Saving the world is not as good as chasing stars [US Entertainment]

It's another year of awards season. Margaret didn't star in a movie this year, which should have been extremely relaxing.

But she spent a long time staying in Italy, trying to convince director Giuseppe Tonatore, at least don't miss the three major European films this year.

Overseas distributor FineLine has been denounced by many parties, so it can only temporarily put aside the emotional dispute and send the final edited version of the film to major film festivals.

It was already late January [-], and "Sea Pianist" won numerous awards in mainland Italy.

However, because it does not belong to the type of film that Oscar favors, it was not shortlisted, but unexpectedly won the best soundtrack at the Golden Globe Awards held a few days ago.

In Europe, "Sea Pianist" was successfully presented at the No.40 [-]th Berlin Film Festival to be held on February [-].

The Cannes Film Festival will be held in mid-May. Although the nomination list was announced in April, the chairman of the film festival has publicly expressed his love for the film many times, and he will definitely gain something.

As for Margaret's "Infatuation", which just finished filming in late December, the editing work was completed within two months without stopping.

Before the official release in April, it will be the first to participate in the screenings of major European film festivals, and has been successfully nominated for the best actress in Berlin and Kaiser.

At this time, in the headquarters of CAA Century City, Brian Lord was putting a cup of coffee in front of Margot, ""Rodin's Lover" will start shooting in one month, let's talk about the next schedule."

The director and screenwriter of the film "Rodin's Lover" is Bruno Nutan, who served as a photographer in "Infatuation". He has many years of photography experience, but this is undoubtedly the first time he is a director.

It is worth noting that this is also the first time Adjani has served as a producer.

Margot will co-produce this romantic biographical historical film with French producers Bernard Artigue and Christine Fechner, together with the Weinstein brothers.

With a budget of $600 million, the film tells the story of the "cursed genius French sculptor" Camille Claudel.

Camille and Rodin were only 19 years old when they met, while the flamboyant French sculptor Rodin had entered middle age.

She then became Rodin's student and at the same time his dream lover.

Camille was young and beautiful, full of passion and enthusiasm for sculpture, so talented that Rodin was secretly jealous.

During the more than ten years when these two talented sculptors fell in love, Camille's beauty and love became the source of inspiration for Rodin, causing him to create countless outstanding works.

But at the same time, Rodin is also a flirtatious man with many lovers, and there is a Rose Burley who has been with him for many years but has never been married. Eventually parted ways.

From then on, she devoted all her energy to sculpture, but people even attributed all Camille's talents to Rodin. The injustice that could not be avoided made her poorer and even lived a life isolated from the world.

In the end, after Camille's father passed away, she was completely defeated by illness——

She destroyed every piece of her beloved work, and was forced to be sent to a lunatic asylum due to severe schizophrenia.

Camille was imprisoned for 30 years in the Welge Mental Asylum in Monte, until her death.

Rodin, known as one of the "three pillars" masters of European sculpture, ruined Camille's life, but insisted on exhibiting Camille Claudel's works in the Rodin Museum.

Rodin once said that Camille became his strongest enemy in his life, but it was also this cursed female sculptor who inspired his greatest enthusiasm and source of inspiration in his life.

Camille, a talented artist who ended her life in a lunatic asylum, won the praise she deserved after her death, but most of the time, she was just called "Rodin's lover" frivolously.

Director Bruno Nutan spent years perfecting the story, and while working as cinematographer on Obsession, he was convinced he had found his Camille.

However, whether in Hollywood or in the French film industry, Adjani is obviously famous all over the world, but Bruno Nutan has never had directing experience, so it is almost impossible to invite Margot to join the filming.

To Bruno's surprise, when he delivered the script to Margot, she not only decided to act, but even acted as a producer for "Rodin's Lover".

Miramax Films, which has always been keen on the direction of the Oscars, then injected capital, and the Weinstein brothers will join hands with Adjani to co-produce this new director's work.

The Weinstein brothers even cast the famous Jean Reno to play the role of Rodin for "Rodin's Lover".

This Spanish-French actor is a typical late-blooming actor——

When he was young, he was recommended by a friend and joined a TV station to participate in filming. Since the 80s, he has cooperated with Luc Besson.

After that, he was nominated for the French Cesar Award for Best Actor for two consecutive years, and his partner Tom Cruise participated in the Hollywood commercial blockbuster "Mission: Impossible", which also achieved good results.

The filming cycle of "Rodin's Lover" is from March to June, and now, Brian is busy choosing a new script for Margot——

"The film "Lord of the Rings", adapted from the epic fantasy work of the same name by the British writer John Tolkien, will start shooting in October. New Line Films has great expectations for this film. Director Peter Jackson called me more This time, I hope you can join the filming."

