Chapter 1030

Lanli gives a solution, but Joel Cohen shows a look of disgust. His eyes fall lightly on Andy without much emotion. Then he dodges and looks at lanli again.

Needless to say, one look and one expression are vivid enough to show Joel's resistance vividly.

Standing aside, Andy with innocent face spreads his hands to show his innocence.

Ethan Cohen is still better at dealing with interpersonal relationships. Aware of Joel's gaze, he quickly added, "we are more inclined to talk face to face with you. You know, a lot of things start to get complicated and simple after they go through agents

The so-called complex, the so-called simple, in fact, is the same meaning: interests first.

The perspective of an agent is different from that of an actor or director after all. Therefore, the Cohen brothers obviously refuse to communicate with the agent and then report the news. The originally clear things may also breed variables, and the originally simple things may also become complicated.

This explains why the Cohen brothers always refuse to communicate with Andy. These two directors, who are able to make a name for themselves in the Independent Film Festival, have their own style; But it's not surprising that their films have already said everything.

Furthermore, Ethan's words also revealed a message: it is not a private matter, but a business matter.

"Not so much." Joel is still the impulsive one. After an idea came out of his mind, he immediately expressed it, "we'll talk in the car and go to the airport together. Not only won't delay your time, but also we can finish the conversation by the way."

Ethan immediately added, "if you don't mind. We promise that by the time we get to JFK, we'll have an end to our conversation. I hope it's not too impolite. "

Things began to get interesting. With a big smile, lenley nodded and politely invited, "of course, welcome. It's my pleasure."

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The black car is moving smoothly in Manhattan. There is a quiet silence in the spacious interior space. Roy and Nathan are sitting in the last row, and Andy is sitting in the co driver's seat. Their eyes are projected to the three people in the middle——

In the row of seats facing the door, lanli is on the right and Ethan is on the left; Joel sat behind Ethan, but his whole body came out, his hands on his knees, and his eyes were burning at lanli. His whole posture was very aggressive.

However, no one in the whole carriage, including Joel, seems to have fallen into an awkward pattern. Everyone is looking for the opportunity to wait for the opening, but has never taken the first step. The strange atmosphere is quietly spreading. Even Andy and Roy are full of question marks, more and more confused.

At this moment, the most comfortable and comfortable one is estimated to be lanli alone.

"So, in the car today, who is going to take part in the beauty contest?" Lan Li said lightly and calmly, pretending to be calm, but the faint smile hidden in his voice still overflowed.

Such a puzzling sentence made everyone look at Lan Li with a question mark. They didn't understand the meaning at all. There was only one exception: Ethan Cohen.

Ethan was stunned. His smile stopped for a moment in the corner of his mouth. Then he couldn't hold it back. He chuckled for a moment, then turned and pointed to Joel, "he." Looking up and down, he deliberately used his left hand to pluck Joel's curly hair on his shoulder. "How's it going? Isn't it good?"

"Unfortunately, he's not blonde." Lan Li said with a wry expression.

In 2006, a "sunny little beauty" was born, which really changed the weak position of independent films in the award season, wrote countless miracles, and paved the way for the rise of "Juno", "blood is coming" and other films as pioneers.

In this movie, the personalities of the Hoover family are very strange, everyone has their own problems, quarrels are more common, like a powder keg; But one day, the youngest member of their family, their seven-year-old daughter, wanted to take part in a beauty contest called "Sunshine beauty". Then the whole family had to unite and embark on a journey to compete.

In the movie, the little girl is blonde; And their car is a lemon van. When the family sat in the car, the atmosphere was awkward and stiff. Everyone was immersed in their own thoughts, full of disharmonious sparks.

That's the source of what Langley said just now.

But this stem is too profound and remote. Ethan is the only one who understands it. Even Joel didn't catch up for a moment; Then Ethan sacrificed Joel and joined the fun. The impasse between the two people was immediately broken.

