Al Pacino's thoughts were not immediately mentioned to Levy, he was still silently observing Levy's recent moves and did not say much. Because he knew that Levy had been too busy these days.

After Winona was in a better mood, the filming of the movie progressed much faster. And the other lead actor, Bale, is also well prepared for the play, although his restrained acting style is somewhat neurotic, but this is not a big problem for this play - all the characters in Angel Amelie's film have a little problem, and none of them are flawless.

The adult part was done very quickly, and even some of the New York scenes that needed to be filmed on location went smoothly - the Big Apple has seen so many people filming here over the years, from Woody Allen to Spike Lee, all kinds of directors have been received here. New York University is one of the most important talent training bases in the American film industry, and Levy himself is a graduate here, and it is no more difficult to find someone to assist in filming here than in Los Angeles, and the progress of this film is still very fast.

And the last little bit is the little one. Levy didn't have a good idea of what he did with this part, he could only do it the usual Hollywood way of dealing with dogs and cats - food inducement with a hint of deception, and long shots in an attempt to capture some of the useful shots to make the best of it.

Fortunately, his approach was quite successful. Taylor Morson, a child, acted quite well, her appearance was originally very cute, and the child was also very cheerful, with various expressions very obvious, under the inducement of the crew, whether it was playing, laughing or unhappy, screaming, she behaved very well. It also made Levy quite satisfied.

"Taylor did a really good job on this end, and after this part of the shoot is done, let's see if there are any parts that need to be reshot, if not. So if there is no problem with the dubbing of this paragraph, our movie can be completed. When Taylor Morson's scenes were all over, Levy was quite satisfied with Winona and Al Pacino present, "The rest of the production is post-production, this time the task is heavier, but I will try to be as fast as possible." ”

"It's long overdue." Hearing Levy's words, Winona hadn't made any indications, and behind them, Winona's agent Jason had already spoken first.

He muttered under his breath, and Levy pretended not to hear it - Levy knew what he was thinking: the film had been in preparation since February. Filming started after the Oscars ended, and now it's the end of May, but the filming of the movie has just been completed. There are a lot of special effects in this movie, and there are many things that need to be handled carefully, and it is difficult to get the post-production work in less than two months. So. No matter how fast this movie is, it will be released in August at most, which is much slower than expected.

That's what Jason complained about: If it doesn't make a good mess, the movie may miss the entire summer schedule. The summer schedule is a great time for movies to make money, and it's not a good thing to miss this time.

"We were shooting a romantic comedy. It doesn't matter if the romantic comedy is released in the fall. Al Pacino explained. Indeed, people generally think that the autumn schedule is not good because the autumn schedule is full of women, and the blockbusters are not very popular, but romantic comedies are shown in the autumn schedule. But it's exactly right.

"Maybe it's going to hit the schedule with Cameron Diaz's movie." Jason was still a little worried. Cameron Diaz is also now working on a romantic comedy, and as an iconic character in this genre, Cameron Diaz has better box office appeal than Winona Ryder and is more likely to do well at the box office.

Can this movie make money at the box office? Jason was worried. Winona was invited, plus Al Pacino was invited. That's a lot of money just that. Although Bell has a low salary as a foreigner, if it is calculated, the investment in this movie is also more than 30 million - this romantic comedy, the box office has to exceed 100 million to be able to recover the cost, but Jason is very familiar with the box office of Winona's movies, it is a common phenomenon that her movies do not sell well, where is the box office income of 100 million?

Investing in filming movies with Levy, Winona can not worry, but he, the agent, can't afford not to consider it.

"Jason, you're talking a lot." Jason's worry was for Winona, but Winona just pouted about it and didn't pay attention to it at all, "I like this movie, I'm very happy to make it, isn't this more important than anything else?" It's more important than anything else to be happy when making a movie, and don't care so much about money. ”

Jason was also quite helpless about his client's statement. He also admitted that Winona's mood has improved a lot since these days, which is indeed a good thing, but such a good thing has nothing to do with money.

