Chapter 62: Wild Travel
"The mission of art is to use sensual images to show the truth, it should give people spiritual vitality and inspiration, not a cold fist to life!" Natalie stared at Ryan with disdain on her face like a proud fighting. "Am I not right?"
"But Leo Tolstoy said that the most haode art is the art that everyone can understand!" Ryan lifted his chin as well, "What is 'Tango in Zuihou Paris'?" It's dull and boring, how many people like it? Except for the acting skills shown by Marlon Brando, it is not good at all? As for Brutoci, does he understand what the audience wants to see? ”
"'The Silence of the Lambs' is no better, with a lot of cruel, terrifying and bloody shots, diluting the theme it wants to express, and its artistic performance is at least one notch worse than 'Tango in Paris'." Natalie then retorted.
"You can't deny that 'The Silence of the Lambs' is more popular, Nat, it's still that sentence, the film is not made by the director for himself, he has to consider the acceptance of the market."
It was on a station wagon to Yosemite National Park, where Ryan and Natalie sat in the Zuihou row of eleven station wagons and had a heated debate.
Natalie came to Los Angeles yesterday, Mr. Avener came here for a medical conference, and simply brought his daughter, until after getting off the plane, Natalie informed Ryan, but fortunately, Ryan and Nicole decided to go out with the Swift family to avoid the increasingly crazy reporters, but they had not yet set off and happened to take her with them.
The two haven't seen each other for a long time, and they have a lot to say, but the topic turned to the movie, and naturally discussed this year's hit "The Silence of the Lambs".
"But art is rigorous!" Natalie simply half-turned around and came face to face with Ryan.
"Really? So in "Tango in Zuihou in Paris", is it really necessary for so many erotic scenes to exist? ”
"Ryan! Nat! ”
Nicole couldn't bear it anymore, turned her head, and stopped the two who wanted to continue arguing, "I want to ask, who accompanied you to watch "Tango in Paris" and "The Silence of the Lambs"?" Is it supposed to be watching it at your age? Ryan, looks like I'm going to get you grounded when I get back, and Nat, I think I should talk to Mrs. Shelly on the phone. ”
The cockfighting boy and girl finally deflated, glared at each other, and looked at the scenery outside the window of their respective cars.
"Aren't they good friends? weishenme has been quarreling since yesterday? ”
Holding the sleeping Taylor in her arms, Mrs. Andrea asked in a curious whisper.
"Don't mention it." Nicole waved her hand, "The two of them have known each other for almost two years, whether they are talking on the phone or communicating, they are like this, as if they were natural opponents, but they have a very good relationship." ”
Yosemite National Park is located in eastern California, along with Yellowstone National Park, and is one of the most beautiful natural national parks in the western region.
The group came in two cars, and in addition to the eleven station wagons, George also drove a Chevrolet SUV in the rear.
"Wow, that's good...... Beautiful~"
As soon as he got out of the car, little Taylor saw a forest of pleasant climate, far cooler than the heat of Los Angeles.
The scenery here is extremely beautiful, after the group entered the valley, they went directly to the butterfly forest in Nanshan, there is a large area of old shijie master forest, these redwood trees are tall and thick, and many of them more than ten people can not be surrounded in a circle.
Although the urban greening of the United States is very good, for people who live in the city all year round, it is a good place to relax and relax, the only place that is not haode is that there are a lot of tourists, after all, this is a famous tourist attraction in Shijie.
After visiting the rocky area again, the group simply went to the less crowded stream canyon and found a flat place to take a short break.
"Ryan, catch the butterflies...... Take me there, okay? "Little Taylor doesn't let people sit idle for a moment.
"Honey, there are wolves and lions here, you can't run around." Ryan simply said intimidation, but how could the little girl who was less than two years old understand the horror of these two animals, but clapped her hands and said, "Lion? In the zoo? Is it the kind of? Great, Ryan, and Nat, catch the lion...... Take me there. ”
Ryan felt the urge to vomit blood, but Mr. Scott looked at the time and said, "It's not too early, let's hurry to the cabin area, if it's too late, we won't be able to find a place to stay." ”
"There are no real wild lions in the Americas!" Natalie gave him a look that you really don't have.
"Isn't a cougar a lion?" Ryan's reflexive rebuttal also gave Natalie a look that you have no culture.
"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." Natalie gave him a straight back of the head.
The wooden house area is located in this valley, and although it is open to tourists, it is strictly managed, and if there is any littering or tree destruction here, the high fines can turn visitors into beggars, but it is these strict regulations that are close to being harsh that make this national park prosperous.
