Hollywood Secret Garden

If Irene's story interprets the American dream that everyone yearns for, then Lester's story is to uncover the abscesses hidden under the gorgeous and glamorous American dream!

The Leicester family can be regarded as a standard American middle-class family. They have their own house in the suburbs. The husband and wife are well-dressed and working hard in their careers. Although the daughter is rebellious, she still goes to high school honestly.

It seems to be quite good on the surface, but the inside has actually begun to fester. The midlife crisis, adolescence crisis, personality crisis, communication crisis, dull crisis, trust crisis and other things enveloped this family, which made their life extremely boring. Lost vitality, the whole movie shows the dark side of the American dream naked, so——

"Two movies released in one month tell the same theme from completely different angles, and they are produced by the same company and the same producer...It's so interesting!" Angela covered her head with a headache, what was she thinking at the time Ah, to actually ignore this, do you really think of yourself as a genius? !

What to do now? "Never Compromise" has already been released, so delay the release time of "American Beauty"?But how is it possible, the trailer has been played for two weeks, and the test screening is scheduled for tomorrow, if there are no important issues, why delay the release time?Angela looked a little sad.

Well, maybe we can look at the problem from another angle. The core of Irene’s story is inspirational, and the American dream is only a small part of it; while Lester’s story is to completely uncover the scars of the middle class. Everyone and every family The American Dream is actually only a small part of the problems that may or have already been encountered.So...the conflict wasn't that strong?Angela thought over and over again, if this is the case, even if the box office loses a lot compared to the original one, it may not be a big loss. After all, these two movies can resonate with the audience. Maybe some people watch both movies and like them and say no. Certainly.

Then this issue can be put aside, anyway, as long as the two films do not lose money, the task of making money should of course be taken care of by more entertaining films, such as "The Mummy", which has already started post-production, but there is still a problem. What to do about the problem?Angela couldn't help but want to smile bitterly. Annette Bening's acting skills are not inferior to Kevin Spacey. If Kevin is nominated for Best Actor, then it's not that Annette will compete with her aunt for Best Actress The main character?Well, aunt's odds of winning should be better.After all, "Never Compromise" can be said to be played by her alone, and Albert can only be regarded as a supporting actor...

Forget it, forget it, don't think about it.Angela shook her head and looked out through the plane at the thick clouds. Some things can be mastered by oneself, but some things may not be mastered by oneself. At this time, it still depends on luck, so it is better to wait for next year's nomination list to come out. Bar.

After the decision was made, Angela stopped worrying about the possibility of crashing. Anyway, she had crashed with herself a lot from the beginning, so she put her mind on her studies after returning to Boston.

Soon, news came from Los Angeles that the audience at the test screenings were very satisfied with the film. Ed Kamm even called to praise Yang, and at the same time kept asking her what was going on in her head like a curious baby. what to think.After adding the logo and subtitles to the beginning and end of the credits, the movie copy of "American Beauty" quickly came to the big theaters, and then the time came to December 1998, 12.

Angela sighed in the click sound and Shi Shiran got out of the car. It was different from the all-black dress she had participated in "Never Compromise" before. It was a patterned white double-shoulder dress. Even though the hem was past the knees, it still made her slender legs seductive when pulled diagonally.

Angela, who kept smiling but ignored the questions, came to the crew members who were posing for the reporters to take pictures, and said hello to the actors, Kevin, Annette, Chris, Wes, Mina, Sarah Pull, the six main actors have come to New York, yes, the premiere location is the Ziegfeld Theater in New York, the venue for the previous Emmy awards.

After happily greeting and hugging everyone, plus the screenwriter Allen who came from the other side, the creative members of "American Beauty" were basically all in place, and then the reporters had to shoot again.

"They said you participated in the trial screening, what do you think?" Angela asked Mina in a low voice while changing positions.

"It feels pretty good, but sometimes I always feel ugly in movies." Mina was a little absent-minded.

"Why? Do you think that you are too attractive to Kevin?" Angela asked jokingly, seeing her occasionally glance at Sarah, she couldn't help but said again: "Do you think you and Sarah Who played better?"

"Hey, Angie, since when did you like to ask such silly questions?" Mina, who kept smiling at the reporters, replied in a dissatisfied tone, "Do you think it's important which of us is better?"

"Of course not," Angela also kept smiling in front of the flash, "I'm just testing."

"Trying?" The slight fluctuation in Mina's tone could not be hidden from Angela, who had been paying attention to her from the beginning, but Angela did not continue talking to her but switched to Sarah: "How do you feel?" , Sarah?"

