Exploiting Hollywood 1980

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"So this is the secret of the stone ball? Install it on the track with a mechanism, which can stop the stone ball from rolling at any time?" Ronald heard Spielberg's introduction and knew how to make the stone ball not dangerous.

"Yes, although the glass fiber reinforced plastic is very light and hollow, but I doubled the size of the stone ball. If it rolls, it is still dangerous. Adding the brakes is much better."

"Good luck with your ET project and thank you for your advice."

"Good luck to you too, Ronald." Spielberg said goodbye with a "I don't need good luck" smile.

Ronald and Nisita left the theater after consulting Spielberg for some shooting tips.

"Why, aren't you going to the parking lot with me? I'll take you back to the hotel." Nisita got on Singberg as she wished, and was about to pick up the car when she saw Ronald standing still at the door of the ticket booth. Feeling strange, come up and ask him.

"I'm wondering why Spielberg is so confident." Ronald stared at the door of the ticket booth, not moving. "ET's script is clearly aimed at young children, and Columbia's marketing department is right. And teenagers will love to watch it. A film for young children?"

"Didn't you say it? He has the ability to realize his imagination. Simberg also trusts him. Let's go, this is not the time to think about this, you should prepare for the next interview.

Amy Hecklein is not an outsider. We have learned that she is your alumnus at NYU Tess, a few years older than you. She has done editing work in Los Angeles for a period of time, and she has the strength to act as a director. "

"Okay, I'll come." Ronald took two steps and looked back at the people lining up outside the ticket booth. Today, many parents took their children to see the preview of the PG-rated "The Lost Ark of the Covenant". The parents accompanied the children, and there were several people in the whole family. "

Ronald, who returned to the hotel, waited with peace of mind for the joint interview to decide who would be the director.

Everything that needs to be thought has been thought, everything that needs to be done has been done, the dice have been rolled, and the judgment of the facts is awaited.

Ronald became relaxed all of a sudden. He took notes on the script every day to see if there was any new inspiration. He took time to watch TV shows. There are many TV shows produced locally by Hollywood in California. He watched the blond girl on TV. Quan Dang was relieved of his boring conversation in the valley accent.

He even took the opportunity to watch a few movies, including the just premiered "Endless Love". Before the heat of Brooke Shields' congressional hearing had passed, PolyGram played a big hit with Brooke Shields in theaters all over the country. The poster with the avatar attracts some people very much.

"Oh, Jed's boyfriend loves her so much that he'll do anything for her."

"Yeah, when we're in high school, we'll have a boyfriend like David."

"Is it really that good between men and women?"

"I don't know either, my sister is in grade 12 and she said I'd know when I got into high school."

Ronald, who was sitting in the movie theater, couldn't help laughing as he listened to a few girls in the back, who looked to be in seventh or eighth grade, talking about the movie.

In fact, Brooke Xiaosi's ecstatic expression was the result of forcibly controlling the pain and itching caused by pinching her toes.

As if to blame Ronald's inappropriate laughter, the little girls in the front, back, left and right glared at him.

Ronald quickly sat down. There were only two or three teenage couples in the dozens of spectators sitting in the hall, and most of them kissed each other as if nobody was there.

A week later, it was finally time for the interview scheduled with Simberg and Mount.

Ronald finally meets his invisible opponent, Amy Hecklin.

She is a beautiful woman, wearing a pair of sunglasses, with slightly curly short hair scattered on both sides, a black shirt on the upper body, a pair of jeans and sneakers on the lower body, and the whole person is very free and easy.

She reminded Ronald of Kathryn Bigelow, a woman who wanted to be a film director, with some tough and capable qualities.

Amy Hecklein came to say hello,

"Hi Ronald, I'm Amy. I heard you're a New Yorker too? A student of Diese? New Yorkers are familiar with the rules of competition. This is professional behavior, not personal grudge."

"It doesn't involve personal grudges." Ronald shook hands with her.

Immediately, Amy Hecklin was the first to be called into the interview room to accept interviews with Tom Mount and Sidney Simberg.

"Americans like to say that," Ronald said to Nisita and Richard, who were with him.

"Because America likes to compete and can cooperate after winning or losing, this is the key quality of our leadership in the free world." Nisita replied.

"Bullshit." Ronald thought to himself. There is nothing that doesn't involve personal grievances, there are only so few opportunities, and you can't give them to me. For anyone who gets the chance to direct, they can get a chance to roll the dice, and they can continue to direct new movies if they sell well at the box office.

And the guy who doesn't get the chance, has to go back to technical careers like editing, assistant director, casting director, etc.

Or keep writing the script, waiting for a chance to be picked up by the producers, and then compete with other younger players.

There is nothing here that is not personal.

"Amy, can I call you Amy?" In the interview room, Tom Mount greeted Hekelin first.

"Of course, Mr. Mount, Mr. Simberg."

"Please tell me what do you want this movie to be like?" Simberg began to ask.

"I wanted to make 'Fast Rhythm' a song ensemble about teens growing up. California high school students are very diverse, so that when the audience sees it, they think of themselves in high school, and high school Like friends and teachers..."

