Hollywood Hunter

This year's Sundance Film Festival, although a large group of famous filmmakers all fell into Simon's sight, but in addition to the evening "Guess the Train" premiere at a film festival theme party, I chatted with the Wachowski brothers for a while. Simon did not have too much contact with several other people.

Whether it is Christopher Nolan or Doug Leman, Jon Ferru and others, they are just rookies.

The results of pulling seedlings tend to not be too good.

Just like Jon Ferru, the reason why the grassroots filmmaker from the bottom of Hollywood can become one of the core creators of the Marvel movie universe, a very important reason is that he has been in this circle for more than ten years. The deep accumulation and sufficient experience made Fei Ru able to work as a director, actor, screenwriter, producer, etc.

In fact, it’s not just Jon Feiru, but at this Sundance Film Festival, Christopher Nolan, Doug Reman, and even Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are like this. Climbing up from the bottom, so familiar with all aspects of film production, the foundation is solid enough to go longer in the film industry.

The Wachowski brothers are a counterexample.

In the past history, after the Wachowski brothers completed their debut novel "Fantastic Flowers", the second work "The Matrix" began to flourish.

It is undeniable that the classics and greatness of "The Matrix", but the serious decline in the quality of the two after the "Matrix" trilogy is also undoubted. A large part of this is due to the success of the Wachowskis on the project after the success of the first episode. Control rights have increased significantly, but the two's ability to create movies has not been rapidly improved.

After the "Matrix" series, the brothers began to eat old books.

This time, Daenerys Entertainment won the rights to distribute the "Fantastic Flowers" directed by the Wachowskis, and also bought the script of the "Matrix" that they have been planning for a long time.

However, Simon did not intend to start this project in the short term, nor did he think of handing it over to others.

At the evening party, Simon personally discussed with the two of them the arrangement after "The Amazing Flower".While promising that the brothers can personally direct the "Matrix" series and give them a sufficient budget, Simon's requirement is that they must direct at least another low-cost movie to accumulate experience, and plans to arrange for the two to join the upcoming "Independent Day" as deputy Director, so as to be familiar with the production process of blockbuster movies.

Complete another movie and participate in a major project, and two or three years will pass.As long as you have the heart, enough brothers to accumulate richer experience.In particular, the experience of participating in "Independence Day" can not only make the two familiar with the blockbuster production process, but also enable them to learn other people's film style.

After that, it was a good time to start the "Matrix" series.

Moreover, after the end of the "Matrix" series, with a certain accumulation, the Wachowski brothers may no longer be directly reduced to the situation of starting to eat old books.

In addition to the Wachowski brothers, Simon also made arrangements for himself.

After approving the short film "Ant Ridge", Gaomen Films gave Christopher Nolan the opportunity to produce a feature film. Simon personally arranged the British provisional film industry team that was originally compiled to follow up, and Nolan also took out The script was changed and the name was "Follow".

This is already a suspense story interlinked in a typical Nolan style.

The story tells that a writer who likes to follow others to find inspiration. Bill met a thief named Cobb. Driven by curiosity, Bill began to partner with Cobb and broke into the home of strangers to explore the privacy of others. In the process, Bill encountered a thief. The woman also fell in love with the other party. The woman stated that she was the mistress of the gangster and wanted to get rid of control, but the other party held a private photo of her.

Bill fell into love and used Professor Cobb's own technology to break into the gangsters.

The result was nothing.

Bill immediately discovered that he was fooled,

Understand that Bill took the initiative to surrender to the police.

Then it was discovered that the woman was dead and Cobb disappeared.Instead, Bill himself became the murderer of the woman again.

It turned out that all this was a game done by the gangster behind the scenes, because it was not the secret of his mistress in the hands of the gangster, but the fact that the idea just happened.So the big brother sent Cobb to seduce his mistress. The woman who heard Cobb's lies set a trap with him to let writer Bill enter the library. The purpose was to get Cobb out of a theft.

After succeeding, Cobb killed the woman, Bill became a scapegoat, and the gangster completely got out.

This is Simon’s storyline from Nolan’s “Following” script. Nolan, who is still a newcomer, has not only set up such a linked story, but also intends to use multi-line narratives and flashbacks and other misplaced methods.

Simon still didn't mean to pull seedlings to help, this time only gave Nolan a budget of 3 million US dollars, and also asked to modify the script.

Simon likes this intertwined story, but those multi-line narratives and flashbacks can be avoided. These are some routines that newcomers who want to draw attention to have limited resources.Therefore, Simon's request is not to change the suspense of the story, to go to those misplaced tricks, and finally to the extent that the audience can be surprised without shooting routines.

This is actually the best way to hone the skill of leading a speech story.

Others, Doug Lehman and Jon Ferru, also received new film contracts with Daenerys Entertainment. The budgets given are not high, but they also have considerable creative freedom.

After finishing the day's work, Simon returned to the hilltop villa southeast of Park City, the time was already more than ten o'clock in the evening.

There is no party tonight and the villa is still brightly lit.

The woman who stayed here last night is still there, and has no rest, scattered around the villa in twos and threes, apparently waiting for Simon.

The favorite living room on the east side of the villa lobby is still occupied by four big goblins. They are chatting and watching TV, which is very leisurely.

Simon, who took off his jacket and was casual, came here to stop Cindy Crawford's movements to get up and greet him. He glanced left and right, and came to Carla Bruni and Daniela Postva. Sat down on one side of the couch, and next to it was a male and female demon.

Just sitting down, girl A came in, handed over a document to Simon, poured coffee on the man, and left quietly.

This is the result of the Golden Globe Awards ceremony just over in Los Angeles.

