Hollywood legendary director

It is Wen Ziren who is about Lehman.

Suddenly called him the day before yesterday afternoon and asked him if he was free, where he was, and asked him for something.

After confirming the itinerary, it is also about today.

It was good to meet at a coffee shop, but Lehman was in trouble and changed to a hotel.

Not long after he got back in Cage's car, the door rang.

Looking through the cat's eyes, it was Wen Ziren who hadn't seen each other for a while.

Standing restrained outside the door, he actually brought gifts, some local specialties from Australia, which he said could not be bought here.

It's really ridiculous, I also cooperated for a while, no.

No matter how I feel, I treat him as an outsider.

Of course, this is what Lehman thinks, but Wen Ziren is not.

He felt that he had to have this attitude when he asked for help.

As he went forward, he always felt that his luck was good enough.

When he was 7 years old, he moved to Australia with his family, which greatly broadened his horizons. Later, he went to a good university.

During this period, I met my friend Ray Warner, and the two hit it off, and they had a common shooting concept.

As soon as I graduated from university, I joined an unofficial film group "Splake Parker". They are all like-minded people who love horror. They can make short films and exchange experiences.

The days passed slowly, but after all, did he major in film? How could he not have the idea of ​​directing a work of his own? He also tried it.

But here, it may be that life's luck has been consumed too much, and it is hitting a wall everywhere.

He thought that the movie environment in Australia was not good, there were not many opportunities, and he was quite hardworking, so he ran to the United States with his friends.

But still nothing works. Although there are many opportunities, they are all for others. Not to mention being a director, as an assistant is not his turn.

And all this, going around, seems to be back to the past.

His luck came again, and he met Lyman.

Then "Bad Guy" succeeded at the box office, and some film companies who had previously dismissed him were willing to give him a chance.

But after all, isn't he a real director? The man hesitated, and the conditions for him were not high, even harsh.

Of course, he doesn't think about the treatment, but the power of shooting on the set, which is given too little, or that the freedom of creation is not high.

Not only does it have no post-production power, even editing rights are not contaminated.

This makes him a little bit distressed. Logically speaking, as a newcomer, he should seize this opportunity, regardless of the conditions.

but......

Maybe he wanted to struggle a bit. After all, that was his idea, a script he and his friends co-wrote, so he thought of Lehman, the man who took good care of him on set, no, he was a teacher.

"What have you been up to lately? If you have time, my next movie will enter the preparatory stage. When that time comes, you can come and help early, okay?" Lyman was rather casual, greeted him to sit down and said.

But when he said that, Wen Ziren felt a little restless.

"Is time inconvenient?" Lehman saw his embarrassment and said again.

"Yeah." Wen Ziren didn't think about how to open this mouth anymore, took it in his bag, and took out a script, "This, I have a book on my side, I was taken by Lionsgate, I want to hear from you. opinion."

"Script? Okay, let me see." Lyman was speechless.

After second thought, yes, even unprofessional people want to be directors, let alone his idea of ​​being a professional and not wanting to be a deputy, Lehman understands it well.

Reached out and took it, then browsed.

Unlike his style, which he likes to sort out each scene carefully, word by word, this book is very rough, and the dialogue between the characters is pitiful, but there are a lot of sub-camera annotations next to it.

The story is roughly the same as the film of later generations, and all kinds of torture props are also written.

I don't know, I thought Wen Ziren was a pervert.

Well, it's kind of perverted, psychological perverted.

Lyman put down the script and looked at Wen Ziren who was sitting opposite.

He put his hands on his knees, noticed Lyman's eyes, and responded with a smile.

"What about your own ideas? The script actually doesn't represent much, but the creativity is good."

These days, directors with strength and status are still using this thing. It is all about the situation. If you think James Cameron has the idea of ​​making a film, then those who are willing to invest money must line up. It's not too outrageous, and the chance of passing the project is too great.

As soon as Wen Ziren heard this, he peeked at Lehman, but he couldn't see any clues from his face, he was cruel and didn't intend to hide it, "Yes, I want to be The director of this work, but I am not very satisfied with the investment conditions at Lionsgate, so I want to ask if you would like to take over."

"What's the situation? What did the Lionsgate say?"

"Some time ago, didn’t I come to your place to apply for an assistant director? In fact, before that, I had submitted scripts to many film companies. Later, did Lionsgate have some ideas, but now it’s been deadlocked and we haven’t agreed ......"

After listening to Wen Ziren's words, Lehman also had a general understanding.

Again, he wants a little more creative freedom, and doesn't want to be too restricted.

This made Lehman interested. He also knew Wen Ziren's ability. Lionsgate hesitated and doubted, but he was different.

Maybe it belongs to the director, he is also very happy to give people space to show off.Just like Luc Besson did to him.

After calculating his own conditions in mind, Lehman also had a decision.

After pushing the script back to Wen Ziren, he said: "Okay, if you have this interesting, I will help you find a way."

"Really? Thank you, Lyman."

Wen Ziren's joy is beyond words, and even some can't believe it: it's as simple as that.

Lyman looked at him, somewhat thinking about when he was filming "Buried Alive."

After getting the opportunity, it's probably the same mood.

Suffering from gains and losses, and full of energy.

"Well, but your handling of the ending is a bit rough. You should leave an open ending to give the audience more suspense."

This is pure nonsense, it's just that Lyman looks different from the end of the original, it is probably the foreshadowing that Lionsgate deliberately left when editing.

After all, the most popular filming trend in Hollywood right now is to make sequels. No matter whether it is good or bad, there is nothing wrong with leaving one.

In case, the box office results of the movie's release market response are not bad, then it won't be able to earn fans' money in a fair and open manner.

This kind of good idea must of course be used.

After a little discussion between the two, the name of the project was confirmed, and it was still called "Saw Fright".