The Greatest Showman

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Renly and Rooney sat cross-legged in the two corners of the dining room, with lazy and comfortable jazz music in their ears, and piles of thick script projects piled up around them. It looked as if two nerds were preparing for an exam, immersed in a sea of ​​books and knowledge.

But the two read the script in very different ways.

Rooney likes to casually flip to a certain page of the script, and then browse the lines and dialogues in it. If she can't spark an idea or collide with inspiration, then she will put the script down; while Renly is used to flipping through the first and last pages of the script. , look at the structure of the story at the beginning and end to explore the whole idea and intent of the screenwriter.

Of course, the reading purposes of the two people are also completely different, which also determines the difference in reading speed and method - Rooney is really reading the script, while Renly is digging for projects. It can be clearly noticed that Renly's reading The speed is very fast, and the script that can make him quiet down and savor it is really rare.

It's not that Renly doesn't respect the hard work of the writers, but that the number of scripts is simply too large—

Roughly estimated, there are at least more than 500 projects in front of us, which does not rule out the possibility that Andy will continue to add them later, and it does not rule out that some script projects may only have a few pages of framework statements, which also means that the actual number is still Possibly more. If Renly wants to get the job done quickly, he'll have to increase his speed.

At the very beginning, Renly would read it carefully. On average, a script took three to five minutes, but after half an hour, he realized that the "consumption" rate of the script at hand was too slow, so he looked up at the dining table. The hill above... Renly decided to speed up.

Although it is said to be speeding up, the growth rate is really limited: because this time the project is selected for Sisyphus Films, not Renly; and it is also a plan for independent films, so there are many strange projects in front of you. The speed slowed down involuntarily—some famous, some unheard of, but it is certain that these are all the brainchild of art creators, showing the remaining artistic cells behind the supremacy of Hollywood interests.

Some of them are amazing works.

For example, "Swiss Army Knife Man".

This work tells a somewhat bizarre story: a man was living on a desert island. When he was about to despair, he found a corpse, and then took the corpse as his friend and named him; later, the man It was found that this corpse could actually speak - although it was his illusion, the corpse was like a Swiss Army Knife, with various functions, and it could even use gas/fart as a driving force to drive on the water. His best hope of escaping the desert island.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is a story with a brain-opening to some nervousness, not to mention the quality and effectiveness of the work, at least the screenwriter's imagination is worthy of recognition.

Another example is "Secrets to Party Pickup".

The story takes place in a small British town where punk has just risen in the 1970s. A group of middle-aged and 2-year-olds wander around all day, pretending to be the coolest people in the world, but they are actually a group of teenagers / virgins / men. One day, learning that they thought the punk spiritual leader was about to throw a party, they decided to infiltrate it to see if they could find a date, but ended up breaking into an alien party, and then started a 48-hour pick-up battle.

The seemingly ordinary alien stories are also full of strange ideas. If Renly remembers correctly, the script was adapted from a novel written by Neil Gaiman, whose masterpieces are "Sand Man," "American Gods," and "Stardust."

Through the conception of these bizarre works, we can get a glimpse of the current state of the American film production industry.

In fact, the activity of artistic creation still exists, and independent filmmakers still have many special ideas, but they are constrained by the shackles of two tights. The idea is more and more limited, either actively or passively, they all refuse to make these unique works, and then David Fincher, the Coen brothers and other unique directors become more and more passive, those creative inspirations are As the years pass by, it gradually fades away.

Sisyphus Pictures is not a charitable company. Even if Renly has the will, he can't achieve it by himself. He has never been the savior nor wants to be the savior.

If we can establish a streaming media platform and use the online film library to find a small living space for these works, so that they can continue to breathe freely and find like-minded friends, just like a smear of fire, It's better to save the inspiration for artistic creation.

Before, when Renly and Andre brought up these ideas, they were just a divergent thinking, and they said it when they thought of it. There was not much strong drive in their hearts; but now, Renly has a real impact on the streaming media platform. If you are interested, you can leave a piece of paradise for Don Quixotes within your ability, why not do it?