"Winona, I think your agent has his thoughts when he says this." Unlike Winona, who didn't worry much about these things, Levy's words to the agent still read his overtones, "If there's anything you want to say, just say it." ”

"Actually, there's nothing ......," Jason said with some hesitation, "I think even if the movie doesn't make much money, it would be very good if Miss Ryder could get it back from her own advertising dollars." And if you want to have more attention, you have to have more publicity, and if our movie is released in August, then there is a natural platform for publicity. ”

"Venice Film Festival?" Levy thought of it right away.

"Yes, Venetian films. Our film ends in August, which coincides with the Venice Film Festival, so it would be a great opportunity if we sent our film to Venice for the judging. ”

The agent, Mr. Jason, talked about the Venice Film Festival, which made Levy immediately interested. While he's pretty sure the film won't lose money, it's not a bad thing to get more praise for attending.

This film is suitable for Venice - if the film is done a little faster, it will definitely go to the Venice Film Festival.

"The film's new shooting techniques, narrative structure, as well as the artistry and ideological connotation of this film, are all top-notch, coupled with quite novel shooting techniques, if you participate in the Oscars, you may not be able to win awards, but if you participate in the Venice Film Festival, then you will definitely be able to get awards."

Mr. Agent is very sure that the film can win the award: this film does not talk about post-production, just the shooting method and editing level, it deserves an award.

It's just that, listening to his words, Levy couldn't help laughing, "If I remember correctly, I said it, the main direction of this movie is the Oscar." Why are you thinking about the Venice Film Festival again? ”

The status of the three major European film festivals, in the eyes of Americans, is not very high, and if you win this kind of award, it is good if you want to become famous as a small actor, but it is a little bit insufficient if a big star wants to use this to stabilize your status. Winona Ryder is not lacking in fame now, and it is somewhat unnecessary to compete for this kind of award.

"It's an award." The agent's tone was a little unwilling, "The competition for this year's Oscars is fierce, Spielberg's film participated in the awards, and our film may not be able to win, so ......"

"So you're not at ease and want to win a separate award?"

Levy understood his thoughts this time: the propaganda of saving Private Ryan is becoming more and more intense, and people's expectations for this movie are also getting bigger and bigger, as an agent, although the movie has not yet been put on the table to fight, he has been frightened by the names of big production and Spielberg - last year's Titanic can win awards, to talk about the level and depth of the filming, Spielberg is better than James. Cameron is even more on it. After all, James Cameron's movie is just a gimmick borrowed from the two words blockbuster, and Spielberg's film can be very profound when it wants to be profound.

His idea made Levi take a deep breath, "I seem to have said, since this movie is for me to shoot, then, everything is up to me, I said that this movie has the possibility of winning the Oscar, so just do your best to fight for the Oscar, why do you have to go to Venice to make do?" Do you think what I said can't be done? ”

Levy is not reluctant to participate in the film festival, but he is not very happy about his own film because he has no confidence in it. He put a lot of effort into this movie, and the movie was shot very well, although there is really no way to compare with Saving Private Ryan on the scene, but if he wants to say that his movie should be actively avoided, he has a different opinion. The Titanic is stronger than his debut, he has no choice, but he doesn't do it every year when he admits defeat.

Especially now, when it's time for post-production. If you are deflated at this time and think that you can't compare to others, how can the filmmaking be so good? This is something that Levy will never accept.

"Mr. Agent, I want you to know that the movie we make is very likely to be the best movie of the year. Confidence is one of the most important things to make a film like this. You are afraid of Cameron Diaz for a while, Spielberg for a while, is it possible that in your eyes, your clients are so bad that they will fail when they meet them? This kind of mentality is unacceptable! Please remember that if we want to shoot the best, we have to adjust our mentality. With a good enough mentality, you can make a perfect work - I can accept that the work cannot be perfect, but in terms of mentality, it must be perfect! ”