Chapter 123 Paradise Cinema

During World War II, Sicily was devastated. Many people's lives were in trouble and they wanted to come to the United States to develop. Sicily is the birthplace of the Mafia. The men here are very familiar with gang rules, dare to fight their lives and abide by discipline. The best fresh blood in the Lyon family.

What Shen Long considers is not just making a movie to make money. Now the main members of the family are all left over from the Godfather era. He also needs his own power. If he can bring a group of people from Sicily, he will become his own. The backbone of the future.

"It's not the way you think. I'll call you in a few days. You come over and read the script." Shen Long has already started to think about copying the movie.

After sending Johnny and Nino away, Shen Long stayed in the room and went through all the Sicily-related movies he had seen in his mind. The "Godfather" series must not work, "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" ? This doesn't seem appropriate either. The Godfather is very conservative in dealing with the relationship between men and women, and the US military in this movie is not so positive. Now it is the Cold War period, so don't get yourself into unnecessary trouble because of a movie.

Luc Besson's "Blue Sea and Blue Sky"? This movie shows the beautiful blue sea and blue sky of Sicily, but the story is a bit literary, and there are many underwater shots. I don’t know if it can be shot in this era. The shooting is difficult, the investment is high, and the return is not high. Obviously not suitable.

"The Postman" tells the story of the Chilean poet Neruda in Sicily, but Neruda went to Sicily more than ten years later, and he is still a member of Congress in Chile.

The rest are some movies that reflect the Sicilian Mafia, which Shen Long specially watched for this mission, and they are just as inappropriate as "The Godfather".

After thinking about it, there is only one "Cinema Paradise" left. This movie, like "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", is the work of Italian director Giuseppe Tonadore. The story takes place in a city in Sicily. In a small village.

Duoduo is a quirky child, and Efedo is the projectionist of "Paradise Paradise Cinema". Because of the needles and threads of the movie, they established a relationship between teachers and friends; the projectionist plays the role of a leader , in childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and even old age, has been leading Duoduo to grow up; after his death, he left Duoduo a box of film to reconnect Duoduo's lost memories and emotions for thirty years.

The story is warm and touching, and many people should like to watch it, and its artistic value is also very high. It has won many awards such as Oscar foreign language films. If it can be made, it is likely to gain both fame and fortune.

It’s just that the background of the story needs to be slightly modified. The time span of the story in the original work is very long, spanning from Duoduo’s childhood to his success, from the 1940s and 1950s to the 1990s, and now it’s 1945.

Perhaps the time can be moved forward a little bit, and the identity of the protagonist is also changed from an old director to a famous Hollywood actor, just like Johnny; American movies established their dominance in Europe after World War I, so we can put the background of the story in the At this time, correspondingly, the classic shots that appear in the movie should also be selected from the classic works of the 1910s and 1920s.

But did cinemas exist in small villages in Sicily at that time? Or you need to move the location of the story from a small village to a small town.

Shen Long spent several days recalling and revising the story. After a week, the first draft was finally written. He called Johnny, called him to the hotel, and showed him the story.

This is not a completed script, but just a rough story. Johnny took the script and read it, and slowly he became immersed in the story.

He watched it over and over again, and didn't wake up until the third time, and said to Shen Long excitedly, "This is really a good story, I feel like Duoduo in the story, and the godfather is like a projectionist Alfedo,

Provide me with life guidance and care for me to grow up! "

Hey, it’s really similar to say it this way. When Shen Long copied this story, he didn’t think too much about it. Now, after hearing what Johnny said, it seems to be the case. Ai Feiduo watched and grew up, and so did Johnny. He grew up under the care of his godfather since he was a child; Ai Feiduo didn't let Duoduo stay in the village as a projectionist, and let him go to a big city, and the godfather didn't let Johnny get involved in family affairs, and let him develop in Hollywood.

During Duoduo's growth process, Alfredo used his rich life experience to guide him, and the godfather also provided help to Johnny's growth again and again; Duoduo finally became a great director, and Johnny also became a great director. star.

"Just like it, the story is probably like this, and you need to find someone to fill in more details." For example, how to choose the films that appear in the movie, how to cut the cut classic shots, historical research, custom research Wait, it's all very meticulous and time-consuming work, Shen Long doesn't have the energy.

"No problem, with this story, I can find a few screenwriters who are familiar with Sicily to write a good script!" These are small problems, and Johnny can easily handle them, "By the way, who wrote this story?" of?"

Shen Long shrugged, "You can sign your name, maybe you can get back an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay." This movie won the British Best Screenplay Award that year. Hollywood many years ago would definitely be able to beat these screenwriters.

"Fredo, you didn't tell me you wrote it, did you?" Johnny's eyes widened, and he vaguely guessed the truth from the typewriter on the table and the scrap paper.

"I don't need this reputation, but you, if you can win this award, it will be a great thing for our film studio; you don't have to worry too much about the future, maybe I can provide you with the script in the future If things go on like this, maybe in this world, there will be one more company controlled by the Corleone family in the future of the eight major Hollywood companies.

"Oh, Fredo, you are definitely more suitable to be the boss of this film studio than I am." Johnny was so grateful that he didn't know what to say.

"Don't get too excited, go back and think about how to make this movie well, this is the first work of our company, you must not fail!" Shen Long patted him on the shoulder, "By the way, when the time comes When you go to Sicily to shoot scenes, remember to call me, I also want to go back to Corleone Village."

After finishing the script, Shen Long asked about his recent work progress, "How is the studio's preparations going?"

"Mostly it went well, but there were a few minor problems." Johnny frowned again.