Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 343: Accidentally pretending to be big, the beauty excitedly kissed

After the awards ceremony, director Giuseppe Tornatore found Link through Monica, handed him a script and asked him if he had any plans to invest.

Link was also an acquaintance of director Giuseppe Tornatore. They had chatted several times at the 94 Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival at the beginning of the year. Link had also extended invitations to director Tornatore and others.

Now Director Tornatore has come to him on his own initiative to seek cooperation, which is also a positive response to his invitation.

Link looked at the title of the script, "The Legend of 1900".

Adapted from Alejandro Baric's literary play "1900: A Monologue", it tells the legendary story of an abandoned baby named '1900' who became acquainted with the piano on an ocean liner and eventually became a piano master.

This script is well written and worth investing in.

"Very interesting story. What's the budget? How much funding is still needed?"

Link asked, closing the script.

"The initial budget is $2000 million, and we are still short of $1200 million."

Director Tornatore glanced at Link and said, "Actually, this film has no shortage of investment. It's just that many investment companies asked me to give them the film editing rights. I disagreed, so I decided to look for investment again."

Link smiled, realizing what Director Tornatore meant, which was to show that he was unwilling to give up the rights to edit the film.

But there are many problems with director Tornatore's works. For example, movies like "Cinema Paradiso" and "The Legend of 1900" all had poor box office performance because they were too long. Director Tornatore once had a dispute with Harvey Weinstein over the editing of "Cinema Paradiso".

This problem also exists in the movie "The Legend of 1900".

Link said that the director's cut could be used for the videotape, but not for the version shown in theaters in North America, as doing so would easily result in a loss.

However, in order to respect the director's creation, the distribution method can be more flexible, with the director's cut released in art theaters and the version edited by him released in commercial theaters.

"This is a good idea. Audiences who like to watch movies in art theaters generally have higher appreciation abilities and can better understand the director's ideas. Audiences who watch movies in commercial theaters are mostly there for entertainment. The version edited by Link will be more reliable and can also allow more people to see the art of this film."

Monica agreed with a smile.

Director Tornatore was silent for a moment and asked that the number of art theaters and commercial theaters be kept equal when the film is released.

Link said it was impossible, because art films and commercial films are distributed differently, releasing two versions of a film would cost more during the promotion stage. If the number of screenings in the two types of theaters is similar, the cost would be even higher.

When a movie is released, the company will promote it based on the box office revenue of commercial theaters. The higher the box office revenue of commercial theaters, the more investment in publicity will be, and the number of releases in art theaters will also increase.

That is to say, the money earned by commercial theaters is used to subsidize the losses of art theaters. The more losses that can be tolerated, the larger the scale of distribution.

When director Tornatore heard his words, his eyes gradually lit up. He talked with producer Marco Coleman for a while, nodded and agreed, but asked him to include these clauses in the contract.

Link agreed, but asked him to make the movie as soon as possible, preferably within 96, to avoid encountering the same type of big ship movie "Titanic".

Originally, this movie shot on a large ship was pretty good and refreshing, but it was crushed by the even more stunning "Titanic" at the box office.

After parting with Director Tornatore, Link and Monica found Sophie Marceau chatting with the newly crowned Venice Film Festival winner Isabelle Huppert nearby. When they went there, they discovered that Director Woody Allen, who had just received the Lifetime Achievement Award, was also there.

Director Woody Allen sat between the two of them, talking loudly and gesticulating non-stop, like a peacock trying hard to spread its tail.

"Director Woody Allen has a young heart."

Monica smiled slightly.

Link also smiled. That's right.

From a professional perspective, Woody Allen is a very high-level director. His representative works include "Annie Hall", "The Purple Rose of Cairo", "Hannah and Her Sisters", "Inside Out", etc. They are all good movies and he is considered a master of literary and artistic films.

But this man has average character and is rather lustful. He has been married three times and has had scandals with many actresses.

In 1990, when he was 55 years old, he was involved in an ethics scandal with his 18-year-old adopted Korean daughter. Their photo was on the front page of the New York Post. In 92, he divorced his third wife Mia Farrow and openly dated his adopted daughter.

This person is also Jewish, has close ties to Harvey Weinstein and Epstein, and is one of the most frequently appearing public figures on the Lori Island list.

Seeing director Woody Allen telling jokes enthusiastically, hoping to make Sophie and Isabel laugh, Link and Monica spoke up but did not interrupt.

"You're done talking."

Sophie Marceau stood up with a smile and held Link's hand affectionately.

When Sophie stood up with a smile, director Woody Allen's thin face instantly sank. He adjusted his glasses and looked at Link with a bit of dissatisfaction and deep jealousy in his eyes.

"What are you talking about?"

Link asked, holding Sophie's slender waist.

"Director Allen said that while he was in Venice, he thought of a great love story and planned to make it into a movie here."

Sophie Marceau laughed.

“Director Allen’s talent in writing is enviable.”

Link smiled and greeted Director Allen and Ms. Huppert.

“Director Link, you are also a very talented screenwriter. Have you come up with any good stories to share with us since you came to Venice?”

director Woody Allen asked.

