Chapter 1977： Challenge the Shining

Facing Hugo’s straightforwardness, Robert didn’t panic at all. Instead, he smiled slightly, “As I said just now, a good movie always needs a good story. And a good story, at least has made the movie have An excellent starting point, isn't it?"

Robert looked at Hugo intentionally, not only echoing the content of his conversation with Hugo just now, but also hinting at Hugo's acceptance speech when he received the best original screenplay award. It can be seen that since Robert and Hugo met today, they have almost worked every step of the way.

This, on the contrary, made Hugo even more curious: what kind of work it was that made Robert spend so much energy. Was it because Michael Eisner made Robert make a military order, or was it because... any other special reason?

"So, you have absolute confidence in this script?" Hugo's words should be interrogative, but he said decisively, almost sighing again and again affirmative sentences.

Robert chuckled lightly, but did not answer. Instead, he picked up the champagne glass and sipped the champagne gently. This seems to be a test of Hugo's patience. Fortunately, even though Hugo had the urge to speak and urge after countless winds and waves, he still suppressed his thoughts. He also calmed down and waited quietly.

After a while, Robert slowed down his tone and spoke in a peaceful state, "Hugo, I have always believed that family affection is always the most important, followed by friendship, and finally love. Your thoughts What?" The tone that gradually calmed down was gone without the sparks of the brief conversation just now. It seems that I have forgotten the topic of the movie, it is just two ordinary friends chatting.

Hugo turned his head and glanced at Robert, and pressed his lips lightly. Then he lowered his head, slightly sketched a smile, exhaled a long breath from his nose, and shook his head slowly. Hugo knew that Robert's question did not need him to answer, because Robert's question contained the answer.

Although Hugo never wants to talk about his private life in any public occasions, people who really know Hugo can find out. Hugo will never forget his father and his friends in all his acceptance speeches. on the contrary. Even during Hugo’s relationship with Cameron, he rarely mentioned each other deliberately—of course, part of the reason was Hugo’s unwillingness to show affection in public, but it is undeniable that Hugo has a heart in his heart. Put the scale.

not to mention. No one will forget that when the reporter provoked Ya, Hugo under the rage showed unprecedented toughness, the kind of anger that is on the verge of being almost unbearable by anyone.

Love, affection, friendship. This is the most basic and primitive emotion of human beings. Everyone will have their own measurement deep in their hearts. Perhaps the three are equally important, but the order is bound to be slightly different. And Hugo's answer is not difficult for a careful person to guess. Robert's answer is the correct answer.

Back then. Kevin Pence took advantage of Hugo's emphasis on friendship and approached the Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company step by step. Now even the 20th Century Fox is temporarily out of predicament. There is no direct cooperation with Hugo, but their comprehensive cooperation with Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company took the lead; Tim Robbins also relied on the power of friendship to let Hugo walk in the "death row" and "away from the gambling city." Choosing the former, and then defeating the latter in a head-on duel, Hugo won his first Oscar statuette.

Now, Robert has sacrificed this card again, which makes Hugo a little bit dumbfounded. Although he knows. In his position, it is very difficult to have*. Just like Steven Spielberg, his family, his children, and his friends can all be used by them. At least, Robert is not in direct contact with Adam now, which is not an absolute method. Because Hugo understood this, although he was helpless, he did not get angry. He could only shook his head with a chuckle.

Robert really didn’t need Hugo to answer the question. He showed a gentle smile, and then said, “Actually, I don’t think the movie The Shining is perfect.” This seems to be irrelevant. Hugo raised his head again, "I think Kubrick's shots are too restrained and too calm. What do you think?"

Hugo frowned slightly, seeming a little surprised that Robert actually criticized the classic "The Shining" in front of him. In fact, if Hugo wants to regain the initiative, he only needs to say, "Do you think your script is more perfect than "The Shining" this time", and Robert's advantage can be cut by half. Because purely from the script, the script of "The Shining" tends to be perfect.

But as Robert said, "The Shining" is not perfect. There is not enough writing about the "deterioration of feelings" between the characters in the movie. It is more due to the ghosts of the hotel controlling the protagonist’s judgment and leading to tragedy. It makes the degeneration of emotions seem too abrupt, and seriously dilutes the discussion about the "fragmentation of love" in the original novel, and this is precisely the essence of the existence of those horrible souls.

