Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 470 The 21st Century Has Come

After leaving Rowling's house, Angela was still complaining that she refused to tell herself what was going on.

"I bet there must be something wrong with Joe's words!" The girl said in such a way.

"Well, honey, at least it means that she has arranged a role for you." Kate was a little amused, but she tried to comfort her as much as possible, "Look, I can't even play one of the roles I want to play."

To put it lightly, you don't know what roles will be in the future, and I don't think those roles are suitable for me!Angela gritted her teeth: "If you want, I can persuade Joe to give you the role that may belong to me."

"Don't be kidding, Angie," Kate smiled and shook her head, "If Joe really wants you to play a role in it, it's tailor-made for you instead of just randomly arranging one."

"Yeah, yeah." Angela echoed without sincerity. Thinking of the way Rowling's eyes lit up when she heard that she was playing Legolas, she probably planned to use Bella or Um in future series. Rich's image is put on himself.

But... what if she really arranges a brand new character that she doesn't know?This idea suddenly popped up in Angela's head.Think about it, some things have not changed since I was born, but some things have indeed changed, just as I once sighed when I knew that Lulu was starring in "Little Elf Mouse", if human beings can touch the wings of butterflies The trajectory has already boarded Centaur.So, why is it impossible for Rowling to reschedule...

Another flash of light flashed across her mind, and the girl suddenly remembered that when she came here to visit Rowling last year, she had mysteriously told herself that she would reorganize the outline... Oh God, she must be telling the truth, right? !

"Hey, Angie, you're distracted again." Kate's voice pulled Angela back immediately.

"What? Oh, sorry." The girl smiled a little embarrassedly.

Whatever you do, it's still too early, even if it's possible.

"So, where are we going next?" Angela spread her hands.

"You decide," Kate shrugged, "Anyway, I'll rest at my place tonight, you know...it's not over yet!"

Looking at the meaningful eyes of the other party, Angela was not to be outdone: "Why don't you open a bottle of whiskey to celebrate then?"

"Unfortunately, my dear, there is no whiskey in the apartment." Kate raised her eyebrows, and her white teeth brushed across her lips.

"It doesn't matter, Kate, it must be sold in the supermarket." Angela showed a smug expression.

The two stared at each other with wide eyes, and after a while, both of them burst out laughing.

"I don't want whiskey. I can't remember anything after drinking it. It's meaningless." Angela snorted helplessly.Kate shook her head with a smile and lowered her voice: "Tonight, you can get what you want without whiskey."

"Really?" Angela raised her eyebrows.

"Really." Kate nodded seriously.

"Then, before the paparazzi find us, let's go shopping and have fun." Angela said and grabbed Kate's arm, and the two smiled at each other and walked quickly in a random direction.

It was a happy day, and Angela couldn't help but want to continue living with Kate, and then... her wish came true, and the paparazzi outside the grandfather's manor the next day, these guys couldn't wait to take pictures of her It's a pity that they don't know that she is not in the manor at the moment.So Angela took the opportunity to postpone the time to go back, and finally lived in Kate's apartment every night before returning to New York, and experienced the feeling of living together and flying together.

One of the reasons why the paparazzi gathered near the manor was that Angela could not be seen in New York. More importantly, "The Pianist" started to be screened after Christmas and before the new year! (Note: If the plot requires it, don't worry about it)

"It's really a grim movie.

Unlike Spielberg's "Schindler's List", Angela completely put herself in the position of a bystander, telling the audience everything she saw in a calm tone like an irrelevant person.

The same Nazi officer shot at the Jews crawling on the ground. This process was quite dramatic in "Schindler's List". The Jew was gone; and in "The Pianist", the German officer neatly replaced the bullet and killed the opponent, which did not let the audience take any chances at all.

Fortunately, no matter what, that glimmer of hope runs through the whole movie, which can make people feel warm and comforting in the coldness. This is a masterpiece, and those who question it can really shut up. "

—Jason Bayless, USA TODAY.

"To paraphrase a sentence from Angela's previous works: Real? What is real?! In "Schindler's List", the Jews were driven around like cattle, and finally put into concentration camps and gas chambers. It is real; the same , the jews who served the nazis with sleeves in "The Pianist" are also true about the jews who are still drinking after the ghetto, is it not so easy to establish the massacre without some people's 'full assistance' ?

Such merciless stinging but cannot be ignored and refuted, the performance of Angela's choice of perspective is amazing. "

—Hubby Warwick, The Hollywood Reporter.

"Maybe someone will be surprised, did any German officer rescue Spearman? But the fact is that, and Spielman is not the only person who was rescued by this German officer named Wilhelm De Hosenfeld, and De Hoosenfeld Seinfeld's help to Spearman is far more than what is shown in the film.