Link pulled Monica and Sophie to sit down. "I'm a horror movie director, and most of the scripts I write are horror themes. Venice is a beautiful city, and I can't think of any horror stories here."

“Why not think more about it? We are filmmakers and our daily work should focus on story creation, not other things.”

Woody Allen glanced at the two beauties beside him. Monica was gorgeous and charming, tall and sexy, with graceful manners; Sophie Marceau had a delicate appearance and an elegant and casual temperament. He was once again stunned and his jealousy towards Link doubled.

"Director Link, you can tell me an idea at will, and I can help you perfect it on the spot."

Director Woody Allen said confidently, "Let me tell you one thing. I also have the idea of becoming a screenwriter."

Sophie laughed.

"Let me tell you. I can help you complete your story."

Link pulled Sophie and smiled.

“Do you have any good ideas?”

Monica asked with concern.

"Of course, I write four or five scripts every year. Storytelling is my specialty."

Link smiled and looked at director Woody Allen. "I really didn't get any inspiration during my time in Venice, but when we were traveling from Monica's home to Florence, we met a young couple on the train who were preparing to go to Paris. From them and my experience in Hollywood, I thought of a good story, a story about luck."

"Yes, everyone knows that Director Link is lucky," said Director Allen.

"The hero in my story also has good luck."

Link began to tell the story of the movie "Match Point".

"Match Point" is a film directed by Woody Allen in 05, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Scarlett Johansson.

The movie tells the story of a poor boy named Wilton who came to the big city from the countryside. In order to change his poor fate, he worked as a sparring partner on the tennis court in the rich area. During his time as a sparring partner, he met Tom, a rich boy, and through Tom he met his sister Chloe.

He then began to pursue Chloe passionately and successfully won her over. Later, with the help of Chloe's parents, Wilton entered the city's upper class and became a white-collar worker with a good income.

When Wilton was about to marry Chloe, he met his eldest brother-in-law's girlfriend, a sexy beauty Nora from the United States, who was also trying to enter the upper class.

The two of them developed feelings for each other and became lovers.

After Wilton married Chloe, he continued to date Nora until Nora became pregnant. In order to protect his family and status, Wilton wanted Nora to have an abortion, but was rejected by Nora. Nora threatened him with the child and asked him to divorce.

Wilton kills Nora and the landlord who heard the noise, and steals the landlord's jewelry.

Not surprisingly, he was regarded as the number one suspect by the police.

Because he had no criminal record, was polite, honest and trustworthy, and had some luck, a robber who picked up a gold ring was mistaken by the police as the real murderer, but he escaped punishment and continued to live a wealthy life.

This is a thriller that explores luck and human nature. It is also considered to be the least like Woody Allen's director style, but it is very suitable for Link's style.

After he finished speaking, Monica Bellucci, Sophie Marceau and Isabelle Huppert all applauded. Director Martin Scorsese and French actor Jean Reno, who had just arrived, also clapped and praised the story.

"Some of it is like The Talented Mr. Ripley. You must have drawn on that work when you were creating it, right?"

Director Woody Allen said with a stiff expression.

"Really? The Talented Mr. Ripley is also a very exciting crime thriller novel, but the core of the story mainly draws on Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. Wilton is a modern version of Raskolnikov."

Link said.

"The Talented Mr. Ripley" was written in the 1950s by the famous American crime writer Patricia Highsmith. It tells the story of a poor boy who kills a rich boy while traveling in Italy, and uses his super high IQ to replace the rich boy and mingle in Italian upper society.

The film was later adapted into a movie of the same name, starring Matt Damon and Jude Law.

Dostoyevsky is a Russian writer. "Crime and Punishment" was published in the 1860s. In order to change his impoverished life, the poor college student Raskolnikov killed the old loan shark Alyona and her innocent sister Lizaveta, committing a murder case that shocked the whole of Russia. After experiencing a painful confession, he surrendered himself under the advice of his Christian neighbor Sonya and was sentenced to exile in Siberia.

It tells a story about crime, humanity, faith and redemption.

This famous work has also become a classic template for many subsequent crime novels and films.

"We talked about Dostoyevsky last time."

Sophie Marceau happily held his hand.

“Yes, that’s also where my inspiration comes from.”

Link laughed.

Director Woody Allen left a film festival party with a sullen look after having a glass of wine.

And Sophie Marceau and Monica happily kissed his face.

"I really envy Link. He has so many beautiful girls around him. I want to be like him in my next life."

Director Martin Scorsese raised his inky eyebrows and said.

"envious?"

Jean Reno shook his head. "Having one girlfriend is enough of a headache. It's hard to imagine how much more troublesome it would be to have two girlfriends."

"As far as I know, Link has more than twenty of them. They are real twenty, not rumors. Don't you admire me?"

Director Martin Scorsese laughed.

"More than twenty?"

Jean Reno imagined the scene of more than 20 girlfriends living in his house. After just one thought, he quickly shook his head. The scene was too terrible and he didn't dare to think about it too much.

"Martin, I heard you saying bad things about me from a distance."

Link stood up and walked towards the two men.

(End of this chapter)