Simon first met Kathryn Bigelow, a female Hollywood director, after "The Hurt Locker" successfully won an Oscar in 2010.
Speaking of which, his first impression of Kathryn Bigelow was her appearance.
At the 2010 Oscars, the tall Kathryn Bigelow looked only 30 years old in a long linen silk dress. Her figure and temperament were enough to crush most of the actresses on the red carpet that year.
But in fact, Kathryn Bigelow was born in 1951. Even now in 1986, she is already 35 years old.
Simon could only lament that there was never a shortage of fairies in the world who could withstand the erosion of time.
Then there are the other person’s works.
After the Oscars that year, Simon made a point of watching several of Kathryn Bigelow's films.
To be fair, most of the films directed by Kathryn Bigelow can only be said to be average, but the roughness of the other's works, which is like the totem of ancient stone pillars, is impressive. This woman seems to be using all her full energy to express herself. The masculine lens language tells the audience in front of the screen that I can do whatever men can do, and I can still do what men can’t do.
Simon even feels that the gender dominance that Kathryn Bigelow displays through her works has an air of obsession.
The bus started again, heading south along California Highway 1.
After Katherine Bigelow made a slight gesture just now, she focused all her attention on the manuscript in front of her. Simon glanced at it curiously and judged from the text format on the paper that the woman should have a script in her hand, and then did not interrupt.
More than an hour passed like this, until Catherine read the last page of the manuscript, Simon finally said at the right time: "Is this a script?"
A woman's sixth sense is always very keen. When she was just reading the script, Catherine felt that the young man next to her would look at her from time to time. As a beautiful woman, she is always surrounded by people who want to strike up a conversation, and she is used to this kind of thing.
However, the other party did not disturb her for more than an hour, and did not speak until she finished reading the script. This also made Catherine feel better inexplicably, so she smiled at Simon and nodded, saying, "Yes. .”
Although responsive, Catherine showed no desire to talk to Simon much.
Although the young man in front of him has a handsome face with sharp edges and a more mature temperament than his peers, in any case, he is obviously just a big boy under twenty years old. If my friends knew that they were being approached by such a boy, they would definitely laugh to death.
Just as she was about to turn her gaze to the car window as a hint of rejection, Catherine heard the young man next to her continue: "Actually, I also have a script. How about we watch it instead to pass the time? It will still take several hours to get to Los Angeles. .”
With that said, Simon stood up neatly, took off his backpack from the overhead luggage rack, picked out one of the two manuscripts and showed it to Catherine.
Catherine was a little surprised that Simon casually took out a script, but she still classified Simon's behavior as a pick-up. She was going to refuse clearly, but after glancing at the title of the script in Simon's hand, she couldn't help but feel curious, and subconsciously asked: "Butterfly effect, what does this mean?"
"This is a hypothesis made by MIT meteorology professor Edward Lorenz to illustrate his theory," Simon said, handing the script to Catherine and continued: "Professor Lorenz hypothesized that South America A butterfly in the Amazon basin occasionally flapped its wings, and the impact of this wing flap on the surrounding airflow continued to spread, causing a series of chain reactions, eventually forming a terrifying tornado in Texas."
Catherine listened carefully to Simon's explanation and couldn't help but shake her head: "How is it possible for a butterfly to flap its wings and create a tornado?"
Simon said: "Professor Lorenz is using this to describe the huge impact that a small variable may have on the entire system. Moreover, I think it is very possible, but we cannot prove it."
Catherine hummed softly and did not argue with Simon. She was not a person who liked to argue with others. I found that I had unknowingly received this script called "The Butterfly Effect", so I opened it curiously.
Then, when he felt the young man next to him still looking at him, he remembered what he had just said.
After hesitating for a moment, he handed over his script.
Anyway, as he said, just think of it as passing time.
She opened the script in her hand and glanced at it. She realized something and flipped through a few more pages before Catherine was finally sure.
It turned out that the entire script, including the title on the cover, was handwritten in neat English fonts similar to printing, which made her look at the young man beside her again who had turned his attention to her script.
In this era, typewriters have become a very common office tool. It is very rare for a young person to be so patient and write out a script of more than a hundred pages by hand, and to write so beautifully.
Simon did not know Catherine's psychological activities. In fact, handwriting the script was his helpless move. Living in a mental hospital, even if the doctor allowed him to own a typewriter, he could not afford it.
Putting Catherine's script on his knees and turning it over, Simon already recognized that this should be "Night of the Blood Corpse", the first theatrical feature film directed by Catherine. After "The Hurt Locker" won the award, he read the film's introduction out of curiosity when he was looking for information on Catherine, but he didn't take the time to watch the movie.
As the reading progressed, Simon quickly figured out the general context of the story in his hand.
Calleb, a young farm boy in Oklahoma, meets a girl named May and falls in love with her at first sight. However, May is actually a vampire and impulsively transforms Calleb into a vampire.
Karebo is then kidnapped by May's vampire companions and forced to wander the world.
Although he has the ability to live forever, after several twists and turns, Karebo found that this was not the life he wanted, so he wanted to escape from this group of vampires. At the same time, Karebo's father and sister were also following him After disappearing, he embarked on the road of searching for his relatives tirelessly.
