203 New work invitation
The coffee house was bustling with people, and there were more than twenty people waiting in line beside the bar. They were talking loudly about how great "The King's Speech" was, and how wonderful Colin Firth's performance was.……
However, most people choose to take out. The Telluride Film Festival is so busy that no one wants to waste time sitting in a coffee shop and wish they could go to various movie theaters 24 hours a day. Running back and forth. Therefore, there are still empty seats around the seats and they are not full..
“Latte, and a piece of black forest, thank you." The curly-haired fat man returned the menu to the waiter, and then saw Renly's piercing eyes. He didn't look at him in particular, and he didn't look at him in particular, as calmly as A clear spring, but the bottomless ink color makes people want to explore.
He grew up in Orange Town next to Los Angeles. It was a typical middle-class community. The residents were all elites such as lawyers, judges, doctors, fund managers, and government officials. Under the influence of his ears and eyes, he had seen a lot. The condescending pride and arrogance of the so-called high-level society and elites is really disgusting. This is why he escaped from Orange Town, got rid of all restraints, and pursued his movie dream wholeheartedly..
The Renly in front of him made him a little curious. He could feel the alienation hidden under the gentlemanly demeanor in Renly, but he would not feel offended, let alone the arrogance and arrogance of being superior to others. This This kind of gentle but tough, gentle but sharp temperament actually makes people feel a little good..
So, he showed a big smile and took the initiative to extend his right hand, "Looking at my memory, I still forgot to introduce myself until now, Drake-Doremus. Sorry. , disrupting your movie-watching plan today.”
After learning that Curly Fatty was the director and sent an invitation to Renly to collaborate, Rooney said goodbye. She was going to watch "127 Hours", a film in which her sister participated. She has not had time to watch it yet. In the end, only Renly and the two came to the coffee house, found a place to sit down, and started talking..
“Renly Hall." Renly held the other person's right hand and said calmly, "The charm of Telluride is that everything is related to the movie. It is still the same now." But there was a series of question marks in his mind: Drake Doremus?？
Renly did not dare to say that he knew all the film works. In the vast history of film, there were countless movies, and the unnamed works were like stars. But after entering the millennium, Renly watched the works There are the most and the most comprehensive ones. He has seen almost all the works that cannot be named. However, he really has no impression of the director Derek Doremus..
what does that mean? Does this mean that Drake is not worth getting to know? Are his works unknown? Maybe just an independent piece that no one cares about? He should turn around and leave now？
No, Renly still chose to sit where he was. As he said, this is Telluride. Even if Drake is a nobody, it is also a gain to be able to make a movie lover as a friend. What's more, Lan Li Ke would not be arrogant enough to think that he knew all the movies after the 21st century. That would be too arrogant..
“I like your answer." Drake said with a smile. Renly's ease and ease in advancing and retreating once again confirmed Drake's inner thoughts, "In fact, I am preparing for my third movie. The current movie The preliminary work has been completed and can be started at any time, but the problem is: I have not found the leading actor I like..”
Drake is telling the truth. He has been looking for the leading actor in his new work for nearly three months and still hasn't found the right candidate..
For an independent film produced with a small budget, every aspect is difficult. The actors he likes may ask for too high a price, or they may not be satisfied with the script; the actors he can find may not meet his expectations. Character setting and finding the right actors are like looking for a needle in a haystack. No one knows when the treasure will be found..
Therefore, many times independent directors have their own fixed cast, which may be familiar friends in life. More likely, after one cooperation, both parties find that the cooperation is pleasant, so they will naturally find each other again when filming next time..
Drake believed Renly knew this all too well, as he had just finished filming Buried Alive, also a small-budget independent film..
Sure enough, Renly chuckled, "I hope you're not too demanding..”
