Hollywood Hunter

"In this way, Simon, you help me write a song, and I can be a guest performer on the Victoria's Secret Show for free at the end of the year, how about it?"

"Unfortunately, Maggie, there are no performers on the Victoria's Secret Show."

"That's why this is a good idea. Invite performing guests. The Victoria's Secret Show will definitely be more popular. You should thank me for helping you come up with such a good idea."

"Thank you, Maggie, maybe you can talk to other people about something else."

In the private bar of the villa, Madonna was exhausted, Simon was still indifferent, so she had to give up, and then pulled the man up and said: "Okay, let's go dancing, Simon, you are already so rich, there is no need for party time. Talk about work."

Madonna was small but not small, and Simon knew that it was impossible to continue the conversation with Deutschman, and stood up with her strength.

There were originally more than a dozen people on the dance floor of the bar slowly shaking to soft music.

Madonna took Simon to the dance floor and raised her hand to signal the DJ not far away: "Hey, here's a great one."

Although it is a private bar, the equipment is very complete.

After a while, dynamic music sounded, and the surrounding lights flickered.

After all, this body is young, and Simon is not a person who can't play. Seeing Madonna's little wild cat dancing in front of him, he also swayed with the music. Noting that Natasha Henstridge was standing on the dance floor with a slight hesitation, Simon made a come over to her, and the girl immediately leaned over to Simon.

Madonna saw Simon holding on to Natasha's waist and hanging herself aside, obviously a little unhappy, but did not try to squeeze Natasha away, but began to try to **** the girl from Simon.

The Queen is not taboo for men and women.

However, the height difference between the two women is almost 20 centimeters, and Natasha does not cooperate. It is not easy for Madonna to succeed.

Simon discovered Madonna's intentions, smiled and stretched out his hand to grab a hand from him, caught another girl who tried to stick to him, and gently pushed it to Madonna. The Queen was not welcome, and after taking it, he didn't let it go.

The music that lasted for more than ten minutes ended. Simon pulled Natasha off the dance floor. Redford and Deutschman were no longer here. There were a lot more people in the bar than before. The sofa card beside the pool table. The seats have also been changed, but the concave decks are only occupied on both sides, and the side that is specially free is obviously reserved for Simon.

Simon on the deck knew everyone.

On the innermost side enough to accommodate four people are the actor Hugh Grant of "Four Weddings and a Funeral", his girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley, and Daenerys Entertainment's director of the film "Hit the Monkey" this year. Russell and the actor Jeremy Davis, next to the Mexican director Robert Rodriguez and his queen actress Salma Hayek, who were discovered by Daenerys Entertainment last year based on "The Killer's Elegy", Quentin, who had already gotten acquainted with Rodriguez, did not come to Park City because of the fact that "Falling Water Dog" returned empty-handed at Sundance.

Simon greeted everyone without any unfamiliarity, and sat down with Natasha.

It was basically the first time to meet each other. Even though they were introduced at the beginning of the party, everyone was surprised that Simon could easily call them by name. After all, they were still little-known little figures in Hollywood at this time. Of course, Simon does not have a super memory, but most of the memories in his mind are related to Hollywood. These people are not unknown people, and it is normal to recognize them.

Everyone was chatting casually, and Madonna came over again, with a girl next to her.

The light here is brighter, and Simon can see the appearance of the girl who was just pushed to Queen Mai by himself. She has a very pure face, black hair, fair skin, light-colored eyes, and a small mouth just right, a bit Winona Lai. The feeling of Germany is a little bit more charming that Winona Ryder lacks.

With just a glance, Simon can be sure that the girl should be of Russian origin.

that's the truth.

Because Simon quickly found the name of the other party in his mind: Mia Kirshina.

Koshina, a typical Russian surname.

Without concealing his gaze, Simon looked at the girl a few times, and patted the slightly free position beside him at random: "Come, sit here, what's your name?"

There are a lot of guests tonight. I only greeted some people who needed to meet under Alison’s arrangement before, but the girl in front of me was not in the ranks who needed Simon to greet him personally, so even if I think of each other’s name, I still have to pretend I don’t know each other. .

