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"Don't you know that at a party, you should put aside your mobile phone and enjoy the good time? Or, you haven't attended the party for too long, and you forgot to turn on the correct way?" Lance's unceremonious teasing method changed With the middle fingers of Joel's hands, Lance turned his head and looked at Ethan who was walking slowly, "Look at my memory, I have already forgotten, you haven't attended parties since high school, right?" Just kidding about the Coen Brothers—both are nerdy nerds who don't like to party. Teana Novel ww
Ethan pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said with a smile, "No, you're wrong, we haven't attended parties since the fifth grade." Looking at Lance's half-smile expression, Ethan Sang seemed to think of something again, and said suddenly, "By the way, we will never miss the Dungeon and Dragon parties held in the community."
Sure enough, it is the consistent style of the Coen Brothers. On the road of black humor, it is gone forever.
"Jesus Christ, are you still here? It's not suitable for your group to go out for a walk after dark, let alone the outdoors and the beach here." Lance shook his head and said with a worried expression.
Joel nodded again and again, and said meaningfully, "So, now you know how honored you are?"
Lance couldn't help but smile, and bowed slightly to express his gratitude, "I've always been grateful." That humble gesture made both Joel and Ethan show playful expressions—Lance, who is usually full of confidence, is rarely shown. Take a low profile. But Lance's next words made both Joel and Ethan laugh, "So, are you ready to leave?" Is this driving away guests?
"We are indeed preparing to leave." Stopping Joel, Ethan said, "However, we still have something to ask you before we leave." After the simple joke, Ethan returned to business, eyes From the corner of his eye, he could clearly feel that many people in the audience were paying attention to every move here. It is conceivable that as soon as the two brothers leave, someone will come up to fill the vacancy immediately.
Lance noticed the small detail of Ethan stopping Joel, and immediately realized that the Coen Brothers did have business with him. In each of the works of the Coen Brothers, the two of them work together to complete the creation, co-write, direct, and produce together. However, due to the regulations of the American Directors Guild, only one director is allowed for a film, so they work together every day. The signature of a work clearly stipulates the division of labor and cooperation between each other. Ethan is the producer and Joel is the director. The reason why the two brothers arranged this way is because Ethan is more social and Joel is more professional.
"Do you remember? You owe us a favor." Ethan mentioned this incident, and Lance couldn't help laughing. "Sin City" was able to unfold smoothly with the help of the Coen Brothers. " Well, I already have an ominous premonition." Lance's joke made Ethan chuckle, "Do we need to find a secluded place to sit down and talk in detail?"
Ethan shook his head and rejected Lance's proposal, "It's not a secret. To be precise, no one has a secret tonight, right?" Everyone has something for Lance, the difference is whether the chips It's just to impress Lance, "Joel and I just finished a script last month and are looking for a suitable investment partner. The original partner has some opinions on us. However, this is not the point. The point is that there is a character in the script, A unique character we wrote with you in mind."
In two simple sentences, there are too many important points.
The Coen Brothers are representatives of independent films. They have always refused to cooperate with large film companies, and they still seek investment from small and medium-sized film companies to maintain their independence. However, after they made their name in the international film circle with "Fargo" and "Murder Lebowski", Disney's Bowei Pictures extended an olive branch to them. Brand, mainly responsible for the production of works that are not suitable for Disney, including R-rated movies and independent movies, etc., and cooperates with Miramax Films. After the Coen Brothers cooperated with Bowell Films, according to the style of their works, sometimes they were handed over to Bowell, and sometimes Miramax was in charge. In the past seven or eight years, the two parties have maintained a stable relationship. partnership.
But now, Ethan said that "the partner has an opinion", this is not the point, so what is the point? Could it be that after Robert Iger took over, did he start to rectify Bowei and Miramax?
In fact, Disney headquarters has always been critical of independent labels, because neither label makes money, and the journey to the Oscars has gained a lot, but considering Disney's own family positioning, the works of independent labels are very good. It is difficult to carry out peripheral development, and it is difficult to guarantee follow-up interests. This is indeed a tasteless for Disney. More importantly, the Weinstein brothers who manage Miramax are typical thorns. Not only are they extravagant, but they also refuse to cooperate. Many projects have been rejected by the Disney headquarters, and the Weinstein brothers still secretly complete the filming. , Even at the expense of diverting funds from other approved projects, this practice of drawing salaries from the bottom of the pot often makes Disney miserable.
