Cameron saw that Eric, who was about to speak, suddenly turned his gaze to the screen again, and asked curiously, "Eric, what do you think?"
Eric withdrew his mind, nodded and said: "A perfect work, Jim, I just think there are some small flaws at the end of the film."
Eric didn't ask the question about the length of the film immediately, and Cameron was a little relieved, and said, "You mean the plot of Rose's dream of going back to Titanic? If I remember correctly, you suggested adding this plot Yes, I think it works pretty well.”
"No, not this part," Eric shook his head, and said, "I mean the ending song. Although this piece of pure music is good, I always feel a little monotonous. Perhaps it would be better to replace it with a song. At the beginning Did you guys discuss that possibility when James made the score?"
The James that Eric said was James Horner, the soundtrack of "Titanic".
In my memory, "My Heart Will Go On" is the joint work of James Horner and another composer. Eric didn't know how Cameron and James Horner worked together in his previous life, because he had learned before that that during the production of "Alien 2" in 1986, Cameron had a relationship with James Horner, who was the soundtrack. Na's ideas are different, and the relationship between the two has been relatively bad. In order to keep "Titanic" as authentic as possible, this time Eric personally invited James Horner to be the soundtrack of the film, and personally came forward to mediate for the two. Before the filming of "Casino Royale", he, Cameron and James Horner had a meal together in Playa Vista.
Cameron shook his head when he heard Eric's question, and said: "James did write a song, inspired by the plot of the last scene, called "In-My-Dreams". The theme of the film didn't fit well, so we only used the pure music version, which is the ending song we just heard."
Eric ordered the projectionist to put the ending credits aside again, and asked Cameron for the detailed lyrics, and finally just shook his head in disappointment. This song is indeed not as classic as "My Heart Will Go On". In fact, writing songs is just like writing poems and paintings, both need inspiration. Eric should have thought from the beginning that the main body of the "Titanic" film can maintain the same style as the original version under his influence, but when it comes to the ending song, Under the influence of Eric, the big butterfly, James Horner's pointing could no longer produce the same inspiration as in his previous life.
The success of "Titanic" in the original time and space has benefited from the overall quality of the film. However, although the reuse of the film in "My Heart Will Go On" has not reached the level of finishing touches, it is definitely a re-use of "Titanic". Sublimation, Eric doesn't intend to miss it.
After thinking for a while, he said: "James shouldn't be too busy recently. When I just watched the film, I happened to have some inspiration. If he can come to Italy, maybe before the Venice Film Festival, everyone can make a good film together." The ending song."
Cameron very much hoped that the song "New-Divide" that Eric took out at the beginning, and he had also seen the full videotape of the first Victoria's Secret show, so he did not doubt that Eric had the ability to write for "Titanic". The ability of an ending song, just say: "Eric, if it's okay in Los Angeles, James is unlikely to come to Italy, he has already gone to the soundtrack of Edward Zwick's "Life and Death", speaking, if you If you have inspiration, why not come by yourself?"
Eric spread his hands and said, "It's not that you don't know what I'm doing recently. I may be able to come up with lyrics and music, but I don't have time for the specific arrangement and recording work."
Cameron said: "Eric, although it is impossible for James to just come here, as long as you can come up with lyrics and music, Europe is so big, you will definitely be able to find excellent musicians to help arrange the music, even if the effect is still not good, but the movie will be released soon." It won’t be released until the end of the year, so we still have plenty of time to make changes, don’t we?”
"In this case, the screening at the Venice Film Festival should be too late, right?"
"Just treat it as a surprise for the audience," Cameron said: "Of course, if the song you wrote is good enough, otherwise I will definitely not use it. I don't want to let a bad song Back to the whole movie."
At the end, Cameron's tone became habitually critical.
Eric narrowed his eyes, nodded slightly, and said, "Okay, let's talk about the length of the film."
Of course Cameron could see that Eric was counterattacking what he just said, but he almost jumped up and said, "Hey, Eric, you are not such a stingy person."
"Of course, so..." Eric stretched out his hand and patted Cameron's shoulder. Seeing his eyes widen and his expression clearly raised, he stopped panting and said, "I don't think it will change for a minute, just Released according to this version."
"Haha, I knew it," Cameron suddenly turned from worry to joy, and even wanted to say something a little smug, but he stopped his mouth immediately.
Cameron originally wanted to say that since you approved this version, he cannot be blamed for the unsatisfactory box office when the time comes. But he soon realized that if he really said such a thing, it would be too irresponsible. Putting away these thoughts, Cameron raised his fist and slapped Eric on the shoulder, saying: "Eric, I recently took the time to read some "Spider-Man" comics, and I have some good ideas, well, if... you still let me shoot at that time, just ask."
"No matter what, this project is yours. We have discussed it," Eric said. "Or, I can ask Los Angeles to send the contract tomorrow."
Cameron is a man of temperament. Thinking of Eric's supportive attitude towards him since last year, listening to these words at this time, he can't help but feel a sense of death for his confidant, saying: " Eric, I can only assure you that I will do my best."
Eric is not good at talking with a big man. Seeing Cameron's real temper, he laughed and said, "It's still early, why don't we have a drink at the bar downstairs?"
Cameron also quickly put away his emotions, nodded freely, and said, "Of course, um, but I have to send the copy to the bank safe first. The copy in front of me is worth 215 million U.S. dollars. , if something goes wrong, my two years of work may be in vain."