After realizing this, browsing the script selection project has evolved from a job to a fun, and my mood and state have become more and more positive. As a result, the action of browsing has slowed down again.

"Hey, look at this script." Renly raised his head and said loudly in Rooney's direction. "I think you'll like it a lot."

"Oh?" Rooney put the script in her lap and looked up at Renly.

Renly immediately began to recite, "She was standing at the counter, busy with her work, raised her head unconsciously, and saw the woman with short blond hair, fur coat, graceful and luxurious. The woman's gaze also shifted inadvertently, the eyes of the two touched each other, and then she also stopped..."

Renly's elegant and deep voice was flowing slowly, like a touch of rosemary fluttering in the warm and creamy yellow halo of the room, and there were golden musical symbols that seemed to sound jazz melody in his ears. The world is so quiet, as if you are in a crowd of people, but you can easily catch the sight, and the time and space slowly freeze.

Renly stopped reading and looked up at Rooney.

Rooney didn't come back to her senses, she was still savoring the rhythm between the lines, and after a while, she came back to her senses and showed a shallow smile, "The last time I read the script, I didn't The charm you recite."

Ren Li raised his eyebrows, "Oh? Have you ever received an invitation?"

"Yes, I got the script when I finished filming 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'." Rooney nodded lightly, "However, after filming that work, I was completely exhausted, and I needed to rest for a while. So I said no, and I gave myself a break."

Her expression showed a thoughtful look again, as if she was carefully recalling the feeling of reading the script at the beginning, and then shook her head helplessly, "I only remember that some fragments of the script are very much in the 1950s and 1960s. The old-fashioned charm, but other specific content has been lost. There is no way, at that time, I was completely exhausted physically and mentally, and there was absolutely no idea of ​​​​going into a new job.”

"But I'm sure that the texture of the script is not as charming as you presented it." Rooney looked at Renly again and joked with a smile.

Renly raised his right hand and placed it on his left shoulder, possessing him in a gesture of thanks, "How, are you still interested in learning more about it now? I think this character's temperament is very suitable for you, some cold and some alienated. , but the tenderness and delicacy in the depths of the eyes are only captured by a few people."

An ambiguous/ambiguous atmosphere is slowly surging in the air.

Rooney tilted her head, her body muscles relaxed, "Has the script not been put into production yet? It's all over... It's almost two years, if my memory is not wrong, I think the filming should be over. I remember , Mia seems to have decided to play the heroine." As she spoke, Rooney stretched out her right hand.

Renly handed the script over, "I don't have any clues. But one thing is for sure, it's not easy to find the right investors for such a project. I looked at the director's column, and now it's There are vacancies, I don't know if they haven't been found yet, or they have been replaced."

"Oh, the previous director was... uh, the director who collaborated with Andrew Garfield on the boy's work. What's his name, he suddenly lost his memory." Rooney still held out her right hand. , holding the script, but fell into the rut of his own thinking.

"...John-crowley?" Renly pondered for a moment too, before giving an uncertain answer.

"Yes, yes, it's John Crowley." Rooney nodded immediately. "I thought he had already decided to direct. Wow, it seems that this project has become different now."

"John Crowley, uh, he's taking over another project now. I just saw it, 'Brooklyn', but I haven't found a sponsor yet." Renly then recalled and looked for his side. Get up, "Hey, I just saw this project, I don't know where to put it."

"Haha." Rooney laughed cheerfully, Renly looked up in confusion, Rooney's eyes completed two crescents, and she said with a smile, "The 'Brooklyn' project, my agent I hope I can play, I have met with the producers several times, and I also think the script and the characters are very interesting, and I may meet again the day after tomorrow to determine my acting ideas."

Renly raised his chin slightly: Hollywood is just like that, it can be big or small, and many projects are circling between familiar actors. On the one hand, the agency holds most of the resources, and on the other hand, the script is always gathered in the hands of the most popular actors in the recent period.

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