Planning

The day after the party, Winona left for Europe.

"I know that you, like Angelina, are not a person who wants to settle down... I also know that you and Theron seem to have some relationship, and she is still your muse. You don't have to worry. I won't ask for anything; I don't want anything. I just met the man I like. For me, this is just a love affair. What will happen in the future? Let's talk about it later." The words left by Winona are as simple as a sentence.

After staying in the circle for so long and seeing all kinds of things since she was a child, she knew very well that Levi couldn't settle down so quickly and didn't ask too much for it.

Such a free and easy attitude is still such a literary style.

Levi didn't say much about her attitude: he didn't know what to say. He doesn't want to make any promises, so it's better for each other to be free and comfortable.

Winona has gone to Europe for publicity, and when she comes back, she is going to rest for a while and prepare for the Oscars with all her strength. But at this time, Levi had no way to follow her. During this time, Levi also had to discuss adapting the screenplay with Andrew Niccol.

In Levi's opinion, there are many things that need to be changed in the original script: First, Truman in The Truman Show should be a man with a lot of personal charm. As the absolute protagonist of a popular reality show, this person must be close to life and, at the same time, have a rich appeal to attract the audience. Otherwise, such a show cannot be popular, and the movie's first half will not be too attractive to people.

Even though the current script and even the original work in his memory are good, both are lacking in this aspect.

And then there is the use of voyeuristic shots. The Truman Show movie has many shots that use voyeuristic perspectives in order to imply that Truman is being watched by the audience. However, these surveillance shots are a bit too contrived in memory: the director seems to have forgotten that the voyeur shots of this movie were designed to be broadcast as TV shows. Those shots that lack aesthetic feeling can't be used as TV lenses. Even if it is hinted at by voyeuristic camera positions, Levi doesn't want those shots to lack the aesthetic sense.

Fortunately, he has more experience than many people in the design of the voyeuristic perspective. The filming of The Lives of Others is over, and he has accumulated a lot of experience. He wasn't too worried about this.

And then there is the overly strong stage play style in the first half. Indeed, this is a play within a play, and those people in the play are performing in front of Truman. However, they performed too exaggeratedly. It will also make the movie not deep enough. What's more, Levi wants to make Jim Carrey's performance a little bit better. That kind of arrogant and exaggerated performance is opposed by Levi.

The closer a movie is to reality, the more it can resonate with people. It would be better to leave things like filming stage plays to Broadway.

The original film focuses on the central issues; on the one hand, it wants to be ironic, and on the other, it wants to be inspirational. And it is not good enough compared to the attention paid to details in European movies. American movies, in general, are weak in this aspect compared to European movies.

Of course, Levi will not be satisfied with shooting the same as the original. What he hopes is to make a better movie. Levi attaches great importance to character, charm, and sociality.

These opinions were raised by both Levi and Andrew Niccol. Andrew Niccol also expressed his acceptance of his ideas of Levi: Levi is a well-known director, after all, and he also has two works in terms of screenwriting. Suggestions from different people are taken with different effects; Levi's status determines his advice, and Andrew Niccol has to consider it.

While the script was being prepared, Levi was also preparing for other matters.

First, as for the photographer, Levi has no intention of changing another person: he can trust Wally Pfister's shooting level.

As for the soundtrack, Yann Tiersen rejected Levi's invitation: during the period when Emily was released, his soundtrack was also appreciated by many people, and even in terms of the sales of the original soundtrack of the movie, his soundtrack was also top-notch. Such success has made him hold concerts and performances everywhere, and he is too busy to participate in movies.

In this regard, Levi's solution was to invite John Williams to make the soundtrack: Williams' music has a majestic atmosphere, and in Levi's opinion, it is more suitable for this movie.

In addition to the film's script, photography, and soundtrack, Levi is also preparing for it in other aspects. While he was still preparing, news of his new movie had already leaked out.

As a famous director now, after Levi told the outside world that he had a new movie in preparation for shooting, the news immediately attracted much attention.

