Chapter 743 Don’t want to miss it
Perhaps, people don’t like Universal Pictures and even despise Universal Pictures for being a small-minded company. Standing at the top of the Hollywood pyramid but never showing the magnanimity of a big company; but Universal Pictures can succeed with such a strategy. And it is also an ability to maintain stability for ten years in the fierce competition of large companies.
It must be admitted that Universal Pictures is truly unparalleled in its cleverness in terms of profiteering, calculations, trickery, etc., and its abacus can be made loud and clear.
At the production company level, what they consider is not the actor's acting skills or attitude, but the actor's value. Everything is a number.
Universal Pictures’ numerical calculations show that Anson is a wise choice; Focus Features also agrees that perhaps “Warm and Bright” can indeed become a distinctive work, targeting The market, putting aside the shackles of the awards season, has become the favorite of literary and artistic youth——
Like "Love Before Dawn".
However, things are not that simple.
Just like the misalignment between the producers of "Ocean's Twelve" and the soul of the project, "Nuan Nuan Contains Light" also faces a similar dilemma.
In fact, the original inspiration for the project "Warmth and Light Within" came not from Charlie Kaufman, but from French director Michel-Gondry.
Michel Gondry, like David Fincher, started out as a music video director. He has worked with top musicians such as Daft Punk and Radiohead; but he has always had a dream and aspired to be a film director. .
In 2001, when Michel was filming his first career directorial feature film "Human Nature", he invited Tim-Robbins to join him to show off his connections in the industry.
As early as 1994, Michel and his friends conceived the story framework of "Warmth and Light Within" and improved it little by little in the following years; however, he had no confidence in the script.
In 1997, Michelle found Charlie Kaufman, hoping that this talented screenwriter could develop his inspirations and ideas into a complete script. At that time, the two started brainstorming and quickly completed it I wrote a script for a thirty-minute short film and thought it was very feasible.
However, at that time, Charlie Kaufman was busy with his own projects, including "Adaptation of the Screenplay" and "Puppet Life", and he had no way to distract himself for the time being, which led to the entire "Warm and Bright" project. The project is on hold for now.
In 2000, the movie "Memento" directed by Christopher Nolan came on the scene and quickly became a carnival for a small number of brain-burning movie lovers. This caused Charlie Kaufman to worry.
Because the movie also focuses on memory, showing the impact and impact of memory on life, and it is also a chaotic memory.
Charlie was worried that this might cause controversy and he decided to withdraw from the project.
In the end, it was Michelle who convinced Charlie that they would create a completely different movie, extending different universes around similar themes.
After another brainstorming and a collision of inspirations, countless sparks burst out in Charlie Kaufman's mind again, and only then did he come up with subsequent creative ideas.
On one side, after Charlie finished the creation of "Adapted Script", he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the creation of "Warm and Containing Light" and completely abandoned Focus Pictures. This made Focus Pictures slightly worried, but There is no other way.
Meanwhile, Michelle began looking for suitable actors in Hollywood.
Because Charlie and Nicolas Cage had just collaborated on "Adapted Screenplay", Charlie thought that Nicolas had done an excellent acting job. He and Nicolas had a brief talk and initially reached an intention to continue cooperation.
But obviously, Michelle was not satisfied and did not stop looking for actors.
Then, a new name appeared -
Jim Carrey.
"When Kim learned about the script Charlie was writing, he showed great interest in it without even reading the script; just as it happened, Michelle admired Kim particularly, and he believed that Kim's comedy performance had inspired countless film creators."
"The two of them hit it off right away. As far as I know, they have met once and had a great conversation."
Things are a little tricky.
Focus Features is optimistic about Anson.
As for directors, I am optimistic about Jim Carrey.
As for screenwriting, I’m optimistic about Nicolas Cage.
What kind of crematorium is this?
On one side, there is Nicolas Cage, the undisputed king of connections in Hollywood. He is also a former Oscar winner and has a close relationship with the screenwriter.
On one side, there is Jim Carrey, one of the greatest comedians in Hollywood in the past decade. By the way, he was also the leading actor in his previous movie. Now Anson, who has just three released films in his career, has to compete with these two actors.
Finally, Anson understood, "It's exactly the same as the 'Twelve Arhats'."
The simple words revealed light joking and ridicule. It can be seen that Anson was in a good mood.
This made Edgar also smile, "So, are you ready to fight for it?"
"Ocean's Twelve", Anson's attitude tends to avoid it, because the movie is a close-up movie. It is a joyful piece of work in which a group of good friends gather together to make money and laugh, giving the audience a moment of relaxation. There is no need for him to squeeze in among them and look at each other's faces.
So, what about “warmth and light within”?
"Fight, of course we must fight for it." Anson answered without any hesitation.
"I am willing to meet with the director. Isn't he looking for actors in Hollywood? Compared with Jim Carrey, my salary is nothing at all."
"I am also willing to meet with him. Meeting with the screenwriter, if it won’t disturb his work, I believe it will bring him more inspiration and not crash with Christopher Nolan.”
“Audition?”
“No problem. , inform me of the time and place, and I will be there on time.”
"Oh, so this script should be the script of that short film, right?"
After saying that, Anson raised the script in his hand. No wonder it only had thirty-three pages.
Edgar looked at Anson, his clear blue eyes flashed brightly, a kind of excitement, enthusiasm and passion were blowing out -
So pure.
Edgar was slightly surprised. It seemed that Anson was like this for the first time in his memory. He was even more excited than during "Spider-Man" and "Cat and Mouse Game".
Involuntarily, curiosity arose.
Edgar, "Why?"
"I mean, I understand you enjoy the work, but I've never seen you so excited and show such a level of initiative. "
"We were supposed to be the ones choosing the scripts, but now it seems that we have become the ones chosen again."
Anson shrugged lightly, "Well, because of Jim Carrey and. The name Nicolas Cage makes my head a little overheated.”
Edgar laughed at the joke, but he knew it was a joke and he was still waiting for the real reason.
Anson thought for a while.
“Captain, you know there is a saying in the rugby league draft, maybe reason tells you a hundred reasons and a hundred formulas should not select a player, but if your intuition tells you a different answer , then there is only one thing you need to do: choose him."
"The same goes for the script."
"We can sit here and analyze rationally, the next script should not be for middle school students. , this script may establish an actor's image, that script may make a splash during awards season, this project may continue to hit the box office, and that project may earn a salary of 20 million US dollars."
"Rationality can analyze many, many things."
"But sometimes there are some projects, there is no reason, you just like it. Then, you should not miss it."
"Captain, I don’t want to miss this project”
(End of Chapter)