008 Lost in Translation
"Lost Tokyo" is a well-known work. This small-cost film costing $4 million was released and won the recognition of many tricky and picky film critics. It won four nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay at the 76th Oscar. Not only did Sofia Coppola become the third woman in film history to win the Best Director nomination, but also successfully allowed her to win the Best Original Screenplay Little Golden Man.
"Lost Tokyo" is undoubtedly an excellent and excellent work, and it has achieved great success. But compared to the work itself, the huge connections hidden behind it are the real heart-wrenching part, everything is just because of one surname: Coppola!
Sofia, the director of "Lost Tokyo", is Francis Ford Coppola. This great director who directed "Godfather", "Apocalypse Modern" and "General Patton", not only represents the top level of Hollywood's golden age; but also the entire Coppola family has penetrated into all aspects of the American entertainment industry and is nicknamed as the first family in Hollywood.
If things were as Lance speculated, Ryan attended today's funeral for "Lost Tokyo", then everything would be natural. "Lost Tokyo" was originally an excellent work, and the strong connections represented by the surname Coppola are even more touching.
However, if it is really "lost Tokyo", then the fire that Lance just ignited is definitely a raging fire. Because Sophia's biggest insistence on this work is: to shoot on-site in Tokyo!
The inspiration for "Lost Tokyo" came from Sophia's trip to Tokyo when she was in her twenties. That experience made her feel many feelings, such as when she suddenly met her fellow countrymen in a foreign country, she often felt a wonderful sense of intimacy and even excitement; at the same time, she found that in a strange environment, she could easily fall into the examination and thinking of life at midnight. So, this excellent script was born.
It can be said that Tokyo is the root cause of the birth of this movie. Even if the production cost is limited, Sophia insists on completing the on-site shooting in Tokyo.
If Ryan opposes Sophia's shooting in Tokyo or even just raises objections, it is very likely that this cooperation will be in crisis. Once Ryan misses the cooperation of "Lost Tokyo" and misses the cooperation of Warner Bros., this is the result that Lance hopes for the most.
The showdown between him and Ryan has just begun!
After leaving Ryan and Barry, Lance did not return to his position because he had just seen Sophia - which also made Lance's speculation accuracy rise sharply. In a blink of an eye, Lance had a draft in his heart, and he hoped to grab this opportunity and become the producer of "Lost Tokyo"!
Although Lance had already teased Barry and Ryan just now, he knew clearly that these two smart people would have a new confrontation, especially Barry was likely to give up, because since Barry took the helm of Warner Bros., he has always planned the company's development with the principle of "blockbuster first"; but there is too much uncertainty in it, so he can only passively wait for the negotiations between Barry and Ryan and passively wait for the development of the situation.
But he didn't like this, so he decided to take the initiative to see if he could pull his teeth out, grab "Lost Tokyo", take the initiative in his own hands, and turn Ryan's opportunity into his own opportunities - even if his guess about Ryan is wrong, "Lost Tokyo" can become his good opportunity to make a comeback.
Lance stood there, for a moment, as if suddenly he was confused. He held his left hand involuntarily, put his thumb on the side of his index finger, and gently stroked the side of the slender finger like a bamboo joint. The fine graininess brought a faint warmth, which made Lance's attention refocus. The coffin carrying not far away broke into his sight, lying quietly and silently in a green field. At this moment, he and Carrel were also facing death, but the difference was that Carrel would sleep underground, and he had the opportunity to start over.
He let out a sigh of relief, carefully tidied up his suit, took calm steps, and walked towards the direction where Sophia was.
Sofia wore a black dress today, without any unnecessary design, just the most ordinary dress, not conspicuous in the dark crowd, and inadvertently ignored her existence. At this time, Sofia stood quietly under the shade of the tree behind her, with her hands hanging casually beside her, quietly staring at the coffin in front of her, her eyes hidden in the shadow of her eyelashes, cleverly concealing all her emotions, but the pursed lips revealed the loneliness in her heart at this moment.
