Hollywood Drawing

Nicolas Cage, who was belatedly arrived, and his female companion, faced the screams of fans on the red carpet, and smiled while walking with the flashbulbs of the media.

Nicolas Cage's female companion asked him quietly. "I heard that the Kodak Theater next door has a lot of stars on stage for "The Last Stand". Why don't you, Warner Bros., invite more stars?"

Facing the dazzling flashlights and crazy fans, Cage kept waving his hands to both sides, and Qingqi's face kept changing directions. "Sofia, because Warner Bros. has absolute confidence in this film! Although the director is not likeable, there is absolutely no problem with his ability."

After walking to the entrance of the theater and accepting a routine interview, the two people walked into the Chinese Grand Theater. When they entered the door, they saw the director greeting the guests.

Nicolas Cage shrugged and took the initiative to introduce himself. "Wayne, this is my cousin Sofia, um, Sofia Coppola. This is Wayne Greenberg, the genius director you admire!"

After gently shaking hands with the lady, Wayne said with a smile: "We have to get in quickly. All the fans with tickets have already entered the venue, and the screening will start soon."

After saying that, he led the two of them into the huge screening room and lowered his head to where the crew was in the first row. His seat was in the middle, with Halle Berry on one side and production manager John on the other.

Nicolas Cage sat on the edge, and Sofia Coppola kept staring in the direction of the director until the lights started to go out one by one, then she complained softly into her cousin's ear.

"Is this the annoying director you are talking about? Nicholas, is it true that as long as he doesn't smoke leaf cigarettes and play with women with you, he is considered a person you hate?"

"Shut up, Sofia, and watch a movie!"

The lights in the theater were slowly turning off, and there were two film critics sitting among the fans. Todd McCarthy and Kenneth Turan had already watched it in advance and had been cheering for it for a long time. Still couldn't help but meet up and come together again.

"Todd, look to your right front." Taking out his notebook, Kenneth Turan whispered to the old man.

Todd McCarthy, who was wearing the same equipment, looked up and glanced, also looking surprised. "David Denbigh is not staying in New York, so why did he come to Los Angeles? Warner Bros. invited him?"

This person is David Denbigh, the famous film critic of The New York Times. His review style is known for being cunning and mean. Hearing good words from him is even rarer than getting a thumbs up from Roger Ebert.

The circle of film critics is very small, and most of the famous ones know each other. "I don't know. Logically speaking, even if Warner invited him, he should be watching the movie in New York instead of traveling all the way to Los Angeles."

Seeing the Warner Bros. logo appear on the screen, Kenneth Turan stopped talking. "No matter why he came, this film will shock everyone in this theater, including David Denbigh!"

The big screen suddenly went dark, and the two huge letters DC appeared in the center, followed by a line of smaller letters: Works by Wayne Greenberg!

At this moment, Bella Grant, who had just completed all the interview tasks, also ran in and came to the seat she had reserved. As long as it was a premiere she had interviewed, Bella would not miss almost every movie.

Fortunately, she caught up with the beginning of the film, and after sitting down, the first scene happened to appear. Bella Grant believes that the fans around her, or the fans across the United States who are watching the movie today, are like her. They have been waiting for the movie for several months, and once the movie was released, they couldn't bear it anymore!

This may be the reason why the movie broke out early on Friday morning. When I saw Arthur for the first time in the movie, my mind couldn't help but flash back to the few-second trailer I saw on ABC. piece.

Arthur was walking alone on the street in a yellow jacket, and a sound sounded in the background: My mother always told me to keep smiling at people...

As a media practitioner, Bella Grant has always had a sensitive insight into this aspect. Fans can wait for months for a movie. The last time this happened was George Lucas's Star Wars! !

She wanted to take a closer look at how Batman's old enemy, the villain in DC Comics, could be made into a movie by that director as the protagonist.

The movie has started on the screen. The story takes place in Gotham City in the 1980s. The economy was depressed, prices skyrocketed, the gap between the rich and the poor was too wide, and the bottom workers went on strike.

And the male protagonist Arthur is just one of the lower class people who earns a meager salary by playing a clown. His dream is to bring happiness to everyone, which is also what his mother hopes for him.

When the camera turned, Arthur was holding a billboard and vigorously promoting a liquidation and bankrupt business on the roadside. Suddenly, a group of arrogant gangsters snatched the billboard away. He had to chase after him, but when he reached a deserted alley, he was beaten up by these arrogant gangsters.

"Businesses clearing out their inventory, middle-aged people who should have stable careers but are handing out flyers, idle young gangsters, well, there are also mountains of garbage piled up along the road that no one has cleaned up."

