Chapter 163 Unpleasant Factors

In a big mansion on a British island that was filled with fog all day, the hostess Grace woke up from a nightmare again, wiped the corners of her eyes, and started a busy day with her spirits. Her husband is not at home, she must be strong.

For some reason, all the servants at home suddenly disappeared, so she posted an advertisement for servants, and three people came to apply today.

A grey-haired gardener, a spirited old woman, and a cowering mute girl, the combination of the three looks very strange, but because the advertisement has been posted for so long, no one has applied for the application. Reese accepted them anyway, and introduced them to a series of rules of the house.

I don't know if it was because of the three people's arrival, all kinds of strange things began to appear in the mansion. Daughter Annie claimed that she saw a little boy, Grace heard some strange sounds from time to time, and she also found three The new servant always muttered and seemed to be planning something, and Grace became more and more uneasy about this. Until one day, her husband who went out to fight suddenly came back. Excited Grace thought that with the backbone of the family, life would be back on track again, but the husband did not have the joy of reunion that Grace had, seeing his wife and children. , instead became sad, spent a few days at home, and left suddenly again.

The strange things in the ancient house continued. Coupled with her husband's departure again, Grace's spirit became more and more tense. Finally, one day she found that all the curtains in the ancient house had been torn down, and Grace repeated. Emphasizing that the two sick children could not see the sun, the angry mistress blamed the three servants and threw them out.

Two playful children ran out of the backyard garden through the window one night. The little girl Annie found three tombstones. Upon closer inspection, she was horrified to find that the three new servants who appeared in the house a few days ago were engraved on the tombstones. At the same time, the three servants also came out of the darkness again, Annie stopped her brother and ran to the gate, and Grace, who had discovered the 'truth' by chance, rushed out with a rifle, guarding her. The child returned to the old house and blocked the three ghosts from the door. When Grace repeatedly begged the three ghosts to let her family go, the two children who went back upstairs screamed. Grace prayed to climb the stairs and pushed open a door because the psychic's Conjuring the soul, Grace finally saw another family in reality.

All in all, Grace had to face the reality. It turned out that she, along with her two children, were already dead.

Helplessly hugging her two children, the heartbroken mistress had to recall the sad past.

Amid the groaning cries of Grace and the two children, the film officially ended, and the subtitles at the end had not yet been produced, so the lights in the screening hall turned on directly.

"Eric, how about this time?"

Jonathan Demme asked incredulously, although he made a lot of revisions according to Eric's advice, Jonathan was still not sure if Eric would be satisfied.

"Frightening Island" was closed in mid-June, and part of the post-production was also carried out in the United Kingdom. Because some additional scenes were shot from time to time, the entire crew stayed in the United Kingdom until July before returning to the United States.

Eric went to a British shooting site for a visit after the end of "Dark War". After seeing the shooting in person and checking some of Jonathan's completed shots, Eric was very satisfied with Jonathan's shooting results. Perhaps it was Eric's affirmation before. When Jonathan confidently showed his edited version, the so-called director's cut, to Eric, he was still very confident and spent a lot of energy editing it. Versions will be approved by Eric.

But reality poured cold water on Jonathan. After Eric frowned and watched his cut, he directly signaled the staff to play it from the beginning, and at the same time, he quickly recorded while watching, and waited for the film to finish again. , Eric has written more than 20 revisions in the notepad, involving all aspects of shots, soundtracks, editing, etc., basically equivalent to completely pushing Jonathan's edited version.

Although Jonathan was a little unconvinced, he did not have the final editing right after all, so he could only honestly make substantial revisions according to Eric's advice.

After finishing the production again according to Eric's opinion, Jonathan saw it as a film again, and felt that this version was indeed much better than the version he edited before. Not only was the plot more compact, the suspense setting was also more confusing, and it focused more on the film. The creation of a psychological suspenseful environment also made Jonathan admire this young man more than 20 years younger than himself.

Although Jonathan had done a lot of preparations in order to get the position of director of this film, and some of the ideas he proposed at the beginning were also in line with Eric's vision, many methods still could not escape the old-fashioned horror movies. This is not that Jonathan does not want Modifications, but many habitual things, do not mean that they can be changed if they want to. Innovation is easier said than done in any circle.

