King of Hollywood

“You mean... I have to be ugly to show my acting?” Kate glanced at Adrian, as if she didn't understand what he was saying, and they were sitting in a cafe near the Brandenburg Gate drinking afternoon tea.

“Because you're beautiful, Kate, and sometimes it's easier for people to notice what you look like than your act, and they'll say, you're a vase.” Adrian stalled.

“And you? You think so, too?” Kate bit her lip and asked unhappily.

“Of course not," Adrian laughed, "but it was widely believed that this had become their consensus, and it was unfair, but you had to accept it. ”

“So you've arranged this role for me now?” Kate couldn't help but sigh.

“Yeah,” Adrian looked closely at her, "of course, if you don't like it, I'll keep an eye on the other characters for you. The point is, what do you want, Kate, to get people to agree through sharpening? Or enjoy the show? Even if you go to the California Academy of the Arts for systematic study, you want your own path, always be an actor or go behind the scenes. ”

Kate pondered her head for a long time and finally shrugged her shoulders: "Okay, I get it. Anyway, when I graduated this year, I applied to the California Academy of Arts. ”

Adrian couldn't help but laugh and wave in Kate's gaze: "Later, it's a beautiful day, so let's hang out in Berlin. ”

As Venice said last year, all festivals are in some ways festivals, and the Berlin Film Festival is no exception. Since it is a festival, it can certainly be enjoyed everywhere, as in Venice, Adrian spent five days walking around Berlin with Kate. Alexandria Square, Boulevard under the Bodhi Tree and other places that tourists must go, even deliberately went to East Berlin, and circled the unfinished Berlin Wall. Everything is fine except for the cold weather in Germany in February, the thicker clothes to wear and the occasional sightings on TV about the Persian Gulf.

As for the movie thing, naturally it was all thrown at LaVerne. This time as a movie company, Adrian is easier than he was in Venice, and that's what it's good to be a boss.

As one of the eleven major A-rated film festivals rated by the International Filmmakers' Association, together with the fact that this was Germany's first since reunification, the political atmosphere of the Berlin Film Festival attracted many filmmakers from all over the world. Even if most people haven't heard of Adrian, there's always so much to know.

“It's so... I don't know how to say it... it's horrible, it's so brilliant, I never thought her acting would be like this... God, that's Lachris!” Kate, who came out of the theater hand-in-hand with Adrian, was saying something, and suddenly she couldn't help but scream when she saw a woman surrounded by journalists on the street.

“You should call her Judy? Ms. Foster.” Adrian couldn't help shaking his head, "don't be so fussy, okay? ”

But he just finished, and Kate grabbed his arm and pointed it at the other person surrounded: "Oh, my God, Professor Hannibal! ”

Finally, she listened to Adrian and lowered her voice a lot.

“Need to go over there and sign it?” Adrian asked a joke.

“Well... no.” Kate finally came back to God and laughed with some embarrassment. "Sorry, Ed, after all, I just saw the movie. It was amazing, inevitably some...”

“I know, it doesn't matter, it's really a wonderful piece, and I bet this will be one of the best in the United States this year, and maybe the best film in the Oscars.” Adrian made a very modest gesture, and then he thought of something to laugh at: "But director Dyme may be getting sick of some feminist. ”

“Why?” Kate asked curiously, while another voice rang: “Why? ”

Adrian turned his head in a circular motion, and a middle-aged man with a slightly elongated beard in one eye was standing behind an incline, gazing at himself with curiosity.

“Who are you?” Adrian felt a little familiar with each other, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while.

“Jonathan? Damy.” He smiled and said his name.

Adrian couldn't help but pick an eyebrow: “I'm sorry, I hope you don't think I'm targeting you. ”

“It's all right,” he said, smiling and waved, "you can call me Jonathan. I just want to know why you came to this conclusion. - Right, you are? ”

“Adrian? Corwell.” Adrian introduced, "this is my girlfriend, Kate? Beckinsale. ”

“Adrian? Corwell? That ghost is the director?!” Jonathan showed surprise and seemed a little unbelievable.

