Chapter 417 First Day Box Office(1/2)
The three of them said, and sat down on a sofa in the backstage together.
Brian de Palma continued the topic just now: "Simon, Bob and I have been talking about this project in the past few days. I probably understand that you asked me to direct this film to make the plot seem more suspenseful and tense. However, Bob and I both think that although the theme of "Peach Deal" is contrary to mainstream morality, the core of this story should be love. In the case of a romance film, it is not the subject that I am good at."
Simon heard Palma's polite refusal, but although he was regretful, he did not feel any grudge.
After thinking about it, Simon felt that Palma's analysis was actually very reasonable, so he said, "Since that's the case, I'll contact others to see. In addition, Brian, have you had other scripts you are interested in recently?"
Brian de Palma showed a bitter smile on his face and shook his head, "Not yet, but I think I should still go back to the field I am good at."
In recent years, Palma has filmed two movies in total, one in the Vietnam War theme film "The Trauma of Vietnam War" and the satirical comedy "The Bonfire of Vaing". Both movies are trying to get rid of his previous style, but they all ended in failure.
It is not difficult to understand why he refused "Peach Deal".
It continues to be lukewarm, and the decline in status is still the second step. It is not so easy to receive good projects again.
"I'll keep an eye on you," Simon said, looking at Robert Redford, "Bob, you won't be interested in "The Peach Deal" either?"
Robert Redford nodded and said, "I can give it a try."
"Then, I will arrange a formal meeting as soon as possible."
While chatting, another guest who arrived came to greet Simon, Palma and Redford smiled and stood up and walked away.
"Hi, Cindy, long time no see."
Simon also stood up and greeted Cindy Crawford, who was wearing a black low-cut evening gown.
At the 20th birthday party, Simon gave four models who came to support each one and made a promise. He originally agreed to let them play Bruce Wayne's female companion in "Batman: The Moment of War", but it was not possible because of the plot, but this time it was successfully fulfilled.
However, for the time being, Cindy Crawford was only cashed in.
When Cindy Crawford heard Simon say this, he took the initiative to come forward and hug Simon, while half-true and half-false, saying, "It's really a long time no see. Simon, it's really not easy to see you."
Simon felt the perfume smell of the girl's body that was suitable for the moment when her nephrite was in her arms. Then she noticed that she didn't seem to have a male companion and asked with a smile: "Who came alone?"
Cindy Crawford let go of Simon, but kept a slightly closer distance from the man. Her beautiful eyes looked over and said, "Yes, so Simon, can you send me back to the hotel later?"
"I'm sorry, I have shadows on places like hotels and usually don't get close to 50 feet."
Cindy Crawford's eyes circulated and his words seemed bolder: "Then, you can send me wherever you want."
Janet has started to show off her pregnancy recently and has a serious morning sickness reaction, so she did not attend today's premiere. However, Simon had no intention of not staying at night, so she casually turned on this somewhat charming topic and said: "I remember you have a boyfriend, that, well, Richard Keel?"
Cindy Crawford was not shy, with a little regret in his expression, explaining: "We broke up last year."
Simon was a little surprised, but he quickly figured out the joints.
Richard Keel, who became famous in 1982 with "Office and Gentleman", has been on the decline in the late 1980s.
Originally, Richard Keel finally returned to the top with the 1990 "The Pretty" and then married his girlfriend Cindy Crawford, who had been with him for several years. Both parties actually got what they wanted.
Just as Lao Bu got married to Demi Moore in "The Dare" during "The Dare", as a very conservative society, American audiences do not like the perfect man on the screen and are still a single slut in private.
For this reason, Bruce Willis, Richard Keel, Sylvester Stallone and even Tom Cruise, no matter what they do in private, will keep a marriage as much as possible on the surface. This is actually another form of "political correctness", which was not gradually no longer adhered to by celebrities after the new century.
Although Richard Keel is a gentleman who fascinates thousands of female audiences on the screen, he is also a fickle young man in private. He is comparable to Little Little Little in the original time and space. He has never been married before he was forty and only likes the tall and delicate supermodel.
Now, after missing "The Pretty Beauty", there are no other top-notch films in recent years, and they have even become a TV movie. Richard Keel, who is over 40 years old, is completely out of date.
Since this is the case, there is naturally no need to maintain a kind of 'political correctness'.
Moreover, Cindy Crawford, who is only 25 years old in his prime, is not simple in his mind. After he became a position with Richard Kiel's girlfriend in the early days, his career still has a lot of room for improvement. Of course, it is impossible to tie himself to some outdated old tree anymore.
After a few words just right, seeing that the man in front of him did not respond to him, Cindy Crawford took the initiative to turn the topic to his guest appearance in "Batman: The Dark Knight" and expressed his hope to try more in Hollywood in the next place.
The female assistant came over with her best friend Lisa Collins.
Seeing Simon's attention shift, Cindy Crawford gave in to the side, but did not walk away. He nodded politely to Jennifer's two women. She knew Simon, the female assistant. Because her career focused in New York, she also knew that the Rebel family had been very popular in Manhattan in recent years because of Simon.
"Simon, it's really not easy to meet you."
Lisa Collins' first words with obvious resentment made Cindy Crawford almost laugh.
Simon hugged Lisa gently and smiled, "Okay, it seems that I am indeed a difficult person to see."
Lisa Collins has been wanting to see Simon herself again after watching Madonna's concert with Simon's guest appearance last year.
Unfortunately, I never found a chance.
It's no wonder that in the past year or so, except for the honeymoon after the wedding, Simon has been basically busy all the time, flying around between cities almost every week, and it's impossible to put too much thought on private affairs.
