When Yu Dong finished reading the entire script, Christopher was still in a daze.
Yu Dong did not rush to talk to Christopher, but carefully recalled the "Memento" movie he had watched before to compare it with the script in his hand.
The script is written very carefully, such as how to transition scenes, how to cut shots, and whether to use color or black and white images. There is no mistake or omission.
In this movie, the color of the picture is a very important element.
Generally speaking, there are two lines in the movie, one is the sequence, and the other is the reverse sequence. In the sequence, the movie screen is black and white, and in the reverse sequence, the phone screen is in color.
Let’s not talk about the deeper meaning of this arrangement. Just the final impact when the two lines collide together is extraordinary.
This clever design adds a lot of points to the movie.
Obviously, Christopher has his own unique insights into non-linear narrative.
At first glance, Memento may give people a stream-of-consciousness feel, similar to The Crowd.
But in fact, "Memento" and "The Crowd" are not the same thing. Compared with "The Crowd", "Memento" has more clever details.
Of course, the ability to have more clever designs also depends on the text form.
There are some ingenious designs in "Memento" that novels cannot do. For example, things that require annotation such as color pictures and black-and-white pictures cannot be introduced in novels at all.
"Ahem."
Yu Dong coughed lightly, attracting Christopher's attention, and said with a smile, "The story of "Memento" is very interesting, and the design is also very clever. Our company had a movie last year called "The Butterfly Effect", which is also like this.
It’s a non-linear narrative, but “Memento” obviously has more ingenuity.”
Christopher sat up straight and said with a smile: "Thank you, "The Butterfly Effect" is a very good movie. I have also watched the original "Chaos Diary"."
"When was this script written?" Yu Dong then asked.
Christopher smiled and said: "Actually, I had ideas about this movie before September last year, and it wasn't until some time ago that I finally wrote the script."
Speaking of the script, Christopher talked about it, "Memory is a very interesting thing. People will forget some things, and they will also create some false memories out of thin air. YU, I don't know if you have heard about what happened in the early 1990s.
In a case in the United States, a man was accused by his daughter of killing his friend."
Yu Dong shook his head, "No."
Christopher said with a smile, "This woman accused her father of killing her good friend more than 20 years ago, but because the memory was too cruel, she suppressed it until she later received psychological treatment.
That memory was awakened. Later, the jury unanimously believed that this testimony was true, and the man was convicted of murder."
"You mean, this memory is false?" Based on Christopher's words before and after, Yu Dong guessed that this is what he meant.
Christopher shook his head, "I can only say that there is no way to prove that this memory is true, nor can it be used as evidence for sentencing. Psychologist Schachter believes that during the hypnosis process, the hypnotist will induce the patient to make them act according to their own needs.
The imagination constructs the memory, so this kind of repressed childhood memory is actually unreliable. That is, three years ago, the previous case was overturned."
Yu Dong nodded thoughtfully, "Building memories doesn't seem to be unusual, and can often be seen in daily life."
"Memory is unreliable" is actually a very sad thing, because to a certain extent, memory determines what kind of person a person is. The reason why a person becomes a person depends on what the person is like.
For example, if this person's memory is completely determined by another person, is this person still the same person?
This may be another problem.
"YU, have you really finished reading the script?"
Christopher Nolan finally asked what he wanted to ask, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
Yu Dong raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Of course, do you need me to recount the plot to you?"
"No, no need." Christopher waved his hands repeatedly.
In fact, it's not surprising that he was confused. Yu Dong read things very quickly, and he had seen movies before, so his speed in reading the script was completely faster than Nolan's imagination. It's not surprising that Christopher would have doubts.
Yu Dong smiled and said to Christopher, "I will ask Yiliang to have a phone call with your wife to discuss in detail the copyright of "Antfly" and the filming of "Memento". If possible, I would prefer
Our company takes all the investment, and we can let them discuss the copyright share in detail... In addition, your brother is also one of the screenwriters, so you should also need to communicate with him."
Christopher smiled and said, "Actually, Jonathan came with me this time."
Yu Dong raised his eyebrows and said, "Really? Then why didn't you ask him to come with you?" Yu Dong turned to look at Yu Liang again: "Did you know that his brother Jonathan is here? Why didn't you ask him to come?"
Yu Liang patted his head, "I only knew that he had a companion, but I didn't know that he was his younger brother. I was negligent and forgot to ask."
In fact, even if he knew that Jonathan was coming, Yuliang would not invite Jonathan because Yuliang did not know that Jonathan also participated in the creation of the script.
Unlike Yu Dong, he knew that Jonathan Nolan had always been a golden partner with his brother, a director and a screenwriter.
"Where is he now? Is it convenient to invite him over for a meeting?" Yu Dong asked.
Christopher smiled and said: "Of course, he actually wanted to come, but he was worried that he would offend you. After all, he only said he wanted to see me yesterday. Jonathan is your loyal reader. He has basically read all your works published in the UK.
."
Christopher himself was also a loyal reader of Yu Dong, but he felt a little embarrassed to say such words to Yu Dong face to face, so he just said that his younger brother was a reader of Yu Dong.
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Jonathan was in the waiting area of ​​the lobby on the first floor of the Deep Space Building, holding a copy of the novel "Whale Song" and was fascinated by it. This morning, he came with Christopher and walked around and felt very bored, so he found a book by himself.
I came here and happened to see this collection of novels called "Whale Song".
Christopher went over and patted Jonathan on the shoulder. The latter turned his head and rolled his eyes, "I just saw the wonderful part and interrupted me."
