Calvin, the question you mentioned is very important." Looking at Coolidge, he was angry: "Just putting on old movies from major film companies, the audience's interest will definitely diminish over time."

"So, then you have to think of a feasible solution." Coolidge said to me.

I stood outside the window with a cup of tea, looking at the vastness outside, my brain was running quickly.

Now that the filming of TV series is a bit too urgent to accept whether the audience can accept it.

So can we have a buffer and a transition?!

Have it!

A sudden light appeared in my mind and an idea emerged.

"Calvin, I think we can make a TV movie series." I turned around and said excitedly to Coolidge.

"TV... movie?! What is this?!" Coolidge was stunned.

"Television movie? Is that TV or movie?" Just as I was talking to Coolidge, Visconti, Robert Bresson and others walked in from outside.

It seems that they have heard what I just said.

I put down the cup in my hand and began to explain it to them.

"The so-called TV movie is a film and television work that the director takes into account the communication characteristics of TV and uses the techniques of film. This art form is the connection between film and television. It usually exists in a separate work situation, and of course, it can also appear in a series." I gestured for a moment.

"Ascend in a series? What does it mean?" Visconti looked at me and showed great interest in this art form.

"That is to say, sometimes, several or even dozens of TV movies, although some seem independent on the surface, have certain connections within and serve the same theme, while some series are entirely telling a story, but the story is too large. It is divided into several or even dozens of movies to tell. Do you understand?"

I looked at these guys and squeezed my eyes.

"I have never heard of this kind of form." Visconti looked at me and shook his head. But his eyes were shining with a scorching light.

But Coolidge continued on the side: "Andre, I understand a little bit. If this TV movie is a series, it means that when the first part is broadcast, the audience will want to watch the second part with suspense?!"

Coolidge doesn't care at all about what the specific art form of a TV movie looks like, what he cares about is the screening effect of the movie.

"So that's it." I nodded,

Coolidge immediately smiled: "Okay! This is a good form! If such a TV movie is played on our TV station, it will definitely be more attractive than playing those movies!"

"And I think the TV movie the boss said has another advantage." Visconti took the words the most seriously.

"What's the benefit?" Coolidge asked.

Visconti grinned and said, "In addition to being shown on TV, you can also be shown in the cinema like a movie. Wouldn't it be a kill of two birds with one stone!"

"Visconti is right, this is another advantage of TV movies." I laughed.

In fact, although there are problems with audience acceptance when filming TV series now, if you really want to film it, it will probably win the general popularity of the audience in the end, but it took so much time and energy, and so much manpower and material resources. The only audiences who filmed TV series on TV were only hundreds of thousands of people in Los Angeles city and several surrounding urban areas. I guess they could not even recover the cost.

If you shoot a TV movie, there is no such problem at all. Even a TV movie contains several or more local series, because the internal stories have a certain degree of independence, it can still be played in the cinema because its shooting techniques are completely in the style of the movie.

"But Andre, although this idea is good, there is a problem at the moment." Coolidge suddenly remembered something and looked at me straight.

"What's the question?" I asked.

"Who will take pictures of this thing?! No one in our company has ever taken pictures. No one has any experience with such a new thing. If the things that are taken out are messy, it is better not to take pictures." Coolidge's words made Visconti and others nodded repeatedly.

Then, these guys' eyes turned to me at the same time.

Hehehehe, after a smirk, I knew I was being targeted.

"Boss, you came up with this idea. You don't have any filming plans during this period. I think it's better to do it! If you shoot a demonstration film, we can also learn and learn. I'm very interested in this, maybe I can also take a picture." Visconti said to me with a smile on his face.

Looking at the interested Viscondy and the expectant Coolidge, what else can I say?

"Okay, I'll just pat it. Visconti, aren't you interested? Then be my deputy." I patted Visconti's hand.

"Boss, I'm interested too. Can I..." Robert Bresson looked at me, but he was still unsatisfied.

"Okay, let's go together." I laughed.

The fact that I was going to shoot a TV movie attracted great interest from the company's director team. Griffith, Dunar and others praised this new art form and surrounded me to ask this and that.

Although the idea of ​​a TV movie was supported by everyone, a difficult problem followed in front of me.

This problem seems to be: what to shoot?!

This is the first new art form produced by Lockettke TV Group. For the TV Group that is still just starting out, it is only allowed to succeed, not fail.

As an emerging art form, if the TV movie is not very effective, it will undoubtedly cast a shadow on this promising art form.

After thinking about it, when I was reading the plan that Carlo sent from Danze one day, I suddenly remembered a person, a Pole.

It can be said that the highest peak of the art form of TV and movies was laid by him.

This person is Kieslowsky!

The Ten Commandments of His place is the highest peak of TV movies.

If this TV movie is brought to TV and screen, it will definitely be unique and will definitely bring a bright future to this new art form.

In an instant, I made up my mind.

"Ten Commandments"! I want to film the "Ten Commandments"!

With excitement and excitement, I spent one night writing the script of the first movie.

Then, the next morning, I called a group of people from the DreamWorks director team to the office.

"Boss, call us here. Could it be that you thought of shooting something, did you?" Griffith guessed eight points as soon as he saw me sitting in a chair and yawning.

"Don't talk nonsense, read the script." I was so sleepy.

A group of people rushed up and grabbed the script.

"The Ten Commandments!? Boss, I read it right?!" Looking at the name on the script, Griffith almost jumped up.

"That's right." I laughed

Griffith gave the script to Munau and came over to me and said, "Boss, do you really want to make another religious movie like "The Passion of Jesus"? But "The Passion of Jesus" has long been the pinnacle of "Religious Movie". Its status in the minds of the audience is incomparable to any movie. No matter how excellent the "Ten Commandments" are, it is probably impossible to surpass "The Passion of Jesus".

