Hollywood Director 1992

"Link, would you like to try some delicious chocolate sauce?"

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"No need! You eat more."

Link looked at the pile of shit-like chocolate sauce and refused Chris Bauer's kindness, continuing to edit the footage.

This is Mansfield, Ohio, USA, on the set of "The Shawshank Redemption". After more than two months of filming, the movie is about to wrap up.

Today, they are filming the scene where the protagonist, Andy Dufresne, escapes from prison.

Andy spent more than twenty years digging a tunnel with a small rock hammer in Shawshank Prison, and finally decided to escape during a stormy weather.

Inside the prison, Andy changed his clothes, packed his suit and passbook, and tied them to his calf before starting his escape.

"Stop!"

"Andy, you need to be more excited. You used your clever brain to deceive the warden and are preparing to embark on a new life. Next, you will face two outcomes, either death or freedom. You should be a little more excited at this time."

Director Frank Darabont reminded him.

"Alright, I will."

Tim Robbins nodded and started acting again.

Arriving at the underground sewage pipe area, he lifted a large stone. When the sound of thunder rang out from the crew, he raised the stone and smashed it hard on the pipe, making a loud bang.

After smashing it three times in a row, a hole was smashed in the cement pipe, and turbid excrement flowed out of the hole.

Andy entered the pipe and slowly crawled outwards in the sewage, almost fainted by the excrement in the pipe.

In fact, the sewage and excrement were all chocolate sauce. Half a ton of chocolate sauce was used for this scene.

During the filming, the air in the crew was filled with the aroma of chocolate sauce.

After Andy Dufresne crawled out of the pipe, he fell into a pool of water. A heavy rain began to fall from the sky, and Andy stood in the rain, tore off his prison clothes, and raised his arms towards the sky.

When filming this scene, the directing team had discussed whether Andy should shout a few times after escaping to vent his emotions and move the audience.

After discussion, they chose not to shout loudly, as this would make the prison escape seem unprofessional and would make the character of Andy Dufresne seem too frivolous and not stable enough.

But in order to move the audience, Tim Robbins had to use force when performing, to be able to show that kind of emotional tension.

This scene is very important, it is the highlight of the whole movie. Tim Robbins performed hard for six takes before director Darabont announced that it was a pass.

"Cut!"

After filming this scene, the main scenes of "The Shawshank Redemption" were completed, leaving only some scattered shots.

After finishing his work, Link returned to Los Angeles and began the pre-release promotion for "Seven" (Se7en).

This year's summer movie market in North America is extremely competitive.

From May onwards, "The Flintstones" and "Maverick" sold well, to June when "Speed" and "The Lion King" sold well, to July when "Forrest Gump" became a hit.

After "Forrest Gump", there is also Link's new movie "Seven" (Se7en), the western action movie "Wyatt Earp" starring superstar Kevin Costner, the action blockbuster "True Lies" jointly created by James Cameron and Schwarzenegger, and the suspense blockbuster "The Client" directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones.

All are famous directors + famous actors + high-cost mode.

Currently, "Forrest Gump" has extremely high word-of-mouth, and the box office data remains high.

Under such circumstances, it is difficult for other movies to get a good box office result, especially "Seven" (Se7en).

This movie is preceded by "Forrest Gump" and followed by "Wyatt Earp" and "True Lies".

If the quality is slightly worse, it will be eaten as a sandwich.

On July 15th, in an extremely unfavorable public opinion atmosphere, "Seven" (Se7en) was released in 2441 theaters in North America, with a first-week box office of 26.96 million US dollars.

This result is not bad, but it failed to win the weekly box office champion.

The weekly box office champion is still "Forrest Gump", with a third-week box office revenue of 31.28 million US dollars, and a cumulative box office of 109 million US dollars, becoming the fourth movie in North America this year to break 100 million at the box office.

"Seven" (Se7en) failed to win the box office champion in its first week, and was ridiculed by many media.

After "Buried", every movie of Link's could win the box office champion in its first week. The production cost of this "Seven" (Se7en) is as high as 30 million US dollars, which is the sum of the costs of the previous few movies, but it is the only movie that failed to win the weekly champion.

What does this mean?

It means that Link has failed.

The media have published articles ridiculing, saying that Link has begun to decline, his movies are being abandoned by the audience, and it is difficult to reproduce the amazing achievements of the past.

Michael Ovitz and others took the opportunity to kick him when he was down, using the media resources in their hands to actively suppress "Seven" (Se7en), saying that this movie is a bad movie, plagiarizing the ideas of French movies, and that winning the Palme d'Or was very watery, and that Link spent money to buy the award.

The famous film critic Sean Thorpe claimed that Link wanted to transform through "Seven" (Se7en) after making many bad movies, but he was too eager and did not make this movie well, resulting in this movie being neither fish nor fowl.

Sean Thorpe ridiculed Link for not being able to make a proper movie, and asked him to practice for a few more years before considering making art films.

The above comments disregarded the facts and talked nonsense, angering many filmmakers who liked "Seven" (Se7en).