"Not bad, at least I don't have to face my belly button." Sarah said jokingly.

Damn it!If it wasn't for the fact that Angela wanted to roll her eyes in the face of so many reporters, there was a huge promotional poster hanging outside the Ziegfeld Theater. The content was naturally a bouquet of roses next to her belly button, and Angela, who couldn't resist the persuasion, contributed Her lower abdomen, although the poster was edited on the computer in the end, it is undoubtedly her lower abdomen that was photographed, so it was really uncomfortable for Angela to show it to everyone so nakedly. How could she be fooled at that time? Did you go to shoot?The only thing that comforts Angela is that she strictly forbids the use of posters as a publicity point from the beginning.

"Indeed," Angela suddenly changed the subject after the words came out from between her teeth, "By the way, give me enough time, I need you to act as the heroine in a horror movie at the beginning of next year .”

"Is it the oriental style you mentioned last time?" Sarah's tone was full of surprises.

"That's right." Angela replied succinctly, and then began her nasty revenge: "How is your relationship going?"

"What... dating?" Sarah replied in surprise, and Angela quickly continued: "Don't play stupid in front of me, dear, don't forget that you lived in my room that night. "

Without waiting for Sarah to respond, Angela began to welcome everyone into the theater, still ignoring the "sincere" calls from the reporters.The people who came to the premiere in the theater were chatting in twos and threes. After chatting with Kevin and Annette, Angela threw them away without hesitation and joined the group that had been waiting for her. It's over, all the friends who came to the premiere today except Scarlett, Liv, Natalie, Ivanka and...Paris.

"To be honest, today's premiere reminds me of the premiere of "Titanic" last year." Angela said seriously.

"Are the two premieres similar? I don't see that." Natalie shrugged.

"Yeah, I don't think you are more beautiful than that time, and I don't think this time is better than that time." Liv nodded suddenly, thought for a while and then said: "Maybe because this is your first time Hosting a premiere for a film you directed?"

"Hasn't Angie directed three films already? Hasn't he ever held a premiere?" Ivanka was a little surprised.

"If you pay more attention to entertainment reports, you will know about it, Ennie." Natalie smiled with her lips pursed. She and Ivanka are relatively easy to talk to.

"Well, I read a lot of fashion magazines." Ivanka twisted her mouth cutely.

"Do you think so?" Angela snorted softly, making a look that was completely incorrect, "I said it was similar because—they both wore so little clothes when the temperature was so low in public places."

As she said that, she folded her arms and rubbed them vigorously: "In short, I will never hold a movie premiere in this kind of weather in the future! This is simply a disaster."

Although she knew that she was faking her embarrassment, the girls covered their mouths and chuckled for a while, but Angela still noticed that although Paris also raised the corners of her mouth, she immediately returned to the normal way A coping smirk, thinking that she hadn't spoken much, Angela always felt that something seemed to happen to her.

The movie was about to start, and everyone went to their seats. Angela took two steps, then turned around and came to Paris, patted her lightly, and asked in a low voice, "Parry, what are you doing?" Nothing?"

"Why, what do you want to say, Miss Genius?" Something flashed in Paris's eyes. She bit her lip and stared at Angela, feeling a little repulsive. Angela couldn't help but feel a little worried. In the past, no matter how much Paris pestered her, she would always look like she was being recognized with a prayer. This situation had never happened before, and Angela obviously felt that she wanted to endure some kind of socializing attitude towards herself, but she finally Couldn't help it, maybe...

"I'm sorry, Pari," Angela glanced around and said in a sincere tone, "I was in a bad mood that day, that's why... I know I should have said sorry to you, but I've always been so sorry. I'm busy so I dragged it until now, and I'm really sorry that my words hurt you."

"It's okay, Angie." Although Paris smiled, it was a smirk no matter how you look at it, "As a famous lady genius, I believe that there is still some sincerity and openness, so I accept your apology. "

Although she said this, there was no sense of acceptance in her tone. Angela opened her mouth to say something, and Paris immediately threw a thunder in her ear: "By the way, Nikki and I have already tried it. It felt really good.”

The thunder was so shocking that Angela didn't come back to her senses for a long time. When she wanted to ask clearly, Paris had already sat in her seat, and the lights had dimmed, so she had to go to her seat in dismay. .

how so? !Angela looked at the title of the movie in a daze. God testified that she was just saying angry words and joking at that time... Could it be that Pali didn't use her head to think about it? !hell!hell!How could I have said that at the time!

"Did something happen?" The agent sitting beside her noticed the change in her mood.