As for the others, they were all at a loss. They didn't understand what was going on. Especially after seeing Joel's confused face, Langley and Ethan both chuckled.

A little humor builds 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 strange, the sight exchange between Ethan and Langley gradually becomes familiar.

"Why folk songs?" Ethan finally spoke.

In view of the special circumstances of the two previous meetings between them, he has been thinking about how to cut into the topic today and whether he should apologize again; Or should we simply ignore the previous unhappiness and pretend that nothing has ever happened; Or they should mention their unpleasant acquaintance again in a half joking way. It's really tricky.

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

However, after saying it, Ethan also realized that he was a bit ignorant, so he had to add again, "I mean, Don Quixote is an album you wrote yourself, right?" Cleopatra, the beast, your bones... All these songs are made by you, right? But why folk songs? "

In the discourse, there is no positive praise or even additional comments, just to verify a fact; But the excitement and curiosity between the lines revealed Ethan's inner affirmation.

"Why movies?" Instead of a positive answer, Lan Li responded with a rhetorical question.

Ethan could not help but be a little stunned. "The wave of folk songs has been silent for 30 years; But the movie... "

"No, the wave of movies has gradually subsided. It's the age of television and the age of the Internet." Lanli interrupted Ethan's words and said with a smile, "look at the movies on the big screen now. The future belongs to the era of comic book adaptation. In the atmosphere of interest first and entertainment to death, film art is dying, and those real artists are gathering towards TV and the Internet."

Strictly speaking, this is the status quo in 2017.

The streaming media, led by Netflix and Amazon, is changing the pattern of the whole TV and film industry, accompanied by the comprehensive rise of TV works, and a large number of excellent directors, screenwriters and actors are pouring into the TV circle; And inevitably, with the gradual silence of film works and the rising box office, the number of viewers is declining, and the artistic nature of the works is dying out.

Of course, in-depth discussion, the reasons are very complicated, which are related to the whole social structure, artistic heritage, cultural environment, historical causes and so on.

However, we can simply think that this is because the film industry has gradually matured, and the market feedback has formed a fixed mode; The emergence of streaming media gives art creators more freedom and space, and allows art to produce more development and transformation. The carrier of TV series is broader and more inclusive than movies, which is also one of the doomed products of the diversification of content in the Internet age.

In 2014, the Cohen brothers returned to the small screen, created the "ice blood storm" drama version for FX TV station, and swept the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards with this work.

Once upon a time, the film circle was superior and always despised and even despised the television circle; However, everything is falling apart in front of Netflix, which relies on the Internet age. The status of TV works is rising, not more than that of movies, but gradually equal.

It's not alarmist that movies are dying out.

At the moment of 2012, in fact, signs have gradually emerged. The "house of cards", which created the era of Netflix, is now in full swing and will be officially broadcast in February next year. The discussion about the change of the times has caused numerous controversies.

Lanli's determination and perseverance made Ethan look surprised. This maturity and wisdom, this profundity and profundity are absolutely not what any actor can have; However, Langley did not continue on this topic. After all, this is not the core of their discussion today.

"I mean, the reason why we stick to it, whether it's folk songs or movies, is not because it's on the cutting edge of the trend, but because it's the carrier of our own artistic pursuit and the medium to realize our self-worth. It's simple and pure. " Langley went back to the topic and answered Ethan's first question.

In the conversation between lanli and Ethan, a voice came in from the side, "so we arrived, a lonely place that can't go back." Both of them turned their heads, and it was Joel who spoke. He whispered, and then he met Lan Li's eyes. The eyes behind the lenses were shining with a light. "Is that why you created the beast?"

Lanli was slightly surprised.

He can clearly feel Joel's enthusiasm, with a kind of paranoia of moths to the fire and forgetfulness, which can even be described as madness; His first formal conversation with the Cohen brothers was not about movies, but about ballads, which was really interesting.