Chapter 885 Arrangement
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At this year's Sundance Film Festival, although a large group of famous filmmakers in memory fell into Simon's sight, except for a little chat with the Wachowski brothers at a festival-themed party after the premiere of "Trainspotting" in the evening, Simon did not have too much contact with several other people.
Whether it is Christopher Nolan, Doug Liman, Jon Favreau, etc., they are still just rookies at the moment.
The results of plucking are often not very good.
Just like Jon Favreau, the grass-roots filmmaker from the bottom of Hollywood has become one of the core creators of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A very important reason is that he has been in this circle for more than ten years. The profound accumulation and sufficient experience made by him allow Favreau to be able to handle the work of director, actor, screenwriter, and producer with ease.
In fact, not only Jon Favreau, but this Sundance Film Festival, Christopher Nolan, Doug Liman and even Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are like this, one step at a time Climb up from the bottom, so I am familiar with all aspects of film production, and the foundation is solid enough to go longer in the film industry.
The Wachowskis are a counter-example.
Once in history, after the Wachowski brothers completed their debut work "Crazy Flowers", their second work "The Matrix" began to become popular.
It is undeniable that "The Matrix" is classic and great, but there is no doubt about the serious decline in the quality of the last two parts of the "Matrix" trilogy. A large part of this is due to the Wachowski brothers' enthusiasm for the project after the success of the first film. Control has increased dramatically, but the filmmaking abilities of the duo have not grown as quickly as a result.
And after the "Matrix" series, the brothers directly began to eat their own capital.
This time, Daenerys Entertainment won the distribution rights of the Wachowski brothers' "Crazy Flowers", and also bought the script of "The Matrix" that the two had been planning for a long time.
However, Simon does not plan to start this project in the short term, nor does he think about handing it over to others.
At the party in the evening, the topic that Simon and the two discussed in person was the arrangement after "Crazy Flowers". While promising that the brothers could direct the Matrix series themselves and give them a sufficient budget, Simon demanded that they must gain experience directing at least one more low-budget film, and also planned to arrange for the two to join the upcoming "Solitary Day" as deputy. director in order to become familiar with the production process of blockbuster movies.
Finish another film and work on a big project, and two or three years will pass. As long as there is a heart, it is enough for the brothers to accumulate more experience. In particular, the experience of participating in "Day of Alone" can not only make the two familiar with the production process of blockbuster, but also allow them to learn other people's film styles.
After that, it's a good time to start the Matrix series.
Moreover, after the end of the "Matrix" series, with a certain amount of accumulation, the Wachowski brothers may not be directly reduced to the situation where they start to eat their old money.
In addition to the Wachowski brothers, several other people, Simon also personally made arrangements.
After expressing recognition for the short film "Ant Hill", Highgate Films provided Christopher Nolan with the opportunity to make a feature film. Simon personally arranged for the British tentative film industry team that was originally included to follow up, and Nolan also took the opportunity to make a feature film. A script change came out and the name was "Following".
This is already a typical Nolan style interlocking suspense story.
The story tells that Bill, a writer who likes to follow others to find inspiration, meets a thief named Cobb. Driven by curiosity, Bill begins to team up with Cobb to break into strangers' homes to inquire about other people's privacy. In the process, Bill meets a thief. The woman also fell in love with the other party. The woman said that she was the mistress of the gang boss and wanted to get rid of the control, but the other party held her private photos.
Falling in love, Bill uses Professor Cobb's own technology to break into the gangsters.
The result was nothing.
Bill then found out that he had been fooled, and that the woman led him into the gangsters just to make him a scapegoat for another theft.
Bill, who understood, voluntarily surrendered to the police.
Then it was discovered that the woman had died and Cobb had disappeared. Instead, Bill himself became the murderer of the woman.
It turned out that all this was done by the gang boss behind the scenes, because it was not the gang boss who held the secret of his mistress in his hands, but the fact that he just thought. So the boss sent his subordinate Cobb to seduce his mistress, and the woman who listened to Cobb's lies set a trap with him to let the writer Bill get into the house, in order to let Cobb get away from a theft.