At the end of last year, the Weinstein brothers officially left Miramax Films to start their own business, which also led to a domino effect—in just half a year, Miramax executives all switched to other large film companies. The direct result is that the competitiveness of Miramax has plummeted, and Disney's rectification is inevitable; at the same time, the Weinstein brothers also took away all Quentin Tarantino and others that they dug out by themselves. , Miramax is even more lacking in strength.
Although the Ian Brothers were not excavated by the Weinstein Brothers, it is undeniable that the Weinstein Brothers have unique insights into independent films and are very willing to give the Ian Brothers the green light. In the past few years, the Coen Brothers’ works have not It can cause too much repercussions, and it has fallen into silence since the "Three Kings of Prison Break" in 2000, but the Weinstein brothers still approved one project after another, giving the Coen brothers great creative freedom. Therefore, although Miramax was the one that was most turbulent and Bowei International was not injured, the impact on the Coen Brothers was very direct.
Ethan didn't say it clearly just now, and it seems that he doesn't plan to say it in detail, but this is a good opportunity for Lance and Chaos Films-as we all know, the Coen brothers are representatives of the American independent film industry, and they Their influence cannot be ignored, and more importantly, the independent spirit they represent has a profound influence on the academy.
However, since Ethan said "that's not the point", Lance decided to temporarily put the point aside, "Is it based on me?" Lance pursed his lips, "Howard Hughes?"
Joel and Ethan exchanged glances, and then Joel's eyes lit up and he laughed, "Haha, why didn't I think of it? Otherwise, let's go back and check the information?" Ethan also nodded, as if thinking about it This idea, "I think Lance is more suitable than Leo, but we need to find another angle to tell the story..."
"Hey! Hey!" Lance snapped his fingers twice, "Back to the original point." Seeing the concentration of the Coen brothers, Lance really couldn't laugh or cry, "The character conceived by me? What character?"
"A cold-blooded killer." Joel replied, "To be precise, he is indeed cold-blooded when he works, without fear, hesitation, or sympathy; but in fact, this is a killer with a black aura." Joel After a pause, I thought about it seriously, "Vincent in 'Borrowing a Knife', why did he fail in the end? Because after all, he still has a trace of humanity left, and a certain connection between him and Max has become a loophole. It also became a flaw for Max to die with him. However, this killer has no humanity, he has neither good humanity nor evil humanity, not even childhood shadows, no emotions, no preferences, no weaknesses.”
Joel's description aroused Lance's interest, and he couldn't help but close his jaw slightly, "But he has principles?" This rhetorical question made Joel stunned, he and Ethan exchanged a glance, and then Hear Lance go on to say, "I mean, his only principle is to kill, or rather, to work. It's like a **** who puts himself out of the way and judges life and death by his own rules—in his case it's Own job, or task."
Joel's eyes gradually brightened~www.novelbuddy.com~ looked at Lance in surprise, and Ethan, who was standing beside him, nodded in affirmation, "I knew your understanding was different from everyone else's. It can be said that, Our setting is very close to your idea, but none of us have thought of the level of 'God'. So, you mean, this character is a metaphor for fate and the inevitability of God?"
"No, I mean, everyone aspires to be God, but humans cannot be God, because we have our own desires, our own weaknesses, which is called human nature, judging good and evil, right and wrong , Human nature to judge black and white. So, when we become gods, we inevitably take a stand, which is unfair to anyone. Even the law, it also has a stand, for example, protecting children is everyone for another example, serial killers must be sanctioned; of course, war lunatics are also absolutely prohibited by law." When Lance wrote the script of "Murder with a Knife", he had access to this information, and later wrote " In the script of "Fury Road", this effect of blurring legal and moral boundaries was implanted in the end of the wasteland, "So, in real life, if someone tries to play God, it will be a disaster." However, the killer you mentioned is like a god, because he has no emotion, no position, no judgment, in his eyes there are only life and death, and the only criterion for judgment is the task, so this gives His perspective of God, or more accurately, the perspective of death. This is the source of his cold blood."
Joel shook his head again and again and applauded gently, words could not express his excitement and excitement at the moment. In Hollywood, there are only a handful of people who can understand the creative thinking and core of the two brothers, and there is one standing in front of them. (83 Chinese website)