Hollywood Road

"Murphy, look at all of Hollywood,"

Sitting at the same table, Roger Ebert said to Murphy earnestly, "There are not many directors with unique and distinctive styles like you. Every time your work comes out, people can see progress. , Hollywood movies need a director like you, stick to your style, and one day you will reap rich fruits."

"Different styles can bring different surprises," Murphy raised his wine glass and gestured to Roger Ebert. "Stylish movies will definitely find their own place and outlet in Hollywood."

Roger Ebert took a sip from his water glass, "Your existence proves that there are more than just those severely homogenized films in Hollywood."

Murphy smiled modestly, "You praise me too much."

He was discussing the stylization of Hollywood movies with Roger Ebert, and Quentin Tarantino was sitting next to Harvey Weinstein, discussing him and Sin City.

"During the shooting, Murphy told me that digital photography can achieve some special effects more easily. I was a little skeptical, but now I believe it,"

Speaking of this, Quentin Tarantino slapped his thigh hard, "This guy is simply amazing! Murphy picked up what Hollywood has long abandoned, that tough and extreme style, This time it will definitely bring a super glory!"

Harvey Weinstein drank a glass of wine directly, looking in a great mood, "I can already foresee that he will succeed again."

"It's not just as simple as success," Quentin Tarantino shook his finger, and his words were more from the perspective of the director and the audience, "With the support of digital technology, Murphy's filming is almost like It's as easy as drawing a sketch on a drawing board, and many people think that Murphy's shooting this time is just a reproduction of the comics, but the fact is that people who think so have brain problems!"

Quentin snorted heavily with disdain, and then said, "How much difference is there between movies and comics? Can the two be confused? Without Murphy's superb camera sense, as well as carefully prepared storyboards and sketches, this film Can it achieve the current effect?"

"Impossible!" Harvey Weinstein shook his head without thinking.

He fully agrees with this. Without Murphy, there would be absolutely no such cool audio-visual images of "Sin City" that can be seen now. Frank Miller's comics only provide the plot and character settings, but in the video In terms of details such as style and camera movement, it was Murphy who gave the final film a comprehensive guide.

In terms of organizing plot material and controlling the rhythm of the film,

Murphy even played a pivotal role.

"Murphy did a very good job of controlling the atmosphere and rhythm of the film. He made the comic story that was originally a bit scattered into an extremely tight rhythm."

Picking up the water glass and taking a sip, Quentin continued to say to Harvey Weinstein, "Murphy has endowed the film with a super-watchable quality. There are no cold scenes in two hours. From the beginning to the end, my nerves are always excited. status, until the end of the film, I still regret that the time is too short."

Harvey Weinstein smiled. He knew that Quentin liked Murphy very much because of their extraordinary styles, and there were endless common topics between the two.

From the moment the project was approved, in fact, there were faint voices circulating within the crew, saying that Murphy was not shooting a movie, but was using the lens to make comics. He was an insignificant director at all, and he was completely Frank Miller's puppet.

But is this really the case? If the position of director was really given to Frank Miller, there would never be this film!

A fool also knows that a manga master and a film director are two different things!

"Let's put it this way, Harvey, the story of the Frank Miller comics is too rambling and slow-paced to be straight into a movie," he said.

Quentin Tarantino had also heard some comments, and after watching the movie, he naturally wanted to support Murphy, "You and I both know that Murphy didn't copy the comics at all, but intercepted part of the story and made it The narrative inside each story has become very concise and crisp, many turning points are surprising but not messy, and the fast-moving rhythm does not give people a sense of haste or accumulation.”

Of course, Harvey Weinstein knows what he said. He has watched the film five times since it was completed. The editing led by Murphy can be described as superb. How compact.

Judging from the connection between the stories, the first part of "Sin City" has the fastest pace, and the muffle played by Seth Rogen basically surprises people every minute; the second part of "Sniper Killing" has Zhang Youchi, The beginning and the end are very wild, and the middle part uses lengthy dialogues to show the character of the characters; the third part "Yellow Bastard" is the slowest, but it is not boring at all. Murphy seems to be mischievously testing the patience of the audience. However, it is secretly accumulating emotions. When the emotions finally accumulate to a certain level, the plot suddenly rushes forward, which is not only in line with the tenacity of Robert Downey Jr.'s character who endures humiliation, but also makes the viewer feel the pleasure of a sudden release of emotions.

