Chapter 200: chill
Everyone seems to be relieved. They are also worried that Eric will choose the best screenwriter award. After all, Eric now has achieved most of the achievements in the movie box office that he could not achieve in his lifetime. It will make his desire for individual film awards even stronger. If "Small Island Cry" wins the Silver Lion Award, it belongs to the entire team, and if you get the best screenwriter, it will definitely belong to Eric.
"Eric, in fact, this is nothing, I think Oscar is your real stage." It seems that in order to appease Eric, Bill Garlot said, Jonathan Demi also nodded.
Eric shrugged unscrupulously: "Thank you, Bill, if the stubborn old man of the film school thinks so."
Several people laughed and talked about some things before they separated. Eric returned to his room with the information about John Landis. This time, in order to avoid suspicion, Virginia did not follow. Come, and Allen lives in another suite downstairs.
There are still a few hours away from the night in Venice, and the Eastern Time is still in the morning, so although it has been on the plane for more than ten hours, the fixed biological clock that has been developed for a long time has made Eric a little tired.
After reading John Landis's information, Eric stayed in the room until 7 pm, and changed clothes to go out alone. The appointment was in a restaurant near the boutique hotel. Eric did not need anyone. Guide, and he did not bring a female companion, Virginia is the heroine of "Small Island Cry", in this case eating with the judges, being seen will definitely cause bad conjecture, compared to Ai Rick’s identity is less of a scruple in this area, where he can recognize his people. I believe it will not be too much.
John Landis was about forty years old, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses and a big nose. The face is full of beards and the standard Jews look.
Another Jew!
Eric’s heart was filled with emotion. The data shows that John Landis and Steven Spielberg are good friends, and that each of them has a small role in each other's film.
Moreover, John Landis is almost the same director with Spielberg. In 1975, Spielberg became a top Hollywood director with a "Great White Shark", and three years later, John Landis shot " Animal House has got more than 100 million box office. It is more coincidental that both people are 28 years old.
but. According to Eric's analysis, John Landis's career as a director began to be quiet in the 1990s. Therefore, previous Eric did not have any impression of the director.
In the restaurant, John Landis ordered the food and looked at Eric with the blond-haired waitress who was just in English. After the girl left the menu, John Landis opened the door. "Eric, you are very familiar with Italian food."
Eric smiled and explained: "My father used to be an Italian chef."
"Oh." John Landis nodded and didn't say much more about it. Obviously he didn't know anything about Eric. I know that Eric’s father has passed away.
Waiting for the gap between the dishes, Eric and John Landis began to talk without a margin, of course, the theme is still in the film.
"The reason why I am surprised is that it is not the change of your movie style, but that some of your different styles of films have achieved box office success. This is the most difficult to understand. I have to try. A variety of styles of film, but I have a few good movies at the box office. It is a satirical comedy. Even Steven, he has been trying to break through for so many years. The most successful is only a science fiction film. , "Great White Shark". "et" and the like."
Eric said: "This doesn't mean anything. John, maybe it's my luck. I have only directed a few movies, and I will definitely take a few more shots. I will also realize what I am best at."
John Randy, listening to Eric’s words, thought for a while and suddenly shook his head: “Not the same, you feel very different to me, Eric, can you tell me where did you learn to make movies? I am very curious. After all, it is not so easy to make a movie like your age, even if it is a "little master". It took me several years to accumulate experience from the time I went to filming my first film. ""
Of course, Eric can't say that he has accumulated his life and accumulated it. He just said: "In fact, I was lucky. I wrote the script of "The Little Devil" and then fortunately found a very good team. I only need Say what effect I want, so they will help me. If you don't meet them, maybe there is no shadow in "The Little Devil"."
John Landis has no doubts about Eric's words. Normally, Eric's personal experience can only be attributed to his good fortune.
"I have seen "Little Ghosts" several times, that... Stewart Langkel, the little guy is really good. If there is a chance... forget it, or not."
