Chapter 486 The Premiere of Julius Caesar (Part 2) Chapter 487 Hollywood Movie Trailer(1/3)
The movie was screened for 2 hours and the climax finally came.
Although everyone doesn't want to watch the scene of Caesar's assassination, people can't get rid of it at all.
The two-hour viewing of the movie has made Caesar's glorious image deeply imprinted in people's hearts. Everyone suffers pain, laughs together, experiences life and death wars together, and feels success and glory together. Now they watch him die extremely tragically, which is something that not everyone can accept.
The movie continues.
In 53 BC, Caesar announced his army to expedition to Persia. Three days before his departure, the Senate invited him to attend a meeting.
All viewers knew that this was a conspiracy in the Senate, and that Caesar was about to die in the Senate.
"Don't go! This is a conspiracy!" Sam Warner cried in pain.
Marskolov's old face was already red with anger, and his chest was undulating violently, as if it was about to burst.
On the screen, Caesar accepted the invitation with a smile. At this time, he was 56 years old.
Before leaving, Caesar had a dream.
This dream is five minutes long. In the dream, Caesar dreamed that he fell off his horse and dreamed that the sea was hidden by thick fog. Before he could see a herd of deer jumping in the Gallic forest passing by, one of the deer turned back and looked at him frequently.
This dream is very strange and poetic.
Almost all filmmakers applauded the scene with this shot.
Ordinary directors will never imagine such a scene, which is also the fundamental reason why Griffith distinguishes him from other directors.
Caesar woke up from his dream and was washing his face. He suddenly realized that he was already old, a 56-year-old man with gray temples.
The team heading to the Senate was ready, but some of his entourages had more than twenty people.
The group walked to the Senate. People saluted Caesar one after another, and Caesar greeted his subjects modestly.
Most of these shots are slow motion, which expresses the tense and sad atmosphere vividly.
There were sighs and sighs in the cinema. I saw Adolf Chuck sighing heavily.
Caesar came under the steps of the Senate. He took a look up at the camera. The stairs were high, and the soldiers stood on both sides of the steps.
Caesar left his entourage and lifted his robe and walked up the steps.
A set of close-up slow motion shots. In the Senate, close-up of the faces of those who were preparing to assassinate Caesar.
They all turned to look at the entrance of the Senate, with different expressions on their faces. Someone hid the knife in his wide robe.
Medium shot. Caesar appears at the entrance of the Senate. The sunlight shines in from outside, and people cannot see his face, but only his majestic figure.
The meeting began. Caesar sat upright in a high position, listening to the opinions of the elders with a smile. A veteran came over and knelt in front of Caesar.
By this time, the atmosphere in the cinema became tense and many people stood up.
The elder kneeling in front of Caesar and pretending to be exiled overseas for his brother who was seeking pardon for his crime. Of course, Caesar refused him.
Close-up. The veteran smiled after receiving Caesar's rejection. Then he suddenly stepped forward and pulled Caesar's clothes.
This is a signal that the assassins made an appointment in advance.
In slow motion, dozens of veterans took out their short swords and rushed towards Caesar. They surrounded Caesar and waved their short swords in their hands to stab Caesar.
At this time, the only thing Caesar had in his hand that could fight back was the memo. He waved the memo to resist, but it was impossible to rush out safely.
Then, Caesar found Brewster he trusted in the crowd.
At that moment, he was stunned.
"Brewster, do you have a share!" Caesar looked at Brewster in pain and decided not to resist.
He covered his face with his robe.
The elders rushed forward and stabbed Caesar's body with short swords shining with cold light.
Caesar fell to the ground with a bang, and three slow motions showed his fall from different angles.
The moment he fell to the ground, no one spoke in the cinema, and it was extremely quiet.
I saw Sam Warner close his eyes in pain and slowly lower the plate and fork in his hand.
Marskolov and Adolf Chuk lowered their heads at the same time.
Close-up, Caesar's eyes.
His eyes were so surprised, disappointed, angry and regretful.
A series of flashing shots.
Teenager Caesar was riding on a horse and galloping on the ridge. He closed his eyes and opened his arms in the wind, like a little bird.
Caesar, who was in his twenties, set foot on Rhode Island. He asked his teachers for teaching and practiced martial arts with his subordinates.
"For Rome!" Caesar rode his war horse with blood and swung his dagger towards the Gauls.
"For the glory of Rome, I would like to be an ordinary warrior and fight hard until the last drop of blood shed!" Caesar sat in a quiet house and wrote his "The Battle of Gaul".
"The dice has been thrown!" Caesar, fully armed, led countless Roman soldiers to cross the Rubicon River.
Caesar and Cleopatra laughed at each other in the sunset, showing tenderness in the sun.
"When I was very young, I wanted to row to the other side of the sea to take a look. I wanted to know where there was. Later, people told me that there was Greece. Then I wanted to see where there was Greece. I wanted to take my army and walk over and walk over! Go to the place where the sun rises and let the Roman flags fly under the sun!" He pointed to the sea and said to Octavian his dream.
