Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 121 Premiere
"Link, I'm so happy. So happy."

In the audience, Sofia hugged her other arm and was about to jump for joy.

"Why are you so happy? Is it because you said those words and left those people speechless?"

Link laughed.

"Yes, in the past, when my father and his friends talked about film art, it was as if they were discussing religion, in a serious and rigid way. Sometimes when I raised objections, they severely resisted and stopped me, and did not accept my ideas at all.

I didn't know much at the time and thought that film art itself was very serious and could not be easily discussed. Later, when I saw that the movie you made with $2 was overwhelming all the Hollywood blockbusters that were hyped up, I thought you were really cool.

Later I heard about your Yakuza film theory, and that you deliberately made movies for ordinary audiences.

I suddenly realized that your idea is right. Movies should be made easy to understand so that everyone can understand them.

Instead of that group of old guys who deliberately made movies that were difficult to understand and thought they were very profound, they believed that if the audience couldn't understand them it was because of their low level of understanding.

I decided to make ordinary movies in the future, movies that everyone can understand. "

Sophia said.

Link touched his forehead, feeling like he was about to lead a talented female director into trouble.

"Sophia, do you know my goal of becoming a director?"

"You said you wanted to win an Oscar and the Best Director Award at the three major European film festivals."

"That's right. Do you know who the judges are?"

"What do you mean?"

“Most of the judges for the Academy Awards and other film festival awards are elites who value film art and have a high level of aesthetic taste.

If I want to win these awards, I can't keep shooting movies like "Paranormal Activity" and "The Blair Witch Project". In the future, I will also shoot more artistic commercial films.

I was a new director in the past. The purpose of making "Paranormal Activity" was to make money. The economic base determines the superstructure. Without money, I would not be able to make a movie that would be liked by ordinary people and praised by the elite.

So if you want to be a director in the future, don’t care about commercial films or art films.

You make the movie you like. Only when you have no rules or restrictions in your mind can you achieve a high degree of freedom in artistic creation and make a movie that is acclaimed by everyone.

So you don’t have to be too obsessed with what you learned on the set of The Blair Witch Project, and don’t underestimate the film theory that Coppola taught you. If you can stand in a neutral position and look at the two methods dialectically, you can find your own way. "

Link said so much because he was worried that Sofia would go astray and learn to work in the same way he made movies. Although his filmmaking skills were relatively mature and his directing theory was very novel, he was still a long way from the level of director Coppola and others.

"I know. But I feel more and more that you are a very powerful guy, both in making movies and in terms of ideas."

Sofia held his arms tightly in her arms, between her not-so-full breasts, letting his palms rest on her warm belly, and she didn't seem to mind the close contact with him.

"It's okay. I'm not that great."

Link shrugged.

Monica, who was standing beside them, looked at the two of them and couldn't help but feel a sense of loss in her eyes.

Link's left hand was held by Sofia and he couldn't move. He did not forget Monica on his right. After the movie started, he reached out and held Monica's hand.

Monica also hugged his arms tightly.

Both arms were warm.

"I"

Behind Link, Quentin waved his fist, wanting to hit Link on the head a few times.

He heard that director Coppola's new movie was released and wanted to come over to learn. When he saw Link sitting here, he sneaked over and prepared to give Link a surprise.

Before he could make a move, Link hugged her left and right. The women on both sides knew of each other's existence and didn't mind.

This is too much. What should he do as a single man?
What's even more outrageous is that both girls are Italian, and he is also Italian.

It's infuriating that two beautiful Italian girls don't like this handsome Italian guy, but instead like Link, a Chinese guy.

In order not to make things difficult for himself, he switched places with Lawrence Bender, so that he could turn a blind eye to the truth. The movie started, and Bram Stoker's Dracula was about the story of Count Dracula.

In the 15th century AD, the Turkish army invaded Europe and showed signs of annexing European countries. At that time, Europe was a Christian territory and Türkiye believed in Islam, so this was also a religious war.

Count Dracula was ordered to go to the battlefield to fight for God. The war went well, but there were rumors that Count Dracula died on the battlefield.

Count Dracula's wife Elizabeth jumped to her death out of grief.

According to Christian teachings, people who commit suicide cannot go to heaven after death but will go to hell.

In anger, Count Dracula pierced the heart of Jesus on the cross with a sword and drank Jesus' blood, thus becoming the vampire Count Dracula.

This is also the origin of Dracula, the ancestor of vampires in European and American folklore.

Four hundred years later, Jonathan, a small lawyer, was ordered to go to Dracula's Castle to handle the house sales contract.

Count Dracula accidentally discovered that the young lawyer's fiancée looked very similar to his deceased wife Elizabeth, so he imprisoned the young lawyer in the castle and went to London to date the lawyer's fiancée Mina.

The plot in the middle is very bloody. When Mina comes into contact with Dracula, she gradually awakens her memories of her past life and begins to waver between the young lawyer and Dracula.

Count Dracula came to London and needed to suck blood to maintain his human form. He killed many people, including Mina's best friend.

After Mina's best friend becomes a vampire, she is discovered by the occultist Van Helsing, and they begin to plot to get rid of Count Dracula.

Later, the young lawyer and Van Helsing and others joined forces to fight Dracula.

When Dracula was about to be killed, Mina came and rescued him. Later, under the inspiration of God, Dracula woke up, felt deeply guilty, and asked Mina to kill him.

Dracula's soul went to heaven.

The movie is pretty good, with a high artistic level, top-notch art, extremely exquisite costumes, gorgeous scenes, and good sound effects. The leading actor Gary Oldman's acting skills are very superb, and the leading actress Winona Ryder is also very beautiful.

The only thing that is not so good is that the story is too old-fashioned and the style is too heavy, and the narrative is much worse than the similar film "Ghost".

It's a bit like the Chinese version of "Bram Stoker's Dracula".

clap clap clap!clap clap clap!
When the movie ended, there was warm applause and cheers in the theater. Judging from everyone's reaction, the movie was pretty good.

Link clapped his hands as well.

"You were great in the movie, babe."

Link said to Monica beside him.

"You really think so?"

Monica laughed and said that she and two other actresses played vampire brides who seduced the young lawyer in the film. They only appeared five times and had three lines. Every time they appeared, they wore revealing clothes and had Gothic makeup on their faces. There was no acting skills to speak of.

"Yes, I stare at you every time you appear, no one performs better than you."

Link hugged Monica and kissed her.

Monica glanced at Sofia, put her arms around his neck and kissed him wetly.

"Hey, did you two kiss enough?"

Sophia said unhappily.

"Sophia, Link's a great kisser, do you want to try it?"

Monica joked.

"Do not care!"

Sofia turned her head away, but her other hand held Link tightly.

Link smiled slightly, let go of Monica and Sofia and went to the front to congratulate Director Coppola.

(End of this chapter)