Lanli gave a solution, but Joel Cohen showed disgust, his eyes fell on Andy lightly, without much emotion, and then he dodged and looked at Lanli again.

Needless to say, a look or an expression is vivid enough to show Joel's resistance vividly.

Andy, who was standing aside with innocent faces, spread his hands to show his innocence.

Ethan Cohen is better at dealing with relationships. He noticed Joel's sight and quickly added, "We are more inclined to talk to you face to face. You know, many things start to become complicated and simple after passing through the agent."

The so-called complexity and simplicity are actually the same meaning: interests are paramount.

The agent's thinking angle is different from that of the actor and the director. Therefore, the Coen brothers obviously resist communicating with the agent and then forwarding the news. Things that were originally clear may also breed variables, and things that were originally simple may become complicated.

This explains why the Coen brothers always refuse to communicate with Andy. These two directors who are enough to call the wind and rain at the independent film festival are indeed maverick; but this is not surprising, their film works have already explained everything.

Going further, Ethan's words also revealed a message: it is not a private matter, but a public matter.

"It's better to do this." Joel was still the one with impulsive personality. After an idea came to his mind, he immediately expressed it, "We will talk in the car and go to the airport together. Not only will we not waste your time, but we can also complete the conversation."

Ethan immediately added, "The premise is that if you don't mind. We promise that when we arrive at Kennedy Airport, our conversation will definitely end. Hopefully, it won't be too rude."

Things began to get more interesting, Lan Li showed a big smile, nodded, and sent out a polite invitation, "Of course, welcome, this is my honor."

...

The black van slowly moved forward in Manhattan's car array. The spacious interior space was filled with a quiet silence. Roy and Nathan sat in the last row, and Andy sat in the passenger seat. The three of them all shot towards the three people in the middle.

Among the seats facing the car door, Lanli was on the right and Ethan was on the left; Joel sat behind Ethan, but his whole body was poked out, his hands were supported on his knees, and his eyes were staring at Lanli with a burning posture. His whole posture was very aggressive.

However, no one spoke in the entire carriage, including Joel, seemed to be trapped in an awkward stalemate. Everyone was looking for the opportunity to wait for the opening, but they never took the first step. The awkward atmosphere was quietly spreading. Even Andy and Roy were full of questions and became more and more confused.

At this moment, the most comfortable and comfortable person is probably the only one who is the one who is probably the most comfortable.

"So, which beauty is preparing to participate in the beauty pageant in the car today?" Lan Li said lightly and calmly, pretending to be calm, but the faint smile hidden in her voice still overflowed.

Such an inexplicable sentence made everyone look at each other and look at Lan Li with questions, not understanding the meaning at all. There was only one person who was the exception: Ethan Cohen.

Ethan was stunned for a moment, smiling at the corner of his mouth for a moment, then couldn't help it, and laughed out loud, then turned around and pointed at Joel, "He." He looked up and down, and deliberately used his left hand to pluck Joel's curly hair hanging on his shoulder, "How about it, the qualifications are not bad, right?"

"It's a pity that he's not blonde." Lan Li said with a regretful expression.

In 2006, a "Sunny Little Beauty" emerged, truly changing the weak position of independent films in the awards season, writing countless miracles, and paving the way for the rise of films such as "Juno" and "Blood is Coming".

In this movie, the Hoover family of six has a very strange personality. Everyone has their own problems, and quarrels are common, like a powder barrel. But one day, their youngest member, the seven-year-old daughter, wanted to participate in a beauty pageant called "Sunny Little Beauty". Then their whole family had to unite and embark on a journey to participate.

In the movie, the little daughter is blonde; their car is a lemon-yellow van. When the family is sitting in the car, the atmosphere is awkward and the expression is stiff. Everyone is immersed in their own thoughts, full of sparks of discord.

This is where Renli said just now.

But this joke was too profound and obscene. Ethan was the only one who realized it, and even Joel did not keep up with it for a while. Then Ethan sacrificed Joel and joined the ranks of teasing. The deadlock between the two people was immediately broken.

