After she came out of Rowling's house, Angela was still complaining about her refusal to tell herself what was going on.
"I bet there must be something wrong with what Joe said!" The girl said in such broken thoughts.
"Okay, dear, at least it means she has a role for you," Kate laughed, but tried her best to comfort her, "Look, I can't even play one of those roles."
To put it lightly, you don't know what roles will be in the future, and I don't think those roles are suitable for me! Angela grinded her teeth: "If you want, I can convince Joe to give you the role that may belong to me."
"Stop joking, Angie," Kate smiled and shook her head. "If Joe really wants you to play a role, it's tailor-made for you, not just a random one."
"Yeah, yeah." Angela echoed insincerely, thinking about the way Rowling's eyes lit up when she heard that she was playing Legolas, it is estimated that she is preparing to play Bella or Um in a future series. Ritchie's image was put on himself.
But... what if she actually had a brand new character that she didn't know about? This thought suddenly popped out of Angela's head. Think about it, some things haven't changed since I was born, but some things have indeed changed. Just as I sighed before when I knew Lulu was playing "Little Elf", if human beings can touch the wings of butterflies The trajectory has long since ascended to Centaur. So, why is it impossible for Rowling to reschedule…
Another light flashed through her mind, and the girl suddenly remembered that when she came to visit Rowling here last year, she had mysteriously told herself that she wanted to rearrange the outline... God, shouldn't she be telling the truth? !
"Hey, Angie, you're distracted again." Kate's voice pulled Angela back immediately.
"What? Oh, sorry." The girl smiled embarrassedly.
Whatever it is, it's still too early, if at all possible.
"So, where are we going next?" Angela spread her hands.
"You decide," Kate shrugged. "Rest at my place tonight anyway, you know... it's not over yet!"
Looking at the other party's meaningful eyes, Angela was not to be outdone: "Why don't we open a bottle of whisky to celebrate?"
"Unfortunately, honey, there's no whisky in the apartment." Kate raised her eyebrows, her teeth brushing across her lips.
"It doesn't matter, Kate, there must be some in the supermarket." Angela showed a smug look.
The two stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes, and after a long while, they both burst out laughing.
"I don't want whisky. After drinking it, I can't remember anything, it doesn't make any sense." Angela snorted helplessly. Kate smiled and shook her head, lowering her voice: "Tonight, you can get what you want without whisky."
"Really?" Angela raised her eyebrows.
"Really." Kate nodded seriously.
"Then, before the paparazzi find us, let's go shopping to the fullest." Angela said, grabbing Kate's arm, and the two smiled at each other and walked in a random direction.
It was a happy day, Angela couldn't help but want to continue the two-person world with Kate, and then... her wish came true, the next day grandpa's manor was crowded with paparazzi, and these guys couldn't wait to take her photo , but unfortunately they don't know that she is not in the manor at the moment. So Angela took the opportunity to delay the time to go back, and finally stayed in Kate's apartment every night before returning to New York, and experienced the feeling of flying for two nights.
One of the reasons why the paparazzi gathered near the manor was that Angela could not be caught in New York, and more importantly, "The Pianist" began to show before the New Year after Christmas! (Note: if the plot requires it, don't care)
"It's a really cool movie.
Unlike Spielberg's "Schindler's List", Angela completely put herself in the position of the bystander, like an irrelevant person, telling the audience what she saw in a calm tone.
The same Nazi officer shot at the Jews crawling on the ground. In "Schindler's List", this process is quite dramatic. The Nazi officer even fired several times and couldn't shoot the bullet due to the problem of the firing pin, so he had to let go The Jew was gone; and in "The Pianist", the German officer neatly replaced the bullet and killed the other party, which did not let the audience get away with it at all.
Fortunately, in any case, that glimmer of hope runs through the entire film, and it can make people feel warm and comforted in the coldness. This is a masterpiece, and those who doubt can really shut up. "
—Jason Bellis, USA Today.
"To paraphrase a sentence from Angela's previous works: truth? What is truth?! In "Schindler's List", Jews are driven around like cattle, and finally put in concentration camps and gas chambers are real; the same is true; , in "The Pianist", the Jews who served the Nazis with their sleeves, the Jews who still spend their lives after the ghetto are also true, and can't be established as easily without the 'full assistance' of some people in the massacre?
So mercilessly stinging but unable to ignore and refute, Angela's choice of perspective performance makes people sigh. "
—Happy Warwick, The Hollywood Reporter.
"Some people may be surprised that any German officer actually rescued Spearman? But that's what happened, and Spearman wasn't the only person this German officer named Wilhelm de Hoosenfeld rescued, and de Hoosenfield Seinfeld helped Spearman far more than the film shows.
