0377 Attitudes and Choices
At a great premiere, at a time when people are looking for all kinds of shooting art and film depth, a truck driver who has nothing to do with art tells people that there is a kind of film that has little to do with art, but that catches people's attention more than art films.
Lynch didn't leave immediately after the premiere, and the Fox father and son found a well-known documentary director and screenwriter in the industry for him, and they wanted to sit down and talk, but what Lynch didn't expect was that James actually came.
James was still a little embarrassed when he saw Lynch, he opened his mouth to speak, looked at the Fox father and son not far away, and finally called out "Mr. Lynch" instead of "boss".
A simple title can actually allow Lynch to distinguish the current situation of James, and he does not call Lynch boss, which means that he and Lynch no longer have a direct work subordination.
"I didn't know you left your job, Cook didn't tell me. Lynch didn't have much thought, "Do you work at Fox Studios now?"
James's embarrassment gradually subsided, and Lynch's indifference eased something he thought the betrayal had brought about a little easier, and he nodded, "Yes, I'm sorry......"
He resigned from Cook's retreat to join Fox Films, on the one hand, he has a very special talent for scripts, he is not the kind of rigid academic, and always wants to show the depth of the film through some details.
There is no depth for truckers, and if there is, it must be the depth of the road girls, not theirs.
Several scripts written by James have a strong personal style, but the reputation of the movie is not particularly good after it is filmed, which may have something to do with the director and editor.
As we all know, there are thousands of good stories, but there are so many good directors in the entire federation, and the status of directors is higher than that of screenwriters, and so are editors.
In search of a new breakthrough, James began to learn how to be a good director, which also gave him little time to work on the transport team, and the Fox father and son wanted him to jump to Fox Film to help them, and finally James ended his work with the team after talking to Cook twice.
Of course, he also has some ideas of his own, after all, being a truck driver, no matter how good he is, in the end, it is Cook's level, and the management of the team will spend his life on a salary that may not be as good as that of a truck driver.
It's not what he wants, he wants to make his ideas a reality, he wants to make more money so that his mother can live in a big house, then he has to make more money, more money faster.
Joining Fox Films is a good choice, Fox and his son have just started on the road and are still building their team, how to say that they can mix with a veteran if they join at this time, and the resources will also be inclined to him, and there is a great possibility of success.
The only thing that made him feel a little embarrassed was that he was a little sorry for Lynch, and he felt that it might be a betrayal.
However, Lynch seemed very indifferent, he patted James on the arm, "I am also the majority shareholder of Fox Films, in fact, I am still your boss, don't think that if you change your place of work, you can get rid of me!"
He spoke in a completely joking tone, which made James's nervous and embarrassing emotions very relieved, "Sorry, boss, you know ......"
Lynch didn't let him continue, "People always have ideals, Jeffes, I'm glad that the people around me can find their own ideals, and then find the right direction to work towards, and when you have the ability to direct alone, and at the same time need someone to support you, you can call me." β
James was very moved, although Fox Film is not big, but some of the phenomena of power struggle have gradually shown, and most of this display is manifested in the establishment of projects.
What project can get how much investment, what kind of attention can be obtained, the screenwriters and directors in the company are all fighting, if there is Lynch can stand for him, his future development in the company will definitely be smooth sailing.
As they spoke, Fox and his son walked in with two middle-aged men wearing baseball caps, a little scruffy and full of beards.
In the film and television circle of Laltimo over the years, a brown beard is almost about to become the standard for directors, and if there is no beard, they will lose points when talking about cooperation, which also leads to everyone starting to grow beards.
"This is the general director of "Minority" ......", Mr. Fox first introduced Lynch to the first bearded, a very famous, but also somewhat controversial director.
"Minority" is the most influential documentary of the Federation in recent years, and it directly unveils the mask of hypocrisy of the Federalists, and this documentary uses the most detailed content to expose the lives of immigrants and indigenous people to the public's eye.
It is precisely because of this documentary that the Federation realizes how "ugly" and "evil" they are, except for a few wealthy investment immigrants and scientific researchers, labor immigrants and indigenous people all face a certain desperate environment in the Federation.
