After "Return to Seventeen", although Eric received many invitations, he no longer appeared in any movie scenes, not even a cameo. But even so, because his rise is too legendary, personal photos will appear in newspapers and magazines every three days. Therefore, even if you cannot be recognized at a glance while walking on the street, there will always be people who have a feeling of deja vu.
With more and more people in the library hall, the guests participating in the art exhibition have more and more eyes on Eric, but most of them seem to think that it may be just similar, and they did not come forward to chat mean. In order to avoid unnecessary harassment, Eric had to take out his sunglasses and put them on. This appearance looked a little different in the hall, and Catherine made a little joke about it.
"This is the story of the golden apple. At the wedding of the human hero Paleus and the sea goddess Thetis, all the gods were invited, except Eris, the goddess of discord. Reese broke into the wedding scene and took out a golden apple, saying that he would give it to the most beautiful woman present, which caused a dispute.
Zeus' wife Hera, goddess of wisdom Athena and god of love Aphrodite all believed that he should be the one who got the golden apple. When they couldn't disagree, Zeus appointed Paris, the prince of Troy who was herding sheep on Mount Ida, to arbitrate the dispute. ■→, dispute.
The thinking man in the picture is Paris, and on the right are three goddesses. Because of Cupid's promise to make Paris fall in love with the most beautiful woman in the world, Paris awarded the golden apple to Aphrodite. With the help of Cupid, Paris then kidnapped Queen Helen of Sparta, who was considered the most beautiful woman in the world, which triggered the Trojan War. "
The two walked to an oil painting in the northwest corner. Catherine explained to Eric in a low voice. Although she majored in art criticism at Columbia University. However, he did not explain to Eric the composition and color of the works in the exhibition hall, but only told the various background stories involved in these oil paintings. Although Eric knew many of them, he did not interrupt the woman Meaning, but listened with relish.
After Catherine finished speaking, she glanced at Eric who looked thoughtful, and asked curiously in a low voice: "What are you thinking, do you feel a little bored?"
"Of course not." Eric shook his head: "I'm thinking about going back to Los Angeles and asking them to make a plan about European mythology and history in terms of film development prospects. This type of film theme is a big gold mine, but unfortunately because of Special effects and artificial constraints, the genre hasn't had a lot of great stuff over the years."
Catherine is one of those people who likes to integrate work into instinct, so instead of teasing Eric for thinking about work in this situation, she asked: "You mean epic movies, like "Ben-Hur" and "Ben-Hur"? Like Spartacus?"
"Ben-Hur" and "Spartacus" are both European epic films produced by Hollywood in the early 1960s. The former tells the story of the Jewish Ben-Hur's resistance to the invasion of the Roman Empire. An insurmountable record. Although "Titanic" in the original time and space surpassed "Ben-Hur" in nominations, the number of awards was only equal to "Ben-Hur". The latter is the famous work of film master Stanley Kubrick.
At the time, the two films were both movies with huge investment, and they both used as many as tens of thousands of extras. Today, when the Hollywood industry has developed to an extremely standardized level, it is difficult to replicate this artificial scale.
Eric and Catherine left the pair of "Golden Apples" and said as they walked: "It is true that like "Ben-Hur" and "Spartacus", these two classics were based on literary works rather than historical facts at the time. changed, and I think that's the key to both being hugely successful at the box office and awards."
Catherine asked: "Why can't it be adapted according to historical facts, I think it will be more real?"
The two stopped in front of another oil painting, and Eric explained: "But the real history is always too cruel and unlikable. If you develop this type of film, the investment must be at the level of a super production , if you want to recover the cost, you must adapt history on a large scale to cater to the tastes of modern audiences. Again, the audience always sees what they want to see."
After Eric finished speaking, he looked at the woman next to him. Although Catherine's works are not many, she always talks about it and conveys some kind of social cognition to the audience, and often preaches. This style not only does not Recognized by awards, a little carelessness will also arouse the disgust of the audience.
In the original time and space, it was not until the "The Hurt Locker" that made Catherine the top Oscar more than ten years later that women got rid of this shortcoming. It does not preach or comment, but after watching this movie, everyone will naturally feel disgusted and resistant to war. This is the best way to promote anti-war.
Catherine glanced at the oil painting in front of her, and this time she did not explain to Eric in a low voice, but said, "I feel like you are talking about my movie?"
Eric smiled: "Yes, look at the movie I just didn't have any words pointing to you, but you can understand my purpose. This is the best way to convey a concept."
Catherine thought of what Eric said on the set of "Scary Point" a few months ago, and fell into a brief thoughtful moment. Eric didn't bother, and stood by and waited silently.
When it was approaching twelve o'clock, Eric chose the pair of "Golden Apples" that caused a conversation between the two, signed a check for 50,000 US dollars and handed it over to the organizer. As for how much of the money can be used by the so-called Orphans and disabled children are not considered by Eric.
At noon, Catherine's good friend Betsy Murphy took the two of them to have a simple lunch together. The two of them did not go back. In the afternoon, at the suggestion of Betsy Murphy, the two of them listened to gave a four-hour lecture on European history.
Becky Murphy has been very curious about Eric during the lecture. As Catherine's best friend, Becky Murphy has heard about the divorce between Catherine and Cameron. While listening to the lecture, Becky Qi Murphy occasionally whispered to Catherine, and glanced at Eric with ambiguous eyes from time to time. (To be continued..)