Chapter 626： "Peerless Queen"

"I'm hungry, let's have dinner together, Sophia."

After Lyman finished speaking, Eva screamed, she just forgot about it.

And if there are outsiders, she has to show her hand - and then she ran into the kitchen and asked the chef to make more food for one person. Because Eva can only make salads, toast with jam, or omelette sandwiches, in addition to that, her cooking takes a lot of time to learn.

Taking advantage of this time, Lyman asked Sophia: "How did you choose such a subject. Sorry, just curious. I've watched Lost in Translation several times, and you should like telling stories with strong personal feelings and emotions. , you like to create a sense of loneliness, you want to vent this loneliness. So I don't think Princess Mary's story will be very suitable."

Sophia noticed Lyman's gaze, and thought for a while, as if she was chatting with a very familiar friend, her tone was calm, "In June last year, I read two biographical novels, one was Antonia F. Razer's "Marie-Antoinette: The Journey", a copy of Stephen Zweig's "The Beheaded Queen: The Double Tragedy of Revolution and Marriage", after reading it, I suddenly felt a great shock to the 18th-century Bourbon dynasty. The last Witness, Queen Mary, had a strong desire to understand."

"Later, I read a lot of materials, which prompted me to make a biographical film of her, the woman who lived an extremely luxurious life in Versailles but was always insecure..."

Sophia said, and Lyman listened carefully.

He actually really knew about Sophia's directing style, and he did watch Lost in Translation several times.

As a female director, the films directed by Sophia are always full of very delicate emotions, inexplicable loneliness and confusion. The film does not focus on rigorous plots, but is more like a feminine style full of personal emotions. Broken thoughts.

Therefore, Sophia is not a director who can express the theme through the story, but will express the purpose of the narrative through the emotional catharsis of the characters in a prescribed situation.

A small amount of dialogue, a lot of close-up scenes without dialogue, Sophia is like a spectator who stays out of the way, thinking about the emotions of the characters, and she also doesn't like filming with excessively polished audio-visual language, on the contrary, Nolan's films always give people Sophisticated, full-on-camera audio-visual effects.

Perhaps it was her failure as an actress that laid the foundation for her unique film style. Sophia's works always have a faint reflection and hesitation, so Lehmann felt that this subject was not suitable for her.

Biographical novels need documentary and restoration too much, and the sense of reality is destined to not inject too strong personal style into the film.

After all, Queen Mary is a real character, not a fictional character.

Furthermore, the background of the script is the eve of the French Revolution, and Lehmann doesn't think Sophia can play with the heaviness of history.

As Spielberg said after filming "Schindler's List", it took him ten years to master such a subject - the project was conceived in 1983, but it was not moved until 1993. big screen.

At first, Spielberg wanted Roman Polanski and Sidney Pollack to direct, but they were delayed for various reasons.

This is a genre that requires a lot of life experience, and Lehmann has never dared to touch it.

If you don't live long enough and don't look at many things, you'll easily become paranoid, and accidentally become a nondescript work like "Nanjing, Nanjing".

Therefore, the reason why this "Peerless Lady" is not famous, and even became a very general film in director Sophia's works, is indeed for a reason. No matter from the perspective of style or other places, there are too many deficiencies. place.

Perhaps, when she is 50 years old when she touches such a subject, she will see further.

The more they talked, the more speculative they became.

Sophia actually wanted to shoot such a subject on a whim.

After the script was written, Kirsten Dunst took a fancy to it again - without the Spider-Man trilogy, it is not without reason that the actress quickly left the public eye.

But after chatting with Lyman for a while, I also found that I may not be ready to really tell some things that happened to the legendary woman Queen Mary.

After the enthusiasm, there is no motivation at all.

Sophia has forgotten her purpose of coming today, she just thinks it's good to have a friend who can understand her.

After dinner, it was getting late, Sophia was about to leave.

Lehman suddenly said, "The script of "The Peerless Lady" cannot be taken over with your current experience." - Haha, it's not bad to train people upright and awe-inspiring, no wonder you were always taught a lesson in your previous life.

