Simon first met Catherine Bigelow, a female Hollywood director, after winning the Oscar for “The Hurt Locker” in 2010.
Speaking of which, his first impression of Katherine Bigelow was his appearance.
At the 2010 Oscars, Katherine Bigelow, a tall, long linen silk dress, looked only 30 years old, and she had enough body and temperament to crush most of the actresses on the red carpet that year.
But in reality, Katherine Bigelow was born in 1951. Even now in 1986, she is 35 years old.
Simon can only sigh that there is never a shortage of fairies in this world who can resist the erosion of time.
Then there is the other party’s work.
After the Oscars that year, Simone watched several Katherine Bigelow films.
In all fairness, most of the films directed by Catherine Bigelow can only be said to be average, but the roughness of the other party’s works, like the totem of ancient stone pillars, is impressive. This woman seems to be using All my masculine camera language tells the audience in front of the screen that what a man can do, I can do too, and what a man can’t do, I can still do it.
Simon even felt that Katherine Bigelow’s gendered dominance through her own work had already taken on a somewhat obsessive air.
The bus started again and headed south along California Highway 1.
Catherine Bigelow put all her attention on the manuscript in front of her after the slight gesture just now. Simon glanced curiously. Judging from the text format on the paper, the woman should have a script in her hand, and then she took a look. Did not bother.
After more than an hour, it was not until Catherine read the last page of the manuscript that Simon asked at the right time, “Is this a script?”
A woman’s sixth sense is always very keen. When she was just reading the script, Catherine felt that the young man beside her would look at her from time to time. As a beautiful woman, she has never been short of flirting people around her, and she has become accustomed to this kind of thing.
However, the other party didn’t bother her for more than an hour just now, and she didn’t speak until she finished the script, which also made Catherine inexplicably feel a little more favored, so she nodded at Simon with a smile and said: “Yes.”
Despite her response, Catherine did not want to talk to Simon much.
Although the young man in front of him has a handsome face with sharp edges and corners, and his temperament is more mature than his peers, in any case, he is obviously just a big boy under twenty years old. If friends know that they have been approached by such a boy, they will definitely be laughed to death.
Just as she was about to turn her eyes out of the car window to make a gesture of refusal, Catherine heard the young man next to her continue: “Actually, I also have a script. If we watch it to pass the time, we still need to go to Los Angeles. hours.”
Having said that, Simon has stood up neatly, removed the backpack from the overhead rack, and picked out one of the two manuscripts to show Catherine.
Katherine felt a little surprised that Simon came up with a script, but she still classified Simon’s actions as the category of picking up a conversation. She had planned to expressly refuse, but glanced at the title of the script in Simon’s hand, she couldn’t help but be a little curious, and subconsciously asked: “Butterfly effect, what does this mean?”
“This is an assumption made by MIT meteorology professor Edward Lorenz to illustrate his theory,” Simon said, handing the script to Katherine, and continued: “Professor Lorenz Suppose a butterfly in the Amazon basin of South America occasionally **** its wings, and the effect of this flap on the surrounding air continues to spread, causing a chain reaction that culminates in a terrifying tornado in Texas.”
Catherine listened carefully to Simon’s explanation, and couldn’t help shaking her head: “How is it possible that a butterfly **** its wings to create a tornado?”
Simon said: “Professor Lorenz is using this to describe the huge impact that a small variable may have on the entire system. And, I think it’s very possible, but we can’t prove it.”
Katherine hummed softly and did not argue with Simon. She is not a person who likes to argue with people. I found that I had already taken over the script called “The Butterfly Effect” without knowing it, so I opened it curiously.
Then, when he felt the young man beside him still looking at him, he remembered what he just said.
After hesitating, he handed over his script.
Anyway, like he said, just pass the time.
She opened the script in her hand and glanced at it, realized something, and jumped through a few pages before Catherine finally made up her mind.
It turned out that, including the title on the cover, the entire script was handwritten in neat English fonts similar to print, which made her look at the young man beside her who had turned her attention to her script again. people.
In this era, typewriters have become a very common office tool. It is very rare for young people who are willing to write more than 100 pages of scripts by hand and write so beautifully.
Simon doesn’t know Catherine’s mental activities. In fact, writing scripts is also his helpless move. He lives in a mental hospital. Even if the doctor allows him to have a typewriter, he can’t afford it.
Putting Katherine’s script on his lap and opening it, Simon recognized at this time that this should be Catherine’s first theatrical feature film, “The Night of the Dead”. After “The Hurt Locker” won the award, he read the introduction of the film when he inquired about Katherine’s information out of curiosity, but did not take the time to watch the film.
As the reading deepened, Simon quickly sorted out the general context of the story in his hand.
A young farmer in Oklahoma, Kalebo, met a girl named May and fell in love with her at first sight, but May was actually a vampire and transformed Kalebo into a vampire on impulse. .
Kalebo is then kidnapped by May’s vampire companions and forced to travel the world.
Although he has the ability to live immortally, after several twists and turns, Kalebo found that this was not the life he wanted, so he wanted to get rid of this group of vampires. At the same time, Kalebo’s father and sister After he disappeared, he tirelessly embarked on the road to find his relatives.
