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- "Wei, I want to recommend a novel to you. It's great. You must read it!"
<pAt noon on September 13th, Ye Wei received a call from Emma. Her voice was full of excitement about having just read a good book: "The new book "The Other World" was just published. I bought it yesterday at the bookstore. , just finished it, it¡¯s great, it¡¯s already my favorite novel, I don¡¯t want to spoil it, but it¡¯s great, we¡¯ll talk about it after you read it.¡±
Emma was so excited, and Ye Wei was immediately interested. The two often recommended books to each other and exchanged readings, because their perspectives were very different. Ye Wei was more mature, Emma was more youthful, and they learned something from each other every time.
A few days ago, there were several driving scenes on location with poor recording quality that required ADR (automatic dialogue replacement). Ye Wei was also required to show concern and emotion to the actors in the recording studio. Now there is no need for the mixing process, and he can't help. Get started, so I go to school these days.
After school in the afternoon, Ye Wei went to Lev's bookstore and bought a copy of "Elsewhere" for $16. It was published on September 9. It is not too thick, with 275 pages. The writing is brisk and interesting, like a warm breeze. He finished reading it in one night and called Emma at around ten o'clock.
"Elsewhere" tells this story. Liz, a 15-year-old girl, died in a car accident and went to a place called "Another World". It's not a paradise, just like the human world, but there everyone will rejuvenate and grow in reverse until they become Return to a baby and be reincarnated as a human being.
On the "Nile" cruise ship leading to another world, Liz still didn't believe she was dead, but she was informed by the facts that she saw her grandmother (young woman state) whom she had never seen since she was born. , she couldn't cheer up and was nostalgic for the human world. Every day she went to the observation platform to look at her family and friends with a telescope that could see the human world.
Later, she finally cheered up and found a job teaching animals (all based on her hobbies). She met Owen (now two years older) and fell in love with him. After going through trials, they were still together. 15 years later, she became Give back a baby, forget everything, and return to the world.
"I've finished watching "The Other World", let's have a book club."
"How is it?" Emma's tone was full of expectation.
It was dark outside the window. In the boy's bedroom, in front of the desk, Ye Wei looked at the back of the girl sitting on the beach facing the sea on the cover of the novel. He smiled at the phone and said: "It's very good. You know that this kind of story tends to be sad and heavy." It¡¯s easy to go that way, but it¡¯s hard to go that way, and Gabriel Zevin did it.¡±
Zevin is the author of the novel. She is a 28-year-old woman who graduated from Harvard. Her father is a Russian-Jewish American and her mother is Korean, so she can be considered an Asian. There are heavy Eastern religious ideas in the novel. It can be said that the whole "other world" The setting is like this.
"Yes, yes, they are cute! I like those dogs, they can talk, it's really interesting."
"I have a question, why can only pets raised by people in the past go to the other world? What about other animals? And why do some people still get sick when they go to the other world? Emily was allergic to dogs when she was alive. It's not cool. , that¡¯s what I don¡¯t like about it.¡±
"I disagree!" Emma liked this book so much and wanted him to be her favorite. She wanted to persuade but was at a loss for words, "Uh, um other animals, maybe they live elsewhere and don't live with humans. The other world is huge Emily Do we have to focus on these aspects? Tell us about the story, which character do you like? "
Ye Wei burst out laughing, "I don't like him. I think he is a bit despicable. Emily loves him deeply, but hehe is such a bastard. I don't like him."
Owen and Emily were childhood sweethearts, deeply in love with each other, and married for many years. He died in a fire when he was 26 years old. He was a firefighter. In the other world, he never let go of Emily. The same goes for Emily in the human world. Although She later remarried briefly but fell deeply in love with Owen.
Things changed after Liz appeared. He didn't know that Emily would die of the flu and come to another world soon. He fell in love with Liz thinking that it was time to let go. When Emily came, he did not hesitate to return to Emily, but he was not happy and felt different.
Emily could tell, she broke up with him and encouraged him to pursue his love, and then he and Liz got together.
"I disagree!" Emma was a little angry and must be frowning, "Yi, you are ruining a good book! Owen loves Liz! He and Emily just met earlier. They had a love, but he and Liz It's now. It's not despicable in any way. When he loved Liz, he didn't know that Emily would die so soon. He only had 17 years and couldn't wait for her. "
"How should I put it" Ye Wei leaned on the back of his chair, stroking the cover of the book with his fingers, and suddenly sighed: "I understand, in fact, this is the charming part of "The Other World", you know that our lives are alwaysAffected by responsibility, secular vision, material status, etc., love is the same.
