better. ”

Levy had previously thought that 3D would be better for filming films that were close to animation. And the movie of Life Pi can be shot quite animated, so this movie is also ready for him. Something that will be tested in the future.

Of course. When the time comes, maybe he shoots it himself, or maybe he looks for Ang Lee to shoot, it doesn't matter.

"And then there's an autobiography that I fancied, an autobiography of a rich man called 'Second Breath,'" Levi continued, such a book. On occasions like film fairs, there are many. It tells the story of the friendship between a rich white man who paralyzed himself after parachuting and falling and taking care of himself. I think this story is good, and I want to buy it. ”

This story, Levy has also seen in his memory, the name of this movie is untouchable, and it is quite an excellent French film. Levy remembers that when the movie was broadcast, it was also a film that caused a sensation at the time, and it was even rumored at one point that the film might win an Oscar - but because France and the United States have different attitudes towards black people, and in the eyes of the French, it means that the film breaks the racial barrier, and in the United States, it is sued for racial discrimination, which also makes the award of this film completely impossible.

And now, Levy has bought the script, and he believes he won't adapt this kind of mistake.

Of course, it's still more troublesome to buy this story, Philip. Pozo. Advance. Although Borgo has been paralyzed since 1993, he is still the vice president of the Berry Champagne Company, a subsidiary of LVMH, and he is not short of money at all, and his requirements for this film are not to make money but to shoot well - even that he originally wanted to make a documentary - money is so capricious.

Of course, this request, apparently Levy can also meet him. Elivier's name, he said that he wanted to make a good movie, and that was still very credible.

"It seems that the race movement of black people has been very fierce recently, and Hollywood has been affected a lot, why, are you ready to intervene?"

Alexander knows that the power of blacks in Hollywood seems to have risen dramatically recently, and within a year, several black-starred films are bidding for the Olympics. The film industry is not a separate world, and they have to be influenced by the outside world, and this year may really be the year for black people to raise their eyebrows.

"No, I didn't mean to be fashionable. Time was running out, and I didn't think I would be able to find that actor with the acting skills better than Denzel. Washington is better. Since I promised the original author to shoot well, then, don't join in the fun. Levy shook his head.

"If you don't want to shoot either story, you must have a better script?"

Alexander continued.

"Yes, so to speak, I did find another script this time...... This script was also sold to me by a French director. ”

Levi said, taking out a script from his hand and handing it over, "No, this, the spring of the cattle herding class." ”

The movie Spring of the Cattle Herding Class is based on the 1945 movie The Nightingale, and this movie is also a favorite movie that Levy saw in his previous life.

It's just that in his memory, this movie only appeared in 2004, and he didn't expect that in 2001, its original author hadn't even entered the director's business, and he had already written the movie script when he was only doing odd jobs in his uncle's film company.

Moreover, what surprised Levy even more was that the original author of this script did not take a lot of effort to make. Levy considered it to be an excellent musical, not because of how much the author of the film liked music, but because there was a lot of chorus and music in the movie, which could save the cost of the movie and make the cost of the movie not too large......

It seems embarrassing, but this is actually the reality of European cinema. Because Europeans don't have much money for their films, they always have to consider the cost when they make films. For example, in the spring of this cattle herding class, what Levy didn't know was that during the filming, the source of cost was the starring and producer Gerald. Juno, who sold his house in Paris before he could afford to make a movie......

The European film industry has always faced such a relatively poor dilemma. Although there is no shortage of top film masters like Luc Besson, and even Luc Besson has not been to Hollywood in his life, and has completed the production of films such as the fifth element in Europe, this killer is not too cold, but for the vast majority of European filmmakers, they are still relatively poor.

Therefore, when Levy proposed that the original author of the film sell the script to him, he agreed without too much hesitation - although he was going to shoot the script himself, but by selling the script, he would have the money to buy the rights to adapt the novel he liked, which satisfied him.

He didn't realize how good the movie was, but someone could see it.

Alexander flipped through the script, and there was some surprise on his face. The script was not yet finished, and the biggest flaw was that the music that was supposed to be there had not yet been produced - the original author was not a generalist, he didn't know how to write music, there were still many vacancies in these places, and Levy was waiting to be completed by Jan Tilson. However, even if you only look at the parts that have already been completed, this movie is enough to make people marvel.

"This script, as long as you find good music, if you can shoot it, it will definitely be a very good-looking work."

Alexander expressed his attitude to Levy very solemnly. Originally, he thought that Levy's movies would not be able to win awards, and he didn't want to shoot high-grossing things, so it would be easy to shoot nondescript and not succeed, but he didn't expect that Levy would be able to find such an excellent movie script.

This time he came to Europe, with these three movie themes, he really gained a lot.

The film is unlikely to win an award or do well at the box office, but no one can deny that it will be a good movie. It's hard to shoot a movie with children to a good level, but it's easy to be moving.

"I haven't figured out how to shoot yet, I haven't done a musical before, so I have so much to prepare, and I don't know if I'll be able to shoot it well. This script, let's prepare it for the time being, maybe I shoot it myself, maybe I shoot it for someone else, it's not necessarily. ”

It's just that Levy's attitude surprised Alexander a little, and he didn't immediately prepare to shoot this movie.

"If you don't want to shoot such a good script, what do you want to shoot?"

Alexander immediately asked. Three movies in a row, all of which were good themes, but none of them were filmed, also surprised him with Levy's idea.

"Didn't I say that? I wanted to make a movie starring Naomi. During these days, in addition to acquiring scripts, I was also writing scripts myself. The next thing I was going to shoot was naturally the script I wrote. ”

With that, Levy handed over one again, and this time, Alexander also saw the name on the cover of the script.

"The eternal sunshine of a beautiful mind? Is this your next one? (To be continued......)

PS: The untouchable documentary version does have, 2004.