Chapter 1187 Family Activities
Lucas Wood looked at Anson with a speechless face. Although he didn't say a word, his expression said everything.
Anson met the gaze calmly, "Don't hold it in, or you might end up holding it back."
Lucas glanced at Anson speechlessly and said nothing, but after a pause, he couldn't hold back after all, "Are you sure the guitar is still with you?"
"I mean, it's shocking enough that you go home like a bum for Christmas, but now you're going to the cinema with a guitar on your back?"
Complaints are useless.
Anson looked serious, "Of course. Otherwise, how can this be called 100% entering the role?"
Lucas, "Johnny Cash wouldn't go to the movies with his guitar on his back."
Anson, "Maybe so. But Johnny never leaves his guitar wherever he goes, because you never know when a performance opportunity will arise."
Lucas, "Even a Cinema?"
Anson, "Even in a movie theater. Creating this kind of inconvenience is precisely the purpose of carrying a guitar at all times. In the subway, you get a blank look because your guitar takes up space; or when you go to a coffee shop and your guitar accidentally bumps into other people, the clerk hopes You can take your coffee away”
Lucas couldn't believe his ears.
Anson lightly shrugged, "Look, if we haven't experienced it ourselves, it's hard to imagine such a thing, and it's hard to imagine the embarrassment of not bringing an instrument when invited to perform; it's also impossible to imagine carrying a guitar with you in different cities. The dilemma of looking for opportunities ”
"I need to be with the guitar all the time, in order to truly experience the chain reaction of its presence."
Lucas stared at Anson quietly, and looked at Anson again with his peripheral vision.
Anson, "What's wrong? This method is stupid? I know, but I don't know any other way, so I can only start with the stupid method."
Lucas was silent for a moment, "No, I just think that you are completely an actor now."
A small compliment, and then I saw Anson deliberately showing an extremely exaggerated expression, covering his chest, using an extremely exaggerated expression to express his emotion, exaggeratedly wiping his dry cheeks hard, and his whole face was squeezed into a ball like a bun.
Lucas couldn't hold it back and rolled his eyes: This guy.
Then, Lucas ignored Anson and changed the subject, "Are you sure, 'Elephant'?"
"Watching one of your movies every holiday. Last year it was 'Cat and Mouse' and this year it was 'Elephant'. Will this become an annual activity in our family?"
Anson couldn't control it and chuckled, "Is it like watching 'It's a Wonderful Life' every Christmas?"
Lucas made up the picture in his mind, and the corners of his mouth turned up, "Then you'd better make some positive and sunny movies, otherwise Christmas may turn into Halloween."
"Hahaha." Anson laughed happily, "I will try my best. Try my best. This time is a special case."
“I didn’t plan to come to the cinema originally, but this time I’m not worried about the box office.”
"The director said that the box office of his last film was only US$250,000 at the cinema. Although the film company was not prepared to make money, such box office performance was still not good."
"So, when he was preparing a new project this time, he finally decided to cooperate with HBO. Generally speaking, film directors don't like to cooperate with TV stations, and no one wants to make TV movies; but obviously, the director does not want to bring losses to the film company .”
Lucas suddenly realized, "But I won't win the award this time, so there should be no problem, right?"
Anson, "Awards are awards, box office is box office."
"The director told me about his next project plan, which is to go to the parks of Los Angeles to shoot skateboarding teenagers; he plans to go one step further on 'Elephant' and continue to explore the role of the photographic medium between film and reality."
"So, it is estimated that finding investment will still be difficult."
"I just thought, maybe we can make a little contribution to the box office." Lucas thought for a while, "Have you forgotten? Our own production company?"
Anson, "I talked to the director. But the director said that 99% of this project is estimated to lose money, and 99% of it will still miss the awards season. He doesn't want our brand-new company to get into trouble and invest in a project that makes no money, no awards, or even splash." project, otherwise, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck also have their own investment funds, and the director will not really be cornered.”
"He is now looking for deep-pocketed producers, hoping that the success of 'Elephant' will ignite their enthusiasm to sign a check in anticipation of another trip to Cannes."
While talking, the Wood brothers have arrived at the Angelica Film Center——
Saturday, afternoon.
The entrance to the Angelica Cinema Center was a busy scene on a normal weekend. There was no sign of the long queues yesterday. It was nothing special.
Entering the hall, it was still empty.
This worried Lucas slightly.
He usually only had a handful of opportunities to go to the cinema, so he didn't know what the cinema was like on Saturday afternoons; but a place like the Angelica Film Center was so deserted, which seemed unusual.
Lucas glanced at Anson.
Anson happened to look over and exhaled, with a look of worry between his brows.
The two of them walked towards the ticket window, and Lucas said in a deep voice, "The closest one to now is 'Elephant', two tickets, thank you."
"It's all sold out now at 2:45, is it okay for 3 o'clock?" The conductor replied very skillfully and with a smile on his face.
Lucas blinked.
Anson couldn't control himself and looked forward, "Did you just say it was sold out?"
"Yes, all the shows today have been basically sold out, and the occupancy rate for the three o'clock show has exceeded 90%, so it's best to prepare for admission in advance, otherwise you may have to go to the edge seats."
Anson blinked.
Lucas looked at Anson with confusion on his face: What if the box office is worrying?
This time, Lucas took over the conversation, "Can I ask what's going on? I thought there might not be many people entering a movie like this, or is the situation here at the Angelica Film Center different?"
Could it be that someone had reserved the venue?
"It's been full since yesterday. Not only today, but also tomorrow's ticket pre-sale rate has exceeded 50%. We ourselves were in a hurry and were shocked. No matter how you look at it, it should be the Anson-Wood effect."
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"In fact, if you came yesterday, this place was packed with people. Most of today's tickets were sold out yesterday, so the ticket hall was empty. We were all a little uncomfortable."
Lucas looked at Anson, and Anson looked at Lucas. Both of them were a little confused, not knowing what was happening. The situation in front of them caught them both off guard.
"Excuse me, do you still want the three o'clock show?"
Lucas withdrew his attention, "Yes. Two, thank you."
"I hope you enjoy Angelica's light and shadow time."
Lucas took the movie ticket and turned to look at Anson. The two brothers looked at each other, not knowing how to react for a moment.
Obviously, neither man expected this to happen.
Lucas, "Does this mean directors don't need to worry about box office?"
Anson shrugged and spread his hands, "The box office of art films cannot be judged according to common sense. But I'm sure the director doesn't know this news."
So, the movie tickets are all sold out, which is a good thing, right?
(End of chapter)