Chaplin's "City Light" was enthusiastically praised after its premiere, attracting the attention of everyone in Hollywood, making Lei Dianhua Film Company and Chaplin himself so happy, but his advantage did not last long. In just one day, the public opinion highland occupied by Chaplin was completely fell. When Munau's "Shawshank Redemption" was inserted at the top of Hollywood public opinion, I think Chaplin would definitely feel that he was born Yu and He Shengliang.

However, despite this, Chaplin was extremely successful. With "City Light", the director who had previously worried that he would be inseparable from Hollywood from now on, has once again resurrected and returned to the material of the Hollywood front-line directors. He was entrusted with important tasks by Carrey Rockefeller. Chaplin had no reason to be unhappy. Relatively speaking, his old rival Hitchcock was under much greater pressure. It is said that Carrey Rockefeller himself has given orders to Hitchcock. If his movie fails again, Hitchcock will be relegated to the level of a new director like Rubin Marmolian. In other words, if Hitchcock's "The Back Window" does not meet Carrey Rockefeller's requirements, Hitchcock's life will be difficult in the future. You must know that the treatment of new directors in Thunder and Lightning Huazhong is not very good.

But I'm not very worried about Hitchcock, and I'm very optimistic about his "Back Window".

Among the three movies that premiered on this day, Chaplin's "City Light" and Munau's "Shawshank Redemption" were obviously very energetic, while another movie, Fox Films Mervin Leloer's "Little Cather" also achieved unexpectedly good results. Compared with "City Light" and "Shawshank Redemption", before the premiere, "Little Caesar" was not very famous, both in terms of its investment cost and its director and actors, so the public did not have much expectations for this movie, but the young director of Mervin Leloer used his own genius conception to make this movie a film that cannot be underestimated.

For young directors, there are many ways to succeed, and compared with those famous directors, there is a gap in their ideological and artistic nature. If they compete with other famous directors to compete with other famous directors, young directors will obviously suffer a loss. However, young people have an advantage that most famous directors do not have, that is their ability to perceive new things. To put it bluntly, it is the so-called innovation ability.

Famous directors are very difficult to make innovative moves due to their own reputation, public opinion, and audiences’ inertial movie viewing experience. Sometimes, if innovation fails, they will be miserable. Therefore, many such directors basically do not take the path of innovation if they are no longer forced. However, young directors do not have such concerns. They have a deep contact with the latest trends in society and understand the most popular psychological trends of the people. Of course, they also master the most popular expressions. If they express these perfectly in their own movies, then such a movie is obviously a good movie.

Among all these innovations, the easiest and easiest to succeed is the way of telling stories. Hollywood movies are very different from European movies. In Europe, because of the deep humanistic background and philosophical foundation, art films are very developed. Some movies have no storylines at all, such as those surreal movies, such as those Dada movies, they are not interested in the storyline. Movies are philosophical, thinking or simply playing to win. Hollywood is different. Americans do not like the things that make people think in Europe. They like feature films. You tell a wonderful story and then tell them very well. Add some universal values ​​and beliefs in the middle and they will like them very much.

Feature films are where Hollywood lives are settled.

Then, the problem arises.

There are basically so many themes of Hollywood movies, such as westerns, musical films, war films, etc. In the decades where Hollywood has been developing, no matter how many movies are, no one can count them. There are so many movies and so many filmmakers. After a limited genre, there will definitely be patterned things over time. Audiences have become very experienced in this pattern and the directors’ techniques of telling stories, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for directors to innovate.

However, it is precisely because innovation is becoming more and more difficult, so as long as a director makes innovations with genius, the movie will definitely succeed! This is undoubtedly.

Mervin Leloe, obviously such a lucky person.

"Little Caesar", in history, and "Public Enemy", "Scarface Thieves" is known as the three most famous robber films in Hollywood's Golden Age, and is known by later generations as the "founder of robber films". This movie has become the most immortal memory of Hollywood in the 1930s.

Robber films, as the oldest genre in Hollywood, have existed almost since the invention of the movie. Of course, it is also called the most difficult movie to make innovations by Hollywood people, but this guy, Mervin Leloe, is indeed a rare talent.

His movie is very different from other robber movies. The movie tells the story of an unknown little person who finally climbs to the peak of power. The story is very twists and turns, and what makes people wave their hands and scream is that Mervin Leloe has a somewhat advanced postmodern hip-hop style, which makes his movie tell the story fundamentally different from the previous Hollywood robber movies. This movie is "fragmented" in the plot. Note that here, the word fragmented is a compliment. Watching his movie is like diving into a maze, with clues everywhere and hiding everywhere everywhere.