After filming the movie Emily, Levi did not participate in the film's promotion and refused to participate in talk shows and other things. However, he was very quick when it came to preparing the new movie. He started preparing the new movie before Emily finished the painting, which made people lament that this guy was a complete workaholic.

Of course, such an evaluation is not a compliment, and some people have expressed some doubts about whether the film Levi will shoot is an acquired script.

"Director Levi is undoubtedly a good director, but now this is the first time he does not use his own creation but shoots other people's ready-made scripts. Perhaps, Director Levi's pace is too fast. It hasn't been two years, and he is already starting the third movie. It is too fast for a director. It is no wonder he has no time to write the script and can only buy it from others."

In the media, the most accusation against Levi is that he shoots movies too fast. Some media even pointed out that Levi's approach is highly irresponsible for his artistic life.

"He should spend more time preparing materials, observing and thinking more, and shooting better movies. A creative director like him buying other people's scripts and shooting other people's stories, such an approach is not very wise."

At this time, the most critical of Levi is that his filming is a bit too impatient and too fast. If people from other industries have to find something to do every year, they may be praised by people for being very hardworking, but in the directing industry, one film a year will be considered too rushed.

It would feel like he is rushing movies to swindle money from the audience.

But a director like Levi is definitely not a director who only cares about money. A person like him won't disappear for a few months, find a deserted island and take a few beauties to rest for some time while taking drugs and messing around in the name of inspiring inspiration, but people think this is not very normal.

It's just that others think that Levi's work is too hasty, but Levi himself doesn't think so.

When talking about the new movie, Levi stated directly, "I feel that I am in the right state now, and I am shooting the golden age of my movies. Shouldn't I take advantage of this period to shoot more movies? Why would I wait until the creativity is exhausted and shoot some bad movies to compensate for it?"

This rebuttal left the media speechless. But Levi's own attitude does not want to change at all. He has long understood this point: talent, technology, knowledge, these things all need to be learned and grown; bad habits, bad temper, and those so-called genius styles, it is better not to learn.

Although the media felt slightly impatient, Levi making a movie was the best news for many actors.

In Hollywood, two kinds of movies never worry about finding actors. One of them is a blockbuster movie with extremely high pay. Anyone who is lucky enough to star in this kind of movie can hardly say anything against it because no one has a grudge against money. The other is the works of great directors who are good at guiding actors to act. Such works may not make much money, but they have always been movies that can improve the career of actors.

Levi's two movies show different themes and styles of stories, and the two movies, one portraying the male protagonist and the other depicting the heroine, have made both of them famous. Everyone has to admit that Levi is very good at shaping the characters in the play. The movie he wants to shoot has naturally attracted the attention of many people. Many people even think whoever he uses for filming may have a bright future.

Levi has good attainments in shaping movie characters, which has made many actors willing to play in his movies. And Levi has never been a stingy person. Many people know the practice of giving out big bonuses after getting the box office income in the film crew. Filming for him can not only earn a high income but also make better achievements. Who would not want to do such a thing?

But the real question is, who will Levi use? Although Levi used to have some corner roles when shooting movies in the past, he was also very happy to give some unknown actors a chance. It can even be said that Hugh Jackman and Theron became popular in this way.

However, Levi is still cautious when it comes to the main protagonist. Compared with young people, he prefers to use actors who are experienced, competent, and whose acting skills have been recognized.

For the first movie, he spent 20 million investment, and for the second movie, he invested 30 million. His investment amount is said to be even higher in this one, and it is a big movie with big scenes. This also makes many people bet on who his new lead actor will be.

There are only a few top actors in Hollywood, but no one knows who Levi will choose this time.

Just when the media was discussing a lot, a piece of news came out at this time: It is said that the protagonist of this movie will be Jim Carrey, and he has already negotiated 15 million to star in this movie!

"Levi is crazy." This is the biggest thought of the media after hearing it, "He even found a comedian to ruin his movie!"

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