The "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy has become a member of Angela's "treasure chest" very early, so I remember the main points and the plot in detail, but at that time even if I could make that kind of CG effect to spend It was amazing, so from the day it was born, this script was thrown at the bottom and forgotten by Angela.
The weirdest thing is that even if the great Captain Sparrow and the agent of Miss Genius share the same name, Angela can't have any possibility of remembering, if she hadn't dressed up as Legolas for the Halloween parade in Greenwich Village, if not Peter Jackson, who was preparing the movie version of "The Lord of the Rings", sent an invitation. God knows how long it will take Angela to remember, and it was when she remembered that she was still taking notes. If you are self-conscious, you will definitely cry because of the behavior of Miss Genius and then commit suicide first and then commit suicide.
In this case, it can be temporarily - put it away first, yes, just put it away first, after all, she still has a lot of other things to do now, anyway, she has been hiding the "treasure box" very well, and the contents inside are being used. Or after seeing the aging, it has become a piece of paper in the shredder, so there is no need to worry too much.
The weather is getting colder day by day. The average temperature in Boston in winter is much lower than that of Los Angeles. The first snow fell shortly after November. Although the spring in London and New York is not necessarily warmer than Boston, But Angela spent the longest time in Los Angeles after all, so even if she put on thick clothes, she still occasionally felt cold.
However, there are some things that cannot be stopped from the cold and the cold. The studies are not bad, Angela didn't count on studying anything as long as she graduated successfully, but she still needs to work harder in the later stage of "American Beauty", especially the soundtrack. This is the first time she is completely responsible for doing the original soundtrack by herself - when "The Matrix" was a part-time job, the progress was not smooth as it progressed, but Angela was not discouraged. Anyway, she has already captured the core of the film musically. Just practice slowly, the only question is time.
Originally, in the past few days, because Ward Collier, the head of the temporary studio, took the master tape of "American Beauty" back to Los Angeles to cooperate with Spacey and the others to do some post-production work, Angela had some free time, but She had to use this time to discuss the content of "The Grudge" with two Japanese directors.
After Angela got the Chinese name translation of Shimizu Tsao from a Chinese student, the director's position has been determined, and Nakata and Shimizu contacted Japan again after confirming Angela's opinion, and finally agreed. After her request was met, discussions and negotiations naturally followed.
"I agree with you, Mr. Shimizu, the horror of Gaya is that she is always in the dark, and people are born to be afraid of the dark. In addition, her attacks are everywhere, elevators, blankets, attics, etc., at any time. It starts from a dark corner, so I hope to keep this atmosphere throughout the whole process. As for the character modeling, I still don’t think blood needs to be added. Although it looks more impactful, it reduces the weirdness of Gaya. It feels like that kind of outright weirdness is what attracts Americans the most."
In the past two or three days, Angela and Shimizu Chong exchanged a lot of opinions. Although Angela said Shimizu Chong listened most of the time, the questions raised by this stubble-faced guy from time to time were all on the point, and they could be heard. He was very serious and often recorded something in the notebook, so Angela had to sigh a few words in her stomach.
As for the negotiation, it was naturally handed over to the agent Sparrow who was still by his side, but Nakata was just a director, so Angela only asked Sparrow to exchange some preliminary opinions with him, such as agreeing to what they wanted before in Japan. Distribution rights, but they are responsible for the preparations in Japan. After that, the specific content will be discussed slowly by the representatives of the two companies after she informs the film department. Anyway, Angela will not finish the script until Christmas.
The production of "The Grudge" was basically settled in this way. With the departure of Nakata and Shimizu, Sparrow also returned to Los Angeles. Angela thought about it for a long time when the next weekend came, and finally decided to stay in Boston. Work hard on the soundtrack, and you can complete it with two more pieces, even if you practice it, you can't be careless.
Then sometimes it's just like this, the more you want to complete one thing, the more difficult it is to complete. The last two songs seem to be stuck there and can't go up or down. For Angela, who has always been smooth in music, it's really a big deal. matter.
"Or wait until the editing is complete and then do the two scores?" suggested Ward, the studio director.
"I'm not sure what, because I'm not with you, maybe you're too concerned about gains and losses?" Natalie said on the phone.
"Maybe you should take a good rest and relax yourself completely." Annie was still very caring.
"It doesn't seem to be of any use." Angela, who was sitting at the table, held her chin sullenly. Seeing that Thanksgiving was coming, the post-production was basically coming to an end, and it could be completed in early December, even the trailer. It's all edited, and the publicity work will be launched on the eve of Thanksgiving, but can't she be depressed if the two songs are not completed.
"How do you know it's useless if you haven't tried it?" Annie shrugged, "And I agree with Nat in a way, knowing that I've been told a lot these days that 'Never Compromise' is coming out after Thanksgiving. things like that.”
