1318 Old Friends Reunion
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On the Pompidou Square in the middle of the town of Cannes, rows of tiles with star handprints and signatures are printed together, forming the famous Avenue of Stars. Next to the Avenue of Stars, there are a row of steps, and the list of award-winning movies at the Cannes Film Festival is shaped vertically with copper. Walking up the steps, you can see the Palazzo de Film Festival located on a square, which is the main venue of the Palazzo de Film Festival. The Palazzo de Film Festival is covered with red carpets. It is said that red is only chosen when the event is held, and the carpets are blue when you are idle. However, various activities can be seen in Cannes all year round, and the opportunity to see a blue carpet in the Palazzo de Film Festival is very rare.
Walk down from the Film Festival Palace and return to the Pompidou Square, you can see the fascinating beachfront avenue, which is wide and neat, with palm-lined beachfront avenue extending east-west along the coastline. On one side is a beach bay, and on the other side is an ancient century building complex, with green belts arranged in the middle of the street.
Walking east along the Seaside Avenue, you can see a variety of specialty restaurants with Mediterranean dishes located on the left side of the avenue. From the Film Festival Palace, only 800 yards away, you can see a beige three-story building with playful comic paintings on the exterior walls. The contents of the painting are a corner of the theater. Audiences in various evening dresses stand on the balcony, looking at the play called "Real Life" that is being staged on the street below.
A signboard with a comic-painted style hanging on the lintel on the first floor is also written with "Beautiful Otero". It is one of the most famous restaurants in Cannes, specializing in cooking authentic French cuisine.
After dealing with the media at the door, Evan Bell walked into the restaurant and told the waiter to make an appointment with a double table. The waiter led him to sit down in the middle. After Evan Bell sat down for about twenty minutes, Richard Kelly arrived. At this time, it was not far from the peak of dinner, and the entire restaurant was almost full. It was estimated that ten minutes later, there would be queues outside. This was the case. Evan Bell and Richard Kelly finished ordering, and the queue at the door had already lined up.
The two of them were busy all day long. They had to deal with the meals simply, so they had to eat a little more hearty dinner. Evan Bell ordered a beef with braised wine, Richard Kelly ordered a salted dried cod and fish paste, and finally the two of them ordered a stewed assorted wine, a bottle of red wine, and a strawberry salad. This was the end of the order.
"So, do you really don't like the 'Legend of the South'?" Richard Kelly handed the menu to the waiter without any greetings or pauses. He asked directly. This made Evan Bell stunned, and then laughed, "Even if you don't plan to say some polite words to me, you should ask about 'perfume'. My movie will be released tomorrow."
Richard Kelly smiled embarrassedly, "Are you still polite to you? Let's talk about your movie after it is released." After these two young people collaborated on "Death Hallucination", their lives have undergone tremendous changes. Overall, they are on the same upward trajectory, but Evan Bell's rising arc is more obvious.
Richard Kelly is now favored by many film companies. The last movie "Domino" was invested by Xinyi Film, starring Kayla Knightley and Mickey Locke; the movie "Legend of the South" was invested by Universal Pictures, starring Dwayne Johnson and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Although Richard Kelly still takes the niche route, his situation is incomparable, and he is also a well-known figure among the new generation of young directors.
The two people's current positions have naturally undergone earth-shaking changes, but their relationship has not changed much. Richard Kelly did not shrink back when he saw Evan Bell, so he naturally said something directly. "I never thought that you would become a director at the beginning. And his performance was so outstanding." Richard Kelly complained directly.
Evan Bell laughed, "I didn't expect it myself."
At this time, the waiter brought the red wine, opened the bottle plug on the spot, poured the two of them into the glasses, and then bowed and left. "I really don't like it. I mean, 'Legend of the South'." Evan Bell turned the topic back to Richard Kelly's previous topic.
When filming "Detective Hallucination", there were many discussions between Richard Kelly and Evan Bell. Now, as time passed, Evan Bell has a more understanding of the position of director and screenwriter, and the discussion is more natural and professional. Richard Kelly hurriedly asked, "Why?"