On the other side, after I don’t know how long, after reading the last page of the script, Catherine looked up and found that Simon was still flipping through his script slowly, but suddenly there was a small urge to grab the script in his hand. .
Although I don’t like the overly pessimistic and gloomy tone of “The Butterfly Effect”, after reading the whole story, Catherine has to admit that the “Butterfly Effect” with its exquisite and novel plots is better than “The Night of the Blood Corpse”. “Strong out too much.
In the final analysis, “Blood Night” is just a simple romance in a vampire’s coat, and there are some script loopholes that even she herself can’t do anything about.
Waiting quietly for Simon to finish the script, Catherine involuntarily asked in a tone of advice she didn’t even realize: “How is it?”
Simon thought for a while, then said: “I like the scene where Kalebo knelt in front of May and sucked the blood from her wrist, with a certain sense of immorality beyond ethics, which should be from the phenomenon of lamb breastfeeding. The inspiration generated will be very touching in the future.”
Catherine didn’t expect Simon to express her feelings based on a certain point in the script. Although the script of “Blood Night” was not entirely written by her, the picture Simon described at this time was precisely her hand.
Many fans will make excessive deconstruction that completely exceeds the director’s intention after watching the movie, but Simon’s understanding at this time coincides with her mind. She is an art student, so she habitually adds some symbolic shots to the script.
“Then,” after hesitation, Catherine asked bluntly: “Do you think there is anything that can be improved in this script?”
Hearing the woman’s question, Simon was a little surprised, but he quickly said: “Perhaps, the farm can be turned into a ranch. I see that there are many scenes of the farm in the script, but no matter what state the farm is in, it is always There is absolutely no pasture covered with green meadows that is more graphic.”
Katherine thought for a while, nodded her head, and asked again: “The last episode is the setting of Kalebo and May turning back into human beings. Do you think there is a better way to deal with it?”
In the script of “Blood Corpse Night”, the hero and heroine are transformed back into human beings by transfusion of human blood. This setting is indeed very far-fetched.
However, Simon shook his head and said: “You must have revised the script many times, right? If you can change it, I will definitely not see this kind of plot now. There is really no way to change it, otherwise the whole script The second half of the story needs to be overturned, and that must be another story.”
Katherine nodded, realizing that what Simon said was the truth, but there was still some disappointment in her expression.
Simon looked at the woman’s expression and said, “Actually, there is another place that can be adjusted.”
Catherine looked over again: “Huh?”
“The male protagonist’s name,” Simon said with a smile at the corner of his mouth, “Did you know? The name Kalebo comes from Hebrew, which actually means ‘ferocious hound’. This name is too earthy. , it’s better to replace it.”
Catherine knew from Simon’s smile that he was joking, and smiled, “You still know Hebrew.”
“Yeah, I’m pretty fluent. So, I’m sure I’ll get along very well in Hollywood in the future.”
Hebrew is the national language of the Jewish people. As we all know, Hollywood is the world of the Jewish people. Being able to speak fluent Hebrew will definitely give Simon the favor of many Jews in Hollywood.
In fact, due to the inheritance of the memories of twelve other people, not only Hebrew, but also more fluent English and Chinese, Simon can also speak German, French and Spanish at this time, which has almost covered the world the most popular languages. Therefore, even if he is doing a translation now, he must be the top one.
Listening to Simon’s tone, Catherine slightly had the urge to roll her eyes, but she felt that the young man had changed the subject a little and didn’t want to comment too much on the meaning of her script. Perhaps, compared with his “Butterfly Effect”, “Bloody Night” really has nothing to say.
Simon is not reluctant to give Catherine more advice, he knows the strengths and weaknesses of Catherine’s series of works well.
The point is, the two are still in a state of ‘meeting by chance’~IndoMTL.com~ Could it be persuaded that she should restrain the violent atmosphere of deliberately blurring her gender consciousness in her works, and encourage her to show her delicate side as a woman should be kind.
How do you know that such a beautiful woman’s film work will not be delicate enough?
Guess what?
If you say too much, it will be revealed.
However, Catherine is not a forceful person, so she followed Simon’s topic and said with a bit of small talk: “Then what do you think should be changed to Kalebo’s name?”
“Simon, how are you?”
Katherine was a little puzzled: “Simon, is there anything special about this name?”
Simon held out a hand to the woman and smiled, “Simon Westeros, ma’am, may I know your name?”
Katherine suddenly understood that it was his name.
“My name is Catherine Bigelow,” he gently shook hands with him, Catherine also introduced herself with a smile, and said curiously, “Westeros, a very rare surname, you know Hebrew. slang, so is this a Jewish surname?”
“No,” Simon shook his head and said, “This is my last name.”
Westeros is an original word coined by George Martin that was supposed to appear ten years later. Therefore, Simon is now without a doubt the only ‘Westeros’ in the world.
Catherine could feel a faint sense of superiority implied in Simon’s words, but she did not feel any resentment in her heart.
He was able to create a script like The Butterfly Effect, was able to talk casually about the theory of a professor at MIT, and mastered a very small language like Hebrew, such an excellent young man It’s natural to be proud of some people.