Rebirth in America

Before he got up in the morning, Alex felt that his pants were wet. He stretched out his hand to touch them and found that they were sticky. Having had this kind of experience before, he was not surprised to get up and look for new underwear and sheets.

"It is said that in more economically developed areas, children mature faster. There are even reports that girls have menstruation at the age of six or seven, and they have to eat quickly." Alex stood up silently and changed out of his underwear.

He was thinking about how to explain it to his family. This problem is really a headache!

"There is usually an awkward scene of a father-son talk. How can we avoid this!"

After thinking for a long time, I had no idea. In the end, he decided not to explain.

The next day, Alex ate breakfast in a hurry early in the morning. He didn't even do his usual fitness running and hurried to the recording studio. He hasn't gone to school yet, he thinks he won't do it for another two years.

As for Richard, he is already in elementary school. The Carpenters were worried about their sons' mental health, fearing that their two bright sons would be separated from their peers for too long, which would lead to various problems.

Now Alex makes excuses to go to the recording studio whenever he has free time. In fact, he spends a lot of time outside. When he first started, he had no problem doing this. As his fame grew, he no longer dared to go shopping alone.

It's been almost a year since "Little Fugitive" was released, and the film was released not only in the United States but also in other countries in Europe. It even aroused enthusiastic comments from filmmakers from various European countries. They were deeply attracted by this fresh shooting technique, storyline and musical expression.

Starting from this film, France's trendy movies were deeply inspired. Not only that, young people all over the world who had just graduated from film schools were stimulated by this movie. When many young people saw this movie, they had the same thought in their minds: "It turns out that movies can be made like this, and I can make it too!"

Yes, Morris's film has a small investment, few actors, and ready-made scenes. The device only consists of a handheld camera and can be obtained by almost anyone without being complicated. As long as the story is well written, anyone can make a movie like this.

It was also during this period that a group of young French filmmakers often attacked famous film directors in the film journal Cahiers du Cinema. They believe that these directors have gone astray. When making movies, they only focus on big investment and grand ostentation, and do not put their energy into the script at all. Whenever this happens, they will use Morris's movie as an example.

These young people said: "Their camera movements are so clumsy, the theme of the film is very poor, the acting is dull, the dialogue lacks meaning, in short, they don't know how to create a movie because they don't even know what a movie is! I suggest they watch it Watch "Little Fugitive" filmed by Mr. Morris and see how it was filmed and how the actors acted."

In their mouths, this movie has become a model for future movies. In their view, the amount of investment in a movie is not a question, but whether there is a need for it. It is not advisable to blindly invest a lot of money to pile up gorgeous shots but lose the essence of the movie story.

These young people are gradually no longer satisfied with commenting. They feel that it is necessary to personally take action and demonstrate. So they turned to making movies themselves. By borrowing money from friends and shooting on location, they started making short films. With "Little Fugitive" in front of them, they quickly figured out an effective shooting method for their trendy movies.

However, for young people like them who have no foundation, funding is the biggest problem. Some of them were able to borrow money, but most still couldn't raise enough money to film. As a result, some people wanted to find investors through Morris. For those film companies, they would not even dare to touch such an extremely risky investment project.

Morris found Bart again, this time for help.

"Didn't you get 480,000 US dollars last time? How come you ran out of money so quickly?" Bart looked at Morris in surprise and said.

"Little Fugitive" has grossed a total of US$4 million at the global box office. After the money is divided among theaters, 40% of the money belongs to the producer, which is US$1.6 million. As director, Morris received 30% of the $1.6 million, or $480,000.

This amount of money is already a lot of money in this era. If he saves a little money, it will be enough for Morris to live for a lifetime. However, he actually used it to pitch movies to other independent producers. The money he invested was basically wasted, and many of those independent films failed to survive before being released.

Morris said with a grimace: "If those movies could make back their money, I wouldn't have to come to you. But my type of movie is a new thing after all, and there are still many places that are not perfect, so we can only improve them bit by bit. I'm trying to figure it out. It would be great if half of those movies could be released, at least they wouldn't be in the same position as they are now."

"Isn't the movie "Little Fugitive" we shot last time quite profitable? Why did it fail after so many movies without being released?" Bart asked with some confusion.

"Alas! I don't know. The movies I made with those young people later were all based on that one. But it was not as successful as the first one. Later I thought about it, maybe because I didn't find the actors. Yes. After all, it is a low-budget movie, and it is impossible to find professional actors, let alone famous actors." Morris sighed.

Alex understood a little bit as he listened, but he didn't say anything.

Morris continued: "Without popular actors like the Carpenter brothers, even theaters are unwilling to show us. Of course, those big companies cannot help us distribute. Unless we can win awards at film festivals, otherwise it will be very difficult. It’s difficult, it’s difficult.”

"Then how much do you want? Tell me the amount and I can write you a check." Bart said, he was not short of money now. With electronic companies and record companies in hand, the little money earned from filming movies is nothing.

Morris hesitated, but he quickly said: "At least 100,000 US dollars. This way I can at least shoot a few low-budget movies."

Bart thought about it and finally gave Morris $300,000. Anyway, he had earned more than $1 million from the movie Morris had made.

"Here is 300,000 U.S. dollars. You can take it first. If it's not enough, come to me. But I have to say that all the copyrights of the movies you shoot will belong to me. As for the share after the release, it will be the same as the last time I filmed with you. Let's calculate it. I want 70% of the dividends, and you can take care of the rest." Bart handed the check to Morris and made the key things clear.

It would not be a loss for him to spend this little money. Don't underestimate this 300,000 US dollars. With this money, they can shoot more than 10 trendy movies.

After getting the money, Morris immediately took a plane to Europe. He found that there were many people making independent films in the Old World, and many like-minded filmmakers were concentrated in France and the United Kingdom. With the funds provided by Bart, he came to these countries to support young people to make films freely. UU Reading www. uukanshu.net

In a short period of time, many excellent films appeared in the trendy movies. For example, Rivette shot "Paris Belongs to Us", Godard shot "Breathless", and Chabrol shot the feature film "Cousins".

During this period, Bart continued to provide funds to Morris, and at the same time, he also received honors and profits from these films. Under Bart's influence, trendy movies have become more and more intense, and more young filmmakers have invested in this big wave.

A few years later, Truffaut's "The 400 Blows" won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. This group of energetic young directors is called the "** wave" by journalists, and their achievements continue to emerge. With such a large number of works, the differences are self-evident. However, what is surprising is that the narrative form and film style between them are so similar, clearly forming a revolutionary movement.

It all started with Morris's "Little Fugitive". Whenever others talk about the hip film movement, they will mention him and this movie. and funding from Bart Carpenter.

Alex thought he could escape, but what he didn't expect was that he was eventually pulled over by Bat for a heart-to-heart talk. European and American families are like this. They take sex education very seriously, unlike Chinese families who ignore it.

After a long "heart-to-heart talk", Bart confirmed that Alex did understand this aspect, and he was relieved.

After seeing Bart change the subject and no longer talk about sex education, Alex breathed a huge sigh of relief. No matter how thick-skinned you are, you can't bear to discuss such embarrassing issues with your father.