2061 Chapter 2061

Adapting the life of John Nash is a very, very difficult thing. In fact, it is very difficult to adapt the biography of any real person.

Because it is difficult for a person's life to be briefly contained within 90 minutes or 120 minutes. In the lives of these characters, there are too many things happening, so it is difficult for the script to focus on one thing like the original script, and the story is detailed and delicate. Just telling a story is considered a success. up.

The reason why a biography is called a biography is not only because the whole story contains many major events in the life of the character, but also because even if it focuses on one event, it is necessary to show the major characteristics of this character—why he is worth being changed To become a biography, is it to inspire people, create legends, write greatness, or change society?

If you want to show this trait, characterization is extremely important. This is also the biggest shortcoming of many biographies - the life records are connected together, reduced to a journal or a documentary, and the weight of history or the characteristics of the characters cannot be felt in the superficial light; otherwise, it is difficult to find between event narrative and character creation A balance that speaks of the historical importance of events while ignoring the sculpture of figures, and vice versa, tends to lose sight of the other.

How to tell the characters themselves and major events together to form a three-dimensional three-dimensional story, this is the biggest challenge of biography!

The biography of John Nash is very difficult to adapt, because it does not have a focus, the appearance of game theory is only a very short process, and there is no way to become the core story of the whole movie, and John's illness is very long, and it lasts for a long time. For a period of ten years, and stretching to about twenty-five years, there was a sense of John's constant struggle. This makes script adaptation extremely difficult.

It can't focus on a major event in their lives like the biographies of Martin Luther King or Abraham Lincoln, and then extend the cause and effect to construct a story; but it can't be like a running account of plain water, simply Telling John's entire life, countless trivial and small events are connected in series to form a story.

Mental illness is an entry point, which can be used as a time point, and the interview in "Vanity Fair" also gave Hugo a little inspiration. The love between John and Alicia can become another core idea and build up the whole story. But the actual operation is far from as simple as imagined.

In the 2001 version of "A Beautiful Mind," Akiva Goldsman was responsible for adapting the screenplay.

In Akiva's resume, there are good and bad works. He and Joe Schumacher are close friends. With Robin" and many other works, the quality is uneven. But Akiva has injected great power into "A Beautiful Mind", mainly due to his growth environment-his parents are both psychotherapists, specializing in the treatment of children with psychological problems, which makes him more sensitive to psychological problems. There is profound research, which helped him to complete "A Beautiful Mind" of super high quality.

Hugo was born in classical literature, and his understanding of psychological problems is certainly not as deep as that of Akiva, but Hugo himself experienced the pain, so the angles and details may be different. Of course, the most important thing is that, as can be seen from the two works "Before Sunrise" and "Perfection", Hugo has his own unique interpretation of the details and rhythm, which gives Hugo his own advantages. It also has its own disadvantages.

What the final adaptation of the screenplay will look like, even Hugo himself can't make a conclusion.

Since this is Hugo's first attempt to adapt the script, it is completely different from the original script, because Hugo cannot create a character out of thin air, not for screenwriters, and even more impossible for actors. Therefore, before writing, Hugo began to rummage through a large amount of information to investigate and understand John Nash's life.

But this is a very difficult task, which gave Hugo a head start at the beginning.

Although John is a world-renowned mathematician, he is not a public figure at all, so it is almost impossible to find video materials recording his youth. The only material Hugo was able to find was the videotapes of John's public appearances and scientific seminars after the 1980s-and they were very scarce. In addition, Hugo kept rereading John Nash's eponymous book written by Sylvia Nassar. Biography, and read John's writings.

This is really a pain for Hugo. Mathematics and economics are almost bibles for Hugo, not to mention understanding, even reading has problems. He clearly understands the meaning of each word, but the whole article seems to be coherent as if it is an alien text. know what's going on.

Under such circumstances, Hugo got the help of Charlize, Joseph, Zamora and others. Everyone concentrated on helping Hugo read the materials, and then tried to make Hugo understand John's theories through more vivid methods. Let Hugo have a 1% chance of finding John's thought line.

