Legendary Hollywood Director

It was late at night, and Lyman sat down at the table, opened the book, and began to conceive a new movie setting.

This time, he plans to make a war drama.

Well, the reason is because he had nothing to do last week and went to the cinema to watch We Were Soldiers.

Back at the hotel, deep down I always wanted to do something.

In fact, war films will always belong to the kind of romance that is unique to men, and there will be no shortage of markets and audiences. It is considered a relatively good type of film theme.

However, he sat at the table like this, frowning and thinking about the blank manuscript, but no inspiration was captured in his mind.

War movies will never go out of fashion in the history of cinema, and there are so many options and events to make.

Like Blood Battle Hacksaw Ridge, which is well-received and popular, and American Sniper, the income and return ratio is very large...

But Leiman is very self-aware and knows that this kind of macro-control of big scenes is not his best shot handling. In other words, he lacks that kind of experience.

Forcibly shooting, it is very likely that the effect will not be achieved, so I decisively ruled it out.

So what else?

Furious? Lyman murmured softly.

This movie is undoubtedly a good one. It depicts the skirmish battles in which the Allied forces penetrated deep into the German hinterland and competed with German tanks at the end of World War II; there is also a very realistic battlefield atmosphere to set off; The human thinking of soldiers facing war.

If these aspects are done well, it is not surprising that it can impress the audience and bring additional market response.

Lehman carefully analyzed the difficulty of filming Fury, and then compared his ability and shooting experience, and found that it was really feasible.

The depiction of scenes and characters is much less than other war dramas, which is the rhythm he is familiar with; complex CG technology will not be used in the shooting process, no special effects, and it can be completed by setting up the scene on the spot; In terms of budget, it will not be too expensive and increase the risk of investment.

The only problem is that he hasn't learned any tactics, and he doesn't know how to control the steps and tanks to work together to complete the task.

However, for these jobs, he can find a real tank officer or a professor who has studied the tank forces of World War II to help arrange specific action orders and on-site scheduling.

After these have specific solutions, the rest is the character setting. Characters are the key to depicting war scenes.

Well, it's still a combination of veterans and recruits, which is the safest, easy to portray the theme, and guaranteed to be dramatic.

Lehman thought so, and began to write an outline of the characters.

Sergeant: Serious, pragmatic, stick to orders, but also have a certain moral bottom line; a common image of an officer.

Bible: Christian, the deputy commander of the tank, is also responsible for controlling the main gun system; in the long war career, only the Bible can soothe his heart.

Machine: Recruit, originally trained to be an intelligence system clerk in the rear, and later on the front; has a higher education, but now he has to learn how to survive on the battlefield.

Godot: In charge of driving that battle tank; drunk as hell.

Kun: Loader; bold and indifferent to life.

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Chris stood in front of a desk, his head lowered slightly, his expression tense, and he didn't say a word. Since the success of Three idiots in Bollywood, he has not had a good time. Now he was standing in one of Miramax's offices.

Opposite him, Harvey Weinstein was leaning back on the large boss chair, his slightly plump face without any joy and seriousness.

Sorry, boss. Corris finally couldn't stand the gaze, and said, It's all my fault for misjudging the prospects of Lehman's project, which caused the company to lose two films with high market value in succession.

Obviously he was only a marginal figure in this incident, but he had to take all the blame on him.

To talk about the bad director Lehmann, it should be the first company employee who pitted him, and Harvey Weinstein's ruthlessness should also be the problem, but who made these two people his own Boss, one has resigned long ago and left.

In this way, Corris is really unlucky. He has dealt with Lehman many times, and the company's status is not low, which is suitable for taking the blame.

Who asked him to even discuss the issue of negotiation and distribution? It's not wrong.

As the so-called subordinate makes a mistake, it must be the subordinate's mistake. If the boss makes a mistake, it must also be the subordinate's mistake. Corris understood this workplace principle very early.

When he said this, he never dared to lift his head, as if he wanted to impress Harvey Weinstein with this more sincere method.

He should have been Miramax's faithful partner. Harvey Weinstein finally broke the silence, his tone was cold and blunt, but why did the film department offend him like this.