"But when we die and go to another world, we live a life without responsibilities and secularity. If you are already dead and waiting to be reincarnated, what does it matter?" In this case, we can better understand ourselves, what kind of work we want to do, who we want to love, how we want to spend the rest of our lives, all of which we can truly be ourselves.
The longer you stay in the other world, the more transparent and innocent you will live, both on the outside and on the inside. Only when a person dies is he truly alive. So, I can¡¯t say I don¡¯t love this book, I love it. This is my take on it. "
"Oh my!" Emma's exclamation came from the phone, her anger disappeared, and she spoke very softly: "This is how I feel, I just can't say it. Then why don't you like Owen?"
"Because I can understand him, I even support him, but I can't like him." Ye Wei looked a little self-deprecating, "Have you seen "Love Story"? Think about it after Oliver died suddenly, and in another What does it feel like to find out that Jennifer is with someone else? I just don¡¯t like it, for no reason.¡±
"I like it, I feel like I am Liz and you are Owenhaha." Emma smiled narcissistically.
"Come on, you're here again. I'm not as bad as Owen. Do you know why I think he's despicable? He lets Emily make the decision. That's not what a man should do."
"It seems like he should learn from you and make Liz fall in love with him and then push her away." Emma's laughter turned to muttering.
"Emma, ??I'm going to sleep, so" Ye Wei was about to end the call. Every time things got weird, he would close the call.
"Wait a minute, I'm joking! Do you think "Other World" can be made into a movie?" Emma was full of excitement, "Don't you want to make a movie about young girls? Make this and this!"
?? Adapted into a movie? Ye Wei flipped through the book and thought about it seriously. He suddenly thought of many shot compositions. The Nile was sailing on the sea. Of course, the panoramic view Liz looked at the world with a telescope. This could be used to split the screen and create another world. and the human world
only. He pondered and said: "I'm not sure. Its fun and meaning are largely supported by Zewen's writing. As far as the storyline is concerned, it will be suspenseful and interesting at the beginning, but soon it will become thin, scattered and lacking." Suspense. As for a movie, it¡¯s not very commercial and not very artistic. I think it would be more suitable to be made into a sitcom.¡±
"You have a way to adapt it, right? You're VIY, you're a genius." Emma was acting coquettishly, really wanting him to film this, "Think about those dogs? Sadie? Gene?"
"Haha." Ye Wei laughed, but did not tell her that if he decided to film dogs now, "Home of Stray Dogs" would be a better choice. He smiled and said: "Emma, ??this is not just a question of what I think. I have to take into account the ideas of many parties for my next project, and it is unlikely that they will let me film "The Other World."
"Why? Such an interesting story!" Emma was a little anxious.
Although she couldn't see it, Ye Wei made a face, why? Your aunt was the first to say bad.
"Liz" is very suitable for Emma to play, but the sales of this novel are average for the time being, and it will definitely not be popular. This is not magical science fiction, it involves the religious proposition of "where to go after death", and in the Western world, heaven That's the right way.
"The other world," a world with a strong oriental religious flavor, can be seen and appreciated, but it is not politically correct. Will the general audience be interested? Will various awards be awarded? The prospects for box office and awards are too uncertain. How can Julia Roberts pass it? She has rejected several scripts because of their "eccentricity".
Emma Roberts is different. She loves weird things. No, she is simply fascinated by them. Supernatural, ghosts, mysteries, divination, and the world after deaththese are what suits her best. Hey, when she traveled to Michigan a few days ago, she proudly said that she had seen a psychic who said that in her previous life, she was Carole Lombard, a famous actress in the 1930s and the beloved wife of Clark Gable.
But because of her image positioning, she has to become famous as a young, sweet, fresh and cute girl next door. Maybe it's because of this that she loves "The Other World" so much.
She wanted to resist, but the most rebellious way she could think of was "When I become famous in the future, I will definitely act in many thrillers."
Why don¡¯t you want to be famous for horror movies? Because her thinking has been fixed, she grew up in this environment, and she can only think about things with the thinking cultivated in this environment. She wanted to resist, but deep down, she should think that her aunt was the mature and correct one.