Quentin Tarantino said in an interview with reporters outside the theater that the overall level of "Seven" (Se7en) is no worse than Hitchcock's "Psycho" or Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining", and it is a thriller film close to full marks.

At the same time, Quentin also said that "Seven" (Se7en) may be the peak of Link's career. This movie is of such a high level that it is impossible for Link to make a better movie than this.

Director Martin Scorsese also rarely spoke out in the media after watching the movie, saying that "Seven" (Se7en) deserved the Palme d'Or.

Oscar winner Jodie Foster said in an interview that no matter how many classic crime suspense movies there are in film history, from now on, when people mention such movies, "Seven" (Se7en) is an unavoidable topic. This movie also proves that Link has unlimited potential in film creation, and she is also looking forward to working with Link.

The famous film critic Rudin Batcheler published a review in "The Hollywood Reporter", saying that this movie is the work that surprised him the most this year.

The first surprise is that Link abandoned the low-cost gimmick film creation style of the past, and created a high-level thriller suspense blockbuster through ingenious script design, gorgeous scene layout, rigorous and meticulous photography techniques, etc. Link's transformation is surprising.

The second surprise is that Link continues to maintain extremely high creativity in the new movie. He breaks the framework of traditional Hollywood genre movies. Through ingenious design, he creates a movie that seems to be a police film very profound. Not only does it shock the audience, but it also triggers social thinking, which is of great significance. Link still insists on innovation and breakthroughs in the new movie, and this persistence is also surprising.

Etc.

Despite the support of many filmmakers who publicly spoke out in support of "Seven" (Se7en), Michael Ovitz united the seven major film companies and mobilized hundreds of media outlets to suppress the word-of-mouth of "Seven" (Se7en), with great fanfare.

One mistake, one first, one hair, one inside, one Rong, one is, one look!

In its second week of release, "Seven" (Se7en) took 24.07 million US dollars at the box office, the runner-up in the weekly box office.

The western action movie "Wyatt Earp" starring Kevin Costner flopped, with a premiere box office of only 7.54 million US dollars.

The champion is still "Forrest Gump", with a weekly box office of 28.37 million US dollars, steadily suppressing "Seven" (Se7en) for two consecutive weeks.

"Hey, Link, are you okay? We've all helped you promote it, but 'Seven' (Se7en)'s box office still hasn't reached number one. What's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly not working anymore?"

Quentin called and joked after the box office came out.

"'Seven' (Se7en) has taken more than 50 million at the box office in two weeks and has successfully recouped its investment. What's wrong with this result?"

Link leaned on the sofa and answered the phone.

"Godfather! Shh ~"

Liu Qianqian next to her pointed to the homework book on the table, puffing out her small face and asking him to speak softly, so as not to disturb her train of thought in doing math problems.

Link shook his head, the little devil is really annoying, he could only take the phone and go next door to continue answering.

". For other directors, it's good enough for a movie to successfully recoup its investment, but you are different. You are Link, the holder of the top three box office revenue ratio records in film history, and the most profitable guy among the younger generation of directors. Every one of your movies will get strong support from fans and sell well at the box office after its release.

Now it's not easy to make a high-cost blockbuster. Even if the box office revenue ratio is not 100 times, it should be ten times, right? But from the current box office data, it is at most three times, and it is difficult for the North American box office to break 100 million.

Link, this movie of yours is pretty good, but the box office results are very regrettable. Aren't you very good at hyping up movies? Why don't you continue to hype it up and see how much box office you can get?"

Link was speechless. This guy is too long-winded. If he talks to him on the phone, if his life is a little shorter, he probably would have hung up before he finished speaking.

"No need. 'Seven' (Se7en), like 'Pulp Fiction', is a more artistic movie. The weekly box office revenue is not much, but the screening cycle is long and the box office decline is small. After more than ten weeks of release, the box office will slowly accumulate. When the time comes, you can take a look. 'Seven' (Se7en)'s box office results will definitely not be too bad."

Link said.

"Seven" (Se7en) received a 2.6 times box office reward during internal screenings.

After more than a month of promotion and the Palme d'Or blessing, the box office reward reached 2.8 times, and it is not difficult to get more than 200 million box office in North America.

So he is quite satisfied with the current box office increase of "Seven" (Se7en).

Quentin didn't believe his words, thinking that he was comforting himself, and jokingly advised him to think positively. It's not terrible to lose a movie at the box office. If it doesn't work, win it back next time. He advised him not to think too much and become depressed from then on.

"No, thank you for your concern."

Link didn't want to chat with this long-winded ghost, so he said good night and hung up the phone.

"Godfather, how do you do this question?"

Liu Qianqian trotted over with her exercise book.

Link had a headache when he saw the child's homework, "Ask your mom."

"She and Monica are practicing yoga and told me to ask you."

The little one blinked her big eyes and looked at him.

Link was helpless. Does being a godfather also require being good at math problems? This difficulty is too high.

Seeing that the little one loves to study so much, he can only support his head and explain the math problem to her.