"Hey hey, this has nothing to do with the release of "Never Compromise"!" Angela exclaimed in dissatisfaction, but after a pause she had to admit a little awkwardly: "Okay, maybe... a little bit."
Yes, at one point, Angela couldn't figure out why the filming started and ended at the same time - well, Soderbergh ended three days before her - but "Never Compromise" had already started while she was still working on the soundtrack. Ready for the preview, heck, what magic did Soderbergh use to cut the cycle down to less than 6 months! Even if the script of "Never Compromise" is not complicated, but his familiarity with "American Beauty" should be higher than Soderbergh's familiarity with "Never Compromise"? And just last week, he and Soderbergh had a long videophone dispute over editing.
"Just a little bit," Angela repeated again, "that's not the decisive reason."
"Yes, no." Annie nodded with a smile, neither denying nor admitting it.
Angela had the urge to pinch her cheek for her attitude, but after staring at Annie for a while, Angela shook her head and sat beside Alizee, who was quietly reading on the sofa, and hugged the girl's shoulder affectionately Half-jokingly, half aggrieved: "Dear Lily, can you tell me why I'm stuck?"
"Your hand." Alizee said in a low voice.
"It doesn't matter, my hands won't get dirty." Angela pretended to be crazy and foolish, and at the same time, she put her arms around her and kept shaking, ignoring the girl's feelings at all.
It has been almost a month since Alizee stayed here. Ever since the admission procedures were completed, Annie took care of her to go to and from school every day. Although she was in a much better state than before, she was still taciturn and did not express much expression. A person reading a book quietly and hiding in the corner is so quiet that it makes people feel distressed.
So Angela told Annie to talk to her more and at the same time try to find time to live outside, and as long as she stayed in the studio, she would ask Alizee to deliver dinner for herself, and then let the girl help with the tidying in the studio Data work, or simply take it with you to record what you say every day for yourself. According to Angela's words, although Lily sits quietly reading a book every day after returning home, she still doesn't know whether she is reading a book or just thinking about it, so it's better to take her by your side, stuff her head with stuff and get tired. Her body, this not only makes her have no time to think about it, but can also treat it as a job and earn a small fortune, why not do it
And the kind of madness that just sticks around after physical contact is also a product of this idea. Although Alizee often squeezes her eyes and words, Angela, who is thick-skinned, doesn't care at all.
"Let's talk about it, the more opinions you listen to, the more you can find the answer." Angela's hippy smile grabbed the girl's shoulder and shook like a spoiled child, like a child who couldn't get candy, and made Annie, who was watching in her eyes, straight up. Cover your mouth.
"You think..." Alizee, who was shaken a little unbearably, closed the book, "because you didn't go to New York this month."
Although she still kept her face expressionless, the voice wafting from her teeth was obviously repelling people thousands of miles away, but Angela didn't seem to hear it, and still put her arms around Alizee's shoulders and frowned, thinking about something.
"Now... can you let me continue reading?" Alizee clearly understood how thick the other party's face was, so she could only whisper in a negotiating tone.
"Okay, I think I understand." Angela sighed sullenly at this time - this is not pretending. Then she leaned in front of the girl and stared at her seriously and asked, "How did you see that?!"
Alizee shrank her neck and didn't know if she was frightened or didn't like it, but her tone was still calm: "It's just intuition."
"Intuition?" Angela raised her eyebrows and swept the girl back and forth several times with her scrutinizing eyes. After a while, her eyes curled up and she quickly kissed Lily's face: "Thank you, I see."
Then, completely ignoring Alizee's annoyed and awkward gaze, she jumped up and went straight to the piano room.
Well, although it's embarrassing, I have to admit that the main reason for my anxiety is... Nat, Angela, who sat down in front of the piano, sighed. For the first two months, she would go to New York to meet Nat at least every other week. One day, after entering November, there are too many things to deal with, and the progress of "Never Compromise" is catching up, so I want to finish the later stage of "American Beauty" impatiently, so I give up my plan to return to New York this month. , but some things...
Angela couldn't help grinding her teeth. Although she understood the problem, the lingering irritability in her heart became more and more intense. Why did she act like this? Is it true that one day does not see each other as every three autumns? But it wasn't like this before, or... Am I scared
Angela, who had recovered from this shocking thought, suddenly found that her fingers were moving on the keys. Although the music playing stopped immediately after concentrating, the final sound still wafted in the piano room. Angela's eyes suddenly lit up after her ears caught the trace of music. She stood up and sat down again. Although she was staring at the keys, she had no focus. After a few minutes, Angela began to try again and again.
Is that so... no, no, again... not so, that is... yes, these scales are very similar.