In fact, the media's evaluation of "Southern Legend" this time was very average. Although "Death Illusion" was niche, it was also mixed in praise. The so-called mixed in praise is naturally part of praise. And many years later, "Death Illusion" is regarded as a classic of cult films. In other words, most people may not understand this work, but the film still has a large number of crowds. But this time, "Southern Legend" can be said to be a slight evaluation. The movie is mainly criticized, and the sharpness of the words is unbearable to witness it.
In fact, Richard Kelly doesn't mind the media criticism. No matter how ugly it sounds, it doesn't matter. But at least he needs to know where the movie's mistake is. Even if it is a completely disastrous work, he can tell a reason. Only in this way can he make a correct judgment on his work in the future. Not only Richard Kelly, but many ** film directors, including Evan Bell, think this way, because ** movies themselves are destined to be unloved by most audiences - so the cheers of "Brokeback Mountain" and "Sunshine Beauty" are becoming more precious, so they pay more attention to the quality of the movie itself. Then, absorbing criticism has become one of the necessary means. As for whether the criticism is correct, whether it makes changes after listening to it, this is another lesson.
"Actually, I think the main line of your story is still very clear, but I personally think that there are too many characters, too many clues, and too many contents you want to express. These countless things are stuffed into a story, which leads to the plot becoming bloated. You don't have time to explain why in detail. You can only explain what is happening, and you also hope to rely on details to show the huge background of the story. The result becomes that the story is blurry, the theme is chaotic, and the characters are inexplicable." Evan Bell simply said that "Southern Legend" is an obscure film like "Diet of Death", but the fundamental reason for the failure of one of the two is that Richard Kelly's grasp of the core of the story, "You are too greedy in the story of "Southern Legend".
The main line of the story of "Diet Illusion" was actually very simple, and the characters were not complicated. It completely connected a profound story. The secrets in each character are worth exploring. The main line of the story of "Southern Legend" is not difficult, but the characters are complex, the clues are complex, and the background is also complex. Richard Kelly still adopted the obscure narrative style of "Diet Illusion", which made everything blurry and naturally could not get the expected effect.
"Then what you mean is, if I want to tell a complicated story, that won't work?" Richard Kelly frowned, not seemingly understanding. He himself also wants to keep improving and does not want to be trapped in the reputation of "Detective Hallucination". Therefore, this time, the "Southern Legend" made a bold attempt, and it seems that it has not met expectations.
"The story of multi-line heads must have a clear idea. For example, the "Tower of the Sky" exhibited this time, or works like "Magnolia", "Love is a bitch" and "Crash" are all stories of multi-line development." Evan Bell simply said that Richard Kelly raised his head and looked at Evan Bell seriously. "The common point of these stories is that no matter how many threads are, the director's thinking is very clear. Each clue is at the same time point. As time goes by, the changes in clues are like
He. As a director, you must sort out all these ideas clearly. And like you, if you want to tell a story with a huge background and profound content, then the secrets and mysteries contained in each character must be understood clearly, when and which clues are revealed through what details are displayed, and what impact does this displayed mystery have on other clues. If you can figure out all these clues, and the points at the intersection of clues, then the shooting of the "Southern Legend" will be a completely different story."
In fact, the truth that Evan Bell told is very simple, which is the importance of a director to a script and a movie. But theoretical knowledge is one thing, and when it is put into practice, it is another thing. Richard Kelly is a professional, so this truth is naturally different from Evan Bell. After listening to Evan Bell's lecture, Richard Kelly thought about it and asked in confusion, "Don't you think it's a problem with the story itself? I mean, a story about the cracks in time and space."
Richard Kelly's "death hallucination" did amazed everyone, but as far as Evan Bell knew, Richard Kelly had never been able to create a better work in his previous life. Now that he heard Richard Kelly begin to question himself, Evan Bell was guessing that it was probably because the American film market did not have much room for ** movies. While Richard Kelly lost confidence, he also lost his talent.
Evan Bell shook his head with a smile, "Why do you think this way? If people are not interested in stories like the cracks in time and space, then what is the success of the 'Detective Hallucination'? There is no absolute failure in this world. Any theme has the vitality of its existence. You should not question yourself."
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