Chapter 1759

"I think there is another possibility that John Crowley regretted missing that project, but he was deeply impressed by your audition or performance. Now when he takes over a new project, the first person in his mind is still you, so the role still comes to you."

Apart from the power of brokerage firms, Langley made another guess.

Rooney thought for a moment. The curve of her mouth rose and blinked. "It's a compliment to me. It seems that next time we meet, I have to thank John for his appreciation." Then, Rooney raised her chin haughtily and shook her head slightly to show her satisfaction.

The smile at the corner of lanli's mouth also rose lightly.

"So, which project do you think I should choose?" Rooney bowed her head and began to look through the script, but began to ask for Lan Li's opinion.

This is an interesting question.

The first project that Lanley just introduced to Rooney is "Carol".

This is one of the most acclaimed, affirmed and sought after works in 2015. The work is adapted from the original novel of Patricia Highsmith, a famous crime novelist. This female writer, who wrote such works as "train freak" and "genius Ripley", tries a novel with a new theme according to her own experience, It tells the love story between two women in the 1950s, and truly restores the original appearance of love.

In the preparatory stage, the film encountered a lot of obstruction and neglect, and there was no way to get more affirmation. It started its project in 2011, went from the United States to the United Kingdom, and then from the United Kingdom back to the United States, and finally came back to the United Kingdom again. It wandered around in the hands of a number of production companies, and never found investors.

John Crowley, the original director, is an independent art creator of British niche films. In 2007, his work "boy a" with Andrew Garfield became the latter's famous work and appeared in the public eye for the first time; However, the director himself has been wandering in the field of independent film. He has created two works before and after. Unfortunately, he failed to arouse more repercussions. Originally, he thought "Carol" could make a trip, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't get any response, and finally left the project disheartened.

While waiting for "Carol", John Crowley missed a number of projects. After he came out again, he was unable to find a suitable project. So he went to the small screen and directed two episodes of "real detective" -- this series became the most outstanding work after the beginning of 2014 due to the brilliant performances of Matthew McConnell and woody Harrison, and became famous all over the world.

After finishing the work of "real detective", John Crowley returned to the film field and took over "Brooklyn".

At the same time, "Carol" has been around for most of the time, but still has not been able to find a suitable investor. She has missed Rooney and John. The heroine's role is temporarily determined as Mia wasikowska, a young actor who has entered the public eye by virtue of "Alice in Wonderland", but she has not been able to make a formal decision after all, Later, Mia chose to join Jim Jarmush's new work "scarlet peak", while "Carol" still failed to start shooting, and now it is in the hands of Langley.

In fact, "Carol" and "drunken folk" are similar, not in terms of subject matter or content, but represent a kind of works

They have a certain potential. If they meet the right director and the right CASS, they can radiate new vitality. They can shoot works of art that become a carnival of the minority, and they can also shoot the seed players of the award season; But it is full of uncertainty, especially the drama itself is full of literary flavor, which is far from the conventional standards of the two tights. It takes some courage to invest. As a result, the work fell into an embarrassing situation, it does not seem that there is no chance, but there is no way to immediately shoot.

Including "Brooklyn" is the same type.

"Carol" aims at the simplest and purest love, while "Brooklyn" tells the story of homesickness. Like the "drunken Ballads", they are all young art sprouts in the Greenwich Village of New York, but few people are willing to risk giving them a chance to grow up.

According to the track of the last life, the director of "Carol" is Todd hayness. This director has successively shot "far from heaven", "I'm not here", "velvet gold mine" and other works. He is somewhat similar to David Finch, brilliant and independent. He always sticks to his own artistic ideas in shooting works, Not for the market, not for the award season, but can give the works unique color through their own perspective.

Occasionally, some works won the affirmation in the award season by chance; However, more works are independent of the mainstream.

For example, David finch's "social network" is undoubtedly his peak in the award season, while his famous works such as "fight club" and "seven sins" have been ignored; Another example is Todd Hayes, whose "velvet gold mine" is his most acclaimed work, but it didn't pay off in the award season, while "Carol" is his "social network".