Discrimination, humiliation, indifference, violence, crime, almost all the negative problems of society have occurred in this group, and it has slapped the Federation of equal people in the face of the so-called free country.
It is also said that some people smashed the director's car and sent him bullets.
But one way or another, he became famous, and after those disturbing days, he became quite famous, except that it was somewhat ridiculous that until now, he had not received any new jobs.
When Mr. Fox was in small circles talking about the need for a documentary filmmaker, the man who heard the news from somewhere called him that night and asked Mr. Fox to think about him.
Another bearded man is also more famous, his fame is different from the bearded one in front of him, he is good at showing the good side of the Federation, and he makes social documentaries that everyone likes, such as "The Federal Family".
By following six families of different classes to reflect their different solutions to the same problems, there are joys and sorrows, and sometimes people even think that he is making a TV series, but it is indeed a documentary.
In addition, there are several screenwriters, and these screenwriters, Mr. Fox, just casually said some of their names, and didn't even say anything about their masterpieces.
The status of screenwriters is indeed not high in this circle, unless there are very big screenwriters, and they are also original screenwriters, but even so, the status of screenwriters is still not high enough.
Every year, each production company receives thousands of scripts, and there are not a few excellent scripts, and once they are favored by large companies, they will buy out the filming rights of the scripts at a very low price.
So even if the screenwriter has a great masterpiece, it has nothing to do with them, at most give a few more when writing a sequel, want to share the money, or the copyright?
That's a joke!
After introducing a few people, everyone sat together, and Lynch talked about his thoughts, "I plan to raise funds to shoot a documentary about the Federalists in Nagalil, which will reflect the difficulties and processes of the Federalists in overseas struggle from many aspects, as well as the final harvest." β
This is the keynote, everyone nodded, and they wrote down this element in their notebooks, overseas, and struggle.
But there were also some ideas, "Mr. Lynch, why is it in Nagalil and not in Gavra or something?"
The documentary filmmaker who asked the question was the one who slapped the whole Federation in the face, and his question was very realistic and tricky, "If it weren't for some of your experiences and some recent events, people might not have paid attention to that place in Nagalil for the rest of their lives." β
"Forgive my presumptuousness, I don't even know where this country is on the map, but I believe that the Federans, at least most of them, are interested in Gavre. β
"Culture, economy, military, politics and social forms all attract the Federans, and if the Federans are filmed in Gavra, it may have a great impact!"
The director was right, but Lynch wasn't going to encourage the Federals to make a living in Gavre, and they couldn't make it easy for Lynch there.
Of course, he can't directly say what he thinks in his heart, so he can only express it in another way, "We can put this in the future, as far as the current stage is concerned, we have frequent contacts with Nagalil, and secondly, once we establish diplomatic relations between the two sides, there will be a considerable amount of capital power pouring into Nagalil and their local regime to jointly develop the whole country." β
"People don't know anything about it, so we need to let them know a little bit about it, and that will also be able to find some way for everyone in the coming big times. β
Mr. Fox couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, "Great sentiment, friend Lynch!"
Lynch smiled and nodded in acknowledgment and replied, "Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Fawkes." β
A few people didn't continue to ask, but Lynch continued to talk about some of his thoughts, and I have to say that there is a reason why these people are well-known in the industry, and they quickly summed up some practical content.
For example, there is one thing that Lynch is very interested in when this documentary should be filmed, that isβ progressive visual angles of "illegal", "legal", β "above the law".
Naturally, he was the first director to slap the whole federation in the face of this idea, and in his original words, if people want to know about Nagalil, they want to know a real Nagalil.
Going to this place that he had never heard of before to develop, work hard, and struggle was definitely not for any great ideals and sentiments - he made a little sarcasm about the mutual praise between Lynch and Fox just now, but neither of them thought they had found out.
He thinks that if you really want people to watch the documentary, they can put on their backpacks and buy a ticket to Nagalil, and the best way is to restore a real "profiteering society" and tell them what to do in those places to make money, and earn money that they can't make in the Federation.
It's not even a documentary about how the Federalists live and work in Nagalil, it's a documentary about how to make money in Nagalil quickly.
This guy is really a ghost!
So Lynch chose another director.