"No, it's nothing, it's just that there are other issues that need to be considered." Angela forced a smile and then focused her eyes on the screen. Fighting against each other, casually saying the wrong sentence in such a movie may make their interpretation beyond recognition, so let's talk about it tomorrow.

Two hours passed quickly. To Angela's surprise, when the final subtitles were played and the lights turned on, the hall was completely silent. This situation lasted for more than ten seconds before the sound suddenly sounded. There was warm applause, and if you look carefully, you can see that most of the applauding people still have expressions of exclamation.

"What happened to them just now?" Ivanka asked in a low voice beside Angela when the applause was over and she was about to leave. Liv also looked at her with a questioning expression, only Natalie frowned slightly.

"Probably...they are a little emotional." Angela shrugged. This movie is the most touching to those who have rich experience in life. Of course, there are also spiritual people among teenagers who can understand it. For example——

"Angie, I don't know what to say. Although you have told me about the plot a long time ago, but..." Natalie stared into her eyes, with a wry smile at the corner of her mouth, "The head of a genius always pops up. Something surprising."

"It's just an attempt, maybe I'm just precocious." Angela didn't dare to look her in the eyes, then raised her legs and walked towards the exit: "I have to make preparations, God knows what questions these guys will ask then."

Natalie wanted to say something but closed her mouth again, watching Angela disappear through the exit.

As Angela expected, when the main creators had just sat down, a reporter couldn't wait to ask a question: "Miss Angela, how long did it take you to conceive this script?"

"I'm sorry sir, the creator of the script is Mr. Alan Ball, not me." Angela replied with a smile. It's really great. I was thinking about how to destroy their momentum, but now I send it by myself. come to your door.

Amidst the chuckle, the reporter showed an embarrassed look, but it didn't last long, and he quickly returned to normal and looked at the screenwriter Alan: "I'm sorry, Mr. Alan, Miss Angela wrote and directed for us. The image is really deep."

"I can understand." Allen smiled. "In fact, Miss Angela also made a lot of pertinent comments on the script."

The reporter immediately turned his attention to Angela again, but the other party didn't seem to notice that the old god was sitting there, so the reporter asked Allen with interest: "Then Mr. Allen, how did you come up with the idea?" What about the script?"

"If I talk about it in detail, it should be the inspiration I got after seeing the paper bag flying in the wind in the World Trade Center. Yes, it is the paper bag shot on DV at the end of the movie..." Allen then talked eloquently, adding The reporters asked many more questions, and they talked for several minutes.

"Miss Angela, as the director of this movie, how did you know the characters in the movie?" A female reporter pointed her gun at Angela again.

"I think this question should be answered by a few leading actors first, and I am satisfied with their performances," Angela said with a smile, and shifted the focus in two or two ways, "Kevin comes first, you know that he obviously wanted to I want this role but I refuse to take it, I spent a lot of effort to convince him."

The reporters immediately showed Spacey a look of questioning, Kevin was stunned for a moment and then laughed: "Well, to be honest, the conversation with Angela is still fresh in my memory, it taught me a lesson, When chatting with Miss Genius, you better forget her age and gender!"

There was a chuckle from the reporters before Spacey went on: "I think the character of Lester represents the image of middle class America, at least most of the middle class..."

The six main actors, Kevin and Annette, expressed their opinions in turn, and a lot of news was revealed in the middle. For example, Chris wanted to reject the role at one point, but he took it under the persuasion of his agent. Several young people Among the actors, Weiss's speech is the best. Although he is still reticent, at least every sentence is to the point. Compared with the speeches of Mina and Sarah, they can only be regarded as quite satisfactory. .

However, thinking does not necessarily lead to a good development. Hollywood obviously prefers more handsome men and beautiful women.Angela thought silently, and then made a concluding speech under the gaze of the reporters: "I don't want to say how surprised I was when I first saw the script, the dull, suffocating air filled between the lines is unbearable I can't help but feel pity, and then reflect on why, why did it become like this? Are people really so numb that they can't find the beauty around them at all? So after reading a lot of community survey reports, I decided to pass these through the film show out."

"You wrote the script of "Never Compromise" that was released not long ago, but today's "American Beauty" is directed by you. How do you think about such a completely different theme?" A reporter raised his hand and asked road.

"There is no question of polar opposites, because these are two different aspects of the same thing," Angela smiled, "We can't deny those who work hard for their ideals and achieve success, but we can't deny that in life For those who are gradually numb and sinking, I will not say much about the American dream, I just show it - the front and the back - so that you can see the problem, I saw it and then showed it, now it's time You went to check!"