But Angela obviously didn't intend to be sensational, just commenting on the rescue without commenting, as Raphael of the New York Times described a few days ago, she's just a bystander, she's just showing it to you . "
— Ramsay Cross, The Times.
On the first day of the screening of "The Pianist" at the Pantagis Theater, a large number of audiences came to cheer. After all, this film has been fired for nearly a year, and the "New York Times" that participated in the preview not long ago. "The praise of film critic Raphael has made many people's curiosity reach a peak, so it is normal for it to be hard to get a ticket.
Critics certainly don't have to worry about these issues. McKinley of Pixar's film department has already delivered the prepared movie tickets to them early. Critics are no less curious than ordinary people, and more importantly, they can't wait to know whether their views are correct, so the number of critics who come to watch the movie on the day of the screening is unprecedented.
As for the result, the above comments are enough to say it all. The critics have to admit that the talented lady in Hollywood has once again achieved unprecedented results, giving all those who questioned a heavy slap in the face.
If you are wrong, you have to admit it. Even the thorny tabloids can only start with the shooting techniques, etc., and dare not say that Angela made the subject matter terrible, not to mention those who were extremely sarcastic at the beginning. critic.
However, they did not excuse themselves too much in the column for their misunderstanding, but expressed their attitude by "praising the movie with the best words". This is not surprising, considering that they all avoided the questions of "how Angela thinks" and "how did Angela accurately grasp the context".
Common sense tells people that it is basically impossible for a talented female director to master such an extremely heavy and depressing subject at the age of 19. But Angela has completely subverted this perception, which makes it difficult for many people to accept, if not for the halo of the Oscar's youngest and best director nomination, and "American Beauty" is also a masterpiece, and other aspects Something, maybe someone will really use the word "evil" to call her.
No one can know how she got to this point. Since the problem is unsolved, just put it aside and don't pursue it. The reputation of "The Pianist" can no longer be questioned. Therefore, in addition to the British media reporting on the film in Europe, newspapers and magazines in several countries on the mainland fell into silence. Even if Angela's FANS mocked their shortsightedness on the websites of these media, they could not let these people Come out and refute one or two, after all, what they said this year is obvious to all, how is it possible that this big slap is not uncomfortable for a few days.
"It's just a matter of box office." Angela said to Natalie, the two and Scarlett were sitting on a bench on Bickerner Street in Manhattan, with the Statue of Liberty in the distance. Across the sea, and the time is January 2, 2000.
How could it be possible to go to New York without Natalie's company, although it was not important to Angela just after leaving London. And it was Natalie's idea to call Scarlett. It's fun to go shopping.
Scarlett didn't want to come. According to her words, isn't it strange that she was shopping among them as an insider? As a result, Angela brought Natalie directly to the door, threatening that she would bring her brother Hunter if she didn't go together, so after thinking for a few seconds, the sister gave up her original intention in the hopeful eyes of her brother - poor Hunter .
Originally, Natalie wanted to make an appointment with Liv, but Angela rejected it, because Liv was in Australia at the moment celebrating the New Year with her mother. Of course, the actual reasons need not be stated.
"Did you still think about how to make money when you were shooting this movie?" Natalie pulled a hot drink in one hand and pulled her hat with the other. After looking at Angela carefully, she added One sentence: "You have to admit, your black hair and black pupils are as beautiful as before."
"It's not the first time you've seen me dressed like this." Angela rolled her eyes at her, and saw that she was putting on her flat glasses again after four weeks. Then he rolled her eyes at her again: "Since it's going to be released, why can't I think about making money? I can promise Steven to donate the proceeds of this movie to the Holocaust Foundation."
Speaking of this, she suddenly sighed: "And in order to get Ed to agree to invest, I guaranteed that I would earn ten times as much as I lost. If the loss exceeds 10 million... God..."
At the time of the screening, "The Hollywood Reporter" conducted a survey and randomly selected 100 middle-aged and 100 young people among the audience for their opinions. Those who are older and have some experience think this film is shocking and excellent, no less than Spielberg's "Schindler's List", and it is worth watching; while young people generally think it is too boring, there are several. All of them admitted that they went to see Angela, although they did not say that it was not good-looking, but it was difficult to say if it was not sincere.
That's why Angela has this kind of worry, but what's interesting is that she never thought of this when she was throwing money, and Ed did arranging the release date from the market. In fact, in essence, what she cares about is that this is not her own work - even though she has tried her best to add her own thoughts to it.
"Come on, such concerns are unreasonable." Scarlett interjected at this time, "There are 200 million people in the entire United States, and everyone goes to the cinema once to see enough for you to recover the cost."