The group rented three large cabins, one for the Swifts, one for Nicole and Natalie, and one for the boy and George.
Taylor slept all the way when he came, and now it was the time to be energetic, arguing for Ryan and Natalie to play with her to catch lions, which made the group cry helpless.
"Taylor, catching lions is not fun at all, if you don't believe me, you can ask George, he has been in Africa and has seen a lot of lions." A few chairs were moved casually, and several people sat on the grass in front of the wooden house, and the unscrupulous Ryan really couldn't pester the little girl, so he had to push his bodyguard out.
"Really? George? Africa...... What is the place, far away? Is it fun? Taylor asked, with a twinkle in his eyes.
"It's not fun." George smiled and simply told the story, "The grasslands and forests there are full of dangers, not only lions, but also dangerous animals like cheetahs. ”
"King of Beasts...... Lion isn't it? Taylor blinked, then pointed at Ryan and said, "Ryan said...... Last time I went to the zoo. ”
"In the African savannah, the most dangerous animal is not the lion." Seeing that the eyes of several people around him were over, George simply shrugged his shoulders and said, "Once I went out on a mission, I was surrounded by a group of jackals, and in the African savannah, the most terrifying thing is not lions and cheetahs, but hungry jackals. ”
He pointed to the scar on his eyebrow bone and said, "That's what I left behind, I only had three bullets left in my gun at the time, and after shooting three jackals, I could only fight them hand-to-hand, but fortunately, I was lucky enough, it was them who died, although I suffered a lot of injuries, but I finally had the life to hold out until the help came." ”
After saying that, he slapped Taylor's little hand, "So, Taylor, catching lions is not so fun." ”
When everyone heard him say this, they all felt a little emotional, and there are only a few stable countries in that part of Africa.
Nicole was suddenly a little worried, in her eyes, soldiers, especially those who have seen blood, are dangerous animals, especially in order to prepare for "The Heroes of the Righteous Sea", she consulted a lot of information about the army, and knew that many Marines either became professional mercenaries after being discharged, or went down the wrong path because of their livelihood, is it really appropriate for Ryan to be with him?
That's the most important person to him, in case the other party is ...... to him Nicole suddenly didn't dare to think about it, she felt that she should find another bodyguard for Ryan.
"Wait." Ryan suddenly felt that he had overlooked something extremely important, which seemed to be related to what George said, but he couldn't remember, "George, what did you just say?" Lion? And jackals? ”
"That's right." George nodded, "The most dangerous thing in Africa is not the lion, but the hungry red-eyed jackal, is there a problem?" ”
"I'm X!" Ryan burst into a foul Chinese language, and he finally remembered what he had forgotten, Lion! Jackal! Africa! Hamlet! Prince's Revenge!
Whether it was adapting the novel at the beginning or writing the script later, he actually forgot about the most brilliant work of 2D animation, and couldn't help but slap his head hard.
"I'm a pig's head." Ryan scolded himself in his heart.
"Ryan, you're swearing." Natalie spoke unhurriedly.
"Dirty words?" Ryan felt inexplicable.
"Don't deny it." Natalie looked clear, "I have been learning Chinese since last year, and I often go to Chinatown to find people to practice, and I have met many Chinese students who used to curse people with the words you just said." ”
"You...... What are you doing...... Want to learn Chinese? Ryan was surprised, he knew that Natalie in his previous life was fluent in several languages, but he had never heard of her knowing Chinese.
"Since you speak Chinese so fluently, I naturally want to surpass you." She said it for granted.
"Okay, okay." Ryan looked at Nicole and saw that she didn't say anything, so he said, "I'm Daoqian, it's okay." ”
Anyway, daoqian won't spend money, and there won't be a lack of meat! He began to be duplicitous again.
"Ryan, then you beat yourself...... What about weishenme just now? Taylor asked curiously.
"Ah......" Ryan opened his mouth, saying in his heart, you little brat, where did you get so much curiosity, but when she saw everyone looking at it, she had to scratch her head and say, "After listening to George's experience, I suddenly had the inspiration to write a story about Africa." ”
"The story of Africa?"
After all, everyone knew the boy and knew that he must have some haode idea.
"Yes, move Shakespeare's 'The Prince's Revenge' to the African savannah." He waved his hand to stop Natalie, who wanted to make a statement, "It's not a human story. The main character is a lion and a lion called ...... Simba's Lion! ”
"Cartoons?" Natalie asked, and suddenly lost interest.
"Like Mickey Mouse...... Well...... Is there still an animation like Donald Duck? Taylor interjected.
"Yes."
Ryan nodded, thought for a moment, ran into the room, and fetched an easel.
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