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Published at 3rd of November 2021 09:53:17 AM


Chapter 1029: 1029

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Lan Li gave a solution, but Joel Cohen showed a look of disgust, and his eyes fell on Andy lightly. Without much emotion, he dodged and looked at Lan Li again. .

Needless to say, one look and one expression are vivid enough to show Joel's resistance vividly.

Standing aside, Andy spread out his hands with an innocent face to express his innocence.

Ethan Cohen is still better at handling interpersonal relationships. He noticed Joel’s sight and quickly added, “We are more inclined to talk to you face-to-face. You know, many things start to get complicated after going through the agent. , And it's starting to become simpler."

The so-called complexity and the so-called simplicity actually mean the same thing: interests are paramount.

After all, the agent’s thinking angle is different from that of the actors and directors. Therefore, the Coen brothers obviously resisted communicating with the agent and then relayed the news. Things that were originally clear may also breed variables, and things that were originally simple may also be possible. Become intricate.

This explains why the Coen brothers always refused to communicate with Andy. These two directors who are enough to call the wind and rain at the independent film festival, their style is indeed maverick; but this is not uncommon, their film works have already explained everything.

Furthermore, Ethan's words also revealed a message: it is not a private matter, but a business matter.

"Why not." Joel is still the impulsive one. After the idea came into his mind, he immediately expressed it, "We will talk in the car and go to the airport together. Not only will it not delay your time, And you can finish the conversation by the way."

Ethan added immediately, "The premise is, if you don't mind. We promise that our conversation will be over when we arrive at JFK Airport. I hope it will not be too rude."

Things started to become more and more interesting. Lan Li showed a big smile, nodded, and politely sent out an invitation, "Of course, welcome. It's my honor."

...

The black van steadily moved forward in the Manhattan car array. The spacious interior was filled with quiet silence. Roy and Nathan sat in the back row, and Andy sat in the back row. In the passenger seat, the sights of the three of them all projected toward the three people in the middle in unison—

Among the seats in the row facing the car door, Lan Li is on the right and Ethan is on the left; Joel sits behind Ethan, but his whole body leaned out, his hands on his knees, his eyes scorching gaze. Lan Li, the whole posture is very aggressive.

However, no one in the entire carriage spoke, including Joel, who seemed to be caught in an embarrassing situation. Everyone was looking for a time to wait for the opening, but they still failed to take the first step, the jerky atmosphere. Spreading quietly. Even Andy and Roy are full of question marks, becoming more and more confused.

At this moment, it is estimated that Lan Li is the only one who is the most comfortable and the most comfortable.

"So, who is in the car today who is going to participate in the beauty pageant?" Lan Li said lightly and calmly, pretending to be calm, but the faint smile hidden in the voice still overflowed lightly.

Such an inexplicable sentence made everyone look at each other and looked at Lan Li with question marks. They didn't understand the meaning at all, except for one person: Ethan Cohen.

Ethan was stunned, his smile stayed at the corners of his mouth for a moment, and then he didn't hold back after all, he laughed out after a chuckle, then turned and pointed at Joel, "he." He looked up and down, deliberately using his left hand. He dialed Joel's curly hair drooping on his shoulders.

"Unfortunately, he is not blond." Lan Li said with a grimace on his face.

In 2006, a "Little Sunshine Beauty" was born, which truly changed the weak position of independent films in the awards season, and wrote countless miracles, as a pioneer as "Juneo", "Blood is Coming", etc. The rise of movies paved the way.

In this movie, the personalities of the six members of the Hoover family are very weird. Everyone has their own problems. Arguing is even more commonplace, like a gunpowder keg; but one day, the youngest member of their family was only seven years old. But her youngest daughter wanted to participate in a beauty contest called "Little Sunshine", and then their whole family had to unite and embark on a journey to participate in the competition.

In the movie, the youngest daughter is blonde; and their car is a lemon yellow van. When the family sits in the car, the atmosphere is awkward and their expressions are stiff. Everyone is immersed in their own thoughts, full of discordant sparks.

This is the source of what Lan Li said just now.

But this stalk was too profound and remote. Ethan was the only one who realized that even Joel did not keep up for a while; then, Ethan sacrificed Joel and joined the ranks of ridicule. Between the two people, the deadlock was suddenly broken.