Pen, the characters are dull, but everyone has a full personality, the plot is messy, but there is always a main line in the chaos. The audience will become more and more excited and the more they can't watch it. Then, when the audience is almost thinking about it, when they feel that they can't get out of the maze, they suddenly become clear, everything is exposed to the sun, and they find the door to get out of the maze. It can be said that the movie "Little Caesar" is a subversion of traditional movie viewing experience. Watching this movie will allow the audience to experience a joyful pleasure of destruction, which is undoubtedly the most exciting for the people who are now psychologically suppressed.

Many viewers say that watching "Little Caesar" is a process of mental abuse. But they are like masochists. The more stunned the film makes them feel, the happier they are, the more they get, Mervin Leloe, this guy is like a magician or a psychologist, who controls the audience's psychology.

In the movie, Mervin Leloe did not forget to add some fashion elements, such as popular singing and dancing, such as the focus of concern among the people. In this movie, a very popular scene is when the protagonist rushed into the opponent's station with his gun and his subordinates in a fire, and the dance music actually rang in the movie. Those guys actually danced the most popular tango dance at the moment while grinning and shooting, which was very funny, but very shocking.

The movie "Little Caesar" exceeded 2.5 million in 24 hours, almost tying Chaplin's "City Light", and the media received rave reviews, which was far beyond people's expectations. I don't think even Mervin Leloère himself would have thought of such a result.

The three movies that premiered did not show off as people expected in advance, but they bloomed together, but were all happy.

After the premiere of these three movies, Hollywood premiere waves were rising one after another. After applying for approval from the Codex Executive Bureau, the movie "Public Enemy" directed by Warner Films, and "007" directed by Warner Films, were scheduled to premiere on June 15. Among these two movies, Liu Bingqian has not released a new film for more than a year. This "Public Enemy" was carefully prepared by him for more than a year. Before that, Hollywood filmmakers and the public were responsible for Liu Bingqian having been standing still and not innovating. Liu Bingqian himself said that this "Public Enemy" is definitely a fundamental difference from any movie he has in the past. "If this movie is still repeating my old path, I would jump from the highest floor in Los Angeles."

The Stenburg "007" has become a movie that is unforgettable among many movies. It is not because of anything else. This movie is so attractive, both from the actors, from the scenes and even the plot. Agents, handsome men and beautiful women, the most luxurious hotel, the best car, conspiracy, love, death... Any of these words will make people look in awe.

As for this movie, DreamWorks made an unexpected move in publicity. When it comes to DreamWorks movies, 99% of people can't help but think that the movies produced by DreamWorks are films with profound thoughts and extremely high viewing. For this reason, DreamWorks used to add slogans such as "artistic masterpieces" every time they promoted movies, but this time, DreamWorks made a "visual feast" genre for the first time.

"This is a movie that allows you to enjoy unprecedented visual pleasure. In this movie, there are all the elements you like. Our goal is to make you scream when you watch the movie and sweat when you walk out of the theater!"

Facing such promotional lines, facing the handsome, mature, hard and charming face of 007 played by James in the movie poster, it is impossible for people not to be interested.

On June 15th, two movies announced the completion of filming almost at the same time. The filming of these two movies made Los Angeles media rush to report, and the people were eagerly preparing to watch the fun. Because these two movies, one is Sisse Dimil's "Madam Satan" and the other is Zisse Mandi's "The Seventh Cross". I don't know whether it was intentional or coincidental, these two movies seemed to have been fighting each other from the beginning. Not only were the shooting progress almost the same, but Marskolov and Sisse Dimil himself tried every means to premiere on the same day as each other's movie. In Hollywood, avoiding each other during premiere is the most common thing for everyone to do, but now they are deliberately fighting each other. Such things are just making people laugh and cry.

However, Marskolov and Sisse Dimil were very enthusiastic when doing such things. In their opinion, this time was obviously a duel. Marskolov was full of anger and must kill Sisse Dimil. Sisse Dimil was even more stressful. He was already in a very bad position in public opinion. If the movie failed, he would be embarrassed and would lose all his face. I am afraid that he would not be able to raise his head when he saw his Hollywood colleagues in the future.

So, these two old friends who were originally close to each other have become enemies with blood and sweat and deep hatred. That anger and that opposition make people frightened after seeing it.

