Chapter 1977: 1977 Challenge the Shining
Facing Hugo's straightforwardness, Robert did not panic at all, but smiled lightly, "As I said just now, an excellent movie always needs an excellent story. And an excellent story has at least made the film have some An excellent start, no?"
Robert looked at Hugo meaningfully. This not only echoed the content of his conversation with Hugo just now, but also hinted at Hugo's acceptance speech when receiving the Best Original Screenplay Award. It can be seen that since Robert and Hugo met today, they have almost made every step of the way, and they have exhausted their plans.
This made Hugo even more curious: what kind of work actually cost Robert so much energy. Is it because Michael Eisner made Robert issue a military order, or is it because of... some other special reason?
"So, you have absolute confidence in this script?" Hugo's sentence should be a question, but he said it firmly, almost an affirmative sentence of exclamation.
Robert chuckled, but did not answer, but picked up the champagne glass and took a sip of champagne. This seemed to be testing Hugo's patience—fortunately, although Hugo had the urge to urge him after experiencing countless storms, he still suppressed his own thoughts, and also calmed down, waiting 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 thing, followed by friendship, and finally love. What do you think What?" The tone that gradually calmed down did not have the sparks of the short conversation just now, as if the topic of the movie had been forgotten, and it was just two ordinary friends chatting.
Hugo turned his head to look at Robert, pursed his lips lightly, then lowered his head, sketched a faint smile, exhaled a long breath from his nose, and shook his head slowly. Hugo knew that he didn't need to answer Robert's question at all, because Robert's question contained the answer.
Although Hugo has never been willing to talk about his private life in any public occasion, those who really know Hugo can find that Hugo will never forget his father and his friends in all his acceptance speeches. On the contrary, even when Hugo was in a relationship with Cameron, he rarely mentioned each other deliberately-of course, part of the reason was that Hugo was unwilling to show his affection in public, but it is undeniable that Hugo's heart There is a scale.
What's more, no one will forget that when the reporter provoked Adam, Hugo, who was furious, showed unprecedented toughness, and the kind of anger that was on the verge of breaking out was almost unbearable for 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. Maybe all three are equally important, but there must be subtle differences in the order of priority. As for Hugo's answer, it is not difficult for a careful person to guess. Robert's answer is the correct answer.
At the beginning, Kevin Pence took advantage of Hugo's emphasis on friendship and approached Endeavor Elite Brokerage step by step. Now even though 20th Century Fox is temporarily in a predicament and has no direct cooperation with Hugo, they and Endeavor Elite Brokerage The company's comprehensive cooperation took the lead; Tim Robbins also relied on the power of friendship to let Hugo choose the former among "Death Row Walking" and "Far From Las Vegas", and then defeated him in a head-to-head confrontation. The latter won Hugo his first Oscar.
Now, Robert played this card again, which made Hugo a little dumbfounded. Although he knows that in his position, it is difficult to have privacy, 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, so it can't be said that he has no compromises. It was because Hugo understood this, so although he was helpless, he didn't get angry, he could only smile lightly and shook his head.
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," these seemingly irrelevant words Hugo looked up again, "I think Kubrick's shots are too restrained and too calm. What do you think?"
Hugo frowned slightly, as if he was a little surprised that Robert criticized the classic "The Shining" in front of him. In fact, if Hugo wants to regain the initiative, he only needs to say "Then do you think your script this time is more perfect than 'The Shining'?", and Robert's advantage can be cut by more than 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 words in the movie about the "emotional deterioration" between the characters. It makes the emotional depravity seem too abrupt, and seriously downplays the discussion about "love splitting" in the original novel, which should be the essence of the existence of those terrifying souls.
Simply put, Stanley Kubrick's biggest shortcoming lies in the delicate depiction of emotions, including family, love and friendship. In the original novel of "The Shining", there are delicate and profound descriptions and excavations of the appearance of ghosts, the gradual love separation between the two protagonists, and the final collapse of the male protagonist. "The core of the fear can be sublimated. But it is indeed a pity that the movie version weakens or even downplays the description of this aspect.
Hugo met Robert's curious eyes, "So, you are saying 'Rebecca'." This classic film directed by Alfred Hitchcock cannot be regarded as strictly Horror movies are more thriller and suspense movies, and the suspense of the relationship between the characters is even more amazing. This is also the starting point for responding to Robert's point of view just now.
Robert pondered for a while, then shook his head, "I would rather say it is the emotional version of 'The Shining'."
Hugo couldn't hold back for a moment, and laughed out loud. Emotional version of "The Shining"? What the hell is this? This was so joyful that Hugo had to raise his hand to signal, "Sorry, please forgive my rudeness."
But Robert didn't care at all, and took the initiative to continue, "Hugo, I have a very ridiculous question, but if... I just said that if-if your father told you that he could see ghosts, What will you do?" Robert's words made Hugo gradually restrain his smile, and cast his gaze in surprise, "Or, to be more precise, 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 a turbulent sea has set off in his heart.
Robert thought that his speech had successfully attracted Hugo's attention, so he didn't become suspicious at all, and continued, "I have such a script in my hand now, and I hope that you can play the leading role and take over the movie. If necessary, you need to discuss the script with the screenwriter and make some revisions to the script.”
Robert said calmly, telling the real purpose - although both Hugo and Robert knew it in their hearts, 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—it is true, he can see ghosts, but no one can understand him, even if he told his mother, she would It's just a child's nonsense. In desperation, her mother can only invite a professional child psychologist to help the child, but for adults, the child's words are obviously untrustworthy, and as a psychologist, He must gain the trust of the children, otherwise he will not be able to start his work..."
Hugo froze completely, narrowing his eyes slightly to look at Robert in front of him, but his mind was already full of storms. Not because of Robert's words, but because of the script that Robert narrated-it is indeed a classic!
"This is a very interesting story. We hope that the focus of the story can start from the family relationship, and use a 'love' to maintain and promote the whole story." Robert said confidently, and these words are similar to those just now. The content of the conversation about Ernst was echoed. Looking at the devoted expression on Hugo's face, he knew that today's work was 80% successful, "I want to invite you to play the role of a child psychologist now." The character..." Robert's words were still narrating at a leisurely pace, but Hugo had already fallen into his own thoughts.
"The Sixth Sense (The. Sixth. Sense)", the work Robert is talking about is this work called "The Sixth Sense". Among the few horror movies on Hugo's movie viewing list, "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" is undoubtedly Hugo's favorite work, even surpassing classics such as "The Shining" and "Psycho" 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 Sixth Sense of the Spirit" can be a masterpiece. Hugo never imagined that the work that Robert had been planning for so long was actually the "sixth sense of the supernatural", the excitement and excitement in his heart was like countless butterflies fluttering in his chest at the same time!
Can "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" really challenge the status of "The Shining" in film history? Is "Sixth Sense of Spirituality" really more perfect than "The Shining"? Obviously not so. But no one can deny that "The Sixth Sense of Psychic" and "The Shining" are both wonderful horror movies, and they are both classic masterpieces worthy of being recorded in the annals of history!