Chapter 755： hot potato

Michelle' I haven't had time lately. Bell said with a smile, "Mysterious skin, not to mention the later stage, I also need time to prepare my album. "

Michelle Hathaway didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, "When did I rush you? ... Mysterious skin, you wrote the script for a year, and I mentioned it once." Michelle Hathaway What Servi didn't say was that he actually knew Evan Bell and knew that once he decided to do it, he would take it seriously. Therefore, since he originally chose to hand over the adaptation rights of "Mysterious Skin" to Evan-Bell, he knew that Evan-Bell would definitely have a beginning and an end. Facts have also proved that his idea is correct.

Evan...Bell couldn't help laughing, "That's true. But I really don't have time recently, if...mysterious skin, post-production goes well, and the recording work goes well, I'll have time at least until May, if it's slow One point, it is estimated that we may wait until June." Not to mention, if the album recording goes well, it is estimated that it will be released in June and July, and the movie will be released after that. Evan Bell is telling the truth, he has recently No time.

"How could I not know you're busy." Michelle Hathaway smiled bitterly, "It's just, this time, it's a hot potato, I guess other than you, people who are willing to accept the adaptation of this novel Not many."

Evan Yibel raised his eyebrows. In Hollywood, there are actually quite a few screenwriters and directors who like to challenge limits and taboos. Otherwise, there would not be so many movies called "forbidden films".

However... there are really not many that can be called hot potatoes. Well, at the beginning of this year, Mel Gibson filmed a "Passion of the Christ", but the entire United States was caught in a controversy. This film has also been regarded as the most controversial film in the United States in the past ten years by major media. Even "Jesus" has been ridiculed, what subject would be more controversial.

"Have you been to Wyoming, O?" Michelle Hathaway asked an irrelevant question.

Evan Bell didn't ask any more questions, just nodded, "Of course, the location of Yellowstone Park... How could I have never been there." The Wyoming in my impression... sparsely populated, windy and sandy, and the space is very open... At the same time It is also a gathering place for American western cowboys.

"On one day in October of the fourth year, a college student at the University of Wyoming was taken to the outskirts of Lei Ruimi because he was found to be in a relationship. He was tied to a fence and beaten violently. He died after five days and five nights." When Hathaway talked about this matter, although there was no way to strengthen her tone, she still made Evan Bell stop. He knew what type of hot potato Michelle Hathaway was talking about.

Novels of the same love theme, and only this type of novel, can make Michelle Hathaway, who is a love love, so heavy. In the United States, homosexuality is still a "taboo" topic, different from religion... homosexuality and the issue of ethnicity are the two most untouchable hot potatoes in the United States.

The issue of the He ethnic group is made into a movie, just like "collision", and it can still be accepted, because as long as the perspective is correct... it can still be accepted; but the issue of **** love has always been a taboo, and it is even more sensitive than religion. The screening of **** movies is often boycotted by various theater chains...including conservative regions such as Utah and Kansas, and the state government may even prohibit the screening of **** movies. It can be said that compared to the controversy of "The Passion of the Christ", movies with the same love theme are not inferior at all.

For the "mysterious skin" that Evan Bell has just completed, dating and concubines are actually secondary factors, and the most important thing is growing pains. But even so, after the post-production of the film is completed, it is estimated that it will be a huge problem to be released in theaters smoothly. When Michelle Hathaway asked Evan... Bell to adapt "Mysterious Skin", it was not as serious as it is today. So, Evan Bell estimates, today's novels should be more sensitive and more taboo than "mystery skin."

"This true event was later adapted into a documentary film... The Laramie Project was released at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year modified). Michelle Hathaway smiled bitterly, "I went to this year's Sundance Film Festival, just because of this movie, I didn't expect that there would be more gains. Not only the 'Laramie Project', but also...he's heart,...comrade brother, such a gay-themed movie. In the end...Laramie Project won the Jury Prize in the documentary department..." Gay brother, then Is it the Special Jury Prize in the Drama Division. This touched me deeply. "Speaking of this, Michelle Hathaway glanced at Evan Bell, then raised her head and took a sip of beer, "I only now know why you always dream of going to the San Cass Film Festival, why You always insist on making works that you love. "

Evan Bell shook his head, "I haven't been to Park City for two years." The Sundance Film Festival, where Evan Bell started, can be said to be a paradise for independent films.