After succeeding, Cobb killed the woman, Bill became the scapegoat, and the boss got out completely.
This is the story line that Simon drew from the script of Nolan's "Follow". Nolan, who is still a newcomer at present, not only set up such an interlocking story, but also intends to use multi-line narratives and flashbacks and other dislocation techniques.
Simon still didn't mean to pull the seedlings to help, this time only gave Nolan a budget of 3 million US dollars, and also asked to revise the script.
Simon likes this interlocking story, but avoids the multi-line narrative and flashbacks, which are some routines that newcomers who want to attract attention have to use when their resources are limited. Therefore, Simon's request is to go to those misplaced tricks without changing the suspense of the story, and finally reach the level that the audience can be surprised by not playing the routine.
This is actually the best way to hone a director's storytelling skills.
Others Doug Liman and Jon Favreau, the same
All of them have obtained a new film contract with Daenerys Entertainment, and the budget given is not high, but they also have a considerable degree of creative freedom.
After a day's work, Simon returned to the hilltop villa in the southeast of Park City, and it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening.
There is no party tonight, and the villa is still brightly lit.
The woman who stayed here last night was still there, without rest, scattered around the villa in twos and threes, apparently waiting for Simon.
Everyone's favorite living room on the east side of the villa hall is still occupied by four big goblins, who are chatting and watching TV, very leisurely.
Simon, who took off his jacket and was casual, came here, stopped Cindy Crawford and the others from wanting to get up and say hello, looked left and right, and came to Carla Bruni and Daniela Pusteva to occupy the place. Sit down on one side of the couch, next to a certain male and female eater.
As soon as she sat down, Girl A came in, handed a document to Simon, poured coffee for the man, and left quietly.
Here are the results of the just-concluded Golden Globe Awards over there in Los Angeles.
Just as Simon opened the document, a fragrant scent was already approaching. He glanced at Carla Bruni, who was close to him, and asked with a smile, "Isn't your career focus in Europe, why did you come to the United States?"
Carla Bruni casually crossed her right leg on her left leg, and her body naturally began to lean to the left, touching Simon and laughing: "I'm here to please Grey, otherwise it won't be easy to get it in the future. Already working."
This is true.
Since taking the helm of Elite last year, Grace has been consolidating the power of the brokerage industry giant, and many John Casablanca-era executives who are unwilling to let go have been swept out, and the results have been remarkable. At the end of last year, an article in "VOGUE" magazine already called Grace the new queen of the modeling agency field, higher than John Casablanca's original title of godfather in the modeling agency industry.
This is also true.
Backed by the support of the Westeros system, Grace has not only personally captured most of the top customers such as Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelinsta, and Claudia Schiffer of Elite. In his hands, he also successfully reformed the structure of Elite. Even people who are not familiar with the modeling agency industry know how difficult it is to reform a company that is already too big. Grace has successfully done this. a little.
The current Elite is already a model similar to Hollywood CAA.
This is also the result of Simon's personal promotion. In order to help Grace to carry out structural reforms, Simon also introduced Michael Ovitz to the other party. Seeing Simon's face, Ovitz also spared no effort to guide Grace. The two companies Some partnerships have also been established.
As a result, the current Elite, because all client contracts have been transferred from a single agent to the company, no matter who leaves in the future, including Grace herself, will no longer be able to take away a large number of clients like other modeling agencies.
It seems that the power is scattered, but in fact, as long as Grace doesn't leave Elite, she is the queen of this modeling agency giant.
Because as the president, she has absolute power, including hiring or firing any Elite's agent or model. If other agents want to do this, they need to get Grace's approval, a new contract, and also let those models switch jobs. difficulty has increased significantly.
This status is exactly the same as that of Michael Ovitz, who was the first person on the Hollywood power list in the original time and space.
