atypical hollywood life

Artists sometimes need to compromise their own ideas. If you don’t want to be scolded bloody, it’s better not to be too stubborn. This kind of behavior is really not wise.

"..." Butron remained silent. He really hadn't thought about this issue. As a European art director, he only thought about how to express his ideas, so he processed and adapted the original work.The rest really didn't think that much.

"If you want this film to be released on a large scale in Europe, or even not to be boycotted, I think you'd better think about the script again." Genet reminded him.

"If you think about it carefully, the original novel is too influential, and it is also an adaptation, so Polanski is much smarter."

Renet feels that there is a reason why a master can be called a master, and some clues can be seen from the choice of themes.They are all themes of World War II. Polanski also chose to save this theme, but unlike Butron, he chose to dig deep into the depths of human nature along the lines of the original work, rather than changing the work against the spirit of the original work. the kernel.In terms of conception, he is not as good as Polanski. After carefully reading the script, you will find that the emotions of the characters in the movie are too superficial and blunt.

However, Butron did a good job in choosing the male and female protagonists of the movie. Although Margaret was recommended by him to the other party, he did have enough courage to make this determination.Just like Adrien Brody, who was Jewish as Spielman, choosing a Jewish heroine was also helpful for the promotion of the film in Europe.Maybe it will win some international awards, especially at the two film festivals in Cannes, France and Berlin, Germany. The subject matter of the film is indeed very advantageous.

But still the same sentence, there are some things that cannot be touched, and the Allies are absolutely not allowed to be villains in this kind of movie, even if everyone knows that there are actually a lot of villains in France.But who said this is a movie with an original novel?The author is still French, and all kinds of intricate relationships are entangled together to make things more complicated.

To put it bluntly, the director's skill is not enough!Boutron's own ability is not enough to support him to complete a film of this depth. The direction of his digging is horizontal rather than vertical, and everything is placed on the table, lacking blank space.That would be embarrassing.

What he desperately wanted to express was actually not so clear. The final result of the movie became a pity for the love between the hero and heroine instead of paying attention to the deeper internal causes, the disasters brought by war to people.

Jeunet came to this conclusion after carefully re-reading one side of the script.Combined with his understanding of this senior, he can roughly get the audience's evaluation after the movie is released, and the result probably won't be so wonderful.And after all, this is a novel written by a Frenchman. At the beginning, he just knew that Butron wanted to remake this movie, so he excitedly recommended Marguerite, a very suitable heroine, to him, but he didn't read it carefully. Now that I'm seriously looking at the script frame by frame, I can't help but feel a little awkward.

This is true for a commercial director with strong receptivity, and the reaction of other French people is even more predictable. Genet really thinks that this is the rhythm of the end of the old friend.It's too bad!

"A remake?" Luke was taken aback for a moment, a remake of a World War II movie?

"Silent as the Sea in 1949. A French novel I like very much. I thought it would never be filmed, but I didn't expect things to turn around." This is really another village, Marguerite sighed.

She also didn't expect that Pierre Butron would actually revise the script, which is unbelievable for an art-oriented European director.

"Actually, it's not as difficult as you think. Sometimes people in an environment have a stagnation in receiving external news." Renet took a sip of coffee and said to Marguerite.

As a director, compromise is also a kind of ability.Butron wouldn't think of something when no one reminded him, but once someone clarifies the matter, he is not a fool, can he not see where he is?Compared with Lars von Trier, who is outspoken and reckless, Butron is quite sensible and measured.Of course, I don't want my work to fall to the point where it can't even splash when it is put into the market.Even if the operation is not good, it will affect him personally.

So after thinking about it for a few days, he started to modify the script.In general, there is no change, the main thing is to delete the part of the cousin who appeared inexplicably and disappeared inexplicably, weakened the original aesthetic color, moved closer to the original, and made the whole movie focus on war cruelty.As for the rest of the love story, Boutron did not make major changes, but dealt with it more obscurely, which is the core of his film.There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, and more than a thousand people watch the movie, and of course they will find what he is trying to express.This does not conflict with the original.No way, Butron really doesn't want his film to be good everywhere, but not get the honor it deserves in the end. It's unacceptable.

And being able to get Margaret Jane to be the heroine is really a pie in the sky. Of course, he must try his best to tap the other party's strengths.As a director with great artistic pursuits, Boutron certainly hopes that he can cooperate with those actors who have outstanding acting skills and can perfectly present their own ideas.