Bella Grant watched and recorded, muttering in a voice that only she could hear. "This indicates that Gotham City has fallen into a huge crisis! With this kind of lens and color contrast, Wayne Greenberg has indeed improved again!"

Arriving at the government-appointed psychological counselor, Arthur laughed for a long time before he could control himself. He has a mental illness of uncontrollable laughter, and there is obvious bitterness in his smile, because he believes that the psychological counselor in front of him can truly help him, treat him, and comfort him.

However, as usual, there was no real concern. Looking around the room, there were files filled with various mental illnesses. It was obvious that there were quite a few people coming for psychological counseling. The psychological counselor had an expressionless face and answered all of Arthur's routine questions.

Then she took the small notebook in which Arthur wrote jokes. After opening it, the camera showed a close-up. The notebook said, 'I only hope that my death will be more valuable than my life! ’

But even if the inner counselor saw it and still didn't care, she handed the book back and asked Arthur: 'Do you know why you are locked up in a mental hospital? ’

Only a few minutes into the movie, this scene caused obvious curses in the theater. Even Bella, who had watched countless movies, opened her mouth and said "fxxk!"

It's like someone slapped you in the mouth and asked you, 'Do you know where you went wrong? ’ But the audience knew that Arthur had done nothing wrong, he just couldn’t be as indifferent as they were.

Suddenly several people in the theater woke up. Among them were George Lucas and Spielberg. They looked at each other and saw surprise and horror in each other's eyes.

The movie only started for such a short time, but to be able to make veteran directors like them who have watched countless movies fall into it and feel the same way, let alone ordinary movie fans who have more emotional and outgoing emotions, this director is like releasing a demon!

The picture flashed on the big screen, and Arthur appeared in a bright room in the mental hospital. The close-up of the wall clock was also noticed by many people. Whether it was the style or color, it was exactly the same as the one here by the psychological counselor, and the hands were the same. a time.

However, it is extremely dark and depressing here, while the mental hospital is extremely bright. This strong contrast obviously makes it difficult to distinguish where the real mental hospital is.

After leaving here, on the bus home, Arthur started to have fun with a cute little boy in the front row. This was originally an act of kindness from Arthur, but in the eyes of the indifferent parents, this was an insult to their children. Harassment is an immediate rebuke to Arthur!

At this time, Arthur couldn't help but burst out laughing again. He covered his mouth with great effort, took out a made card with one hand and handed it to the child's parents, telling them that he often got sick suddenly like this.

The yellowed homemade card is full of wrinkles, which means that the disease has been around for many years. On the other hand, the special production of this card also indirectly allows the audience to understand that Arthur himself knows that this disease will affect others and is willing to deal with it. Minimize the influence of others.

"Fate is so unfair to Arthur, he is so kind..."

"God, why are you doing this to him?"

"He's a good man and shouldn't be like this."

At this time, many movie fans felt that a kind and good person should not be treated like this. This kind of social environment and life is simply too unfair to the male protagonist!

The film continues, Arthur will help his mother check the mailbox every day when he comes home, but every time it is empty. His mother would regularly write letters to Thomas Wayne, the chairman of the Wayne family, her old employer where she worked, hoping for financial assistance, but she never received a reply!

Every week, mother and Arthur would spend time together and watch Murray Franklin's talk show. This was the happiest thing for a mother and son. Murray Franklin is a well-known veteran talk show host. Once, Arthur was lucky enough to attend one of his shows.

He was also inadvertently named by Murray Franklin and shared his story at the scene. Arthur has been without a father since he was a child, and he and his mother depend on each other for life. Although he is getting older, he has never been married, and now he is still crowded in a shabby small apartment to take care of his mother.

Murray Franklin was very moved after hearing this. He specially invited him to the front desk and said some words of encouragement to him like a father. This made Arthur feel like he had received father's love for the first time in his life, and he blurted out this in his heart. The show host became his spiritual father.

"What on earth are you going to do? Wayne!" Bella Grant saw this. Even though she was a woman, she was deeply involved in the movie. If she hadn't maintained an absolutely rational mind, she would still be trapped in it. In the empathetic mood, this made her feel chills on her back.

"How can you play with people's emotions like this? The world is definitely not as cold as in your film!"

Because of her own emotional fluctuations, Bella Grant's voice was slightly louder. This sudden sound obviously affected the movie fans around her. The middle-aged man who was disturbed by her gave her a fierce look and hurriedly He moved his eyes back to the screen, obviously unwilling to miss a second of the movie.