"Sissy Dimil made a fatal mistake. Now, it's time for him to repay. I think he will regret this mistake in the second half of his life!" Marskolov gritted his teeth and said this to the reporter.

Sissidel was even more merciless to Marskolov: "I want to use this movie to accuse people of MGM Films, and people will see Sisidel coming out of the MGM cage, how brilliant it is!"

The irreconcilable posture of these two people forms a strong contrast with their previous intimacy, which makes people sigh and feel sad.

And the day after the two movies were completed, a news came from DreamWorks, causing an uproar.

On June 16th, after several months of intense filming, "Gladiator" was also completed while the entire crew was so tired that it was about to collapse.

On the day of the completion of the filming, I specially prepared a cocktail party in the courtyard of DreamWorks. It was a celebration party, but at the cocktail party, the crew was seriously uneven.

It’s not that these people are unwilling to come, but that they can’t come anymore. In the past few months, we have been operating almost every day, and three crews started working at the same time. In addition, the movie is a blockbuster, and the work intensity is extremely high. Each person’s media rests for no more than four hours. In the past few months, the fatigue level of the crew can be imagined. In the end, almost no one has failed. The reason why the movie was successfully completed was entirely due to everyone’s hard work by their willpower.

On the day of the filming, Griffith went straight to the hospital. The old man was old and had been in the wind and rain in the past few months. Because he was responsible for the overall dispatch of the big scenes, he was busier than me. Although we young people were a little tired, they had a physical foundation. The endurance was over, but Griffith was different. He was almost sixty years old, so how could he hold on. In the last month of shooting, the old man had two things in his hand. One was a guide, the other was a pill, and the other was often hung with normal saline on his head.

"Boss, I think if I continue to do this, I will be with Gith and the others in five years." Before Griffith went to the hospital, he said this to me with a smile, which made me feel relieved.

He also seemed to be aware of my sadness and immediately comforted him: "But, it is my greatest honor to be able to die like this."

"Old man, when will this broken mouth be calmer? Go and go, hurry up and go to the hospital, don't bother me!" I gave Griffith a blank look and pushed him out of the office.

Hahahaha. Griffith walked out with a laugh.

In addition to Griffith's admission to the hospital, Gary Cooper was already admitted to the hospital three days in advance. In order to complete the movie, he broke one arm, broke two ribs, and injured 21 injuries on his body, his ankles, wrists were swollen, and his ligaments were also strained. What's more, many of these injuries were not told me after the injury. Gary Cooper did not tell me, and he insisted on filming as usual, resulting in the doctor's staying when he went to the examination without his scene. If he wanted to recover, Gary Cooper would probably stay in the hospital for three or four months. Gary Cooper's actions were covered in injuries, which moved everyone in the crew.

In terms of personality, Gary Cooper and Humphrey Bogart are very similar in some aspects, and are the kind of person who doesn't usually talk much but does things to make a living. Gary Cooper has a talent for acting, and with his enthusiasm and seriousness for the movie, he has won the admiration and recognition of the entire crew.

Apart from Gary Cooper, Ronald Reagan, who was filming for the first time, was not much better. This guy didn't have much experience and was unable to get hurt by a spirit of perseverance. During the filming process, one of his arms was dislocated, swollen than his thighs, and his teeth were knocked off. An extra accidentally poked his waist on his butt. On the last day of the filming, his waist flashed. Other actors were not much better, but actresses like Catherine Hepburn and Marlene Dietley were basically not injured.

As the deputy director, Stiller was in poor health. He was busy for three months, and he didn't wash his hair or shave his beard. When he got home, his little boy, Andre, was so scared that he cried when he saw him.

People at DreamWorks say that "Gladiator" is a meat grinder that shatters all the bodies and passions of everyone in the crew.

But what makes us feel relieved and proud is that we completed this film and created another filming miracle.

On June 15, Warner Film director Liu Bieqian's "Public Enemy" and DreamWorks Steinberg's "007" began premiering.

On this day, because only these two movies were premiered, and Warner Films and DreamWorks belonged to the Red Dragon League, the gunpowder-flavored situation that occurred before was fundamentally changed due to the confrontation between MGM and Babylon Films. On this day, Hollywood showed few signs of gentleness. In the central city of Los Angeles, the cinema where two movie premieres were held, almost adjacent to each other.

After discussion with Sam Warner, I decided to hold a large-scale merger premiere. In other words, the premiere of "Public Enemy" and "007" were held together. During the screening, the two movies were in their own cinemas, which was no different from before, but those who watched the movie could run at will. In doing so, many people were unable to clone their skills. The cinemas on both sides also became lively.