Derek also showed a smile, "I am indeed too demanding, I have waited until now." He praised Renly without saying a word. At this time, the coffee for the two of them was brought up, and Derek took the coffee He pushed the cup forward and leaned forward slightly, "I wonder if you have watched Richard Linkter's 'Before Sunrise' and 'Before Sunset"’？”
“Of course." Renly remembered the joke he had with Rooney last night and couldn't help but smile. "You also plan to shoot a love movie like this.？”
“Yes, and no." Derek sold it out, with a trace of pride in his eyes, "I want to tell a story like this, where two people fall in love like two flames from meeting to acquaintance to falling in love. They fell in love with each other, desperate, flying to the flames, and even lost their minds. But just when they were passionately in love, they were forced to live apart in two places due to force majeure factors. A bucket of cold water was poured on their hot love, and they faced the long-distance relationship. test, then where will this relationship go in the end?？”
Drake's narration awakened Renly's memory, and he remembered a movie that told such a story-"Love Is Crazy"”.
This movie tells the story of two college students, Anna and Jacob, who fell in love like crazy and were so oblivious that Anna ignored her visa problem - she was an international student from the UK and her visa expired after graduation. , but she failed to leave the United States within the deadline. Later, because of a friend's wedding, she had to go back to the UK. When she came back again, she suddenly found that she was refused entry by the customs, and this love began to undergo a severe test..
This is one of Renly's favorite romance movies.
For many people, this movie is about the pain and torture of long-distance love, but Renly has a different view. He believes that "Crazy Love" is really about the original face of love, the most authentic face. ——From the moment they met, the chemical reaction of hormones was like a volcanic eruption, earth-shattering, and falling in love; the madness and addiction during the love period destroyed all reason, everything was so crazy, just like a tornado meeting; then, they When encountering ups and downs, difficulties, and struggles, the temperature of love begins to gradually drop. As a result, love begins to become a part of life, and is wasted away in the daily trivial matters little by little, and it can never be the same again..
As Drake just said, "Crazy in Love" is actually a bit like the trilogy of "Before Sunrise", "Before Sunset" and "Before Midnight", showing the complete original appearance of love, from fermentation to death , from brewing to dissipation, is true and cruel, beautiful and heartbreaking; but "Crazy Love" is different from Richard Linklater's trilogy. It explores the essence of love - what is passion? The collision, or the long stay together？
In daily life, love cannot maintain a boiling point of 100 degrees all the time. It will always encounter peaks and troughs. However, at the critical moment, the person you love deeply is not around, and you will experience joy and sadness, happiness and sorrow, Joy and frustration cannot be shared together, so is love still necessary? Especially when two people who love each other are forced to be separated from each other, and the shackles of time and space make the two people miss each other constantly, then will each other gradually fade out of each other's lives? At this moment, how should love go on?？
Drake did not directly give the answer in the movie, leaving an open ending. Every audience will have their own ideas. This is why Renly likes this movie so much..
Optimists will believe that they overcame all difficulties and dangers and finally came together; pessimists will believe that the passing of time has finally changed the two people and they can never go back to the past..
Renly is the latter.
“"Crazy in Love" is a very niche movie because it is so real and cruel that it is almost unbearable. At the same time, it is also too delicate and beautiful. Everyone who has ever truly loved can be found in the movie. My own shadow. Therefore, the film's box office results were unsatisfactory and its publicity was mediocre. However, the film was unanimously recognized by film critics and successfully won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival..
It is a pity that the promotion and distribution during the awards season were not strong enough. That year, it encountered a fierce attack from two works, "The Artist" and "Midnight in Paris". In the end, it failed to achieve any results during the awards season, and it did not even make a splash. This is really rare - you know, before "Crazy", the winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize had received Oscar nominations for three consecutive years, and also received the Best Picture nomination for two consecutive years.
Even so, it still doesn't affect Renly's love for "Crazy in Love".
However, Renly didn't know that the director of "Crazy Love" was Derek Doremus - or to be more precise, he had checked Drake's information, but unfortunately Drake later Several works are difficult to compare with "Crazy Love", including 2015's "Equal Race", the quality is not satisfactory, so Renly gradually forgot about this director, so much so that he didn't have any reaction when he heard the name just now..
“The reason why "Crazy in Love" is so outstanding is that it is adapted from the director's own story - the true story of him and his wife. Every detail and every emotion in the movie is so empathetic. In the movie , Anna and Jacob finally came together, hugging each other scarred; in real life, Drake and his wife divorced in 2008.
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