This made Ye Wei very touched, not just Emma, ??not just Lily, everyone?It is firmly controlled by the environment in which one grew up, and it is difficult to get rid of it and to transcend it. As written in his other novel candidate, Winter¡¯s-Bone.
Thinking about it, he replied: "The commercial problem is that it is difficult to make money. By the way, I also recommend you a novel, "Winter's Bone", it's really good."
"New and old books? Where can I buy them?" Emma was very interested and responded to the topic of "Other World": "Making money? Isn't your interest important?"
"Oh, it hasn't been published yet. I read the internal version. If you want to read it, I'll tell the author Woodrell and I'll make a copy for you. Just don't leak it."
If producers have contacts with publishing houses, they can read many novels before they are published; publishing houses also like this to let everyone see if there is a possibility of film and television adaptation. If a book has not yet been published, there will be an adaptation. Intention, which is very helpful for promoting sales.
Of course, whether or not the adaptation rights can be obtained is another matter. It is not surprising that the producers spend several years in order to obtain the author's consent.
The author agreed. There are many ways to purchase. Usually, you can make an advance payment of only 1 US dollar, and then pay the purchase fee when the project is actually put up for auction, but this also means that the author can take back the copyright at any time. Even if a purchase fee is paid from the beginning, the producer has a term limit. If there is no filming within the contract period, the adaptation rights will automatically return to the author.
Ye Wei read that "Winter's Bone" had nothing to do with the publishing house. He had previously emailed many people to ask if they had any recommendations for novels or scripts about teenage girls, and Ang Lee recommended this book. The 52-year-old author Daniel Woodrell once had a novel made into a movie, "Ride with the Devil" produced by Good Machine Company and directed by Ang Lee.
After obtaining Woodrell's consent, the internal version of "Winter's Bone", which was still being discussed by the publishing house (Woodrell had collaborated with Henry-Holt for a long time, and once with Putnam in recent years), came to Ye Wei's hands. Readers probably won¡¯t be able to see it until next year.
Ye Wei¡¯s biggest feeling after reading it was: What a great book! Rui, what a damn strong girl!
"Emma, ??to be honest, I am more interested in "Winter's Bone". I have already obtained the intention. I will try to adapt it into a script, although it is quite difficult."
"You don't want spoilers!" Emma yelled quickly.
"I didn't plan to do that." Ye Wei smiled, looked at the manuscript placed on the desk, and said: "Among the projects I am currently involved in, there is a remake of "Carrie", are you interested? Competition Carrie?¡±
"Carrie!?" Emma exclaimed when she heard this, as if hearing Godzilla, "I'm interested! But"
"But your aunt definitely disagrees." Ye Wei said for her. Emma immediately got angry and said, "She can't control me. If you really want to film, I will compete."
"Not really. I'm not very motivated for horror movies at the moment. "Exorcist Video" put my 'scary' skills into CD time."
"Let's do Another World! Let's do Another World!" Emma encouraged and hoped, "How interesting, think about Lucy? Toto can play! Twiggy can play Sadie."
"Toto just wants to be a director. Girl, I promise you I will give it a try." Ye Wei was a little unable to defeat her, but also a little interested, "I will seriously consider the possibility of adapting it. If it works, I will consider other issues. ¡±
Emma immediately cheered excitedly, extremely happy: "I knew you had a way!"
"Hey, I didn't make any guarantees, so don't expect too much."
That¡¯s it, the adaptation of "The Other World" has become one of the candidate projects. Emma personally wants to star in the project most, and she is looking forward to the good news about Ye Wei.
Ye Wei did not contact Zewen immediately until the LMS was completed two days later. He was still thinking about how to adapt it. He wanted to write the script for the new project himself.
"The Other World" is a project initiated by him, but "Carrie" is not.
Carrie is Stephen King¡¯s debut novel and one of his masterpieces. Carrie is a high school girl with superpowers. Due to being strictly controlled by her religiously fanatical mother, Carrie is introverted and cowardly. She is bullied at school. Finally, after being doused with pig blood at the dance, she goes crazy and turns her classmates on. Massacred completely.
This is a horror story about the outbreak of religious repression and school bullying. A movie was made in 1976, which is a super classic; a TV movie was made in 2002, which received a mediocre response. However, there have been attempts to make a screen remake, but it has never been made. This time Stephen King is taking the lead, and Lionsgate wants to remake it with a budget of tens of millions, provided that "Eunique Culler" is willing to take over, and preferably Nina Dobrev plays Carrie.