Lance took a lighter pace and walked quietly to Sophia's side, then placed his hands respectfully in front of him, quietly turning his gaze to the coffin in front of him, as if he was just coming to mourn Carrel's ordinary person, and had nothing to do with Sophia.
Sophia seemed to have not noticed Lance's arrival at all, and she didn't even glance at her eyes, and was still immersed in her own world.
Lance was not in a hurry, but just stood quietly beside him, enjoying a moment of tranquility. The low noise around him made the silence in this corner appear calm, as if the sadness that turned into substance could be touched in the air. Sophia finally walked out of her world and noticed the man beside her who was in mourning like herself. This made her look up and glanced at the man a few more times. The perfect facial contour outlined between the light and shadow made her look stop.
The man seemed to notice Sofia's hot gaze, turned his head and showed a light smile at her, which made Sofia avoid her eyes in a mess, and her cheeks were slightly hot. "So, how did you and Mr. Reize meet?" The man's voice came over, but Sofia was caught off guard. She had never expected that the man's first words would be like this, and she couldn't help but raise her voice, "Ah?"
But the man seemed to not care about her rudeness at all, and the gentleman's smile was still outlined by the corner of his mouth, "I just felt that it was like this mourning that belonged to you alone. So I was a little curious, how did you and Mr. Reize meet?" The man's mellow voice was elegant and restrained, polite and gentlemanly, "I once took Mr. Reize's class at Cambridge University, and the assignment of the course 'Movie Editing Skills', which is still very impressed."
Sophia was amused by the smile in the man's voice, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "So, are the grades good or bad?"
Lance narrowed his eyes slightly and showed a sly and clever smile, "You are trying to avoid my question."
Sophia's smile burst out in an instant, but it soon disappeared, and the loneliness and loneliness in her eyes surged up again, "No, I have never met Mr. Carrel Reize. It is precisely because I have never met before that I regret even more. I regret that we have never met."
Looking at Sophia's expression, Lance knew that he had guessed it right!
Sofia is a person who can easily fall into her own world. She is very sensitive and fragile, which also makes her shots always feel a special touch when filming movies. The story of "Lost Tokyo" actually casts Sofia's own shadow, and the sadness of being neglected by her husband is a portrayal of herself. After creating "Lost Tokyo", the marriage between the two gradually came to an end. When the movie was released, the two officially signed the marriage to end.
Simply put, "Lost Tokyo" actually refers to Sophia himself.
So, when Lance came here just now, he did not speak rashly or rush to show his position, but chose a roundabout way. Now it seems that it has worked.
Lance lowered his eyes slightly and said in a confused and lost tone, "Many times, people are like this, and they can only wake up after missing it. That feeling is like standing at a crossroads in a foreign country, looking at the endless traffic and surging crowds, but they can't find their place to stand, as if it's so difficult to take a step, that kind of loss, loneliness, confusion swept in an instant, and even I can't tell what it feels like, it's just an emotion, everything is so crazy, tormenting you."
Sophia raised her head in surprise. In the light and shadow, she could not see the face of the man in front of her. She could only vaguely see the eyes under her thick eyebrows, just like the mist Tianchi above the top of the mountain. The thrilling blue was hidden in the mist, but it burst out with a more dazzling light.
The confusion of empathy hit Sophia's heart. She only felt that she was now on the streets of Tokyo, and the hustle and bustle of people were isolated. She was Charlotte and Bob. "Celebrity and weird," Sophia said, which made him turn his head, his eyes full of confusion. "I mean, this feeling is charming and weird, and it cannot be described in words. Naturally, let yourself taste it carefully."
Lance didn't say anything, but just pulled the corner of his mouth, showed a bitter smile, then fainted in relief, turned his gaze and looked at the coffin that was placed at the far end of his gaze again. Sophia couldn't help but be infected with this emotion and looked along Lance's gaze.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them fell into silence again, but this time the silence had an indescribable tacit understanding flowing, and it seemed that the sound of the beating of the heart could be vaguely heard, charming and weird.
Chapter completed!