Chapter 646： starring

This morning.

A black Mercedes-Benz business parked in the parking lot of the Movie Palace.

Suddenly, the two men got out of the car and walked towards the non-competition venue.

One of them was well-dressed, with white temples and slightly wrinkled brows. He looked quite young. The other was carrying a satchel next to him, looking slightly younger.

These two are Francois Crucey and his agent.

Since that day Edmund offered to invite the actor, he immediately found Francois, who was idle in Marseille at the time, through his contacts in the circle.

This one is also an old actor, but he wasn't very famous when he was young. After honing his acting skills, actors of his age are not very popular and lack opportunities, so this is not obvious.

Upon receiving the invitation, he immediately followed his agent to Cannes.

The two approached all the way, and the agent said long-windedly, "I don't know what will happen, but Director Lyman has a high evaluation in the industry, and the attitude of the people is good, it should be possible, let's come all the way. , I don't even know what to do. It's too rushed."

François was not so concerned about gains and losses, he said, "People take the initiative to invite them, so we just have to go to the appointment."

When he came to the door of the venue, the agent made a phone call and said a few words.

A person came out immediately, but Edmund himself greeted him.

Although the three of them are not familiar with each other, they have heard of it to some extent. Besides, François is also similar in age to Edmund, and it is not obvious that they are polite to each other. It is considered that they can chat.

And Francois also learned from Edmund's mouth about the movie "Untouchable" that he will star in.

According to Edmund's meaning, this drama Lehmann has been in preparation for a long time, and there is a lot of room for performance in it. If the performance is brilliant, it will really be brilliant.

This made François more and more interested, like scratching his heart.

Walked all the way to a quiet compartment in the venue.

Edmund said hello, and saw Lyman walking over with a smile.

"Hello, Mr. Cruze."

"Hello, Director Lyman, I really like your "Million Dollar Baby", that movie not only has a great plot, but also great shots, especially the scene where Maggie is driving home from training, the lighting and camera The cooperation is simply amazing, how did you think of it?"

Lyman smiled complacently, "Actually, my photographer Thomas also provided inspiration for that scene. I used cold light to shoot diagonally above the camera, so that the light and shadow can only cover one-third of the character's face, and the scene composition has such a beauty. , and Maggie's accidental smile is actually the actor's own play just right."

After chatting for a while, Lehmann led a few people to the inner room, took the preliminary finalized script and handed it to François.

"You take it back first and watch it several times. The specific shooting time is estimated to be in early June."

François was a little surprised to see that Lehmann had easily decided on the role.

Before he came, he never thought it would be so casual.

However, Lehmann has seen several works that Francois has participated in recently, and he is quite recognized for his strength.

More importantly, his appearance is three-pointed from the original author, and there will be no sense of incongruity when acting.

At this time, his agent couldn't help but interject: "Then...the remuneration for appearing in this movie..."

"Wait a few days, I'm looking for someone to talk to you. Right now, we haven't signed a contract yet."

"Oh, I'm sorry." The agent smiled brightly.

......

The distribution work of "Untouchable" will be jointly represented by the three companies Europa, Gaumont and EMI.

In other words, when the information about this project was initially disclosed, and after Edmund took the initiative to help, he was quickly found by three studios.

——Actually, there are more, but Lehmann chose these three after consideration.

First, these three companies have strengths; second, they have a foundation for cooperation, so they are easy to deal with.

Of course, this is not the point at this time.

Since the selected film list came out, how to appraise the awards has been the biggest obstacle and difficulty.

Lehmann thought that he would just listen to everyone's opinions and give it to whoever had the most votes, but as soon as the matter was discussed, everyone had a lot of cares.

Some say that they will support local filmmakers; some say that they will be questioned if they are too deliberate, or whoever is famous will be awarded to whomever is most famous; some will start from the novelty of their works...

In short, none of the most convincing works seems to be given to everyone, but it seems that it is wrong to give it to anyone.

Moreover, although the organizing committee brought in a few final works, they didn't say much about the matter. It was quite your decision, but it was very calm and not afraid of everyone messing up.

In this regard, Lehmann, as the main judge, is also very annoyed, which may or may not be related to whether his task can be successfully completed.

To be honest, when I was not a judge before, Lehmann always felt that it was a very simple matter to award an award.

But it's really time-consuming, and all aspects have to be considered.

After all, everyone eats this bowl of rice. If you say his movies are good, I say the others are not bad; you say that his fame is the most famous, but I say that his works cannot be all based on fame...

This morning, Lehman got up and went to the meeting, thinking whether he should go to Edmund to discuss this matter, and get some experience from the wind.

I didn't want to meet a member of the jury as soon as I arrived at the door of the venue.

Judging from his appearance, he seems to be waiting for me? Lyman thought.

Sure enough, the man greeted, "Mr. Rust."

"What's the matter?" Lyman wondered.

"It's like this. I've seen a lot of people these days, most of them begging me to get you together. So, I want to ask what you mean?" the man explained.

"Oh? What are they for?"

"What else is there, of course, it's a matter of the award." The man laughed.

"The attribution of the award will be discussed and the result will be discussed. What's the use of looking for me?"

"No, no, they are looking at you. I still have self-knowledge about this. Besides, you are the main judge. If you have no weight in your words, who else is there?" The man shook his head and said: " Don't look at such a debate now, if you really have a choice, the organizing committee can make sense."

"Okay, if I'm free, I'll meet you."

After the matter was settled, the two entered the venue together.

By noon, Lyman ran to find Edmund.

But he said that at the main competition unit, Edmund was flipping through a list. He looked up and saw Leiman coming over. He said happily, "Why are you here? I was thinking of going to find you later."

After finishing speaking, he took out a list from the drawer and handed it to Leman: "This is a list of Algerian candidates listed by several studios according to your instructions. Some of them still have some performance experience. Most of them are villains or gangsters, but they have never played a slightly positive image."

Lehman took it over and looked it up, and then limited the age. Most of the candidates' resumes were eliminated, and only a few were still suitable.

Lehmann returned the list to Edmund and said, "Choose from these three, whoever is more natural when auditioning, choose whoever. It's better to find an Algerian to give advice during the audition."

Edmund thought for a while, wondering what the meaning of this choice was, and blurted out, "Is there anything wrong with the three of them?"

Lehman replied, "We all feel the same when we look at their appearance. They are blind. But of course Algerians can distinguish many different people from their own countrymen. In addition to acting experience, I want to choose someone with a good face and a little more handsome, and I can't continue to stigmatize Algeria. Actor, that would be bad Edmund suddenly realized, "It makes sense. The first thing this movie is going to talk about is racial equality and the friendship between Philip and Dries. Of course, you can't choose someone who is ugly. Acting is second, and there is still room for training if you can keep it natural in the face of the camera. In short, the casting of Dres should satisfy the Algerians. "

"That's it." Lyman nodded.

In this regard, Lehmann is quite experienced.

Just like Hollywood doesn't choose too ugly if it wants to make blacks as protagonists, there is actually quite a lot of room for the so-called discrimination caused by this kind of face blindness.

Because there is indeed such a difference in the ability to distinguish between different skin tones.

You think it's good, but Algerians don't necessarily think it's good.

After talking about this matter, Lehman tentatively asked: "Is there a fairer way or something that can convince the public about the award?"

Edmund said with a smile: "There is nothing in this world to convince the crowd, some people like to watch horror movies, some people like to watch comedy movies, the former may also like comedy, but most of the people who watch comedy may not touch horror at all, Can you decide everything just because you like watching comedies? Everyone has their own standpoint and preferences, and there is nothing convincing about movies."

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