While Hugo was preparing for the adaptation of the script, his action caused a storm in Hollywood.

Originally, Hugo's every move was the focus of people's attention, and the degree of attention has surpassed that of anyone in Hollywood. His every move may lead to unknown results, which makes people crave. When you think about the box office of "LA Confidential", "As Good as It Gets" and "The Truman Show", it becomes clear at a glance-even more shocking than the box office of "Independence Day" and "Titanic". Guo seems to have the ability to turn stones into gold!

Originally, people thought that Hugo would take a break and adjust for a while recently. This is also Hugo’s habit in the past three years. After he has truly reached the peak, he must be more cautious in selecting works. After careful selection and review, only the truly wonderful The script will be shot. Compared with the quantity, the quality is the most important thing for Hugo.

In the past three years, Hugo has basically only appeared one work a year, "Independence Day" in 1996, "L.A. Confidential" in 1997, and "The Truman Show" this year. Just a few days ago, Hugo completed the filming of "The Sixth Sense". This work is still in post-production, and it should not be released until next year.

In this way, Hugo will definitely not be in a hurry to continue to accept new works, and even if he wants to accept, it will not be during the period after "The Sixth Sense of the Spirit" has just finished. Therefore, people relaxed their vigilance a little, as if Hugo's holiday was also a rare holiday for them, even the paparazzi relaxed their vigilance——

That's why the incident at the United Methodist Church was not revealed that day, and everyone is still kept in the dark. Only those who attended the rehearsal scene that day knew. Those, though, were reluctant to bring it up: Charlize's friends chose to keep silent in order to protect her, Mr. Perfect's friends didn't want to mention his grief and refused to speak. This incident settled down so silently, which gave Hugo and Charlize a valuable breathing opportunity.

It can be seen that Hollywood is currently in a "relaxed" state.

But just a few days after the completion of "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality", Hugo's figure suddenly became busy, and he still entered various libraries in Los Angeles. Hugo even went to New York in person to study at Princeton University After staying for more than a week, I was even busier after returning, which was really confusing.

Many people began to inquire quietly, wanting to see what kind of medicine Hugo sold in the gourd during his vacation. But what was unexpected was that no one inquired about the news—the employees of the Endeavor Elite Brokerage Company all had blank faces, "Isn't Hugo on vacation?" I feel like a fool; and those who follow Hugo's itinerary to find out the truth are even more confused-Hugo is actually asking about economics and mathematics related theories, and is particularly interested in game theory.

This... what's going on?

Does Hugo want to invest in the stock market in general, and then inject more energy into DreamWorks? Does this mean that DreamWorks will make a big move next? However, even if Hugo wants to enter the stock market, there is no need to inquire about theoretical knowledge. This is unusual, very unusual.

The imagination of the uncrowned kings really makes people laugh and cry. If Hugo knew their true thoughts, he would laugh so hard that he couldn’t straighten his waist; but it is also because of the rich imagination of the uncrowned kings that people touched a corner of the truth: Is Hugo ready to make a new movie?

However, at present, the major Hollywood film companies have not moved at all, and even the independent film companies have not made any special moves. So... so Hugo is writing a whole new script?

This possibility immediately caused a commotion in Hollywood. Even though this possibility was completely speculative and there was no evidence to confirm it, it still made people restless. Hugo's previous two scripts won two Oscar nominations and an Oscar statuette, which almost allowed Hugo to win all praises. Under such circumstances, the third script written by Hugo independently is definitely enough to make people My blood boiled.

Although no one knows how likely this guess is, even a 1% possibility is enough to make some opportunists take a step forward.

So, when Hugo saw Barry Meyer at the library gate of UCLA, he was not surprised at all. Instead, he greeted him with a smile, "Hey, Barry, good afternoon, come to the library too. Are you reading?"

Barry smiled and shook his head, "No, I came here specially to find you. I bought your whereabouts from a paparazzi for fifty dollars. But don't worry, I'm not a stalker." Frankly, this is not quite like the usual Barry.