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Scenes of past events flashed on the screen, and Caesar's eyes gradually dissipated.
There was a sound of sniffling in the cinema, and many people lowered their heads and secretly wiped away the tears from the corners of their eyes.
The camera slowly pulled Caesar's eyes closer, until Caesar's eyes filled the entire screen, and then the camera slowly opened and what returned to people's eyes were the eyes of a statue.
"I tell you that the story of a warrior, a warrior who never surrenders for his ideals until death, a story of honor and freedom, and a story of dreams. Although this warrior has gone, his spirit will remain in the world forever!" A deep narration appeared.
"For Rome!" On the screen, the blood-filled Caesarre horse rushed towards the enemy. The camera freezes when his war horse soars into the air. Caesar on the picture, his eyes wide open, his mouth wide roars, his eyes firm and persistent.
Then the lens slowly loses focus.
A line of subtitles emerged, with big subtitles.
"I would like to dedicate this film to Andre Corleon, my boss, my lifelong best friend! Full of hope and confidence!"
The floor lamps in the cinema lit up one after another, and the audience stood up, and the applause sounded like a tide of applause!
People turned their faces to look at Griffith next to me, and their eyes were full of respect and admiration.
Amid the rolling applause, Griffith's lips trembled and tears in his eyes.
At this moment, he had been waiting for eight years!
In eight years, no one can understand his mood as a filmmaker but he cannot shoot a movie he wants to shoot! He is full of love
The mood of filmmakers who don’t get people’s respect!
But at this moment, they all changed together. He waited for eight years and arrived in an instant.
Griffith looked at me. He could not speak at all. The expression on his face was equally complicated. Joy, relief, excitement, excitement... Faced with the long-awaited success and the applause of Hollywood filmmakers, this old man who was about the same age as Caesar, burst into tears.
Looking at Griffith, my heart felt a little sad, but after the bitterness, I felt a sense of pride and satisfaction.
This generation of film masters who died in frustration and loneliness in history finally emitted a brilliant light with my efforts on this day, and regained respect and admiration. This is also my life for all the filmmakers, making up for a permanent regret in history.
I smiled and whispered to Griffith to the podium.
Amid the applause of everyone, Griffith staggered to the podium.
The applause continued for a long time.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first movie I have directed alone since my comeback. Thank you for your support and love!" The first sentence Griffith said made everyone present feel deeply moved.
"Actually, since the 2019 "The Party Against Different People". That movie was a turning point in my life. Before that, I was the most popular director in Hollywood and had to be in a hurry, but after that, I was a box office poison that was rejected by all film companies, and no one was willing to invest in me."
"For a long time, I thought I would have lived my second half of my life like this, without movies, without friends, without dignity and glory. But just when I was in a trough, Mr. Corleon and DreamWorks accepted me, and I was honored to find such a home and such a home! During my days at DreamWorks, I understood what a real movie is and what a real movie is, and I also understood how a real movie should make a meaningful movie."
"One of the big reason why this "Caesar" interested me is because Caesar in it allows me to see my own shadow. The spirit of not struggling for ideals and not for difficulties, the persistence, the purity, and the passion! Ladies and gentlemen, I am old, just like Caesar in the movie, and I am at the age of gray hair! I am very happy to be able to shoot the movies I like in my lifetime, and I am very happy to be able to shoot the movies I like in my lifetime! This is an old man, his greatest wish, and the greatest wish of an ordinary filmmaker!"
"For the glory of Dreamworks and for the glory of Hollywood, I would like to fight hard like an ordinary Roman soldier until the last drop of blood is shed!"
Wow! As soon as Griffith finished speaking, he remembered the applause again, and the people of DreamWorks hugged each other, and each of them was filled with excitement.
As their boss, the creator of all this, I stood aside and finally laughed out loud.
After the premiere of "Caesar", there were cups and chats at the cocktail party.
Griffith became the focus of the cocktail party. He was surrounded by a group of reporters, busy answering various questions from reporters.
"How is it? Are you particularly satisfied to see Griffith make a comeback?" Lemmer walked to me and patted my shoulder. He looked at Griffith and smiled.
"Actually, it's not a feeling of satisfaction. For so long, I have always felt that I owe this old guy something, and I don't know why I feel this way. Later, I thought about it. It turned out that I was paying off the debts for all Hollywood people. We chose him, but ruthlessly abandoned him. This is inevitably a huge regret. Now that I have seen him succeed, I am relieved, as if I have lifted the burden on my body." I turned to look at Lemmer and looked at him and smiled.
"I've been busy for seven or eight months. As soon as the movie ends, you can have a good rest." I brought a glass of wine and handed it to Lemmer.
Lemmer took a sip and laughed. He shook his head and said, "I want to have a good rest, but it seems impossible now."
"Why, do you want to make a new movie again?" I asked in surprise.
Although I am now the boss of Global Company, I don’t usually interfere with Global Company’s affairs. All of Global Company’s business is still hosted and led by Remer, so I rarely know their filming plans.
Lemmer didn't deny it either. He smiled and nodded.
To be continued...