1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 513 "The Godfather 3" is not bad

"Farewell My Concubine" does not do localization, it is equivalent to translating the original script and using it directly. The screenwriter becomes a translator, and the work suddenly becomes easier.

It only took Lin Weimin a few days to sort out the script and hand it over to Arthur Miller, and then the two communicated tirelessly to revise the script.

After working in this way for a few days, Arthur Miller said that Woody Allen was back to New York to make a movie again, and asked Lin Weimin if he wanted to see it.

After working continuously for several days, it is time to take a break, Lin Weimin readily agreed.

In the evening of the next day, Lin Weimin and his wife, accompanied by Arthur Miller, went to the shooting site in the Green Garden Lounge.

Among American directors, there may never be another director who loves New York like Woody Allen.

Almost every one of his films has elements of New York, and a large number of them are shot directly in New York.

When Lin Weimin and his team arrived at the shooting scene, Woody Allen was sitting in the director's chair watching the monitor, and beside him was a black-haired middle-aged man with a big beard.

Seeing Lin Weimin again after three years, Woody Allen warmly hugged him, "Lin, I watched "The Last Emperor", it's really good!"

"Thank you!"

Immediately afterwards, Woody Allen introduced the middle-aged bearded man beside him to Lin Weimin, "This is Francis Ford Coppola, the director of the movie "The Godfather". This time we co-directed "New York Story". Each is responsible for a short film."

The movie Woody Allen is shooting is "New York Story", which is a love movie co-directed by him, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. New York Story movie.

It sounds no different from those platter love movies of later generations. The only commendable thing about this movie is that the three directors are all well-known directors in the American film industry.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Lin Weimin watched the filming process with great interest.

Woody Allen is responsible for the short film called "Oedipus' Troubles", which he himself wrote, directed and acted in.

In the movie, Woody Allen plays Sheldon, a 50-year-old lawyer. He has a mother who spoils him too much, and controls him everywhere, whether it is life, work or relationship.

Sheldon talked about a girlfriend, and his mother was very dissatisfied with the girlfriend he chose.

Once, the three went to a magic show together, and the mother who was invited to the stage to assist in the performance was disappeared by the magician.

But the unstoppable mother appeared in the sky and continued to scold Sheldon and his girlfriend.

The whole story has an absurd, funny, and joyful color, full of Woody Allen's early style, and it is easy for him to make this style of film.

The few scenes filmed today are Sheldon played by Woody Allen and his mother dining in the Green Garden Lounge. The mother complained about the bad table, and by the way complained about the chaos of New Yorkers.

This group of people will not treat themselves badly, and they can find places to entertain wherever they go, and they will encounter unspeakable liquids if they are not careful.

The colorful jokes were so joyful that even Lin Weimin, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help laughing.

I watched the filming for more than an hour with great interest until the film was finished.

Woody Allen invited Lin Weimin and others to have a meal at the Green Garden Lounge after work was over. Accompanied by him was Mia Farrow, the heroine of "The Troubles of Oedipus".

Everyone knows what happened to the director and the actress. The two have been living together for nine years, but they are not married.

Nearly three years have passed since the last meeting at Arthur Miller's house. Lin Weimin came to the United States again, and his popularity is completely different from a few years ago.

Woody Allen naturally mentioned the "Untouchable" that Spielberg is filming. He was born on Broadway. He has always written, directed, and occasionally acted by himself. I've been to pediatrics.

"I really think it's better for Steven to shoot "Untouchable" than to shoot your "Burning"." Woody Allen said.

"Ivy, do you like Burning?"

"Of course. Such an excellent work, who can not love it? Didn't it win the National Book Critics Association Award? If I don't like to write things myself, I really want to make your novel." Woody Allen joked .

"Burning" is merciless in its criticism of the United States. The general R faction cannot appreciate this kind of novel. Only readers who are relatively L are interested in this novel.

Woody Allen did not say one more thing, if this novel is made into a movie, I am afraid it will not be welcomed by the movie industry and ordinary audiences.

Compared with "Burning", "Farewell My Concubine" with a mysterious oriental color is safer.

When Woody Allen heard that Lin Weimin and Arthur Miller were going to put "Farewell My Concubine" on the Broadway stage, he said excitedly: "You must invite me to the premiere."

"No problem at all!"

The topic goes back to the movie "New York Story". For this type of movie, Woody Allen is handy to shoot, and another director, Martin Scorsese, is also handy to deal with it. Only Francis Ford Copper La is not very good at this type of film.

Francis rose to fame in 1970 with General Patton, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay that year.

