Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 240 Thousands of Film Libraries

"Where have you been? It took so long?"

Sophie Marceau saw Aaron go to the bathroom for more than half an hour.

"Nothing, I just ran into an acquaintance and chatted for a while," Aaron leaned on the sofa and patted Sophie Marceau;

Aaron was in the bathroom just now and let Gwyneth Paltrow eat a lot of desserts!

Next, when the filming of Dawn's "Seven" begins, Aaron will let Gwyneth Paltrow play the female role in the play;

Since Aaron has enjoyed the other party's service, he will still give corresponding rewards.

"Is it a woman?"

Aaron smiled and said, "You know Miramax, the Hollywood independent film company that has frequently acquired films at the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals in recent years?

"A movie released by Miramax. Several of the main creators came here tonight to have some fun and met."

Sophie Marceau nodded. "I know. They're the Weinstein brothers you mentioned before. You told me to be careful about working with them!"

"Yes, Miramax was acquired by Disney this year. I guess they will release even more movies in the future."

Anyway, Aaron just needs to focus on those famous independent films. Those other non-mainstream films can't make much money!
"It's not as good as your Dawn anyway," Sophie Marceau leaned back on the sofa. "That French film 'Blue of the Blue Trilogy' was also released in the US and seems to have received good reviews. What do you think?"

"It's very artistic. It all depends on how well Miramax, the distributor, promotes it. After all, it's the winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival."

However, "Blue of the Blue, White and Red Trilogy" is still far inferior to "The Piano Lesson", which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival;

After all, it is a French film. Even compared with the Chinese film "Farewell My Concubine", it is not as good. It should have no chance of winning the Best Foreign Language Film.

"However, Juliette Binoche, the leading actress in 'Blue', gave an excellent performance as always!"

Dawn previously released the R-rated drama "The Burning Man" starring the other party, and Juliette Binoche's performance was very powerful.

Sophie Marceau shook her head. "I shouldn't be talking to you about this kind of French art film. You're still concerned about those commercial films."

"Luc Besson's film for Gaumont, Léon: The Professional, would you be interested?"

"So what? Luc Besson now has cooperation agreements with Gaumont in France and Columbia in Hollywood," Aaron said, leaning over and kissing Sophie Marceau on the face.

He stroked the girl's thigh and said, "I've also seen Luc Besson's 'Léon: The Professional'. I think it's quite good. Perhaps it won't be very commercial in Hollywood, after all, it involves the expression of emotions of underage girls!"

Overall, the artistic quality of "Léon: The Professional" is still very good. Luc Besson perfectly combines the romantic and delicate narrative style of French films with the Hollywood-style gun battle movies.
It can be said that it has achieved the compatibility of art with popularization and commercialization, and has a distinct directorial personality.

Relatively speaking, Luc Besson abandoned the stereotypical approach of Hollywood commercial films with gorgeous packaging but empty core, making the film more meaningful!

"Let's wait and see how it performs after it's released," Sophie Marceau knows Hollywood all too well. French art films are not welcomed here at all.

For the French film industry, Hollywood is commercialized and conservative. Compared to the independence, boldness, and distinct personality of French films, Hollywood films are simply the product of money accumulation. ...

With the arrival of December, a large number of award-winning films have been released one after another. Dawn's feature film "The Philadelphia Story" also held its premiere at the landmark Arclight Theater and began its small-scale release!
Sunset Marquis West Hollywood, Los Angeles.

At the premiere party of "Philadelphia Story", Aaron and director Jonathan Demme were discussing the project "The Silence of the Lambs: Red Dragon".

"Besides Anthony Hopkins continuing to play Hannibal, have the other actors been confirmed?"

Aaron asked, such as the male protagonist who is an FBI agent, and the murderous "Tooth Fairy" two important characters!

"As for the killer, I'm optimistic about British actor Ralph Fiennes. He played a Nazi officer in Schindler's List and was very attractive.

"As for the FBI agent, I'm more optimistic about Nicolas Cage!"

After hearing what Jonathan Demme said, Aaron thought that there should be no problem for Ralph Fiennes to play the killer;
As for Nicolas Cage, he seems to be good at playing an FBI agent. In recent years, Nicolas Cage has appeared in many movies. Although most of them have no influence, Nicolas Cage's acting experience and acting skills are not a problem.

"It should be possible. There is no doubt about Nicolas Cage's ability!"

Aaron stood up and patted the other man on the shoulder. "Let's prepare the crew as soon as possible. The Silence of the Lambs: Red Dragon will be released in 1995."

Compared to this prequel, Aaron hopes that the author Thomas Harris can complete the sequel to the novel as soon as possible!
Suddenly, Brad Grey, who had received a call, came to Aaron and said, "Samuel Gwen Films has agreed to sell the Samuel Gwen film library for $1.4 million."

"Samuel Gwenn Jr. preserves the Samuel Gwenn Films brand."

"1.4 million, can't it be reduced?" Aaron was a little confused.

Brad Grey shook his head. "$1.4 million is their bottom line!"

"Promise it, Samuel Goldwyn Films has a lot of good films in its library." Aaron had made up his mind and didn't regret it.

Originally, Aaron planned to build a new skyscraper in Manhattan, New York, but it seems that the plan will have to be postponed.

"Okay, I will complete this deal with the other party as soon as possible!"

The copyrights of more than 1000 films will greatly benefit the development of Sugon Home Entertainment and will also help build Sugon's distribution system.
Of course, for AMC Cable TV, these copyrights are high-quality content that can attract subscriptions.

Then, Aaron thought of another company, Orion Pictures, which also had a library of thousands of films.

Mainly in the late 500s, Orion acquired Movie Road Company and obtained the copyrights of more than films held by Movie Road Pictures, thus improving the distribution network of Orion Pictures.

"Samuel Goldwyn Jr. is retaining the Samuel Goldwyn Films brand. Is this a move to run the film company independently?"

Brad Grey nodded. "The details are still unclear, but since Samuel Gwen Jr. has preserved the film brand of the same name, he must have his own ideas."

"He's not going to let Samuel Goldwyn Films just disappear..."

(End of this chapter)