Amy Heckerling added some of her own understanding of the character portrait of Ronald, given by Mount.

She was interviewed first, arranged by Tom Mount, so that she could gain a number of advantages with Simberg.

After a few questions, the interview with Heckling was over. Tom Mount was whispering something to Simberg, and Heckling was about to leave.

"Miss Hecklen, last question, who are you making the movie for?" Simberg asked, interrupting Mount's whisper. Valley

"Who is it for?" Hecklin didn't expect that there was still a problem, and was a little surprised. But she quickly reacted, "I want to make a comedy for the audience."

"It's going to be somewhere between a neuro-comedy and a romantic comedy with some slapstick elements. I want the audience to feel that the characters in this comedy are living around us.

Let's put it this way...if an audience member wakes up and finds himself in the world of comedy movies. Then the audience who fell into the "unprecedented flying" will feel hopeless, and all the characters are crazy.

Audiences who fall into '9 to 5' will feel intimidated, and the supporting characters in it are even tied up and hung from the ceiling for fun.

I hope the audience who falls into the 'fast-paced Richmond High School' will feel relieved. Because they've entered the high school world again, there's no one to kill them here, and no nerve-racking dialogue, but a lighthearted, knowing humor.

Just like when I watched George Luca's debut "American Graffiti", the laughter was full of hope and sweetness. "

"Thank you, Miss Hecklen."

Amy Hecklein came out of the room just in time to see Ronald. She stretched out her hand and shook Ronald again, "You don't have to be discouraged if you lose, you might as well be an assistant director for me. With this experience, you will soon be able to direct independently."

This is the second person to say something similar to Ronald recently, but this time Ronald and her are competitors, and he doesn't want to show weakness.

"So are you, Miss Hecklen."

"Hello, Ronald, tell me what you want this movie to be like." Tom Mount sat upright and began to ask Ronald questions in an official tone.

"Like I said last time, I want America's young people to see their own lives on the screen..." Ronald repeated his last thoughts.

"Are you going to make it into a drama? Like your last screenplay, 'Famous Around the World'?"

"No, I want to make a light comedy with a realistic touch about the love lives of men and women in those public schools in the California Valley. Most of the three public TV shows are produced in Hollywood, and the valley accent here also spreads to All over America.

With the increasing number of teenage viewers of TV series, the valley accent in Southern California has become a symbol of a superior life, and young people across the country are popular with California high school students, so I hope to shoot the characteristics of the valley girl and attract the national audience. audience. "

Tom Mount cross-examined some more questions, then began to whisper to Simberg, shaking his head as he spoke.

"Who do you want to make this movie for?" Interrupting Mount's whisper, Simberg asked this question as usual.

"Show it to high school students across America," Ronald replied without hesitation.

"The content of this film will probably be rated R. That way our main audience will need to be accompanied by adults.

Of course America's movie theaters don't strictly follow this rule, and our audience won't be looking for parents to watch this kind of movie with parents who will be intimidated by how open the movie is.

Therefore, the escort they seek to watch the movie will not look for their parents like the "Lost Ark of the Covenant", but the whole family will go out to watch the movie. They are probably looking for older brothers, seniors, or even older heterosexual lovers.

The viewing tastes of these teens, unlike those of the younger audiences that ET scripts face, can't have any uncomfortable violence or exposure.

Unlike the recently released "Endless Love", most of them are junior high school girls, a group of little girls who have no experience in love, as long as the love in your movie makes them feel great, no matter how ridiculous the content is.

What teenage audiences need is a certain authenticity that makes them feel believable about the characters on the screen. It also includes some of the things they wanted to do in life but didn't get it done.

For example, winning a rugby game, successfully deceiving your parents after an accident, or finding a beloved boyfriend and girlfriend to spend the first time in your life..."

Simberg was satisfied with Ronald's answer.

"Mr. Li, thank you, you can go out now."

After the door was closed by Ronald, Tom Mount changed direction and said to Simberg, "Heckline has more experience. She edited documentaries for film school for half a year in Hollywood."

"But I heard that she was fired because she couldn't find where to put the edited film."

"I watched Hecklin's graduation short film, and it was very inspirational. She also accurately grasped the character portraits in the script."

"Don't talk like a fool, Tom. That's the question you asked Ronald in his first interview." Simberg bluntly pierced the matter of Mount's answer.

"And take care of your crotch, Tom. Don't hang around with these women of interest. The company's lawyers have handled several cases for you."

"You!" Tom Mount was at a loss for words, but then he said, "Sidney, you still want to get ET back from Columbia, don't you?"

"I decided on a film project without your consent, Tom."

"But you don't want someone to trouble you on the board, do you?"

"what do you want?"

"Hecklin likes this script very much..."

"That's not possible, Ronald is obviously the better candidate, he's a script writer and Roger Coleman trained him to know how to run a low-budget movie.

What's more, Spielberg admires him and wants to invite him to his amusement park, and I don't want to make a fuss about ET. "

"Then what I promised Hecklin..."

"That's your business. You can find another job for her. I'll approve it."

"Okay, Sidney, you win this time." Tom Mount raised his hands in surrender.