"We are discussing, maybe Japan, China, or Europe. Maybe we will go to all these places. But we are both very busy and the honeymoon will be postponed. At this stage..." Ronald said to Diane

Holding hands tightly, "We are only content to be together every day, no matter where we are."

"Ah ah ah..." The female reporters were going crazy. How could such an ideal husband be snatched away by Diane?

"Hollywood's most profitable director showed his love to his newlywed actor wife live! How many movies can their marriage last?"

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Since the new house in Hollywood Park had not yet been repaired, Ronald and Diane temporarily stayed at the Pink Hotel near Beverly Hills and rented an independent house.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Directors such as Jonathan Demme, Kevin Costner, Penny Marshall, etc., because they were all busy with projects, called to congratulate Ronald after receiving the news.

Ronald and Diane are well-connected here in Hollywood, and although there won't be another wedding, they will visit some close friends so they don't feel left out.

However, the first people to visit were of course Ronald's guides, Roger Corman and his wife, who had introduced him to the industry and joined the Directors Guild.

Roger Corman has been very happy recently. "Sid's Sister" did not do well at the box office, but after winning the award at the Sundance Film Festival, the TV broadcast, overseas distribution, and video distribution were all good, and his Concord Company made a profit.

A lot of money.

This gave him money to invest in more projects, and he came out of retirement, made some investments, started directing one of his favorite low-budget science fiction films, and fired piu piu piu's green laser gun.

Ronald and Diane came to visit, which made him feel that he had helped the wrong person. The two had dinner and discussed for a while what new low-cost projects they could shoot.

Ronald talked about his plans for shooting low-cost movies such as horror, action, romance, etc. Roger Corman also agreed, and the two decided to collaborate again this year.

Julie took Diane to visit the house, and Roger Corman lit a cigar. Every time a student he taught successfully made a movie, or got married for the first time, it was his happiest moment.

"Ronald, I think your recent... movies not directed by you, but produced by you, have begun to be wasted..." Coleman would not deliberately say nice things in front of Ronald. He felt uncomfortable when he saw it.

The local government will also criticize.

"Which movie are you referring to? The Reincarnation of the Pretty Man?" Ronald replied.

"Yes, this movie cost too much money. Where did the $18 million budget go? I only saw two old stars walking around in front of the camera. If I find new people to play,

It only costs three hundred, not two million, and it can be shot."

Ronald snickered. Coleman is still so upright. He always feels that movies must have real materials and give the audience what they want to see. There are still many children in America who cannot go to school, the poor cannot have enough to eat, and the patients cannot see doctors. Veterans

How many people can’t get dignified jobs? How many people can be helped by this 18 million filming cost?

"Roger, do you remember the cost of the first movie I helped you make?" Ronald thought for a while, how to explain his thinking.

"Rock and Roll High School? Less than two million. I made three million just by selling it to TV stations and buying out distribution." Coleman was very confident in his ability to make money.

"It is no longer possible to distribute movies in theaters so cheaply. Today's movie theaters are having a very difficult time, and TV stations are not as willing to spend money to buy movies and play them as they used to be."

"Fortunately, we have video tapes." Coleman also lamented that the old way back then is now difficult to follow due to the demise of drive-in theaters.

"But it's difficult for a movie aimed at the video market to be released in theaters. Had Sid Sisters not received good reviews from Sundance, it would have been very difficult to release it. The experience of showing it on the big screen and watching a movie with a group of strangers is...

It’s getting more expensive.”

"Hey, that's right..." Coleman knew that Ronald was talking about distribution costs. Today's small productions, without the support of big stars, have higher publicity and distribution costs than large productions.

"Can you think of any new directors in the past five years?" Ronald continued to ask.

"..." Roger Corman thought for a long time. Except for Ronald and Cameron, there are not many new directors who have gained some momentum in recent years, and even fewer can make money with commercial films.

"I'm worried that film directors will become an endangered species like dinosaurs, so if you have the opportunity to let a new director try his hand, it's worth losing a little money, Roger."

This mechanism of training new directors at a low cost and upgrading them with medium-sized productions was originally implemented by assistant directors who became directors under the big studio system. After the 1960s, it mainly relied on various independent productions.

movie to achieve it.

Nowadays, the cost of a movie is getting higher and higher, and the risks are getting higher and higher. Studios are willing to give fewer and fewer opportunities to new directors. The disappearance of new directors is very fatal to Hollywood.

"You are right, it seems that I also need to give new people more opportunities to make low-cost movies." Roger Corman began to settle accounts again, giving new directors opportunities himself, and then asked them to try with Ronald
Chapter completed!