Simon had just opened the document, and a fragrant fragrance was approaching. He glanced at Carla Bruni, who asked, "Is your career center not in Europe, how come you came to the United States?"

Carla Bruni's right leg leaned casually on his left leg, and his body naturally began to lean to the left, touching with Simon, and also laughing, "I'm going to please Gree, otherwise it will be difficult to get a job in the future." Now."

This is true.

After taking charge of elite last year, Grace has been gathering the power of this brokerage giant. Many John Casablanca-era executives who were unwilling to decentralize were swept away, and the results were also very significant.An article in vogue magazine at the end of last year already called Grace the new queen of modeling agency, which was higher than John Casablanca's original godfather of modeling agency.

This is also true.

Backed by the support of the Westeros system, Grace not only grasped most of the top customers such as Cindy Crawford, Linda Ivangorinsta, Claudia Schiffer, who used to be elite, In his hand, he also successfully reformed the structure of elite. Even people who are not familiar with the model agency industry know how difficult it is to reform a company that is already big. Grace has successfully done this. a little.

The current elite is already a model similar to Hollywood CAA.

This is also the result of Simon's personal promotion. In order to help Grace's structural reform, Simon also introduced Michael Ovitz to each other. Seeing Simon's face, Ovitz has spared no effort to guide Grace. The two companies Some cooperative relations have also been established.

As a result, in the current elite, because all customer contracts are transferred from a single agent to the company, no matter who leaves in the future, including Grace herself, can no longer take away a large number of customers like other model agencies.

It seems that the power is scattered, but in fact, as long as Grace leaves the elite, she is the queen of this modeling agency giant.

Because as the president, she has absolute powers, including hiring or firing any elite agent or model. Other agents want to do this, but they need to get Grace’s approval. The new contract also allows those models to change jobs. The difficulty has increased significantly.

This status is exactly the same as Michael Ovitz, the first person in the Hollywood power list.

It is a pity that once Michael Owitz made a wrong choice, he gave up his power actively, wanted to go further, but was completely empty, had nothing, and later wanted to return to the brokerage industry and found that even he himself could not shake the caa The status can only fade away.

Even if it was two years ago, Grace never thought of having everything she has now, and women know very well why they can get these. Without Simon’s strong support, the reform of elite cannot be successful, so it is fundamental There is no such ambition as Owitz, and I only intend to stick to the position of elite president and carefully manage a company for a man.

With this change of &e, the elite European team, which used to be almost independent in Europe, was completely in the hands of Grace.

The arrival of the information age has also made this remote control very convenient.

The fully integrated elite, its clients want to get more jobs, it is inevitable to have a good relationship with a female boss.

Simon didn’t take Carla Bruni’s words, glanced at the materials in his hand, and said, “Actually, you should understand that this kind of professional reform of elite is good for all of you, like Hollywood’s caa, eighty. The significant increase in star pay in the era is largely due to the fact that the integrated CAA has a stronger voice in front of the studio."

Carla Bruni touched Simon's calf with his toes and unknowingly moved closer, saying, "We know, hehe, speaking, Simon, you are the real boss of elite. However, the target customers that elite is targeting, Many are companies under the Westeros system, don’t you worry that our salaries have risen too high?”

The woman was talking, her arm was already resting on Simon's shoulder, and the heat sighing in the words rushed to Simon's ear.

The other three girls in the living room would not be reconciled to see Carla Bruni so blatantly, and Eva Hertzgova interjected, "Carla, do you think Simon will care about the little money we make?"

Daniela Postva followed suit. "Yeah. Speaking of it, a magazine recently said that Simon's net worth this year may reach 1 trillion US dollars. 1 trillion. It's hard to imagine."

The two women teased each other and grabbed their attention immediately.

Cindy Crawford, who was sitting next to Carla Bruni, did not miss this opportunity, pressing Carla Bruni to lean forward and came up with another topic, "Simon, is this the result of the Golden Globe Awards?" We just watched it just now. It’s a pity that the Super Bat Battle has not been nominated. Do you say it’s a shock to Oscar?”

Simon shook his head "Maybe, but everyone will know soon."

Today is January 21.

The Oscars have been officially announced, and the nominations for the Oscars will be announced on January 29.

Carla Bruni said at this time, "It's not bad, isn't "Sentiment and Emotion" won the award for the best film in the plot category, this should be the most golden award in the Golden Globe Awards, oh, I still watch For this movie by Jane Austen, maybe you will find a movie to watch if you have time."

Just after the Golden Globe Awards, Gao Men Pictures produced "The Reason and Emotion" directed by Li An became one of the big winners and successfully won the Golden Globe Award nomination for the best film in the drama category.

The 3d animated movie "Beauty and the Beast" in the musical comedy category naturally failed.

In addition, the nominated films under Daenerys Entertainment also won five awards including best director and best actress in the plot category. The gold content is also very high, which is a big win.Although Simon is not in Los Angeles, there should now be a celebration party there, and Ella Doichman also deliberately returned to Los Angeles during the day.

In the living room.

When Cindy Crawford heard Carla Bruni’s words, his eyes suddenly turned around and said, “Simon, I see that there are also very good screening rooms in the villa, and there are so many copies, it’s better to go to the movies. Right."

Compared with this brightly lit living room, in the private screening room of the villa, when the light is dark, it can do a lot of things.

Therefore, when Cindy said so, several other girls all agreed and encouraged them together.

Simon also had no objection, hurriedly browsed the materials in his hand, got up and hugged Carla Bruni, who had been unknowingly attached to him, and walked to the private screening room of the villa together.

However, of course it was better to watch the movie, so I called out several other girls in the villa.

Blurred Sundance night.

In the villa on the top of the hill southeast of the town, the wind and the moon are boundless.