Chapter 968

Hugo thought it was absurd, a little funny, but also a little sigh.

In fact, Hugo is not obliged to read Douglas's script, because they have never met, and he is not a professional producer, but he can understand Douglas's urgency and anxiety, just like after the Golden Raspberry Award, he was almost the same. , as long as it is an audition opportunity, he is willing to try it, even if he knows that he is not the most suitable, even if he knows that the chance of success is very small, he still wants to do his best to give it a try.

In Hollywood, people say that you can throw three or five actors out of a single brick. The competition here is too fierce. If you don't grasp every possibility, you may never find a chance to succeed. Opportunities are often created by themselves.

It's like Hugo's conversation with David tonight. If David refuses, then Hugo must try his best to convince David, or other production companies. This is a truth.

However, Hugo was not obliged to fulfill Douglas' "dream" because he was just an actor and they were just strangers. It was impossible for a random stranger to step up and ask Hugo to read their script, and Hugo nodded in agreement. It was the production company's job, not his.

So, logically speaking, Hugo can leave directly. But today is clearly something special.

Hugo had just experienced the apprehension of handing over the script to others for review. Although David nodded and agreed without reading "Before Sunrise" at all, the feeling of nervousness was still very clear; and Douglas was also the first Hugo encountered. A screenwriter who took the initiative to send the script to the door, which is a new thing for Hugo.

It's just that Douglas's description of the script is really full of joy, a "magnificent script that integrates the times, technology, history, nature, human beings, etc.", what kind of script is this, it is nondescript. The script is not to say that the more complex it is, the better it is. Many excellent scripts actually have only one main line, and the relationship between the characters in the play is not necessarily complicated.

So, looking at Douglas, who was firm and full of desire, this time Hugo did not refuse again, nor did he avoid it, but said with tears in his eyes, "Are you serious? It's history, technology, nature and nature. Is it the era?"

Hugo originally thought that Douglas just made it up to attract his attention, but he didn't want Douglas to say with a serious face, "I swear, every word I say is the truth!" Douglas eagerly put his hand in his hand. He picked up the script, and then placed his left hand on the cover of the script, as if feeling the content under the cover, "I have written this story for ten years, for ten years, in order to create this script, I have read countless books, from history to Literature, from science to psychology, believe me, I have absolute confidence in this script, I believe this is a better and bolder script than 'Citizen Kane', and it will usher in an unbelievably brilliant era ."

Hugo was dumbfounded.

Hugo suddenly felt that Douglas should do a biography. Pin and so on, he is completely a master of drawing cakes, and he makes a lot of unreliable and shocking remarks, which makes people involuntarily attracted: Yes, Hugo is curious, he is curious about what kind of script it is, actually worthy of such a name.

In the long history of the two decades after 1994, is there such an epoch-making work? Hugo's answer is no. Although "Titanic" brought the era of blockbusters, "Avatar" made 3D glasses a frenzy, "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy reached the pinnacle of epic masterpieces, and "Chicago" achieved the second glory of musicals... ...but none of these works reached the heights of "epoch-making".

In fact, after the golden age of the 1990s, after Hollywood entered the 21st century, although the box office is constantly breaking new records, the entire film industry is still standing still. Not only because the film industry is facing more and more challenges, the cinema is no longer the only way of entertainment for people; but also because the development of the film industry has fallen into a bottleneck, from Europe to the United States, from Japan to South America, all have encountered different aspects of film creation. degree of creative bottleneck.

Therefore, in the next two decades, it has never been able to surpass the glory of 1994.

So, Douglas is obviously the queen who is selling the melons, but how many kilograms and how many taels of his melons, and what kind of quality, can make Douglas say such a hype, Hugo can't help but be curious.

Hugo reached out and took the script, which made Douglas raise his head proudly. Judging from his tone and posture, it was obvious that he had absolute confidence in his work. Hugo looked at the script in his hand. The packaging was very beautiful, and it was a hard cover. The entire script was at least 200 pages long.

"Then, why don't you give this... the masterpiece of the world to the production company?" Hugo walked to the street lamp on the first floor, intending to read it twice on the spot. If it is valuable, take it back and read it carefully. "You know, I'm just an actor."