Mia Kirschna was just pushed by Simon to Madonna. She was eaten tofu by the Queen on the dance floor. There was a little resentment at the beginning. At this time, she heard Westero greet herself to sit over and left without help. Stepping forward, sitting down cautiously beside the other party, remembering the man's question, and quickly said: "Mia, Mr. Westeros, my name is Mia Kirshina."

The waiter came here with a tray.

Simon took two glasses of cocktails, one was handed to Natasha, who had a little bit of resentment on his left hand, and the other was about to be handed to Mia Kirschna. He looked at the face that was still a little fat and stopped and asked. : "Are you an adult?"

Mia Kirschner raised her little hand to catch the glass, and explained: "19 years old, Mr. Westeros, I am 19 years old."

Simon smiled and took the wine glass back: "You still can't drink," he said and motioned to the waiter: "Bring this lady a glass of juice."

Natasha on the other side was even more depressed.

I am obviously 19 years old, half a year from 20.

I can’t help but look at the past, the opposite Mia Kirshina is about one meter six small heads similar to Madonna, coupled with her innocent face, it is easy to be mistaken for a little girl, this point the model was born close to 1.8 meters tall She is incomparable.

Many people in the bar are paying attention to Simon's side.

I can only envy Westeros with a big ninety-cent-level vase but can still find a little beauty at his fingertips. Natasha Henstridge is no one dared to make an idea. Ya Koshina was originally the target of a lot of people to strike up a conversation. The special temperament of innocence and coquettish in this little beauty who can also easily hit more than 80 points is very eye-catching.

Of course, the 19-year-old little actor who is not well-known can not enter the Westeros party for nothing.

Mia Kirschna is the leading actress in the last Sundance film called "Sexy Club". This is a Canadian film about a middle-aged police detective who is addicted to the sad past and a peace A story that happened between dancers whose daughter was very similar to his passing away, in which Mia Kirschna played the role of Christina as the heroine.

Gaomen Pictures is very interested in this film and is negotiating with the producer on copyright matters. The director and producer of the film have received an invitation to the party tonight. Mia Kirschner is the film producer Robert ·Ranstow brought some special thoughts into the party, dreaming of being able to get started after the party tonight, but he did not expect that this little girl would be caught by Westeros.

The original idea was naturally useless.

Not far from the deck, Robert Ransto, sitting at the bar, raised his head gloomily and drank the whiskey in his glass. He suddenly realized that the dissatisfaction shown by this action seemed a bit obvious, and he quickly restrained, and put the glass carefully. Putting it down, didn't dare to look at Westeros again.

If you knew it, you should start early.

And the girl shouldn't let her go away when she was going to dance, what an obvious purpose.

A girl who can mix in this kind of circle is a joke if she doesn't have any thoughts.

On the deck sofa, Simon just asked Mia Kirschner for a glass of juice, and then turned to "Hit the Monkey" director David Russell to chat about his new script "Flirting with Disaster".

David Russell in memory is a controversial director in Hollywood.

The filmmaker’s two Oscar hits "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds" and "American Hoax" were considered by many audiences to be untrue. Fans felt that most of the highlights of the film should be attributed to Chrystian Bell and Amy. The wonderful performances of such outstanding actors as Adams, Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper.

In Simon’s view, David Russell’s works can easily give actors full scope, but they do lack a strength, a trait that is enough to make the film a classic.

This is probably related to the personal experience of Russell's late bloomers.

Hollywood is a whetstone for many talented filmmakers, but most filmmakers are not getting sharper and sharper. Instead, the initial edges and corners are gradually being polished away in various frame specifications.

David Russell is like that.

This new Sundance director is actually 35 years old this year, approaching middle age.

At a very young age, he started to ignite his interest in film through the Super Eight cameras. After graduating from university in the early 1980s, David Russell kept trying to enter the film industry. After more than ten years, he finally started his first minister last year. sheet.

Moreover, the initial budget of "Hit the Monkey" was only a pitiful US$200,000. After being selected by Gaomen Films for the script, the budget was only increased to US$1 million. It is still impossible to hire any big names to join. The slightly loose budget can only be used The film lens, soundtrack and other aspects are more refined.

