Chapter 387

"You haven't introduced yourself, sir?"

When Carl heard this, his brain didn't turn around for a moment. He was stunned for half a second. Then he nodded, "Carl Lund, an obscure New York writer."

"Langley hall, an actor."

Carl was slightly stunned, and then understood. Those self mocking embellishments, those mocking descriptions, in fact, reflect the greed and desire in the heart. Only those who are eager to become famous will emphasize their "nameless hometown"; Only those who are eager for success will emphasize their "downfall". After stripping off those tedious modifiers, the original and true appearance is the true meaning of returning to nature.

"Carl Lund, a writer."

Carl started to introduce himself again. This correct and calm attitude was beyond the expectation of Langley - he didn't mean to attack, let alone malicious, just a simple introduction. After he came back from Sundance, his mentality gradually changed and unconsciously adopted this way of expression.

However, Carl's attitude won the respect of Langley.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Lund."

Langley searched his memory carefully, and he couldn't remember any writer - or screenwriter - named Carl Lund.

Of course, there are countless Hollywood screenwriters, not to mention those who have no reputation at all. Just counting those who have little names, there are thousands of them. It is impossible for lanli to remember every name. However, judging from the current situation, the most likely explanation is that this is not a movie, but a play. Broadway drama.

In the last life, lanli had almost no research on drama, and his mind was empty; In this life, Langley wallowed in the west end of London and Broadway for some time, but it was too short after all, and he knew very few playwrights.

Judging from Carl's speech and manner just now, both Allan Poe and his way of expression reveal a strong literary atmosphere, which is slightly inconsistent with the style of the film, but very consistent with the feeling of Broadway.

"So, the gentleman just now?"

Lanli didn't say anything more, but Carl immediately responded, "that's Tony Kaye, the director." Carl simply explained, "he's a freak, and his behavior is always out of place. Even though I've known him for several years, I'm still not used to it. After woody read our script, he thought, you are the most suitable person, and then he brought us here... That one is Woody Allen, do you know him? "

"I'm a newspaper reader." Langley's reply made Carl smile.

"That's what happened. After hearing Woody's introduction, Tony and I are very curious about you. But after we met, we found that... "Carl looked up and down at lanli again. The special texture disappeared again and returned to calm, which made Carl shake his head gently." it's a little bit different from what we imagined. But, anyway, we were rude just now. "

In this way, it makes sense. All the question marks are concatenated.

Lan Li couldn't help smiling. However, as he said, artists are more or less eccentric and often out of place with their surroundings. He is no stranger to this.

"Why me?" Lanli showed a little interest, but not for the project that Carl said, but for Carl's determination. They just had a brief exchange, but there was no more in-depth content. So, what's Carl's proof of judgment“ Believe me, I'm younger than I look. "

With a little boastful banter, it made the atmosphere a little easier. Carl asked, "why, you don't have confidence in yourself?"

Lanli's shoulders shrugged slightly and invisibly, and the gently rising corners of his mouth outlined the wanton and uninhibited youth, "if the role is not set in his early twenties."

On the contrary, this reply successfully made Carl smile, "my idea is that this teacher is 30 to 35 years old. If you are a little younger, I think you may need to leave some scurf. I'm not sure. It should be the job of a makeup artist. Obviously, I'm not the best one to ask. "

It reminds Langley of Andy's visit this afternoon.

In excellent plays, the age of the hero is mostly set at 40 or above; Young characters, most of the script structure can not escape the shackles of youth, growth, love and other topics, such as "buried alive" and "crazy love" are not many suitable and excellent scripts and characters. But what about drama?

The class system of drama is much stricter than that of film. In Hollywood, there are countless miracles like "Twilight"; But in the west end and Broadway, we can only continue to polish our strength and gradually accumulate experience, just like a bitter daughter-in-law who has become a mother-in-law. There is no shortcut.

