Chapter Seventy-One: Boss! 【First Update】
Gustavo lost, and after watching the final cut of Shutter Island, the Argentine, who had his own creative philosophy, simply admitted it.
It was already mid-July, and the film "Shutter Island" was edited and special effects by two post-production companies, K.N.B. EffectsGroup and CafeFX, the former of which also participated in the post-production of "50 First Loves", was completed in the course of more than a month.
There are three versions of the movie, two of which are more than 140 minutes long, and one is only 120 minutes, which makes the plot more full, but also makes the movie a little long. Which one exactly was chosen as the final release? After watching and thinking about it repeatedly, Xiansen decided to refer to Martin Scorsese's version, knowing that he still had one more opportunity to watch the movie that he didn't use.
Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" is 138 minutes long, and Xiansen is even more hesitant after watching the whole movie, because the film is completely different from what he made and the style is very different, so it does not have any value for his decision. If Martin Scorsese's film is a pain in the head after watching it, Xiansen's version is more like a labyrinth with only one path, and you will easily follow this path until you find yourself going around and back in circles.
Which of the two versions is more intelligent? For this answer, Xiansen did not hesitate and chose his own movie without shame. In his opinion, Martin Scorsese is indeed very good, but the only shortcoming is that the director substitutes his own understanding into the movie, and many shots are deliberately revealed in order to give the final answer.
This is a commercial film, in Xiansen's eyes, what a commercial film has to do is to tell a good story, if the director has to impose on the audience in the commercial film who is a good guy and who is a bad guy, etc., it will only feel like a snake.
Let the audience think for themselves, rather than using the film to instill the understanding of the filmmaker. This is the essential difference between Xiansen and Martin Scorsese.
"Keep it shorter and make the story tighter!"
Many directors hate editing very much, and some directors are even reluctant to cut out any of the shots, but Xiansen has no such concept at all, after thinking twice, he finally chose the version that is only 120 minutes, there is a good saying: simple, not simple!
During the two-hour viewing time, Xian Sen noticed Gustavo's three movements, one was frowning, one was biting his lip, and the other was constantly clenching his fists, which also made Xian Sen more confident in his film. What is a successful movie? It has nothing to do with the box office, it has nothing to do with the evaluation, the purest understanding is to be able to drive the audience's emotions and let the audience fully integrate into the story, at least for now, Xiansen feels that he has done it.
After the movie ended, Gustavo didn't give an answer immediately, but sat there dumbfounded, still struggling with the final ending of the movie in his mind.
"Tell me, which one is the truth?"
That was the first thing Gustavo asked.
Xiansen did not answer such a question, because in this 120-minute movie, he did not give his own answer at all. So even he himself doesn't know which story is the truth.
"Trust your own judgment, Gustavo, and only you can find the answer."
Xiansen's answer is very philosopher-like, but this feeling is on the surface, and this thing is secretly rejoicing in his heart: If you don't understand it, it's right, if you understand it, what else do I rely on to deceive people!
After a long time, Gustavo shook his head, there was still no answer in his mind, he had decided to watch it again after the movie was released, he felt that he had touched the last layer of window paper, but it was still a little bit away from the truth.
"Mister, you won, and to be honest, even if your film is criticized by the world after its release, I will sell you the rights to 'Dieintheheart.' It's so exciting, I love it so much. ”
Argentines are honest, and as a creator, he only speaks what he really feels in his heart.
"Thanks, but, I still want to say that there seems to be a bet between us, you should remember"
It was this bet that Xiansen was most concerned about, because before that, he had already received the original documents of the "Black Hole Film Studios", of course, the documents stamped with the official seal and steel seal of the American political axe. This shows that his studio is officially and legally established.
After the establishment of the film studio, Xiansen immediately contacted these friends around him, such as Leonardo, Bella Marceau, Brent Wilson and some people who had worked with him and left a good impression on Xiansen. This includes the scene record that once ran in "50 First Loves" - Rodel. (See Chapter 29)
Happily, most of them agreed to join "Black Hole Film Studios" and signed their names on the contract. In just a few days, the division of labor among the various departments of the newly established studio was clarified.
Xiansen is the director and head of the studio, Bella Marceau is the financial manager and assistant director, Leonardo is the studio's contracted actor and enjoys a 3% share of the box office of the films he participates in, Rachel is Xiansen's personal secretary and is responsible for the arrangement of various things in his work and life, Brent Wilson is the head of the camera crew, and Rodell is responsible for the arrangement of extras.
For Xiansen, the team is still lacking a good composer, and if Gustavo can join, the Black Hole Film Studio will be even more complete.
"Oh, you mean that bet, of course I remember, I'm willing to lose, Director Mister, now, you're my boss."
After Gustavo said this, Xiansen finally couldn't help but wave his fist, in this way, although his film studio is not particularly complete, at least the people in several key departments are carefully selected by themselves, eh, carefully selected? Even if it is
"Boss, what's the name of our studio?"
The bearded Gustavo always felt a bit of a mafia when he said words like boss, at least that's what Sensen thought.
“blackhole! (Black Hole)"
Xiansen snapped his fingers and said: "Just call me director in the future, don't call the boss, I don't want to be targeted by the FBI." ”
[The first update, ask for support, today is just a warm-up, tomorrow's update amount, hehehehe, twenty-three points in the next chapter]