"Where did your book come from?" Christopher asked curiously.
"What do you mean? I bought it from a science fiction theme museum. The English version is a collection of novels. There are some short and medium stories in it, and they are all very exciting." Jonathan said with a smile.
Christopher glanced at the cover of the novel, then smiled and said, "It's a novel by the original author of "Her Eyes."
"Her eyes?" Jonathan was a little confused. Compared to his brother, his ability to read pictures was much lower.
"Her Eyes" once broke domestic box office records, but it was not a hit internationally, so not many people have seen the movie.
The global box office is less than 80 million U.S. dollars, which is undoubtedly a bit low for a science fiction movie, but its cost is only more than 20 million U.S. dollars, which has already made a lot of money for the producer.
As long as you can make money, you can attract the attention of capital, so after "Her Eyes" was released at the box office, many people came to Liu Cixin, hoping to adapt his other novels into movies.
The "Whale Song" in Jonathan's hand is one of them.
Christopher smiled and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. YU said that he wants to meet you, so come up with me."
"He wants to see me?" Jonathan jumped up. "Did you tell him about the signature?"
"No, you can pick it up yourself after we meet." Christopher shook his head and said.
Jonathan looked at the book in his hand and said, "Should I buy two YU books first?"
"No need." Christopher thought for a while and said.
Jonathan Nolan asked again: "What about YU Zhenren? Do you think he would be angry if I asked him to sign someone else's book?"
"..."
"Why does he suddenly want to see me?" Jonathan asked again.
Christopher smiled and said: "Because he knows that you are also one of the screenwriters of "Memento", so he wants to see you and talk to you. He is very optimistic about "Memento"."
"Really?" Jonathan clenched his fist and shouted: "Yeah, I knew there was no problem, but does that mean now that Deep Space Company will invest in this movie? How much money are they prepared to invest? It's enough for you to make a movie.
Well, are you still looking for other investors?”
Christopher twitched his lips and said, "Jonathan, can't you say a few words less? My head is about to explode."
"I'm concerned about you. Tell me, how much does Deep Space cost? As a screenwriter, will I be given a lot of screenwriting fees?" Jonathan said.
…
Jonathan's chatty nature did not weaken even when he was in front of Yu Dong.
He was only shy for about half a second, and after half a second, he completely let go and blew the whole top and bottom of Yu Dong's work.
Jonathan is an English major and is half the same class as Yu Dong, so he plays his music in a decent manner, with various professional terms popping out of his mouth constantly.
Looking at the chattering young man in front of him, Yu Dong twitched the corner of his mouth. He had not seen such a noisy person for a long time.
Jonathan is only in his early twenties and has not officially graduated from school. He is similar in stature to his brother, but his appearance is very different.
Compared with Christopher, who always lowers his head and looks calm, Jonathan has a high-spirited attitude when he speaks, just like a teenager talking to other people.
The difference in personality between the two brothers is also related to their life experiences.
Although they were both born in the UK and later moved to the United States with their parents, Christopher Nolan stayed in the UK much longer than his younger brother Jonathan. Of the two brothers, one is like his father and the other is like his mother.
Halfway through the chat, Jonathan suddenly said,
"My family and all my friends know that I like your works. This is a good thing, but sometimes it is not good. For example, on my birthday a few days ago, I received three "Old Books"
, two copies of "Going West" and some other works of yours. They are definitely the people who are the worst at giving gifts in the world, because they should know that since I like your works so much, I will definitely not lack these works at home. Of course.
...If the book they send is signed, they are the best people in the world who know how to give gifts. When you held a book signing in Chicago before, I was not at home..."
Christopher, who was sitting next to Jonathan, coughed slightly and signaled his brother to stop talking.
Based on his understanding of his younger brother, he knew that Jonathan was asking YU for a signed book in a subtle way, and he was using the excuse of his birthday.
But Jonathan did not lie. His birthday was in June, and he received several YU novels on his birthday.
Yu Dong, who was sitting opposite, smiled. He was not a fool. There was no way he could not hear such an obvious hint.
"It's a pity. If you had come to China earlier, I could have prepared a gift for you. Well, in order to make up for your regret on your birthday, I will give you a set of my collector's edition novels, but they are all in Chinese.
If you want to understand it, you may have to put in a lot of effort."
Jonathan didn't hesitate at all: "I want it, of course I want it. Is there a signature on it?"
"There will be. In addition, this set of books is relatively comprehensive and heavy. It may take some time to take it back."
"Ahem." Christopher coughed again next to him.
Jonathan understood and said, "Christopher is actually also a loyal reader of yours. He was the one who led me to read your novels from the beginning."
Yu Dong nodded, "I'll give you one set each."
In fact, Yu Dong felt that what Jonathan said was polite, because during the long exchange just now, Yu Dong did not feel Christopher's enthusiasm as a loyal reader, and he did not even take the initiative to mention a certain Yu Dong's novel.
After getting the gift, Jonathan was satisfied, but his words did not decrease at all. He asked about Yu Dong's new work, "There was news in the United States that your new book will be available to readers in the spring, but now spring is already here.
It’s passed and we haven’t seen the new work yet, is that fake news?”
"It's not fake news. I did say before that the new book will be released to you in the spring."
"Then why..."
"But I didn't say which spring it was."
"..."
Seeing Jonathan startled, Yu Dong said with a smile, "Just kidding, the new book was originally planned to be released to everyone in the spring, but due to translation problems, it was postponed. If there are no accidents, it should be released to everyone at the end of July.
Meet."
Chapter completed!