The final completed debut is actually a rather compromised work.

Simon had already watched the movie in advance.

David Russell chose a sensitive topic that is easy to attract the attention of the audience, which actually has obvious ingenuity in it.

However, as a film involving mother and child taboos, Russell's description of this aspect is quite a bit to stop, and the ending of the story is also very peaceful. The actor wants to commit suicide because of guilt, but fails to succeed and wants to strangle to death. To seduce his own mother, she failed to be cruel, and eventually just ran away, resulting in the film lacking a shocking impact.

In this regard, it is also this Sundance session, where David Russell is in sharp contrast with another rookie director, Kevin Smith.

Kevin Smith is only 23 years old, and spent more than $20,000 to write and direct the "Crazy Clerk" that was well received at this year's film festival. Unlike the peaceful compromise of "Hit the Monkey", "Crazy Clerk" has a very sharp point. In his personal style, Smith has made a pungent mockery of all aspects of society through a day's experience of a hapless convenience store salesperson, and he has no taboo about **** and swearing, and is full of scale.

In the original time and space, after becoming famous with "Crazy Clerk", Kevin Smith still maintained his own personal style for a long time. The 1999 "Furious Offense" against mainstream American religions angered many people.

Because of this sharpness, Smith was unable to integrate into the mainstream Hollywood circle from start to finish.

As a super comic fan who opened his own comic shop after becoming famous, Smith expressed interest in many superhero projects, but because of the studio’s scruples about Smith’s personal style, he never made a superhero for him. For the opportunity of a big movie, the director can only get addicted by directing a few episodes of Warner’s Super British TV series.

Gaomen Pictures has also bought the copyright of "Crazy Clerk".

However, as the owner of Hollywood's largest studio at this stage, Simon also does not value the next cooperation with Smith, and Daenerys Entertainment will not shoot movies like "Furious Offense". Taboo subjects such as "Hit the Monkey" or B-rated film madmen such as Quentin and Rodriguez may only cause discomfort to some defenders, but "Furious Offense" violates the values ​​of most Americans at this stage. .

Unlike many years later, in the United States in the early 1990s, lack of faith was still a very unusual thing.

All in all, this year's Sundance, Simon most valued is David Russell.

From the point of view of the film quality of "Hit the Monkey" itself, David Russell’s first work has a super high degree of completion that other directors can hardly match in the first attempt. The story is complete and smooth, the edited soundtrack is beyond the standard, and the film footage is full The personal style and the performance of several actors are also remarkable, which are enough to prove Russell's very solid film skills.

Having this kind of film skills and personal style, and being able to make appropriate compromises when the studio needs it, this is the most valued director in mainstream Hollywood.

Such a filmmaker, as long as he is given a good enough script and a good enough main creative team, he may not be able to create a classic, but it is not difficult to succeed in business.

Moreover, Hollywood classics have always been handcrafted.

Whether it is commercial classics such as "Star Wars" and "Terminator" or Oscar blockbusters such as "The Godfather" and "Forrest Gump", the main creators never thought that they would become phenomenal classics before shooting.

With the support of Weinstein, David Russell relied on "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds" twenty years later to reach the pinnacle of his personal career. Now that he knows the direction of the director's suitable subject matter, Simon can now give With such support from the other party, there is no need to let the other party fumble for another twenty years.

With enough room for display, Russell is not impossible to create a classic film history.

"...The most critical problem is that there are too many things you want to express in this script. The hippie movement, same-sex marriage, the federal adoption system, etc., paying attention to these elements will make the audience unable to concentrate. Therefore, you first need to cut the branch line and focus on the discussion about modern family relations. Do this. You are expected to be nominated for an Oscar screenwriter in the future. If you keep the current status, the audience will only see that it is not too much. Funny boisterous comedy..."

The people around listened to Simon patiently analyzing David Russell's new script "Flirting with Disaster," with obvious envy in their eyes.

Although Simon has not directed any film in person in recent years, no one at the scene will doubt his genius in film. David Russell wants to write down all Simon’s suggestions with a pen. Even if the creator’s instinct and restraint of the proposed amendments were unavoidable, he had to admit that Simon’s suggestions were correct.