"I think what Murphy did best is the violent scenes in the film." Harvey Weinstein did not hide his appreciation for the film, "The stylized action scenes he created are the most satisfying to me! "

Judging from the violence index, this film can definitely create a record for Hollywood movies this year. Shooting, blood, and beatings are all trivial things. Hands are simply commonplace.

"The level of violence exceeds my "Kill Bill"!" Quentin - Tarantino admits this, but admires Murphy's technique, "These violent scenes are extremely bloody and cruel, far better than "Kill Bill" , but Murphy deftly uses the visual style to soften the violence."

Speaking of this, Quentin Tarantino shook his head, and suddenly felt that in "Kill Bill", he deliberately used black and white images to deal with the technique of the bride fighting the Eighty-Eight Killing Group. Compared with what Murphy did, it was simply too much. Pediatrics.

It was also a cult film, but compared to Murphy's "Sin City" and his own "Kill Bill", there was a clear gap.

This rising star seems to have a tendency to surpass himself.

Seeing this, Quentin Tarantino knew that he had to work hard, and he couldn't always go on like this.

Of course, if that guy Murphy has a fun idea behind him, he must let him call himself, so that everyone can play together to have fun.

A young man suddenly came to this table and whispered something in Harvey Weinstein's ear.

"Quentin, you can do whatever you want," Harvey Weinstein stood up, "I have something to go out for a while."

Quentin Tarantino waved his hand casually.

Harvey Weinstein straightened his suit a little, buttoned it up, and followed the young man, nodding to the person who greeted him, as he walked through the ballroom and into a larger lounge on the left .

Pushing open the door of the lounge, there was a black woman holding a file bag, it was Jones Butler who had changed his position.

After gesturing to the young man to close the lounge door, Harvey Weinstein walked over to an armchair and sat down, asking, "Are the statistics out?"

"As soon as the company's statistics are over," Jones Butler also sat down, "I rushed over."

She handed the document bag to Harvey Weinstein, who didn't take it, but said, "You just say I'll listen."

Taking back the file bag, Jones Butler didn't look at it, and said directly, "After the preview, our public relations staff contacted eight professional film critics. There is a problem. In addition, Kenneth Turan, Todd McCarthy, Joe Moenstegen and Roger Ebert are also several top film critics who are not likely to be affected by PR, and we have no contact."

"I talked to Kenneth Turan, Todd McCarthy, and Roger Ebert," Harvey Weinstein said, "and all three of them liked Murphy and the film better, probably not. Will give bad reviews."

Jones Bartley took out his notebook and wrote it down.

"As for the media reporters," she closed the notebook, and said, "Because of the relationship between time and occupation, we can only have rough statistics. Of the 46 entertainment media reporters who participated in the preview, 38 gave positive comments, of which Nearly 20 people thought the film was very exciting and left a deep impression on them!"

Hearing this, Harvey Weinstein nodded slightly, just as he expected, Murphy did a good enough job.

"What about the audience at the test screening?" he asked.

Jones-Butler immediately said, "Forty male audiences and ten female audiences participated in the test screening. The former gave the film an A+ rating; the latter nine gave the film a B or lower rating, and only one Hit a-..."

This clearly shows the main audience of "Sin City".

Therefore, Harvey Weinstein urged, "Report this data to the propaganda department, give up all promotional measures targeting female audiences, and increase the promotional efforts among adult men."

Jones Bartley also recorded these, and then said, "As for the theaters, a total of 15 representatives from eight theater companies participated in our preview meeting, and all of them agreed that the film It has a certain market potential, and the company where it works is willing to invest enough screens."

She thought for a while, "Emperor Entertainment and All-American Artists also expressed their willingness to increase the number of screens by another 10% on the basis of the previous agreement."

This is undoubtedly good news. The more screens there are, the higher the box office the film may get.

From the end of the screening to the present, Harvey Weinstein has been in a good mood, he stood up, and ordered, "Go and inform the various departments that there is still a week between now and the premiere, and do the final publicity and distribution work. "(To be continued.)