Chapter 673

The focus of attention was originally on Tim, but after the change of the topic of "Frank Marshall", all the eyes immediately piled up on lenley.

After the end of the "Pacific War", it seems that Langley and Steven will never meet again. However, it has been rumored in the industry that Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks are really full of praise for Langley. Steven and Tom have contributed a lot to the Oscar nomination of "buried alive".

However, hearsay is only hearsay after all. In public, at least, all links with the two industry leaders seem to have been cut off. Today, Frank's words are relayed by Tim, and all the clues are connected again. It's not just Paul, it's Lucinda.

"Well, I guess I should say something at this time." Lanli pursed the corners of his mouth, and the relaxed and freehand tone made everyone smile. "I'm not sure what Frank meant, because I didn't hear it on the spot. So now I should either thank you or think about a brand new movie name. Since Frank is not at the scene, I will choose the latter automatically. "

The humorous words with a strong self mockery, but between the eyebrows flashing dazzling self-confidence, the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed, everyone can't help laughing.

On Frank's topic, Langley heard it for the first time today. He's not sure what's going on. Is it Andy who pushed it, or is it Jeff who contacted Steven, or is frank interested in this project after browsing the blacklist? But to be sure, Frank leads the producer lineup, which is a good thing for "samsara.".

In the last life, Tom Cruise was the only master of the "tomorrow's edge" production group. Naturally, there were no big names in the producer list; Now, a cast of underrated Cass plays are coming together, and top producers like Frank are in charge. It's Bailey's business.

Lan Li's eyes fell on everyone. "Do you have any special ideas?" Subconsciously, Langley looked at Derek because he was the writer of the first edition of the play. "The original novel is a heavy and profound style, discussing the reincarnation and fate of Oriental culture; But now our scripts are more relaxed and even have some black humor. Indeed, the name "reincarnation of killing" is too heavy and too cruel. "

Derek didn't have much thought, frowned and shook his head; Paul, sitting next to him, took the initiative to express his opinions and said, "I think we need to determine the core of the whole work first. The core of the original novel is reincarnation. What about the core of our film? It's the first step in clarifying our thinking. "

This is the first time that Langley and Paul meet, but Langley likes Paul's style very much, the style of bone news man, accurate and sharp, based on the overall situation, and then from the details, see the big from the small, this way of communication seems to return to the distant university days.

"The script now has a good story, a good rhythm and a good idea. But it's too much Hollywood. " Paul's tone of voice is very flat, not too exaggerated, not too restrained, down-to-earth and direct, not so much "blame" Derek's script, as to discuss, "this can become an excellent commercial film on the assembly line, but I don't see his qualification to become the third on the blacklist."

Derek was the target of the "attack", but he didn't care. He touched his bald head with a simple smile on his ruddy cheek. "When I wrote the script, I actually thought about this. But, to be honest, I don't know much about the samsara of Oriental culture. I can't write anything about it. On the contrary, it will drag down the rhythm, so I just cancel it all. "

"That's why scripts are blacklisted." Tim gave his opinion and supported Derek's work“ Because it's a commercial screenplay with excellent creativity, smooth story but different

"I didn't see the difference." Paul was outspoken, shook his head and denied, "I don't see any depth in this version of the script. It's just a single game story, with frame, content, but no soul. "

"Reincarnation is not hard to understand." Seeing Paul and Tim coming and going, Langley interrupted and went back to the subject. "It's the meaning of time. In the script of Groundhog Day, the writer makes time meaningless first, because every day is repeated, no matter how hard he tries, it's the same; And then give time meaning again. Samsara can also be understood in this way. "

Lan Li pondered for a moment. If we want to explain the reincarnation in Buddhist literature, it is obviously a huge and profound theme. Even Lan Li himself can not be said to have a profound understanding. Therefore, he is ready to express it in a more simple and popular way, "reincarnation can be simply understood as the cycle of cause and effect. A kind act may have a positive impact; A wrong decision may be punished. In the movie, cage is suffering from the influence of the samsara of killing. "

"You mean every killing has a different impact on cage?" When Billy spoke for the first time, his voice was hoarse, just like a crow, which was really ugly. In a moment, everyone looked at him. After getting the affirmative reply from Langley, Billy shook his head firmly. "It's impossible. We're shooting a movie, not a small one. We can't write down the influence of every killing, That would make the script too trivial and the plot too heavy. Most importantly, the attributes of commercial popcorn are gone. "

"I don't think it's a problem. Just leave a shot or several groups of shots after each killing, or switch different ways of death, and see different pictures before death to bring out cage's inner changes. " Paul was speaking, and his mind switched to the mode of directing. "I believe that's enough. For Langley, he is enough to express the emotional changes of the character, which won't drag down the rhythm of the film."

This is the praise and trust of Lan Li, but it's not a good time to flatter each other. Lan Li directly cut into the topic, "no, I don't mean that." Lanli sorted out his ideas, "what kind of character was cage originally? Selfishness, fear of death, cunning and cunning, he is a typical salesman, but this time, he is selling war and victory. Deep down in his heart, he was looking at the war high up... "

"Oh?" Paul showed a joyful voice, from which he connected cage with the senior officials of the White House. The sharp touch of news is really different, and this difference is also reflected in each of his works.

Langley couldn't help laughing and glanced at Paul. "Commercial movies. We're making commercial movies now." Their eyes exchanged a tacit understanding that only they could understand each other. Before the others could react, lanli went on, "but in this cycle of killing again and again, he began to learn to take responsibility, he began to feel the same experience, he began to cherish the friendship of his comrades in arms, and he began to understand the cruelty of war, He also began to understand that in the face of human life and death, all interests have no meaning

Derek and Billy both showed a thoughtful expression, and Billy didn't know where to take out a notebook and began to record quickly.

"In the process, he began to grow up. From the beginning of escape, to face bravely; In the face of death again and again, he suffered a lot, so he decided to fight alone. Not because he wanted to be a hero, but because he couldn't bear to see his comrades die again and again, and because he finally tried to bear the weight of war with his shoulders. However, he failed. In the end, he understood that this is not a burden for one person, but a burden for all soldiers. They come together not to be heroes, but to protect their beloved family and their last home. "

Derek suddenly stood up excitedly. "This can echo the beginning of the story. Other members of team J, why did they participate in the war? Why do you hate cage as a deserter? It's not because cage is greedy for life and afraid of death, but because cage takes the war as a game. Without the reason to fight and the meaning of survival, he naturally loses the color of life. "

Faced with the excitement of blue and Derek, Billy shook his head. "Do you know what that means? This means that we need to write special characters to make the characters full without delaying the rhythm of the whole script. More importantly, we need to establish a connection between other characters and cage. This is simple to say, but extremely difficult to operate. The heroine Rita is easy to say. Once the love line is pulled, two conversations and two tribulations will be enough. But what about the other characters? Jesus Christ, we don't have that much space. "

"Langley means that the core theme of the whole story is cage's growth and transformation, and the core meaning is that in every killing process, different characters die in different forms in front of cage, again and again, which makes cage establish a wonderful connection with them. Finally, the epiphany was completed. "

It was Paul who was speaking. His eyes brightened up, and he was staring at lenley. He kept on saying that his mind was full of inspiration. It was amazing.

"In fact, this is the same reason as groundhog day. Every time the time reset, every reincarnation experience, the protagonist is undergoing the test, for others, they are simply repeating the same day, but for the protagonist, he has experienced thousands of secondary and death training. Between the protagonist and the supporting actor, the appearance of the contrast does not need writing at all, which naturally reflects the core of the film: the meaning of war, the meaning of death, the meaning of life. Is that so? "