Hollywood Road

A red BMW car was parked next to the Clarkley Theater in Burbank. Kara Firth in the driver's seat unbuckled his seat belt and said to a young woman in the co-pilot, "Here we are, this is it."

"It seems that you have a very good relationship with him," the young woman picked up her handbag and opened the door to get out of the car. When Kara Feith came over, she said again, "You actually came to me just because of him."

Kara Firth walked towards the theater first, saw the young woman following up, and said, "Jenny, I have told you many times that Murphy Stanton and I are like-minded friends."

Jenny raised her eyebrows, but said nothing.

"And don't you think his experience is very suitable for "Vanity Fair" to write a report?" Carla Firth added.

"Honey, if it wasn't like this, why would I come here?" Jenny followed Karla Firth a little faster, "A paparazzi who doesn't even have a proper job..."

"It's a freelance reporter who runs social news." Kara Feith emphasized.

Jenny had no choice but to say, "Well, it's a freelance reporter. A freelance reporter went to prison again, without receiving higher education or professional study, but became a director with a total box office of nearly 200 million US dollars. This legendary experience is true. my favorite."

"Kara," she looked towards her side with a smile, "You have known him for a long time, and you must know some unknown stories about his success. Should you reveal something exclusive to me?"

"Of course, I'm ready for you." What shouldn't be said, Kara Firth will never mention it to others, it's just asking for trouble, "You meet him first, watch his movies, Let’s talk about it later.”

Jenny has already arrived in front of the Rackley Theater, "Then let me take a look at this legendary director who has experienced a strange experience."

There are many star actors in Hollywood who have come out of the slums and have no cultural literacy, but there are very few outstanding directors who have not experienced higher education and professional learning experience.

Walking into the theater, Kara Firth quickly found Murphy in the front hall and walked over with Jenny.

"Hi, Murphy."

"Hi Carla."

Murphy had just escaped from a social gathering. When he saw Kara Firth approaching, he greeted him. The two were old friends, and they were not so polite.

"Murphy, let me introduce you," Kara Firth pulled Jenny over,

"This is Jennifer Moner, a staff reporter for Vanity Fair. Jenny, this is Murphy."

Jennifer Mona shook hands with Murphy, and said with a little surprise, "I didn't expect you to be so young."

Murphy smiled, "I have a tender face."

"Really?" Jennifer Mona didn't take it seriously, but changed the subject, "Do you have time for my exclusive interview?"

"Oh?" Murphy looked at Kara Firth, saw Kara Firth nodding, and said, "I'm afraid not today."

He turned his head and signaled to the dozens of guests who had already arrived in the front hall to participate in the preview, "I don't have time today, and I need to communicate with my agent."

Jennifer Mona directly handed over a business card, "You can call me anytime."

She made no secret of her interest in interviewing Murphy.

After finishing the business, Kara Firth turned to look at Murphy, "Why don't you introduce us?"

When she first came here, she noticed the beautiful girl next to Murphy. She had a good appearance, outstanding temperament, and a tall and slender figure.

From her eyes, it is not difficult to find that this girl has undergone rigorous body shaping.

Gal Gadot also looked at Kara Firth curiously. She also just came over. Due to some unexpected incidents, Lisa Hewitt did not come. She originally wanted to find a place to stay alone after saying hello, and waited. The movie started to enter the theater directly. Unexpectedly, before he could leave, two more people greeted Murphy.

Among them, this blond girl is not only sexy and beautiful, but also shrewd and tough from all over her body.

Even without much social experience, Gal Gadot can guess that this must be a professional woman with a strong female personality.

Sure enough, Murphy introduced the two people, "Kara, this is Gal Gadot, the Miss Israel who participated in this year's Miss Universe contest. Gail, this is Kara Firth, Fox One's sub-channel responsible for social news long."

Kara Firth and Gal Gadot greeted each other with a smile, and Gal Gadot said to Murphy again, "Go ahead, I won't bother you."

"I'll find someone to accompany you around and introduce the people here." Murphy waved to a corner of the front hall, and called the public relations agent Grace over, "This Miss Gal Gadot is my friend , you accompany her around here."

Gal Gadot declined, "Don't bother..."

"It's okay," Grace said with a smile.

Gal Gadot had to let her accompany her around the front hall.