Margaret Jane is an actress he likes very much. Butron always feels that she is not like an American, but more like a European.Compared with those American film actors who are too straightforward and can see the end at a glance, Margaret Jane has a kind of beauty that is hard to see through. She is like a book that can never be finished, attracting people's attention. People keep reading.Especially after she filmed "Angel Emily", Boutron liked her even more.

The delicacy in expressing emotions, the expressive way in which the character's inner trembling can be seen from every look and every movement made him unable to help admiring this young girl's pinnacle of emotional expression.

To be honest, before Genet recommended this girl to him, Boutron never thought of using her as the heroine.The reason is also very simple, no matter how European Margaret Jane is, she is still an American, and she is still a top Hollywood star, and he cannot afford the girl's salary. Starting from a base of 2000 million, do Hollywood and the European film industry really exist in the same world? How much is the total investment for the film "Calm Like the Sea"?Is there any hope of filming after inviting this money-burning ancestor?

So he didn't think about it at all!But in life, who doesn't have a few friends?Even Hitler had someone who loved him to death, let alone Butron?When his old French friend Jeunet heard that he wanted to remake the film, he immediately recommended this famous female star to him, and even directly took the job of matching him, inviting her to come to France for a detailed discussion.

For her influence and box office appeal, Butron will not give up on Margaret, not to mention that people have pursuits.Butron didn't expect his film to sweep the box office and awards, but at least, don't be criticized as worthless and suffer criticism it shouldn't have.After comprehensive consideration of all kinds of things, it was just a fragment that was not very important to be deleted, and Butron compromised.

After the revised script was sent to Margaret, the cunning old man also specifically explained that the modification was done entirely for her, which made Margaret dumbfounded.But she really doesn't have a job right now, and she really likes the original novel. Apart from political factors, this film suits her taste very well.As for whether the movie can follow Butron's wishes and become a classic war romance movie, that's hard to say.Who knows how the plot will develop?After all, characters in novels have souls.

"The "Quiet Like the Sea" by Virgaur?" Luke remembered a black and white movie he had seen.The heaviness of it makes people unable to help but reflect on the suffering that war has brought to mankind.

"Have you seen it too?" Margaret's eyes lit up.

Americans are actually very arrogant, and most people seldom read these foreign novels, especially European works.On the contrary, many British novels are widely circulated here, which is probably due to cultural differences. The United Kingdom, which is of the same origin, is more likely to be accepted by Americans in this respect?She really didn't expect Luke to read such a 'unpopular' novel.This was a big surprise.

"An impressive novel, an impressive movie." Luke replied with a smile.

Sometimes he also goes to watch some old movies, on the one hand, trying to figure out the performance skills of those predecessors, and on the other hand, to relax.The society is developing faster and faster, which often makes him feel that everything is in a hurry, and the same is true of many movies.Compared with those fast food movies, he prefers to quietly watch those slow-paced, evocative old movies.He didn't expect Margaret to watch such an old movie, which was surprising.

"Yeah, it's impressive. Actually, I think the old version of the movie has the taste of "The Pianist". The main perspective has been watching with a cold eye, and it rarely even involves emotions. Everything needs to be discovered by the audience. This is really interesting." Margaret became interested.

"Um, I like to replay it over and over again, and sometimes I also freeze to observe the eyes of the actors. It's really fun." Luke nodded in agreement with Margaret's opinion.

The performances of that era had a special charm, although sometimes it was unavoidable to be exaggerated, but the coherence and appreciation of the movie plots were indeed lacking in many modern movies.He likes to stay in the audio-visual room and study these old films by himself.Now it seems that he has another like-minded companion.There were a few smiles in Luke's eyes, and he seemed to have found another reason to ask Margaret out frequently.

"Do you want to watch it again? I happen to have a film collection of this movie, and it may help you reinterpret the heroine of the movie." Luke said with a smile.

The basement under his apartment building has been fully utilized and converted into a movie collection room, most of which are discs and videotapes, with relatively few films. "Calm Like the Sea" happens to be one of the few.Luke felt that Margaret would not refuse his invitation.

In fact, Margaret did not refuse his invitation.Compared with the digitized movies, she of course prefers film movies, the texture is incomparable to the cold digital movies.And she is also keen to collect these old films to fill the old Howard's film collection. Now that she meets her fellow filmmakers, do you have to ask how she will choose?