As for the others, they were all confused and didn't understand what was going on, especially after seeing Joel's confused face, Renly and Ethan both chuckled.

A little humor built a bridge between strangers in the real situation. The subtle atmosphere of "only we know" can always break the ice of conversation. Although the atmosphere in the carriage is still a little unfamiliar, Ethan and Renli's eyes gradually become familiar.

"Why is it a folk song?" Ethan finally spoke.

Given the special situation where they and Lan Li met twice before, he kept thinking about how to get to the topic today and whether he should apologize again; or he should simply ignore the previous unpleasantness and pretend that nothing had happened; or he should mention their unpleasant acquaintance again in a half-joking way. This is really tricky.

However, the humor just now broke the barriers and gave Ethan inspiration.

However, after saying it, Ethan realized that he was a little stupid, so he had to add again, "I mean, 'Don Quixote' album was created by you myself, right? 'Cleopatra', 'Beast', 'Your bone'... all these songs are your creations, right? But why are folk songs?"

There was no positive praise or even no comments in the words, just to prove a fact; but the excitement and curiosity between the lines revealed Ethan's inner affirmation.

"Why is it a movie?" Lanli did not answer positively, but responded with a rhetorical question.

Ethan couldn't help but be stunned, "The wave of folk songs has been silent thirty years ago; but the movie..."

"No, the wave of movies has gradually subsided. Now is the era of television and the Internet." Lanley interrupted Ethan's words and said with a smile, "Look at the movies that are full of big screens now. The future is an era of comic adaptations. In the atmosphere of interests first and entertainment to death, film art is dying, and those real artists are gathering towards television and the Internet."

Strictly speaking, this is the current situation in 2017.

Streaming media led by Netflix, Amazon and others are changing the pattern of the entire TV and film industry. What is accompanied by the full rise of TV works, with a large number of excellent directors, screenwriters and actors pouring into the TV circle; and inevitably, there is also the gradual silence of movie works, and the box office continues to rise, while the number of viewers is declining, and the artistic nature of the works is even more dying.

Of course, if you look at it in depth, the reasons are very complicated and are related to the entire social composition, artistic inheritance, cultural environment, historical causes, etc.

However, it can be simply believed that this is because the film industry has gradually matured and market feedback has formed a fixed model; and the emergence of streaming media has given artistic creators greater freedom and space, allowing art to produce more development and transformation, and the carriers of TV series are also broader and more inclusive than movies. This is also one of the destined products of content diversification in the Internet era.

In 2014, the Coen brothers returned to the small screen and created the "Fucky" drama version for fx TV, and swept the Emmys and Golden Globes with this work.

Once upon a time, the film circle was high and always looked down on or even despised the TV circle; but everything was collapsed in front of Netflix, which was supported by the Internet era, and the status of TV works was rising steadily, not surpassing movies, but gradually becoming equal.

The movie is dying, it's not alarmist.

In 2012, signs have gradually emerged. The "House of Cards" that created the Netflix era is now in full swing and will be officially broadcast in February next year. Discussions on the changes of the times have caused countless controversies.

Lanli's determination and perseverance made Ethan look surprised. This maturity, wisdom, depth and professionalism are definitely not something that any actor can possess. However, Lanli did not continue on this topic, after all, this is not the core of their discussion today.

"I mean, the reason we insist on, whether it is folk songs or movies, is not because it is at the forefront of the trend, but because it is the carrier of our own artistic pursuit and the medium for realizing our own self-worth. This is very simple and pure." Lanley went back to the topic and answered Ethan's initial question.

During the conversation between Lanli and Ethan, a voice penetrated from the side, "So we arrived, a lonely place that cannot be returned." Both of them turned their heads and spoke was Joel. He murmured in a low voice, and then met Lanli's eyes, the eyes hidden behind the lenses, with a flash of light, "Is this why you created the 'Beast'?"

Lan Li was slightly surprised.

He could clearly feel Joel's enthusiasm, a kind of paranoidness that he flew into the flames, and could even be described as madness; his first formal conversation with the Coen brothers was discussed, and the content of the discussion was not a movie, but a folk song, which was really interesting.
Chapter completed!