"I've been tossing and turning since I got back from there. I've been thinking, if there's a movie that speaks to our hearts, that would be great." Michelle Hathaway said this in a slightly lower voice When he came down, he could feel that he was still very confused. Even though his family has accepted him now, in this society, he is still unable to move an inch. "We are no different from ordinary people..."

Looking at the suppressed sadness between Michelle and Hathaway's brows, Aigu Bell couldn't help but say, "It's just that the people you like are just the same person. Other than that, you are the same as ordinary people." That's what Michelle Hathaway said when she came out to her family back then. Evan Bell was very impressed... I can't forget it. "Love can transcend cultural differences, age constraints, and time constraints. When love comes, there is no difference between different love and same love. Is that right?"

After filming "The Notebook of Love" and "Mysterious Muscle Victory", the dog Bell indeed had a deeper, broader and broader understanding of the word "love". When he heard the mixed voice of Michelle Heidiway, He couldn't help but sigh.

As soon as Michelle Hathaway couldn't help laughing, he knew that Bell was able to understand him... "Josh saw that I was thinking about this all day... He said, 'It's better to put it into practice instead of fantasizing here'. Practice, I think Evan will be happy to help you" "Josh is the same lover of Michelle Hathaway, the two of them are almost an old husband and wife, and this year is the fifth time they have been together. , Years. "I just thought, yes, with your direct helper...why don't I turn to you for help. "

The smile on Evan Bell's face couldn't help but bloom.

"I later found Anne Prox, who was a Pulitzer Prize winner in '93.

She wrote a collection of stories, 'The Closed Farm,' which was published in The New Yorker in October, 2007, and included a short story about the horrific 'homophobia' in Wyoming." Michelle Hathaway quickly put the topic into the theme, which is what he just called "hot potato". "That short story was so beautifully written that it caused a huge response back then, and later won the Ouyu Li Award and the National Magazine Award... Until now, many people still regard this novel as an attack on our weaklings. Best procrastination of the group mood. Including me and Josh."

"Closed Farm"? I really haven't heard of this novel, Evan Bell, and I can't find the corresponding works in my mind. Could it be that the adaptation of this novel did not get the corresponding attention after the release, Shi Shen Haibin "When I contacted Prox and said that she wanted to buy the copyright of the film adaptation of this story, she did not believe my words, so I went to Owai in person. Mingzhou. By the way... Prox is sixty-nine years old this year, and of course I can't let her come to New York." Michelle Hathaway went on to say, Bell put the fried chicken down... Listen carefully , but still holding the beer can that Michelle Hathaway handed over just now, taking a sip from time to time. However, the refreshing beer made Evan Bell keep fighting coldly. "Prox doesn't think this story can be made into a movie. For mainstream tastes, the xìng in the story is too outlandish. Homophobia is like a hot potato, unless it is carefully managed, and Hollywood actors are generally reluctant to play male characters. Comrade. Because it is very difficult to find good actors, let alone directors. From investment to production, to directors and actors, almost everything is a big problem.”

This is a fact. The subject of homosexual love is a hot potato. If UU reading involves the mainstream homophobia, I am afraid that the number of people who are willing to take over this movie is really few. "Mysterious skin" is even more tragic.

"But Prox was moved by me because I felt the same way." Although difficult, for Anne-Prox, if anyone is willing to buy the adaptation rights, those who really need to worry are the people who invest in the film, and she What you need to do is to check the script, and hope that your work will not be reduced to a third-rate movie. "However, Prox still hopes to find a suitable screenwriter. You know, for the adaptation of a novel, the screenwriter is basically one of the factors that determine the success of the work. So, I mentioned you, Arrived...mysterious skin..."including...Pirates of the Caribbean" And, if it's you, it's no problem to invest in the production first, as for the actors and directors, I think you can always solve it, and if not, you can also be the director yourself. ."

After listening to the whole narration of Michelle Hathaway, Evan Bell did not hesitate too much, '1 Michelle' you know me, I decide whether I want to take on a work, the script is always a condition that cannot be ignored one. Why don't you tell me this story? "

Michelle Hathaway was not in a hurry, as if she had expected Evan Bell to say this, adjusted her posture, picked up a piece of fried chicken and said, "Of course there is no problem. "! .