The premiere was the same as usual, starting at 8 o'clock. At the beginning, the movies of both companies were very lively, but when they were put on, I felt something was wrong.

"Gans, why do I feel that there are a lot of people in our cinema? We didn't seem to invite so many people before." I poked Gans, and then thrust into the back.

According to our previous rules, the first theater was renovated and could accommodate more than 800 people. The people we asked for at the premiere were basically 800. So when the movie was played, everyone usually had their own seats, no more or less. But now, the aisles of the theater are crowded with people, even behind. Many people even stood on the steps and watched the movie with their heads hooked up.

"Boss, I think it may be that the people from the Warner Cinema next door ran over. Look, those guys are all in suits and tie, and many of them are well-known characters. It is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to get in." Gans grinned.

After he said this, I still think this is true.

"I said, Liu Bieqian's movie is very interesting, but compared to our "007", it is obviously far behind." Stenberg, as the director, smirked.

"Boss. Will Warner Film Company not be able to get out of the market? After all, we are in the same league. If we hurt each other's kindness, it would be a bad thing." Yassel, the manager of the theater, reminded me.

"You're right. The premiere is about the face of the film company. We really can't embarrass Warner Films in public. Yassel. You take someone to block the entrance of the cinema and don't allow others to come in." I waved my hand.

"Boss, I'm afraid it's too late. Look, count the number of people behind. I guess most of the people who participated in the premiere of Liu Bieqian's "Public Enemy" have come to us. It's a bitch, and this time we might really become the public enemy of Warner Films." Yassel muttered and laughed helplessly.

The premiere of "007" was very successful. During the screening, almost all the audience watched with their waists, stared at them, mouths, and chests. The big scenes in the movie, fierce chases, serial explosions, speeding cars, dazzling agent stunts, etc., made many viewers dislocate their chins to the end.

It can be said that the movie "007" is the most intense, fancy and most "Hollywood-style" movie in the past few years and even decades of Hollywood history. Before, because of DreamWorks, Hollywood movies have undergone great changes, but no matter how drastic this change is, because of my relationship, basically changes in ideological, artistic, and conceptual changes. This change is internal. However, the emergence of "007" obviously has greatly impacted the Hollywood tradition from the outside. Hollywood filmmakers and audiences never thought that the movie could be made like this, impacting people's vision, so shocking, so flashing, so thrilling!

When I was writing the script, I told Stenborough that this time, I did not ask him to reflect any ideological significance in this movie. I did not ask him how artistic the movie was, nor did he ask him to meet the Harvey Awards or how it was at the box office. I told him that this movie was an experiment, a visual glutton that fully demonstrated the technology and scenes. This experiment was like a destruction of artillery, thinking of the audience's fixed traditional viewing concepts, letting those ideas go to ashes, and letting the people discover another kind of beauty in the movie under this impact: the beauty of pure vision.

Stenberg didn't quite understand what I meant at the beginning, and even Griffiths and others didn't understand it. In their opinion, DreamWorks' movies have always been artistic civilization. Although they have made movies like "The Crocodile Pond" that pursued box office, it was in the early days of DreamWorks' establishment, and money was needed at that time. Since DreamWorks formed a scale, the films produced have basically taken artistic as the first element.

However, after I explained the intention in detail, everyone understood that Stenberg was even more confident and let go of his hands and feet.

It can be seen that Stenberg obviously did his best in this "007", and I am very satisfied with it. Although in this era, there were no computer stunts and many of the technologies in the movie could not be compared with those of later generations, the places in it were all high-end things of this era, and even the elements of science fiction that I specially added to this era, which made the entire movie create a different situation from any Hollywood movie in the previous decades. This situation has obviously become the biggest hot spot to attract audiences.

"Andre, what is this movie? A tech movie? Or a visual movie!?" After the end of "007", Marskolov stuck out his tongue and released a fanatical light.

"Boss, do you think if we MGM also made such a movie, would we make a lot of money?" Meyer, general manager of MGM standing next to Malskolov, said with a smile.

"Meyer, you old guy is simply the worm in my stomach! That's what I think! Such a movie is really profitable, Andre. I'll agree first. In the next time, our DreamWorks will definitely shoot such a movie. At that time, you can't charge us patent fees!" Marskolov said very reluctantly.