As the director of the film, Murphy is one of the protagonists of today's preview, and he also needs to entertain the media and film critics, so he has no skills at all.

No one came over for the time being, so Murphy simply chatted with Kara Firth. The two are usually busy with work and rarely have time to meet and chat.

Kara Firth is more interested in Gal Gadot than her job.

"Your new girlfriend?" she asked.

"Not yet," Murphy looked away from Gal Gadot, "in the future."

"Really? Then you have to work hard." The person who spoke was Jennifer Mona, and she seemed very interested. "I believe the editorial department will be very interested in the story that has to be told between a new Hollywood director and Miss Universe."

Murphy shrugged his shoulders and was about to say something when he realized that Bill Rossis was leading a few people towards him. Their faces were strange, but they were all elderly. The youngest of them, He also looked over fifty.

Kara Firth also saw these people, and immediately said to Murphy, "You go ahead and we won't bother you."

Before leaving, she reminded Murphy in a low voice, "Those are some well-known professional film critics, dealing with them well will help your future."

"I know." Murphy nodded slightly.

Just as Jennifer Mona and Carla Firth left, Bill Rosses walked over with those people and offered to introduce Murphy.

First there was a tall guy with a balding forehead. "This is Kenneth Turan, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times."

Turning to a man wearing disc glasses, "This is Todd McCarthy, a columnist for The Hollywood Reporter."

Finally, there was a chunky, unattractive man with glasses, "This is Pulitzer Prize winner Roger Ebert."

Murphy warmly shook hands and greeted them one by one, with a bright smile on his face.

After decades of development, professional film critics have long been an important part of the North American film circle. Although there are always people in the circle who say that only those who can only talk can become critics, no one can deny the influence of top film critics , Their appreciation of beauty is indeed far from ordinary audiences, but they have accumulated a large number of readers in decades, and their influence cannot be underestimated.

In particular, the word-of-mouth of a film in their column can directly affect the judges of many awards in Hollywood. If you want to win a heavyweight award in North America, top professional film critics cannot get around the hurdle.

This is the main reason why Murphy is so enthusiastic.

"I've seen the last film directed by Stanton," said Todd McCarthy, a columnist for The Hollywood Reporter. profound."

"But the personal style is too strong." Kenneth Turan obviously has a different opinion. "In some places, the personal style is overemphasized, and it is suspected of showing off."

"I don't think personal style in movies is a bad thing." Murphy took the words and said with a smile, "Movies need a variety of styles, and if Hollywood movies are like some commercial movies today, they don't pay attention to stories and styles. , relying only on special effects, it won’t be long before mainstream Hollywood films will become homogeneous, without production companies and directors paying more attention to the style and story of the film, they will only pile up special effects, what’s the point of such a film?”

"Well said, very visionary!" Roger Ebert, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, as if agreeing with Murphy's point of view, "Hollywood needs stylized films, and also needs stylized directors!"

Murphy smiled at him, "Thank you."

"Before I came here, I watched your first three films," Roger Ebert said again, "In each film, I can see your great progress, and there are some incredible scenes use……"

Having said that, he raised his hand, patted Murphy's shoulder heavily, and said earnestly, "Young man, I am very optimistic about you, stick to your style!"

As if his optimism is a very remarkable thing.

Although he was a little embarrassed, Murphy didn't show it. Instead, he smiled modestly.

It's just that in the eyes of others, the scene of a person who is a head shorter than him patting his shoulder is really funny.

Kenneth Turan did not buy Roger Ebert's account, and continued to insist on his point of view, "You can have a personal style, but it should not be too strong or abused, otherwise the Hollywood film industry will definitely lose its leading position in the world!"

"Leading position?" Roger Albert's tone was full of disdain, "It's okay to use the position obtained by those films without any style."

"According to what you said, Hollywood movies will become European movies!" Probably the two people usually don't get along with each other, but now they are facing each other, and Kenneth Turan doesn't care about the occasion, "European movies that insist on and emphasize personal style have almost lost 100% Ninety percent of the audience, what situation are they facing now? You know better than me!"

Roger Ebert snorted heavily, and said, "A director must forget about the market when making a film..."

The two men suddenly had a dispute, which was completely beyond the expectations of Murphy and Bill Rossis. (to be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please read here. )