But Angela obviously didn't intend to be sensational, and she just talked about the rescue without commenting, just like what Rafael of the New York Times described a few days ago, she was just a bystander and she just showed it to you . "

— Ramsay Cross, The Times.

On the first day of the screening of "The Pianist" at the Pantages Theater, a large number of audiences came to join in. After all, this movie has been fired for almost a year. "The praise of the film critic Rafael has made many people's curiosity reach the peak, so it is normal that a ticket is hard to find.

Of course, critics don't have to worry about these problems. McKinley of the Pixar film department has already sent the prepared movie tickets to them early.The curiosity of critics is no less than that of ordinary people, and more importantly, they can't wait to know whether their views are correct, so there are unprecedented numbers of critics who come to watch the movie on the day of screening.

As for the results, the above comments are enough to explain everything. The critics have to admit that the talented lady in Hollywood once again achieved unprecedented results, and gave all those who doubted it a heavy slap in the face.

I have to admit that I am wrong, even the tabloids that only focus on criticism can only start from the shooting techniques and so on, and dare not say that Angela took this subject very badly, not to mention the sarcasm at the beginning critic.

However, they did not explain themselves too much in the column for their misjudgment, but expressed their attitude by "praising this movie with the best words".This is not surprising, considering that they all avoided the questions of "how does Angela think" and "how does Angela accurately grasp the context".

Common sense tells people that it is basically impossible for a talented female director to manage such an extremely heavy and depressing subject matter at the age of 19.But Angela has completely subverted this cognition, which makes it difficult for many people to accept, if it is not for the halo of being the youngest Oscar nominee for best director before, and "American Beauty" is also a masterpiece, and there are many other aspects. Something, maybe someone will really use the word "monster" to call her.

No one knows how she got to this point. Since the problem is unsolvable, let's put it aside and don't pursue it. The word-of-mouth of "The Pianist" is beyond doubt.Therefore, in addition to the British media reporting on the film in Europe, newspapers and magazines in several countries on the mainland fell silent. Even if Angela's fans ridiculed them on the websites of these media for their short-sightedness, they could not let these people Come out to refute one or two, after all, what they said this year is obvious to all, how can it be possible that this big slap will not be uncomfortable for a few days.

"The only thing left is the box office." When Angela said this to Natalie, the two and Scarlett were sitting on a bench on Bickelner Street in Manhattan, with the Statue of Liberty in the distance Across the sea, and the time is January 2000, 1.

How could it be possible to go to New York without Natalie's company? Even though she had just left London, it was no longer important to Angela.It was Natalie's idea to call Scarlett, it's fun to go shopping, it's more lively.

Scarlett didn't want to come. According to her words, don't you think it's strange to go shopping among them as an insider?As a result, Angela brought Natalie directly to the door, threatening that if she didn't go together, she would take her younger brother Hunter. After thinking for a few seconds, the older sister gave up her original intention in the hopeful eyes of her younger brother—poor Henry. special.

Originally, Natalie wanted to ask Liv out as well, but Angela vetoed it, because Liv is spending the New Year with her mother in Australia at the moment.Of course, there is no need to explain the actual reasons.

"Did you still think about how to make money when you were filming this movie?" Natalie held a hot drink in one hand and pulled her hat with the other. After carefully looking at Angela, she added One sentence: "I have to admit, your black hair and black eyes are as beautiful as before."

"It's not the first time you've seen me dressed up like this." Angela gave her a blank look, and after looking around, she put on the flat glasses again.Then she gave her a blank look again: "Since it's going to be released, why can't I think about making money? I can promise Steven that I will donate the proceeds of this movie to the Holocaust Foundation."

Speaking of which, she suddenly sighed: "Besides, in order to get Ed to agree to invest, I guaranteed that the loss would be ten times the profit, and if the loss exceeded 1000 million...God..."

During the screening, "Hollywood Reporter" conducted a survey and randomly checked the impressions of 100 middle-aged people and 100 young people among the audience.Those who are older and have some experience think that this movie is shocking and excellent, no less than Spielberg's "Schindler's List", and it is worth watching; while young people generally think it is too boring. All of them admitted that they only went to see it because of Angela. Although they didn't say it wasn't good-looking, it's hard to say if it wasn't from the heart.

That's why Angela has this kind of worry, but what's interesting is that she never thought of this when she was spending money. It was Ed who arranged the release date based on the market.In fact, in essence, what she cares about is that this is not her own work—even though she has put her own thinking into it as much as possible.