No need to ask Roberts, Ye Wei knew that Emma could not play Carrie, and as soon as Nina played the role, she would become a new generation of horror queen with good results.Well, Horror Meteor is inseparable from horror movies. He is still thinking about her, but his own situation is more complicated and his interest is not high, so he is only in the contact stage.
Speaking of interests, Ye Wei did not lie to Emma. "Winter's Bone" is the top project in his mind.
It should be said that he has a preference for this story because he likes the protagonist "Rui" so much and is eager to transform her from words into real-life images.
To be honest, regardless of whether Roberts passes or not, he feels that Emma can't play Rui. Her appearance, temperament and acting style are not suitable. Rui has nothing to do with sweetness and cuteness. She is a very strong and stubborn girl like a rock.
Rui-Dolly lives in a remote and backward mountainous area. The Dolly family is a long-standing local family. Family members are engaged in ice and drug trafficking, and her family is one of them. Her mother has been crazy for many years, her two younger brothers are still young, and her father has been missing all year round. She dropped out of school to support the family and lived a very poor life.
Suddenly one day, a police sergeant came to her door and told her that her father, Jesup, had been arrested and mortgaged his house for bail, but he was about to appear in court but disappeared. If he did not appear in court on time, or if it was proven that he was dead, the court would charge him. Go to Rui's house. Therefore, Rui had to embark on a journey to find his father.
Except for her good friend Gail, who had already dropped out of school to take care of her baby due to pregnancy, no one in her family or friends would help Rui. Her biological uncle, Tears, was also a drug dealer and drug addict. He warned Rui not to cause trouble. He tried to trick Rui into making ice. Her father was burned to death in a fire. .
In fact, Tears has already guessed the truth. Jesup has been killed by members of the family, maybe because he leaked the secret to the police, or maybe because he was afraid that he would leak the secret. Tears knew that if the investigation continued, both he and Rui would die.
Rui could also guess that her father was dead, but she had to find his bones to save the house. There were many difficulties on the way to find her father, but her unyielding angered the big shots in the family. She was beaten to almost death by a group of women.
This made tears start to support her. Perhaps because of this, one day, the group of women suddenly wanted to take Rui to find her father. They paddled into the lake. They picked up Jesup's body from the bottom of the lake and sawed off a He let her take it away, and the house was saved.
At the end of the story, Uncle Tear said, "I know who it is." He cannot know who killed Jesup, because when he knows, he will take revenge and he will die.
Rui hugged him and cried.
With the tears gone, Rui and her two brothers sat on the porch steps of the house, watching the night come.
If you like "Another World", Ye Wei loves "Winter's Bone". The cold wind hitting his face, the biting cold, the desolation and grayness all moved him too much.
What else is there? In the winter, Rui insists on wearing her only beautiful dress for some reason; Rui is afraid that her two brothers will become "Dolly", she is even afraid of them, but her survival education for them is correct. is what will make them Dolly, Jesup and Tears.
Rui wanted to escape from all this and live the life of a girl in the city, but the best way she could think of was to join the army.
Rui hates the cage that traps her, but she can¡¯t escape. She can¡¯t escape from the mental cage in her life. Just like Gail can't jump out, "It's different after getting married", but doesn't understand why she got married so early, and her husband cheats on her all day long; just like Rui's mother can't jump out, and can only escape everything by going crazy.
¡°Everyone in the story is wearing heavy shackles, and everyone is very confused.
This is really a very touching story, both a feminist and a non-feminist story. Rui is a girl who is forced by life and becomes strong. She wants to wear a skirt and fall in love, but she has no chance. She has to support her family.
Women always have this quality. They can be gentle, but when heavy pressure comes to them, they can be very strong.
Life is always struggling to move forward.
Ye Wei wanted to film this story and wanted "Rui" to appear on the screen, but adapting it is not easy. Moreover, this is a purely literary story, and it will only be good if it is made into a purely literary film. This means that the box office cannot be large. Gao, it doesn't matter to him, many people have it.
It¡¯s not the time to take serious action on what he wants to do. The current status of this project is the same as "The Other World". He personally tried to adapt the script to see if it would work.
Speaking of bones, and the premature death of young girls, "The Lovely Bones" (The Lovely Bones), this is a long-standing project, a project that will make DreamWorks and Roberts smile, but it is a project that he is aiming for. , because his competitors are:
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