It's not what you asked, buy international film copyrights as cheaply as possible, otherwise why would we play some small tricks in the distribution contract! This thought flashed through my mind, but Chris would not be stupid enough to say it.

Forget it, go out and pay more attention to your department in the future.

Corris breathed a sigh of relief, put his feet down, and slowly left the office.

Harvey Weinstein's eyes fell on a report on the desk in front of him, and the fat on his face trembled slightly.

He is Harvey Weinstein after all, so how can he completely press this series of mistakes on the head of his subordinates.

Just seeing the latest weekly North American box office rankings on the report, he felt angry no matter what. It was obvious that they were the first to cooperate. When he turned around, not only did this partnership not take care of, on the contrary, he also became the enemy. What's the point of this!

Harvey Weinstein's eyes moved down and he glanced at the latest list again.

The first place is still the name that makes people feel dazzling - Three Silly Bollywood, 36.7532 million US dollars.

The production cost of this film is only about 6 million. In the past three weeks, it swept away 73.2462 million US dollars in the entire North American market, and also won the weekly box office champion for two consecutive weeks.

This number is really astonishing. I think that the North American box office evaluation of this film in my heart was about 50 million, or it was planned to be a unique award operation system after winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

It turns out that he, Harvey Weinstein, also has his sights set on him. Ah, no, it's not worth seeing at all, after all, people don't even want to give them a chance to negotiate.

He suddenly felt a little tight in his chest. No matter what he believed, it was because of the move last year that such a large amount of profit fell out of his hands.

Even if it is estimated at 50 million, it is an amazing return ratio.

Moreover, this is not the final box office figure. Three Silly Trouble in Bollywood has only been extended for two weeks, and the overseas box office revenue, video tape revenue and the operation of peripheral copyrights will be added up. , what will be the final profit?

Even though many excellent films have been run over the years, and the Oscars have been soft-hearted, this rough estimate still makes Harvey Weinstein feel extremely heartbroken!

Especially because this was originally a good game that his company personally ruined, this fact is more like tearing his heart and lungs, mocking him for being short-sighted and ignorant of talents.

But who knew that the filming skills of the year were quite satisfactory, and the new director who had no aura would evolve into what it is today.

Otherwise, he would not be so merciless, because in his opinion at the time, this kind of director, once caught in the film industry, was not worth betting and investing at all.

Lyman-Last!

Thinking of this name, Harvey Weinstein felt very uncomfortable. This little director let him and Corris be played around. On the surface, it seemed that he had let go of the past and could cooperate, but he was actually tough inside and had no chance at all. would like to give.

He also said that someone is soft-spoken and can't speak, do you really think he is an idiot?

The tightness in his chest made Harvey Weinstein very uncomfortable. He stood up and walked twice.

Turning to the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office, he let out a long sigh and finally felt better.

Will he be the next Quentin Tarantino?

Harvey Weinstein folded his arms across his chest and looked into the distance, this idea still popped up in his mind unconsciously.

The discovery of Quentin, a director geek, has ushered in the rapid development of Miramax, which is one of the things he is most proud of. But there is one thing he can't deny, that is, although Quentin's films are carnival feasts for film critics and a small number of fans, they are not delicacies for more popular fans. Seems like he lacks the vulgarity that Ryman gave the film?

Yes, in his opinion, Lehmann's works are more catering to the public's taste, but he has not abandoned the humanistic thinking in the film.

This is true whether it is Buried Alive or Three Silly Troubles in Bollywood.

It's a pity that I missed him.

However, all of this has not yet been concluded, and I have to see for myself how far this young director can go.

Harvey Weinstein can lead Miramax to where it is today. Maybe there are still many problems in the company, but he will never give up easily, otherwise he will not let Quentin serve honestly. After so long, his temper has become even more eccentric, he can surrender himself, why can't he subdue Lehman?

Harvey Weinstein may have all kinds of quirks and well-publicized ailments as the helmsman of a business, but learning from failure is a fundamental quality. He is by no means a mediocrity who only knows regrets, but he understands better what a good director means to the film industry.

Back at his desk, Harvey Weinstein put away the report, picked up his pen, and rewrote the next line of letters on a blank sheet of paper - Lyman Rust.

He pressed the piece of paper under the clear glass layer of his desk, a reminder as well as a lesson.

It's not over yet!