"Come on, such worries are unreasonable." Scarlett interjected at this time, "There are 2 million people in the entire United States, and everyone goes to the cinema once to see it, which is enough for you to recover the cost."

"So you won't be a qualified producer, Manny!" Angela pressed her head.

"Wrong, I'm not a qualified producer because I'm not as perverted as you," Scarlett grimaced, "A 19-year-old world-class director, is it said by the New York Times or the Washington Post?" coming?"

"Who told you to use this word to describe me!" Angela immediately showed an angry look.

"Isn't it, counting how many heads you have? Oh, God, we are still working hard to show our image, you have already picked up the guide and become a great director." Scarlett half-true Half falsely complained, "It's our misfortune to be in the same era as you!"

"So..." Angela rubbed her chin, "Should I apologize to you, and then jump into the sea from here?"

Scarlett looked at her, blinked her eyes, and tilted her head: "Nat, your girlfriend is bullying me!"

"Okay, let's change the subject." Natalie smiled and shook her head.

"Change the subject?" Angela looked up at the sky and thought for a few minutes, "Continue to talk about the box office?"

"Don't worry, even if not many people watch it, Manny and I will go to the cinema to contribute to the box office of your film!" Natalie rolled her eyes angrily.Then she reached out and grabbed Angela's shoulders, and said seriously: "Listen, Angie, although I have only seen some clips in your studio, I believe that since the film critics say "The Pianist" is no less than "The Pianist" Schindler's List, then cost recovery is definitely not a problem. You have to know how many people have paid attention to your film this year."

"Well..." Angela raised her eyebrows and looked at Natalie and nodded, "I like to hear that."

"Really like to listen?" Natalie raised the corner of her mouth.

"Of course!"

"Since I said what you love to hear, as compensation, shouldn't you go back to the dormitory early and get rid of the letters from your fans?" Natalie narrowed her eyes and said in satisfaction.

Angela's complexion couldn't help but change: "Can't you help? Benita, who used to live with me, helped me deal with it."

"Then you should find Benita," Natalie spread her hands, "Why tell me."

"Come on, don't you have letters from your own fans to deal with?" Angela put on a pleading expression.

"I'm sorry, I'm much less famous than you, and there are not many letters from fans." Natalie was unmoved.

"Forget it, you don't have many letters because you used the surname Hesleyge for admission! Don't think I don't know, girls with the surname Portman in Cambridge often receive letters to Amidala. letter!" Angela yelled dissatisfied, and then scratched her head depressedly: "Damn, why didn't I think of this way at the beginning!"

"Hey, ladies," Scarlett next to her coughed softly at this time, "It seems that we came out to celebrate the arrival of the millennium, rather than arguing about the box office or who handled the mail for whom?"

Shutting her mouth immediately, Angela looked at Scarlett and Natalie, shrugged her shoulders, "Then...continue."

This should be Angela's second millennium, which is very, very rare. There may be one or two elders in the century, but she is the only one who may have passed the millennium twice, so the newspaper "Even God Dote on her" is not an exaggeration.

It seems that Angela should celebrate it literally, but it is impossible in reality. Think about how she would react if she declared and insisted that this is the second millennium?If it is light, everyone will think it is a bad joke, and then laugh it off; if it is serious, she is likely to see an amiable middle-aged man accompanied by her parents after returning home and say to her: Let's talk about it. Then the next day’s newspaper published news that Miss Genius suffered from depression due to being overwhelmed by the filming of “The Pianist”. Tie it to it and spend your life looking at the white wall.

So, this kind of thing, don't even think about it.

Fortunately, because it is a rare millennium, Manhattan is still showing people its more gorgeous new clothes than the previous New Years.Although the carnival atmosphere in Times Square was much lighter than that on the night of December 12, there were still many excited young people coming and going.

For Angela and the others, to be exact, for Natalie and Scarlett, the fashion boutiques on Fifth Avenue are always a place to shop.Of course, you can choose other places, but apart from going to Broadway, movie theaters, Central Park, etc., Angela really can't think of any other suitable places, such as nail and pedicure shops?Forget it, even if you do beauty treatments occasionally, there are one-on-one professionals who come to your door for service. Why do you have to do it outside?Besides, her requirements for nails are very simple, she hardly even brushes nail polish, let alone put some weird decorations on it.

"Let's take a look here." Angela pushed open the door of a clothing store, and then she was stunned for the first time.

There is already a girl in the clothing store who is choosing clothes. She has straight platinum blonde hair and is tall, hot, sexy and sweet. She is the one who has appeared frequently in fashion magazines in recent months. Trump and Paris Hilton, known as two rising stars in the modeling world!

And beside her, holding her hand tightly is her sister Nikki Hilton!