Best Actor

    "I'll just say it straight, Christopher, Jonathan, I like your "Memento" very much, and I very much hope to cooperate with such a thoughtful director." After chatting for a while, Sean said straight to the point.

    The two brothers in front of them, although they both have square faces with double chins, and their expressions are very similar, but the differences are still obvious. Christopher Nolan, who has a stronger sense of contour, is obviously A little more handsome and a little more temperamental. And when he heard Sean's words, Jonathan was obviously a little surprised, but Christopher remained calm and took a sip of coffee calmly.

    "If I had known earlier that Memento was also participating in this year's Sundance Film Festival, I would have contacted Jonathan at the time, I liked the film, the director and the editing style. ." Sean continued, and looked them in the eyes and made a frank look.

    "Thank you for the compliment, Sean, we had to go to festivals all over the place to release this film." Christopher said very modestly, "I just played a little bit while editing. tricks."

    His accent is interesting, sometimes slick, and a little slurred, standard American, but after a few sentences it begins to cadence and becomes British. Sean knew that this was because his mother was a flight attendant, so he often took him to and fro between the UK and the US, so he was very familiar with the cultures and living habits of both sides.

    But Sean doesn't have time to pay attention to these now, and Christopher Nolan is sitting in front of him.

    "A little trick? No no no, big mistake, I don't know what you think, Christopher, but it's definitely unfair to judge this movie by that." Sean shook his head, "Maybe in hindsight, this was really just a little trick, flashbacks and narrations, then interspersed with each other, and finally converged at one point, anyone can do it, but before that?"

    He looked at each other very seriously: "It reminds me of Columbus and the egg, before he cracked the bottom of the egg and erected it on the table, why didn't anyone do it? Whether the story is true or not, it shows a problem, some things seem simple, but in fact they are not simple, they will be taken out in a genius, and I don’t know how long they will fall asleep.”

    "If you say that again, then I will really feel ashamed." Christopher finally became a little embarrassed.

    "I'm just being honest, I think you're very talented, Christopher, and I love it, so when I heard you were directing a Swedish adaptation of Insomnia for Warner Bros. It happened that an actor dropped out in the middle, so I can't wait to come over and try it." Sean finally said.

    "This is the funniest story I've ever heard," Jonathan laughed suddenly, "I could write a story for this."

    "Jonathan." Christopher reminded his brother in a low voice.

    "It's okay, I know it's hard to believe, but it's what it is," Sean waved his hand indifferently, "I love working with you, Christopher, as an actor. , I believe that if I can direct a film like "Memento", and with the help of an excellent screenwriter brother like Jonathan, there will definitely be more excellent works."

    If it was Sean from a few months ago, this is not convincing, even if he has some fame in Hollywood.

    No one could imagine that Harrison Ford, who had just starred in "American Graffiti," and Spielberg, who had just directed a "Highway", said: Hey, man, I Look at you, you're going to be a great director, so let me play a role in your movie.

    But it's different now. It's also a work that participated in the Sundance Film Festival, and "Death Illusion", which won the feature film award, went offline after only four weeks of release - it's not considered offline, it is said that In a theater in the East Village district of Manhattan, New York, the film is still showing at midnight, and it has been until now (note), and many people have gone to see it.

    In addition, the DVD is also selling very well, and many people on the Internet are full of praise for this cult movie. According to the news from Katie, Drew was privately angry Curse New Century Entertainment, which distributes movies.

    Although "Memento", which won the screenwriting award, has been released for two months, the North American box office has just exceeded 10 million. Coincidentally, the film is also released by New Century Entertainment.

    Only "My Great Greek Wedding", a movie with outstanding reputation but no awards, has reached the 100 million mark just four weeks after its release. Now in Hollywood, there is no People don't know Sean's good eyes. Therefore, it is not a bad thing to fail to meet the Nolan brothers at Sundance.

     "Yes, as long as your brothers work together on a movie, there must be quality assurance." Sean nodded firmly.

    He originally wanted to add "and your wife", but considering that this is the first time we met, let's not say such inexplicable and rude words.