With a face full of excitement, Angela played it repeatedly. It seemed that she thought that the tune that she accidentally played just now was suitable for the soundtrack, but she really thought so... Who knows
On Thanksgiving day, Angela finally returned to Los Angeles after three months away on the Sky. She had never missed the climate of Los Angeles so much...! Even though the current temperature in the City of Angels is only ten degrees, it is enough for Angela to throw away her down jacket and cry out with tears in her eyes: This is my city - of course, for a lady, this kind of picture will only exist in the mind.
Although they left with three people and came back with four people, the parents did not show more surprise to Alizee. The three little guys, including Lulu, were curious about Alizee, but all It seems very polite, maybe the mother has already greeted them early? And Alizee is still indifferent with lack of expression and language, but at least it is much better than indifference. Mom didn't say much and arranged her next to Annie, which is very good, much better than Angela, because…
"I think if there are too many people, maybe someone will fall off the bed in the middle of the night." Angela said in a consultative tone, looking at the three little ghosts who were lying on her bed and not planning to leave, although her forehead jumped.
"But aren't we still young? So the situation that my sister said can't exist." Willie said with a grin, bending her beautiful eyes, rolling over the bed at the same time.
"Please, I can only stay at home for three nights, can you give me a good rest?" Angela couldn't help rolling her eyes.
"I'm sorry, your three nights belong to us!" Lulu announced with a small fist.
"Hey hey, you are occupying! It's occupying! Understand!" Angela looked at these unreasonable little devils with a headache. Although she really wanted to leave, she could sleep in any of the hundreds of rooms. , but if this is done, I am afraid that the next few days will not be peaceful.
"Sister, don't you really want us to go to college?" Ike also joined in with tears in his eyes. Well, after reasoning and threats, it was an emotional offensive.
"Okay, you little guys, even if you all love me, you can't be like this." Angela, who softened her tone, could only choose to negotiate, and it would definitely not work to squeeze them all on her bed, so—the final result was three That night, the three little ghosts took turns sleeping with their dear sister, and had to hold them to sleep.
Even so, Angela was still very depressed, because on the first night, Lulu bit her face like an apple while she was sleeping, and when she woke up in the morning, Angela's face was full of dry saliva; On the second night, Willie learned a lot of moves with the octopus, and the ring around her neck made her almost stiff; as for the third night, Ike was very honest and quiet, but Angela was saying "This is me. Brother" fell asleep while muttering.
Inhumane! This mentions Angela's evaluation of three nights.
Although I came home on Thursday and Angela was in LA on Sunday morning for a total of 3 days off, I only had a few words with Kate and Jessica and Lindsay on the phone because she had many more Things are busy, such as using Friday to go to the film department to integrate the post-production and promotion of "American Beauty", and Saturday is the test screening of "Never Compromise".
Both Kate and Jessica expressed their understanding on the phone. Although Lindsay said a few words unhappily, Angela comforted a few words and promised to take a long vacation after the New Year. When she returned to Los Angeles, she first invited her to stay at home for a few days. It finally became a lot more pleasant, so Angela only went to Nicole's house, which lived nearer, for the whole Thanksgiving, and was surrounded by movies at other times.
"I have to say your performance is great, dear aunt." Angela hugged Julia for the first time, "Do you know what my favorite line is from you? Ed got mad: 'I fuck you !' And Erin retorted: 'I'll do it back!' The way you look and the smell when you say it is amazing!"
"Are you complimenting yourself indirectly, dear?" Julia laughed and patted her on the shoulder.
"Of course not, I'm complimenting Erin." Angela smiled and stretched out her hand to Erin Blokovic, who was sitting in the back row, "I hope you don't think I made it wrong."
"Of course not, Angela, in fact at the time, I mean at the time, I was probably 10 times more rude." Irene, who participated in the test screening, also laughed and shook hands with her, "Your script is really good Yes, there are some things that I have chosen to give up but I think it should be, and Julia's performance is so good that I almost forgot that it was something I went through."
"I heard that you and Mr. Ed also made cameo appearances in it. It's a pity I didn't see it. Can you tell me how many minutes it was?" Angela asked a little embarrassedly.
"It doesn't matter, it's the one where we attended the meeting as a group. Ed and I were in two corners. If you don't look carefully, you won't be able to see it." Erin shrugged, "I just want to say that making a movie is not a good idea. an easy task."
"Did you hear me, Auntie, Irene is praising you." Angela held Julia's hand with a smile.
"Of course, I'm not going to lie about this, I really forgot that it was something I did," Irene echoed.
"Thank you for the compliment, but if I continue to praise like this, I will really float to the clouds." Julia smiled and hugged Angela, "I would like to thank Angie for the script, if she hadn't written so well, I might have It can’t be performed to that extent.”
"Humility is a virtue, but being too arrogant is pride, aunt." Angela raised her finger and shook it, "If you really want to assign credit, your performance accounts for 60%, and my script only accounts for 10%. , and another 30 percent belonged to—”
She pointed to Steven Soderbergh, who was talking to Frank below.