It's a pity that the former Michael Ovitz made a wrong choice and voluntarily gave up his power. He wanted to go further, but he was empty and had nothing. Later, he wanted to return to the brokerage industry and found that even he himself could not shake CAA. status, can only recede sadly.
Even two years ago, Grace never thought that she could have everything she has now, and the woman is very clear about why she can get these things. Without Simon's strong support, the reform of Elite would not have succeeded at all, so it is fundamentally impossible. Without the ambition of Ovitz, he just intends to stick to the position of Elite's president and carefully help a certain man take care of the company.
Because of this change of Elite, the Elite European team, which used to be almost independent in Europe, was completely controlled by Grace.
The advent of the information age has also made this kind of remote control very convenient.
A completely integrated Elite, its customers want to get more jobs, and it is inevitable to have a good relationship with a female boss.
Simon didn't take Carla Bruni's words, glanced at the information in his hand, and said: "Actually, you should understand that this professional reform of Elite is good for all of you, just like CAA in Hollywood, eight The big increase in star pay in the 190s is largely due to the fact that CAA, which is integrated from top to bottom, has a stronger voice in front of the studio."
Carla Bruni rubbed her toes on Simon's calf, and unknowingly got closer and said, "We know, hehe, speaking of which, Simon, you are the real boss of Elite. However, Elite is targeting customers. , many of them are companies under the Westeros system, aren't you worried that our salaries are going too high?"
The woman was talking, her arm was already on Simon's shoulder, and the heat from the words also rushed to Simon's ear.
When the other three girls in the living room saw that Carla Bruni was so blatant, of course they would not be reconciled, Eva Herzigova interjected: "Carla, do you think Simon will care about the little money we make?"
Daniela Posteva followed
Help: "Yeah, speaking of it, a magazine recently said that Simon's net worth this year may reach 1 trillion US dollars, 1 trillion, it's hard to imagine."
The two women gag and immediately grab their attention.
Cindy Crawford, who was sitting next to Carla Bruni, didn't miss this opportunity either, pressing Carla Bruni's backup to lean over, and took the initiative to bring up another topic: "Simon, this is the result of the Golden Globe Awards. Well, we watched it just now, it's a pity that Super Bat Fighting was not nominated, do you think it will hit the Oscars?"
Simon shook his head: "Maybe, but everyone will know soon."
Today is January 21st.
The Oscars have officially announced that the nominations for this year's Oscars will be announced on January 29.
Carla Bruni said again at this time: "Actually, it's not bad. Didn't "Sense and Sensibility" win the Best Picture in the Drama category? This should be the most golden award of the Golden Globe Awards. Oh, I still I've read Jane Austen's novel, and maybe I'll find a movie to watch when I have time."
In the just-concluded Golden Globe Awards, Sense and Sensibility directed by Ang Lee, produced by Highgate Pictures, became one of the big winners, and successfully won the Golden Globe Award nomination for the best film in the drama category.
The 3D animated film "Beauty and the Beast" in the musical comedy category naturally fell short.
In addition, a number of nominated films under Daenerys Entertainment also won five awards, including best director and best actress in the drama category, which are also very high in gold content, which is a big win. Although Simon is not in Los Angeles, there should be a celebration party there now, and Ella Deutschman deliberately returned to Los Angeles during the day.
in the living room.
Cindy Crawford suddenly turned her eyes when she heard Carla Bruni's words, and said, "Simon, I see that there is a very good screening room in the villa, and there are so many copies, why don't we go to see it? Movies."
Compared with this brightly lit living room, in the villa's private projection room, when the lights are dimmed, many things can be done.
Therefore, when Cindy said this, several other girls all agreed and encouraged them together.
Simon didn't object either. He hurriedly browsed the information in his hand, got up and hugged Carla Bruni, who had been unknowingly attached to him, and walked to the private screening room of the villa.
However, of course, it is better to watch the movie lively, so I called out to the other girls in the villa.
Blurred Sundance Night.
In the villa on the top of the hill in the southeast of the small town, the wind and the moon are boundless.
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