Chapter 3 Moonlight is sultry Los Angeles premiere(2/2)
It turned out that Gale was dissatisfied with Cameron for not making a commercial film with high potential to make money, and insisted on making such a special effects blockbuster that exceeded the current technical level of Hollywood. The two of them started from Coleman's company, and they continued to work together.
I don't make much money on the road, and I haven't lived in a particularly high-end apartment yet.
He ignored the opportunity to improve his life and insisted on pursuing his dream. Gale really couldn't stand Cameron's practice of pursuing his dream.
Of course, at the same time, she did not give up her role as a producer. When they were together, they were partners of director and producer. Now they are separated. As an important stop on the career path of a producer, Gale Heard
Want to give up.
Therefore, after Cameron received the invitation from Fox, she went to Fox executives to discuss the possibility of postponing the filming of the movie and finding another movie to shoot first.
And after learning that Cameron wanted to take on the role of a part-time producer, he became furious and went back and insisted on taking out the agreement they signed when they were filming "Terminator" so that Cameron would abide by the agreement and the two would co-produce.
For all film projects, you need to be the producer yourself and obtain the production rights.
Because of this movie, the two broke up on bad terms. The next day, Cameron received a separation notice from Gale's lawyer.
"Why do you want to be your own producer?" Ronald touched his chin. He felt that this was the crux of the conflict between the two.
"You know when I make a movie, I want to control all the details." Cameron said very frankly. "And Gale has to control everything. She didn't write a word in the script, but she wanted to sign her name as the screenwriter. It was produced on the set.
Most of the work as a filmmaker is also done by me..."
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"He wanted to get rid of me. We agreed on the position of producer back then. He had nothing at that time, but I negotiated the 'Terminator' project for him. Now he wants to get the production rights back.
Do you want me to be a housewife in the future?
I have to prove to everyone, Ronald, that it is good for a woman to be a producer. I will never allow him to take away the fruits I have planted."
But later Gale Hurd came over to take a photo with Ronald, and it was another story.
Gail Cameron wants to kick himself out and monopolize the production rights of the movie. Neither of the previous two movies made a lot of money, and the remuneration was not used to improve life. Gail will never allow it now that he is about to receive a big contract.
, Cameron broke the contract and used the reputation gained from the first two films that he had made great efforts to dominate the future films.
Seeing the two of them looking at each other with hatred in the movie theater, Ronald felt that the two of them had really gotten into trouble.
"Hey, they had a fight, right? They will probably make up soon." Sitting next to her, Diane also saw Cameron and Gale sitting separately.
"Why?" Ronald discovered that Diane's understanding of things was completely different from his own.
"My father and mother are like this. After they divorced, they still kept arguing with each other on the phone, recounting things that happened more than ten years ago. But in the end, as long as my father said "honey", she stopped arguing.
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Maybe, my mother is just waiting for these words, dear."
"I hope you are right." Ronald did not want the two old friends to get separated or even divorced.
"Oh oh... swoosh..."
The screening of the premiere of "Moonlight" ended, the lights came on, and when veteran star Carl Reiner saw the end of the film, the camera slowly exited and everyone was holding champagne with sugar cubes in it, and they were sitting together.
Drinking and smiling happily in the kitchen.
Then the camera lens shot at the furniture and furnishings of the old house, and finally stopped at the grandfather and grandmother on the wall, stopping at a close-up of the first-generation ancestors of this Italian immigrant family.
This is the historical silhouette of countless American families. As a country of immigrants, America is full of such immigrant couples, spreading their branches and passing on the original national traditions in the land of New Babylon, which is full of milk and honey.
's big family.
Everyone was moved by the acting skills of Cher and a group of golden supporting actors, and also moved by the final scene in which Ronnie, played by Nicolas Cage, proposes to Loretta, played by Cher.
The audience stood and applauded for three full minutes.
"You know what? I've never felt like this before. It's like this Loretta character is completely different and completely separate from me. When I look at her, it's like I'm watching another person's life story."
Cher came over to thank Ronald. She did edit herself beautifully, and it didn't look too out of place when she acted alongside those veteran Broadway actors.
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"Reviews of this film tend to make it sound like a crazy ethnic comedy, and it is. But there's something more here, some kind of bittersweet longing, an ineffable romance at play, and
There's something magical about it...that's what millions of families in America are like."
Roger Ebert's film review the next day was as full of praise as if he was reviewing a real drama like the one directed by Billy Wilder in Golden Age Hollywood.
"Screenwriter John Patrick Shanley's witty script puts eight New Yorkers under a moon-like spell on one romantic night. Cher shines brightest of them all."
The film critic of Time Magazine is an old family member of Ronald, and he also praised "Moonlight" without hesitation.
"Very good, very good." Ronald was in the office the next day, browsing through the photocopies of all the film review articles from across the country that had just been delivered.
"Michael, you did a very good job. Our public relations activities were very effective. This is the first time that I have been so unanimously appreciated by film critics. This is the first time that Albert gave me four stars."
Ronald admired the methods of marketing consultant Michael Gray very much. If he had done it himself, he would have spent a lot of money and the effect would not have been as good.
"Why don't we sign a long-term cooperation agreement? From now on, your consulting company will be responsible for formulating marketing plans for my movies and the movies produced by my company."
Ronald knew that Gray insisted on his dream of starting his own business, so instead of asking him to daydream about working for him, he tied him up with a generous long-term agreement.
"This is also my wish." Michael Gray has such a client who completely listens to his opinions, and he is very happy to have a client who is happy to pay. Moreover, the movies produced and directed by Ronald are of high quality, and marketing is not a problem.
Chapter completed!