Hearing Jonathan's question, Eric did not rush to answer Jonathan's question, but leaned on the seat and carefully compared the differences and similarities between the original movie in his mind and the movie he had just watched. Among the three films of "Cry on the Island", "Steel Magnolia" and "Scent of a Woman", Eric is the most optimistic about the box office prospects of "Cry on the Island", so he is also very optimistic about this movie. The most attentive.

In the other two films, "Steel Magnolia" and "Scent of a Woman", Eric's authority is much greater than that of "Steel Magnolia", and "Steel Magnolia" is entirely under the sole authority of Herbert Ross. In charge, Eric didn't even participate in the editing, and although the final editing rights of "Scent of a Woman" are in Eric's hands, he will respect Al Pacino's opinions in the later stages in the future. In comparison, the production of "Cry on the Island" appears to be a bit "willful". He also knew it would hurt to completely overturn Jonathan's director's cut, but he had to do it for the film to be a box-office success.

When I saw the edited version of Jonathan, the reason why I was able to list so many revisions in one go was not Eric's own talent, but because he had a reference to the original film in his mind.

Even if he had a little bit of extraordinary talent in his previous life, it was completely worn away in so many years of wasting, and the only thing left was the professional skills imprinted in his instinctive habits, like an old man who had been in the kitchen for decades. The master, without thinking at all, can cook a table of dishes with all kinds of flavors and tastes only according to habit.

For a film, even if it is the same script and the same material, the difference between the films edited by different people will be very large. Eric has heard in a previous life that someone re-edited a classic serious historical film into a vulgar funny film through the re-editing of the camera, and the lines, materials, music, etc. have not changed at all, but rearranged. lens. Therefore, Eric is not demanding to be able to perfectly reproduce the "Frightening Island" that is exactly the same as in his memory. Besides, the previous life is not without flaws. For example, the plot of Grace's husband's return is too bland, and it is not possible to create In order to produce the tense and suspenseful atmosphere that a horror film should have, Eric made some changes to the original plot in this version.

It took about ten minutes to compare carefully, and Eric nodded lightly: "Yes, basically, it's fine, just make one or two small changes in the details. As for the release, Jeffrey , notify the heads of the four major studios except Fox and Columbia to see if they are interested in participating in one of our internal auditions."

Jonathan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Eric's affirmative words, while Jeffrey hesitated: "Eric, it's not good not to inform Fox and Columbia, after all, we have the closest cooperation with these two companies? "

Eric Tantanshou explained: "Looking at the current situation, there will definitely be a lot of personnel changes after Colombia is acquired by the Japanese. It is difficult to say how the Japanese will operate after they get Colombia. Even the "Dark War" is divided into me. Now I'm a little worried about whether I can get it back on time, so I don't want to cooperate with them in the short term. As for Fox, they already own the distribution rights of my next two movies, and giving them to them will only cause us to compete with our own movies. resource."

Jeffrey suggested: "Look at this. We invite people from Fox and Columbia as usual. As for whether or not to cooperate in the end, don't we have the final say? And it would be a bit rude if we didn't invite."

Eric lowered his head and thought for a while, but still nodded: "Okay, just do as you said, and also, "Steel Magnolia" is also put together for a preview, as for "Scent of Scent and Knowing a Woman", for the time being Put it down, let Al toss it slowly, as long as it can be screened on a small scale at the end of the year, anyway, this movie is what he used to hit the Oscars."

After the two discussed the release of the film, Jonathan Demme had a chance to interject: "Eric, will you go to the Venice Film Festival in September?"

"Yes, at least I'll be there at the opening ceremony or the awards ceremony," Eric replied.

Among the three major film festivals in Europe, the Venice Film Festival is the one most closely related to the Chinese film industry. Eric was very interested in the Venice Film Festival in his previous life.

Speaking of which, it's been a whole year since the rebirth, and Eric has been busy all the time, and he doesn't even have a moment to relax. Maybe the trip to Venice can be regarded as a vacation. As for the award, Eric's expectations are not too great. Although the plot setting of "Frightening Island" is very novel, this film is not only a commercial film, but also a horror film. Either of these two categories is very much judged by the film festival judges. Discrimination, and this film includes the two most unpleasant factors, it is a very good result to be shortlisted in the main competition unit of Venice.