After continuing the social engagement for a few minutes, the staff came over to remind the premiere that it was about to begin, so everyone entered the auditorium lobby one after another.
The opening session was very simple. After the host gave a speech, the film screening officially began.
After the studio logo animation of the two companies, accompanied by dense sirens, the picture gradually turned to a section of the expressway.
The opening scene is a hot car chase scene.
Hollywood car chase scenes have a long history, and most action movies almost arrange one or two car chases. However, in recent years, the most impressive one is undoubtedly the car chase scene in the finale of "Batman: The Moment of War".
Therefore, as soon as the opening of "Batman: The Dark Knight", the audience immediately recalled the passion and stunning scene of "Batman: The Moment of War" on the big screen a year and a half ago.
Although it was the opening, the short car chase wedge did not disappoint the audience.
Faced with a pair of racing gangsters who were unscrupulously intensively, Gotham police were severely suppressed and suffered heavy injuries.
In the eyes of everyone, the bat fighter floated up and destroyed several minion vehicles with the cannon. Batman used the Catwoman in the first episode to drive a bat motorcycle from the automatically flying bat fighter and rushed to a heavy truck guarded by a pair of minion vehicles.
The wedge of the opening episode was naturally carefully designed, and the audience's passion for the film was ignited at the beginning.
Even the choice of car chase scenes and the details of Batman driving a bat motorcycle fell from the sky, carefully considering the audience's psychology, directly reminding the stunning feeling in the first part.
Immediately afterwards, a thrilling confrontation, Batman wiped out all the minion cars, Batmobile turned around and rushed towards the heavy truck that was just left behind.
The hearts of the audience were lifted up.
Looking at the bloodthirsty and crazy eyes of the driver in the truck driver's seat, I wondered what Batman was going to do, die with a heavy truck, and then, 'The End'? Of course it is impossible.
The moment when the two vehicles with huge sizes were in contact, the bat motorcycle suddenly fell down and passed directly through the bottom of the heavy truck. At the same time, the scene of the cable shot out of the bat motorcycle nailing into the head of the heavy truck appeared.
What is this going to do?
Isn't it realistic to use a bat motorcycle that only has a few hundred pounds to hold a heavy truck weighing dozens of tons?
If there are audiences in the hall who have the same "experience" as Simon, you will probably immediately think of a certain shot in the Nolan version of "Batman: The Dark Knight" in your memory.
However, this time the plot is even cooler.
The bat motorcycle passed through the heavy truck and did not wrap around the street lamp pole on the roadside like the original version, but stopped quickly.
The cable connecting the heavy truck and the bat motorcycle is still stretching. Batman pressed a button on the bat motorcycle, then raised his hand and flew out with a hook lock, and went up to an advertisement on the side of the road.
In the middle of the road, the bat motorcycle actively deformed, and the two huge wheels tilted down, embedded on the ground like two extra-large screws. At the same time, eight hooks and locks flew out from the motorcycle, like spiders, nailed or wrapped around the ground and tightened into the fenced light pole on the side of the road.
Zheng!
After the tight sound that made the heart tremble, the heavy truck moving forward like a giant beast suddenly stopped in the camera.
Then.
Under the huge force, the huge body of the car showed a 180-degree flip.
boom--
"Wow……"
“It’s so cool!”
Various screams suddenly sounded in the hall, and some people began to applaud.
Some filmmakers sitting near Simon once again sighed that the movie could still be filmed like this, and they couldn't help but realize that it was all money.
Most filmmakers can't afford to film even if they can think of it.
After the opening wedge and opening, it officially entered the main film.
The wedge of "Batman: The Dark Knight" is still closely related to the plot of the main film, rather than just a purely handsome scene like the 007 series.
The reason for the wedge is revealed at the beginning of the film.
Gotham City police and Batman are investigating an arms smuggling leader named Penguin. When Gotham City media reported on Batman's deeds to punish evil, another new star in Gotham politics also rose. It was Harvey Dent, a prosecutor who publicly stated in the media that he wanted to send all criminals in Gotham City to prison.
With media reports, Batman and Harvey Dante gradually became known as "Dark Knight" and "Light Knight".
At the same time, as the heir to the Wayne family, Bruce Wayne also had to face small troubles in life.
Catwoman Selena Kyle failed to walk with Bruce Wayne in the last episode. Afu, the butler who has been worried about the Wayne family's inheritance, has been constantly arranging various blind dates for Wayne. This plot is the same as the first episode, so it also contracts most of the laughs that gathered together.
Cindy Crawford's guest appearance is one of Bruce Wayne's blind dates.
Of course, the girl does not appear as her supermodel in the film, but a strong woman who is busy with her career and doesn't care about lifelong affairs. She is also forced to go on a blind date by her family. She has a straightforward personality and admires Batman very much, thinking that Bruce Wayne is just a big playboy who inherits the huge family's property and is useless.
Especially after a small bravery in front of Wayne, he noticed Wayne's "retreat" in that small incident and looked down on the other party even more.
The two of them had a false relationship, and Cindy quickly dumped Wayne.
Of course, according to the plot of beginning and end, things will definitely reverse. During the war, Batman accidentally saved the character played by Cindy. The strong woman also vaguely doubted Batman's identity, and seemed a little familiar, but the matter was not revealed in the end.
Back to the main line.
Batman and Harvey Dent teamed up with each other in a tacit way, causing heavy losses to the Penguin.
During a trial, the crazy Penguin sent his subordinates to pour sulfuric acid on Harvey Dante's face in court, causing half of Dante's face to be disfigured.
To be continued...