"They don't know art, they only know how to make money, and letting them read this script is just an insult to my talent." Douglas said indignantly, which made Hugo look at him one more time: a masterpiece, but pure art , does not involve business? No wonder he compared himself to "Citizen Kane".

Everyone knows that "Citizen Kane" was definitely an epoch-making work after it was first launched, which aroused heated discussions among film critics. Orson-Wells was very arrogant and believed that he had made a work that would be famous for the ages. So very proud and proud. But his arrogance aroused people's rebellious psychology, and the audience at the time simply couldn't appreciate the excellence of "Citizen Kane". As a result, Oscar, which was still voted by a jury composed of audiences at the time, ignored the masterpiece "Citizen Kane" and became one of the biggest regrets in the history of the Oscars, which also promoted the establishment of a professional jury later.

From an objective point of view, the completion degree of "Citizen Kane" is 70 points, which is not an absolute classic with full marks. The excellence of this work lies in the fact that young Orson has demonstrated unique novelty in the use of shooting techniques and content forms, creating a monument to modern cinema.

Is that the case with this script? The only concept in Hugo's mind was: Is this a 3D work?

Opening the script, Hugo briefly read it, but after only reading a few lines, he felt a little strange, so he hesitantly skipped a few lines and read it again, but the confusion became even greater. He was stunned for a while, then raised his head to look at Douglas, who had an arrogant face, "Sir, your opening chapter...isn't the opening chapter of 'Gone with the Wind'?" Hugo Lancaster graduated with a major in classical literature, so he It can be said that these classic masterpieces are very familiar.

When Douglas heard this, he didn't care at all, and said as a matter of course, "Yes, I borrowed that spelling, and then processed it myself to infuse my color. What's so strange about it? You know, the world All art is the same..."

Hugo has no way to refute this sentence. Someone once said that the world's articles are copied a lot. In fact, it is very normal to borrow from the process of artistic creation, but the difference between borrowing and plagiarism is whether there is the author's personal thinking, personal understanding, personal point of view, then even a similar paragraph will show different effects in different articles.

But the problem is, Hugo feels that the opening just now seems to be a copy of "Gone with the Wind" intact, not borrowing, but plagiarism.

Looking at the confident Douglas in front of him, Hugo didn't say anything more, but flipped back and read again, but soon, Hugo raised his head again, "Sir, this is 'arrogant'. Snippets from 'Prejudice', isn't it?"

"Shameless people must not underestimate the degree of shamelessness..." Hugo immediately recalled this sentence. This is one of the few scenes in "Pride and Prejudice" that left a deep impression on him. , I don't want to see it in this script. Hugo looked up in surprise.

"Yes, I have always liked Jane Austen's writings very much, so I borrowed from the character setting..." Douglas still explained gracefully, but was quickly interrupted by Hugo.

"You must be joking with me, these are the original words of 'The Count of Monte Cristo'! God." Hugo said in disbelief, but seeing Douglas still had to argue, Hugo laughed angrily, "Sir, I Graduated in Classics, don't tell me, it's just for reference." After saying that, Hugo then flipped through again, "Hey, isn't this a 'Star Wars' clip? Oh, I saw the technology part, I believe that George Lucas will like the setting of 'Dark Warrior' very much..."

This is really absurd. The script in Hugo's hands is like a gorgeous tablecloth full of patches. of. This script is not called a script, it is just a copy of the story fragments of countless classic masterpieces.

If Douglas could come up with a perfect mainline to connect all these stories together, it would be considered "re-creation", at least it can be said that he spent his time; but obviously he did not, he simply and fragmented the various fragments Just put it together. This...this is really unbelievable.

"Hey, you!" Douglas seemed to be stabbed in the sore spot by Hugo, and immediately became irritable, "You can dislike my script, but you can't insult my creation!"

"You can insist that this is your creation, but you can't insult those great works!" Hugo also pushed back without showing weakness, "Maybe you can shoot a 'Alice in Wonderland', just as that one The stories are dreams, which is more convincing. As for the masterpieces, that is left to the great writers."

In one sentence, Douglas's face flushed red, and he was obviously angry. He grabbed the script from Hugo with all his strength, and then his chest was heaving like a bellows, "You...you don't know how to appreciate, this guy, I will definitely find a soulmate who knows how to read this great book, and I will definitely..."