As early as 1996, Peter Jackson began to prepare for the filming of the "Lord of the Rings Trilogy".

The "Lord of the Rings" movie script, which took three years to write, is basically the same as the original. This magical story around the Supreme Lord of the Rings is majestic and has a convincing epic sense.

Margo, who has read the original book, is starting the script, "I'm afraid this movie is more focused on male characters, and there are not even any prominent female characters."

"How about Elven princess Arwen?" Brian tried to convince her, "Arwen has long dark hair, while other female characters basically have dazzling blond hair."

Arwen is the daughter of King Elrond, the lord of Rivendell in the Misty Mountains, and the Changgeng star in the hearts of the people.

Later, she fell in love with the emperor Aragorn, and voluntarily gave up the immortal life of the elves, and stayed in Middle-earth to become the queen of Gondor.

It took Margo some time to finish reading the script, "In the original book, Aragorn fell in love with Arwen at first sight, and to some extent, he embarked on the road to becoming the Emperor in order to marry her, but in this script, it seems like Alvin is more proactive."

In the original book, King Elrond, the lord of Rivendell, even said to Aragorn himself, "Arwen is the Changgeng star in the hearts of the people. Her blood is much nobler than yours. Compared with her, you are just a tree." A sapling growing next to a young birch tree that has aged well."

And Aragorn not only likes to sing the song of the mortal Beren falling in love with the elf Lucien, but also calls Arwen "the precious treasure of love", but the script of the movie has little ink on female characters, and the emotional drama between the two is a bit ambiguous .

When Brian saw that Margo was willing to talk about her opinions, he knew that she had the expectation of acting.

Otherwise, she'd just put the script aside and talk to him about steamed mussels for dinner?

I believe that New Line Cinema will be very willing to change a few scenes in exchange for Adjani's joining. After all, this commercial epic with an investment of 9300 million US dollars is lacking young film actors with sufficient popularity.

And Margaret, who just relied on her own influence to make the box office of "The Pianist on the Sea" skyrocket, is obviously an actress that all film companies want to compete for.

With Margo, there is the attention of teenagers across America.

The moviegoers that "Lord of the Rings" wants to attract, besides fans of the original book, are of course equally important, young people who love extraordinary special effects in movies.

Brian explained the details, "Since this is a majestic and magical movie, various traditional methods and computer special effects will be used in filming, so the shooting cycle is very long. From October this year to December next year, New Line currently expects to The schedule is the summer vacation of 2001."

He went on to add, "But judging from Alwin's current role, you may be able to finish shooting in less than a month, so don't worry, this movie will definitely not affect your shooting schedule for next year."

"Of course, you are the best gold agent in Hollywood." Margo raised her coffee and took a sip. "As a client of Brian Lord, I'm afraid I have nothing to worry about."

Brian raised his eyebrows, "You are really good at coaxing people around. How about having dinner? The French restaurants in Pasadena, Old Town, Los Angeles are very good."

Margot seemed very interested, "It's really good to indulge in delicious food without participating in the Hollywood awards season."

Brian walked out of the office with her, "Don't forget the Berlin Film Festival a few days later, if the media takes a picture of your swollen face when receiving the Silver Bear Award, the PR team may go crazy and jump into the sea .”

Whether to jump into the sea or not is a matter for the future, at least today's dinner made Margaret very satisfied.

Pasadena was once a wealthy area of ​​Los Angeles, beautiful and sophisticated.

The French restaurant in the old city has delicious food and a quiet and pleasant atmosphere, but all of them are tables for two people, not even larger tables for four people.

Here is more good at making classic French cuisine, the chef is skilled, especially the lobster and oyster cooking.

The excellent brandy also satisfied Margo. When she was raising the glass to her mouth, she suddenly heard a slightly familiar voice behind her, "Miss Adjani, you seem to be under 21 years old."

As he said that, the owner of the voice had already walked to Margo's side——

It's Mr. Bruce Poor Wayne.

Standing next to him was a hot blonde who seemed to be his girlfriend for the night.

Bruce spoke again, looking at Margot and her manager, "What a coincidence, maybe we can join the two tables together for dinner?"

As a professional agent, Brian Lord thoughtfully refused for Margo, "Sorry, this has never been allowed here."

As a high-end French restaurant, it is expensive and difficult to make reservations. Even the most famous Hollywood stars have to follow the rules.

At this time, Bruce Wayne smiled at Margot, looking very charming——

"Oh, they'll allow it, I drive here."

Margaret: Mr. Bruce Wayne seems to be showing off his wealth to her?