"Look at your virtue and patent fees. I'm too lazy to collect it if you ask me to collect it. It's too embarrassing. Can't you come up with something new to shoot? You always follow others to pick things up." I gave Marskolov a blank look.

Marskolov doesn't have any old face now. He laughed and said, "Andre, how can we compare with your DreamWorks? We are poor now. Of course, we can make whatever movies can make money. If you don't make such movies, it's not impossible to get along with money.

Marskolov's strange appearance made many people amused.

What he said made me not know what to say for a while.

Since Sissy Dimil split from MGM Films, MGM has suddenly dropped from the second-ranked film company to fourth place, lagging behind Paramount Films and Leidenghua Films in terms of strength, which has caused the always-firm Marskolov to suffer a lot. Therefore, in the next MGM film films, Marskolov only has one requirement, that is, make money, and as for other artistic things, they all stand aside.

This was not the case with Marskolov before. Although he valued box office very much, he still took into account the artistic quality. I don’t really recognize this approach now.

I am afraid that Malskolov will go on a strait because of the weakening of the company's strength. However, MGM Film Company has a very strong influence in Hollywood. If they shoot movies, companies will soon follow the trend and shoot them. Among these companies, there are small companies and large companies. This time, "007" shocked everyone and made people see huge box office appeal. If Malskolov took the lead in shooting such a visual movie, then Hollywood would definitely be a visual feast. It would be good to eat this kind of thing occasionally, but if you always eat it or even help it as a staple food, both the people and Hollywood film companies will definitely have indigestion.

"Old Ma, I always think there is nothing wrong with making money, but things will turn out to the extreme. I hope you can understand what I say. Some things, if you pursue them too much, will lose a lot of things. For MGM, it is very likely to lose its foundation for survival. Do you understand what I said?" I said to Marskolov in a deep voice.

Marskolov was stunned by my serious expression. He spent his whole life in Hollywood. He naturally understood what I meant.

"Andre, don't worry. I, Marskolov, are still very reasonable." Marskolov nodded.

"That's good. That's good." I laughed.

"But Andre, this movie of you will definitely make those two feel embarrassed." Marskolov smiled and pointed at the opposite side of me. There, Sam Warner Films owners and Liu Bieqian were coming here. Their faces turned pale, and they were probably very angry.

"Sam, why? Are you here to ask for guilt?" Marskolov hugged Sam Warner's shoulder.

Sam Warner looked unhappy, but looking at me, he felt that his displeasure obviously had no reason. Who made his movie not work?

"How dare you ask the crime? Who doesn't know the result of the Hollywood competition with DreamWorks?" Sam Warner smiled helplessly and said, "Andre, I'm convinced you DreamWorks. It's not that I boasted that Liu Bieqian's film was really good, and it can be regarded as his highest level in recent years. But even so, a large number of people over us still came to you. I don't understand, your 008 is so powerful?!"

Sam Warner held his head up and was very dissatisfied, and Liu Bieqian stood beside him with an expression of refusal to admit defeat.

"Awesome?! Not only amazing!? Sam, I tell you, this movie is not your opponent. Looking at the whole Hollywood, he, Andre Corleon, is probably the only one who can defeat this movie. If you don't believe it, let's go, I'll watch the movie with you again!" Marskolov squeezed his eyes at me, hugged Sam Warner and Liu Bieqian and walked towards the small screening room behind, which made everyone laugh.

When the party was about to end, Sam Warner and Liu Bieqian came out in shock. Sam Warner covered his chest, as if he was stung by a wasp, and shouted in disobediently: "God! My God! This is not a movie! It's simply a machine gun! It's thrust against the human chest, and I'm a prisoner without even having any room for resistance! It's enjoyable, so enjoyable! This is the movie! Liu Bieqian. We have to make such a movie in the second half of the year! It's so enjoyable! It's so enjoyable! It's so enjoyable! It's so enjoyable! It's so enjoyable! It's so enjoyable... "

Liu Bieqian didn't say anything, but just bit his lip tightly and nodded vigorously.

Well, there are many followers. I guess the movie market in the second half of the year may seem to be 008,009 everywhere.

The next day, the Los Angeles media still set off a huge wave of public opinion. "007" was almost praised by everyone. Everyone knows that the movie does not have any particularly profound artistic nature, and they also know that DreamWorks' intention at the beginning was not artistic but vision exploration, so almost all the comments focused on this point. Most filmmakers believe that "007" really kicked off the prelude to using technology and scenes to create "landscape visual movies".
To be continued...