They are also brilliant. They refuse to be born for the award season, but they always inadvertently impress the Academy judges with their amazing talents. They unexpectedly appear on the stage of the Oscars, but get nothing. Then they return to their diligent artistic creation road, and seem to be gradually away from the mainstream audience, But in a small audience has its own reputation and support.

In fact, David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick and John Crowley are all such directors. They are the most important part of the artistic creation field in the whole North American film market.

Finally, Carol, CO starring Kate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, won six Oscar nominations for best actress, best supporting actress and best adapted screenplay in that year's award season. Even it was only a step away from the nomination for best director. However, Todd Hayes was not willing to cooperate with the college's public relations and fell in front of the threshold.

So is Brooklyn.

This novel is adapted from the original novel of Contemporary Irish writer Colm toibin. The novelist is good at writing Contemporary Irish society and the life of Irish immigrants; At the same time, Nick Hornby, who is responsible for the adaptation of the script, is also a writer. Light comedies such as "single parent cut students" and "lovelorn list" are all his works. In addition, he is also a screenwriter of "growth education".

The story is about an Irish girl who came to New York in the 1950s to pursue her dream, but she couldn't help but miss her life in her hometown. Then she met an Italian boy here and fell in love. She suddenly found that she needed to make a decision whether she should stay in New York and establish a family with the boy, and then live here forever, So... What about her hometown?

Like Carol, "Brooklyn" puts the background of the story in New York in the 1950s, and also focuses on a girl's emotional experience. Nostalgia and love are the focus of the whole film. With delicate brushwork to show those gentle feelings of the most real and sincere appearance.

The heroine of "Brooklyn" was finally starred by Irish actor saoiris Ronan. After becoming famous in the "atonement" war in 2007, she also experienced some turbulence. She transformed from a child star to an adult actor, started from art film and then explored the possibility of commercial works, but it was not very smooth, and finally met "Brooklyn".

In that year's award season, "Brooklyn" won three important nominations for best picture, best actress and best adapted screenplay.

"Carol" and "Brooklyn" are both works in 2015, and both of them made their way in a dark horse manner in that year. The light and small works are a bit "Crazy" in weight, and finally won more attention than expected.

So, which work should lenley recommend Rooney to play?

In the last life, Rooney finally played "Carol", which is a choice in line with the historical track.

As a matter of fact, Rooney has done a wonderful performance, which has won her the best actress of Cannes Film Festival; However, after entering the award season, considering that Kate Blanchet's reputation and contacts have more potential, it has always been a work of double female sprint for the college's public relations. Harvey Weinstein decisively decided to push Kate into the leading role position, while Rooney became a supporting actress.

According to history, the North American distribution right of "Carol" finally fell into the hands of Weinstein pictures.

Now, the "Carroll" project is still in the hands of Langley, but I don't know whether Harvey is also considering the work, or waiting for the film to be produced - or waiting for the cast of CASS to be finalized, Harvey will notice the work.

It seems invisible that Langley and Harvey are aiming at each other again. However, in the distribution market of independent films in North America, it is not easy to avoid Harvey. Even without Carol, the confrontation between Sisyphus and Weinstein is doomed. Compared with the six major Hollywood film companies, Weinstein film is more difficult.

In contrast, Brooklyn, which purchased the distribution rights from Fox Searchlight, did not have such "happy troubles". They successfully won the second Oscar nomination and the first post Oscar nomination for Silva, which really made her break into a new world.

At the moment, faced with the problem of Rooney, lanli temporarily put aside the fixed idea of the last life, seriously thought about it, from the perspective of the role and script, stood in the perspective of Rooney to re-examine the context and outline of the story, and finally solemnly gave his own answer, "Carol."

It's not about Harvey, it's about Rooney, it's all about acting, it's about stories, it's about characters, and Langley gives his professional advice. He's trying to give the producer's opinion from the actor's point of view, which is also a step forward.