“Seems to have this name… By the way, which newspaper is it?” Adrian looked at Kate with her chin in his arms.

"The Los Angeles Times!" ”

Although Adrian asked reporters about Memory Fragments on the day of the film festival, and the newspapers focused their attention on speculating on the plot the next day, as well as on interpreting Dennis and others' answers in an exaggerated way that they needed, that did not mean that there were no other more famous film critics watching the day.

“This is not an ordinary piece, there are many films that use inversion as a method, but there are not many that can be tailored elsewhere like Memory Fragment that are thought-provoking. If you think this movie, like Adrian's a few months ago, is filled with endless‘ * * 'and black humor, it's a big mistake. Although there are a lot of‘ * * ’in Memory Shards, trust me, it's not enough compared to Two Big Smoke Guns.

Okay, just kidding. Let's talk about Adrian's new movie. In summary, the hero of the story suffers from a rare amnesia and can only remember what happened within a few minutes, so much so that he doesn't know if he's being chased or chased during the run. For him, life was fragmented, but in this fragmentation he always wanted to avenge his dead wife.

It sounds like a very old-fashioned story, but Adrian told it his way. There are two lines, one colored reverse and one black and white circumstance, and they proceed simultaneously. In the beginning, you might feel a little confused, a little confused, but when the story goes on, you'll be attracted to it unknowingly. Forgive me if I can't tell you more, I can only say that it would be very mediocre if the story were told in the way it was recited, but it would be different as soon as Adrian made the edit using a special method, especially the revelation of the ending would surprise many people.

This is a very complex piece that needs constant thinking, so if you want to go through a brainstorm, wait for the movie to show. Though I've never met director Adrian? Colwell, but with his ability to produce two similar but focused pieces in a short period of time, he can be described as a ghost. ”

This is Ronnie, the famous American film critic? Gross's film critique appeared in the second edition of the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Evening News, two days after the release of Memory Fragment, one of the three largest American newspapers, but not comparable to the Los Angeles Evening News.

Gross praised this as a good story long after the release of Two Big Smoke Guns last year, which led to some interest in Adrian. So after this trip to Berlin for the film festival, I attended the premiere of "Memory Shards".

Following Gross's film reviews, journalists and film critics from other countries have expressed their opinions, and while there have always been so many bad reviews, there has been more praise. "Memory Fragments" and the surprisingly tailored editors not only open the eyes, but also the content of the story has a certain depth, which is naturally liked by film critics.

Now Adrian is no longer a new director a few months ago, and the movie reviews that appeared naturally don't look like the last time Venice was in the corner, so they got more attention, Jonathan? Damy was one of them.

“Yesterday I happened to see the Rosser Theatre and read your Memory Shard, which is very delicate and totally deserves the name Ghost.” Jonathan? Damy gave a serious look.

“You are so proud, director Damy, that your Silent Lamb is so much better than mine, not only fully grasping the lines of the novel, but also adding a lot of details that the novel can't express, combined with Mr. Hopkins' and Ms. Foster's brilliant acting skills, I believe it is definitely one of the most powerful competitors for this year's Oscar Best Film!” Adrian complimented.

Jonathan laughed happily and became a little more fond of Adrian.

“Call me Jonathan, Adrian," Jonathan extended his hand and shook him, "Nice to meet you. ”

“Me too, Jonathan.” Adrian nodded with a smile.

“Just now you said that the film could provoke feminist criticism, can I ask why?” Jonathan looked around at the noisy crowd and changed the subject: “Why don't we go somewhere else, Adrian, our crew's having a little party at the Concord Hotel, and I wonder if you and Miss Kate would like to join us? ”

Adrian looked at Kate with his eyes, and Anthony, who couldn't get far enough to get rid of reporters and fans? Hopkins, Judy? Foster et al.

“With pleasure.” That's what he said to Jonathan.