On the other side, after an unknown amount of time, after reading the last page of the script, Catherine raised her head and found that Simon was still turning over her script slowly, but she suddenly had a small impulse in her heart to snatch the script from him.
Although she didn't like the overly pessimistic and gloomy tone of "The Butterfly Effect", after reading the whole story, Catherine had to admit that "The Butterfly Effect" with its exquisite and novel plot and interlocking plots was better than "Night of the Blood Corpse" too much.
In the final analysis, "Night of the Blood Corpse" is just a simple romance film dressed up as a vampire, with some script loopholes that even she herself was unable to fix.
Waiting quietly for Simon to finish turning over the script, Catherine couldn't help but ask in a tone of inquiry that she didn't realize she had: "How is it?"
Simon thought for a while and said: "I really like the scene where Kaleb kneels in front of Mei and sucks the blood from her wrist, with a sense of transgression that transcends ethics. This should be inspired by the phenomenon of lambs sucking milk. , the footage will definitely touch people’s hearts in the future.”
Catherine did not expect that Simon would express his feelings based on a certain point in the script. Although the script of "Night of the Blood Corpse" was not entirely written by her, the scene Simon described at this time was exactly her hand.
Many fans will make excessive deconstructions after watching the movie that completely exceed the director's intention, but Simon's understanding at this time coincides with her thoughts. She studied art, so she habitually adds some symbolic scenes to her scripts.
"So," after a moment of hesitation, Catherine asked bluntly: "Do you think there is anything that can be improved in this script?"
Hearing the woman's question, Simon was a little surprised, but he quickly said: "Perhaps, the farm can be changed into a pasture. I think there are many scenes of farms in the script, but no matter what state the farm is in, it will never be paved." The pastures full of green meadows are more picturesque.”
Catherine thought for a while, nodded, and then asked: "What about the last plot, where Karebo and Mei transform back into humans? Do you think there is a better way to handle it?"
In the script of "Night of the Blood Corpse", the hero and heroine are transformed back into human beings through transfusion of human blood. This setting is indeed very far-fetched.
However, Simon shook his head and said: "You should have revised the script many times, right? If you could change it, I would definitely not be able to see this kind of plot now. There is really no way to change it, otherwise the whole second half of the script would be Part of it needs to be overturned, and that’s definitely a different story.”
Catherine nodded, understanding that Simon was telling the truth, but her expression was still a little disappointed.
Simon looked at the woman's expression and said, "Actually, there is another place that can be adjusted."
Catherine looked over again: "Huh?"
"The name of the male protagonist," Simon said with a smile on his lips, "Did you know? The name Karebo comes from Hebrew and actually means 'ferocious hunting dog'. This name is too earthy. It's best another."
Catherine understood from Simon's smile that he was joking, and smiled accordingly, jokingly: "You also understand Hebrew."
"Yeah, I'm pretty fluent. So, I will definitely do well in Hollywood in the future."
Hebrew is the national language of the Jews, and as we all know, Hollywood is dominated by the Jews. Being able to speak fluent Hebrew will definitely endear Simon to many Jews in Hollywood.
In fact, due to inheriting the memories of twelve other people, not only Hebrew, but also more proficient in English and Chinese, Simon can also speak German, French and Spanish at this time, which almost covers the most mainstream languages in the world. Several major languages. Therefore, even if he is to be a translator now, he will definitely be the top one.
Listening to Simon's tone, Catherine had a slight urge to roll her eyes. She also felt that the young man was trying to change the subject and not want to comment too much on her script. Perhaps, compared with his "Butterfly Effect", "Night of the Blood Corpse" really has nothing to say.
It’s not that Simon is unwilling to provide more suggestions to Catherine. He is still well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of Catherine’s series of works.
The key point is that the two are still in a state of "accidental encounter". Could it be that she should be advised to restrain the violent atmosphere of deliberately blurring gender awareness in her works and encourage her to show the delicate side of herself as a woman
How do I know that the film works of a beautiful woman like her are not delicate enough
Guess
If you say too much, you will reveal your secret.
However, Catherine was not a pushy person, so she followed Simon's topic just now and said in a casual tone: "Then what do you think Karebo should be renamed to sound better?"
"Simon, how are you?"
Catherine was a little confused: "Simon, is there anything special about this name?"
Simon stretched out a hand towards the woman and smiled: "Simon Westeros, ma'am, may I know your name?"
Catherine immediately understood that this was his name.
"My name is Katherine Bigelow," she shook his hand gently, and Katherine introduced herself with a smile, and then curiously said: "Westeros, a very rare surname. You can speak Hebrew, so , is this a Jewish surname?”
"No," Simon shook his head and said, "This is my last name."
Westeros is an original word coined by George R.R. Martin that would have appeared ten years later. Therefore, Simon is now undoubtedly the only 'Westeros' in the world.
Catherine could feel the slight sense of superiority implicit in Simon's words, but she didn't feel any resentment in her heart.
He can create a script like "The Butterfly Effect", can casually talk about the theories of a professor at MIT, and can also master a very niche language like Hebrew. Such an outstanding young man is proud of Some are taken for granted.