Eric learned from the information he had seen before that John Landis said this. When he made a movie seven years ago, he caused the death of several actors because of an accident, including two minors. The actor, if not a minor, is a very pure film accident. After all, there are many such accidents happening every year in Hollywood. However, because of the two children, he was dragged into the lawsuit for six years, until last year, completely out of the lawsuit, so John Landis is not difficult to understand the little actors. ,
"John, in fact, you shouldn't be too entangled. It's already gone, isn't it? And it's really just a sad accident."
John Landis drank his mouth and said: "But they have to say that I am guilty of manslaughter. This is too much. I am just a producer. I was not even present when the accident happened. I apologized to the public. I also made enough compensation, but some people just kept this thing for a long time. For six years, I barely got out. For a while, I even collapsed to want to be like Roman. Like Polanski, I fled abroad, I don't want to go to jail."
Eric remembered the thing mentioned in the material, and gradually sniffed something different from the tone of John Landis.
Whether Roman Polanski was taken or not, it was indeed a sin. After all, he was caught on the spot to invade minors.
However, John Landis's incident is full of some conspiracy. Maybe someone wants to tidy him. Maybe a competitor can vacate a large box office share. After all, although John Landis is not as famous as Spielberg, the films that have been filmed in these years have already had two box office breaks, and other films have performed well.
Thinking of this, Eric’s heart is also a chill in his heart. John Randis is a Jew. In Hollywood, there must be a whole Jewish circle that will support him. Such a person can be designed and dragged into a lawsuit. For six years, let alone say that he is now alone in Hollywood. Once someone has to deal with him, it is terrible.
Quickly shaking the worries in my mind, Eric knows that it is not a worrying day, to John Landis: "Don't think about these things again, John, everything is gone, isn't it? You see, you last year. The "Journey of the United States" is actually the most direct counterattack."
John Landis heard Eric’s arrogance and revealed a smile: “It’s true that shortly after the release of the American Journey, that matter is completely over. However, if there is no American tour. The success of "I don't know how long I have to be dragged."
After this topic, John Landis also produced a sense of closeness to Eric: "Eric, "Small Island" I have seen it several times, whether it is suspense setting or the final plot reversal, let The film was smashed. In May, Cannes had just selected one of the youngest best directors. I believe that the Venice Film Festival will certainly not be too conservative."
When I heard John Landis say this, Eric knew that the other party might be inclined to help him to lobby for the best screenwriter award, so he shook his head and said: "John, I am only 19 years old, for the honor. Things are not considered too much. If I get too early, I will not have much motivation to move forward. What do you think?"
John Landis squatted and then smiled blankly and nodded. "I understand."
Eric also showed a smile and raised the red wine to the other side. John Landis knew that Eric was thanking himself and raised his glass to touch Eric. He whispered: "Do not worry, I will try my best."
Eric didn't answer, drinking the red wine from the glass.
Putting down the goblet, Eric is about to talk to John Landis about other topics. He suddenly hears a familiar female voice not far behind, a few vague words: "Haha, just that fat man is really It’s so funny, I even said that I am like...hehe, I also said that I am the director...but you...is too bad.”
Picking up an eyebrow, Eric couldn’t help but glance at the source of the sound. The back of the brown curly hair appeared in the field of vision. Eric’s mouth showed a smile, and I couldn’t think that Julia would run to Venice. Sitting on the opposite side of the girl who was blocked is definitely Murdoch's second lady, Elizabeth Murdoch.
"Why, have you met an acquaintance?" John Landis followed Eric's gaze, but he was not familiar with Julia. If he was face to face, he might know the girl, but he didn't recognize it.
Eric nodded: "Two acquaintances, but they may not want me to say hello, ignore them."
John Landis looked at the two girls in the distance and smiled slyly: "The chasing woman always has to take the initiative. If you sit here, there will be no Xiaoyan girl." "To be continued"