As for the others, they were all at a loss and didn't understand what was going on, especially after seeing Joel's unidentified face, Lan Li and Ethan both chuckled lightly.

A little humor builds a bridge between strangers in the real situation. The subtle atmosphere of "only we know" can always break the ice of conversation. Although the atmosphere in the carriage is still a bit strange, but The exchange of sights between Ethan and Lan Li gradually became familiar.

"Why is it a folk song?" Ethan finally said.

In view of the special circumstances of the two previous encounters between them and Lan Li, he has been thinking about how to enter the topic today and whether he should apologize again; or should he simply ignore the previous unhappiness and pretend that nothing has happened; or should In a half-joking manner, mention again their unpleasant acquaintance. This is really tricky.

However, the humor just now broke the barrier and inspired Ethan.

However, after speaking out, Ethan also realized that he was a little headless, so he had to add again, "I mean, the album'Don Quixote' was created by you yourself, right? "Cleopatra," "The Beast," "Your Bones"... all these songs are your creation, right? But why are they folk songs?"

In the words, there was no positive compliment, or even additional comments, just to verify a fact; but the excitement and curiosity between the lines revealed Ethan's inner affirmation.

"Why is it a movie?" Lan Li did not answer directly, but responded with a rhetorical question.

Ethan couldn't help but froze for a while, "The wave of folk songs has been silent 30 years ago; but the movie..."

"No, the wave of movies has gradually quieted down. It is the age of television and the age of the Internet." Lan Li interrupted Ethan's words and said with a smile, "Look at the movies flooded on the big screen now, the future It belongs to the era of comic adaptations. In an atmosphere where interests are paramount and entertaining to death, the art of film is dying, and those real artists are gathering towards television and the Internet."

Strictly speaking, this is the status quo in 2017.

Streaming media led by Netflix, Amazon, etc. are changing the pattern of the entire television and film industry. Accompanied by the full rise of television works, a large number of excellent directors, screenwriters and actors have poured into the television circle; And inevitably, there is also the gradual silence of film works. While the box office continues to rise, the number of movie viewers is declining, and the artistic nature of the work is dying.

Of course, after in-depth discussion, the reasons are very complicated, and are related to the entire social structure, artistic heritage, cultural environment, historical causes, and so on.

However, it can be simply considered that this is because the film industry has gradually matured and market feedback has formed a fixed pattern; and the emergence of streaming media has given art creators more freedom and space, allowing art to produce more development and transformation. , The carrier of TV series is also broader and more tolerant than movies, which is also one of the destined products of the diversification of content in the Internet age.

In 2014, the Coen brothers returned to the small screen and created the "Ice Blood Storm" episode version for FX TV. With this work, they swept the Emmy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.

Once upon a time, the film circle was high above, always despising and even despising the TV circle; but everything fell apart in front of Netflix under the support of the Internet age, and the status of TV works is rising steadily. It will not surpass movies, but it is gradually leveling off.

Movies are dying, this is not alarmist.

At the moment of 2012, signs have gradually appeared. The "House of Cards" that pioneered the Netflix era is now in full swing and will be officially broadcast in February next year. Discussions about the change of the times have caused countless controversies ~www.novelhall.com~ Lan Li's determination and perseverance has made Ethan a look of surprise. This mature and wise, profound and professional, absolutely It is not something that any actor can have; however, Lan Li did not continue on this topic, after all, this is not the core of their discussion today.

"I mean, the reason why we insist, whether it is folk songs or movies, is not because it is on the cutting edge of the trend, but because it is the carrier of our own artistic pursuits and the medium for realizing self-worth. This is very simple and very Pure." Lan Li turned back to the topic and answered Ethan's initial question.

During the conversation between Lan Li and Ethan, a voice came in from the side, "So we arrived, a lonely place that can't go back." The two turned their heads, and it was Joel who spoke. He whispered. Then, he met Lan Li's gaze, and the eyes hidden behind the lens flashed with a gleam of light, "Is this why you became a'beast' when you were a startup?"

Lan Li was slightly surprised.

He can clearly feel Joel’s enthusiasm, a kind of moth-to-fire, forgetful paranoia, and even madness; the first formal conversation between him and the Coen brothers, the content of the discussion was not a movie, but a folk song , This is really an interesting thing.




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