Saying this, the two got up together and left the screening room.
…
It has been a week since Christina Aguilera joined the crew. She came to Italy on August 1st. The entire crew does not include extras with strong mobility. There are more than 200 permanent employees and actors, who live separately. in several different hotels. Because she joined the group temporarily, she was not arranged in the same hotel as Eric, but across the street.
Christina has very few scenes in Venice. The specific plot is that Angela Lindt was kidnapped by the Specter and brought to Venice to threaten her sister Vesper Lindt to hand over the huge sum of money because she was only tied to a chair The brief shot of Vesper Lindsay proving her sister was alive would then be taken back to mainland England, so she didn't even have a line for the Venice shoot, so no one could care about her.
However, because of the crew member's work permit, although Eric only spared time to greet her in a hurry for a week, Christina could enter the filming set every day and stand outside to watch Eric's filming process .
Seeing more scenes of Eric directing the entire huge crew like a king, Christina also felt her insignificance more and more, and it was inevitable that her little daughter's admiration would grow in her heart.
It was the end of another day of filming. In the evening, Christina and her assistant Miria left the set early and found a restaurant to have dinner while discussing the gossip they had heard recently. Although Miria was ten years older than Christina, But it was a chatterbox, chattering endlessly: "I heard that Pierce Brosnan was scolded by Mr. Williams again. It seems that he can't keep up with your sister. Now many media in North America are saying that your sister is not beautiful enough. , but I think a lot of people will be surprised when the movie is released in the future. Well, I just don’t know how Mr. Williams found such an actor who didn’t even have a movie in Hollywood before.”
Before the filming started, as soon as the news of Cate Blanchett as the new Bond girl came out, it caused a lot of crazy discussions in the media. Most of the comments felt that Cate Blanchett's appearance was not outstanding enough. Although Kate finally won a lot of support with her professional girl make-up photos, the overall trend still tended to her unsuitable role as a Bond girl.
However, in the recent filming process, Vesper Lind played by Kate is very stealthy, and in many cases can even completely suppress the limelight of Pierce Brosnan.
If the Bond girl this time is just the same vase as before, then Pierce Brosnan's limelight will be hard to be taken away, but Vesper Lind is a female character with a very distinctive personality, so it is also given Kate is a great display platform for her excellent talent and skillful acting skills.
After all, this is a 007 movie. Although Eric hopes that Kate will be better, it is impossible for her to completely suppress Pierce Brosnan. Therefore, while taking advantage of the situation to adjust Pierce Brosnan's acting skills, Eric also had to slightly suppress Kate's acting skills.
Of course, even though the news about the leading actor being suppressed was tightly sealed, there was still a lot of news spread out, and it was an open secret within the crew. As for the news that spread to the media, most of it was regarded as a means of propaganda and public relations by the crew, and did not attract much attention.
Christina absentmindedly ate ice cream with a spoon, listened to what Miria said, and said, "Milia, don't always say 'my sister', okay? It sounds weird, and I only talk to Bran. Miss Chet had a chat."
"Hey, I'm helping you get into the show," Miria said, "Think about it, even Pierce Brosnan has been scolded, if you don't perform well in the future, Mr. Williams must not be too polite of."
Christina has long memorized the memorization of the thin pages of the script that belonged to her, and she has checked her lines with Milia countless times. At this time, she has completely reached the point of blurting out. With several years of performance experience in the Mickey Mouse Club, although Christina was a little worried about her performance at that time, she was not so stage frightened.
"Eric... But he's a very kind person, I think he wouldn't scold me," Christina said with some uncertainty, the little girl had fantasies of a little girl after all.
Although Milia looked careless, she would never take the initiative to touch certain sensitive topics, such as the relationship between her current employer and Eric Williams.
So, listening to what Christina said, she did not refute, but with more experience than Christina, she is very clear that most Hollywood directors basically have two personalities on set and in private.
Even if they are gentlemen in private, once they enter the director's state, this group of people will often become harsh and manic, and the better the director, the more often this is the case.
Eric may be very gentle towards Christina in private, but if Christina's poor performance during the filming affects the filming progress of the crew, it is almost 100% certain that she will be scolded. According to the gossip in the circle, the filming a few years ago In "Pretty Woman", Julia Roberts was scolded by Eric Williams more than once, and even faintly heard that she was scolded for something wrong.
After a while, Miria picked up a new topic and said, "Let's not talk about this, um, you get up early tomorrow, I heard that there will be an explosion scene tomorrow morning, that scene must be very exciting, I haven't seen it yet .”
Just as Christina was about to answer, a man in his thirties walked in from the door of the restaurant. The two girls looked at the same time, vaguely remembering that the other person should be an assistant next to Eric.
Before he had time to react, the man had already walked towards the two of them: "Miss Aguilera, you are here, I have been looking for you for a long time."
Christina got up quickly and asked, "Ah, is Eric looking for me?"
"Yes, oh, let me introduce first, my name is Peter Rich," the other party introduced, and then greeted Miria, and then said: "Come with me, Mr. Williams is waiting for you. "
"I, oh, okay," Christina originally wanted to ask Eric what she was looking for, but when she saw that Peter Rich had turned and walked out, she gave up the idea and hurriedly followed.
Milia paid the bill, picked up the bag Christina had left on the seat and followed her out. (To be continued.)