But from another perspective, drama and film are different because of the distance between the audience and the heavy makeup. In fact, the influence of age is weakened; Moreover, what drama tests is the solid foundation of expressionism, which has nothing to do with age and experience, but more with skill polishing.

The direct result is that the roles of dramas are richer and more changeable, and the age choices are more diverse. Even many dramas are dominated by young people.

After all, London's west end and Broadway are declining day by day. In addition to the classic old plays, it's very rare for a play to be staged for three quarters. When writing, the writers also try their best to seek innovation and change. So the point is, the right script, the right character.

"So, are you interested?" Carl looked at Langley intensely, and then asked, "if you don't mind, we can sit down at the booth, have a face-to-face conversation, get to know the script, get to know the characters, and you can exchange ideas with Tony."

Although he was asking for lanli's opinion, his attentive eyes showed that I didn't accept rejection as the answer.

This look was really out of place with the tramp's sloppy appearance. Langley raised his head, emptied the beer bottle and said, "why not?"

Carl takes the initiative to stand up and leads blue Li to the No. 7 card seat again. Without waiting for Tony to speak, Carl makes a formal introduction.

The first time we met just now, it was because of the lack of foreshadowing in this link that everything became conflicted. Tony is like that, and so is woody.

This time it's much better.

After the greeting, Tony is not any polite, directly asked, "what do you think?" This mindless words, followed his usual style, make people laugh and cry, even don't know, he is asking Carl or Langley.

But without waiting for Langley to guess, Carl replied, "that's him. He's the perfect choice. "

There was a flash of light in Tony's eyes, and he didn't hide his excitement. He said happily, "this is a very special role, and it's a very difficult and challenging role. First of all, he is a child. He needs to take care of his grandfather with Alzheimer's disease. He tries to help him, but he can't alleviate the deterioration of his condition. "

"Secondly, he is a teacher. He needs to take care of the students who may go astray or are already on the wrong path. He wants to help them, but it is not easy." Tony is really excited, he has been talking on and on, even no matter whether Langley understands or not, no foreword, straight to the theme, the huge information is released, which makes people a little confused.

Lenley didn't interrupt Tony. He listened seriously and pieced together a character's image from the fragmented information.

It's a very interesting process. In the previous three works, he constructed characters, analyzed characters and even extended characters, all of which were completed by himself. Outside the script, he extended the whole world of characters.

Now, however, Tony takes the lead in describing the characters in language before Langley understands the story. This is a step further than Karl's description, more detailed, more profound, and more specific at the same time. Combined with Carl's outline and his dialogue with Carl, the image in my mind is becoming vivid.

"Again, he's a man. He could be the partner of another woman or the father of another child. He needs to take care of others, but obviously, he's too busy for himself. "

Tony was totally immersed in his own world, full of enthusiasm, splashing with foam, impassioned, fanatical, even frightening.

Carl and woody sitting next to each other didn't speak. Unconsciously, they were reduced to the background board, and Tony seemed to be the only one left. And, of course, there's lanli, who's listening.

"On the whole, he is a patient and helpless person. Under the calm surface, he hides countless emotions and secrets. He tries to save others, but there is nothing he can do. In many cases, he has to complete self salvation first. But in the process, he watched other people slide into the abyss bit by bit. The feeling of helplessness and even despair was like drowning, and the negative emotion gradually pulled away

Tony suddenly waved his hands and stopped abruptly in the air, his eyes burning at blue“ The point, that's the point! What I need is not to show the whole process, not the process of soul collapse, not the process from hope to despair or from despair to hope. What I want is a state, a state of struggle. "

"I know that struggle is a verb, but I need it to become a noun in the movie, a state of stagnation. I know, it's hard, but that's what the movie wants to express. Can you do it? " Tony leaned against the edge of the table, looking at blue, waiting for the answer. Before Langley gives a reply, he seems to have no intention of moving.

"Does this work have a name?" This is Langley's first response.

Tony showed a big smile and a look of satisfaction in his eyes. He said syllable by syllable, "detachment."