The place that Bertolucci and Shen Long agreed on is not far from here, and it is also in Greenwich Village, after all, this is the center of New York movies, and he will naturally be active here when he arrives in New York; After coming out of Ang Lee's house, I turned a few corners and arrived at the café that David Byrne had promised on the phone.

When I walked in and looked around, the café was full of movie-related content, it seemed to be a movie-themed café, and when I got upstairs, I saw David Byrne at a glance, and sitting opposite him was a middle-aged white man in his forties, who looked slightly fat, and I thought it was Bernardo Bertolucci.

"Mr. Bertolucci, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Shen Long and Ang Lee stepped forward to shake hands with Bertolucci and David Byrne, then sat down and ordered two cups of coffee.

"Mr. Wang, I have been looking for your soundtrack of "Three Kingdoms" for the past two days and watched it carefully, and I have to say that it is really a very wonderful soundtrack." Bertolucci was in good spirits, and it seemed that through soundtracks such as "Dawn of Heroes", he had recognized Shen Long's ability.

"Thank you very much, I have also watched "Love and Anger", "Last Tango in Paris", "Nineteen Zero", "The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Character", and your talent is equally impressive." Since Shen Long wants to work with Bertruch, he will definitely study his past works and analyze his style and preferences.

As soon as he talked about this, Ang Lee was good at it, and then the topic caused by Shen Long, he discussed Bernardo Bertrucci's narrative style and lens language in these films, and won Bertrucci's favor at once.

"Mr. Li, you have a very deep understanding of movies, and I can't wait to see your film works when I hear you say so much." Bertruch said with a smile.

"But I haven't found the right opportunity until now." Li An also had a smile on his face, which was a little more bitter in his smile.

"Planning Purgatory is indeed an inhumane system." Bernardo Bertrucci, who has been in the film industry for many years, is equally impressed by the problems Ang Lee encountered.

Planning Purgatory is a joking term for the creative process of film in the American film industry, which refers to the lengthy period during which a film conceptually takes shape and establishes a basic framework; This process is the first purgatory of the whole process of filmmaking, a desperate and long, maddening process, especially for independent filmmakers outside the system.

It refers to the fact that before a studio or independent filmmaker tries to turn a written script into a real film, the project is constantly shelved, halted for several years, and even completely killed; Personnel changes in the intended investment company, the temporary withdrawal of movie stars favored by the crew, and even temporary changes in political trends may lead to the suspension of film projects, or even the complete abandonment of film projects.

For example, the film "American Beauty", which won the Academy Award in the future, experienced many twists and turns, and it took many years before it was officially put on the big screen; And James Cameron also suffered from purgatory when he persuaded others to shoot the first part of "The Terminator", at that time no one believed in the directing ability of a truck driver, maybe some people were optimistic about the script, but they didn't dare to let James Cameron be the director, if Cameron hadn't survived this purgatory, maybe Hollywood would have one less box office harvester.

After sighing, Bertolucci did not continue to dwell on this topic, after all, the object of his discussion today was not Ang Lee, he officially sent an invitation to Shen Long, "Mr. Wang, I very much hope that you can join the crew of "The Last Emperor", you see, you and Mr. David Byrne are old friends, I think you will be able to cooperate happily." ”

"Thank you very much Mr. Bertrucci for your attention to me, and thank you for bringing the story of China to audiences all over the world, and it is also an honor for me to participate in such a project." Shen Long agreed without hesitation.

"That's just great, happy working together!" Bertruch picked up the coffee and touched it with Shen Long as wine.

The same is true of David Byrne, who also specifically added, "I'm looking forward to Wang's wonderful performance, but can you agree to my small, trivial request, in this movie, can you not use suona?" ”

Hahahaha, Shen Long couldn't help laughing, it seems that the song "Hundred Birds and Phoenix" in Greenwich Village left an indelible shadow on David Byrne.

After exchanging the content of the movie soundtrack, Shen Long seized an opportunity to mention Ang Lee's matter, "Mr. Bertrucci, you must have understood Ang Lee's ability, since you know how difficult it is to plan purgatory, can you give him a chance?" Let him also be involved in the production of this film? ”

Ang Lee's eyes flashed with anticipation, and Bertolucci thought for a moment before saying, "Since Mr. Li has received an orthodox film education and has such a deep understanding of films, there is definitely no problem in engaging in the general work of the crew, if you want, I will let someone inform you when the movie is about to be officially filmed." ”

"Yes, I very much!" Li An nodded again and again, "Thank you very much for your trust, I will definitely be able to do this job well." ”

"We'll sign the contract later, and I'll give you the script after signing the contract, so you can hurry up and prepare." Bertolucci originally just planned to finalize the soundtrack, but he didn't expect to get a good assistant director, which can be described as a surprise.

Then they continued to talk about the movie, and then they saw Betruch frowning, "According to my plan, I wanted to go to China and shoot this film in the Forbidden City, but after a little contact with the Chinese authorities in the early stage, they were very cautious and have not given me a positive answer so far." ”

"After all, the Forbidden City is a cultural relics institution, and if the crew enters the Forbidden City for filming, it is likely to cause irreparable damage to cultural relics." Regarding this point, Shen Long understands very well, in addition, Pu Yi's life has witnessed many sensitive historical backgrounds, and this movie was shot by a foreign director, so the relevant departments must be cautious, otherwise what if the movie is filmed and found that there is a lot of content that reverses right and wrong?

"But I'll try to find a way to help you ask!" You can find me on this issue, I am a bridge for cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, and I have been registered in front of the leaders.

"If you want to shoot in China, I recommend making it a collaboration." In this way, many problems can be solved smoothly.

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