Griffith obviously has some doubts about my choice of this subject.

This is very normal.

"David, you're wrong!" Muno smiled at the script, then raised the script in his hand and said to Griffith: "If you saw the boss' script and the introduction to this TV movie series, you probably wouldn't say such things."

"TV movie series?!" Griffith was a little confused.

"Yes. It's a series." I smiled and said, "David. You're not wrong just now. "The Passion of Jeremy" is now called the peak of religious films. If you follow the old path, it's hard to surpass it. But the Ten Commandments and "The Passion of Jeremy" are obviously two completely different types. First of all, although it can be posed as a religious hat, it actually shows not a magnificent religious content, nor is it a magnificent history of Moses promulgating the Ten Commandments like the Ten Commandments filmed by Sishi Dimil in 1923."

"This TV movie is divided into ten parts, each telling a story that takes place among ordinary people, and each story explains a precept in the Ten Commandments. They are independent of each other, but they are connected with each other. So it is completely different from "The Passion of the Lord."

After I explained this, Griffith understood it.

The script was spread from the hands of a group of people. After everyone finished reading it, the office was very quiet.

"How is it?" I asked.

"Boss, we may be creating another glory!" Griffith's words made everyone laugh.

Once the script is confirmed, the next thing will be easier.

With Visconti and Bresson, I began to prepare for the filming. The first thing I did was to select actors. The story of "The Ten Commandments" was not very large, and the actors didn't need a lot, and it was not very troublesome to choose.

Because it is the first episode, to some extent, its success or failure will affect other parts, so I attach great importance to this episode, and naturally the actors also concentrate most of the first-line actors in DreamWorks.

Duoduo, the youngest best actor in Hollywood, was confirmed by the first one, followed by Katherine Hepburn, the veteran actors of DreamWorks, Mubini, Gary Grant, John Wayne and others, all of them were selected on the cast list. I also appeared on the cast list for the first time after not acting for a long time, and I was a protagonist in this movie.

As for other preparations, it was very simple. I handed over all the messy things to Visconti and Bresson, and then drove to choose the scenery in the car.

After two days of investigation, a residential area in the West District of Los Angeles was determined. It was a community where ordinary people live, but the surrounding environment was very good.

After all these things were done, the crew began to make final preparations.

At the same time, the news that Andre Corleone was about to shoot a new film was spread, which caused huge reactions from the media and the public.

"This Killer Not Too Cold" was just launched. The news suddenly came from DreamWorks, which shocked the public and was also extremely happy.

Although "This Killer Not Too Cold" was nominally jointly directed by Stiller and I, it always made the public feel a little unsatisfied because they wanted to watch a movie created by Andre Corleon wholeheartedly. These are better, in extreme times, DreamWorks released two movies, how could this not make the public extremely excited?

The public's interest and reaction to "The Ten Commandments" is significantly higher than "This Killer Not Too Cold". Although part of it is because this movie was the reason why I personally directed it, there are obviously other factors.

First of all, it is naturally because of the theme of this movie. Since the filming of "The Passion of Jesus", religious films have become an extremely popular and respected film genre in the minds of the audience.

Because of this relationship, many Hollywood filmmakers want to shoot a religious movie, but few dare to do it. They know that shooting a religious movie will be warmly welcomed by the people and gain both fame and fortune. But they also know that this must be in a successful situation. If the filming is not successful and the people in some places are not satisfied, then the disaster will be brought about.

Religious movies are very different from other local movies because of their faith. They have become a hot and delicious sweet potato. Many filmmakers want to eat them, but they are worried that they will get burned before they can eat them.

Therefore, since "The Passion of Jesus", there have not been many religious movies filmed in Hollywood. This time, the "Ten Commandments" of DreamWorks naturally satisfy the long-lasting audience.

When the media reported on the Ten Commandments, they would involuntarily compare this movie with the two movies.

The first movie that compares is of course "The Passion of Jesus".

"We all remember how brilliant Mr. Corleone's "The Passion of Jesus" was. In fact, until now, this movie is still the pinnacle of religious films, and no other religious film can be compared with this movie. Now that Mr. Corleone takes action again and shoots the Ten Commandments, we have to consider whether this "The Ten Commandments" can surpass "The Passion of Jesus". However, according to the news from DreamWorks, Mr. Corleone's new work, although the subject matter is also considered a religious film, is fundamentally different from "The Passion of Jesus". As for the differences, I think we can only wait and see."

"But one thing is certain, that is, this "Ten Commandments" is definitely another masterpiece!"

Although the media has questions about whether the Ten Commandments can surpass the Passion of the Jerusalem, they have great expectations for the Ten Commandments.

The media compares the Ten Commandments with another movie, which makes it meaningful.

The movie, also called "The Ten Commandments", was the movie of the same name directed by Sissy Dimil, released by MGM Films in 1923.

The film directed by Sissidimil tells the story of Moses leading the Israelites from the land of suffering in Egypt, receiving the Ten Commandments issued by God on Mount Hore, and finally leading the Israelites to find their homeland.

These stories are based on the Old Testament, with grand scenes and numerous characters. In 1923, they caused a sensation in the whole of the United States and were greatly loved by people. It can be said that before "The Passion of Jesus", the movie firmly ranked first in religious movies.

Now I suddenly announced the filming of the Ten Commandments, the same movie title, which reminded the media of Cixi Dimil.

"As two of Hollywood's best directors, filming the same name movie, I'm very excited about this. Mr. Dimil's "Ten Commandments" is a masterpiece, and Mr. Corleon

No one can doubt that I think two such movies will definitely be recorded in Hollywood movie history forever!"

While the media compared these two movies together, they also gave high praise.

And Sissidimil himself also responded to the news.
To be continued...