    "Wait, I have to make it clear that I'm not the screenwriter of "Chasing the Murder in the White Night"." Jonathan said.

    Sean raised his eyebrows in surprise: "No? Why?"

    The Nolan brothers couldn't help exchanging glances, and then Jonathan continued: "Christo can get the opportunity to direct "The White Night", there are certain conditions."

    Although he did not say the specific conditions, but in this case, he can guess it even without saying it.

    "How can Warners be so stupid?" Sean frowned, "Don't they know Memento is the work of the two of you? Of course, I'm not saying that Christopher can't direct without Jonathan The movie, after watching "Memento", I deliberately asked "Following" to watch it once. At that time, Christopher's personal style was already obvious. But obviously, if the two of you join forces, the quality of the movie will be more guaranteed. , you get to know each other's minds better, and that gives you a little more confidence that your first film in Hollywood with a major studio will be a little more successful."

    "Looks like you have more confidence in us... than us." Christopher joked.

    "Sure." Sean shrugged.

    "Even if the writer wasn't me?" Jonathan pressed.

    "That's really a question - the final editing rights are also in Christopher's hands?" Sean asked something.

    "That's for sure." Christopher sighed for the first time.

    "Okay, I'm starting to dislike this movie, but..." Sean pinched his chin and thought, "I still insist on my choice, even if this is just a supporting role, even if this role Not much, but at least actually working with Christopher. Well, I can take this opportunity to see if my predictions are accurate, and, at least, play against Al Pacino.”

    After a pause, he smiled again and said, "I'm very good at playing those mature roles, you can watch the "Genius Ripley" clip, if you're worried, I can also audition ."

    "Okay, I think...I'm fine," Christopher said after thinking for a few minutes. "Just convince the producers."

    "That's fine," Sean was overjoyed, "then it's settled."

    The matter was settled like this, and then Sean took Frederick and Galen away first, and after they walked out of the cafe, Christopher looked at his brother Jonathan: "Do you think how is he?"

    "A very interesting guy, I think he almost said directly, you are the best director he has ever seen." Jonathan smiled and shrugged, looking very interested in Sean .

    Christopher did not speak, rubbed his chin for a while, and after confirming from the glass by the street that Sean and the others were gone, he turned his head and asked the person sitting at the adjacent table, with his back to The women at their table: "Emma, ​​how about you?"

    "A very interesting person." The woman turned her head and said with a smile, looking in her early thirties, with black hair and a middle-aged appearance, but very imposing.

    Emma Thomas, wife of Christopher Nolan and an alumnus of him and his brother Jonathan, produced two of Christopher's films, "Following" and "Memento." It is thanks to her series of operations that these two films were able to land at larger film festivals, and "Memento" has received countless praise, and profitability is not a problem.

    "It's rare, Emma actually agrees with me sometimes." Jonathan whistled immediately, proud and surprised.

    Emma Thomas immediately raised her eyebrows: "It sounds like I've been making things difficult for you?"

    "I'm just talking about everyone's opinion." Jonathan quickly stated.

    "Okay, no kidding, is that just the way it is?" Christopher smoothed out first, then asked his wife.

    "It's hard to describe, because he became an actor in the second half of 1998. Before that, he only appeared in some stage plays in school. Then, he worked as an extra for two months, He got his first chance and played a supporting role in "Friends" for three episodes, and then was picked by Anthony Minghella and became the leading actor in "The Genius Ripley", which gave him a considerable amount of attention. He was also nominated for the Best Actor Oscar. Before that, he also starred in the leading role of "Death Is Coming", a horror film that also did well at the box office, and also starred in "The Lord of the Rings". A supporting role. And then as you know, he didn't have a lot of great works as an actor this year, but "Death Illusion" was a bad box office, but it was pretty good, and "My Big Greek Wedding" he is a producer, will be in the North America is about to break 100 million.”

    In the end, she concluded: "So, his vision is indeed good. He is so optimistic about you, which proves that my vision is also good."

    The latter sentence is naturally a joke, but Christopher didn't smile, just rubbed his chin with a thoughtful look: "Well, I'm more and more interested in him."