To put it simply, Stanley Kubrick's biggest shortcoming lies in the delicate depiction of emotions, including family, love and friendship. In the original novel of "The Shining", the appearance of ghosts, the gradual separation of love between the two protagonists, and the final collapse of the male protagonist are all detailed and profoundly described and excavated, which also makes "The Shining" "The fear of being sublimated to the core. But the film version weakened or even downplayed the description in this respect, which is indeed a pity.

Hugo faced Robert's curious eyes, "So, you are saying'Butterfly Dreams (a)'." This classic movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock cannot be regarded as strictly meaning. Horror movies are more horror and suspense movies, in which the suspense of the relationship between the characters is even more applauding. This is also the starting point in response to Robert's view just now.

Robert pondered for a moment, and shook his head, "I would even like to say that it is an emotional version of the Shining."

Hugo didn't hold it back for a moment, and laughed out loud. The emotional version of "The Shining"? What the **** is this, "Human ghosts are still in love"? This was so happy, Hugo had to raise his hand and signaled, "Sorry, please forgive my rudeness."

But Robert didn’t care at all, and he took the initiative to continue, “Hugo, I have a very ridiculous question, but if... I’m just saying if-if your father tells you, he can see ghosts, What would you do?" Robert’s words made Hugo gradually reduce his smile, and cast his eyes in a little surprise, "Or, to be more accurate, if you tell your father, you can see ghosts. So what will he do? What should you do?"

The smile at the corner of Hugo's mouth has completely disappeared, and there is a faint look in those amber eyes, and there is a storm in his heart.

Robert thought that his speech successfully attracted Hugo’s attention, so he didn’t have any suspicion, and went on to say, “I have such a script in my hand now. I hope you will be the leading actor and take over the movie. If necessary, you need to discuss the script with the screenwriter and make some changes to the script."

Robert said calmly and stated the real purpose-although both Hugo and Robert knew it, this was originally the core content of the conversation just now. "In this story, a little boy who is only eight years old thinks he can see ghosts-this is a fact. He can see ghosts, but no one can understand him. Even if he tells his mother, his mother can Just as the child’s nonsense. In desperation, her mother could only invite a professional child psychologist to help the child, but for adults, the child’s words are obviously unreliable, and as a psychologist, He must gain the trust of his children, otherwise he will not be able to start work..."

Hugo crashed completely on the spot, squinting his eyes slightly to look at Robert in front of him, but there was already a storm in his mind. Not because of Robert's words, but because of the script that Robert told-it is indeed a classic!

"This is a very interesting story. We hope that the focus of the story can start from family affection, use a'love' to maintain the whole story, and promote the whole story." Robert said confidently. The content of Ernst’s conversation echoed on He knew that by looking at the devoted expression on Hugo’s face, that today’s work has been successful 80%, "I want to invite you now Acting in the role of a child psychologist..." Robert's words are still narrating without hesitation, but Hugo has fallen into his own thoughts.

"Sixth Sense of Supernatural (se, the work Robert is talking about is this work called "Sixth Sense of Supernatural". Among the poorest horror movies in the list of Hugo's movie watching list, "The Sixth Sense of Supernatural" is undoubtedly Hugo's favorite work, even surpassing the classics such as "The Shining" and "The Terror" excellent work.

Not because this work is more perfect or better, but because this work has the most touching and sincere emotions-as Robert said, this is the core reason why the "supernatural sixth sense" can be made a masterpiece. Hugo never expected that the work that Robert had planned for so long was actually the "sixth sense of the supernatural." The excitement and excitement in the heart is like countless butterflies in the chest, fluttering at the same time!

Can the "Spiritual Sixth Sense" really challenge the status of "The Shining" in film history? Is the "Supernatural Sixth Sense" really more perfect than "The Shining"? Obviously this is not necessarily the case. But no one can deny that "The Sixth Sense of Supernatural", like "The Shining", is both a wonderful horror movie and a classic masterpiece worthy of being recorded in the annals of history! (To be continued)