Chatty Hollywood

As the producer of "Fatal Bend", Anthony Westwood’s life is not as colorful and thrilling as the director and heroine of his own film. From last night to now, except for the few hours of rest in between, Mr. Filmmaker has been waiting boringly by the phone, waiting for news from everywhere.

　　 Of course, conscientiously speaking, the feeling of "boring" is just an outsider's opinion. In Mr. Westwood's opinion, he is engaged in a tough battle. The movie "Fatal Turn" is his army, and the nearly 2,000 screens across the United States are the battlefields they will conquer one by one.

　　 "I can finally understand how General Eisenhower felt during the period before and after the start of Operation Overlord."

　　 Although these words are a bit brash, they are the truest portrayal of Mr. Westwood's heart at this moment. In fact, less than 17 hours have passed since "Fatal Bend" was officially released, and he had felt his heart beating too fast several times and wanted to swallow first aid medicine.

　　 "After this time, I will retire and go home!"

　　 Without knowing that the producer, who had already set up for himself, looked at the various reports in front of him with all his attention, his expression gradually relaxed.

　　 "Although the statistics are not complete yet, judging from the current survey results, it should be a success this time!"

　　 In 1994, Rotten Tomatoes had not yet been established, and IMDB was also far away in the UK. Not long after it was formalized, the North American movie theaters were unable to quickly count the box office and word-of-mouth of movies through the Internet. But even so, using relatively primitive sampling surveys and telephone statistics, it won’t take long for the filmmakers to get an overview of the movie's release——

"The attendance rate is amazing, especially at midnight. Some places are full. It should be the blessing of that **** Allen, but the problem is that many places are full of games for the second time. Is it summer? Does that egg that Lott said really work?"

As a producer, Mr. Westwood has of course also seen the sample and edited version, but because he was discussing something with Charlotte at the time, he skipped a few scenes that Alexis appeared, which made him I didn't realize the magical two-brush special effects. I just thought that Charlotte had set up some easter eggs in the movie that the audience needed to watch several times to notice.

　　 But even so, he realized that Charlotte's little trick seemed to be a success.

　　 "Leave him alone! Useful as long as it is useful!"

As a producer, Mr. Westwood is a complete result supremacist. He was considering whether to add a fire to the red box office. He saw his assistant waving a stack of newspapers, panting. Ran in.

　　 "Good news, boss! The FBI has made a big discovery in Vianes Valley!!"

　　 "Great discovery!?"

　　 Thinking of a certain hidden worry, Mr. Producer couldn't help but feel tight. He quietly took the newspaper from his assistant, and after a closer look, he relaxed again.

　　 "They found a cave filled with the bodies of missing persons in Vians Valley!?"

　　 Westwood’s old face almost burst into a flower,

　　 "This is good news! Absolutely good news!!"

　　 Mr. Producer felt that he was the darling of God for a moment,

　　 "With this news, combined with the current reputation of the movie, I will definitely make the box office of "Fatal Bend" explode!"

　　-but before that, he really seems to need some emergency medicine first.

　　 So excited!

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　　 Agent Kate is not in the same mood as Mr. Westwood.

　　 Although the discovery of a large number of corpses provides more clues for the FBI's forensic personnel, it will inevitably attract the attention of the media. Originally, a series of cases related to the Vianes Valley did not disappear from the eyes of the media. Now that it comes up again, Kate can already imagine the next scene of reporters flooding like a flood.

"forgive me!"

　　As a capable FBI agent, Kate Todd is not afraid of the bullets, but facing the flashing spotlight of the news media, she is really a little frightened.

　　 "Especially the murderer was not caught!"

　　 For the media, the serial killer that has never been caught is simply a luxurious feast, but for the FBI, this is a complete shame. If it was the Hoover era...

　　Well, if it were in the Hoover era, there would be no reporter or media who would dare to report the failure of the FBI. Are you afraid of receiving FedEx?

　　 "I hope the media can smell it later!"

　　 Kate has a donut in her mouth, instant coffee in her hand, and a completely meaningless prayer in her heart. With a stack of newspapers in front of her, she obviously wanted to understand the enemy's situation before "engaging"—

　　 "The FBI has worked to no avail. Another month has passed, but it still doesn't even find the shadow of the "curve killer"!"

　　——It's still up to you to tell me! ?

　　 Kate thought bitterly, but relaxed a little. Obviously, this newspaper has not heard the news yet, otherwise it would never publish such texts that are essentially nonsense.

　　-by the way, "curve killer" is exactly the nickname given to the serial killer in Vianes Valley by the media. And the source is the deceased who was first discovered, the movie by Alan McElroy.

　　 "The midnight premiere of "Fatal Bend" was a big success. Is this the charm of the movie or the bonus of the "curve killer"?"

　　—Of course it is a bonus to the "curve killer"!

Kate remembers very clearly how the crew of "Fatal Bend" hyped Allen's case so desperately, she even suspected that the nickname "curve killer" was also given by them in order to catch the heat of the incident. Promote the movie.

　　 "There are ghosts hidden in the movie "Fatal Bend". Is this a technological advancement or a curse by the former director and heroine?"

　　——Ghost, what does this mean?

　　 For Kate, who has been busy searching all night and has no time to see the midnight scene, she has no idea what the ghost in "Fatal Turn" is. This kind of curiosity made her read this report without knowing it, but the result was even more confusing.

　　 "Will you see a different picture the second time, and even cause the whole plot to change?"

　　 Kate doesn't know how this is done, but she is really interested in it. She flipped through the newspapers one by one, searching for information about "Deadly Bend."

　　Unfortunately, most newspapers either focus on the red midnight box office of "Fatal Bend" and its fairly good reputation, or simply focus on a series of cases in the Vianes Valley. Kate never found the answer she wanted, until--

"The mystery of the second brush of "Fatal Bend"-this is a very successful application of the persistence effect of the human eye, but unfortunately it can only be found occasionally. I am afraid that even the director of the film, Charlotte Booth It’s difficult for me to reproduce this effect..."

　　 At the back of this report~www.readwn.com~YangYangSai Jian made a detailed explanation of the second brush effect of "Fatal Bend", and finally came to the conclusion——

Because when shooting female ghosts, the photographer repeatedly used fast and slow changing shots, coupled with the influence of a series of factors such as the scene, formed a kind of occasional hypnotic effect, so that most of the audience who watched the movie seriously could not Consciously remember some pictures that my eyes hadn't noticed.

　　 And viewers who have these memories, if they watch "Fatal Turn" for the second time in a short period of time, they will "see" the hidden ghost due to the interlaced effects of the memory and the low-frame pictures hidden in the movie.

"...This may just be an Easter egg hidden by the director in the movie. It originally needed to be watched repeatedly by some people, but because of this wonderful accident, nearly 80% of the audience who watched it for the second time were able to find it. Seeing the ghost. I have to say, this is a small surprise from the God of Movies."

　　 At the end of the report, the reporter also specially invited a very authoritative person to testify——

　　 Sheldon Cooper, a professor at California Institute of Technology, a genius with an IQ of 187.

　　 This person also watched the midnight scene of "Fatal Turn". In fact, he drew a large part of the conclusions in the newspaper. There are people like this who support this newspaper's argument, should it be true?

　　 I have to say that although anti-intellectualism is prevalent in the United States, people still know that they need to find smart people when they use their brains.

　　 "It's interesting!"

　　 At this time, Kate, who is obsessed with newspapers, has forgotten her purpose of flipping the newspaper in the first place. She wondered to herself, is she going to watch the movie "Fatal Bend" tonight?

　　恩, have to watch it twice! !