"So you won't be a qualified producer, Manny!" Angela pressed her head.
"Wrong, I'm not a qualified producer because I'm not as perverted as you are," Scarlett grimaced, "The 19-year-old world-class director, said the New York Times or the Washington Post coming?"
"Who asked you to use this word to describe me!" Angela immediately showed a look of anger.
"Isn't it, count how many heads you have? Oh, God, we are all still trying to show our own image, you have already picked up the guide tube and become a big director." Scarlett half true Half-falsely complained, "It's really our misfortune to be in the same era as you!"
"So..." Angela rubbed her chin, "should I apologize to you and jump into the sea from here?"
Scarlett looked at her and blinked, her head tilted: "Nat, your girlfriend is bullying me!"
"Okay, let's change the subject." Natalie smiled and shook her head.
"Change the subject?" Angela looked up at the sky and thought for a few minutes, "Continue talking about the box office issue?"
"Don't worry, even if not many people watch it, Manny and I will go to the cinema to contribute to the box office of your work!" Natalie rolled her eyes angrily. Then she reached out and grabbed Angela's shoulders and said seriously: "Listen to me, Angie, although I have only seen some clips in your studio, I believe that since the film critics say that "The Pianist" is no less than "The Pianist" Schindler's List, then cost recovery is definitely not an issue. You know how many people have been following your film over the years."
"Well..." Angela raised her eyebrows and looked at Natalie and nodded, "I like to hear that."
"Really?" Natalie raised the corners of her mouth.
"certainly!"
"Since I said something you like to hear, should I go back to the dormitory earlier and get rid of those FANS letters as compensation?" Natalie said with satisfaction, narrowing her eyes.
Angela's face couldn't help changing: "Can't you help? Benita, who lived with me, used to help me deal with it."
"Then you can find Benita," Natalie spread her hands, "Why tell me."
"Don't be like this, don't you also have a letter from your own fans to deal with?" Angela put on a pleading look.
"I'm sorry, my reputation is much smaller than yours, and there are not many letters from FANS." Natalie was unmoved.
"Forget it, your letters are few because you used the surname Hessleigh for admission! Don't think I don't know, there are many girls surnamed Portman in Cambridge who receive letters to Amidala. Letter!" Angela cried out in dissatisfaction, and then scratched her head depressedly: "Damn, why didn't I think of this method in the first place!"
"Hey, ladies," Scarlett next to him coughed softly at this time, "It seems that we came out to celebrate the arrival of the millennium, not to argue about the box office or who handled the letters for whom?"
Immediately closed her mouth, Angela looked at Scarlett and then at Natalie, shrugging her shoulders: "Then... continue."
This should be Angela's second millennium, which is very, very rare. There may be one or two old people in the century, but she is the only one who has passed the millennium twice. Pamper her" is not an exaggeration.
Literally it seems like Angela should be celebrating, but in reality it's impossible, think how would she react if she claimed and insisted that this was her second millennium? If it's light, everyone will think it's a bad joke and laugh it off; if it's serious, she is likely to see an amiable middle-aged man accompanied by her parents and say to her when she gets home: "Let's talk about it." Tan, and then the next day's newspaper published news that Miss Talent was overwhelmed by the filming of "The Pianist" and suffered from depression and so on; the worst of course, several people in tall white lab coats came to put her on the bed, Tie it to it and watch the white wall for a lifetime.
So ah, this kind of thing, don't even think about it.
Fortunately, because it is a rare millennium, Manhattan still shows people more gorgeous new clothes than those of the previous New Years. Although the carnival atmosphere in Times Square was much lighter than on the night of December 31, there were still many excited young people coming and going.
For Angela and the others, Natalie and Scarlett to be exact, the fashion boutiques on Fifth Avenue are always a place to go. Of course, there are other options, but apart from the countless Broadway, movie theaters, Central Park, and so on, Angela can't think of any other place that would be suitable. Nail and pedicure? Forget it, even if you occasionally do beauty treatments, you still have one-on-one professional door-to-door service. Why do you want to do it outside? Besides, her requirements for nails are very simple, and she hardly even brushes nail polish, let alone makes some weird decorations on it.
"Let's take a look here." Angela pushed open the door of a clothing store, and she was stunned for the first time.
There is already a girl in the clothing store who is choosing clothes. She has straight platinum blonde hair and a tall figure. She is hot, sexy and sweet. She has appeared frequently in fashion magazines in recent months. Trump is also known as Paris Hilton, two new stars in the modeling world!
And beside her, who was holding her hands tightly was her sister Nikki Hilton!