That being said, in fact, Sophia has a very good mentality, so if she doesn't take pictures, she won't take pictures anymore. Anyway, she also shrinks in her heart.

But if there is no cooperation, the friendship with the Coppola family cannot be deepened. This investment must still be helped, but it can't be "The Peerless Queen" - an investment of 40 million, it is estimated that only a fraction can be recovered. This movie It really didn't shoot well, it was very bad.

Although Lehmann doesn't mind losing a little money for Literary Xiang's works, at least he can gain a good reputation.

"Peerless Beauty" was filmed, and it would be even if it didn't get the audience's approval, and it didn't get much reputation in the industry.

Therefore, Lehman just wanted to find a suitable script for Sofia to direct, which is also an explanation for the Coppola family, otherwise people would trust you to find it, but nothing helped, and people felt that they did not pay attention to Coppola's release. goodwill, it is not good for people to misunderstand.

Sophia raised her head and asked curiously, "How did you know I would be willing?"

"I guess, I think you should like it. Maybe, wait until you read the script before deciding?" Lyman frowned and pretended to be.

"Haha." Sophia was amused, feeling that Lehmann was serious and humorous.

"Okay, I'll talk about it after I finish reading the script. I'll go back first."

After Sophia left, Lehman took a shower and was just about to make out with Eva - she just finished filming "Casino Royale" the day before and could leave the group.

Just as he was about to prepare for the foreplay, let's have a pink atmosphere, suddenly someone disturbed him.

the phone is ringing.

Lehman was a little depressed. Amidst Eva's laughter, he answered the phone strangely and said, "It's so late, can't you find me during the day?"

On the other end of the phone, it was Luc Besson, who forgot the jet lag with a funny explanation.

Now, the identities of the two people are close, and Luc Besson is no longer so serious about giving instructions.

After joking, he still talked about the business.

He said: "This year's Cannes Film Festival, on behalf of the organizing committee, I invite you to serve as a judge."

Lehmann became more and more depressed, "I plan to participate in the main competition unit this year. This is both a player and a referee. Forget it, I will be scolded. I don't want to be questioned for nothing."

Nima, this kind of offending people is something that labor and capital do not do. No matter how the awards are awarded, there will definitely be some people who will not accept it. You can see how many jokes are made in the awards every year, or they are spurned by the audience and the media.

——As long as this thing is made by people, it will be mixed with many other off-site factors. After all, people are all animals living in a social environment. How can it be completely fair? It is admirable to be able to make the **** less crooked.

Moreover, he also intends to let Alessandro's "Babel" and his "No Country for Old Men" participate in the election to brush their qualifications, fame, and word of mouth. If you don't want to be questioned, it is better to keep a low profile.

Lehmann's refusal made Luc Besson depressed again Some seniors asked him for help, why can't they just be perfunctory.

Luc Besson persuaded: "The Cannes Film Festival is the glory of all our French filmmakers, and you are now an international banner for French directors. How could you not help your own film festival to become more famous?"

Anyway, Eva also came over and listened to the content and said excitedly, "This is a matter of increasing your face. Not only will your face be bright, but you can also get benefits. Don't you agree?"

Lyman pushed Eva aside, you only see the good, how can you not see the bad.

If the judges are so good, the Cannes Film Festival will change the lineup every year, and will they be invited hard?

Is this clearly meant to be a villain?

Lehman added: "I still have a lot of things to deal with here. I can't squeeze in time. It's really inconvenient."

Luc Besson continued to tempt: "Do you know how many works are in the election this year? That's a gathering of senior filmmakers and rookie directors. At that time, many filmmakers from various countries will come to join us. Don't you want to get some more? Is the source of the film going to be released in North America? Why don’t you come to see and choose for yourself? You also set up a distribution company, don’t you want to take this opportunity to make friends? When you become a judge, I don’t know how many people will be willing to accept your love.”

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