In 1972, "The Godfather" was ground-breaking, and in 1974, "The Godfather 2" made persistent efforts, creating a series of films that is unique in the history of American film. Francis also became one of the best directors in the American film industry through these two films.

In 1979, it may be that the success of two consecutive "Godfathers" made Francis a little inflated. He solely funded the adventure drama "Apocalypse Now". Terrible, this movie that cost 3600 million dollars ended up losing all its money.

The failure of "Apocalypse Now" seems to have started the downhill of Francis' film career.

Since then, he has successively directed many films such as the romance film "My Sweetheart", the drama film "Betta Fish", and the fantasy romance film "Peggy Sue Is Getting Married", but most of them were mediocre, with neither artistic achievements nor box office results. .

After several years of time, Coppola seems to have only one empty title of great director left.

Numerous investors and film critics have sentenced him to death, and Francis Ford Coppola, the great director who once shocked the world of film, has exhausted his talents!
Francis came to Woody Allen's crew today because he had a little idea of ​​learning.

Several people present were quite accomplished in drama creation, and they all frowned after hearing him finish the plot of his short film.

Francis's short film is called "Life Without Izzo", and the general content is that the famous flute player Gadu and his wife are separated. Prince is better.The gangster robbed the hotel where Zoe's father kept the jewelry, and lost an envelope when fleeing the scene, which was picked up by Zoe.

Inside the envelope was a pair of teardrop-shaped diamond earrings that my father kept on behalf of the Indian princess.At a grand banquet, the Indian maharaja wants his concubine to wear the famous pair of teardrop-shaped diamond earrings, but the father is worried about the robbery of the safe.At this time, Zooey took out the earrings, and her father was overjoyed.With Zoe's help, Jiadu and his wife reconnected.

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Lin Weimin didn't know how Arthur Miller and Woody Allen felt, but he only had this feeling after hearing the story.

Francis frowned, seeing that everyone was silent, he already understood everyone's evaluation in his heart.

He said with some annoyance: "I really shouldn't have accepted this movie."

Woody Allen comforted: "Frank, this is just a platter movie, don't be so nervous, even if it has a bad reputation, what does it matter?"

The failure of several films in a row had a great negative impact on Francis, which seriously hit his self-confidence, otherwise he would not come to Woody Allen to learn from him.

"Frank, to be honest, I think you are more suitable for those films with strong temperament and full of emotions. Everyone has their own things, and a sketch-style film like "New York Story" is not suitable for your style. "Lin Weimin said.

What he said was completely from the perspective of a movie fan. Looking at the movies directed by Francis over the years, the styles of "Sweetheart", "Betta Fish", and "Peggy Su Is Getting Married" are relatively brisk and bright. Movies without exception are failures.

On the contrary, the "Godfather" series and "400 Years of Vampire Zombie", which are full of temperament and full of emotions, have achieved unprecedented success.

From the perspective of an audience like Lin Weimin, Francis's filming of the former category is completely exploiting weaknesses and avoiding strengths, and the gains outweigh the losses.

If Lin Weimin was only a writer, then Francis might not even bother to understand what he said.

But Francis had just listened to Arthur Miller's introduction. Lin Weimin's screenplay has not only won an Oscar, he has also won the Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

Lin Weimin may not have much say in the directing business, but Francis believes in his ability in film appreciation.

"Lin, do you really think so?" Francis asked a little unconfidently.

"Of course it's true, but it's just my feeling as a movie fan." Lin Weimin laughed.

Francis looked at him, not because he said that he was just a movie fan, to belittle the remarks, but instead asked: "Then can you talk about it specifically? According to your feeling, what kind of movie can I direct?"

Lin Weimin looked at Francis and asked, "Do you really want me to talk?"

"Of course!" Francis said seriously.

"I think "The Godfather 3" is a good choice!" Lin Weimin blurted out.

Francis froze for a moment, looked at Lin Weimin, and then laughed, "Lin, you really know how to joke, the story of "The Godfather" is over."

Woody Allen and Arthur Miller also laughed, "Is this the selfishness of the fans?"

Lin Weimin shrugged and said indifferently: "You can understand it this way."

Several people laughed happily. After Francis finished laughing, he said: "Well, I have received your heartfelt fan, but I can't make "The Godfather" again. Its story is over."

Lin Weimin smiled and did not speak.

Mark what you say, you old boy, and I hope you'll be just as confident next year when you're about to go bankrupt.

　Kavinka is uncomfortable, I have to go through the outline and materials, I am almost blind from looking for materials, and there will be two updates today and tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)